KRTV 5:30 News (Monday May 25)
- The 2020 annual Memorial Day service took place in front of the Montana Veterans Memorial but on a much smaller scale than in years past. While the annual service typically draws a crowd of hundreds, this year's event was limited to participants only, in order to stay within safety protocols.
- In an effort to honor the families of fallen servicemen and women, Great Falls Flower Growers and Rainbow Garden Club raised money to install a Gold Star Memorial marker along the western edge of the Montana Veterans Memorial. Rainbow Garden Club president Patricia Schlaeger explained the Gold Star Memorial marker's purpose. “Every day is Memorial Day when you have a military family,” Schlaeger said, “We are encouraging family members who are gold star families to feel free to come up and take a quiet moment. reflect on the love they have for their family member and know that we, in the state of Montana, are giving honor to those family members.”
- A state district judge says if Montanans postmark their absentee ballot for the primary election by Election Day on June 2, the ballot should be counted – if it arrives to county election officials no later than June 8. The ruling late Friday by Judge Don Harris of Billings blocks a state law that says mailed absentee ballots must arrive by 8 p.m. on Election Day to be counted. Not long after his order, Attorney General Tim Fox asked the judge to delay it while Fox appeals it to the Montana Supreme Court. The ruling late Friday by Judge Don Harris of Billings blocks a state law that says mailed absentee ballots must arrive by 8 p.m. on Election Day to be counted.
- Looking at old photos that go back to the year 1910 shows the American Legion Post 42 organization was initially next door to where The Betsy Sports Bar is now in Townsend. In 1946, the American Legion still gathered upstairs. They had not yet moved to the building next door, which was a movie theater. In 1946, the American Legion still gathered upstairs. They had not yet moved to the building next door, which was a movie theater. A few decades later, the veteran-based group found themselves next door, taking over the old movie theater. It's been about one year since the American Legion Post 42 was struck by a fierce storm that damaged the building.
