Event date: April 23, 2019
Event Time: 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
Location:
210 E Main
Montrose, CO 81401
Source: http://www.montrosechamber.com/Calendar.aspx?EID=960
Dunkin’ Donuts Ribbon Cutting
Event date: April 15, 2019
Event Time: 09:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location:
1803 S Townsend Avenue
Montrose, CO 81401
Source: http://www.montrosechamber.com/Calendar.aspx?EID=959
Former hockey coach pleads guilty to molestation
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A former Colorado volunteer hockey coach who fled to Mexico to avoid prosecution has pleaded guilty to molesting two boys.
The Coloradoan reports that Andrew Vanderwal entered the plea Wednesday in Fort Collins during a hearing attended by the boys' families.
He faces between eight and 24 years in prison when he's sentenced March 1. He will also have to be on parole for 20 years to life after he is released under a plea deal.
The case was delayed because Vanderwal fled to Mexico after posting bail. The mother of one of the alleged victims traveled there to help find him and he was arrested by the FBI in February.
The FBI has said Vanderwal moved in with families of the children he coached after gaining their trust.
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Information from: Fort Collins Coloradoan, http://www.coloradoan.com
Breaking and developing news on Dec. 12, 2018
This is the Denver7 breaking and developing news blog. Throughout the day, this story will be updated with both minor and large breaking news events that our readers care about. Check back as we continue to update this story.
7:37 a.m. — Denver police said they are now investigating two suspicious packages. One is outside McGlone Academy and the other is on the 14200 block of E. Albrook Drive. Police are putting up crime tape at Farrell B. Howell Eco-8. The schools are less than a mile from each other. Multiple roads in both locations are closed.
#ALERT DPD officers are investigating two suspicious packages left in the 4500 Blk of N Crown Blvd and the 14200 Blk of E Albrook Dr. Numerous road closures
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) December 12, 2018
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7:29 a.m. — Denver police said they are investigating a suspicious package that is outside the school, but still on school grounds.
7:15 a.m. — There is a heavy police presence at McGlone Academy at 4500 Crown Boulevard in Denver. Alex Renteria with Denver Public Schools said the school is on lockout and parents should not drop off their children until they’re alerted it is OK to do so. She said there will likely be a delayed opening. A playground is taped off by the school. Streets in the area are closed. We're working to learn more.
Dachshund puppy recovered after car theft
ARVADA, Colo. — Police have recovered a puppy that was inside a vehicle when a suspect or suspects stole the car Sunday morning.
The Andersons had their hands full with a 4-week-old baby, two dogs and a move from Texas to Oregon. To break up the drive, the family stopped at a relative’s house in Arvada.
On Sunday around 5 a.m., they packed up the car and moved it closer to the house. The car wasn’t running, but the fob to start it was left inside and the vehicle had a push-to-start button. As the family was getting ready to leave, a suspect got into the car and took off with not only the vehicle, but the couple’s 10-month-old Dachshund, Ciri, inside, said Cheliesa Anderson.
On Wednesday morning, Arvada police said the puppy had been recovered and is OK. Westminster police helped to find her, Arvada police said. Police said two suspects have also been arrested.
Before the dog was recovered, the suspects attempted to steal the Anderson's other car, but the battery was dead. They were however able to break inside and steal multiple items, including Anderson's mom's ashes.
"A lot of the stuff in there was expensive and irreplaceable, like my mom's ashes and her jewelry, her pearls and stuff like that," she said.
As of Wednesday at 7 a.m., it is unclear if the car or ashes have been returned or recovered. A relative started a GoFundMe page to help them raise money to replace some of the items that were stolen and pay for a rental car.
@ARVADAPOLICE, PUPPY RECOVERED AND IS OKAY.
Thank you to the @WestminsterPD Police for helping recover "Ciri" and arresting two suspects. pic.twitter.com/V5Lcpv9Izi— Arvada Police (@ArvadaPolice) December 12, 2018
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Source: https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/dachshund-puppy-in-backseat-of-stolen-car-in-arvada-recovered-by-police-returned-to-owners
Gusty winds across Colorado today
DENVER — A fast moving Pacific cold front will zip across the state today. This front will spread snow over the mountains, with four to eight inches possible for the northern and central mountains by early Thursday morning.
This type of cold front will drop most of the moisture in the mountains, leaving very little for Denver or the eastern plains. Just light snow showers can be expected Wednesday evening into early Thursday,
Temperatures will be a bit cooler on Wednesday, with highs in the upper 40s to low 50s and in the 20s to low 30s in the mountains.
