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Additional public input on changing to a four-day school week was received by the Nashua School Board at its regular meeting Monday, Jan. 20, in the Nashua School Library. Brenda Koessl, board chair, stated that the board would not be voting on the issue at the meeting. She commented that board members have been researching the pros and cons of a four day week versus the current five day week. Koessl said that surveys given to parents, teachers, and students had been returned. A decision on the four-day school week will be made by the board at...
Joe Horn will run again against Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier in the upcoming election. Horn lost to Meier in 2010 with only 35 percent of the votes. This is Meier’s third term as the incumbent in his seat. He lost only in the Frazer district in the previous elections. Another race for Valley County justice of the peace will include David L. McLean and Christine Gamas. This position was also contested in the 2010 election with Linda Hartsock winning the race with 44 percent of the votes against two challengers. Hartsock was halfway t... Full story
The public is invited to attend the Valley County Health Department board meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 3 p.m. in the community room of the courthouse. Jane Smilie, the state administrator of the Public Health and Safety Department, will be in attendance along with Bureau Chief Jim Murphy. Anyone interested in the future of the Valley County Health Department should attend, as county commissioners, the health department and the hospital have looked into the role that the health department holds in the county and what the future might look...
It was like finding a needle in a haystack. It was any family member’s nightmare. A plane occupied by five people known as brothers, husbands, daughters and sons fell from the sky over rugged terrain in Idaho in the cold winter months. After a holiday getaway in Oregon, the family boarded a plane, flown by Dale Smith, a software executive in California. The plane ran into problems and ended up crashing on Dec. 1. Two passengers, Daniel Smith, Dale Smith’s son, and Sheree Chalmers Smith were headed back to Glasgow after Thanksgiving. Daniel Smi... Full story
Barbara Marsh, 54, co-owner of Sam’s Supper Club, was killed early Sunday, Jan. 12, after her pickup went into a ditch west of Glasgow. At 1:51 a.m., BNSF reported that a train crew had seen a van in the ditch near the Liberty Road crossing off Highway 246. The crew reported seeing the vehicle on its side with the headlights still on, but they couldn’t see anyone inside. Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier said the accident may have happened only 20 minutes prior to the call. He said investigators were still looking into the cause, but the veh... Full story
Resigning one seat to take the mayor seat in Glasgow came with a quick raise of the hand and the swearing of an oath. Becky Erickson has now officially taken the title of mayor for the New Year. The regular city council meeting that took place on Monday, Jan. 6, was packed full of friends and family ready to witness the new positions filled. Erickson began the meeting by resigning her seat on city council and immediately took the oath of office. Erickson then administered the oath of office to... Full story
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...
Something that may not be a shock to some is that housing in Glasgow may be hard to come by. The growth policy Glasgow has developed shows that there is a lack in affordable housing in the area. Key findings in the report show that in 2010 around 85 percent of housing in Glasgow was built prior to 1976. The percentage of home ownership was also lower here than in the state and nation. Glasgow’s rate of ownership is at 63.2 percent, while the state sits at 68 percent and the nation at 65.1 percent. Another number found in the report shows t...
This year is an election year for Valley County and for the state of Montana. Registration for candidacy opened up last week, starting Thursday, Jan. 9, and will remain open until March 10. While there might not be huge excitement in this year’s elections, there will be a county commissioner seat up for grabs. Valley County Commissioner Dave Pippin has announced that he will not be rerunning for his position as the commissioner for District 1. The county treasurer, attorney, sheriff/coroner, justice of the peace and the public administrator h...
Amanda and Nathan Miller, along with their one-and-a-half-year old son Travis, welcome Colton Allen to the family. Colton was the first baby of the New Year in Valley County. He was born around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7.... Full story
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
Every major news station has picked up the phrase, polar vortex. Has Glasgow really been sucked into some vortex that's dropped the temperatures below zero? The easy answer to that is no. Tanja Fransen, warning coordination meteorologist at National Weather Service Glasgow, explains that this is actually just a low pressure system that came down from the North Pole and brought the cold weather with it. The Arctic cold front pushed down farther south than usual, which brought colder than average...
A Prairie Ridge resident rang in the New Year with a birthday. Robert "Bob" Rorvig celebrated 100 years of life last week, while friends and family gathered to wish him well. Rorvig explained that he was born in Pelican Rapids, Minn., on Jan. 2, 1914. His parents homesteaded this area when he was just 2 years old and he was raised just south of Richland. Rorvig went to school in his neighborhood but went to Opheim for high school. When he graduated, he went on to college and got his degree in...
