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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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1 Years Ago: Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 Garret Godwin's Eagle Scout project has brightened up the south side of Glasgow. He recruited volunteers to spread out Saturday and repaint fire hydrants. He heard at a City Council meeting that some faded hydrants were difficult to find, so it seemed like a worthy public service project to make them shine again. After a public hearing on Sept. 16, the Glasgow City Council proceeded with its proposed water rate increase of $5 per month, effective in Novemb...
1 Years Ago: Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013 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. Lustre also received more than an inch of rain, all within a 40-minute window, along with the hail. Real working cowboys...
1 Years Ago: Wednesday July 3, 2013 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. Motels in Glasgow are full of railroad people and derailment specialists have filled camping spaces with company RVs. Road master Damon Fry out of Williston is in charge of this big maintenance project. He said that the Glasgow to Wolf Point segment started June 9 and is scheduled to finish July 14. Some 65,000 ties will be...
Glasgow's boys team scored 41 team points for sixth place at the MHSA Class B State Meet in Butte this past weekend while the girls scored 32 points to tie with Conrad for sixth place. The Scottie boys hit 10 new personal records and one season record while making nine podium appearances. The girls also had nine showings on the podium, while setting two new personal records. Vaughn Miller was the only Scottie to win an event this year. The junior won the boys javelin with a season record throw...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, May 29, 2013 If you were in it like Glasgow was Saturday evening, the hail storm was bad. But only some of the areas were hit while most others escaped. Glasgow was subjected to a heavy downpour that turned into pea-size and larger hail after 7 p.m. Escorted by kilt clad junior honor students, they walked in two by two, the Glasgow High School graduation class of 2013, the white-robed girls carrying red flowers, the boys in red wearing white boutonnieres. The Glasgow...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, May 22, 2023 The newest member of the Glasgow School Board, Mona Amundson, was sworn in at the May 15 meeting. Board Chairman Alison Molvig and Vice Chair Patt Etchart were re-elected to their offices and Kelly Doornek was re-appointed clerk of the board. The Glasgow City Council heard some encouraging words about the old Magruder property, better known as Red Rock Plaza or the Farmer's Market on the Fort Peck Highway. Long delinquent on taxes, it has not been accepted...
Both the Scottie boys and girls won the Northern B Divisional Track Meet held Saturday in Great Falls. Glasgow's boys team put up 127.33 points while the girls scored 130.5 points. Both victories made it back-to-back titles for Glasgow. The Scottie girls have now won 17 Divisional Meets while the boys have claimed 27 Divisional titles in school history. Emily See, Tanae Baker and Mayzie Yoakam brought home individual titles for the girls team. Kyler Holinde, Khye Gamas and Vaughn Miller each...
The Raider girls earned sixth place at the Eastern C Divisional track and field meet in Lambert May 18 while the boys team came in 14th place. Hinsdale put up 25 points on the girls side with one new personal record and one on the boys with two new individual records for their placings. Zora Holt, BaiLee McColly, Cienna Strommen and Mattea McColly will compete at the State Meet in Laurel this weekend for the girls while Kade Strommen will represent the Hinsdale boys. BOYS K. Strommen earned a...
Compiled by Michelle Bigelbach The Courier 10 Years Ago Wednesday May 15, 2013 A new study released by the Montana Department of Commerce predicts that Valley County will experience modest population growth in the decades ahead and then return to about present-day levels by 2060. From the estimated 2012 population of 7,604, the numbers will rise to a peak of 8,188 in 2028. This is almost exactly what the population of Valley County was in 1990. More than 100 fifth-graders from all the Valley Cou...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, May 1, 2013 A line had formed at the Clerk and Recorder's office before it opened on Monday. Becky Erickson said she got there at 20 minutes to eight to be the first person to file for the Glasgow mayor's race. Erickson has served at the Glasgow City Council for 18 years, as well as on the boards of many local and state organizations. She was soon joined in line by Melanie Sorensen, a city councilmen who had decided not to run for re-election but changed her mind when...
After the cancellation of the Glasgow Invitational due to weather conditions, Valley County track and field athletes officially started their season this past weekend during the Wibaux Invitational in Glendive. The Lustre Christian boys took third place out of 20 teams with 74 points. The Scottie boys finished in fifth place overall out of 20 teams with 44 team points while the Scottie girls also took fifth place out of 22 teams with 45 team points. Freshman Khye Gamas took the podium with...
It wasn't the end to the season they had hoped for, but Glasgow's boys wrestling team put three grapplers on the podium at the end of the State Tournament held this past weekend in Billings. The team placed 11th in the boys B/C competition, 10th in Class B schools. The girls team placed 26th in the all-class competition. The boys scored 62 team points while the girls put up 20 team points. Head coach Jory Casterline said the Monday after the tournament he felt "like I've been gutted. Not good."...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Montana's unemployment rate continued to drop in December, falling 0.1 percentage points to 5.7 percent. Montana's unemployment rate has been on a downward trend since mid- 2011. There are plenty of good things about Glasgow now and things people would like to see – or avoid- in the future. A public meeting on Jan. 23 drew about 25 people to the Glasgow High School auditorium to share in the formation of community goals for a new growth policy. The N...
