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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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At approximately 2:35 p.m., on March 29, an incident occurred at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital (FMDH) involving a Valley County detention officer, sheriff deputies, a hospital employee and an inmate from the Valley County detention center, later identified as 47-year-old Jonathan Ryan Hamilton. Hamilton was originally arrested on a Blaine County arrest warrant in another state and was returned to Montana to face several criminal charges pertaining to child sexual assault. According to Valley...
The Valley County Commissioners held a meeting on March 31 inside the Board of County Commissioners to discuss a personnel issue associated with the County Road Supervisor Todd Young. The Commissioners stated the reason for the meeting was due to an allegation, that if substantiated, could implicate a violation of the county personnel policy. Though information on the allegation was not provided, Commissioner Mary Armstrong indicated it was her opinion that until the allegation can be substantiated and investigated Young be placed on...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Rep. Steve Daines stopped in Glasgow early this morning on a swing through eastern Montana as part of his statewide natural resources tour. Spillway rehab is Corps’ largest repair. The flood of 2011 caused damage to every dam on the Missouri and much of the levee system in the lower reaches. The plunge pool at the bottom of the spillway is the largest single repair project on the Missouri River system. The force of the water that poured out of the lake and down the mile-long concrete chute, 55,000 cubic f...
In order to keep detention officers and inmates safer, the Valley County Detention Center has recently installed a body scanner that will allow a visual on any potential weapons and /or contraband on the person entering the facility. The staff of the Detention Center is expected to be trained on the machine March 28, and once fully trained, the scanner will be implemented for any and all inmates entering the facility. According to Valley County Sheriff Tom Boyer, it was standard practice in the...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, March 27, 2013 Byron Hallock, Irle School PE teacher, kept his bargain with the students. If they met their goal of selling $6,250 in World's Best Chocolate in the school fundraiser, he would dance in a tutu. The top salesmen, Harlyn Brandt, who sold $700 in chocolate was awarded a five-pound chocolate bar for her efforts. A group of bibliophiles has decided to revive the Valley County Friends of the Library, which went dormant some years ago. Some of the goals of the...
With the regular Ice Dawg hockey season wrapped up, seven players decided there was still time for one more hockey tournament before spring activities overtook the schedule. This past weekend, Eli Lacock, Taelynn Henry, Bridger Brooks, Maddux Feit, Corban Hystad, Benson Rasmusan and Hudson Hubbard, along with their families, traveled to Billings in order for the boys to participate in the Big Sky Skate Games 3 on 3 tournament. Though they have all played as Ice Dawgs during the on-season, this...
A handful of Glasgow High School students competed in the Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Conference in Billings that took place March 12 through 14. Winter storms, which resulted in road closures, prevented the students from arriving as scheduled on Saturday, March 11, so unfortunately the group arrived approximately five hours late the following day, only getting two hours to compete in a lot of the competitions. "Our parliamentary procedure team did not even get the chance to...
Valley County Health Department registered nurse Ella Tweten said "see you later" to the community and county staff on March 2 after working over 30 years for the county at the Health Department. Throughout the years she has seen many changes in public health, including the changes in technology, jargon and even increased coordination with the hospital. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she also had to put in the various trainings she has had regarding pandemics, and learned a lot from the...
Local Valley County officials gathered at the National Weather Service in Glasgow on March 17 to learn about the potential of flooding throughout the county. According to meteorologist in charge Patrick Gilchrist, there is now a 98 percent chance of minor flooding on the Milk River at Glasgow, 65 percent chance of moderate flooding and 20 percent chance of major flooding. “A lot has changed since the first of the month. We went from a feeling that we were in pretty good shape overall to deal with any spring melt. There was some potential for m...
The Northeastern Arts Network wrapped up their Glasgow season on March 14 with Baroque Music Montana, founded by artistic director and violinist Carrie Krause in 2015. Featuring the world’s top Baroque specialists playing on period instruments, the music, which was composed between 1600 and 1750, still resonates with audiences today. Prior to performing at Glasgow High School that evening, Krause, along with John Lenti who played the theorbo and baroque guitar, visited Hinsdale and Glasgow Schools during the day. With a meal provided to the a...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Glasgow voters passed a $16.8 million levy to build a new K-5 Irle School and make substantial improvements at East Side and Glasgow High School. The vote was 1,151 to 945. The vote was reversed in the defeat of the second levy requested, $2 million to remodel the entrance of the administration building to ADA standards, upgrade the GHS auditorium seating, improve the high school playing fields and pave the parking lot. U.S. Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont.,...
KLTZ/Mix 93's Stan Ozark has been the voice of Valley County sports for 30 years and was recently celebrated by the Glasgow Scotties community during the Northern B Girls Divisional tournament. On Feb. 23, chants of "Stan, Stan, Stan" rang out in the Scottie gymnasium. "It was a complete surprise! I looked at Derek [Beadle] and asked what was all this was about. I didn't process what was going on. Once I heard the chanting it put it all together," explained Ozark. Ozark and Beadle have been...
The first annual Slash the Stigma Devon Thompson Memorial Tournament was held at the Valley Event Center this past weekend, March 11 and 12. A total of eight local teams participated in the three-on-three tournament with a six man team maximum. A team from Miles City was supposed to compete, but due to the winter storm that made it's way to the area, had to cancel at the last minute. During the championship game on Sunday, the winning team, comprised of Colter Barnett, Lex Fairclough, Britt...
