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The Glasgow School Board will review applications for the open Superintendent position next week, Tuesday, April 30, and also conduct interviews next week, Wednesday, May 1. The Tuesday meeting will be held virtually via Zoom, https://us04web.zoom.us/j/3762333305?pwd=cVlYQ2xaMnJyWDl4bjcwbjRQYm5JZz09, while the Wednesday meeting will be held in the District Board Room, 229 7th St. N., Glasgow. The School Board has received five applications for the open position including three from out of state...
The Glasgow School Board met in special session on April 30 to discuss the five Superintendent applications that were received to fill the vacancy that will be left by Wade Sundby at the end of June. After serving the Glasgow Schools for four years, Sundby has accepted a position in Cut Bank. The five candidates included two in-state applicants, one of which is a current district employee, and three out-of-state applicants. The five candidates, their location and current position are as follows: Brenner Flaten Glasgow, Mont., Vice-principal-...
The Clerk and Recorder’s Office will be running five elections: four School Districts and the Fort Peck Rural County Water District. These five elections are all mail-ballot elections. The ballots will be mailed to voters on Friday, April 19, and voted ballots must be received back in the election office by Tuesday, May 7, at 5 p.m. Ballots postmarked May 7 but not received until after will not be counted. The Glasgow School Board has voted to put on the ballot a Building Reserve Safety Levy. There were two Trustee positions available this y...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, April 9, 2014 An airport can be an economic hub for small communities, often bringing in extra business and employment. With that backdrop, the Glasgow airport saw a change in management at the end of last year along with the welcome of Cape Air. County Commissioner Dave Pippin explained that the airport is self-sustaining now, and that fuel sales are steady, with hopes of going up during the busier summer months. He said that in the first 30 days the county took over...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Gwynn Simeniuk gave her retiring address as 2013-2014 state FFA first vice president last weekend, March 27-30, in Great Falls at the Montana State FFA Convention. Simeniuk has spent a busy adventurous year traveling around the state, visiting many of Montana's FFA chapters, attending workshops, seminars and the State Presidents Conference in Washington, D.C., and she even traveled to South Africa to learn more about their culture and their local...
On March 12, Glasgow School Superintendent Wade Sundby accepted the superintendent position at Cut Bank School. According to KLTZ/Mix-93, Sundby interviewed for the position on March 4 and was one of two candidates interviewed by the Cut Bank School Board. Sundby will start this new position on July 1. During the regular school board meeting on March 20, Sundby’s resignation as superintendent was presented for approval. After the board’s motion carried to accept the resignation, the trustees considered their options for selecting a new superint...
Due to significant loss in enrollment, the Glasgow School District is experiencing a General Fund (GF) budget shortfall of $358,000. Also contributing to the budget shortfall are the inflationary increases to operating costs for the district. Legislative increases to school funding have fallen far short of the actual rate of inflation the past several years. This year, there is no option to run a GF levy due to the loss in enrollment and how the State funding formula works, and actually, the GF levies will be significantly reduced for tax...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, March 26, 2014 The housing crunch has been felt in Glasgow over the past few years. With the city growing slowly but steadily, a need for more housing will continue. Recently, the Glasgow Planning Board approved a conditional use permit for an additional mobile home park that could help address the need. The new mobile park will be located behind the Northern Lights Casino in Glasgow. Director of Public Works Bob Kompel said that the planning board approved the site for...
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 Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 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. Visitors to the Fort Peck I...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, March 19, 2014 Anger and frustration were in the air as members of the Glasgow wrestling community voiced their concerns over the temporary reduction in size of the high school wrestling room. The reduction, due to lack of storage as Glasgow High School continues its construction process, caught many parents, wrestlers and supporters off guard as they showed up in full force and packed the room at last Wednesday's school board meeting to make sure their concerns were...
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 Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 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. Visitors to the Fort Peck I...
There are two positions open for the Glasgow School District Board of Trustees this year. Ryan Fast’s and Chrissa Nelson’s terms are set to expire. Ryan Fast has indicated he will not seek reelection. Chrissa Nelson has filed as an incumbent and Derek Beadle has also declared his intent to run. The annual school election will be held Tuesday, May 7, 2024 by mail ballot. For anyone else wishing to run for the Glasgow school board, the Trustee Declaration form is located on the school board page of the district website at www....
1 Years Ago Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 Another two names have been added to the race for Valley County Commissioner District 1. Russell Dahl filed for the seat last week and Paul Tweten filed to run on Friday. Both are running against Dan Carr. Commission Dave Pippin announced at the end of last year that he would not be running again for his position. The local Girls Staters for 2014 are Josie Braaten and Amy Breigenzer, of Glasgow. Girls State is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary #41....
