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1 Years Ago: Wednesday July 10, 2013 June marked the fourth straight month that ended up being wetter than normal, with 4.19 inches of rain falling in Glasgow. This is 1.86 inches more than the normal of 2.33 inches. More than half an inch of rain fell at the airport on three separate occasions, the greatest being 1.33 inches on June 3. The Goodkind Gallery threw a reception recently to open the showing of the works of Orlando Montenegro, an artist from Las Vegas. What he brought to Glasgow...
Sharon Lynnette Wigness Thompson passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2023, in Glasgow, Mont. Sharon’s family will receive friends on Sunday, July 2, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Bell Mortuary, Glasgow. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Monday, July 3, at the First Lutheran Church with Pastor Scott Kiehn officiating. A luncheon will follow the funeral services and burial will follow the luncheon. She was born on May 31, 1932, to Charlotte and Porter Wigness and raised in Fortuna, N.D. Sharon was the oldest...
1 Years Ago Wednesday June 26, 2013 In a unanimous decision last week, the Montana Supreme Court overturned a District Court ruling that prevented the movement of Yellowstone bison from the Fort Peck Reservation. This clears the way for about half of the bison to be taken to the Fort Belknap Reservation, which was the original plan when 61 bison were brought north last spring after five years of quarantine and testing for brucellosis. A couple of dry days prevented flash flooding in Valley...
The hardest working man we know went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. The family invites you to a Celebration of Life on Saturday, June 24, at 2 p.m., at the VFW in Glasgow, Mont. A luncheon will follow. Alvin Ernest Austin "Ernie" was born on July 7, 1934, to Alvin and Laura Austin in Helena, Mont. Ernie grew up in Conrad and helped his father during the war. He took every Wednesday off school to help butcher hogs at the meat packing plant. Then the family moved to Augusta, Mont.,...
Helen Caricaburu Dyba passed away at her home in Billings, Mont., on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the age of 85. A celebration of Helen's life will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 8, at Sam & Jeff's in Glasgow. Helen was born in Glasgow, Mont., to Basque immigrants Peter and Mary Jane Caricaburu, on Nov. 6, 1937. Two weeks after she was born, her father passed away, leaving her mother to raise her and six brothers and sisters on a farm along the Milk River. A farmgirl at heart, she helped with...
Bonnie (Dostert) Kimball, age 80, passed away on Friday, May 26, 2023, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson, Mont. There are no services planned at this time for Bonnie. They will be announced at a later date. Bonnie Jean was born in Oakland, Calif., on Feb. 26, 1943, to parents Vernon and Thelma (Hopstad) Dostert. The family returned to Nashua, Mont., where she graduated from high school, then enrolled at Montana State University in Bozeman. In 1965, she married David Miller and to this...
Our dad, William Thomas Riley, went to heaven to be with our maker on Friday, May 12, 2023, in the Billings Clinic Hospital, Billings, Mont., surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Saturday, May 20, at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow, Mont., with Pastor Rick Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery, Glasgow. Dad was the first born to Ernest and Julia Belback Riley in Rockglen, Saskatchewan on Nov. 20, 1935. He was followed by his four siblings, Wayne, Sharon,...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, April 24, 2013 The Valley County jail is temporarily housing prisoners from Roosevelt County, while their jail is being retrofitted, painted, fixed and cleaned. According to Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier, the extra prisoners put the jail near the top of its capacity. Laurel Anne Wageman, chosen Glasgow High School's homecoming queen last fall has been named a finalist for the 33rd annual Montana Homecoming Queen selection to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah. A fake...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Rep. Steve Daines stopped in Glasgow early this morning on a swing through eastern Montana as part of his statewide natural resources tour. Spillway rehab is Corps’ largest repair. The flood of 2011 caused damage to every dam on the Missouri and much of the levee system in the lower reaches. The plunge pool at the bottom of the spillway is the largest single repair project on the Missouri River system. The force of the water that poured out of the lake and down the mile-long concrete chute, 55,000 cubic f...
Jake Etchart- grew up spending summers at Fort Peck Lake, with much of his time spent around the Fort Peck Theatre where his family was actively involved as volunteers. He loved watching his sisters, Alexa and Christen, perform on the Fort Peck stage. Jake’s family and friends established a theatre scholarship fund in his memory which is invested within the Fort Peck Theatre Preservation Endowment of the Montana Community Foundation. The interest from this investment provides up to two scholarships per year for undergraduate or graduate student...
For the 2022 calendar year, Missouri River basin runoff above Sioux City, Iowa, totaled 19.3 million acre-feet, 75 percent of average. This was the 30th lowest annual runoff for the Missouri River Basin in 125 years of record-keeping. The ongoing drought shows little relief in sight and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts runoff into the mainstem reservoir system will remain below normal. For 2023, runoff in the Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa, is forecast to be 20.8 MAF, 81 percent of average. This is based on current runoff...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Glasgow and Valley County law enforcement officials have been awarded a $210,000 grant to begin a new program, providing drug prosecution services to 17 counties and two drug task forces in Eastern Montana. The grant from the Montana Board of Crime Control will fund a drug prosecution coordinator, an attorney specializing in drug cases, for two years. The winter storm that hit northeast Montana on Thursday night wasn't a surprise. It had been making its...
The Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture will hold the 25th Annual Ice Fishing Derby Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. The Derby will be held at the Fishing Access Site-The Dredge Cuts Trout Pond located on Highway 117. Registration is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fishing is from 12 to 3 p.m., the entry fee is $50 per hole or three holes for $100. Cash and prizes will be awarded at 4 p.m., at the Gateway Club. There are over 200 holes pre-drilled for the anglers. First place is guaranteed for $2,000. The first and largest fish of walleye, northern pi...
