🌱 Patch AM: How icy Montana roads turned deadly for a Missoula family

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In today's newsletter:

• How icy Montana roads turned deadly for a Missoula family

Also on today's calendar: Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons.

Today's riddle: I’m trying to think of a new cloud joke. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Times of sun and clouds, with a high of 24 and low of 16 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Monday: Periods of sun; not as cold, temps: high: 34, low: 24.
• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 39 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Traffic wrecks, including a fatal, scattered across south Lincoln Co. (thewesternnews.com) — A Missoula woman and a 9-year-old boy were among three people killed Tuesday in a violent two-vehicle crash on icy Interstate 90 near Drummond, where speed is suspected as a factor. Separately, first responders in south Lincoln County handled multiple weather-related wrecks Friday, including another fatal crash and several injury accidents that slowed traffic on U.S. 2 and nearby roads.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Missoula

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Saturday December 27

• Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
  200 N Adams St , Missoula
  8:30 pm

Wednesday January 7

• The Ancient Connection Between Siberia & the Rocky Mountains
  Xplorer Maps , 1245 S 3rd St W , Missoula
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday December 28

• Open Gym - Coleman
  Bigfork 7-8 , 600 Commerce Street , Bigfork
  1:30 pm
• A Hansen bball
  Bigfork High School , 600 Commerce Street , Bigfork
  4:00 pm
• Reece Connors - a Classical Holiday Performance in The Listening Room
  The Bighorn , 114 Main St , Anaconda
  5:00 pm
• 7th Travel ball-McAnally
  Bigfork High School , 600 Commerce Street , Bigfork
  5:00 pm

Monday December 29

• Guided Tours
  Historic St. Mary's Mission , 315 Charlos St , Stevensville
  11:00 am
• Centered Strength
  Arlee Community Center , 34086 Pow Wow Rd , Arlee
  6:00 pm
• Trivia Monday Nights at KT’s Hayloft Saloon
  KT's Hayloft Saloon , 11885 US-93 , Lolo
  7:00 pm
• Team Trivia Monday Nights at KT’s Hayloft Saloon
  KT's Hayloft Saloon , 11885 US-93 , Lolo
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 30

• Kline Travel Ball
  Bigfork 7-8 , 600 Commerce Street , Bigfork
  3:30 pm
• Granite County Commissioners Meeting
  220 N Sansome St , Philipsburg
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

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• Recommendations for plumbers, please!
  We are dealing with an urgent plumbing issue…. we suspect one of our drain pipes might be blocked. (Nextdoor Golden West)
• Another TV mount completed here in Missoula.
  This homeowner was working within a budget and chose a straightforward install without hiding the wires. We always tailor each installation to the… (Nextdoor Moose Can Gully)

• Missoula County Public Schools posted a job opening for Head Tennis Coach - Sentinel High School in Missoula. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Frenchtown

• Gallatin High's Hunter Chandler to coach East in Montana East-West Shrine Game (bozemandailychronicle.com)
• Special Weather Statement until SAT 8:30 AM MST (wvnews.com)

Ok Missoula! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I haven’t the foggiest.
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