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Following months of opposition, ballot initiatives CI-121 and I-191 both failed to receive the required number of signatures by the June 17, 2022, deadline for the November ballot. CI-121 sought to amend the Montana Constitution to cap residential property taxes in Montana. This constitutional initiative would have shifted the tax burden to Montana’s farmers, ranchers and small businesses while penalizing new homeowners, young families and seniors. I-191 would have subjected over 100 miles of the Gallatin and Madison rivers and their t...
The Glasgow City-County Library’s Summer Reading Program Ocean of Possibilities has lots of stuff planned for the month of July. The Library will be sponsoring a pool day at the Glasgow City Pool from 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 7. This is open to all ages! Week five activity and reading sheets will be available starting on Monday, July 11. These sheets can be picked up at the library or on their website, www.glasgowlibrary.org/srp-ages-0-12. The Fort Peck Summer Theatre’s Young Audience Tour will make a stop at the library on Tuesday, Jul... Full story
Veteran service officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. If you are interested in applying for benefits, please bring a copy of your discharge paperwork (DD214) with you. Service officers will be in Glasgow at the VA Clinic from 1-4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 13. They will also be in Malta on Thursday, July 14, from 9:30-11:30 a.m., at the Malta City Hall. Veteran service officers will visit nursing homes and assisted living... Full story
Seven teams made it to Fort Peck this past weekend for the 12th Annual "Chappy" Memorial Co-Ed Softball Tournament and 13 games were played out on John Hahn Field. Action started bright and early Saturday morning. Seven games were contested Saturday where each team was guaranteed two games in pool play action. A single-elimination bracketed tournament was contested on Sunday with six more games. Saturday Pool Play: Northern Lights Casino 20 Alley's Palace 0 Rock's Auto Mall 12 Dink's Bar 9...
Eight teams made it to Fort Peck this weekend for the 55th Annual John Hahn Memorial Men’s Softball Tournament and 14 games were played out on John Hahn Field. Action started bright and early Saturday morning. Eight games were contested on Saturday. The final six teams closed out the action with six more games. In the end, it was the Mill / A3 out of Billings/Sidney who secured the tournament title in a slugfest against State Farm out of Billings. It is the sixth title in a row for the Mill at the famed John Hahn. Local team, Irving Law, finish...
June 29 5th Ave. Pharmacy def. Alley’s Palace 31-10 Northern Prairie Auto def. Alley’s Palace 28-19 Dinks forfeit to Northern Lights Dinks forfeit to 5th Ave. Pharmacy Northern Lights def. Taylor Storage 16-10 Northern Prairie Auto def. Taylor Storage 26-21 League Standings Northern Prairie Auto 7-1 Taylor Storage 3-5 5th Ave. Pharmacy 6-2 Northern Lights 6-2 Dinks 2-6 Alley’s Palace 0-8 Games Next Week: Wednesday, July 6 6 p.m. Field 1: Northern Prairie Auto vs. 5th Ave. Pharmacy Field 2: Taylor Storage vs. Dinks Field 3: Alley’s Palace...
The 2022 NE MT Pulse Plot Tour will be held Thursday, July 7, meeting at the Inoculant Trials. Please contact the MSU Extension Office, 406-228-6241 for a map or directions to the plot. The road will be inaccessible if raining. We are pleased to have Kate Vogel, cover crop specialist from North 40 Ag discussing cover crop best management practices and her cover crop calculator, and Stephen Vantassel, vertebrate pest specialist from the MDA on Richardson Ground Squirrel management. We also are featuring Pro-Coop’s Luke Dighans discussing his i... Full story
The three Resolutions of Intent for Water, Sewer and Bulk Water rate increases that were just mailed out and recently received in mailboxes had a passed by council date of June 6, 2021. The date should have been June 6, 2022. All of the other information in the Resolutions are correct. Public heading regarding the Resolutions will be held on Tuesday, July 5, at 4:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, located inside of the Glasgow Civic Center....
