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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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1 Years Ago Wednesday, January 29, 2004 The three-year anniversary to the construction of the new jail is coming up in March. The project took months to finish and cost thousands of dollars. The newest addition to the Valley County jail comes this month as the installation to a new cooler is completed. The new cooler is about twice the size of the old cooler and is located in a safer proximity to the new facility. With the new facility in place, there's room for 30 inmates and the county sees a...
The Glasgow City Council met in special session on Jan. 10 to further discuss with the Siding 45 Skatepark committee where the best location would be to build the new proposed skatepark. The proposal that has been presented to the City Council by Siding 45, which is now a designated 501c3, stated they will donate to the City of Glasgow a $300,000 park renovation featuring a professional designed and built concrete skatepark. The park will be owned and insured by the City of Glasgow. The preferred location for the committee has always been...
The following was written and read by Glasgow Mayor Rod Karst during the public comment period at the Nov. 20 City Council Meeting. This letter is printed with permission from Mayor Karst. Before we get started tonight, I want to take a couple of minutes to address an issue that has gotten out of hand on Facebook. I do not use Facebook for this simple reason, people can go online and act as judge and jury on things that they don’t have all the facts on and get others sharing their knowledge or lack thereof. The City of Glasgow and its e...
The Glasgow City Council met in regular session on Oct. 16, in the Council Chambers located inside of the Civic Center. The meeting started with approving regular business items such as payment of claims in the amount of $94,128.6; payment of Valley Court Apartment claims in the amount of $847.74; the July 2023 financials and minutes for the Oct. 2 meeting, The council also discussed shipping containers, heard a proposal from Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital (FMDH) to purchase a portion of Hoyt Park and discussed the closure of certain city...
The Glasgow City Council met on Oct. 4 in the Council Chambers located inside of the Glasgow Civic Center. Starting the meeting off, the Council approved the consent agenda items which included payment of claims in the amount of $259,210.83; payment of Valley Court apartment claims in the amount of $1,841.70, the minutes for the Sept. 18, regular council meeting and Resolution No. 3146, establishing budgetary authority in the City-County Library fund for the receipt and expenditure of a donation received from Nemont Telephone. With a motion...
As of press time, the Milk River was measuring 31.5 feet and with nowhere for the water to go, visible flooding can be seen from the Fort Peck Highway (MT 42 and MT 24) impacting residents' homes and ranch/farm lands. Sullivan Park has been barricaded off from entry due to the high water and sump pumps are present at the 6th Avenue Bridge as well as Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital, in addition to visible flooding. The National Weather Service in Glasgow held a briefing on April 13 to key...
The public should monitor local news media and Emergency Alert System (EAS), especially people in flood plain areas (everyone south of Highway 2). Now is the time for people to prepare their homes, gather supplies, review their plans, and prepare for any possible evacuation. Forecasters are saying that the river will reach major flood stage in the coming week. As a precautionary measure in anticipation of probable flooding, City of Glasgow has instituted levee patrols and other proactive measures. Please stay away and off of the levee for... Full story
1 Years Ago Wednesday, April 3, 2013 Rep. Steve Daines stopped in Glasgow early this morning on a swing through eastern Montana as part of his statewide natural resources tour. Spillway rehab is Corps’ largest repair. The flood of 2011 caused damage to every dam on the Missouri and much of the levee system in the lower reaches. The plunge pool at the bottom of the spillway is the largest single repair project on the Missouri River system. The force of the water that poured out of the lake and down the mile-long concrete chute, 55,000 cubic f...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, October 31, 2012 The Army Corp of Engineers has awarded the final round of contracts for repairs throughout the Missouri River basin following the flood of 2011. The final repair bill for the Corps' Omaha District totaled $360 million. Levee rehabilitation work came to $160 million and repairs to damages at the six main-stem dam projects totaled $200 million. The work on 15 levee systems is expected to be complete by the spring of 2013. Completion of work on the dams...
The 8th Annual Paint Run/Walk will be held Saturday, Aug. 13. The Run/Walk is a 2.5 mile untimed event highlighted by participants being sprayed with powdered paint at various points along the course. This event is jointly sponsored by Glasgow High School Student Council and the Glasgow Recreation Department. This is a fundraiser for the Warriors on the Water Project. The race begins in front of the Glasgow Civic Center and proceeds north for two blocks before turning left and heading west on 2nd Ave. South. At the edge of town participants... Full story
Daniel John Carney, age 82, passed away peacefully with family by his side on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, Mont. A Vigil Service (Rosary) will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 20, at St. Raphael's Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Glasgow, Mont., on Saturday, May 21, at 10:30 a.m. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery after the mass with a lunch being served at St Raphael's Parish Center after burial. Please join us... Full story
The sixth annual Paint Run/Walk will be held Saturday, Aug. 8 starting at 9 a.m. The Run/Walk is a 2.5 mile untimed event highlighted by participants being sprayed with powdered paint at various points along the course. This event, which is a fundraiser for the Warriors on the Water Project, is jointly sponsored by Glasgow High School Student Council and the Glasgow Recreation Department. The race begins in front of the Glasgow Civic Center and proceeds north for two blocks before turning left and heading west on 2nd Ave. South. At the edge of...
Glasgow resident and current city council member Nanci Schoenfelder is currently in the running to keep her city council seat for Ward One against Glasgow resident and County Road Department Supervisor Todd Young. Schoenfelder has served on the City Council for six years, after initially losing her first election against Stan Ozark and then was appointed to fill the seat vacated by Becky Erickson after she became mayor. Being a part of city government is in her blood, as her mom, Pat (Hallett)...
