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In a Republican three-way, primary race for the governor's seat, Al Olszewski is seeking a way to distinguish himself. "I'm the only veteran in the race," he told the Courier in a sit-down interview. Finding a way to set himself apart from the other candidates, U.S. Representative Greg Gianforte and Montana Attorney General Tim Fox, will be crucial to the State Senator's campaign in the upcoming months as he plays catch-up in fundraising. Olszewski has raised $32,524 and personally loaned his ca...
After hosting the annual state Kiwanis Convention in Glasgow 24 years ago, it was Glasgow's turn once again to host a total of 60 people at the Cottonwood Inn Aug. 1 through 4. In addition to accomplishing new business and prior business that couldn't get done as a result of the cancellation of the Midwinter Meeting, attendees were able to take in the sites of Glasgow and the surrounding area. Kiwanis is dedicated to serving the children of the world, and the theme, put on by State Kiwanis Gover...
Summer Strommen and Stevie Hartwell, both of Glasgow, recently completed the Fourth Annual Badlands Rising Star Camp in Medora, N.D. at the end of July. During the four-day camp, which ran from July 24 through July 27, both girls participated in vocal and performance coaching, basic business and marketing workshops as well as attended dancing and acting classes. At the end of the camp, Strommen and Hartwell performed alongside Kat Perkins, a top-five contestant on NBC's The Voice, in a finale...
On a clear night closing out the Northeast Montana Fair Aug. 3, the stars were center stage in front of the grandstands. Warming up the crowd was 32 Below, from Fargo, N.D. The band, who has shared a stage with country music legends like Little Big Town, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Charlie Daniels, played a variety of tunes from covering well-known hits to their own original music like Sea of Beer Cans. The energetic opening act lured the crowd closer to the stage, giving away band swag and p...
The Glasgow Clinic Specialty Care office is welcoming a new general surgeon to the family. Dr. Nicole Lorenz, M.D., will join Dr. Robert Crochelt at the clinic as a board certified general surgeon on Monday, Aug. 19, and will start seeing patients in the clinic a week later on Monday, Aug. 26. She will be providing a wide range of surgical services including gastroenterology, endoscopy, colonoscopy, breast, hernia repair and gall bladder. Being a part of a rural community is nothing new to Dr....
The Glasgow Specialty Care Clinic is seeing some new faces stop by to fulfill the orthopedic needs of the community. In partnership with OrthoMontana, out of Billings, Dr. David Shenton, Dr. Alan Dacre, and Dr. Curtis Settergren will be seeing patients for both clinic visits and office procedures two days a month at the Speciality Care Clinic. Dr. Dacre and Dr. Settergren had previously seen patients in the Outpatient Clinic on the second floor of the hospital, while Dr. Shenton has just started practicing at the clinic earlier this month. The...
Normally, one expects to see actors front and center, but on July 28, it was the stage that was, well, center stage at the Busted Knuckle Brewery in Glasgow. Sunday evening, hot off the opening weekend of Peter Pan, the Fort Peck Summer Theatre crew and members of the Fort Peck Fine Arts Council took over the Busted Knuckle for Brews for a Cause. Their goal, aside from relaxing, was to raise funds for a new stage floor for the nearly 100-year-old building. Volunteers set up a salsa bar and a donation bucket, while Busted Knuckle owners, Ben and...
The Valley County Pool Campaign, the Busted Knuckle Brewery and residents from near and far came together on July 25 at the brewery to share support and raise funds for the Valley County Community Pool Campaign. In addition to having a nice, cool beverage on a hot summer day, those who attended enjoyed traveling tacos, blue wave cotton candy and Busted Knuckle beer-inspired cupcakes. At the end of the evening, a total of $10,000 was raised, including a one-to-one matching donation of $3,000 from two anonymous donors. “I am very pleased with t...
The Irle School PTO is once again helping teachers, staff and students get on the right foot for not only the beginning of the school year but to make sure they stay on the path for success as the year progresses. On July 20, the PTO hosted a Food Truck Lunch Fundraiser in the Albertsons parking lot to help raise funds for the ongoing playground project. Due to the generosity of Albertsons donating all of the food, the PTO was able to earn $300 for the project. "Albertsons saw how successful...
Sawyer Brown members Mark Miller (l), Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (second from left), Joe Smith (third from right), Jim Scholten (second from right) and Shayne Hill (r) pose with Linda Sibley (holding guitar) and her granddaughter, Gracyn Sibley (holding violin) during the meet and greet prior to the concert on Saturday, Aug. 3. The younger Sibley had brought her violin hoping the band would autograph the instrument for her. However, due to time constraints before the show began, the band was not sign...
