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Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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1 Years Ago Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 It was a heated campaign this year for the Valley County Sheriff/Coroner position. This is the second campaign that candidate Joe Horn and incumbent Glen Meier have faced off. This election Meier took 58 percent of the votes, with 1,969 votes, to 1,378 votes for Horn. Paul Tweten will take the county commissioner district 1 seat. Just over 61 percent of Valley County voters chose Tweten, putting him over Russel Dahl for the position, with 2,010 votes to...
The Glasgow City Council met in regular session on Oct. 21, and a number of resolutions were introduced and offered for adoption by Mayor Rod Karst to the rest of the City Council members that were present, Doug Nistler, Lisa Koski and Brian Austin. Council member Dan Carr attended via cell phone while council members Stan Ozark and Butch Heitman were absent. After approving consent agenda items, the first resolution introduced and offered for adoption was Resolution No. 3183 – A Resolution Establishing A Special Revenue Fund for the Skate P...
The Glasgow City Council will meet in regular session, Monday, Nov. 4, in the Council Chambers, located inside of the Glasgow Civic Center. Click on the image above to view the full agenda....
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. Valley County Council On Aging Bingo is played Tuesdays at 1 p.m. and Saturdays at 7 p.m. Through the winter, the Fort Peck Interpretive Center is open by appointment only to see the Center or for a Powerhouse Tour, 406-526-3493. Thursday, Oct. 24 4 – 5:30 p.m. - Valley County Public Health Flu Vaccine Clinic at the Valley County Health Department, 500 4th Ave. S....
The University of Montana’s Co-Lab for Civic Imagination brings its theatre program State of Mind to Glasgow on Thursday, Oct. 24. State of Mind is an interactive theatre and public dialogue event that is touring to over 20 (primarily rural) Montana communities from September 2024 to May 2025. The project consists of a free theatre performance for the general public, and workshops for local students, school faculty and staff, and local health providers. The performance will take place on Thursday, Oct. 24, at Valley County Pioneer Museum, 7...
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. Valley County Council On Aging Bingo is played Tuesdays at 1 p.m. and Saturdays at 7 p.m. Through the winter, the Fort Peck Interpretive Center is open by appointment only to see the Center or for a Powerhouse Tour, 406-526-3493. Wednesday, Oct. 16 4 – 5:30 p.m. - Valley County Public Health Flu Vaccine Clinic at the Valley County Health Department, 500 4th Ave...
The Glasgow City Council will meet in regular session, Monday, Oct. 21, 5 p.m., in the Council Chambers located inside of the Glasgow Civic Center. Click on the image above to view the whole agenda....
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. Valley County Council On Aging Bingo is played Tuesdays at 1 p.m. and Saturdays at 7 p.m. Through the winter, the Fort Peck Interpretive Center is open by appointment only to see the Center or for a Powerhouse Tour, 406-526-3493. Wednesday, Oct. 2 6 – 7 p.m. - International St. Mary and Milk Rivers Study Board Public Meeting at Tin Cup in Malta. Purpose of this mee...
The Glasgow City Council will meet in regular session, Monday, Oct. 7, 5 p.m., in the Council Chambers located inside of the Glasgow Civic Center. To view the full agenda, click on the agenda image....
1 Years Ago Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 An historic train car from 1927 made the stop in Glasgow as it crossed the country and made the stop on Thursday, Sept. 18. This train car, #50, transported Clark Gable, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the scandalous Huey P. Long. The car got a second life in the 1980s, when Patron spent at least $2 million to restore the car after finding it in a junkyard. The car is now one of only 175 private rail cars left that travel on the Amtrak rails. This year's royal...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 Ties to Hollywood brought an actor and a director to the Glasgow area last week. Sightings of the famous actor were reported at several businesses, the airport and at a local hotel. The trip to Glasgow was short planned but got a lot of creative juices flowing for the actor Jon Voight and writer/director John Harrison. Harrison explained that about a month ago Voight gave him a call about a project idea that perhaps they might want to work on together....
The Glasgow City Council will meet in regular session, Monday, Sept. 16, 5 p.m., in the Council Chambers located inside of the Glasgow Civic Center....
