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Members of the Valley County Sheriff's Office and the Tri Agency Task Force arrested Shannon Ray Emeline (36, male) on a warrant for criminal possession of dangerous drugs out of Yellowstone County on April 22. Emeline was initially held on a $10,000 bond. According to Sheriff Glen Meier, officers conducted a search of the premises at 390 A Hickory Street in St. Marie and discovered illegal narcotics and a large amount of cash. Following the search, Emeline's bond was increased to $100,000 on...
A hero-sized bronze sculpture destined to be a key feature at the Northeast Montana Veterans Memorial at Fort Peck is on temporary display at First Community Bank in Glasgow, reports Art Widhalm. Widhalm began serving as the chairman of the Memorial Board April 1. "Three bronze sculptures were commissioned for the Memorial," he said. "This one, titled Taps, was designed and sculpted by Pamela Harr and her late husband Harvey Rattey of Glendive. The Board expects the third bronze, a flag-draped...
Darin McMurry has been selected as the new Operations Project Manager for the Fort Peck Dam Project in Fort Peck, Mont. McMurry will replace John Daggett, who retires June 3. McMurry is currently the Deputy Operations Project Manager and Chief of the Natural Resource Section for the Fort Peck Project. He’s responsible for the oversight of 21 recreational areas, four marina concessions, 366 leased cabin sites and a visitor center in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service and the non-profit organization Fort Peck Paleontology, I...
Montana’s Democratic and Republican Primary Elections will be held June 7, and if you wish to vote, you must be registered. Regular registration will end May 9 at 5 p.m., with late registration beginning May 10. If you are looking to register, there are many ways to do so: Visit the County Election Office from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and fill out a voter registration application, fill out a registration form when applying for or renewing your Montana Drivers License, or go to sos.mt.gov/elections/vote/index.asp (and for more information) to d...
Council members attended to old and ongoing business at the May 2 Glasgow City Council meeting. Among the items on the agenda were a bid opening for the purchase of a new mower for use at the cemetery, the payment of claims, a series of budgetary resolutions, and updates on ongoing efforts to secure grant monies. During department head reports, Mayor Becky Erickson made special mention of a Small System Award for Outstanding Operation, Maintenance and Administration of a Wastewater Treatment...
As summer approaches, the air gets warmer, the birds start chirping, the boats come out of storage, and the shorts come out of the closet. The same applies to the local greenhouses and their wide array of flora, pots and potting soil. Jolene Reyes, owner of Jo’s Greenhouse in Glasgow, said she started growing things for herself, and it “sprouted” from there. She is set up on Highway 2 next to the VFW, her bright pink and white-striped tent is hard to miss if you are looking for it. This will be her seventh year with a greenhouse, and fourt...
Valley County will be having their 9th annual Free Tree Day on Thursday, May 5. They will be giving out trees starting at 7:30 a.m. on the east side of the Glasgow Courthouse until they are gone. There will be lilacs, caragana, chokecherry, American plum, and Black Hills spruce. The project has given out 12,000 trees to date, which are all sponsored by local businesses and community members....
The Lady Scotties have yet another new head basketball coach. Travis Nielsen has been hired to replace Jon Kolstad, whose contract was not renewed after two years of coaching. Interviews were held at the district office Monday afternoon, and were conducted by GHS activity director Brenner Flaten, GHS principal Shawnda Zahara-Harris, and Middle School principal Mike Zoanni. Two candidates were interviewed: Nielsen and Glasgow resident, Mike Myrick. Nielsen is originally from the Nashua area, where he played four years of basketball for the...
Glasgow's varsity track and field team got a preview of the divisional meet this weekend when they competed in Great Falls at the Fairfield-Belt Invitational. It was an opportunity to become familiar with the facility and to compete against a different set of athletes. Glasgow was missing some placers, which left some points up for grabs, and the list of state qualifiers for the Scotties didn't gain any additions. Overall, however, the team performed well with both the boys' and girls' teams...
After four games over the weekend, the Scottie softball team improved their overall record to 11-3, and took the top spot in the conference with a record of 8-0. The Scotties faced Shepherd in their first game of the weekend. Despite two errors in the game, Glasgow dominated offensively, scoring eight runs to Shepherd's one. Defensively, Glasgow denied the Mustangs any runs after the top of the first inning, with pitcher Tyra Johnson recording 11 strike-outs. Johnson also went 2-4 at the plate....
With the news of Conrad Burns’ passing late last week, Montanans lost a member of the family. From across the state prayers were offered for Phyllis and the Burns family and fond memories were shared. Conrad was a dedicated husband to Phyllis and father to Garrett and Keely. He was an auctioneer, a high school referee, an agriculture broadcaster and founder of Northern Ag Network, a county commissioner, a U.S. Senator and always a U.S. Marine. He loved his family, he loved Montana and he loved his country. And on Thursday, Conrad passed away w...
