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The police, the animal pound and the vets in Glasgow are all on the same page now, recommending microchipping pets so they can be identified and returned if they get lost. Police Chief Bruce Barstad recently displayed the microchip reader the department just acquired for the pound. Any stray pet will now be scanned immediately, and if it has been chipped, the owner can be identified and called to take their pet home. He tested it on the city clerk’s cat. Stacey Amundson had the cat chipped six years ago in Ohio. The reader worked perfectly, eve...
Zora Holt dressed up for her first go at mutton busting and made a good ride during the kids rodeo at the Northeast Montana Fair. “That was fun!” she exclaimed, after finally tumbling off the sheep. Lots more fair photos and 4-H thank you messages are in Section B.... Full story
Shawn Wersal of Glasgow drove his competition into the ground to win the 2013 Northeast Montana Fair Demolition Derby at the Glasgow Fair Grounds on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Engines roared, metal crunched and mud flew as winners advanced from three heats and a consolation round to the final, leaving behind those who raised white flags of defeat as their cars were beaten into submission or pushed out of the ring. “It was one of the fastest, hardest hitting derbies we’ve had in a long time,” said Judge...
Glasgow’s most expensive public works project doesn’t get the respect it deserves. It cost nearly $6 million and took a decade to go from planning to performance. The system is unique in Montana, packed with energy-saving features and it harnesses biological processes to keep the Milk River water pure. But it gets no respect. It slinks around under a pseudonym: WWTF. Waste water treatment facility. It’s a sewage plant, one of the fundamental services required of civilization. The full, doubl... Full story
Real working cowboys were competing Saturday at the Ranch Rodeo at the Northeastern Montana Fair. Just proving their win last year wasn’t a fluke, the Nelson Ranch team won again this year with a time of 54 seconds. With their second-place finish two years ago, this makes the third year that the Nelson team qualified to compete in the NILE in Billings. In second place was the Salveson Ranch team from Malta, followed by the Musselshell Ranch team. Ron Potter again won the top ranch horse a... Full story
Although the calendar says August, the severe weather season is still going strong across northeastern Montana. Quite a few storms moved from west to east across Valley County on Monday afternoon. They brought 40 mph wind and half-inch hail to Hinsdale. Southeast of Baylor, 1-inch hail was reported, along with more than an inch of rain. More than an inch of rain down on Lustre within 40 minutes, along with the hail. Moving on to Roosevelt County, a storm pounded an area north of Poplar with 1.75 inches of rain in just 12 minutes, along with...
Anna (Olson) and Elias Stensland, Norwegian immigrants to Valley County in 1908, could hardly have imagined the impact their family of four daughters would have on Northeast Montana stretching even to now – August 2013. Those four daughters – Agnes, Bertha, Elise and Gladys – have now been recognized by their respective families with the donation of a fine glass display case at the Valley County Pioneer Museum. Situated in the newly added foyer to the museum, the case will house temporary rotat...
Teams large and small filled the track around the Independence Stage at the fairgrounds last weekend at the Relay for Life, the big fundraiser in the fight against cancer. It was a new venue for the Relay, but everything seemed to fit in around the stage with room for the luminarias and the Torch of Hope, which was lit by Skip Erickson. Rod Karst had the microphone again, introducing the teams and joking with everyone since he has known them for years. The first round on the track was the... Full story
A new airline has been chosen to fly Essential Air Service routes to five cities in Montana. After hearing presentations from three companies last Thursday, the EAS Task Force unanimously chose Cape Air, a New England-based regional airline that serves 37 cities throughout the Northeast, Midwest, Florida, Caribbean and Micronesia. Cape Air serves 15 EAS cities in Vermont, New York, Maine, Missouri, Illinois and Kentucky. It was formed in 1989 with a single Cessna that flew from Boston to Cape Co...
A young company based in Denver is trying to start its second wind farm in Montana. Compass Energies is negotiating to find a market for the energy it hopes to generate from up to 13 turbines placed on about 1,400 acres it has leased from four landowners south of Opheim. Kyle Paulson, development director for Compass Energies, explained the $40 million project to about 20 people at Glasgow High School on Tuesday night. The turbines would generate up to 23 megawatts of power, but before anything is built, a number of interconnected things have...
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...