In a regular City Council meeting on Aug. 19, the Glasgow City Council introduced and offered for adoption the second reading of Ordinance No. 985 – an ordinance amending Chapter 4 of the Official Code of the City of Glasgow (CCG) to remove the License Requirement for Dancing in a Bar. The ordinance says that Section 4-55 of the OCCG, which states “It shall be unlawful for a person licensed to sell alcoholic beverages under this chapter, to permit dancing on the licensed premises unless a license for such dancing has been obtained from the cit...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Glasgow Area Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture will not be hosting the Saskatoon Police Pipes & Drums during the 2014 Glasgow Scottie Homecoming Festival weekend, the chamber announced. "The band cancelled on us Aug. 25," chamber executive director Lisa Olk said. "There were some issues regarding customs and the ivory on their pipes getting across the border. The band was not willing to take the chance and put their instr...
The Glasgow City Council will meet in regular session, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 5 p.m., in the Council Chambers, located inside of the Glasgow Civic Center. Click on the agenda to view the full agenda for the meeting....
1 Years Ago Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 Changes are still settling in at the Valley County Health Department as back to school immunization and flu season starts. Not only are they sporting a new executive director and a new RN, they also have expanded their office and have gotten a new look. "We're encompassing the newness," Health Department Executive Director Connie Boreson said. "We're there where the people are to keep the community healthy." The new RN (registered nurse) joining the staff...
The Glasgow City Council met in regular session on Aug. 5, where regular business was conducted, including approving the consent agenda, which included the regular council agenda, payment of claims in the amount of $521,930.94; payment of Valley Court Apartments claims in the amount of $340.99; and the minutes of the July 15 regular council meeting. The agenda also included the first reading ordinance No. 985 – an ordinance amending Chapter 4 of the official code of the city of Glasgow (OCCG) to remove the license requirement for dancing in a...
The Glasgow City Council will meet in regular session, Monday, Aug. 19, 5 p.m., in the Council Chambers, located inside of the Glasgow Civic Center....
The Glasgow City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, Aug. 5, 5 p.m., in the Council Chambers located in the Glasgow Civic Center. The agenda is included....
The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run, an international torch relay, ran through Glasgow on July 9 passing a torch along the way. The runners started their day in Saco and continued into Hinsdale eventually getting to Glasgow on Baylor Road. They continued to West Fork and stayed overnight in Scobey. The route entered Saskatchewan on July 11, and will also go through Manitoba before entering back into the US in International Falls, Minn. An estimated 50,000 children in over 1,000 cities and...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, July 16, 2014 Glasgow's Candy Cane Park is getting a whole new look that will be sweet when it's completed. The park that had gravel and not much for shade will be sporting grass and trees by late summer. The city has set aside and budgeted for the park over the last two years, and last week the project got started. The park will get grass, a sprinkler system, some new playground equipment, trees and a watering system to keep the trees green. Sarah Morales participated...
During the June 19 regular Valley County Commissioners meeting, the Commissioners unanimously passed to increase elected officials’ salaries and all permanent employee salaries by four percent. This change will be effective on their first paycheck in fiscal year ‘25, which will be in July. There was no public comments offered on either item during the meeting. Salaries for Valley County Elected Officials for 2024/2025 will be: Valley County Commissioner: $57,088.91 Valley County Clerk and Recorder: $65,352,25 (The Clerk and Recorder also rec...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, June 4, 2014 Preserving the local history and sharing it with future generations is a big job. The Valley County Pioneer Museum has taken on that task and they welcome visitors into the museum every third Sunday in June, in hopes to draw in new visitors. Memories remain of Baker's Jewelry when it was under the ownership of LaVern John "L.J." Baker. His children will be in town to present a new display specially built for the museum. "He wanted this in the museum; it was...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, June 4, 2014 East Side School drew a crowd of students, parents and staff at the Glasgow High School on Friday, May 30, for the 13th annual egg drop. It lasted a few hours, starting first thing in the morning for the last day of school. While the sun was out, the wind may have affected some of the drops off the gymnasium roof onto the alley behind the track bleachers. Sixth grade science teacher Wade Nelson explained that while the shapes and sizes could be just about...
During the May 20 regular Glasgow City Council meeting, normal business was conducted including approving consent agenda items such as payment of claims and meeting minutes from the May 6 regular council meeting as well as reviewing ordinances and resolutions. The biggest topic of the meeting once again however was the sale of a portion of Hoyt Park to Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital (FMDH). This topic has been brought up in Council meetings over the course of a few months with the Council voting to accept the recommendation to move forward...
