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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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On April 12, the Valley County Health Department hosted Glasgow Red Thumb Day's 'Walk the Walk' event. This was the second annual Red Thumb Reminder Event and consisted of activities in several downtown locations including the Glasgow City-County Library, The Loaded Toad, the Valley County Courthouse as well as the Glasgow Police and Fire Department. Red Thumb Day is a national campaign to educate on the dangers of texting and driving. According to the VCHD, every day 11 teenagers die because... Full story
Children ages 5-13 are being offered hands-on opportunities to learn more about dinosaurs, fossils and paleontology from two Junior Paleontology Programs offered at the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum in Malta. The Junior Paleo Lab Experience is a 60-minute program that teaches basic geology and the ways in which a fossil is formed. Participants work in the laboratory on real fossils, learning about the care of fossils and how to conduct research. This program is generally offered in the... Full story
On Monday morning a sentencing hearing was held for Adam Kelley in District Court in Glasgow. Kelley was convicted earlier this year on theft charges stemming from stealing items from several garages around Glasgow, and ultimately resulting in the theft of a vehicle. The vehicle and Kelley were located in Roundup, Montana, where Kelley faced an additional charge of Possession of Methamphetamine. Entering into a plea agreement for all of his charges, Kelley was given 5 years suspended with the Department of Corrections and a $1,000 fine for... Full story
With the warming weather, people and their pets will be outdoors more often. To promote safer interaction with dogs, the Valley County Health Department has prepared some tips for parents to teach their children that lowers their chances of being bit during these interactions. Teach your children to not approach a dog that is not their own, even if the pet is on a leash with its owner. If you decide that is safe for your child to approach a particular dog, it is important that your child knows to ask permission from both you and the dog's... Full story
THURSDAY APRIL 20 6–9 p.m. - “Life As Art” event at Wheatgrass Arts & Gallery. This workshop combines the creativity of art journaling with personal discovery. Call Mary at 230-0148 or [email protected] for more info. 7 p.m. - A DC Trip meeting in Room 4 of Glasgow High School. More info., contact Rod Karst at 228-2485. SATURDAY – APRIL 22 American Legion District I meeting in Scobey. 7-10 a.m. - Pancake Breakfast at the Glasgow Senior Citizen Center. $5 per person. Pancakes, bacon, eggs made to order, coffee, tea and juice will be serv... Full story
Erma (Horab) Miller, 94, formerly of Glasgow, passed away on Friday, April 7, 2017, at Holy Rosary Residential Living, Miles City, Mont., where she resided since 2016. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 22, at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Glasgow. A graveside service will immediately follow the service at Highland Cemetery. She was born in Williston, N.D., to Paul Horab and Alice (Efimenko), both of whom immigrated to the United States from Kiev, Ukraine. She w... Full story
David Murl Sisson, 61, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at the Oregon State Veterans Home in The Dalles, Ore. He was born Oct. 25, 1955, in Glasgow to John and Jacque Sisson. He graduated from Glasgow High School, where he excelled in athletics. He joined the army in 1975, becoming an Airborne Ranger, and functioned as morse code operator for John Abizaid and Greg Gardner. He was an adventurous spirit and his time in the Army helped fuel a lifetime passion for travel. After his enlistment, he att... Full story
While preparing Easter Sunday dinner, my thoughts drifted back to an Easter some years ago that definitely has been unforgettable. We always hosted Easter Sunday dinner because of calving season. This particular year, Easter also fell on my birthday. One of my husband’s brothers and his wife and family had come to visit his parents. So, of course, they were on the guest list for dinner, as was my husband’s parents and one of his uncles. We had also invited our parish priest to have dinner with us. A given thing during calving season was the sma...
The Missouri River Reservoir System is the largest reservoir system in North America. Management of the system is complicated by multiple and diverse interest groups and applicable laws. Interest groups represent irrigation, flood risk, hydropower, recreation, water supply, navigation, fish and wildlife, cultural resources, and commercial sand and gravel dredging. One of the applicable laws is the Endangered Species Act of 1973, which provides for the conservation of threatened or endangered species and their habitats. The U.S. Fish and...
This is a more recent memory. Do you remember when community Easter Egg hunts featured real eggs? It does not seem like so many years ago that various organizations in communities got together an evening or so before the big Easter Egg Hunt and spent the evening cooking and dyeing eggs. Yes, real eggs. I am sure it turned out to be a fun event, dyeing all of those eggs. But that was all there was to it. You didn’t have to open each plastic egg and stuff candy, a toy or something in it before it was ready for hiding. Of course like now, they sti...
In a two-day tournament held in Lewistown April 13 and 14, the Scotties won four consecutive games and set their conference record to 3 and 0. The girls' offensive and defensive games were on-point for the weekend, setting the tone for the rest of the season. Glasgow vs. Conrad Glasgow's winning streak began with a two-and-a-half inning, 18-3 win over Conrad in an early afternoon game on Thursday. Conrad had the first crack at bat, but failed to bring any runs in and turned the inning over to... Full story
The Scottie golfers had a great showing at the Whitewater Invitational, bringing home first-place hardware for both the girls and boys. The meet was held in Malta April 11. Leading the boys with 89 points was Blaine Myrick. Oden Hallock earned second-place with 94 points, Cody Ross placed third with 95 points, and Kaden Fossum finished ninth with 113 points. For the girls, Lexie Pehlke continued her winning streak with her 95-point, first-place finish. Heidi Moon grabbed second place with her... Full story
Hordes of competitors and volunteers converged on Scottie Field for the annual qualifier meet on April 17. Despite strong, gusty winds and a bone-chilling high temperature of 55 degrees, several athletes still managed to hit state-qualifying marks. For the Scotties, Benji Phillips bested the qualifying standard in the long jump by just over three inches. Sophia Stiles and Jada Nicholson, both of Malta, were the only other class B athletes to achieve qualifying standards in their events. For... Full story