Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley
February 5, 1976
Touchet Valley Grain Growers will be breaking ground shortly on a new grain storage facility 8 miles north and east of Prescott at the intersection of Smith Springs Road and Jensen Corner.
A preliminary discussion of a Waitsburg Community Center Building was held Thursday evening in City Hall. Some twenty-two persons attended and were in agreement. The old Legion Hall is under consideration as a possible site.
Kirk Huwe is the top rebounder on the Cardinal squad this year. He was instrumental in the defeat of DeSales Friday night.
February 8, 1996
Several families were evacuated from the rising flood waters of Patit Creek in Dayton on Tuesday, after a tree fell across the creek , causing icy waters to back up for three blocks behind what was being called "an ice dam."
About 15 families fled their home in Waitsburg early Wednesday as the Touchet River, just east of town overflowed its banks spilling water along the south side of Preston Avenue. Coppei Creek was also swelling due to rain and the rapid thaw, forcing water over the roadway and down Highway 12.
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