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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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"I don't want to borrow on the highway future," Director of Montana Department of Transportation Mike Tooley said at a meeting that took place at the Cottonwood Inn in Glasgow on Friday. Tooley came to the Highway 2 Association quarterly meeting, and he was able to address officials from along the Hi-Line. With increased traffic, some smaller communities along the Hi-Line have been concerned with maintenance and possible upgrades to Hwy. 2. The Hwy. 2 Association has been pushing "4 for 2" for... Full story
He's described as a good student, quiet, respectful and polite. But a 2007 Glasgow graduate found himself in handcuffs on Friday, Oct. 10, as agents with the Montana Department of Justice's Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) arrested Steven Unger, along with John Parker, of Watford City, N.D. It came to a shock to some locals to see Unger in the spotlight across the state. Unger participated in band in high school. Glasgow High School Music Teacher Brad Persinger explained that this seemed like a “normal” student. He comes from a sol...
With campaign season coming close to an end, a flurry of ads are being placed by candidates and their supporters. Some ads brought about a complaint filed Oct. 15 against the Valley County Sheriff Deputies by Donna Dascher and Joe Horn. The complaint decision has not yet been posted by the Commissioner of Political Practices, but the complaint can be viewed online for those curious about the political practices. The decision was expected some time this week. Dascher's complaint states that the deputies cannot support or oppose a candidate. The...
It still isn't a total sigh of relief as many of us can remember a time when the price of a gallon of gas was under $2, but the tightness of muscles around the fingers forking over the cash for gas is lessening as prices have fallen nearly 30 cents in the last month. The reason for the drop, according to GasBuddy.com, is due to the drop in crude oil prices that are $25 less a barrel than the springtime highs. The drop in price is projected to last up to two months. Other factors to the lower prices are due to refineries are finishing up...
As election season comes towards a close and voters, who might not have kept up with all the changes in the last few months, might be wondering who made it to the final ballot. As sometimes heated battles have come up between the candidates there have been a few changes. One of the more notable changes that took place on a higher level in our state include John Walsh stepping down from the Democratic candidacy for U.S. Senate after a plagiarism issue that came up and he tried to take the foot out of his mouth after stating that PTSD (Post Traum...
This photo shows the embankment of the Fort Peck Dam that failed and went back into the Missouri River on Sept. 22, 1938. Just over 76 years ago, the fast moving slide killed eight workers. A safety review board recommended construction to continue after they stopped it for a full year. The board directed a broader levee, more berm, additional steel sheet pile and reinforced concrete intake walls. Now there is a memorial that sits behind the towering structures you see in the photo. It lists... Full story
For the third year, Eastern Montana Glasgow Head Start will trick or treat for a cause. A group of Head Start kids will go out into the community to collect items for the troops on Halloween in hopes to make a soldier's day a little bit brighter. What started a few years ago as a way to support local units overseas has continued. Head Start site coordinator Pam Ost explained that it was ta teacher, Kerry Henches, who thought it would be a good opportunity to dress up and pay it forward by giving treats to others in the community. As time has... Full story
Dear Editor: I'm addressing this letter to big game hunters, both resident and those from out of the area. I'm writing this to ask you to please don't shoot the antlerless whitetail deer in the area between Hinsdale and Nashua, for 5 miles on each side of the Milk River. These deer were hit very hard during the winter of 2010-2011, and then suffered an EHD epidemic that same summer, all of which resulted in a 95 percent die-off. That is the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks' statistic. Since then, the numbers have not appreciably... Full story
I am writing this column from Billings, where I am undergoing five radiation treatments. The drug I was taking to keep my breast cancer at bay failed. I was told by two oncologists that some active cancer cells developed a resistance to the drug, allowing them to travel to my right hip. After tests and discussion, it was decided to give me two new medicines and do five days of radiation. This development was totally unexpected. I had been having quite a bit of pain in my right leg. On Oct. 4, I went to the ER because I couldn't handle the pain...
As flood waters receded in late August, Valley County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Rick Seiler started working on figuring how much damage existed. Those numbers began to rise in Valley County, along with those in nearby Musselshell, Petroleum, Blaine and Carter counties and the Fort Belknap Reservation. The preliminary assessment of damages in Valley County added up to almost $958,000. Combined all areas are at about $1.6 million in damages, with Fort Belknap reporting around $53,000, Carter County $37,000, Musselshell $55,000...
