Staff Report
Local industry equipment dealers from Yellowstone County participated in the 2021 Yellowstone Dig It Days at MontanaFair. Sponsors for this equipment included RDO Equipment Company, Modern Machinery, Tri-State Truck & Equipment and Tractor & Equipment. (Photo by Jonathan McNiven)
Yellowstone Family, the nonprofit organization that started Dig it Days as its only fund-raiser, announced this week that Dig It Days will return to MontanaFair for a second time.
“In addition to heavy equipment operation, educational activities for kids, teenagers and adults, it’s our hope we will have even more fun and exciting activities for the masses at MontanaFair this year,” said Chairman and event planner Jonathan McNiven who started the nonprofit and event in 2019. With this being the third year of Dig It Days, we’re trying to provide family fun that is educational, constructive and family oriented within a frame work that helps support industry professionals, careers, and needed employees for jobs in Montana and Yellowstone County.
The Third Annual Dig It Days will be a two-day special event at MontanaFair on Friday and Saturday, August 19 and 20 from noon to 6 pm each day. We will feature industry professionals, machines of all kinds as well as it’s the hope to have new additional equipment and activities related to digging in the ground. “We have a lot of the same activities, event contests and locations as last year so a lot of the ground work is already done,” said Jonathan McNiven.