It took me 73 years and 71 days but I have finally had it! I know I have mentioned this before, but it seems to have fallen on deaf eyes, especially mine, but I don’t see a tangible solution to the growing problem. Several or more of the presidential candidates have given the problem token air time, but I fear there is nothing even the newly-elected president, or president-ess, can do about it. Every time we go to the hardware store, the super market, the clothing store, the farm tractor selling place, the appliance store: every time we go t...
Dear Residents: As you have probably heard, city of Glasgow has been in the process of determining which courses of action to take in regards to the future source of Glasgow’s drinking water. As a public water provider, the city understands the effort and commitment it takes to operate and manage a safe and reliable water system. The City Council is also sensitive and understanding to the residents of Glasgow, and the cost incurred to the water and sewer rate payer. If you have lived here for any length of time, you may recall that this t...
Almost every day, I see a post on Facebook of someone complaining that millennials are over-privileged and want to succeed but they don’t want to work hard for it. It is one of the most ironic things. You see all of these posts, and realize all of these people are using a social media site created by a millennial, Mark Zuckerburg. You will hear people talking about how the music of today’s generation is bad, yet the music industry of today is the most diverse it has ever been. I’m sorry you didn’t get the chance to grow up on hip-hop, rap or...
While listening to the radio one day this week, I heard a notice regarding the date the Hi-line Wool Pool would be shipping wool. Two thoughts crossed my mind. The first being that it was really early in the year to be shipping wool, and the other was that of shipping wool with the Valley County Wool Pool. Shipping day for the Wool Pool. Remember when shearing was done after the ewes were done lambing? That was a noisy, confusing time for the young lambs. Imagine how different “mommy” looked after being submitted to the clippers. Now she...
Looking at the bane of social media i.e. Facebook, I am bewildered on how polarized we have become. I see the posts stating so and so will leave America if Trump is elected. No they won’t. No one will. If a conservative like myself can survive eight years of President Obama, two of those under Democrat control of the entire Legislative Branch and the gift that just keeps on giving, the Affordable Healthcare Act (guess what Max Baucus, my rates did go up just as I predicted!! Thanks for the rabbit punch!!!), the left leaning entertainment i...
Jake Schweigert, Jr., 75, of Glasgow, Mont., died Monday, April 25, 2016, at Faith Nursing Home in Wolf Point, Mont. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 6, at 11 a.m. at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow, with Pastor Jay Ashbaucher officiating, followed by burial at the Highland Cemetery. He was born May 30, 1940, in Harlan, Ky., to Jake and Virgie (Tipton) Schweigert. He was a long-time resident of Glasgow. He worked for Markle's and Oakland's TV and Appliance. He owned Schweigert's Appliance...
Helmuth Hans Schmitt passed peacefully Saturday, April 23, 2016, in Spokane, Wash. He lived a full and active life until the very end. He was 72 years old. He was born in Glasgow, Mont., Aug. 26, 1943, to Charlotte and Ludwig Schmitt. He was the fourth of four children, two of which preceded him in death, Erwin and Werner. He was in the U.S. Army Reserves, worked for the United States Forest Service and then Metro (King County) Transit. He retired in 2009 and enjoyed the last seven years in...
Elizabeth "Betty" Heffner, 90, of Glasgow, Mont., left to be with the angels Wednesday, April 27, 2016. She was born July 7, 1925, in Karlsruhe, N.D. She was one of 13 children. She married LeRoy Klimplein in 1943, and they had three children: Larry in 1944, Diane in 1947 and Gary in 1950. She then married Jack Kremer in 1950 and had four more children: Dennis in 1951, Loretta in 1953, Patrick in 1955 and Jeff in 1962. She lived in Velva, N.D., until 1995. She then relocated to Glasgow for the remainder of her life. She worked in food service...
Larry Olson, age 72, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2016 at his home in Miles City, Mont. He was born on Sept. 13, 1943, in Terry, Mont., to Alvin and Mildred (Wang) Olson. He attended A remembrance gathering will be held on Saturday, May 7, starting at 4 p.m. at Larry and Linda's home, through the evening with friends and family coming to share a Larry story, a smile, a tear and a beer. Call 234-2064 for information. He attended schools in Four Buttes, Froid and Culbertson. He went to the...
THURSDAY – MAY 5 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. - The Valley County Pioneer Museum began their spring schedule on May 3. The new hours will be Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 5:30-7:30 p.m. - A kick-off event for the 2016 Wilderness Walks at the Sean R. Heavy Gallery, 529, 2nd Ave. S in Glsgow. Starting at 6:30, the event will include a slide presentation featuring hikes in the Glasgow area and along the Hi-Line. The complete schedule is available online at www.wildmontana.org/walks. For more info, contact Amanda Hagerty at 406-443-7350 (...