Based on the best-selling novel and subsequent Oscar winning film starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood, The Bridges of Madison County captures the lyrical expanse of America’s heartland along with the yearning entangled in the eternal question, “What if…?” Winner of multiple 2014 Tony Awards, this sweeping romance about the roads we travel, the doors we open and the bridges we dare to cross, will leave audiences breathless. Jaclyn Gonzalez Stapp and Royce McIntosh star in the roles of Francesca and Robert. Last season at FPST, Stapp s...
The market report for the Glasgow Stockyards as of June 16 show 609 cattle sold with cows higher and bulls on light test of mostly lower yielding kind. Utility and commercial cows brought in $85 to $99; canner and cutter cows $70 to $85; young feeding/turnout cows $85 to $125; bulls $98 to $113 and nine to 12-year old cow/calf pairs brought in $1,525 to $1,700 per pair. Thursday, June 23 is the All Class Cattle Auction featuring cow/calf pairs. Also Thursday, June 23, through Friday, June 24 is the Northern Video Auction. Friday, June 28, is...
USDA in Montana reminds agricultural producers of important Farm Service Agency (FSA) program dates. Contact your local service center to apply and with any questions. Visit online at farmers.gov and fsa.usda.gov/mt June 30, 2022: Deadline to request ELAP assistance for hauling livestock to forage in 2021. July 15, 2022: Deadline for FSA Maps – 2022 Acreage Reporting/Crop Certification for Annually Seeded Spring Crops, Spring Seeded Alfalfa Seed, Forage Seeding, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Perennial Forage not covered under the NAP, and...
As part of the Montana Conversations: Community Conversations by Humanities Montana series, the Valley County Pioneer Museum will be hosting Phillip Burgess on Thursday, May 19, 7 p.m. at the Museum, 54109 Hwy 2 West, Glasgow. Phil Burgess is a veteran, poet, storyteller, ex-gypsy, ex-therapist, and ex-cabdriver living in Missoula who still nourishes and honors his eastern Montana roots. He is the author of the collection of poetry Badlands Child, and Penny Postcards and Prairie Flowers. He will tell the story of Evelyn, a woman-child who came...
The Glasgow High School Choir students had a very successful District Music Festival, which was held on April 22 and 23 in Wolf Point. In addition to all groups receiving either a score of Superior (I) or Excellent (II), freshman Gabriel Proctor also received a perfect score, which is the first time in five years any Glasgow student received the honor. Proctor is also the first student to receive a perfect score in the solo performance category. The results ran on a I, II, III, IV, V scale with...
Mandy Rasmusan currently teaches math at the Glasgow Middle School and is her 22nd year of teaching. She is married to Terry Rasmusan, who is a native of Peerless, Mont., and has four kids, Megan, 26, Glasgow High School class of 2014, DJ, 22, Glasgow High School class of 2018, Mylee, 12, and Kinsley, 10. "Teaching gives me the opportunity to support student growth and challenge students to prove their thinking. I enjoy that each day brings different tasks for each class, keeping things...
Alexander Fransen, of Glasgow, was nominated to receive Dickinson State University’s 2022 Outstanding Graduate Award. This award is the highest honor bestowed upon graduating seniors by the university. Students are nominated by the faculty in their academic departments for exceptional performance in their fields of study. Nominees submit an application packet which includes a resume, documentation of leadership, letters of reference, and an essay. A selection committee reviews completed applications and selects two individuals to receive the o...
Opheim School BPA is selling Mother’s Day flowers. Flowers will be able to be picked up at the school on Saturday, May 7, between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. If you are interested, please contact one of the BPA members, Zach, Cole, Damian, Bo, Carrie, James, Maria Landles, Meagan, Mrs. Rogenes or the school office....
