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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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The Glasgow City Council met in regular session on Aug. 7 with the agenda including approval of consent agenda items, a public hearing on solid waste collection rate increase, Tess Fahlgren providing an update to the council on the skate park location as well as approvals requested for certain city business. During the public comment period of the meeting, business owner Candy Lagerquist circled back to the desire to have diagonal parking on one side of 2nd Ave S., while the other side stayed parallel parking. During the last City Council meeti...
After participating in the 36th annual Governor’s Cup, with Governor Greg Gianforte fishing and First Lady Susan Gianforte assisting in a weigh boat, the Gianfortes traveled back to Helena for government business. A few days later they made their way back to the Hi-Line this past week with stops in Glasgow, Saco and Malta on July 18 as they continued their way to Blaine County as part of the Governor’s 56 County tour. During their time in Glasgow, First Lady Gianforte met with members of the...
Throughout the summer, Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming (GSMW) has been on the road taking their Mobile STEM Learning Center van to various communities throughout Montana and Wyoming. The van made a stop at the Glasgow Civic Center on July 20, where children of all ages had the opportunity to explore 3D printing and learn about the human body with a mannequin who had removable organs such as eyes, spleen and kidneys. STEM Program Specialist Jess Carley walked the kids through the 3D printing...
This summer's Theatre for Young Audience tour launched on July 18 at the Glasgow City-County Library with the production of Sally Forth. Written and directed by Fort Peck Summer Theatre Artistic Director Andy Meyers and produced in partnership with emerging company AM Theatrical, the production starred Jenny Smith as Sally the Stamp, Shy Iverson, who starred as Haskell. Under an hour in length, this show was perfect for whole families who came out to the production at the library with lawn...
The Glasgow School Board met in regular session on July 11, which was a change from their normally scheduled second Wednesday of the month, due to scheduling conflicts. The next regular session Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 16, due to the Northeast Montana Fair the second week of August. In addition to approving normal business such as the personnel action report and student attendance agreements, Superintendent Wade Sundby also provided the board with an update on bus drivers as the new school year quickly approaches. “We are h...
The Siding 45 Skatepark committee has been hard at work in recent months in order to achieve their goal of revitalizing a skatepark in the Glasgow area. From hosting fundraisers, having other local businesses support in helping to raise funds, working with the City of Glasgow to determine the best location and becoming their own non-profit organization, the group is putting more pieces together to make their dream a reality. "We are happy to announce that as of this week, July 10, we have...
On July 6, at 8:40 a.m., the Valley County Sheriff’s Office responded to the cabin area of Fort Peck Lake for an unresponsive two-year old, later identified as Cullen Meland, found in the water. Meland, son of Braden and Bethany Meland, of Billings, was staying with relatives in the area when the accident occurred. The Office of the Sheriff/Coroner will conduct a cause and manner of death investigation, which as of press time was still ongoing. In addition to Cullen, Braden and Bethany are parents to a newborn daughter, Macie, who is c... Full story
Simulation in Montana (SIM-MT) visited Glasgow emergency medical services (EMS) in June to deliver an immersive and high-fidelity healthcare simulation training program. This collaborative effort was aimed to enhance the skills and preparedness of local emergency medical services personnel in handling pediatric emergencies as well as time sensitive illnesses such as traumatic brain injuries, strokes and chest pain. The SIM-MT truck, with an instructor, came to the area to allow EMS training to...
The Valley County Commissioners met for their regular session on June 21, where in addition to regular business of approving employment and termination notices for the county, they also set elected officials’ salaries, approved salary increases for all non-elected, permanent full-time and permanent part-time employees in addition to appointing board members to various county boards to terms beginning July 1. The Commissioners also agreed to sign the interlocal agreement 2023-2024 between Valley County, Valley County Sheriff and the Town of N...
Twenty-six incoming sixth to eighth-graders had the opportunity of a lifetime June 12 through 16 when they spent the week at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital's (FMDH) inaugural Med Camp, organized and directed by camp counselor Olivia Allen, who also serves as the facility's marketing assistant. The students spent the week on-site getting a behind the scenes look at all of the various opportunities the hospital provides, ranging from surgical to nurse, to maintenance to human resources. Each...
The Glasgow Downtown Association held their first Alive at Five and Down the Dog competition on June 21. The event was hosted by Sean R. Heavey Gallery, Shelbie's Barbershop, The Loaded Toad, The Fort Peck Fine Arts Council and the Glasgow Courier. Bully Burgers and Bites drove from Glendive to serve delicious food from their food truck. After two minutes, Reece Hunsley was declared the winner after eating all five required hot dogs. He will be competing in the Sept. 20 Calcutta which will...
The Glasgow School Board met in regular session on June 14 following a negotiation meeting with the classified staff to reach a tentative agreement for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years. Negotiations with the Glasgow schools principals, clerk and classified supervisors were held on June 1 and all agreements went before the Board at the June 14 meeting for approval of the tentative agreements. During the regular session meeting, the tentative agreements that followed these negotiations were approved with a two-year contract and a three...