The Paint Run/Walk is a 2.5 mile, untimed event highlighted by participants being sprayed with powdered paint at various points along the course. This is a fundraiser for the Warriors on the Water Project, jointly sponsored by the Glasgow High School Student Council and the Glasgow Recreation Department. The race course begins in front of the Glasgow Civic Center and proceeds north for two blocks before turning left and heading west on 2nd Ave South. At the edge of town, participants will turn left and follow the levee around the south side of... Full story
Editor's Note: The following is a letter sent to the Army Corps of Engineers from Congressman Greg Gianforte. This is being reproduced here as it was alluded to in an article involving a similar letter sent by Jon Tester's office to the Corps pertaining to the same issue. This letter was provided as a courtsy from Mayor Becky Erickson. Dear Lt. General Semonite: Thank you for your service to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE). I am writing you today on behalf of the City of Glasgow, Montana, which is respectfully asking for an extension...
U.S. Senator Jon Tester is pushing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to take an active role to help return Glasgow’s flood levee back to active status. In a letter sent to Chief Engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers Lt. General Todd T. Semonite in August, Tester urged the Corps to provide leniency or financial support to help Glasgow meet these recommendations in a timely manner. “I respectfully ask you to consider any financial means necessary in order to help Glasgow meet the requirements set forth by the Army Corps of Engineers to ret...
I would like to share with you some of the City of Glasgow’s accomplishments that took place in 2017 and what our goals are for 2018. I will be updating you on different subjects and projects, and our progress via Glasgow Courier, City of Glasgow website and KLTZ/KLAN. Today I would like to address our levee system. 2017 was a pivotal year for the City of Glasgow as we worked on numerous issues. Some of those issues were resolved, some were taken to the next level, and some evolved into other issues. We also took on a number of projects, s...
The 3rd Annual Paint Run/Walk is this Saturday, Aug. 19. So far, 164 entry forms have been submitted with a goal of 200 entrants. You can still register by picking up an entry form at BS Central, D&G, First Community Bank, all Glasgow Ezzie's, Flip Burgers, Glasgow Courier, Chamber, Glasgow Rec Dept., Holiday or Taco Shack. All entry forms must be turned in at the recreation department before the event. The walk/run raises money for the Warriors on the Water program, which is a part of the... Full story
The third annual Paint Run/Walk will be on Saturday, Aug. 19, in Glasgow. The run/walk is a 2.5 mile untimed event highlighted by participants being sprayed with powdered paint at various points along the course. The event is jointly sponsored by Glasgow High School Student Council and the Glasgow Recreation Department. The run/walk, for the third year in a row, is a fundraiser for the Warriors on the Water Project, and all proceeds will benefit the organization. The race will begin in front of the Glasgow Civic Center and proceed north for... Full story
The City of Glasgow, State and County Department of Emergency Services and members of the public met to discuss the recent Feasibility and Suitability Management study for the Glasgow Levee on Feb 15. The study issued a number of options for moving forward with bringing into compliance levee encroachments in the area, so as to remain on the Army Corps of Engineers levee program, according to City Manager Rob Kompel. Currently, there are as many as 54 buildings encroaching on the levee and... Full story
The topics dominating the discussion at the City Council meeting held Oct. 3 were the hiring and projected hirings of Glasgow Police Department employees, city union negotiations, and City Council transparency. Other items discussed were the Levee Safety Committee’s meeting with Senator Steve Daines, whose assistance will be needed in securing federal funding, in the tune of millions, to update the Milk River Levee Assistant Chief Gault’s opening word during his department report to the council was “busy”. Gault commented on overtime use, of... Full story
The Aug. 1 meeting of the Glasgow City Council saw the passage of Ordinance 952, restricting the number of pets in area homes to three dogs or three cats, with grandfather provisions for households containing animals currently in excess of the maximum number of pets. Members of the community instrumental in finalizing the details of the ordinance were in attendance, but remained silent during public comment periods. Mayor Erickson thanked the community for their input and support. Early in the meeting, the council also passed incremental... Full story
Glasgow’s City Council met July 18 for their bi-weekly council meeting. A first reading of Ordinance No. 952 included changes to clarify parts of the ordinance. The ordinance will be read a second time at the next city council meeting before it moves forward. Mayor Becky Erickson thanked members of the community for their contributions to the ordinance draft language: “It was really nice to have people from the community help write the ordinance.” The Council also approved the Glasgow Fire Department to proceed with a $150,000 invitation to bid...
Rob Kompel of the Glasgow Department of Public Works had some key highlights from the July 5 City Council Meeting. In addition to normal operating agenda items for the city such as decisions on employee stipends and downtown grant applications, the Council addressed sewer and water increases, a new ordinance on cats and dogs, and the Army Corps of Engineers acceptance of the System Wide Improvement Framework (SWIF) Plan for the Levee. The issue of establishing a water and sewer rate increase of two percent a year over the next six years with...
Cherry Creek & Milk River Levee System is a vital piece of the city’s infrastructure system that is not only critical to the welfare and safety of our community but also bogged down in federal regulation. An array of complex issues and opinions as to the solutions necessary to keep the levee system in compliance and meeting the needs of the community keep the levee system at the forefront of the city’s attention. The southernmost portion of the city of Glasgow borders the Milk River and Cherry Creek waterways and the associated flood pla...