Months of preparation, learning lines and choreography, building a set and making programs, all while balancing school, outside jobs and other extra curricular activities, the whirlwind is coming to an end this weekend for the cast, crew and directors of the Glasgow High School production of Grease. All of the hard work, stress, and often times the feeling of being overwhelmed will all be worth it when everything comes together for Golden Ticket night this Thursday, March 9 and official opening...
The Children’s Museum of Northeast Montana and the Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture were recipients of the fiscal year 2023 Eastern Montana Initiative Tourism Grant Award. The awards are effective Jan. 25, 2023, and both organizations were notified last week via a letter signed by Montana Governor Greg Gianforte. The Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture was awarded $50,850 which will be used for a mobile office and sales trailer with an onboard generator. One of the ways the trailer will be utilized is to upgrade the e...
The UNITE's Arrive Alive Tour visited northeastern Montana high schools last week, with Glasgow High School being the first stop on Feb. 20, followed by Poplar High School, Plentywood High School, Medicine Lake School and Scobey High School. The tour was sponsored through a grant with the Montana Department of Transportation, Governor's Highway Safety Association and in partnership with Nemont, Independence Bank, Pro Coop and Daniels-Sheridan Federal Credit Union. Glasgow High School's Family,...
The Glasgow City Council met for their regular council meeting on Feb. 21 in the Council Chambers. Regular business was voted on including payment of claims in the amount of $131,839.68; payment of Valley Court Apartment claims in the amount of $1,709.37 and approval of the Feb. 6 regular council meeting minutes. There was a huge crowd in the public sitting area of the council chambers as the Siding 45 Skatepark committee and supporters were in attendance to discuss working with the city in order to find a location for a future city skatepark....
Valley View Home’s administrator Wes Thompson has been making trips back and forth to Helena in order to be a part of the current legislative session and express the need to raise Medicaid rates in order to continue to keep the same level of patient care residents deserve and keep Valley View Home’s door open for the community. “Wes is forever going to bat for us. He is going to bat with the state legislature,” stated Staff Development Coordinator Brianna Leader. In initial votes on Feb. 16 by the legislative subcommittee, Medicaid provide...
Since the beginning of December, Kris Toennis has been seeing patients in the Glasgow Clinic as the facility's newest family nurse practitioner (FNP). Though she was born and raised in Miles City, Glasgow and the surrounding area is very familiar to her. "Growing up, Glasgow and Miles City were Class C rivals. I came to the area for sports and loved spending time at Fort Peck during the summer," said Toennis. Prior to coming to Glasgow, Toeness had been a registered nurse for 31 years, working...
The Valley County Courthouse was the setting of a coroner’s inquest on Feb. 14, pertaining to the in-custody death of Darryl Big Leggins, of Hays, Mont., that occurred on Feb. 10, 2022. At the time of his death Big Leggins was being held at the Valley County Detention Center under contract for the Montana Department of Corrections. At the time of death, to ensure transparency and to eliminate any perceived conflict, Valley County Sheriff Tom Boyer requested the Phillips County Sheriff/Coroner Jerry Lytle and the Montana Department of Justice t...
Hinsdale senior Codi Donniaquo has a full plate as she counts down the days until graduation. From working at Elle Boutique in Glasgow, preparing her audition for the Fort Peck Summer Theatre, filling out scholarship applications, performing in the Pep Band in a co-op with the North Country Mavericks band while also playing one of the lead roles in the student-led production at Glasgow High School's production of "Grease," on top of her school responsibilities such as homework, each day is...
Editor's Note: Since the publication of this story, training has been set up at Opheim School in April and the Valley Courthouse has scheduled training for their employees in March. Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital (FMDH) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Kalu Jensen and Connie Wethern made a stop at Frazer School on Feb. 3, to provide training to teachers and administrators how to utilize the newest addition to the school, the Stop The Bleed Kit. "The focus of this class is to save a life. Commi...
Three Glasgow Scottie Speech and Drama students traveled and participated in the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) competition in Belgrade. Senior Chase Tarum and sophomore Gabe Proctor competed in their humorous oral interpretation (HOI) events, while senior Mason Swenson had to take his memorized public address and make it a dramatic oral interpretation piece for the tournament, as the tournament does not have an actual memorized public address (MPA) event. The tournament took...
The Glasgow City-County Library hosted their annual Valentine's Day story time on Feb. 9. Due to the generosity of the Valley County Friends of the Library, every child in attendance was able to pick out a Valentine's Day book from the wide selection, ranging from board to story to even a coloring book. The books encompassed a wide variety of ages, to allow those in attendance to pick their favorite....
Glasgow's boys basketball team went 1-1 in the final weekend of regular play, posting a 2-6, 8-10 overall record heading into the postseason. The Scotties defeated the Harlem Wildcats 69-45 for Senior Night in Glasgow Friday before falling 51-47 in Poplar the following night. Glasgow went up 19-13 after one quarter Friday night and outscored Harlem 18-11 in the second. The Scotties held the Wildcats to 2 in the third while putting up 16 points in the same frame for a 53-26 lead heading into the...
