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  • Apparent murder-suicide shocks residents

    Oct 27, 2017

    Late last week, one of the most terrible tragedies in the history of this great county shocked residents. Thirty-nine-year-old twin brothers, Travis and Eric Carlson, died in an apparent murder-suicide. At around 5:15 p.m. last Thursday, Travis Carlson died from gunshot wounds on Tie Creek Road. The homicide suspect, Eric Carlson, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at an address on Belltower Mail Road the following morning, sometime between 7:00 and 9:00 a.m. On Monday,...

  • The world of reptiles

    Oct 27, 2017

    On Tuesday, Scott Shupe of Farmington, Kentucky was at Carter County High School for around forty minutes delivering excitement, entertainment, and education for local students. Shupe is an award winning naturalist who began his professional career in 1971. Early on he worked at multiple locations in Florida and at Reptile Gardens in Rapid City, SD. Since 1978 he has provided wildlife and conservation education programming throughout the country. Ekalaka Public Schools Superintendent Daniel...

  • Homemakers Harvest, Saturday, October 28

    On Saturday, October 28, Puptown Pioneers will be hosting the Fallon/Carter County Fall homemaker council meeting. The meeting is set to begin at 9:30 a.m., with registration at Carter County Events Center. Throughout the day those who attend will take part in the business meeting, hear club reports, play trivia, eat lunch, and hear an educational program. Additionally, attendees will be able to purchase raffle tickets for gift baskets and partake in other fun activities. Some items in the gift baskets include: kitchen items, spa gift cards,...

  • CCS&CGA meeting set for November 14

    The Carter County Sheep & Cattle Growers Association Annual Meeting will be held on November 14, 2017. All members and individuals who might be interested in joining the organization are invited to attend the meeting. Anyone who has industry issues, or would like to submit a resolution for the meeting, is asked to contact Vice Chairman Shaun Tauck at (406)-599-3417 by November 13, 2017. The meeting will take place at St. Joan of Arc Parish Hall in Ekalaka. It will be held in conjunction with a cattle nutrition seminar sponsored by MSU...

  • Mid-Rivers announces 2017 Educational Technology Grant recipients

    Oct 27, 2017

    Mid-Rivers Communications recently announced the recipients of the 2017 Educational Technology Grants. Grant applications from twenty-seven applicants requesting $116,980 were received, with a total of $35,000 being awarded to a wide variety of inspirational projects in Bloomfield, Circle, Custer, Ekalaka, Glendive, Lindsay, Miles City, Plevna, a regional project, Roundup, Savage, Sidney and Terry. Grant applicants were asked for innovative broadband projects with preference given to projects that: utilize broadband in innovative ways to...

  • Dogs finish season with two wins

    Oct 27, 2017

    CCHS men finished their football season on a high note last Thursday afternoon when they defeated Froid-Medicine Lake by a wide margin. The win was the second win for Blue in five days, giving them a 2-7 record to finish the season. The Bulldogs will graduate one senior this year, Cameron Wolenetz. Wolenetz played four years of football under head coach Tenadore Kittelmann. He played mostly defensive end and offensive center in his career, although he did get some time at fullback this year....

  • Robert Irving "Doc" Knipfer

    Oct 27, 2017

    Mr. Knipfer died October 19, 2017, in Bozeman, Montana, after a short illness. Robert Irving "Doc" Knipfer was born January 24, 1926. His parents were Edwin Knipfer and Annie Moore Knipfer of Knobs, Montana. Doc, as he was known to his friends and family, grew up and worked on the family's homestead in Knobs, Montana. He attended High School in Baker, Montana, and graduated in 1944. Upon graduation, he joined the Army and then transferred to the Army Air Force. He served in WWII in the 313th...

  • Bright Ideas

    Lois Lambert|Oct 27, 2017

    The core of our house went up in the 1950s. It consisted of a very small bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen — just enough room for an old bachelor to settle at the end of the day. The outside walls were split logs, revealed in later modifications. Whole families lived in equally tiny homes in early days. A young married couple moved into the house we now own, and the groom’s father helped him go to work. When the groom had the expertise to build by himself, a total of three rooms had been added, enough space to raise three daughters and give the...

  • Q's Health News

    Raquel S. Williams|Oct 27, 2017

    October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Breast cancer has touched the lives of many of us; whether you are a breast cancer survivor, in the midst of breast cancer treatment, or have a loved one who has been diagnosed. For women in the United States, breast cancer is the second most common cancer, with skin cancer being the first. However, breast cancer can occur in men as well, but it is rare. Breast cancer is an uncontrolled growth of breast cells. Cancer occurs when there are abnormal changes in the genes that are responsible for...

  • Hat Tips

    Dean Meyer|Oct 27, 2017

    Hello, As we get closer to Halloween, it gives time to think of Halloweens from the past. Several years ago there was a fire called the Halloween fire. It was a windy devil and a fire started over toward Sidney, Montana. It burned for miles and miles. I think it was finally stopped by the Little Missouri River south of Watford City. Wasn’t as bad as the fire that the late, great Danny Woods used to tell about. Danny was a rancher down in the breaks along the little river. He had wonderful stories that he told so much; eventually he began to b...

  • Memories

    Loyd Townsend|Oct 27, 2017

    I would like to finish my articles about Bob Renshaw and his family. He has such a detailed account of their homestead days and activities of people during those years. Renshaw even tells of his years in the court house as the clerk and recorder. In 1942 he was not elected and made the following statement: “I felt lost and hopeless, wondering at age fifty-four what possible road to take.” He made contact with the Banker Life Company of Des Moines, Iowa to sell life insurance. After a training course and test he was given a license and later was...

  • Bulldogs head into district tournament as number two seed

    Oct 27, 2017

    The Carter County Bulldogs lady volleyball team will head to this weekend's district tournament at the number two seed. The girls hadn't lost a conference game to any opponent except for rival Wibaux all season until last Friday in Terry when they slipped against the number four seed (Terry). On Friday in Terry the girls also played a match against Nashua. That match went rather smoothly, as Blue took all three sets; 25-18, 25-17, and 25-13. Claire Callahan led the team in aces with three of...