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A group of local volunteers started up an AAU wrestling program in Ekalaka last fall. Thirty-five kids, ranging from preschool to high school, started wrestling practices at the end of November. The team practiced a few nights per week at St. Joan of Arc Parish Hall in Ekalaka and also traveled to Baker for practices. The local wrestling program was under the guide-full wing of the AAU program in Baker. Only a few of the participants had wrestling experience prior to the start of the season,...
Carter County voters will need to head to the polls to cast their ballot in the upcoming primary election on June 4th. Locally, republican incumbent Tracey D. Walker was the only individual who filed for Clerk of District Court/Superintendent of Schools. There will, however, be a race to become the republican nominee for Carter County Commissioner from District No. 3 as both incumbent Mike Watkins and Dan Dinstel have filed for the position. Watkins was first elected in 2018. He defeated Bill...
By last Thursday's deadline to file, four individuals had filed for two open three-year terms on the Ekalaka Public Schools Unified Board of Trustees. Both of the positions are for Elementary District No. 15 and High School District No. 3. Those who filed include incumbent Samantha Wright, David Loudermilk, Sarina O'Connor and Tricia Lovec. Rena Tauck, who has been serving by appointment, is the only candidate that filed for the open one-year position for a trustee from District No. 1....
Ekalaka Public Schools is hosting a kindergarten roundup on Tuesday, April 16 for any student expecting to attend kindergarten in the fall of 2024. Please bring your future kindergartener to the main office at 8 a.m. along with the child’s birth certificate and immunization records. The students will spend the full day in the classroom and will be served lunch. Lunch cost is $3, or the student can choose to pack a home lunch. At the end of the day, students can be picked up at 1:20 p.m. at the main doors. Please call 406-630-1523 with any q...
HS A HONOR ROLL (3.5 GPA or higher) Braxton Bucholz Brynn Loehding Chace Loehding Clay Rost Corlan Laughery Danica Shepherd Ethan Frye Jadyn McGraw Jillian McGraw Justin Wyatt Melton Kamryn Miller Kendall Kittelmann Kendra Tooke Nasya O'Connor Natalie Foxley Nicole O'Connell Roger Beach Ryker Carroll Tracy Wilson Travis Schallenberger JH A HONOR ROLL (3.5 GPA or higher) Alivia Foxley Ayla Yates Ella Wright Keli Melton Kira Kratzer Lily Schallenberger Maggie Eshelman Oakley Spring Raina Faith...
The supplemental property tax bills heading to property owners around the state this spring, made necessary by a November Supreme Court decision, represent a monumental headache for both local tax officials and homeowners. They also illustrate how the tax issue has driven a wedge between Gov. Greg Gianforte, a Republican seeking re-election this year, and local government leaders across Montana’s political spectrum. Nearly all of the dollars collected by Montana’s property tax system flow, directly or indirectly, to local government pro...
Mid-Rivers Communications recently announced the award of 76 scholarships to students from the Cooperative’s service area, an increase of 40 scholarships over the original 36 planned. Last fall, the Cooperative announced the availability of 30 Higher Education Scholarships of $2,000 each, and 6 Dawson Community College/Miles Community College Scholarships of $2,500 each. However, following a review of the applicants and funds available for scholarships, the Mid-Rivers Board of Trustees voted to expand the awards to include scholarships for e...
Another teacher that I taught with for 25 years at Big Timber Grade School has gone to the great classroom in the sky. Marion Beley was a fourth generation Montanan who taught a total of 46 years with 41 of them at BTGS in the county where she was born and raised. Both of Marion’s great grandparents came to Montana in covered wagons to establish cattle and sheep ranches. This poem is my tribute to this sweet woman and great educator who epitomized “native Montanan.” Her memorial service will be held at noon in the Big Timber Lutheran Churc...
Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, APRIL has arrived! Since ‘farming’ is in our background, it’s delightful to hear ‘farmers’ ‘take’ about this new season. It’s also great to hear them talk about those new baby animals, cute baby bullocks being born. Oh! Listen! It sounds like the Birdies have come back. Next, we’ll see the trees are about to bud and those lovely tulips are starting to peek up through the ground, oh, and the daffodils also. When we’re close to the prairie, we’ll see what WE call prairie flowers, they are up and just ab...
April 1, 2024 We are back to winter at Capitol and on Tie Creek. The moisture can’t decide if it wants to be rain or snow, but any moisture is good. The snow gathers, and melts and then gathers again. Dorothy Padden did not plant her potatoes on Easter, this year, because she decided she would not dig through snow to get to the dirt. She is usually very punctual, and has her potatoes already planted by Easter. Alvin and Marlee Cordell are checking on heifers. Their heifers are nearly done calving, and then it will be the three-year-olds that t...
submitted by Carter County Public Health April 24th Vaccine Event We are partnering with PHARM406 for a vaccine event here in Carter County. The following will be available: Pneumonia, RSV, Shingles, Covid-19. Come by the Event Center at the fairgrounds on Wednesday, April 24th, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Remember to bring photo I.D. and any insurance cards you have to use. Local WIC Clinic Dads, grandparents, pregnant and postpartum mothers, and other caregivers, who have infants and kids under age 5 in their care, can apply to the WIC program. You can...