Valley County Free Tree Day 2022 will be held on May 5 on the east lawn of the Valley County Courthouse, starting at 7:30 a.m. A total of 800 trees will be given away during this one day event including 150 Canada Red Chokecherry, 100 Caragana, 200 Common Lilac, 200 Prairie Sky Poplar (cottonless), 50 Nanking Cherry and 100 Buffaloberry. Free Tree Day 2022 is funded by generous businesses and people of Valley County including contributing organization The Nashua Gumbo Gals as the hostesses and the MSU-Extension Service Valley County as the... Full story
The Glasgow City Council met on April 25 for a regular meeting and discussed water and sewer rates for the next five years. The council agreed to a five-year rate schedule which will increase the base rate for water and sewer two percent each year. The current base rate for a residential water line is $28.15 per month. This will increase two percent each year and by year 2027 the base residential water rate will be $31.08 per month. The current base rate for residential sewer is $44.85 per month and this will increase two percent each year and...
Artistic Director Andy Meyers, returning for his 12th season, is happy to be moving full steam ahead with preparations for the 2022 Fort Peck Summer Theatre season. Following last season’s popular rep style schedule, the season will feature a mix of rotating performances. Since last summer, Meyers has appeared as Amos in Chicago at Arizona Broadway Theatre, played Scrooge in the National Tour of A Christmas Carol and directed The Spitfire Grill at Billings Studio Theatre. Many returning alums, plus new faces from those projects and others, j...
MSU Extension will be hosting a respite retreat for caregivers at the Cottonwood Inn in Glasgow, May 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This retreat aims to provide caregivers a chance to take a break from their caregiving responsibilities and spend a day prioritizing their well-being. Caregiving can be very demanding, both physically and mentally, and this retreat is an effort to allow those individuals to take a day and focus on self-care. Caregivers can take on many responsibilities and come in many different forms. As defined by the Center for... Full story
Frazer School District is running their own election. This is a trustee election only. They have two trustee positions open, one for a one-year term and one for a three-year term. The Frazer School election is a polling place election; absentee ballots were mailed on April 15. The polling place on May 3, will be at the Frazer School Annex; hours will be noon until 8 p.m. Candidates are: 1-Year Term: Lillie Cox Michael Cole 3-Year Term: Yancey Beston Mary Sue Jackson Adeline Smoker The Clerk and Recorder’s office is running the Glasgow School D...
The Glasgow Elks Lodge is now accepting applications for our 2022 scholarship through Friday, April 22. This scholarship is for graduating high school seniors that will continue their education at an accredited college, university, or trade school after graduation and is open to students from Glasgow, Nashua, Hinsdale, Opheim, Saco, Whitewater and Malta. You can apply online at the Montana Community Foundation website, www.mtcf.org. To apply, the student will need to create a new account, and when prompted to enter an access code for a... Full story
The market report for the Glasgow Stockyards as of April 7 show 423 cattle with cows and bulls steady on light test. Utility and commercial cows brought in $75 to $88. Canner and cutter cows brought in $62 to $75 and bulls brought in $92 to $104. Bowles 75 Red Angus Production Auction was held by Jim, Julie, Brady and Tracy Bowles and family, of Chinook. A total of 35 bulls were sold with an average of $3,464. The top bull sold for $5,000 and the top five averaged $5,000. The volume buyer was Lewis McGill, of Powderville, Mont., with four....
The market report for the Glasgow Stockyards as of March 31 showed 617 cattle with cows and bulls steady. Utility and commercial cows brought in $75 to $87. Canner and cutter cows brought in $62 to $75, young feeding/turnout cows brought in $85 to $132.50 and bulls brought in $95 to $106.5. The Gibbs Red Angus Bull Production Auction was held on March 31, hosted by Pat and Bill Gibbs and their families, from Jordan, sold 33 bulls averaging $2,970. The top bull sold for $4,750 and the top five averaged $4,200. The volume buyer was Lee Gibbs,...
U.S. Senator Steve Daines and Congressman Matt Rosendale wrote a letter to Department of Interior Secretary Debra Haaland and Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning on April 4 urging to extend the protest period on the proposed decision affecting grazing allotments on the American Prairie Reserve in Phillips County. The full letter is below: April 4, 2022 The Honorable Debra Haaland Secretary Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington DC 20240 The Honorable Tracy Stone-Manning Director Bureau of Land Management...