Clearing and cooler conditions can be expected on Thursday, with highs the low 40s across the Front Range.
The westerly winds aloft will continue in the weekend, blocking any really cold air from reaching Colorado.
Drier weather and more sunshine can be expected for Friday with highs in the low 50s. Temperatures should return to the middle 50s to near 60 degrees Saturday and Sunday.
Be sure to download the STORM SHIELD APP to help keep you ahead of any stormy weather!
Naked driver crashes into apartments, 2 injured
UNINCORPRATED ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. People living in six apartments were displaced after a car barreled through their building.
The crash happened around 2:28 a.m. Wednesday at the Country Club Villas on East Florida Road near Parker Road.
The 2014 Nissan sedan driven by a man hit the building in an area that separates two apartments.
A woman in one of the apartments was injured when the car crashed into her unit.
Both the woman and the driver were transported to the hospital, according to Trooper Josh Lewis with the Colorado State Patrol.
There was no information available on the severity of their injuries.
The driver was naked and screaming "Get me out of here," two residents told Denver7 Daryl Orr.
The State Patrol was investigating the crash.
People living in six apartments in the building were displaced due to the damage and structural concerns.
Men’s races eliminated from Colorado Classic
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Classic will be a stand-alone women's bicycle race next year, eliminating the need to divide limited resources on separate men's and women's competitions, organizers said.
The races scheduled for Aug. 22-25 are expected to attract 20 teams. The locations have not yet been set, The Denver Post reported Tuesday.
The change would allow organizers to set up "one great race instead of two average ones," said Ken Gart, chairman of RPM Events Group.
Colorado Gov.-elect Jared Polis said the rearranged event has the potential to become "the premier women's race in the Western Hemisphere."
The prize money next year will be $75,000, $5,000 more than the purse for the men's races this year, Gart said. The women's prize this year was $20,000.
"We love men's cycling. We're proud of the work our team has done the last couple of years, and I think we were very innovative, but our ability to impact men's cycling really was very minimal," Gart said. "Our potential to impact women's cycling around the globe, we think, is really dramatic."
From the reconfiguration, organizers would be able to design longer and more challenging race stages than those in past years, said Sean Petty, who was race director of the women's races the past two years.
"This is a monumental day for women's cycling," Petty said. "It's a huge paradigm shift. Normally, when you hear about a race going away, it's the women's race. This is flipping the script."
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Information from: The Denver Post, http://www.denverpost.com
Source: https://www.thedenverchannel.com/sports/men-s-bicycle-races-to-be-eliminated-from-colorado-classic
Tulowitzki released by Jays, owed $38 million
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Troy Tulowitzki has been released by the Toronto Blue Jays, who owe the oft-injured shortstop $38 million for the remaining two years of his contract.
Now 34, Tulowitzki has not played in the major leagues since July 2017. He was limited that year to 66 games because of a hamstring and right ankle injury. The ankle required surgery last spring and he missed the entire season.
Tulowitzki was taken by Colorado with the seventh overall pick in the 2005 amateur draft and became a five-time All-Star. The Rockies agreed after the 2010 season to a $157.75 million, 10-year contract that added $132 million over seven seasons, then traded him in July 2015 to Toronto in a deal that brought shortstop Jose Reyes to Colorado.
While Tulowitzki helped the Blue Jays reach that year's AL Championship Series, he slumped the next year and then was derailed by injuries.
He is owed $20 million for next year, $14 million for 2020 and a $4 million buyout of the 2021 team option.
Toronto, which announced the move Tuesday at the winter meetings, will be paying Tulowitzki for many years: $5 million of his 2019 salary is deferred at 3 percent interest and is payable in 10 equal installments each Jan. 1 from 2025-34. In addition, the buyout is due in $2 million installments on July 1 in 2021 and 2022.
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Ex-teacher pleads not guilty to sex charges
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A 35-year-old former science teacher at a Colorado school has pleaded not guilty to charges that he repeatedly sexually assaulted one of his female students.
The Aurora Sentinel reports that Gabriel Alsina pleaded not guilty on Monday in Arapahoe County District Court to five felony counts of sexual assault on a child.
Investigators say Alsina had a relationship with a student at Vista PEAK Preparatory at the school, in Alsina's car and at his home during her sophomore and junior years of high school.
Police say they learned of the relationship after receiving a tip from the victim's therapist.
Alsina has posted $500,000 bail and his trial is set for April 30.
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Information from: The Aurora Sentinel, http://www.aurorasentinel.com/
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