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The vacancy for Valley County justice of the peace is being advertised by the county commissioners with Job Service. Applications will be accepted until Aug. 15. Commissioner Bruce Peterson said they hope to make a rapid decision so the new judge can attend JP school in Helena in September. Applicants must have lived in Valley County at least one year. A high school diploma is required and experience in the legal field or law enforcement is preferred. The position requires basic computer skills and writing experience is desirable. The... Full story
At a special board meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the Glasgow School Board heard presentations from two major construction firms, Sletten Construction of Great Falls and Swank Enterprises of Valier and Kalispell. Each company wanted to be the construction manager for the $18.6 million project to replace Irle School, enlarge and improve East Side and refurbish the locker rooms and kitchen at the high school. “There is a guaranteed maximum price,” said Shane Swandal, one of the school district’s owner’s reps. “We want to select the efficient...
The Glasgow Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) has awarded approximately $60,000 in Project and Event Grant money during the 2012/2013 fiscal year to local non-profit organizations for promoting the Glasgow community. The grants went to the following organizations: • Glasgow Chamber of Commerce • Walleyes Unlimited • Montana Catfish Classic Association • Friends of the Pioneer Museum • Reds Baseball • Hi-Line Youth Hockey Association • Children’s Museum of Northeastern Montana • Ducks Unlimited • Fort Peck Summer Theater • Women’s R...
The justice of the peace for Valley County has resigned from office in the wake of a domestic disturbance and her arrest on a charge of family member abuse. The Valley County commissioners announced Tuesday that Linda Hartsock had resigned in a letter dated July 8, the day after the arrest, and received by the commissioners on July 16. The resignation is to be effective on July 31. Hartsock, 58, was halfway through her fourth four-year term as justice of the peace. She won re-election in 2010 over two challengers. Contacted by telephone, Hartso... Full story
Glasgow is hosting its third spay-neuter clinic for dogs and cats in the South Side fire hall. On Tuesday, the lawn was covered with Chinese Auction items under tents and groggy dogs under blankets. There were cats of all colors recovering on tables, being watched over by volunteers from various parts of the county and other states as well. Patrick Johnson, a Florida teenager visiting family in Larslan, doesn’t even like cats, but after surgery they tuck into his arms and he strokes them w...
Two meetings will be held next week to introduce a proposed Opheim wind energy project. Kyle Paulson of Compass Energies will discuss the project location, site evaluations, approvals required, infrastructure and the preliminary construction schedule. The first meeting will be in the Opheim Town Hall on Monday, July 29, at 7:30 p.m. Another meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 30, at 7:30 p.m. at the Glasgow High School in Room 4. Paulson will introduce Compass Energies, a Denver company described on its website as a “community-scale r...
Montana’s unemployment rate held steady at 5.4 percent in June, the same rate as in May, a pause in the long-term downward trend experienced throughout 2013. The national rate also was steady at 7.6 percent. In Valley County, the rate of unemployment was 4.4 percent, its customary place in the middle of the figures for counties in northeastern and eastern Montana. Unemployment in neighboring counties: Phillips – 5.7 percent, Roosevelt – 6.5 percent, Sheridan – 2.5 percent, Daniels – 4.4 percent, McCone – 2.7 percent, Richland – 2.7 percent,...
You flush the toilet and then what? Some would reply, “I don’t care as long as it works!” Seriously though, then what? Where does the poo end up? In the ground? Does it float away in the Milk River? Or does it just plain old disappear? Here is the public’s opportunity to learn about the city of Glasgow’s state of the art waste water treatment process. On Friday, Aug. 2, the city and representatives from Morrison-Maierle Engineers will host an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. at Glasgow’s new treatment facility located behind the Sullivan Pa...
By Samar Fay Courier Editor A number of local people have volunteered to serve on the many boards that oversee local affairs in Valley County. The Valley County commissioners have recently appointed 19 people to three-year terms, which will expire June 30, 2016. Glasgow Mosquito Control District – Jody Faul, Norm Girard Hinsdale Cemetery District – Ernest Marinko, Doris Tollefson, Paul Yeska Hinsdale Mosquito Control District – Valeria Schmauch Hinsdale Television District No. 1 – Wayne Johnson Nashua Mosquito Control District – Raymond Y... Full story
An impressive storm cloud was visible in central Valley County Monday afternoon but the storm’s hail and wind didn’t come until it reached farther east. Hailstones 1 inch and larger were seen from Scobey to Poplar, with some crop damage reported. A tornado classified by the National Weather Service an as EF2 touched down about 20 miles north of Wolf Point and later north of Poplar. This photo was taken shortly after 3 p.m. Monday at St. Marie, on 5th Avenue facing east.... Full story
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. “We’re kind of alone out here,” said Mesman. “There are no tact... Full story
The Glasgow School Board had the hiring of activity director Willie Thibault as head girls’ basketball coach on the agenda for last Wednesday’s regular meeting, but ended up not voting on the item. Thibault was the Glasgow girls’ coach for five years, resigning in April 2012. He had earlier coached at several other schools in Montana and North Dakota. Chuck Barstad coached the girls last year but declined to continue. At the meeting, School Superintendent Bob Connors recommended Thibault as most qualified for the position. A motion to hire him...
