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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Michelle Bigelbach The Courier Valley County voters made their voices heard on Election Day, May 3. With the exclusion of Opheim, all of the other Valley County schools asked voters to either choose a new trustee and/or to vote on a funding levy. A special district election was also held to help fill three three-year terms on the North Valley County Water & Sewer District. Frazer School District ran a trustee election as they had one one-year term opening and one three-year term opening. Tihs election was held at the Frazer School Annex and...
Proclaiming May 5 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day in Montana, Governor Greg Gianforte renewed his call to protect our Native communities and end the MMIP crisis. “As I visit reservations across Montana, the MMIP crisis looms large in the hearts and minds of our Native neighbors. Let’s be clear and unequivocal – no Native girl, boy, woman, or man should live in fear,” Gov. Gianforte said. “Today, I join Montanans and Americans in strengthening our resolve to bring the epidemic of MMIP to an end.” Since 2019,...
U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines on May 5 marked the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls after introducing their resolution designating May 5 earlier this week. The Senators’ resolution raises awareness, honors the Native American women who are missing or murdered, and identifies solutions to end this violent epidemic. “Raising awareness about the MMIW epidemic in Montana and across the country is an important piece of the fight to combat violence against Indigenous women and girls,” said...
The Valley County Health Department is offering the second booster doses of the COVID vaccine to people age 50+ or immunocompromised individuals age 18+. Walk-in vaccination clinics are from 4 to 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday afternoon throughout the spring and summer. We will continue to offer first, second, third (if immunocompromised), first booster, and second booster at the recommended intervals. These vaccines are free to everyone. We encourage everyone to assess their individual and family health status, summer schedules including travel... Full story
The yearly Valley County Clean Up event was held this past weekend, April 29 through May 1, and Mother Nature cooperated in allowing sunshine and clear skies to bring the community out and clean up. The event, which was originally scheduled April 22 through 24, was postponed due to inclement weather. Free maps and supplies were available at the Chamber/Two Rivers office and prizes donated by local businesses were drawn for those who returned their map or submitted a before and after photo of...
The Valley County CARE Coalition hosted the first Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) course of the year on April 30. With the Glasgow Evangelical Church as the venue, six members of the community attended the day-long event taught by Connie Wethern to learn about how to recognize the patterns of thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and appearance that show there might be a crisis. Mental Health First Aid is the help offered to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The first aid is given until appropriate...
Governor Greg Gianforte visited the Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center April 29. While visiting with staff and clients of the Montana Assertive Community Treatment program, the Governor proclaimed May 2022 as Mental Health Awareness Month in Montana. Office manager Mary Hughes said, "MACT allows us to provide an array of services to help people remain in their community, access networks of healthy support contacts, find employment and get back on their feet. Thanks to the immense...
The Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, along with sponsorships from local businesses, brought speaker, motivator, instructor, author and consultant Steve Beck to the Cottonwood Inn in Glasgow on April 27 and 28 for two different seminars. The April 27 session was about motivational leadership, and according to Glasgow Chamber office manager Shyanne Wallace 68 people attended the full day session. The April 28 session was a half day focusing on exceptional customer service, which was attended by 71 people. “The audience included a l...
WHEREAS, mental illness affects our friends, family members, and neighbors, with nearly 20% of U.S. adults living with a mental illness before the COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, the challenges of the past two years have left many Montanans feeling more alone and isolated than ever; and WHEREAS, on average, less than half of those affected by mental illness seek treatment due to stigma and a lack of awareness surrounding the issue, especially young adults that struggle with mental illness; and...
This last week of April wraps up National Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Glasgow Police Department as well as the Valley County Sheriff's Office all helped support the nationwide effort during the month. They have processes in the works to prevent and handle child abuse that occurs not only in our community but also the other four counties the Northeast Montana (NEMT) Services victim specialists serve. It's common to wear blue throughout the month of April to help spread awareness about ch...
On April 20, it was announced the state of Montana will receive $127 million for the second round of competitive water and sewer grants that were secured in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The state’s ARPA Infrastructure Advisory Commission approved $118.2 million for 95 water and sewer projects in the state as well as $8.8 million for 34 irrigation projects in the state. The commission approved grants of up to $2 million each for investment in the water and sewer projects and grants of up to $500,000 for the irrigation projects. In V...
