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1 Years Ago: Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 Garret Godwin's Eagle Scout project has brightened up the south side of Glasgow. He recruited volunteers to spread out Saturday and repaint fire hydrants. He heard at a City Council meeting that some faded hydrants were difficult to find, so it seemed like a worthy public service project to make them shine again. After a public hearing on Sept. 16, the Glasgow City Council proceeded with its proposed water rate increase of $5 per month, effective in Novemb...
Both the boys and girls Scottie cross country teams claimed second place at the Havre Invitational Sept. 9. The Glasgow boys scored 44 points, finishing behind Havre's 31, and ahead of Harlem, 60; Fort Benton, 101.5, and Chinook, 134. The Scottie girls lost on a sixth runner tie-breaker as both Havre and Glasgow put 38 team points on the board. North Toole County, 79; Chinook, 98.5. and Fairfield, 118, finished behind Glasgow. Head coach Tim Phillips told the Courier, "It was a perfect day to...
1 Years Ago: Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 Valley County's new justice of the peace, James Wixson, was appointed by the county commissioners last Wednesday and sworn into office Monday by Clerk and Recorder Lynne Nyquist. He came to Glasgow with the FBI in 1981 and was involved in investigating major crimes on the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap reservations. He retired here in 1997 after a long career as an agent. The Valley County Commissioners adopted the recommendation of the County Compensation...
To the community members of Glasgow, As members of the Glasgow School Board, we would like to address our voting members regarding the proposed bond that will benefit our students and community for years to come. The bond will allow our school district to repair the roofs at the high school and the middle school, repair the failed boiler at the high school, and provide an outdoor athletic facility that will benefit our students and community. Bonds are used by school districts to finance needed...
With heavy hearts, we bid farewell to Margaret "Margie" Ann (Mix) Yeska, a remarkable woman who left an indelible mark on our lives. She leaves a legacy that beautifully exemplifies tenderness and strength, creating memories that will forever remain etched in our hearts. Margie followed her life's calling, devoting herself to family and her agricultural heritage. As part of "the greatest generation," her legacy of perseverance and her work ethic began as a child on the family dairy west of...
The Valley County Commissioners met in regular session on Aug. 16, inside the Board of County Commissioners located inside of the Valley County Courthouse. First on the agenda was approving employment/termination notices, of which there were none, and taxpayer comment relative to budget requirements and increases for fiscal year 2024 per the public notice that was printed in the July 5 and 12 issues of the Glasgow Courier. Though there was no public comment, Commissioner Mary Armstrong stated, “Those budgets are all available in the Clerk a...
1 Years Ago: Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 The Glasgow High School Educational Trust said this week that it is honored to announce a recent gift of $10,000 from former Glasgow resident and longtime Glasgow School District Clerk Eunice (Burrus) Moen. She made the gift in memory of her daughter Lila Moen Sanders, who died of a brain tumor in 1981, and in honor of her daughter Phyllis Moen Sanguine. Both girls graduated from GHS in 1954. After being rebuffed in their attempt to vote a candidate onto...
The Glasgow School Board on Aug. 8 approved a bond election for the Glasgow School District which will be held in October. The bond election will ask Glasgow School District Voters to approve a $8,580,000 bond to pay for facility improvements in the district. The improvements include replacing the Glasgow High School track and football field with synthetic surfaces and amenities, replacing or repairing sections of the Glasgow High School roof and Glasgow Middle School roof, replacing boilers at the Glasgow High School and if monies are...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Deadline for calendar additions is Mondays at noon. Please email your event to [email protected] or submit in person at the Courier office, 531 2nd Ave. S., Glasgow. The Valley County Pioneer Museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Nemont Manor has activities scheduled throughout the month for the entire community as well as the residents of Nemont Manor. If you would like a calendar, please contact 406-228-4306 or e-mail [email protected] and they will mail one to you. Come see the Fort Peck I...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Deadline for calendar additions is Fridays at noon. Please email your event to [email protected] or submit in person at the Courier office, 531 2nd Ave. S., Glasgow. The Valley County Pioneer Museum is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Nemont Manor has activities scheduled throughout the month for the entire community as well as the residents of Nemont Manor. If you would like a calendar, please contact 406-228-4306 or e-mail [email protected] and they will mail one to you. Come see the Fort Peck I...
Floyd Eugene Hoover was born July 3, 1928 to Robert Forest Hoover and Mary Alice Tuttle Hoover in Cheraw, Colo. He went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023 at the age of 95. Visitation will be held Wednesday, Aug. 9, at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home, Miles City, Mont., with family receiving friends from 4 to 6 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, Aug. 10, at 11 a.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home. Interment will follow at the Eastern Montana State Veterans Cemetery....
1 Years Ago: Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 "The bottom line is, do you want $200,000 in taxes a year or not?" said Valley County Commissioner Dave Reinhardt on Tuesday. At their regular meeting the commissioners were discussing the tax abatement requested by Compass Wind. The proposed wind farm south of Opheim is still in the negotiation stage with several pieces hanging in the air. The commissioners asked themselves if the project needed the abatement. St. Marie residents have been requesting and...
