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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Robert Louis "Smitty" Smith, 75, of Wolf Point, Mont., passed away Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, at the Valley View Home in Glasgow, Mont. He was born on Oct. 2, 1938, in Poplar, Mont., to Charles and Emma Smith. He grew up in Oswego, attending Frazer schools until 11th grade. He was active in all sports throughout his high school years, and made many lifelong friends. He was drafted into the military in June of 1962. He was a specialist in the U.S. Army Military Police with top secret clearance...
They did not win the state championship, but the Hi-Line 13U baseball team certainly was the best of the east this season. Taking third place behind Glacier (the eventual champion) and Kalispell, the Hi-Line 13U team's season came to an end, while the top two finishers advance onto the Regionals in Helena this weekend. The Hi-Line 13U was composed of 10 players from Glasgow and three from Nashua, Wolf Point and Scobey. They competed with teams from Havre, Lewistown, Miles City, Belgrade,...
It’s approaching the time of year where the sun finally comes out and the temperatures heat up and all that can mean is another joyous summer spent at the Glasgow City pool. In order to get the pool ready for the summertime crowd, it has to be drained and repairs need to be made before being opened to the public. That task is the responsibility of Jory Casterline and Roger Canen. Casterline, who runs the Recreation Department, said that the city is in need of a completely new pool, but can’t see exactly how building a new one is feasible at...
A remarkable season for the Bozeman Tier II team will culminate this week at they participate in the National Tournament in Wayne, N.J. The tournament begins with pool play which runs through Friday. The pool play will determine the seeding that the teams receive this weekend as they play for a shot at the championship. Bozeman has three Glasgow Ice Dawgs on their team, Harley Eliason, Connor Siemensen and Ryan Padden. The squad has been all but unstoppable in the previous tournaments they’ve taken part in this season in Jackson Hole, Salt L...
July • The airline that provides Essential Air Service to Glasgow and other small cities in Montana has decided to leave the state. Silver Airways notified the U.S. Department of Transportation that it will not bid for another two-year contract and will stop flying scheduled service in Montana on Sept. 27. Part of the reason for Silver's departure is the upcoming termination of EAS subsidies to Lewistown and Miles City on July 15, leaving only five cities in the program: Glasgow, Wolf Point, G...
January • The winter storm that hit northeast Montana on Thursday night, Jan. 10, wasn't a surprise. It had been making its way across the state, heralded by the forecasters. But its intensity on Friday brought on the winter grumbles. The storm deserved the term blizzard, with heavy snow that was blown by winds up to 41 mph, causing white-out conditions and drifts reported up to 9 feet deep. The low temperature of 1 degree above zero Friday night translated to about 29 below wind chill. A r... Full story
Thomas Francis Duprez was the oldest son born in Waltham, Mass., to Donald and Phylis (Bennett) Duprez on Nov. 16, 1946. There would be three more sons and the family would move to La Mirada, Calif., where Tom and his brothers went to school. He graduated from La Mirada High School in 1964. He was drafted into the army in 1966 and served his time at Fort Rucker in Alabama. Tom and Nancy (Hamilton) Duprez were married in 1968 and had two sons, Mark Thomas and Craig Robert. They divorced in 1979....
Carole Ann (Oderman) Whipple, 71, died Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Helena. She battled breast cancer a few years ago and last spring she discovered that she had metastatic bone cancer. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, sister and friend. We will hold her in our heart with great love. She was born Feb. 5, 1942, in Great Falls, Mont. Her parents were George and Palladia Oderman. They moved to Glasgow, and that is where she was raised. She graduated from Glasgow High School. She married Frank...
Longtime employees in the law enforcement dispatch center will be getting a raise as a reward for their long service, effective Oct. 7. The Valley County commissioners voted Tuesday to pay an extra 25 cents an hour to employees with 10 years’ service and 50 cents after 20 years. Also, those on the 11 to 7 night shift will receive a 25 cents boost. The raise will apply to part time as well as full time dispatchers. Three people will received the raises, for an annual cost of about $2,000. The commissioners committed $36,000 to the Long Run Fire...
Davyn Myrick of the Glasgow All-Stars gets tagged out at home against Glendive as umpire Scott Jakanoski focuses on the play during this past week's 2013 Montana Cal Ripken 10-and-under East State Tournament in Glasgow. The local stars were eliminated after pool play, while Miles City beat Bozeman, 15-10, to win the championship. Miles City advanced to the regional tournament in Helena, which opens July 24. Glasgow put up plenty of runs while beating Richland County, 7-3, and losing to... Full story
City employees discovered a mess at the Glasgow city pool last week. The Recreation Department secretary called police at about 6 a.m. on Tuesday, May 21, saying an employee just told her the pool had been “destroyed.” Officers found every light fixture in the building broken, 21 of them. In the lifeguard lounge, everything on the shelves had been dumped off. Perhaps the worst was the many trophies won by the Kiwanis Swim Team over the years, thrown to the floor. Many were broken. The plu...
The Glasgow City Council heard some encouraging words about the old Magruder property, better known as Red Rock Plaza or the Farmer’s Market on the Fort Peck Highway. Long delinquent on taxes, it has not been accepted as a gift from the owners to the city because of suspected soil contamination. Shelli Isle of Great Northern Development Corporation said they have the money to assess the brownfield property. There was probably a 660-gallon underground tank that has been dry forever, but there might be a migratory problems from spills offsite. H...