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A Decade of Crime Stats in Montana A.J. ETHERINGTON THE COURIER Crime statistics have become a tool in the race for Montana Attorney General over the last few months with statistics being thrown around to prove their points. We were left wondering what crime in Montana was actually doing over the last ten years. So, the Courier requested the Montana Board of Crime Control’s data on total crime over the last decade. They provided that data with a few caveats and we analyze it in the coming paragraphs. Crime data in the Big Sky State is a t... Full story
The Glasgow Scottie Wrestlers made their way to the Sidney Eagle Invitational this past weekend to test their skills on the mat against some of the finest grapplers from Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. The Scotties brought their all, finishing in the top half of teams at 11th out of 25 total teams. The Scotties followed up behind the likes of Sidney, Bozeman, Minot, Rapid City and a couple of Billings teams collecting a total of 88 points. "Obviously it's a tough competition," said... Full story
The Montana Department of Commerce (DOC) has officially rescinded a $492,000 HOME Investment Partnership Program grant awarded to the City of Glasgow and earmarked for the delayed Nemont Manor renovation. In a letter sent to Glasgow Mayor Becky Erickson the DOC states, “On July 16, 2019, the City requested and Commerce granted an extension to meet start up conditions with an end date of November 11, 2019. However, the developer is not yet prepared to proceed with the project. Therefore, Commerce withdraws its $492,000 HOME commitment to the C...
Talon Laffin has had an "interesting" speech and drama career over the last three years says head coach Jodi Griffin with a knowing smile. The Glasgow High School junior had performed in Humorous Duo his freshman and beginning of his sophomore years, Informative Speech the end of his sophomore year and now, in his junior year, Humorous Oral Interpretation. Each year Laffin's performances have inched him closer and closer to the top of the podium, at least until the Glasgow Meet this past...
The Glasgow School’s Board of Trustees met at a “working meeting” Nov. 20 at the school district headquarters in Glasgow, to set up and advise an action committee that will spearhead the school district’s efforts to promote and pass the upcoming school operating levy in early May 2020. The committee, whose members are not completely set, will consist of, at least, physical therapist Rob Martin, FMDH primary care provider Dr. David Knierim and the Cottonwood Inn’s Zac Burner. Other potential members floated by the planning meeting’s attendees as...
The newly founded HOPE Project, having spun off from the local Relay for Life Committee, continued the tradition of auctioning off Christmas trees at their annual Festival of Trees at the Elks' Lodge on Nov. 22. At the end of the night, the event had served over 140 prime rib dinners, over 50 trees, wreaths and centerpieces were auctioned off and a whopping $8,000 dollars was raised to help Valley County residents in need of assistance in covering ancillary medical costs like travel, hotel...
It started off as more of a curiosity than a real question. What does a small town cop do all day? What are their goals and how do they perceive their role in the community? Many of those questions I had made broad assumptions about. They couldn't do much. Their goals are safety and convictions. They perceive themselves as many people do, as a sort of hybrid between policing agent and safety organization. Still, I wanted to see what it was like to do a ride along and be in the life of a small...
The Glasgow High School Speech and Drama teams traveled to Circle on Nov. 23 for that school's invitational competition. Taking along 13 competitors in speech and only two in drama, the team again claimed a first place ranking for the speech team keeping that side of the event's perfect season alive. They let go of their perfect drama record by default, however, since the team did not enter enough competitors to rack up team points for the overall trophy. The speech team has now claimed four...
The Glasgow City Council approved a series of spending resolutions during their regular city council meeting on Nov. 18. The resolutions were passed following a legally required public hearing to hear input from the public before spending the taxpayer money. The hearing closed in a matter of seconds after no member of the public rose to speak. The resolutions consisted of Resolution Numbers 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020 and 3022. The initial resolution 3016 changed the assessment on city residences that pertains to the collection and disposal...
The sole Democrat running for Secretary of State, Bryce Bennett, held an intimate town hall with voters at the Milk River Activity Center on Nov. 17. The event, which was open to the public, was attended by a handful of local Democrats from Valley County and focused on Bennett's campaign for the secretary position. Bennett stopped in on a series of eastern Montana stops including Glasgow, Wolf Point and Havre. "I'm doing the big eastern Montana swing," joked Bennett, before introducing himself...
Ex-Valley County Undersheriff Luke Strommen has been released from the Valley County Sheriff’s custody after being detained in the Roosevelt County Detention Center for a few weeks. He was released after a hearing in front of Judge John W. Larson on Nov. 15. In that hearing, held via teleconference, the judge decided on set conditions for his release. According to court documents, those conditions include: Strommen cannot be in contact with anyone “under the age of 18 unless accompanied by an appropriately trained, responsible adult who is awa...
The Glasgow High School Media Class traveled to Great Falls on Nov. 17 to be on set at KRTV News in Great Falls Nov. 18. According to class teacher, Rod Karst, the goal of the trip was to expose the students to various career opportunities encompassing the skills they were learning in class. They also had the opportunity to test their ability at deduction at Escape the Falls Escape Room. Basically, the goal is to escape a locked room with a team by solving clues and puzzles in under an hour – a...
