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The Scottie boys and girls cross country teams claimed both of the top slots at the Culbertson Invitation Meet on Oct. 19. The meet was a high-note finish for the teams that had showed significant promise on the course this year and sets them up for their State Meet competition this weekend in Great Falls on Oct. 26. The Scottie girls led the pack with a total score of 36 points, well ahead of the second-place Scobey Spartans with 114 points and the third-place Plentywood Wildcats with 119 points. Leading the field for Glasgow was Iris McKean...
This story is an update to a breaking news bulletin published at GlasgowCourier.com. Ex-Valley County undersheriff Luke Strommen pleaded guilty to a single count of sexual abuse of a child on Oct. 8. Appearing in front of Missoula County District Judge John Larsen, Strommen changed his plea to guilty for a single count of the charges filed against him. A second alternative charge of attempted sexual abuse of child was dropped. A third charge of sexual intercourse without consent relating to a...
Tyler Vandermars of Glasgow spent an unexpected night on the southern side of Fort Peck Lake after an elk hunting trip led to his stranding during high winds and winter weather on Oct. 8. According to Vandermars, he had set out Monday to try and find an elk and stayed through to Tuesday. On Tuesday morning he found the elk, and set out on pursuit, but abandoned the effort to return home when the winds came up around 1 p.m. Vandermars said he had attempted to cross the lake then, but when he reached the mouth of the Crooked Creek Bay, he was...
Both the Glasgow Scottie Cross Country Boys and Girls teams claimed first at the Plentywood Invitational on Oct. 12. Cold and wet weather forced the hosts to move the course from its traditional route on the golf course to the surface streets of Plentywood. The short-notice relocation caused a miscalculation in the course’s length, however, and what should have been 3.11 miles ended up being 2.8 miles long. As a result, the times were staggeringly fast, but they would not count for the record. Head Coach Rod Karst did say that the race would c...
In the conference room of the Cottonwood on Oct. 1, an unlikely group met to test their response and capabilities against a hypothetical disaster in Valley County. Consisting of Glasgow and Long Run firefighters, sheriff deputies, elected and county officials, utility workers, nursing and assisted living professionals and hospital executives, the group was challenged by the Montana Disaster and Emergency Services’ Jeff Gates and the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Glasgow’s Patrick Gilchrist to take on a fast moving wildfire just no...
The Glasgow High School Leadership class held their annual homeless for a night fundraiser on Oct. 5. This year the crew collected blankets and cash donations. The blankets went to help the homeless and the cash donations are to be given to Jackie Bird to assist with deployed service member care packages. For the evening, the students built small shelters out of cardboard boxes and then tested them against the elements. They kids nested down like penguins around an egg. The class had planned to...
Under the shadow of the Fort Peck Dam and Powerhouses, the Glasgow Scotties Cross Country Team gave their visitors a run for their money. Sunny skies and a stiff wind made the course a great temperature for running but made taking on the wind a challenge at times. However nothing compared to the challenge faced by the runners dusted with prickly pear cactus needles from the course's start in a prairie field, but they didn't crush a single bird egg. Claiming the top team slot was the Lady Scottie...
This story is an update to an earlier story. This edition adds information from the plea deal — including the exact crime Strommen pleaded guilty to — and clarifies that the second count that was dropped was an alternative charge to the first count and not a separate crime. It also provides more information about the pre-sentence investigation, the judge's ability to impose a harsher sentence if he sees fit, and Strommen’s ability to withdraw the plea and go to trial. Ex-Valley County undersheri...
In a gymnasium of school-aged kids, hip hop artist, social advocate and Native American performer Christian Parish, aka Supaman, kicked off Frazer Public School's celebration of Native American Week on Sept. 23, with a performance meant to not only entertain a crowd of fidgeting children but also to engage them and inspire key themes of cultural pride, a sense of honor and to promote identity. Frazer Schools hope their students will take away those key themes in a week that will be full of...
Businessman and state legislator Scott Sales sat down with the Glasgow Courier to discuss his background, political experience and his current bid for Montana’s Secretary of State seat. Sales discussed everything from the land board and land usage, to election security and accessibility while touting his Republican record in the state legislature. Sales, a Republican from Gallatin County, has been serving in the legislature since 2003 when he entered as a representative. He served four terms including one as Speaker of the House and another a...
In what was undoubtedly an unexpected outcome to the Glasgow Scottie's homecoming game against the Cut Bank Wolves, Scottie football held the Wolves to zero points in a stunning shutout performance. It took the Scotties less than 11 seconds for Loden Idler to return the opening kickoff a total of 75 yards to score. Cordell Younkin brought in the two-point conversion and the tone was set for the remainder of the game. But the early game upsets were still on their way. Shortly after receiving thei...
The Glasgow Scottie Cross Country teams traveled to Poplar on Sept. 21 to compete at the Poplar Invitational Meet. The Scotties claimed both of the second place team slots with top performances out of Iris McKean, claiming third for the girls, and Wilson Overby, claiming fifth for the boys. In the end, the Glasgow girls came out with a total score of 63 coming in behind Williston’s 24 and ahead of Scobey’s 138. The boys chiseled down their score to 87 behind Williston’s 25 and ahead of Richey/Lambert’s 106. Scottie girls had three top 10 plac...