Have you traveled in your home area lately and thought about the original location of the highway or road you were traveling on? The highway between Nashua and Glasgow, for instance. I remember that highway as being one of my first highway driving experiences. Seeing some of the old highway grade brings to mind how narrow the road was and how big the cars were that we drove. How about the highway between Glasgow and Malta, or even Opheim and Glasgow? Of course all roads of the early times followed the lay of the land and were built with...
Nicholas Lee Kolstad, 22, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, from complications of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. He was born June 22, 1992, to Darryl and Lori Kolstad. He attended school in Glasgow and graduated with honors in 2012. He had an awesome smile and a great sense of humor. He had an awesome sense of style and loved to shop at the Buckle. Nick enjoyed playing on his computer and liked to order stuff. He was always quite a lady's man, loving all women. He loved hunting and spotlighting...
R.D. "Tag" Markle, 89, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow, Mont. A private service will be held at a later date. He was born in Glasgow to Thomas and Florence Markle on Nov. 23, 1924. After graduating from Glasgow, he attended Kemper Military School before serving in the Army. For three years he was in the Medical Corp in Hawaii. After being released he attended the University of Montana. There he met his wife, Kae Lythgoe. Upon graduation,...
Philip W. Boerschinger, 86, of Billings, Mont., passed away from natural causes on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014, at Tender Nest Retirement Center in Billings. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. The son of Michael M. and Dorla Boerschinger, he was born Aug. 5, 1928, in Glasgow and grew up on the family farm near Nashua. He graduated from Nashua High School. On Sept. 24, 1949, he married Damaris Wagner in Nashua where he worked for the...
Conrad E. Peterson went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, in the Eagle Cliff Manor in Billings, Mont. He was 88 years old. He was the fourth child born to Walter and Bertha Peterson in Vida, Mont., on Jan. 11, 1926. He attended grade school years in Vida, and then attended Wolf Point High School. He enlisted in the Navy and served in World War II and the Korean War and was honorably discharged in July of 1952. He married Pauline Gunn Oct. 15, 1952. To this union three children were born, Walter, Gaylene and Lonnie. He...
Memorial services will be held for Lois Fern (Jennings) Lawrence on Saturday, Oct. 25, at 11 a.m. at the First Methodist Church in Glasgow. The services will be followed by interment at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. She passed away Sept. 4, 2014, at the Munday Nursing Home in Munday, Texas. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge of arrangements....
Helena, here they come. The talented Glasgow XC runners, girls and boys alike, are aiming high for Saturday's MHSA 51st State Cross Country Championships. They have some momentum after last week's double team victory at the Plentywood invite. They're confident, not cocky. Eager, yet nervous. "Everyone will have to bring it," for the girls to win a fifth straight state title, GHS star Josie Braaten told The Courier on Tuesday. "It's definitely the toughest one." Girls No. 1 runner Braaten and... Full story
It's about to get serious for the Scotties, Montana's top-rated Class B football team in one of the rankings. This Friday's Top 10 matchup against visiting Conrad in the regular season finale should give GHS a taste of the higher caliber competition that awaits in the MHSA Class B Football Championship Series. The Scotties, 8-0, retained their No. 1 ranking with MaxPreps, the CBSSports.com site for high school sports, after their 41-8 win over Plentywood last Friday. Conrad, 6-1, sits at No. 8...
Ed Boos, a Glasgow High School sports hall of famer, joins another hall Saturday: the Minot State University Athletics Hall of Fame. Boos, immortalized on the hall of fame wall near the GHS gym, played on the 1977 Scottie state championship football team and a year later took second at State in the javelin. He was a second team all-state football player as an end in 1976 and linebacker in 1977. "I learned how to hit in football in high school," Boos says. "I carried that with me throughout my...
A free community tennis clinic with a top instructor will be offered by the Glasgow Recreation Department at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, in the Glasgow Civic Center. The clinic will be instructed by Jeremiah Walsh, director of tennis at Sun Oaks Tennis and Fitness in Redding, Calif., since 2009. He was hired at 24 as the youngest Division I collegiate head coach in the country at Virginia Military Institute (VMI). This clinic is for adults who want to teach tennis to kids. No tennis experience is necessary. Just show up and learn. Following...
The 23rd annual Turkey Trot will be begin 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Glasgow Civic Center. The race starts and ends at The Civic Center. The cost will be $10 per participant with a non-perishable food item or $12 without a non-perishable food item. All participants will be entered into a drawing to win several grand prizes, including a kids' bicycle. Registration is from 8:30-9:30 a.m. on race day, or you can sign up early at the Glasgow Recreation Department at 319 3rd St. South. Phone: 228-8341. The trot is a 1.5-mile fun run that... Full story
