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This story is an update to a breaking news bulletin published at GlasgowCourier.com. Ex-Valley County undersheriff Luke Strommen pleaded guilty to a single count of sexual abuse of a child on Oct. 8. Appearing in front of Missoula County District Judge John Larsen, Strommen changed his plea to guilty for a single count of the charges filed against him. A second alternative charge of attempted sexual abuse of child was dropped. A third charge of sexual intercourse without consent relating to a...
Glasgow natives Alicia (Doke) Frueh and Jim Frueh have had an established presence at the Loaded Toad in downtown Glasgow over the years. J. Frueh helped build the establishment and has been in charge of the financial aspects of the business since the beginning while A. Frueh used to live across the street, became a frequent customer and then decided to work there at the front counter in addition to her full time job as the city utility clerk. As a result of their commitment and loyalty to the...
Glasgow’s Irle School will soon join a growing list of schools across the state who have implemented the PAX Good Behavior Game program into its curriculum. In May of this year, Governor Bullock announced the state had received a $2.1 million federal grant to build on the program, which has already been put into practice in 47 Montana schools. The expansion of the program was touted by Governor Steve Bullock’s office in September. According to literature from the PAXIS Institute, the PAX Good Behavior Game is designed to teach “students self-...
Tyler Vandermars of Glasgow spent an unexpected night on the southern side of Fort Peck Lake after an elk hunting trip led to his stranding during high winds and winter weather on Oct. 8. According to Vandermars, he had set out Monday to try and find an elk and stayed through to Tuesday. On Tuesday morning he found the elk, and set out on pursuit, but abandoned the effort to return home when the winds came up around 1 p.m. Vandermars said he had attempted to cross the lake then, but when he reached the mouth of the Crooked Creek Bay, he was...
Having a presence in the community since 1958, Soroptimist International, which is a coined word meaning best for women, provides resources and opportunities that allows women and children the opportunity to reach their full potential and reach their dreams. Their mission is simple, provide women and girls with access to the education and training they need to achieve economic power. Current President Maridene Johnson and the 23 active members of the Glasgow Soroptimist have been doing just that. With various events such as Trunk of Treasures,...
Commissioner of Securities and Insurance (CSI) Matt Rosendale, Deputy Securities Commissioner Lynne Egan and other staff from the State Auditor’s office made a stop in Glasgow on Oct. 8 as part of their Money Matters for Montana Women workshop tour, which also made a stop in Havre, Glendive and Billings. As they traveled throughout the state, CSI staff also met with seniors to discuss fraud prevention in Lewistown, Shelby, Malta, Fairview, Miles City and Columbus as well as trained law enforcement officials from across the state on how to p...
Dear Editor, I watched and listened in awe during my first year of hunting elk as a large bull screamed, nose flared, while he herded his cows from his bugling challenger. That was in 1979 and a lot has changed over the past 40 years. Today, elk are plentiful in places where they were absent back then and on some forested public lands they are no longer as common. Predator populations are doing well, major fires are common place as our climate changes and hunting technology continues to...
Dear Editor, Two and a half years ago, Attorney General Tim Fox and I stood on the steps of the state capitol with other lawmakers announcing a major long-term initiative to address the impacts of drugs (Aid Montana). Since then, our successes outnumber our defeats, and we are ready for the next phase to combat the addiction crisis in Big Sky Country. On the success front, we can point to several victories in the areas of prevention, treatment, and enforcement. We led the charge on passing...
Dear Editor, As I travel around Montana I often speak with teachers, professors, and students concerned about the cost and ability to access quality education. Rural communities know that a public school in their town is a tent-pole for the community. Once a rural area loses a school in their town, the community really starts to struggle. It is also difficult to recruit teachers to Montana's schools because by some measures Montana has the lowest starting pay for a new teacher. As a teacher...
Dear Editor, As United States Senator from Montana, and as a rancher from Miles City serving as the president of the Montana Stockgrowers Association, we took a major step forward last week for Montana ag. Together, we worked to accomplish a historic trade deal between the U.S. and Japan - one that will benefit Montana's farmers and ranchers for generations to come. Farming and ranching is tough enough as it is. This industry isn't for the faint of heart and making a profit only gets harder if...
