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Measures Aimed at Preventing Over-Burdened Hospital Valley County has declared a state of emergency as of March 17. The city followed suit on March, 19, declaring a state of emergency at a 3 p.m. emergency meeting of the City Council. The actions come after Governor Steve Bullock and President Donald Trump issued state and nationwide emergencies last week as a result of the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic that has spread to all 50 states and territories. “The County has continued to monitor the situation and the circumstances surrounding the s... Full story
*Editor's Note: This is a developing story and we encourage you to check back regularly for further details as they are made available.* The Valley County Health Officer Dr. Anne Millard has issued an order that all persons entering Valley County will be required to quarantine for 14 days. The order will generally apply to anyone coming into the county but has presently unclear exclusions, per a county teleconference the morning of March 27. Those on quarantine are supposed to stay home and isolate from others. Exclusions to the order will... Full story
Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital is taking all possible measures to protect our staff and patients. At this time, FMDH is asking for cooperation from the community to help us achieve that purpose. Please do not come to the hospital if you do not need medical care. Access to the FMDH facility is currently limited to those with appointments for essential services, with the exception of the Emergency Department. There will be no walk-in care available in the Glasgow Clinic, Laboratory or Radiology. Patient care departments will be contacting... Full story
Coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has not yet made an appearance in Montana, as of press time, however it has hit people countrywide, including nearby Oregon and Washington. The Valley County Health Department and Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital are advising everyone, whether you stay in Glasgow, are an avid traveler, or just make the occasional trips out of town, to wash your hands. If hand washing is not immediately available, utilize hand sanitizer that has at least 60 percent alcohol. “There is no need to panic. This virus is like e...
Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate, Tim Fox, on Feb. 27 met with local health care administrators to tour the state-of-the-art Stat Air Ambulance hangar and discuss health care policy, insurance and Medicaid funding. Fox met with Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital CEO Randy Holom and Northeast Montana Stat Air Co-op Executive Director Clay Berger. The group started by touring the facility, which features a series of twin-prop ambulances, a large classroom, lodgings for on-call staff and it even houses a flight simulator that can...
Irle School first-grade students in Mrs. Overby's, Mrs. Boyer's, and Mrs. Qualls' classes had quite the learning experience on Feb. 25. Thanks to the generosity of Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital's physician assistant Jace Ball and Fifth Avenue Pharmacy's manager Holly Burleson donating hair nets, masks, gowns and gloves, these students had the opportunity to be word surgeons while learning about contractions at the same time. Irle School's first-grade students had learned about contractions...
When I met Joyce Stone for the first official time at Soma Dis Deli on Jan. 10, it was obvious that she was not like most of the political candidates I had interviewed in past and current races. She showed up at exactly the scheduled time, wearing blue jeans and a sweatshirt and carrying zero notes (not even a date book). Contrast that to one of the last interviews I did, where the cowboy persona was so crisp and fresh out of the box that the boots and jeans would have stood up on their own,...
According to organizer and STAT Air Ambulance Clinical Nurse Manager Kyle Gibson, 65 people came out to attend a bi-annual continuing education training put on by the organization. Gibson described surprise and excitement at the large crowd that was over the 40-person estimate they had initially planned for. "We were planning on 40," said Gibson, "so we had to do some major changes to what we were doing." He said that since the classrooms in the upstairs area of the STAT Air hangar can only acco...
Throughout the month of October, Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital employees participated in an in-house “Bright Ideas” competition that allowed employees to provide suggestions on various improvements that could be made within the hospital while also providing funding for the newly established Valley County HOPE (Helping Others Pay Expenses) Project. According to Senior Leadership Assistant Emily Mayfield, a total of 39 entries were submitted for improvements including wayfinding ideas, service improvements, as well as policy and procedure imp...
Jacquelyn "Jackie" Castleberry passed away into God's loving arms on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, in the Billings Clinic Hospital, in Billings, Mont., at the age of 73 after a brief battle with cancer. She was peaceful and surrounded by the love of her family and friends. Jacquelyn was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 8, 1946, to Jack and Helen (Collins) Masterson. Her younger sister and best friend, Nancy, joined the family in 1949. They lived in Strongsville, Ohio, where Jackie graduated from... Full story
On Saturday, Nov 9, 2019, Beryl (Traver) DeTienne began her next journey when she passed away at Valley View Home in Glasgow, Mont. A memorial service for Beryl will be held at the Bell Mortuary Thursday, Nov. 14, at 11 a.m. with inurnment in the Highland Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the VFW Post #3107. Beryl was born in Glasgow on June 25, 1932, to Earl and Alpha (Sevire) Traver. She grew up in Nashua and graduated from Nashua High School. She married Charles DeTienne on April 1, 1950,... Full story
Eddie Anthony Erwin, 82, was called home on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, at the Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, in Glasgow, Mont., with his family by his side. Graveside interment with military honors will be Friday, Nov. 8, 11 a.m., at Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. Eddie was born Dec. 10, 1936, to Samuel and Bulah Erwin of Hugo, Okla. Eddie grew up in Hugo with his siblings, Roscoe, Autrey, Norma, Jo, and Martha. Following in his big brother's footsteps, Eddie enlisted in the United States Air... Full story
Frances Margaret (Hallett) Eakman, 93, passed away Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. A funeral service will be held Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Chapel in Great Falls, Mont., with burial to follow at Highland Cemetery in Glasgow, Mont. Frances was born Sept. 1, 1926, the youngest of the six children of Jessie and Otis Hallett. After graduation from Glasgow High School in 1944, she enrolled in the Cadet Nurse Corps. She began her education at what was then Montana State College... Full story
The Elks Lodge Room in downtown Glasgow was host to a meeting of the minds as the Valley CARE Coalition brought community leaders together to discuss their ongoing work. After three and a half years of advocating for the overall health and well-being of residents of Valley County, CARE members were feeling a lull in their work. The Oct. 17 meeting, with a catered meal by Table for Six, brought together over 20 people to discuss how best CARE can continue to work on addressing health concerns in the county. Formed in April of 2016, the...
