Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Search and rescue workers have been looking through rugged Idaho terrain for a lost plane just outside of Cascade, Idaho. The plane was carrying two residents of Glasgow and three members of their family. Sheree Chalmers Smith, of Glasgow, and her husband Daniel Smith took off from Baker City, Ore., in the airplane piloted by Daniel Smith’s father, Dale Smith. Dale’s daughter, Amber Smith, and her fiancee, Jonathon Norton, were also on board the airplane. The single-engine BE-36 Beech Bonanza, a smaller aircraft, reported an engine failure nea... Full story
The young and young at heart lined the streets through downtown Glasgow to watch the brightly lit floats that kicked off the Christmas season on Saturday, Nov. 30. The Glasgow Optimist Club and Glasgow Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture held the annual Parade of Lights. This year there were 14 entries. The winners were Nemont for theme, Girl Scouts for youth, Brad Olsen and his gingerbread house for novelty, the Glasgow High School "lunch bunch" for adult, and Paul Turner and family for lights.... Full story
It's hard to imagine life as it was 100 years ago. The main mode of transportation was still the horse. Running water and electricity in homes was rarely heard of and only a luxury the rich seemed to enjoy. But 100 years ago three residents in the area were just starting out in life. Exactly a century ago today Bernice Nybakken Herman and Stella Hallett were being welcomed into the world, they were born only a few hours apart. Another local resident, Walter Romo, was just turning 2 years old....
Wooden poles for streetlights and phone lines were a common practice in the years past. Today new poles made of fiberglass and steel stand through the weather and winds and are used more frequently. NorthWestern Energy has begun to replace 74 streetlight poles in Glasgow. Butch Larcombe, the media contact for the company, explained that the project to replace old poles in poor condition is statewide, but Glasgow is now the next in line to have replacements take place. “We’re trying to get ahead of problems and work correctively on poles tha...
Protecting the local community comes with risks and dangers. A grant the city of Glasgow received will help pay for extra protection for law enforcement. The City Council adopted a resolution on Monday, Nov. 18, that allowed them to accept a grant, just more than $700 that will be used to buy new bullet proof vests. Glasgow City Clerk and Treasurer Stacey Amundson explained that the grant wasn’t in the current budget for the year. The city spent more than $2,000 previously for five new bullet proof vests, averaging around $400 per vest. With t...
Editor's note: See the bottom of this story and read to kids what Santa had to say about his work at the North Pole. This reporter got a one-on-one interview with the man who does it all in one night. Special thanks to Becky and Art for the special interview. As the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce held its holiday season kickoff downtown, one very popular person visited the nursing homes and the children of Glasgow. Eyes lit up and smiles appeared on many faces that saw the red and white hat and... Full story
As I lay napping in my recliner the other evening with the TV on, I was rudely awakened by this loud obnoxious announcer guy trying to make me believe – in a raucous voice better suited to be announcing the Friday Night cage fights – that "Sellum, Bilkum and Cheetum" was the only auto dealer in the world from which (whom?) to buy a new car. He promised “thousands of dollars in instant cash rebates, no financing charges for the next millennium”, and I thought I heard mention of a free glow-in-the-dark Hula Hoop with every pickup purchas... Full story
Like most of us, I am thinking of gifts for Christmas. I think that men are the hardest to buy for, which brought to mind hair brushes, of all things. Do you remember when an appropriate gift for the men in your life was a nice hair brush set that came in a genuine leather zipper case? It seems that there were two brushes in the case. Was this one for each hand, or maybe one of them was a clothes brush to be used on those three-piece suits that were worn then. Of course very few men had long hair at that time, so I am not getting a mental pictu...
Since February, Montana’s Sage Grouse Advisory Council has been working overtime to create a management plan for the bird whose habitat spans central, northern and eastern Montana. The urgency? This upland game bird has been declared “warranted” for listing as an endangered species by the federal government, but “precluded” from that designation while the feds deal with other matters. Montana is one of the Western states with significant sage-grouse populations that have not crafted a plan acceptable to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service....
The Bureau of Land Management has released for review and public comment the Lewistown Field Office Greater Sage-Grouse Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement. It is available for review and comment throughout the 90-day period ending Feb. 5. During this comment period, the Lewistown Field Office has scheduled two public open house meetings to provide information and answer questions regarding the plan so the public can make more informed and specific comments to the plan. The next one is Dec. 18 from...
Sue (Penner) Baker, 93, died Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013, of natural causes at the Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow, Mont. She was born on her grandfather's homestead in Waterloo Township, North Dakota, on Aug. 17, 1920, to Peter and Mary (Harder) Penner. She was married to Cameron W. Carswell on Sept. 19, 1944. Later she married John Alfred Baker on Oct. 14, 1946. They lived in California, many places in Montana, and Williston, N.D. She was a "nanny" and did sewing for families. She worked on the...
Elaine Geraldine "Scotty" (Scott) Kjelstrup, 91, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at the Highgate Senior Living in Billings, Mont. A memorial service will be at First Congregational Church in Glasgow at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12. She was born in Eureka on Dec. 18, 1921, to Merlin and Addie Scott. She joined a brother, Everett, in the family home, who was a year older. She grew up in Eureka and graduated from Lincoln County High School in 1939. She attended Montana State College, (now MSU), and met...
Annie (Schmidt) Davis, 75, died from a heart attack, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, Okla. She was born July 10, 1938, on the farm of Emil A. and Eva (Teske) Schmidt near Lustre, Mont. She was the last of 10 children that spanned a generation of 21 years. She grew up in a family where spiritual priorities, discipline and personal contribution were woven into the fabric of every day of life. As a child she loved to play dolls with her cousins and was...
Dustin Jeffrey Bietz, 31, died on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at the Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont., from complications from a stem cell transplant. Services will be Monday, Dec. 9, at 11 a.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Glasgow. A complete obituary will appear in next week's paper. Bell Mortuary of Glasgow is in charge of the arrangements....
A new year and a new opportunity. That's the outlook that the high school Ice Dawgs have entering the 2013 season with after a disappointing 2012 campaign. Coming off a split with Havre on the road a week ago, the Ice Dawgs have a nice layover, which allows for some fine tuning on the ice before their next game at home on December 14. Ice Dawgs goalie Harley Eliason likes the start his team has had so far and believes if the Dawgs work on the little things, a good season is ahead. "We just have... Full story
This weekend, Glasgow High School will host it’s first Class ‘C’ Showcase Basketball Tournament. The tournament will feature boys and girls basketball from Glasgow and surrounding communities as well as schools from outside the area such. Willie Thibault, activities director for Glasgow High, said an event like this has been discussed in previous years. “It’s something I’ve talked about for a couple of years,” Thibault said. It’s an opportunity for schools in our area to play schools outside of the area.” Not only does Thibault believe...
Finishing in second place is bad enough when you do it once. It's unheard of when you do it twice – in the same season – as the U19 Ice Dawgs did last year. The Ice Dawgs are back on the ice as the 2013-14 season is under way and head coach JR Rasmusan sees his squad returning to their old form. "By the end of the season we should be very competitive," said Rasmusan. "We're capable of playing with anyone." In order to play with anyone, the Dawgs will stick with an aggressive style of play that h...