The Glasgow wrestlers closed out their regular season with three events last week. The Scotties won their Senior Night Dual against the Dawson County Red Devils 44-16 last Tuesday at home. They went 19-9 at the Malta Mixer Friday night with the boys posting a 15-5 record while the girls went 4-4. Glasgow was back in Malta Saturday for the Malta Invitational where the boys took second with 178.5 points and the girls took third with 54 points. Khye Gamas, Mason Donaldson and Riley Clampitt won...
The Glasgow High School Speech and Drama team have been traveling throughout the state over the past month, bringing home individual placings as well as speech sweeps as a team. The team started their season on Oct. 29, with the Glasgow Invitational and every week since each student involved has been practicing, competing and feeling more and more confident in their performances. The team traveled to compete in the Miles City Invitational on Nov. 12, where seven kids participated. Sophomore...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 Bourgault Industries has recognized Farm Equipment Sales as the recipient of its "Highest Customer Service Award" for the year of 2011-12 in the Western USA territory. Farm Equipment Sales represents the Bourgault Air Seeding Line out of their Glasgow, Plentywood, Culbertson, and Circle locations. The Glasgow School Board has voted to accept the recommendation of its Building Committee and put grades K through 5 in a new Irle School building. East Side...
Coach Rod Karst finished his Scottie cross country coaching career this past Saturday in Missoula at the MHSA State XC Championships. His crew brought home three All-State finishes: Reed Larsen taking sixth in the Class B boys race with Tanae Baker and Emily See finishing third and fourth, respectively, in the girls race. The Scottie girls took fourth place out of 37 Class B schools with 148 points. They trailed Columbus, 91; Manhattan, 96, and Red Lodge, 129. Glasgow's boys team took seventh...
The Glasgow cross country teams are peaking at the right time. They head into the MHSA State XC Championships after closing out their regular season Oct. 14 at the Harlem Invitational with 17 personal records and one season record. The Scottie girls put up eight personal bests from Tanae Baker, Emily See, Kimber Dulaney, Haleigh Huntsman, Caylen Jankowski, Kheyerah Bilger, Haylly Turner and Mary Dykema. Reed Larsen, Kyler Holinde, KJ Ingram, Ted See, Kyler Whitman, Adam Mickelson, James...
All hail the Scotties? The weather at the Billings Invitational took that quite literally, forcing the Glasgow runners to face rain, shine and hail in their inaugural event of the year. Despite the challenges and the crowded field, the Scotties started their season on the right foot. The Glasgow girls varsity team placed 12th out of 29 teams, led by junior Emily See's top ten finish. The girls scored 279 points. Senior Reed Larsen led the Scottie boys varsity team to a 17th place finish, also...
The Glasgow girls track team brought home a fifth place finish and the Scottie boys placed seventh at the Class B State Track Meet in Great Falls this past weekend. Glasgow's girls team racked up 35 points while the boys put up 20 points. Scottie senior Iris McKean led the girls with 20 points with top six performances in the 800 meters, 1600 meters and 3200 meters. Freshman Tanae Baker followed with eight points from the same events. Sophomore Eve Stone made the board with a top six finish in...
Malta and Glasgow did battle at the Northern B Divisional meet in Great Falls Saturday, but at the end of the day, the Scotties tallied more points than the Mustangs and M-ettes to claim the top spots. The Scotties drew out the drama of the day, waiting until the final events of the day – the boys' and girls' 4x400 relays – to secure their victories. The Glasgow girls' team scored 120.33 points, outpacing Malta's 107, for their ninth title in the past 11 years and 16th in school history. The...
Glasgow's track and field teams claimed the top slots at the District 2B Meet held at Scottie Field on Saturday. The Scottie girls ran up 202 points for their first place, outpacing Malta, 169; Harlem, 63; Poplar, 49, and Wolf Point, 31. The Glasgow boys scored 191.67 points, putting them ahead of Malta, 155; Wolf Point, 95; Poplar, 55, and Harlem, 25.33. The Scottie girls claimed their fifth title in as many years led by Blaire Westby, 100 and 200 meters; Iris McKean, 400, 800 and 3200 meters;...
The stretch run is upon us! With only three weekends remaining, the Highlanders split up this past weekend at the “Border Brawl” in Plentywood and at the Montana Middle School State Wrestling Championships in Lewistown. It was another banner weekend for our GWC kids of all ages. In Plentywood, we entered an event-best 35 wrestlers. The small inter-divisional meet featured 167 kids from eight local clubs. The Highlanders were flat-out dominant throughout. When the dust settled, GWC had captured 16 individual championships and 34 top-three fin...
“He had a great tournament. He pinned everybody. That’s pretty impressive for that tournament.” Coach Jory Casterline was pleased with Kyler Hallock’s big win at the Bismarck Rotary Tournament in North Dakota this past weekend. The 195 lb. wrestler became the first Scottie to win a championship at the prestigious event in the four years of Glasgow attendance. Hallock pinned Ben Nagel of Bismarck High in 4:37 to win his weight class. He defeated Jack Melvin of Dickinson, N.D., in 54 seconds in the semi-finals to earn his trip to the final round....
The Glasgow Scottie cross country teams continue to knock down their times as they gear up for the state meet this weekend in Missoula. "We feel good," said head coach Rod Karst. "We want to be running our best in October and the last few weeks shows that." Indeed, the Scotties have shaved time and run away with some top spots in their last few meets. In Harlem on Friday, the boys team claimed second place with 32 points behind a tough Wolf Point team with 28. The Glasgow girls snagged the top...