1 Years Ago Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 Whether the Nashua School have a four-day or a five-day school week was first addressed two years ago. But because of the superintendent at that time leaving and a new superintendent coming in, the board voted to table the issue. At the school board meeting, a motion was made that the board have the ability to explore and adopt a four-day or modified four-day school week. Whether a four-day school week at Nashua will actually transpire remains to be seen....
1 Years Ago Wednesday, January 29, 2004 The three-year anniversary to the construction of the new jail is coming up in March. The project took months to finish and cost thousands of dollars. The newest addition to the Valley County jail comes this month as the installation to a new cooler is completed. The new cooler is about twice the size of the old cooler and is located in a safer proximity to the new facility. With the new facility in place, there's room for 30 inmates and the county sees a...
Bonnie Marie (Jenkins) Hoover was born Feb. 28, 1934, to Joseph Ulysess Jenkins and Leona Mabel (Cloud) Jenkins in a sod hut in Lincoln County, Colo. Her grandpa gave her the nickname of Cottontop. She went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 at the age of 89. Visitation will be held Sunday, Jan. 28, at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City, Mont., with family receiving friends from 4 to 6 p.m. A funeral service will be held on Monday, Jan. 29, at 1 p.m. at Stevenson's...
Gale Allen Jellum, loving father, Grandpa, and brother, passed away Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, in his sleep at the Gallatin Rest Home in Bozeman, Mont. A celebration of life will be held in Chinook, Mont., at the American Lutheran Church Friday, January 26, at 11 a.m. under the direction of Wilderness Funeral Home of Chinook. A reception will follow at the Wallner Hall. A burial service will be held in Glasgow, Mont., at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 27, at the Highland Cemetery with a reception to fol...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, January 22, 2014 With a new school funded by local taxpayers, along with tight city and county budgets, it seems like squeezing more funds from somewhere could be an uphill battle. Tight budgets have left some concern to those who enjoy going to the City-County Library in Glasgow. Library board members and other community members attended a meeting with the sole purpose being to figure out what the library's long-term needs are, and what to do with the library in the...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, January 15, 2014 The growth policy Glasgow has developed shows that there is a lack in affordable housing in the area. Key findings in the report show that in 2010 around 85 percent of housing in Glasgow was built prior to 1976. The percentage of home ownership was also lower here than in the state and nation. Glasgow's rate of ownership is at 63.2 percent while the state sits at 68 percent and the nation at 65.1 percent. The regular city council meeting that took place...
The Ice Dawgs split their home games against the Miles City Generals this past weekend, winning 7-5 Jan. 12 and losing 7-3 Jan. 13. Bode Barnett started the scoring action Friday night with help from Brody Hansen in a back and forth first period. Miles City tied the game before Peyton Smith gave the Dawgs the lead again. The visitors knotted the score again before the period ended. Aiden Price, assist Barnett, put Glasgow up early in the second but the Generals took the lead with two goals....
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 closed for the month of January. 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. Visitors to the Fort Peck Interpretive Center can c...
Melford Arrotta, 97, passed away peacefully on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. At his request he has been cremated and will join his parents in the Grandview Cemetery in Saco, Mont. A memorial service for Melford will be held at a later date. Melford was born to Antonio and Lillian Arrotta, Feb. 18, 1926, in Bainville, Mont. His father was a section crew foreman for the Great Northern Railroad and in Melford's early years the family lived in Culbertson and Saco. They moved to Tampico when Melford was in...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Arctic Weather Settles In – Dangerous situations in our area were the warmer temperatures that hit, along with freezing rain, right before the deep freeze hit. Ice also caused some issues at the Glasgow International Airport – flights for Cape Air didn't run along with a few other flights on Dec. 29 through Jan. 2. Prairie Ridge resident Robert "Bob" Rorvig celebrated 100 years of life last week while friends and family gathered to wish him well. He was...
It Happened in December 2023 • •. Governor Gianforte Contributes Salary To Serve Hi-Line Families and Children • Winter Wonderland Kicks Off Holiday Season • Block Of Bucks Donations Down This Year • Law Enforcement Plunges For Special Olympics • Glasgow City Council Discusses Proposed Skate Park At Bundy • Record Breaking Highs For December • Erickson Named Montana Coach Of The Year • Glasgow Places First In Speech Sweeps at Medicine Lake/Froid And Fort Benton Meet • Cottonwood Inn, Sid...
January 2023 Dawgs Rock On – Defeat Cooper City Kings At Home Veterans Of The Glasgow Ice Dawgs Hockey Program Gathered For Annual NYE Alumni Game Wardens Seeking Information on White-Tailed Buck Shot And Left Near Fort Peck Lustre Boys Remain Undefeated – Added Two Wins In Their Return To The Court After The Holiday Break NC Girls Improve To 9-0 Overall Clampitt Wins Bismarck: Girls Place 17th, Boys 25th The high school Ice Dawgs added two to the win column, defeating Bozeman Ice Dogs 6-3 Frida...