This past week was a chilly one for those in Valley County as an Arctic air mass moved into the region, causing havoc on last-minute shopping plans, travel plans and even prevented people from leaving or coming to the area for the holidays as expected. Schools started winter break a day or two earlier, the Amtrak train kept getting delayed, and those who did decide to venture out within the city were advised to drive with caution due to slippery roads and to cover themselves with warm clothing,...
DuAnn "Tooky" Marie (Miller) Lacock passed away peacefully of natural causes in her home near Hinsdale, Mont., on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. Visitation is scheduled at Bell Mortuary, Glasgow, Mont., 4 to 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 16, with services and Celebration of Life at Hinsdale American Legion on Saturday, Dec. 17, at 11 a.m. with Pastor Howard Pippin officiating, followed by interment at Hillview Cemetery, luncheon to follow. Tooky was born in Nelson, Minn., on April 11, 1941, the second child of...
Wilmer H. "Harvey" Fast, 92, passed away peacefully to his heavenly home, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at Valley View Nursing Home, in Glasgow, Mont. You may stop by Bell Mortuary to pay your respects to Harvey, Friday, Dec. 9. Family will receive friends Sunday, Dec. 11, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Bell Mortuary, Glasgow. A private family burial is planned with a celebration of life planned for June 2023. Harvey was born on June 5, 1930, on the Fast Family homestead in Lustre, Mont., to Peter and Aganetha...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 After decades of putting up with blockages on the railroad crossing the middle of town, Nashua is going to have an overpass, according to a letter that Mayor Pat Hallett received from the Montana Department of Transportation and provided to The Courier. The Valley County commissioners have awarded a contract for the construction of a new concrete bridge on Canal Road west of Glasgow. The Federal Emergency Agency informed the commissioners that it would pay u...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012 A new deputy joined the Valley County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday. Alex Estavez, who hails from Miles City, has a year and half of experience with the Sidney Police Department and a reserve deputy in Custer County before that. The Glasgow City Council has accepted the recommendation of a Selection Committee and awarded the city's growth policy project to DJ&A P.C., an engineering, planning, and surveying firm in Glasgow and Missoula. In just one year, drough...
In the race to serve as Valley County Commissioner, the Glasgow Courier interviewed the two candidates vying for the office, incumbent John Fahlgren and Jerry Davenport. Each candidate is vying for one open spot which is currently being served by Fahlgren. Candidates were offered an in person interview or an email questionnaire. Fahlgren chose the email option and Davenport chose the in person interview. Questions submitted to the candidates in both forums were identical. Fahlgren's answers are...
It was a year on Sept. 1, since Matt Cowen purchased Mon-Dak Marine in Glasgow from Brandon and Ronette Babb and what an exciting year of change it has been. Not only did Cowen purchased Mon-Dak Marine, he also added his own business, Go Fish Installations, to the list of services offered to the community. "I did work with Brandon and Ronette, and they called one day saying 'We have an idea!' and it just launched from there," explained Cowen on why he took over the business from the Babbs. Thoug...
Those driving in and out of Fort Peck have noticed updated speed limit signs on the Fort Peck Highway, specifically MT Highway 42 and 24, reducing the speed limit to 60 miles per hour. These new signs were placed over the summer due to a speed study that was requested by the Valley County Commissioners in 2021. On March 17, 2021, Valley County Sheriff Tom Boyer as well as the three Valley County Commissioners, John Fahlgren, Paul Tweten and Mary Armstrong, wrote a letter to Montana Department of...
David Barry Christenson passed away unexpectedly at the Billings Clinic Hospital on the morning of Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, with his family by his side. Dave was born Oct. 22, 1949, in Williston, N.D., to Pete and Esther (Sjovold) Christenson. He was the baby of the large family trailing along by 11 years. As a young child he lived on the family farm and then in Hanks, N.D., when his "Pa" retired from farming. Later they moved to Williston, N.D. He spent a great deal of time with his...
Harley Weston Blatter, known to all as Butch, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. A memorial service will be Friday, Sept. 16, at 1 p.m. at Bell Mortuary, Glasgow, Mont. Burial with military honors will follow at Highland Cemetery, Glasgow. A reception will be held at the Glasgow Elks following the burial. Born June 5, 1946, to Cleo and Beryl Blatter, Butch was the sixth of seven children. He and his siblings were raised in Glasgow. From a young age, Butch had strong work ethic,...
The VALCO Pool Campaign received a $200,000 donation from the Flora A. Coghlan Family Trust, in memory of Tom Coghlan, bringing the total raised to $2,797,920 as of July 31. The Flora A. Coghlan Family Trust donated $50,000 in 2021 and so this brings their total donated to $250,000. The VALCO Pool Campaign is grateful for their family's donation and commitment to the project all the way from Washington. Flora and Tom's children, Annie and Jim, wrote some family history down of how their parents...
Richard Charles Ringstad, age 86, of Glasgow, Mont., passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at his home in Glasgow. He was born Dec. 27, 1935, in Fosston, Minn., to Knute and Alice (Olson) Ringstad. He graduated from Fosston High School where he excelled in spelling: winning the Polk County Spelling Bee. After high school, Richard joined the Navy at the age of 17 and served four years. He went on to serve in the Merchant Marines where he traveled the world including delivering construction...