For September and October, the Valley County Pioneer Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Fort Peck Interpretive Center is open during the month of October, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Powerhouse tours are available only by advance appointment. Call 406-526-3493 for more information. WEDNESDAY – OCT. 16 7 p.m. - Humanities Montana and Valley County Pioneer Museum present Beth Judy, author of Bold Women in Montana. She will discuss her book at the Valley County Pioneer Museum. THURSDAY – OCT. 17... Full story
To celebrate National Friends of Libraries Week, the Valley County Friends of the Library will be hosting a Book Sale at the Glasgow City-County Library on Saturday, Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a variety of books and genres to choose from including children’s, non-fiction and an assortment of fiction including westerns, romances and mysteries. In addition to books, there will also be other forms of entertainment such as DVDs, both children and adult, and audio books. At reasonable prices of $1 per hardcover, $0.50 per p... Full story
For all you chocoholics out there, this is something you can not miss. Come to Glasgow on Friday, Oct. 18, from 4 to 7 p.m., to stroll among the stores and galleries that are staying open late just for you with great deals and sweet delights, from homemade chocolates to huge brownies, truffles, chocolate fountains and more. Stop by the Apple Trolley to get a map of the participating businesses and play in the chocolate poker run to win prizes. All poker players must pick up their poker cards at the Apple Trolley on Oct. 18 before doing the... Full story
The Hinsdale Ambulance Service, in conjunction with the Hinsdale School, invite the community to hear a powerful message from Pat Goldhahn. On Aug. 25, 2016, his daughter, 15-year-old Lauryn Goldhahn, was thrown 150 feet from a pickup after it rolled two and a half times and hit a power pole. On Aug. 27, she was pronounced dead. She was not wearing a seatbelt. The presentation at Hinsdale will share a father’s journey through grief, organ gifting and the #BuckleUpBlue4Lauryn ribbon campaign on Monday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m., at Hinsdale S... Full story
Thomas ‘Tommy’ L. Cornwell was born to Thomas H. and Lila K. Cornwell on March 2, 1931, at Glasgow, Mont. He went to school there and graduated from Glasgow High School in 1949. He grew up at Cornwell Ranch under the feet of his grandfather, learning to repair machinery, buildings or anything that was broken. Tommy married Mary Lou Hines on June 4, 1951. Throughout their marriage, Mary supported him in his many occupations. He worked for Newton Motors and the US Post Office. Tommy and his family moved to Harrison, Mont., to work on a ran... Full story
Tiburscia 'Toby' Anderson, 91, went to be with the LORD on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at Bell Mortuary. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 18, at the Assembly of God Church in Glasgow, Mont., with Pastor Owen Childers officiating. Burial will take place in Highland Cemetery following services. She was born the eldest child of the late Alberto and Pilar Gomez on Nov. 27, 1927. Her entire life was devoted in service to her... Full story
Charles 'Chuck' P. Sundeen, 60, of Fort Peck, Mont., passed away Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019, at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, in Glasgow, Mont. A wake will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18, at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow with a Rosary being prayed at 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 19, at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Glasgow. Burial will be at a later date. Chuck was born July 12, 1959, to Kenneth and Doris (Lehn) Sundeen in Princeton, Minn. Chuck... Full story
He gave her the shirt off his back. And she returned it. Glasgow native Barbie Dahl caught a t-shirt Aerosmith lead man Steven Tyler tossed into the crowd at an Oct. 1 concert in Las Vegas. Tyler was wearing a black, sleeveless T-shirt, emblazoned with Vegas Strong in gold, for a show at Park Theater as a tribute to the victims of the infamous Route 91 Harvest concert shooting which took 58 lives. The Aerosmith concert took place on the second anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting in U.S....
Many of you will remember saving bread sacks. Oh, not only the sacks, but if the family didn’t eat the crusts, you dried them to use at a later date for dressing, or maybe bread pudding, just to mention a few. I remember many that washed and saved the plastic bread sack also. That was before baggies and Ziplocks. Once these bags were washed and dried they had to be stored someplace for the next use. The favorite storage method in my family was to roll these recycled bags on the core tube of wax paper. Worked great to keep these bags in some o...
The Lady Scotties showed their endurance, hard work and strength this past week, playing three matches in a five-day time frame. On Tuesday, Oct. 8, they traveled to Fairview to take on the Warriors. This game was a pick-up to the schedule after Scobey cancelled the scheduled meet that was to be held on Oct. 24 due to over-scheduling. Coming into the match, the Warriors were coming off a nine and zero record and were dedicated to keeping that undefeated record. However, the Scotties had the same...
Coming off a tough loss in Colstrip Oct. 4, the Scotties had hoped to regain their footing with a win over the Malta Mustangs for the heralded rivalry week. But when the Red and Blue faced off on Scotty Field Oct. 11, it was Malta walking away with the win. The tough-fought battle in front of the packed stands saw only three touchdowns over the four quarters of play. "It came down to a one-touchdown game," said head coach Patrick Barnett. Two of those belonged to Malta, who takes their record...
To cap off their Spirit Week, Nashua teachers ChyAnn Clampitt, Noel Beadle, Julia Kirkland, Taylor Hopstad, Sara Wittmayer Wesen, and Kyle Gorman decided to suit up and take on the Nashua volleyball students, Carly Tihista, Tia Dees, Alyssa Morgan, Alexis Murdock, Hadynn Adkins, Devin Fromdahl and Kaitlyn Miller, in a duel at the Pep Assembly on Oct. 10. Initially the students won the match, but a new rule was made at the end of the game by the athletic director Kirkland, that stated who ever...
Both the Glasgow Scottie Cross Country Boys and Girls teams claimed first at the Plentywood Invitational on Oct. 12. Cold and wet weather forced the hosts to move the course from its traditional route on the golf course to the surface streets of Plentywood. The short-notice relocation caused a miscalculation in the course’s length, however, and what should have been 3.11 miles ended up being 2.8 miles long. As a result, the times were staggeringly fast, but they would not count for the record. Head Coach Rod Karst did say that the race would c...
Editor's Note: This column was written on Oct. 7. Due to space, it was held over to this week's issue. We are done with worrying about our wheat crop. The snow and strong winds combined to finish it off. Most of it is broken off or lying on the ground. Now we wait to see if the crop insurers agree with us and how they'll treat us. I do still have tomatoes. Covering the plants with blankets and then with old truck tarps has kept the plants green. I think it helped a lot that the cages and stakes...
The WaterWorks Art Museum in Miles City held its annual art auction on Sept. 28. Cathryn Reitler (McIntyre) of Glasgow was one of 58 artists who contributed work to the fundraiser to help the museum's outreach education program to bring art education to 13 counties in the region. The nonprofit organization provides exhibits in the visual arts and humanities, educational opportunities and informational services for the public, schools and civic groups, and management of and access to visual...