The Glasgow School Board met July 26 in the school administration building to interview two candidates for the superintendent position. Lisa Stroh, Ph.D., currently of the Poplar School district, and Wade Sundby, Saco superintendent, sat down for lengthy interviews with board members, in front of educators, retirees and this reporter from the Glasgow Courier. Aaron Cornman, Ph.D, Missouri, had called board chair Mona Amundson to withdraw his application. According to Amundson, Cornman said movin...
Sheriff Tom Boyer announced that his office has launched a digital application (App) to better serve the county. The App, which is available on both the Apple App Store and Google Play, can be downloaded on any Android or IOS phone, by searching "Valley County MT Sheriff". The App features a variety of tools to communicate and obtain information from the Sheriff’s Office. The current version of the App allows users to access weather information for the area, sex offender and predator mapping of the county, jail rosters and booking photos. F...
During the first annual Backpack Give-Away, Verizon-Cellular Plus in Glasgow had the opportunity to provide free backpacks filled with essential school supplies such as a folder, a notebook, pencils, pens, crayons, among others, to area students on July 26. With funds raised through donations, a total of 60 backpacks were handed out to 60 students during the event. "It's amazing how quickly the backpacks went. When I got here at 9:30 a.m., I was surprised to see how many people were lined up," s...
When social worker Clover Anaquod with the National Native Children's Trauma Center first arrived in Frazer in the spring of 2018, she immediately offered her assistance to the school, which at the time the students had been feeling the blunt of many tragic issues. Throughout the school year, Anaquod acted as both a social worker and, at times, the counselor for a school that had no full-time therapist. She even began working with some students on trauma-related issues and over time she began...
The Glasgow City Council Yard of the Week for the week of July 29 belongs to James and Christi Meland, of 535 5th Ave S. Nominated by councilman Butch Heitman, the Melands win $25 in Chamber Big Bucks and will proudly display a sign in their yard for the week....
The Glasgow Police Department arrested Robert Arthur Wing Jr. on Glasgow's south side the evening of July 26. The arrest came after law enforcement searched his residence in relation to a "conditions of release" check. The search revealed two loaded weapons and drug-related paraphernalia triggering another criminal investigation against Wing. According to Sgt. Robert Weber with the Glasgow Police Department, the agency received information that Wing had violated court ordered conditions of...
A two-day long check forging scheme ended with the arrest of Philisha Fourstar and Ashley Bigleggins on July 27. According to a report from the Glasgow Police Department, the two have been arrested and charged with a series of offenses related to drug possession and operating a motor vehicle. The two Wolf Point women are also under investigation for allegedly illegally possessing and writing bad checks from an account belonging to the Wolf Point Education association. Sgt. Robert Weber with the...
He was homeward bound, but stuck on the wrong side of the river. Spike, a Boston terrier and member of the Seth and Alicia Morehouse family, went missing from the boat ramp at Flat Lake on July 6. "We did all the right things. We put up posters around town and made Facebook posts," said S. Morehouse, but after a week without a sighting, he was beginning to lose hope that the 25-pound Boston terrier would return safely to his family. Then the seemingly impossible happened. As S. Morehouse tells... Full story
MICHELLE BIGELBACH THE COURIER The Montana Pilots Association Valley Hanger Association sponsored a fly-in at the Nelson Ranch on July 29 and 30 to not only meet fellow pilots but to also recognize four Northeast Montana pilots for their years of safe flight operations. Ted Schye, of Fort Peck, Dallas O'Connor, of Poplar, Gary Martin, of Tampico, and Larry French, formerly of Wolf Point, now of Bayview, Idaho, were all awarded the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Wright Brothers Master... Full story
A.J. ETHERINGTON THE COURIER The Glasgow School Board met with a full quorum to review applicants for the Superintendent job left vacant by Bob Connors, who has moved on to lead the Bozeman School District. In a race to find either a permanent or interim superintendent before the start of the school year, the board closed the position after just one week and after receiving only five applications. The board then reviewed each applicant in detail pouring over cover letters, answers to supplemental questions and resumes to get a clear feel for... Full story
Under a big tent, shielded from the sun at the Fort Peck Marina, Joyce Stone kicked off her Republican primary campaign for Montana House District 33. Stone is seeking the seat currently held by Casey Knudsen (R), of Malta, who ran unopposed in 2018. New on the political scene, Stone offers voters a reasonable voice who will listen to her constituents, telling the crowd, “I want to know what people want.” Demonstrating that commitment, she spent the majority of her time visiting with supporters and curious voters, eager to learn more while Mike... Full story
