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Over the past week, Valley County has added 65 new cases and five hospitalizations to the county’s COVID-19 numbers. As of press time, there are 58 active cases with 137 recovered for a total number of cases of 195, and 12 total hospitalizations with four active. The increase in county numbers come as the state hits record highs in new cases. On Oct. 12, the state recorded 7,432 active cases, which is the highest it’s been since the state started regularly publishing COVID-19 information in March and as of Oct. 11, there have been 210 COV...
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, travel and tourism have suffered as people across the nation limit their travel and social interaction. Among the big-name businesses hit is Amtrak, which has seen ridership drop 80 percent this year. Several months ago, the rail service announced it would be limiting services with the Empire Builder line set to drop from daily trips to thrice-weekly runs beginning Monday, Oct. 19. The Chicago-Seattle run will operate Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays and the westbound train originating in Portland or...
Area resident Kevin Vogel hosted and directed the first ever Hi-Line Hyzers Fall Fling disc golf tournament at Centennial Park in Glasgow on Oct. 10. This event was Vogel's first as a tournament director. "One day, about a month ago, I decided that this will never happen if someone doesn't step up to make it happen. BOOM, I was now a new tournament director," said Vogel. The Fall Fling was also the first fully planned out and sponsored disc golf tournament for the course at Centennial Park. The...
The Hinsdale Legion Monument has been standing in Legion Park for 75 years and it's starting to show its age. In order to preserve the monument and ensure the sacrifices of local veterans are remembered for future generations in the community and beyond, the Hinsdale Fall Festival committee has transformed into the Save the Monument committee to raise funds to not only make repairs but also preserve the monument for the future. "When one walks up to the monument, it is apparent that chunks of...
Last month Governor Steve Bullock announced that Jobs for Montana’s Graduates received its 14th “5-of-5” award. Glasgow High School was among 16 schools in the state recognized for reaching the “5-of-5” standard for 2019. To receive the award, schools must achieve or surpass a 90 percent graduation rate, 80 percent positive outcomes rate, 60 percent employment rate, 60 percent full-time job rate and 80 percent full-time placement rate. According to Bullock’s press release, JMG is a state chapter of Jobs for America’s Graduates, a national orga...
It’s Time Our county is experiencing a large uptick in active Covid-19 cases. It’s in the schools, the nursing home and FMDH, in addition to our businesses and government offices. It’s time to take social distancing recommendations seriously. Mask up, stay six feet away and wash your hands. If we can all do that, we will contain this virus and allow our essential service personnel to continue to provide our residents with the critical services we all need. When our hospital and clinic personnel contract the virus, or are required to quara...
Since the publication of this story, the Valley County Health Department confirmed 11 more cases of COVID-19 in the county. As of Oct. 7, at 6 p.m., the County has 30 active cases, with 111 recovered for a total of 141 cases. Valley County reported its first COVID-19 related death on Oct. 6 stating that the deceased passed away on Sept. 24. The county cited “jurisdiction issues” with the state Department of Public Health and Human Services for the delay in reporting the death. The Valley County Health Department on Oct. 6 stated: “It is with...
The USDA announced on Sept. 18, following a President Trump campaign rally on Sept. 17 in Wisconsin, an additional $14 billion is available for agricultural producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs due to COVID-19. The funds are being made available from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act and CARES Act to support row crops, livestock, specialty crops, dairy, aquaculture and many additional commodities. Payments will be made for three categories of commodities including Price Trigger Commodities,...
After first being introduced in the Senate in 2017 and in the House of Representatives in 2019, Savanna’s Act is on its way to the President’s desk to be signed into law. The House of Representatives passed the latest legislation on Sept. 21 after being unanimously passed in the Senate last March. The bill, which is named in honor of Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a 22-year old pregnant member of the Spirit Lake Tribe who was tragically murdered in August 2017, improves information sharing between Tribal and federal law enforcement agencies. It...
Irle School students received quite the surprise on Oct. 5 when they went out for recess and saw the newest addition to the Irle playground: swings. A number of volunteers, including community and PTO members in addition to the Glasgow football team, spent the past two weekends installing poles, pouring cement, spreading wood chips, laying down rubber mats and hanging the swings to provide students another activity to do while at recess. In addition to standard swings being installed, the...
The Montana Department of Commerce and the State Complete Count Committee are reminding Montanans that there is still time to respond to the 2020 Census. Recent actions by the federal government have created confusion about when the U.S. Census Bureau will end its decennial counting operations. “The most important thing to know is that Montanans can and should respond to the 2020 Census now while there’s still time,” said Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney, the chairman of the Montana Complete Count Committee. “The next 10 years of Montana’s future de...