Health prevention is becoming a bigger focus in the medical industry. Many of the mandates in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have hospitals and healthcare professionals focusing on prevention strategies to keep people from becoming a diabetic or to educate on sexually transmitted diseases (STD) before it happens to a patient or client. The Valley County Health Department has had that focus for several years. One of its main focuses has been education and prevention. Discussion among county commissioners to possibly change the way the county...
Montana’s unemployment rate held steady at 5.2 percent in November, while Valley County’s unemployment rate hit a low 3.5 percent. The state’s rate has declined by half a percent over the last year. The national unemployment rate remains higher than Montana’s rate at 7 percent in November, down 0.3 percentage points from the prior month. “Montana’s economy continues to perform better than the rest of the nation, steadily adding jobs for our workers,” Gov. Steve Bullock said. Labor Commissioner Pam Bucy said, “Retailers hired more workers th...
East Side School kids got to enjoy an hour of ice skating for their physical education class on Friday, Dec. 20, just before Christmas break. Kylie Lagerquist and Tyann Graham, above, were among the fourth-graders enjoying their time at Valley Event Center in Glasgow.... Full story
As the New Year takes shape, a new mayor for Glasgow will take her seat. Becky Erickson will be taking the place of Dan Carney. Carney might be stepping down from city council and from the mayor seat, but he still intends to keep some irons in the fire. Carney started in the city council in 1984. Nearly 30 years of experience started out after interest in the water situation in Glasgow grew. He applied for a vacant seat and didn't get it. So he ran for city council and found his way in on the... Full story
Anyone traveling west on Highway 2 may have noticed the flashing sign at the bottom of the hill coming into town. It flashes your speed if you're above the posted limit, or at one point it will flash a frowning face to those who are coming in much too quickly. The 9-inch highway sign has been there collecting data. The data in the sign is able to give law enforcement important information on traffic patterns on the highway. Glasgow Police Chief Bruce Barstad said that the Bluetooth driven data h...
New Year’s Eve is a time of fun and celebration. Make sure you don’t start your year out with a DUI or in an accident. If you plan on going out for the night, and maybe your designated driver decided to have more than a few beers, don’t take the keys in your hands. Valley County Sheriff Glen Meier said that a tradition that has been going on for around a decade will continue. Valley County Sheriff Search and Rescue and two local wrecking companies will pick you up and take you home for free. The idea is to make sure everyone has a safe holid...
Glasgow and Valley County are full of giving people. The community gives in times of need. The children’s Christmas store has been an annual tradition for nearly two decades. It may have switched through hands of different organizations, but it has always somehow continued. In the last few years, Milk River Inc. has taken on the torch. The store is all about the season of giving. Children, ages 2 to 14, gathered at the Elks Lodge in Glasgow on Saturday, Dec. 21, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. They weren’t there for their own needs; they were the... Full story
You may have seen the lights on the east side of town near the East Side School. A Nativity scene sits on display for the second year. The scene is a traditional one that was put together by Glasgow's youth. Several church youth groups came together last year to put the scene together. The driver of the idea was teacher and city council member Rod Karst. Karst said he saw a Nativity scene on a hillside in California and he thought Glasgow should have something similar. He spoke to several...
A Dec. 18 bond vote count after a mail election brought a narrow win for facility improvements at Frazer High School and a larger win for Frazer Elementary School. Both bonds passing will raise nearly $1.5 million to repair, restore and replace certain facilities. Voters registered in Frazer School District 2 in Valley County mailed out their ballots from Dec. 2 to 17. There were 181 ballots sent in. The $980,000 requested for the high school was a little tougher to swallow for voters, as 96 voted for it and 83 voted against it. Because the vot...
Irle Elementary first-graders, directed by music teacher Christine Gilchrist, presented a musical called "The Reindeer Whisperer" during the school's annual Christmas program Dec. 19 at the Evangelical Church. The elves eavesdrop on a phone call from Santa and come to the conclusion he's going to California to replace all the reindeer, which causes some trouble.... Full story
Santa Claus was kind enough to share the following letters from Irle students in kindergarten through the third grade for publication in The Courier. Santa again tells us he's going to be quite busy delivering around here Christmas morning – because kids in these parts aren't naughty, they're nice. Santa's helpers at The Courier extend their own thanks to Irle teachers and students for helping make this section so special. Many more letters appear on pages 4A through 8A. Enjoy reading, e... Full story
Officials have called off the search for the plane that went missing Dec. 1 in Valley County, Idaho, but families of those on board are continuing with the effort despite fears that Sheree Chalmers Smith of Glasgow, her husband Daniel Smith, and three others lost their lives when the plane crashed. Also on board were Sheree's father-in-law Dale Smith, sister-in-law Amber Smith, and Amber's fiance Jonathan Norton. The families have received an outpouring of support and concern from across the... Full story
