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Over the next few years, the community will see continued changes at Hoyt Park. In addition to the swimming pool, which is currently in the demolition phase, residents will see the transition of part of the park into a parking lot for Fraces Mahon Deaconess Hospital (FMDH). During the Glasgow City Council’s regular meeting on March 18, the Council, with council member Stan Ozark abstaining, voted to accept the recommendation from the hospital review committee to allow FMDH to purchase a portion of Hoyt Park for parking expansion purposes. P...
Mr. Kenneth McLellan "Kenny" Newton beloved husband, father, and friend passed peacefully in Glasgow, Mont., on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at the age of 100 All are welcome to attend and celebrate Kenny's life. There will be a viewing at Bell Mortuary, Glasgow, Friday, March 29, from 5 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 30, at 11 a.m. at the Glasgow Methodist Church, with a reception to follow at the Glasgow Elks Lodge. Kenny was born on Nov. 30, 1923, in Hobson, Mont., to Wi...
The Glasgow Ice Dawgs went 4-0-1 in the Big Sky High School League State Tournament in Billings, topping off the weekend with a huge 5-4 overtime championship win over the Miles City Generals to fetch home their second state title in three years. Glasgow started the tournament in pool play with two wins and a tie. The Dawgs defeated Helena 5-0 Thursday and downed Billings 9-1 Friday morning. That evening, they finished against Bozeman with a 3-3 tie. The record put Glasgow into the number one seed position in the Red Pool to face the Blue Pool...
Louis "Louie" Cassidy Monson passed away on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, at the age of 56 after a short battle with Esophageal cancer. At Louie's request, no services are planned. Louis was born Feb. 21, 1967, in Glasgow, Mont., and was the last child of Paul and Darlene (Sundby) Monson and the last Monson grandchild of Julian and Effie (Halbakken) Monson. He was baptized and confirmed at the First Lutheran Church of Glasgow and graduated in 1986 from the Glasgow Senior High School. Shortly after hig...
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...
It Happened in December 2023 • •. Governor Gianforte Contributes Salary To Serve Hi-Line Families and Children • Winter Wonderland Kicks Off Holiday Season • Block Of Bucks Donations Down This Year • Law Enforcement Plunges For Special Olympics • Glasgow City Council Discusses Proposed Skate Park At Bundy • Record Breaking Highs For December • Erickson Named Montana Coach Of The Year • Glasgow Places First In Speech Sweeps at Medicine Lake/Froid And Fort Benton Meet • Cottonwood Inn, Sid...
January 2023 Dawgs Rock On – Defeat Cooper City Kings At Home Veterans Of The Glasgow Ice Dawgs Hockey Program Gathered For Annual NYE Alumni Game Wardens Seeking Information on White-Tailed Buck Shot And Left Near Fort Peck Lustre Boys Remain Undefeated – Added Two Wins In Their Return To The Court After The Holiday Break NC Girls Improve To 9-0 Overall Clampitt Wins Bismarck: Girls Place 17th, Boys 25th The high school Ice Dawgs added two to the win column, defeating Bozeman Ice Dogs 6-3 Frida...
The Glasgow City Council concluded their regular council meeting of 2023 on Dec. 18 in the Civic Center Council Chambers. The agenda included Mayor Karst performing oath of offices for three council members, recommendation to move forward on pull in diagonal parking on 2nd Ave. S and 3rd Street South, as well as approval to apply for the HB355 funding. Mayor Karst started the meeting by performing the oath of office for council members Lisa Koski, Brian Austin and Butch Heitman, who will serve...
Glasgow High School alum Blake Beatnik le Saint (Bowker) was selected as the Minnesota Society of Health and Physical Educators' (MNSHAPE) Aquatics Teacher of the Year. The award ceremony took place during the MNSHAPE State Conference at Lakeville South High School earlier this month in front of family, friends and colleagues. As a result of this award, le Saint will be able to submit materials to be considered for the Central District Teacher of the Year and then Society of Health and Physical...
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 election was administered by the Valley County Election Administrator and was a mail-ballot election. Ballots were mailed out on Sept. 29 and must be returned by Oct. 17. Tidbit 1 What will the proposed $8.58 Million Dollar Facility Improvements Bond include? #1 – Replace the failed 80-year-old boiler at Glasgow High School to assure our students will have adequate heat in the winter months. #2 – Extensively repair damaged roofs at Glasgow High School and Glasgow Middle School to assure that we can keep the inside of our buildings free fro...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 More than 100 repair projects have been identified at the Missouri River mainstream projects (dams and bank stabilization and navigation project) and associated infrastructure. Projects include repairing spillway gates, outlet works, scour areas, work recreational facilities, roads and other flood control structures that were damaged during the Missouri River Flood of 2011. The estimated cost of making these repairs totals $234 million. More than 20 years...
