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  • CCHS defeats Hawks, Mustangs

    Updated Oct 10, 2019

    Last Friday at home the CCHS varsity volleyball team defeated Broadus in three straight sets. The Dogs won the first set, 25 -19, the second 25-20 and the third 25-17. As a team, the girls had 10 aces, 33 kills, 37 digs and 28 assists. Whitney Kittelmann led the team in assists with 18 while sister Kari Kittelmann totaled 11 digs. Heather LaBree led in aces with 3 and Hannah LaBree led in kills with 7. Kenzie Tooke had Blue's only block. On Saturday, the volleyball team...

  • Dogs fall to Spartans

    Updated Oct 10, 2019

    The Carter County Bulldogs lost a tough conference football game in Scobey last Saturday. Blue received the opening kickoff. On their second play from scrimmage, junior back Seth Kennedy was injured. The Bulldogs were already down one back going into the contest and Kennedy's injury kept him from returning. With few options, coach Tenadore Kittelmann made the decision to move junior guard Jared Pardee into the backfield. Brennan Bonsell replaced Pardee on the offensive line....

  • Conversations with God

    Updated Oct 10, 2019

    Hello God, it’s me, Mara: You know, Lord, some girl friends had gathered together and were having a great time chit chatting about when their kids were just little tots. Nearly every one of the gals had some amusing and enjoyable things to share about things that had happened, maybe some years ago. One gal told this story: “I’d been busy pulling weeds, then I noticed that my son who was then just three years old was observing the sky, clearly watching as the jet kept leaving its trail of smoke and suddenly, he excla...

  • Baby Nies

    Updated Oct 10, 2019

    Kylie Kate Nies was born on September 28 to proud parents Matt and Ami Nies of Ekalaka. Kylie weighed 7 pounds and was 19.5 inches long at birth. Paternal grandparents are Frank and Karen Nies of Ekalaka. Maternal grandparents are Robin Markuson of Ekalaka and the late Tyler Markuson....

  • BLM releases final supplemental environmental impact statement

    Updated Oct 10, 2019

    The Bureau of Land Management Montana State Office has published a notice of availability and a final supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) that augments analysis for the 2015 Miles City Field Office Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP). The BLM prepared this analysis in response to an order from the U.S. District Court of Montana. The notice of availability also initiates the 30-day protest period on the proposed plan amendment. Protests must be RECEIVED on or before November 4, 2019 to be considered. The...

  • Join local 4-H'ers to celebrate National 4-H Week

    Updated Oct 10, 2019

    4-H youth around the country are celebrating National 4-H Week from October 6-12 this year. Every year, National 4-H Week showcases the learn-by doing experiences that 4-H offers young people and highlights the remarkable 4-H youth in the local community who work each day to make a positive impact on those around them. This year's theme, Superheroes in Training, is a campaign that will give kids more opportunities to do, empowering them with the skills they need to succeed in...

  • Mid-Rivers secures zero-interest loan for Dahl Memorial Healthcare

    Updated Oct 10, 2019

    Mid-Rivers Communications has been awarded a zero-interest Rural Economic Development Loan (REDL) from USDA Rural Development on behalf of Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association in Ekalaka. The REDL program provides funding for rural projects through local utility organizations. The over $580,000 in zero-interest loan funds will be used by Dahl Memorial toward the purchase of an upgraded electronic health record system necessary to meet Medicare and Medicaid compliance requirements and streamline patient care. The Dahl...

  • Prescribed burning starting for Sioux Ranger District

    Updated Oct 10, 2019

    The Sioux Ranger District, Custer Gallatin National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management, Miles City Field Office are planning for a series of fall burns starting as early as October 7, 2019. Prescribed burns will be dependent upon proper fuel and weather conditions. The Forest Service and the BLM are working jointly on multiple burn units, 500-800 acres in the Needmore-Russell Prescribed Burn, located approximately six miles southeast of Ekalaka near the Camp Needmore campground and the MacNab Pond campground (T1N R58E...

  • HAT TIPS

    Dean Meyer|Updated Oct 9, 2019

    Hello, You can read lots of economic forecasts. And many of them tell of an impending recession. I suppose you can put the blame wherever you want, but it seems we have recessions every ten years or so. It happens. I don’t need to read of an oncoming recession. If you are in agriculture, the recession has been here for years. Maybe it is a depression. I guess it is a fine line. But the easiest way for me to forecast the economy it is how I deal with many purchases. Sometimes we revert to one of the oldest, truest forms of c...

  • Kenneth Grenstiner

    Updated Oct 9, 2019

    Kenneth "Kenny" Grenstiner passed away from natural causes, at his home on September 30, 2019. He was 91. Kenny was born April 26, 1928 near Linton, North Dakota, the 3rd child to Antone & Helen (Vetch) Grenstiner. Formal schooling for Kenny was limited. Most of his education came from hard work, beginning for him at an early age and continued until his last days. Kenny met the love of his life, June Donnelly at a dance in Piedmont, SD. They were married June 25, 1956. Kenny...

  • Chamber plans FestiFall

    Updated Oct 9, 2019

    Carter County Chamber of Commerce members are currently planning their Second Annual FestiFall, a fun-filled family event named last year by Chamber President Eva Grimes. FestiFall is scheduled for Saturday, October 12, coinciding with the Willa Nies Memorial Volleyball Tournament in Ekalaka. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Main Street, families will be able to enjoy a pumpkin patch sponsored by Stompin’ Grounds and other activities for children and adults put on by Dawg House Pub and Sagebrush Service Club. The day will also p...