The Montana Newspaper Association (MNA) held their annual convention on June 17 and 18 in Helena, Mont., where a variety of representatives of Montana newspapers gathered, socialized and recognized each other for their work. The convention concluded with the MNA announcing the winners of the 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. This contest is the MNA's way of thanking the hardworking processionals in the newspaper industry and highlighting their successes and efforts. The Glasgow Courier was...
Glasgow's Benji Phillips has had a very successful week, ending his collegiate track and field career at North Dakota State University (NDSU). He represented NDSU at the NCAA Outdoor Championship on June 7 and was the highest finishing Bison, taking 16th place in the javelin with a throw of 227-3 (69.26m). His placement earned second team All-America honors, the second of his career achieving first team All-American in Javelin in 2021. Phillips also ended his career at number two in NDSU...
Mother Nature made her presence known in more ways that one over the last week with severe thunderstorms, flooding and a tornado. After many reports of tornado sightings the evening of June 1 on the Valley and Daniels County border, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Glasgow confirmed a landspout tornado occurred near Lustre. A storm survey team from the Weather Service went out to the area and did not see any visible damage to property or fields. There was also no report injuries. As a...
On May 17, U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) co-chaired a Finance Subcommittee on Health Care hearing about the importance of improving health care access in rural Montana. Senator Daines invited Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital's (FMDH) Vice President of Strategic Programs Erin Aune to speak about rural health at the hearing. "Rural health is a key component of America's health care. It's a greatly important issue in my own state of Montana, as more than 720,000 Montanans live in designated...
The Valley County Commissioners met for their regular meeting on May 17 in the Board of County Commissioners, located inside the Valley County Courthouse. The meeting’s agenda included signing the Provider of Record Agreement, signing the agreement to provide planning medical services and the signing of the Health Officer Agreement. During the meeting, the Commissioners approved the Provider of Record Agreement between Michelle Ozark, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and the Valley County Health Department as well as approved the agreement f...
The collegiate Track and Field season wrapped up this past weekend, May 24-26, at the NAIA National Championships in Marion, Ind. Two Valley County students, Brett Glaser, of Glasgow, and Kaitlyn McColly, of Hinsdale, were top finishers in their respective sports. Sophomore at Dickinson State, McColly became the first athlete in Dickinson State history to bring home a national championship in the Women's Haptathlon after she won the event on May 25. She started the competition strong, winning...
The Hi-Line Sportsmen recently donated $20,000 to the Valley County Community Pool Campaign to help fulfill the funding goal of $3,600,000 to build a new swimming pool in Glasgow. As of May 22, the current total raised was $3,138,479. The Hi-Line Sportsmen wanted to donate to the cause because many of the core committee members were either born and raised in the area or moved here, becoming locals over time and are now raising families here. "To have the pool in the community growing up was such...
Kevin Taylor, of the Kyle Masonic Lodge out of Hinsdale, with the assistance of Irle School Cook Cody Tarver, handed out Kindles to three Irle elementary students at each grade level on May 9 for the annual Kindles for Kids program ran by the Masonic Lodge. To determine who went home with the covenant prize to encourage reading on the go in the summer, names were drawn from entires that students had to fill out based upon their reading habits in the school year. After the Kindles were handed...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks announced on May 19 that 31 trail organizations, communities and various land-managing agencies throughout Montana will receive Montana Trail Stewardship Grant Program (MTSGP) grant awards for their projects in 2023. The Trail Stewardship Grant Program provides funds for the development, renovation and maintenance of land for recreational trails. Fifty-one MTSGP applications were received this year from a variety of eligible applicants, including federal and state agencies, towns, cities, counties, private clubs a...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, May 22, 2023 The newest member of the Glasgow School Board, Mona Amundson, was sworn in at the May 15 meeting. Board Chairman Alison Molvig and Vice Chair Patt Etchart were re-elected to their offices and Kelly Doornek was re-appointed clerk of the board. The Glasgow City Council heard some encouraging words about the old Magruder property, better known as Red Rock Plaza or the Farmer's Market on the Fort Peck Highway. Long delinquent on taxes, it has not been accepted...
In what has become a yearly tradition, Colleen Thompson's voice students put on a performance on Mother's Day, May 14, at the Methodist Church to showcase all they have been working on throughout the year....
It was another stellar year for Montana at the 2023 National Business Professionals of America Leadership Conference which was held in Anaheim, Calif., on April 25-30. A total of 6,503 individuals from 23 state association and three international countries attended. The Montana's delegation represented 62 secondary chapters, 11 middle level chapters and one collegiate chapter. Included in those numbers are three Valley County students, Glasgow High School's Daniel Berry, and Opheim School's...
The Valley County Commissioners had set a meeting date of May 5 to discuss personnel issues of the Valley County Road Supervisor Todd Young. Young had been placed on paid administrative leave since the Commissioners voted on March 31 to place him on leave while an allegation, that if substantiated, could implicate a violation of the county personnel policy, was investigated. As a result of privacy policies regarding personnel issues at the County level, no information was provided on why Young resigned or what the outcome of the investigation s...