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...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks fisheries staff are planning to drawdown Home Run Pond in Glasgow to revive the fishery. A Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the project is currently out for public comment. Home Run Pond was constructed over 20 years ago, primarily as a kid’s fishing pond. While the City of Glasgow owns the pond and surrounding property of Sullivan Park, the fisheries resources are managed by FWP as a “put-grow-take” rainbow trout fishery with a management goal of achieving high angler catch rates. High-water events in 20...
Dear Community, Over the last year, our nonprofit, Siding 45, has raised over $112,000 to build a skatepark in Glasgow. Half of those funds came from Jeff Ament's foundation Montana Pool Service, and we aim to take advantage of more opportunities to bring outside money into our community. Our next step is to find a location for the park, and we are hoping to build it in Bundy Park. This idea has not been confirmed but last month the city council decided to look into the technicalities and...
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...
The Glasgow City Council met in regular session on Aug. 7 with the agenda including approval of consent agenda items, a public hearing on solid waste collection rate increase, Tess Fahlgren providing an update to the council on the skate park location as well as approvals requested for certain city business. During the public comment period of the meeting, business owner Candy Lagerquist circled back to the desire to have diagonal parking on one side of 2nd Ave S., while the other side stayed parallel parking. During the last City Council meeti...
Kae (Lythgoe) Markle, longtime resident of Glasgow, Mont., died at the age of 92 on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. A family memorial will be held at a later date. Kae was born to John and Annie Lythgoe on Nov. 4, 1930, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She spent her childhood there and later moved to Missoula to attend the University of Montana. While there she met Robert "Tag" Markle and they married in 1950. The same year they moved to Glasgow. Kae enjoyed exercise, golf, playing bridge, traveling and meeting...
The Siding 45 Skatepark committee has been hard at work in recent months in order to achieve their goal of revitalizing a skatepark in the Glasgow area. From hosting fundraisers, having other local businesses support in helping to raise funds, working with the City of Glasgow to determine the best location and becoming their own non-profit organization, the group is putting more pieces together to make their dream a reality. "We are happy to announce that as of this week, July 10, we have...
1The Montana Community Foundation, Inc. (MCF) and Nemont Manor Foundation are pleased to award $50,000 in grants to 10 organizations that benefit the Valley County community. The Valley County Masonic Endowment was established at MCF by the Nemont Manor Foundation in 2022. "We are excited to award the first grants from the Valley County Masonic Endowment to support some outstanding community projects," said Jim Rector, board chair of the Nemont Manor Foundation. Grant requests were reviewed by...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Glasgow's high school and middle school band teacher, Dr. Brad Persinger, has been named as the VFW Montana Teacher of the Year. The award was publicly presented by the VFW's Art Widhalm at this year's Memorial Day ceremony. Renowned Assiniboine artist William Standing will be featured at the Pioneer Museum in Glasgow in what could be the largest assembly of his art, sponsored by the Valley County Historical Society. The centerpiece of the show is "The...
The Hi-Line Sportsmen recently donated $20,000 to the Valley County Community Pool Campaign to help fulfill the funding goal of $3,600,000 to build a new swimming pool in Glasgow. As of May 22, the current total raised was $3,138,479. The Hi-Line Sportsmen wanted to donate to the cause because many of the core committee members were either born and raised in the area or moved here, becoming locals over time and are now raising families here. "To have the pool in the community growing up was such...
The Valley County Community Foundation is proud to announce that over $38,454 in grants will be distributed to our communities across Valley County to continue to support the VCCF mission: to fund economic, cultural, and charitable projects for generations to come. Board Chair Doris Leader of Nashua explained that these grant funds come from something like the community’s savings account and are meant to thrive for years to come. Donations to VCCF are invested and earnings from this endowment come back to Valley County in the form of grants and...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, April 17, 2013 The Keystone XL oil pipeline doesn't have its presidential permit yet, but a lot of preparation work has been done so construction can jump into action when it comes. NorVal Electric Cooperative is preparing to supply power to two pump stations that would be built in Valley County to help push crude oil from the Alberta tar sands some 1,700 miles to refineries in the Gulf Coast of Texas. Jewel Fourstar Ackerman was recently honored as the 2013 MIEA Indian...
1 Years Ago Wednesday, April 10, 2013 Glasgow residents were invited to meet and question the educators who have applied for the position of principal of Glasgow High School. The three candidates, Linda Hudyma, Stephen Pinsoneault and Shawnda Zahara-Harris, rotated through sessions with teachers, administrators, the school board and community members. As Glasgow moves ahead on a city growth policy, a decision must be made about the type of planning board the City Council wants. The planning...
