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The Mehaffey Park Food Truck Rally season starts Thursday evening.

Memorial Day and veterans events, dance, music and more will be happening in the Loveland area.

District Attorney Gordon McLaughlin will talk about support for crime victims in a Coffee Chat at The Muse in Loveland Thursday morning, and a National Crime Victims' Rights Week Observance will take place Thursday night in Fort Collins. Meanwhile Baby Animal Days are underway at Centennial Village Museum in Greeley.

Wednesday's calendar for Loveland includes “Colorado History: It Happened Here!” volunteer training, as well as a talk on “Enough. Time to Build,” about how to break free from division and focus on civic unity, community strength and hope to  build a resilient future for the Loveland community.

Tyler Zanella, the former Poudre School District paraprofessional who pleaded guilty to abusing students was sentenced to a total of 12.5 years behind bars during a multi-hour hearing Friday.

Artworks Center for Contemporary Art wil hold a panel discussion on "What Is Curation?" on Thursday, and District Attorney Gordon McLaughlin will hold a coffee chat on "The Impact of Fentanyl on Our Community."

The city of Loveland will hold a town hall meeting on oil and gas regulations Wednesday night at the Rialto; a Lenten art exhibit is in its final week; and Philo Club is holding an online auction fundraiser.

A man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he violated a protection order and held his wife and daughter at knifepoint for 11 hours in September 2022.

Two Windsor police officers were justified in exchanging gunfire with a man outside a hotel in Windsor on Jan. 7, the 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has ruled.

Investigators say the man shot at three officers and two civilians from the top of a firetruck at a Windsor hotel last month.