The Glasgow City Council met on April 25 for a regular meeting and discussed water and sewer rates for the next five years. The council agreed to a five-year rate schedule which will increase the base rate for water and sewer two percent each year. The current base rate for a residential water line is $28.15 per month. This will increase two percent each year and by year 2027 the base residential water rate will be $31.08 per month. The current base rate for residential sewer is $44.85 per month and this will increase two percent each year and...
Valley County Sheriff Deputy Jesse Moon was one of 57 officers who graduated on April 5 from the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA), which is a part of the Montana Department of Justice. MLEA provides basic and advanced training for state, county, city and tribal law enforcement officers throughout the state. Moon is originally from Billings and has lived in Glasgow for five years with his wife, Sherrie, who works at Hi-Line Home Program. He isn't new to the Sheriff's Department either as...
The Glasgow Motor Vehicle Division has been at 313 Klein Ave., in Glasgow since January and offers services such as renewing your driver’s and commercial driver’s license, issuing and renewal of State identification cards as well as the written and skilled testing for driver’s license, CDL and motorcycle testing. You are also able to upgrade your identification to the Montana Real ID in the office as well. Driver’s examiner Kellie Parks splits her time between the Glasgow, Scobey and Wolf Point offices to help serve the needs along the Hi-Line....
Zoo Montana's Executive Director Jeff Ewelt, along with a rose haired tarantula, a boa constrictor, an armadillo and a turkey vulture, made the trek from Billings on April 20 to visit Glasgow. Their first stop was Irle School where the kindergarten through fifth-graders were able to learn about these animals. Even Little Scholars Preschool was able to join in on the fun at Irle. Later in the evening, they made a stop at the Children's Museum, where kids of all ages were able to join their...
Glasgow School District No. 1A Trustee: Erin Aune 412 Larraine Eiland 252 Stan Ozark 618 Donald Pansegrau 73 Levy: For 692 Against 706 Nashua School District No. 13E Trustee: Michele Fromdahl 179 Joe Laumeyer 120 North Valley County Water & Sewer District Director: Nick O Chiechi 36 Phillip DeFelice 46 DeLee Hustad 64 Russell Kolpin 59 Carl Millerick 61 These results are unofficial until the canvass on May 18, 2022. Hinsdale Election Results: Elementary Levy passes by a vote of 102-17 Further election results will be published in the May 11,... Full story
When spring decides to stay for more than a few days, hopefully come May, there will be another option in Glasgow to build up your outdoor greeneries. Prairie House Gardens, 5 1st Ave. S., Glasgow, will be opening May 4, and owners Madelyn House and Andy Fahlgren have been hard at work getting things ready for opening day. Focusing on perennials, trees and shrubs, House hopes to share her passion of plants with the community. "My real passion is trees and shrubs. They are not available here, so...
The Glasgow School Board met on April 13 and the agenda included personnel action report, M.U.S.T. Health Insurance renewal, a request to close the activity account for the Middle School Science Club as well as a request to transfer the activity funds checking account. Also on the agenda were reports by the various committees, student representative, GEA, principal and superintendent. The meeting started off with the public comment period in which Chair Angie Page read from the policy handbook regarding public comments while stressing those...
Valley County's first ever Citizens Law Enforcement Academy celebrated the graduates of the inaugural class April 14. The eight-week course provided area citizens a behind-the-scenes look at law enforcement along with historical and regulatory education....
Frazer School District is running their own election. This is a trustee election only. They have two trustee positions open, one for a one-year term and one for a three-year term. The Frazer School election is a polling place election; absentee ballots were mailed on April 15. The polling place on May 3, will be at the Frazer School Annex; hours will be noon until 8 p.m. Candidates are: 1-Year Term: Lillie Cox Michael Cole 3-Year Term: Yancey Beston Mary Sue Jackson Adeline Smoker The Clerk and Recorder’s office is running the Glasgow School D...
Glasgow Middle School seventh-grader Karsyn Sillerud represented Valley County during the 57th Annual Treasure State Spelling Bee in Bozeman on March 12. Held in the Strand Union Building on the Montana State University campus, this was the first time the Bee was held in Bozeman and the first in-person oral state spelling bee since 2019. The 2020 bee was canceled due to COVID and the 2021 bee was held using an online testing platform with no competition. During the one-day competition, Sillerud...