The Northeast Montana Relay for Life will be held at a new venue this year, after setting up for many years at the Glasgow High School track. Organizers were making their plans last spring before voting on the two school levies took place. If the second part of the levy had passed, the track would have been under construction right now, so a Plan B was necessary. The Fair Commission gave permission to use the Northeast Montana Fairgrounds for the Relay. The track will be smaller than at the high school, but gravel has been added and packed,...
Glasgow has a new contract for an animal shelter to care for dogs and cats impounded by the police department. At the regular City Council meeting on Monday, they voted to approve an 11-month contract with Matt and Lisa Baxter, who own Valley Visions Paints on Skylark Road. The arrangement pays $625 a month, plus $20 per cat or dog impounded (not to exceed $120 per month). Contract negotiations are going on with the Glasgow Police Department. According to City Clerk Stacey Amundson, the Council accepted the counter offer made by the police and...
Montana’s U.S. senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester announced that FEMA has responded to their calls to quickly provide federal disaster assistance to Montanans – including those in Valley County – affected by historic flooding in May and June. In response to Baucus and Tester’s July 2 letter to FEMA, President Barack Obama issued a major disaster declaration Monday for the state of Montana, the senators said. The announcement triggers the release of federal disaster funds to help rebuild and repair infrastructure damaged or destroyed by floodin...
Despite game opposition from a man making his third appearance in their office, the Valley County commissioners voted Tuesday to approve a rate increase proposed by Valley County Transit, the first since 1997. Harry Ratzky is a low-income senior citizen who objects to the increases that eliminated reduced fares for seniors and children. He also claims that the increase is not in compliance with the Federal Transit Administration’s public notice and comment procedures. He said his first knowledge of the increase was an announcement of it in t... Full story
Yes, folks, it is just four weeks till the Northeast Montana Fair, Aug. 2 through 6. The Fair Commission has defined the main purpose of the Northeast Montana Fair to be a forum to provide Valley County individuals a place to showcase and celebrate. This is provided and encouraged through the exhibits, displays and activities that are offered at the fair. An account from the Sept. 9, 1954, Courier, shows that such thoughts are woven in this community’s fabric. Here it is: “Special awards in fai...
The flood waters of June having receded, the Valley County commissioners on Tuesday passed a resolution terminating the disaster declaration. The resolution states that the county has completed emergency repairs to infrastructure from the flood. Mark Gruener, the District 6 Disaster and Emergency Services representative, and Valley County DES Rick Seiler presented the draft resolution and also a draft letter for the commissioners to send to Gov. Steve Bullock in appreciation of his “timely efforts.” The spring floods were Bullock’s first exper...
The Goodkind Gallery threw a reception recently to open the showing of the works of Orlando Montenegro, an artist from Las Vegas. What he brought to Glasgow falls into two styles: charcoal/pencil drawings of women with tattoos or in unusual combinations with large insects, and abstract acrylic paintings that suggest anatomical shapes and the topography of maps at the same time. He said he explores the identity of the people through what they put on their skin. “What I like about tattoos is t...
Police were called to the house of the Valley County Justice of the Peace Sunday evening at about 8:30 p.m. for a reported disturbance. Police Chief Bruce Barstad said that Judge Linda Hartsock was arrested and charged with family member assault. Hartsock made an initial appearance by Vision Net on Monday afternoon before Justice of the Peace Perry Miller of Chinook. She was released from jail on $2,500 bond. Hartsock, 58, was elected to a fourth four-year term as justice of the peace in 2010.... Full story
June marked the fourth straight month that ended up being wetter than normal, with 4.19 inches of rain falling in Glasgow. This is 1.86 inches more than the normal of 2.33 inches. More than half an inch of rain fell at the airport on three separate occasions, the greatest being 1.33 inches on June 3. The yearly precipitation through the end of June stands at 11.46 inches, making this the eighth-wettest period from January to June on record. Thunder occurred at the airport nine times in June. One of those thunderstorms, on the 19th, produced...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, July 9, 2003 • Pioneer Museum officials are upset about the theft of a rifle made before the Civil War. It is the first theft of anything this big that manager Brenna Sundby is aware of. The rifle is a pre-Civil War flintlock that was converted to cap and ball. It has silver and brass inlay on the tiger-striped wood stock. The rifle was part of a display of the collection of Hinsdale’s Dr. Tom Cockrell. Videotape shows a gray-haired man breaking into a case to get the weapon. He is very tall, tall enough to put a 6-f...
It would be hard to miss this railroad project. Wooden ties have been laid out along the tracks from Glasgow to Wolf Point for weeks. Odd yellow machines are clustered on sidings. Motels in Glasgow are full of railroad people and derailment specialists have filled camping spaces with company RVs. Roadmaster Damon Fry out of Williston is in charge of this big maintenance project. He said the Glasgow to Wolf Point segment started June 9 and is scheduled to finish on July 14. Some 65,000 ties will... Full story
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, Glendive, Havre and Sidney. The company’s statement sai...