The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce has decked the streets in Scottie Pride this year. The idea to order 100 flags from the Glasgow Student Council came up over the summer with the Chamber Board from member and Scottie Athletic Director Brenner Flaten. He said, "this was an idea that just came to me in the middle of the summer when driving down Main Street and taking note of how many flag holders are already in place. I have always loved that Glasgow and National Honor Society put up American flags...
Montana Attorney General Tim Fox sat down with the Courier last week to discuss his campaign for the Republican nomination for the Governorship next November. Currently, Fox is taking on U.S. Representative Greg Gianforte and Dr. Al Olszewski in his bid for the party’s nomination, and if he is successful he will go up against either Montana’s Lieutenant Governor Mike Cooney, Montana Representative Reilly Neill or Montana Representative Casey Schreiner on the Democratic ticket. Fox, a Montana native from Hardin, kicked off his interview by hig...
Perhaps the most ironic thing occurring during the National Weather Service’s hydrology workshop last week was that while scientists, conservation district reps, bureaucrats, meteorologists and hydrologist met on the inside, a flood advisory had been issued for a small region of Valley County only miles away on the outside. It was a small example of what the participants of the Glasgow and Billings Eastern Montana Hydrology Workshop were trying to accomplish. The workshop was held at the Fort Peck Interpretive Center from Sept. 11 through 13 a...
The Glasgow Scotties' harriers returned from Glendive Sept. 13 with a first-place finish on the boys' varsity side but no score on the girls'. The boys put up seven varsity runners and had five place in the top 10, giving them a low score of 30 points to win the meet ahead of Dawson County by 12 points. Wilson Overby claimed the first place finish for the guys, coming in a whopping 20 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. No other Scottie got on the podium, but they did claim the fifth,...
The Glasgow City Council voted in a split decision to raise tax revenues for the city by a total of roughly $49,000. The move is likely to raise taxes next year for most Glasgow residents and businesses. The vote followed a tense exchange between Councilman Stan Ozark and Mayor Becky Erickson as they debated the principle of raising taxes just because they have the ability to do so. Ozark was in favor of an increase, but felt it unnecessary to raise the tax levy to the full amount allowable by state law. He instead advocated to raise the levy...
Nemont Manor’s new ownership, Affiliated Developers Inc., has told the Courier that they are struggling to acquire the necessary Housing and Urban Development (HUD) loans and grants required to complete their planned $4.6 million renovation of the building. The announcement comes just over a year after the property was sold to Affiliated Developers in July 2018. At the time of the sale, Nemont Manor housed around 65 tenants at 65 percent occupancy, which put them well within the occupancy rate needed to gather the HUD financing and grants. A...
After Malta cancelled their regular invitationals the day before the scheduled meet for Sept. 7, Glasgow High School decided to host an emergency meet at Sullivan Park for that same morning inviting runners from across the Hi-Line to join in. But come Saturday morning, that attempt would be foiled by persistent rains that had saturated the low-lying trails, and the meet would be moved to the high ground near Glasgow High School. It was there, on the gravel portions of Airport Rd., that the...
The Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center (EMCMHC), based in Miles City, has announced they are partnering with Rimrock in Billings, to provide enhanced addiction and mental illness treatment in eastern Montana. Currently, EMCMHC provides services in 17 eastern Montana communities, including Glasgow. According to Rimrock’s Chief Nursing Officer Christi Beals, the newly forged partnership will allow eastern Montana practitioners the opportunity to directly refer patients to a higher level of care more immediately, in turn giving them t...
Students arriving at, and returning to, Irle School this year found themselves – once again – playing at Bundy Park for recess. The reason? The school's playground upgrade and expansion has fallen behind schedule due to weather, but is inching ever closer to completion and better accessibility for all the attending students. Currently, the expansion is finishing up with concrete work to the outer walking path and drainage upgrades to fix the issues with standing water before moving the bas...
The Scottie boys and girls cross country teams traveled to Billings for the Billings Invitational on Aug. 30. The meet marked the opening competition for the Scotties with the boys placing 16 overall for varsity and 14 overall for JV. The girls varsity ran only three competitors and did not receive a team score, but the JV girls came in at 13 overall. On the boys side the Invitational welcomed 29 teams bringing 153 varsity runners and 267 JV runners. For the girls there were 27 teams bringing 128 varsity competitors and 220 JV runners. Cross...
A single vehicle rollover occurred on the evening of Monday, Aug. 19, in northern Valley County. According to reports from the Montana Highway Patrol, the driver was traveling on Highway 24 near mile marker 12 when they drifted off the road. Sgt. Jeff Kent, the supervisor for the Montana Highway Patrol in Wolf Point, said the driver then over corrected four separate times before the vehicle overturned and rolled multiple times. The driver of the vehicle was ejected and suffered multiple injuries. Other reports say the driver was flown to Billin...
When Art Widhalm finished his 30-year career in the Air Force – which included time in Vietnam – he knew that he wanted to help improve the lives of military members still in uniform and the lives of veterans alike. It was that drive that led him to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and that drive ultimately made him a commander at the Fort Peck VFW Post 3107 in 2000. It was again that motivation that made him stay in the position until 2010, then bumped him up to State Commander in 2014, and the...
It was a dreary, overcast and misty day Aug. 17 as 43 triathletes of all ages and from all around the region gathered to test their mettle against three long-distance events. Participants were required to swim, run and bike to course against their fellow participants. According to organizer Carin Barnett, this year the race included a kayaking alternative in order to give the non-swimmers an opportunity to compete. Barnett commented on the uncertainty of many to enter such a challenging race. A...
