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Eighth-Grader Snigdha Nandipati Wins Scripps National Spelling Bee — What Was the Clinching Word? [VIDEO]
If someone approached you on the street and asked you to spell “guetapens,” could you do it? If you’re San Diego eighth-grader Snigdha Nandipati, you could — that’s the word she correctly spelled on Thursday to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Montana Golfer Still Waiting for $18,000 Hole-in-One Prize
Missoula Moms Celebrated in Announcement of Mother’s Day Giveaway Winner
We received lots of great entries for our Mother’s Day Giveaway contest… which made it really hard for us to choose a winner, but we ultimately selected Kalee Mikkola and her mom! Check out what she told us below, and then keep scrolling down to read about some of the other great Missoula-area moms that we heard about!
My mom, my hero, my everything. She’s given me a life filled with love and happiness. She has shown me what it’s like to b
UM Rodeo Team Member Wins Miss Rodeo Montana
For the next year, Mariah Rys-Sikora will be Miss Rodeo Montana. Mariah, age 20 from Missoula, competed in Great Falls in the four-day competition and won the title Sunday morning.
Five contestants in both the Queen and Teen competitions demonstrated their horseback skills, gave a speech about Montana, modeled in a style show, answered impromptu questions and were quizzed on horsemanship and rodeo topics
Iowa Lottery Winner Finally Claims $16.5 Million
On Monday, the deadline passed for an unknown $77 million lottery winner in Georgia to claim the prize. Unbelievable as that may have been, officials in Iowa had a similar situation — days before the deadline, a Hot Lotto ticket worth $16.5 million was still unaccounted for.
But no more. In a squeaker of epic proportions, an attorney for the unnamed winner stepped forward with the valuable little slip of paper on Thursday, just two hours before it would’ve been worthless.
1,600-Pound Giant Pumpkin Takes Top Prize at New England Contest [VIDEO]
At this year’s New England Pumpkin Growers Weigh-Off in Rhode Island, a boulder-sized monster pumpkin weighing in at more than 1,600 pounds took the top prize. Gourd almighty!
Another Spring Fair is Complete!
Thanks to all the vendors and the public who came to our annual Bitterroot Spring Fair! We had a great time and enjoyed meeting our listeners at the KLYQ TownSquare Media booth. We'll be announcing the winning name for the dinner at the Depot on Tuesday's Bitterroot Morning show with Steve and Mary between 7:30 and 8am on KLYQ