The Glasgow High School Speech and Drama teams continued their first place streak at the Glasgow Invitational on Nov. 16 at GHS. With five first place finishes in humorous duo, humorous oral interpretation, memorized public address, impromptu and serious program of oral interpretation, the Scotties had their best showing yet on their home turf. GHS Head Coach Jodi Griffin said the meet went great. "We had so much help and everything ran like clockwork," said Griffin, referring to the volunteers...
The Opheim American Legion hosted their annual Veterans Day Ceremony to honor the service of their large veteran community. Marine Veteran and retired Miami-Dade police officer Jerry Davenport presided over the ceremony attended by members of the community, the students of Opheim school and dozens of veterans from the area. Opheim student Damien Cable sang the Star-Spangled Banner accompanied by Cathy Bailey. The Opheim School choir then performed a rendition of "America I Give My Thanks To...
National, State and local GOP candidates found their way to Glasgow, despite heavy snow and icy conditions on Nov. 10, to stump in front of local conservatives and avid political followers for the upcoming Republican primaries in Montana. Candidates for offices as diverse as US House of Representatives to local state legislators addressed the crowd to give a quick pitch on their policy distinctions for the primary and the party’s hopes for re-electing President Trump, taking back the governor's office and maintaining control of one of Montana’s...
Anyone who knows Mary Helland understands why she took on the challenge of renovating a hundred-plus-year-old building on Front Street in Glasgow. Mostly, it is because she loves the history of it. She sees the details of the past and appreciates them to the present. So, when the opportunity to buy up the old Stan's Saloon building – the one nestled between the Montana Bar and the abandoned Johnny's Cafe with the dilapidated roof and all but destroyed interior – she took it. Not because of the...
It is an age-old problem for governments – and one that has divided the left from the right for the better part of the century – how to best fund government services and which services, if any, should be funded. That is the precise question facing a state-wide bipartisan legislative subcommittee this coming year as they prepare a study of the state’s revenue and spending models. The questions at hand being how best to fund the Montana governmental services people have grown accustomed to, what services can be cut or optimized and what can b...
The Glasgow High School Scottie Speech and Drama team travelled to Havre over the weekend to test their skills on the stage and they did not disappoint. Taking along a total of 15 competitors the Scotties claimed three top slots with Donny Brabeck claiming first in Lincoln-Douglas debate; Isabelle Griffin claiming first in Dramatic Solo; and Ian Wright taking the top slot in Humorous Oral Interpretation. The team also claimed a total of four other podium slots and took home the Class B trophies...
The Montana Human Rights Bureau (HRB) released the decision of the Office of Administrative Hearings on the case of Shalaine Lawson against NorVal Electric Cooperative on Oct. 22. The decision ruled in Lawson’s favor and determined that NorVal general manager Craig Herbert had sexually harassed and discriminated against Lawson and then retaliated against her after she attempted to report her claim to Herbert, Norval’s board and the HRB. The findings highlight a long and slow escalation of harassment from May to October 2017 that show Her...
Ex-Valley County Undersheriff Luke Strommen has been behind bars since the evening of Oct. 22. According to Valley County Sheriff Tom Boyer, Strommen was ordered into custody by Judge Jon Larson following an emergency hearing about Strommen’s conditions of release. Boyer stated that Strommen was being held at the Roosevelt County Detention Center in Wolf Point, Mont. According to Boyer, concerns from community members raised to the judge suggested Strommen was not adhering to his conditions of release. In the emergency hearing held last week, t...
Valley County Sheriff Tom Boyer has informed the Glasgow Courier that a July 30, 2019 fatal crash was the result of impaired driving. According to Boyer, sometime in the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 30, 46-year-old Adam Nees drove his SUV into the Milk River from the intersection of Highways 24 and 42 just east of Glasgow. The recent results of the autopsy’s toxicology report found that he had a blood alcohol content of .265 as well as levels of prescription medications. Boyer stated, “According to the medical examiner the alcohol and...
Long-time Glasgow resident and County Road Department Supervisor Todd Young is running for the open Ward 1 seat on the Glasgow City Council against the current sitting councilwoman Nanci Schoenfelder. Fresh off the campaign for County Commissioner last year, Young sat down with the Courier to discuss his policy points of view, his motivation in seeking the job and what he hopes he can bring to the council. Young has lived in Glasgow nearly all his life, having moved here when he was two-years ol...
The scene in Great Falls was bleak the morning of Oct. 26. Gray overcast hung over the plains, a cold wind blew from the Rockies to the West and a blanket of snow had tucked the ground in before winter sets in for the season. It was in that scene that the Scottie harriers took on the rest of the state during the Montana State Cross Country Meet. "We were definitely not ready for that," exclaimed Scottie sophomore and All-State finisher Iris McKean discussing the weather conditions and snow. "We...
Update: The Glasgow Courier has been made aware that the Montana Human Rights Bureau has made a decision in the case against NorVal Electric and has ruled in favor of Lawson. We are analyzing the decision and will provide more information when it becomes available. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in Great Falls, Mont., alleging that NorVal Electric Cooperative’s General Manager Craig Herbert sexually harassed a female employee and then subsequently retaliated against her when she tried to r...
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...
