Articles from the May 11, 2022 edition
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GMS Students Sign Their Names To Make History
During its state-wide tour, Sletten Construction made a stop at Glasgow Middle School on May 2 to allow the eighth-graders and a few lucky seventh-graders the opportunity to put their signatures on a...
Valley County Election Results
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...
Gov. Gianforte Renews Call to End Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Crisis
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...
Montana Delegation Marked May 5 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day
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...
Watching Trains
Remember watching the trains traveling along the railroad track and always ending with a red caboose?I think that the caboose was used to house the crew or part of the crew anyway. I think this may have been a safety requirement but like so many...
Mandy Rasmusan
Mandy Rasmusan currently teaches math at the Glasgow Middle School and is her 22nd year of teaching. She is married to Terry Rasmusan, who is a native of Peerless, Mont., and has four kids, Megan,...
Community Calendar
EDITOR’S NOTE: Deadline for calendar additions is Mondays at noon. Please email your event to [email protected] or submit in person at the Courier office, 531 2nd Ave. S., Glasgow. The Valley County Pioneer Museum hours through September are...
Audiences Will Be Humming Along, as Fort Peck Summer Theatre Opens Season 2022 With Nostalgic Favorite FOREVER PLAID
Forever Plaid is a popular and affectionate musical homage to the close-harmony 'guy groups' that reached the height of their popularity during the 1950s, following a quartet of high-school chums in...
SKYWARN Spotter Training Classes
The National Weather Service in Glasgow, in conjunction with county Disaster and Emergency Services directors, will be hosting a series of SKYWARN Weather Spotter training classes in May. The dates for the classes are: May 16, 5:30 p.m. STAT Air...
Opheim School News
The Junior High Academic Olympics were held on April 6. Billy Still came in as the overall top seventh-grade student in the division. He placed second in the English test, fifth in the science test and 10th in the history test. The team lost out in...
VCHD Now Offering Second Booster Dose Of COVID Vaccine
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...
John A Langen
John A Langen passed away peacefully at home on Monday, March 28, 2022. He was 77 years old and died from complications of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a degenerative lung disease. John, the eldest...
Fransen Nominated For Dickinson State University's 2022 Outstanding Graduate Award
Alexander Fransen, of Glasgow, was nominated to receive Dickinson State University’s 2022 Outstanding Graduate Award. This award is the highest honor bestowed upon graduating seniors by the university. Students are nominated by the faculty in...
Western Valley 4-H Club
The 4-H meeting of the Western Valley 4-H club was held on April 10 at McCollys'. For song, we danced the Macarena. After the meeting, the club was treated to some juicy hot dogs and delicious...
Opheim FFA News
The Opheim FFA chapter recently wrapped up its 92nd Montana FFA State convention in Bozeman. The chapter competed in five competitions all together; Ag Sales, Agronomy, Extemporaneous Speaking, Mechanics, and Prepared Speaking. The Sales team this...
Opheim Rodeo Club Awarded Rural Community Grant
Northwest Farm Credit Services is proud to award the Opheim Rodeo Club with a $3,840 Rural Community Grant. "The rodeo club will be using the money to purchase materials to replace the existing rodeo...
Another Gardening Session
I’m starting yet another season of gardening. It must be the 47th? Because it’s stayed nice, I’ve finally tilled the garden space. It worked up very nicely. After my few hours running the garden tractor, I spent several more hours laying out th...
Fort Peck Reservoir Fisheries Management Plan update beginning
FORT PECK – The 10-year fisheries management plan for Fort Peck Reservoir will expire in 2022, prompting Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks to begin updating the plan for next 10 years. FWP is...
Traveling with Technology
After a long, long winter we’re finally able to emerge and enjoy the outdoors! Our eyelashes won’t freeze to our face, the simple act of breathing won’t be painful; truly have we suffered. But before too long we’ll be planning getaways and...
Agricultural Stress In NE Montana
No one is a stranger to stress and all the ways it affects our lives - even more so in recent years. The pandemic, recession, and continued cultural polarization has deeply impacted everybody- possibly in ways we may not fully grasp for years....
No Stroke of Luck, Just Pure Talent
The Scottie boys golf team took two big wins in their final two regular season meets. The boys won the Poplar Invite in Wolf Point Thursday with 340 points, taking the top three slots. Glasgow won...