David Andrew Bayne, 61, went home to be with his LORD and SAVIOR Jesus Christ on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. He will be missed by his family and countless friends. Celebration of Life services will be held at the E-Free Church in Bozeman, Mont., on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 11 a.m. Graveside services will be held on June 20, 2020, at the Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. The time for that service will be announced at a later date. David was born on March 1, 1958, in Glasgow, Mont., to Oliver David Bayne and... 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
In the conference room of the Cottonwood on Oct. 1, an unlikely group met to test their response and capabilities against a hypothetical disaster in Valley County. Consisting of Glasgow and Long Run firefighters, sheriff deputies, elected and county officials, utility workers, nursing and assisted living professionals and hospital executives, the group was challenged by the Montana Disaster and Emergency Services’ Jeff Gates and the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Glasgow’s Patrick Gilchrist to take on a fast moving wildfire just no...
Anita E. Little, age 64, passed away at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital on Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. Services are pending at this time. Bell Mortuary is handling arrangements.... Full story
The month of September has been National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a month-long endeavor to share resources and stories in an effort to shed light on a topic that is often taboo to talk about and stigmatized. According to FMDH employee Samantha Griffin, who is currently in school to become a licensed clinical social worker, in 2017 the national death by suicide rate rose by four percent while Montana saw a rise of 15 percent, which means that most Montana residents know someone who has attempted suicide or struggled with suicidal...
Selma (Toews) Olfert, 95, passed away at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, in Glasgow, Mont., on Saturday, Sept. 14, enjoying the "party" of visiting children and friends. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Lustre MB Church in Lustre, Mont., with Pastor Frank Lenihan officiating. Burial will follow at the Lustre MB Cemetery. She was born on Dec. 16, 1923, the eighth child of Abram and Helena (Martens) Toews, two of the original homesteaders of Lustre. She had two... Full story
Selma T. Olfert, age 95 of Lustre, Mont., passed away at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in Glasgow Mont., on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019. Service times and dates will follow upon completion of arrangements....
Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital has been chosen to be one of six sites throughout the state to pilot a model of community-based healthcare designed to expand the role of EMS providers to deliver more effective and efficient non-emergency services. In addition to Glasgow, Great Falls Emergency Services, Jesse Ambulance in Broadus, Marcus Daly in Hamilton, Rocky Boy EMS and Red Lodge Fire Department were also chosen to participate in this program. To be eligible to be a pilot site, EMS services had to apply, receive permission from the hospital...
Barbara Ruth Beil, age 99, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, in Glasgow. Family will receives friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, at Bell Mortuary, in Glasgow. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Aug. 30, at Bell Mortuary with Howard Pippin officiating. Burial will be in Hillview Cemetery, Hinsdale, Mont. A luncheon will be at the Willie Nelson American Legion Post #45 in Hinsdale following the burial. Ruth was... Full story
Philip Woodrow Turner, age 66, passed away of natural causes at his home in Nashua, Mont., on Thursday morning, Aug. 22, 2019. He was a dearly loved son, brother, and uncle. Memorial services will be Thursday, August 29, at Bell Mortuary, in Glasgow, Mont., at 11 a.m. with Pastor Jeannie Bergstrom officiating. Burial will be in the Nashua Cemetery. A luncheon will be held following the services at the Cottonwood Inn. Please bring your funny stories of Philip to share. Inurnment will take place a... Full story
Mitchel "Mitch" Joseph Etchart, 98, was born in Glasgow, Mont., on Aug. 11, 1921, to John and Catherine Etchart, Basque immigrants. He passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. A Rosary will be recited 6 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 25, at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Glasgow. A funeral Mass will be 10 a.m., Monday, Aug. 26, at St. Raphael's Catholic Church with Father Jose Valliparambil presiding. Following Mass there will be a reception and fellowship at the Glasgow Elk's Lodge. A private family...