Over a year has passed since the ground broke, and as with anything related to education, the process is ongoing, but Head Start in Glasgow held their grand opening July 27. Action for Eastern Montana Director Shawna Sargent as on hand to welcome new and prospective students, along with their parents and siblings, to the new school. Families toured the new modular building at 211 First Ave. S., the former site of the Farmer's Market. The new facility offers more space -indoors and out – for d...
The Glasgow School Board met in regular session on July 11, which was a change from their normally scheduled second Wednesday of the month, due to scheduling conflicts. The next regular session Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 16, due to the Northeast Montana Fair the second week of August. In addition to approving normal business such as the personnel action report and student attendance agreements, Superintendent Wade Sundby also provided the board with an update on bus drivers as the new school year quickly approaches. “We are h...
Lois A. Johnson woke up in Heaven on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Lois, wife, mom, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to everyone she knew, was born in the summer of 1933. Lois was the first daughter born to J. Ruth and Harry Stahl. She was the sixth child of seven, a welcome daughter after five sons. With the birth of her little sister, Lois became a big sister. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, July 22, at 10 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Glasgow, Mont. Internment o...
1 Years Ago: Wednesday July 17, 2013 A Valley County Sheriff's Deputy is expanding the common practice of mutual aid in Rural Montana to start a regional SWAT team. Chief Deputy Reed Mesman has begun making plans with eight law enforcement agencies to train and equip a tactical team for high-risk situations. The sheriff's departments in the five counties in Northeast Montana, the Glasgow and Wolf Point police departments and the Fort Peck Tribes are all participating. Glasgow has a new...
Theron "Gub" Arnold Risa was born on Nov. 1, 1924, in Opheim, Mont., to Martin Sr. and Thea Risa. He passed away on Saturday, June 17, 2023, in Glasgow, Mont. Family and friends are invited to gather on Friday, June 30, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Bell Mortuary in Glasgow. Funeral services will be on Saturday, July 1, at 1 p.m., at Opheim Community Church in Opheim with Pastor Scott Kiehn officiating. Theron graduated from Opheim High School in 1943 and served in the United States Army from 1944 to...
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 Glasgow School Board met in regular session on June 14 following a negotiation meeting with the classified staff to reach a tentative agreement for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years. Negotiations with the Glasgow schools principals, clerk and classified supervisors were held on June 1 and all agreements went before the Board at the June 14 meeting for approval of the tentative agreements. During the regular session meeting, the tentative agreements that followed these negotiations were approved with a two-year contract and a three...
1The Montana Community Foundation, Inc. (MCF) and Nemont Manor Foundation are pleased to award $50,000 in grants to 10 organizations that benefit the Valley County community. The Valley County Masonic Endowment was established at MCF by the Nemont Manor Foundation in 2022. "We are excited to award the first grants from the Valley County Masonic Endowment to support some outstanding community projects," said Jim Rector, board chair of the Nemont Manor Foundation. Grant requests were reviewed by...
1 Years Ago Wednesday June 19, 2013 The Glasgow Courier won two state wide awards for first place and three for second during the Montana Newspaper Association's 2013 convention last week in Missoula. The Courier's big winners in the MNA's Annual Better Newspaper Contest were Nashua correspondent Sandy Laumeyer for Best Column Writing and Sports Editor J. Levi Burnfin for Best Sports Column. Justiss Firemoon, the Hi-Line's representative at Saturday night's Miss Montana Pageant, won the talent...
Mary Jane (Davis) Rhodes, age 85 of Glasgow, Mont., passed away at Valley View Home, in Glasgow, on Sunday, June 10, 2023. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, June 24, at Bell Mortuary, Glasgow, with a reception to follow. Mary Jane was born Feb. 21, 1938, to Claude and Olive (Smith) Davis in Greybull, Wyo. She was loved by big sister Charlotte and big brother William "Bill." She graduated from high school in Basin, Wyo., and attended college in Powell, Wyo. She met Robert...
Robert Hugh Claypool was born in Hinsdale, Mont., on November 14, 1925 to Bessie (Trousil) and Homer Claypool. He passed peacefully on Friday, February 17, 2023, in Glasgow, Mont., at age 97. He was always amazed that he had lived that long! But his reunion with his wife Charlotte, who passed in 2018, after 70 years of marriage, was something he truly looked forward to. Services and celebration of life will be held at 11a.m., June 10, at the Hinsdale American Legion Hall followed by internment...
Eva Mae (Wilson) Hendrickson passed peacefully surrounded by her loved ones Saturday, May 27, 2023. Eva was born in Havre, Mont., to Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt Wilson and Mary Ann "Molly" Leedy Reynolds Wilson on March 19, 1933. She was raised on the Long X Ranch, Larb Hills 60 miles south of Malta, Mont., which would come to be part of the Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge. Later moving to Malta for schooling. While in high school in Malta, Eva met Russell Alfred Hendrickson. The two...
Terry Dean Palmer, 88 years of age, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 1, 2023, surrounded by his family. Terry was born on November 13, 1934 in Edmunds County, S.D. on a farm to Kenneth Jordan Palmer and Viola "Toots" Fern (Augustine) Palmer. A memorial service will be 1 p.m., Friday, June 9, 2023, at the Hinsdale American Legion with Howard Pippin officiating. Burial with Military Honors will follow at Hillview Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Hinsdale American Legion. Terry...
