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The Glasgow City Council has awarded Somer and Brandon Hoerster, 735 9th St. N., as the Yard Of The Week for the week of Aug. 21. They received $25 in Chamber Big Bucks, sponsored each week in the summer by the Glasgow City Council. If anyone would like to nominate somebody for yard of the week you may call the Chamber office at 406-228-2222 or email them at [email protected]....
Glasgow Public Works would like to notify City of Glasgow residents and businesses that emergency sewer repair work along 6th Ave North, near 8th Street North and 9th Street North will begin today, Aug. 29, and continue through the end of the week (Sept. 1). There will be impacts to traffic and access in the area. The City asks residents to avoid traveling through the work area as much as possible and use 6th Ave North for local access only. Please obey traffic control measures and barricades, and slow down to help keep everyone safe. There... Full story
The Glasgow City Council met in regular session on Aug. 7 with the agenda including approval of consent agenda items, a public hearing on solid waste collection rate increase, Tess Fahlgren providing an update to the council on the skate park location as well as approvals requested for certain city business. During the public comment period of the meeting, business owner Candy Lagerquist circled back to the desire to have diagonal parking on one side of 2nd Ave S., while the other side stayed parallel parking. During the last City Council meeti...
After years of gathering information and working behind the scenes, Sheriff Tom Boyer is rolling out changes to how 911 calls within Valley County on the Fort Peck Reservation are routed and responded to by law enforcement and EMTs. Over the past few decades, after the Bureau of Indian Affairs and with the advent of Tribal Law Enforcement, all 911 calls coming from the Reservation have been routed to the Wolf Point dispatch by agreement. During his campaign for Sheriff and during his tenure, Sheriff Boyer has heard from Frazer and Oswego...
Military veterans and first responders were honored at the PRCA Rodeo during the NE Montana Fair Aug. 9 in Glasgow. Kim Martens, Valley County Dispatch Supervisor, and Kalu Jensen-Rogeness stood in the arena to be recognized for their service to the residents of Valley County in their roles as first responders. At the Milk River Motorsports Demolition Derby Saturday, the crowd saw first responders in action as Jensen-Rogeness was part of the team that responded to an injury during the action...
On Aug. 10, Governor Greg Gianforte announced his appointment of Sarah Swanson to lead the Montana Department of Labor and Industry (DLI). "As a proven leader in both the private and public sectors, Sarah is a champion for reimagining workforce development and building sustainable public-private partnerships to empower hardworking Montanans," Gov. Gianforte said. "I look forward to partnering with her to build a stronger future for our state." Swanson assumes the role of commissioner after...
The Glasgow School Board on Aug. 8 approved a bond election for the Glasgow School District which will be held in October. The bond election will ask Glasgow School District Voters to approve a $8,580,000 bond to pay for facility improvements in the district. The improvements include replacing the Glasgow High School track and football field with synthetic surfaces and amenities, replacing or repairing sections of the Glasgow High School roof and Glasgow Middle School roof, replacing boilers at the Glasgow High School and if monies are...
As a thank you for all of the hard work firefighters have put in across Valley County this summer, throughout the month of August Bank of Glasgow is running a fundraiser where people can donate money to various fire departments in the county by placing money in boots located in the bank's lobby. According to Branch Manager Greg Stordahl, in the first week of running the fundraiser a total of $800 was raised for the firefighters. He attributes a decent amount of this total to a successful...
On Aug. 6, at around 03:05 a.m., officers with the Glasgow Police Department responded to a residence on the south side of town upon receiving a report of an assault. Once officers arrived, the caller stated that the suspect, a male, had strangled his mother during an altercation. After completing the investigation, he was placed under arrest and remanded to the Valley County Detention Center for Partner/Family Member Assault and Strangulation of a Partner Family Member. Editor’s Note: The Glasgow Courier has instituted a policy to not i...
The Siding 45 Skatepark organization wants to thank Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital for their generous donation of $30,000 to support building a permanent, professionally designed and built concrete skatepark in our community. In my presentation to the board, I talked about the benefits of a skatepark for the mental and physical health of our young people. Investing in the wellness of our young people is the most valuable thing we can do to help our community grow and thrive. Thanks to Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament, comparable towns across Montana ha...
The Glasgow City Council has awarded Jill and Scott Thompson, 129 Bonnie St., as the Yard Of The Week for the week of Aug. 14. They received $25 in Chamber Big Bucks, sponsored each week in the summer by the Glasgow City Council. If anyone would like to nominate somebody for yard of the week you may call the Chamber office at 406-228-2222 or email them at [email protected]. Awards will be given out each week through the month of August....
Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital (FMDH) has been awarded two honors by Montana Top Workplaces 2023. FMDH CEO Nickolas Dirkes is the top leader for large companies in Montana and FMDH placed second overall for large companies in Montana. The list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a survey administered by the employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC. The confidential survey uniquely measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to the success of any organization – including alignment with company values and d...
The first-ever Middle of Nowhere Music Fest rocked Glasgow Aug. 5 with a true rock and roll experience. Jackyl, a Georgia band showcasing hard rock, heavy metal and Southern rock, took the stage at the Valley County Fairgrounds in front of an enthusiastic crowd headbanging and throwing up the sign of the horns. True to their song, "We're An American Band" the group pounded out their hit songs such as "Down on Me" and "Dirty Little Mind" to a crowd raised on the genre and those who were in...
Would you rather be told or shown how to do something? Stationary in a classroom or learning side by side with a professional? For Montanan medical students Chloe Koessl, Aubrey Kessel and Courtney Hallock they’d easily choose the hands-on learning experience. Each medical student is a part of a program called “WWAMI.” WWAMI is the University of Washington School of Medicine’s one-of-a-kind, multi-state medical education program. The acronym, WWAMI, stands for the states served by the UW Scho...
Soma-Dis Deli, a hallmark of the Glasgow community, celebrates 25 years of business this year, a milestone for any local eatery. Hope Jones-Farr, who was one of the original owners, alongside her husband Kevin Farr, sold the Deli in 2022 to Kyle Bilger. The deli has been the spot for multiple generations of Glasgow youth in the past quarter century, something that many businesses struggle to do. The doors of Soma-Dis officially opened on June 8, 1998, and Jones-Farr recalled that they were...
The Glasgow City Council has awarded Tom and Linda Stathos, 619 5th Ave. So., as the Yard Of The Week for the week of Aug. 6. They received $25 in Chamber Big Bucks, sponsored each week in the summer by the Glasgow City Council. If anyone would like to nominate somebody for yard of the week you may call the Chamber office at 406-228-2222 or email them at [email protected]. Awards will be given out each week through the month of August....
U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development in Montana State Director Kathleen Williams announced on July 25 a total of $20 million in recent investments in 11 public organizations, non-profits, and rural health care facilities in Montana through the Emergency Rural Health Care (ERHC) grant program over the last two years. This funding was designed to ease economic strain brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and generate long-term health care sustainability in rural and Tribal communities. In recent years, staffing issues and nursing home...
Over a year has passed since the ground broke, and as with anything related to education, the process is ongoing, but Head Start in Glasgow held their grand opening July 27. Action for Eastern Montana Director Shawna Sargent as on hand to welcome new and prospective students, along with their parents and siblings, to the new school. Families toured the new modular building at 211 First Ave. S., the former site of the Farmer's Market. The new facility offers more space -indoors and out – for d...
The 8th Annual FORE the Kids golf tournament welcomed 18 teams, including 11 youth golfers to Sunnyside July 29. This year's tourney had two flights of teams with Brady and DC Flaten topping the first while Storm and Jenn Jackson won the second flight. After regular play, we held a Youth "Drive, Chip & Putt" contest where each youth was able to compete for a chance to win a student membership from Sunnyside. Ali Palm was the winner this year. FORE the Kids awarded this year's scholarship to...
Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital (FMDH) has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Total Hip and Knee Replacement Certification by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a healthcare organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care. “Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital is proud to be the first hospital in Montana with this certification,” declared CEO of FMDH Nickolas Dirkes. “This certification process has taken five years...
State and local health officials are reporting the first West Nile Virus (WNV) detection of the year in mosquitoes sampled from Blaine County. No humans or horses have tested positive for WNV yet this season. Infected mosquitoes can transmit WNV when they bite, and increased risk of WNV transmission to humans and horses is expected to continue through October – or as long as mosquitoes are active in the state. While no human cases of WNV were reported in 2022, in previous seasons Montana has reported over 50 human cases in a single summer. I...
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Acting Under Secretary Roger Glendenning announced on July 26 that USDA is launching two pilot programs to increase affordable homeownership opportunities for people on Tribal lands. “Well-built, energy-efficient, affordable housing is essential to the vitality of communities in rural and Tribal America,” Glendenning said. “The assistance I’m announcing today will help people across this nation have the resources they need to build, purchase or repair homes in Tribal communities. The Bid...
As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Dr. Karama Neal has announced that USDA is making $21 million in technical assistance grants available through the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses access federal funds for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements. “Rural America deserves its share of the historic investments in the Inflation Reduction Act. That’s why the B...