Editor's Note: Since this story has been published, the Valley County Health Department has added 10 more confirmed COVID-19 cases to the total. As of Sept. 30, at 2:31 p.m., the County has 35 active cases, with one current hospitalization. Over the past week, Montana has seen record highs in new COVID-19 cases and Valley County is no exception. As the state logged a new daily record of 346 new cases on Sept. 26, Valley County added 28 more cases to the total over the past week, bringing the county up to 30 active cases as of press time. The...
Valley County resident Kristin McColly is bringing much needed services to the area in the midst of the global pandemic that is making everyone experience anxiety and stress to some level. Through her practice, Montana Hope, she is accepting patients and is offering a number of specialized mental health services. She recently graduated with her post-master's certificate in psychiatric mental health nursing from Frontier Nursing University after completing the program in March. She was also...
Over the past month, Valley County has had the pleasure to welcome two AmeriCorp volunteers to the community who will be working closely with the Valley C.A.R.E. Coalition to promote health and wellness throughout the area. Volunteers Emmaline "Em" Keesee and Sarah Schmidt have been working out of the Annex Building on 4th Ave. and closely with Katrena Palmer at Eastern Montana Community Mental Health to support the growth and longevity of the C.A.R.E. Coalition while also making plans to...
In the latest back and forth to complete the 2020 Census amidst a pandemic, on Sept. 24, the U.S. District Court extended the deadline for the completion of the Census. The preliminary injunction, issued by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in the Northern District of California, requires the Census Bureau to keep trying to count the country’s residents through Oct. 31. Governor Bullock and Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney applauded the decision to extend the deadline stating it would allow more time for a complete count of Montana’s residents. “A compl...
Valley County Clerk & Recorder/Superintendent of Schools Taryn Aberg submitted her resignation letter to the county commissioners on Sept. 21. Aberg was elected to her position in 2018 and the four-year term will expire Dec. 31, 2022. Aberg’s resignation is effective Wednesday, Dec. 2, of this year. “I have decided to dedicate more time to my children and family,” she wrote. “Due to relocation, I am unable to fulfill my term as Clerk and Recorder.” In Valley County, the position of Election Administrator is also filled by the Clerk & Recorder/S...
On Aug. 31, the United States Army and the Montana Army National Guard recognized the service and sacrifice of two of their own in a ceremony in Kuwait. Sgt 1st Class Elmer "Moe" Mayhew, a Nashua High School graduate and member of Delta Company, 1-189th General Aviation Support Battalion, and his colleague, Sgt Jared Fossek, were awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in a rocket attack on Camp Taji, Iraq near Baghdad. On March 14, 2020, a "Katyusha" rocket-or multiple rocket...
Christopher George, a 2010 Glasgow High School graduate, began a new career on Sept. 15, hitting the highway as a new member of the Montana Highway Patrol. He was one of 11 students graduated by the MHP on Sept. 3 in East Helena after completing 20 weeks of training. George has several reasons for his new career choice, but first and foremost for him is being able to contribute to his hometown. "I wanted to do something to make a difference for the community," he explained, noting that working...
The Valley County Health Department confirmed nine more cases of COVID-19 in the county over the past week. Cases 53 through 57 were announced on Sept. 18, cases 58 through 60 were announced on Sept. 20, and case 61 was announced on Sept. 22. As of press time, the County has nine active cases with 52 recovered, for a total of 61 cases. Case 53 is a female aged 30-39 who is not hospitalized and is symptomatic. Contact tracing is ongoing. Case 54 is a female aged 30-39 who is not hospitalized and is symptomatic. Contact tracing is ongoing. Case...
“It’s been one of those weird years.” While that sentence could apply to most anything in 2020, Mike Slaats of All Seasons Home Center is referring specifically to the lumber and building supplies shortage which has reached all parts of the country, including Valley County. Much like the supply and demand issues that drastically impacted the food supply chain earlier this year, the building supply industry has also been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. With states across the nation issuing stay-at-home directives, many people found themsel...
When Glasgow resident Jack Nickels Sr. turned 85 years old, he told his daughters he thought he could make it to 100. Fifteen years later, Nickels can say he has reached that goal as he will be celebrating his birthday on Sept. 24. Born in Glasgow to Herman J. Nickels and Lydia (Meyers) Nickels, he had two brothers, Russell "Rusty" and Lester "Swede," of Nashua, along with three sisters, Thelma, Vera and Doris. The family ranch was located along the Missouri River in McCone County, and Jack...
