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Mid-Rivers Communications is proud to announce the award of 36 Scholarships to students from the Cooperative’s service area. Two $2,500 scholarships were awarded to students planning to attend Dawson Community College or Miles Community College, and 34 $2,000 scholarships were awarded to students planning to attend a four-year college or university, community college or tech school in the fall of 2023. Preference was given in the scholarship award selection process to students who plan to live and work in Eastern and C...
3-20-2023 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, March 20, 2023, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Rod Tauck, Chairman Mike Watkins, Vice Chairman and Pamela Castleberry, member were present. Chairman Rod Tauck called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. Guests include Weed Board members Lee LaBree and J.O. Tooke. Clerk and Recorder/ HR. Officer Judy Wright and Weed Supervisor Jessie Scott. Judy stated that...
Learn to hunt from the pros! Six youth will be selected to participate in a guided turkey hunt. The National Wild Turkey Federation will provide a guide for each youth. Hunters will meet in the evening, Friday, May 5, 2023 in Camp Crook, SD to meet the guides, get safety reminders, and scout. The hunt will take place in several South Dakota and Montana county locations, Saturday, May 6, 2023 and Sunday, May 7, 2023 in the early morning hours. There is no age limit, but youth must be comfortable and confident in shooting a...
The junior class will host Carter County High School Prom next Saturday, April 15th. The public is invited to attend grand march at 8 p.m. inside the gymnasium. Royalty will be crowned immediately following grand march. Prom will then continue for high school students and their guests until midnight....
Ekalaka Public Schools School Trustee Election, High School Technology Fund Levy, and Elementary General Fund Mill Levy On April 14, 2023, a mail-in ballot will be sent out to all registered voters in Carter County, MT. The ballot will have the following items to be voted on: School Trustee Election: Samantha Wright is running for a one (1) year term. Michael Ashbrook and Abbey Bruski are running for a three (3) year term, with one position open. High School Technology Fund...
Area residents are encouraged to attend a second public meeting for the Ekalaka Community Plan on April 5th, beginning at 5 p.m. The meeting, hosted by High Plains Architects of Billings, will take place at Carter County Event Center as part of an Ekalaka town council meeting. An initial draft of the Ekalaka Community Plan was shared with the community in January at the museum. Around forty members of the community attended the first meeting where Randy Hafer, High Plains...
Hawks Home School District No. 1 and Alzada School District No. 56 will both be holding mail ballot only elections on Tuesday May 2, if not canceled. Only active electors will automatically receive their mail ballot. Inactive electors must request a ballot from the County Election Administrator between the hours of 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. On election day, the Carter County Election Office will be open from 8 a.m. to noon and again from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. The office is located at the Election...
The Montana Department of Commerce recently announced it has awarded $1 million in grant funding to nineteen tourism entities to strengthen and diversify local and regional economies by promoting Eastern Montana as a tourism destination. The grant funding is through Brand MT's Eastern Montana Tourism Partner Initiative (EMI). "We want to showcase the scenic, diverse beauty and the unique communities that make Eastern Montana so special," said Scott Osterman, Director of the...
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3-09-2023 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Thursday, March 09, 2023, the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Rod Tauck, Chairman; Mike Watkins, Vice Chairman; and member Pam Castleberry were present. The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. There was no public comment. Clerk and Recorder Judy Wright joined the meeting with information regarding the current insurance dropping coverage on the airport fuel tanks....
Debra "Debi" Elaine Kortum passed away on March 20th, 2023 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. We love her very much and we will miss her. She joins her beloved husband of 43 years, Roger, who passed away four months ago. Debi was born on May 1st, 1963 to Jennie Senrud Hutton and Joe "Dude" Hutton in Ekalaka, Montana. Debi was the second youngest of eleven children born to Jennie and Dude. She once bragged that she earned the standing long jump record at Ekalaka...
Funeral service for Leo Sterns, 92, of Ekalaka, was held March 22 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka with Pastor Steve DeFord officiating. Burial followed at Beaver Lodge Cemetery. Leo Sterns lived a full life and passed away peacefully on March 15, 2023, at Dahl Memorial in Ekalaka. Leo was born to Louis and Violet (Johnson) Sterns on November 7, 1930 in Ekalaka, Montana. He was raised along with his sister, Joann, on the Sterns homestead that was purchased by his family...
2-28-2023 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday February 28, 2023, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Rod Tauck, Chairman Mike Watkins, Vice Chairman and Pamela Castleberry, member was present. The meeting was called to order by Rod Tauck at 9 a.m. There was no public comment. The Commission reviewed and approved Payroll in the amount of $242,462.47 and claims in the amount of $139,036.58. The...
Wauneita Maxine Schallenberger Kane was born August 7th, 1938 to Joe and Marjorie (Powell) Schallenberger. She was the second oldest of five children. She is preceded in death by her husband Ed Kane, both parents, grandparents Frank and Nellie Schallenberger, James Powell, Effie Strain, step-grandfather O.M. Strain, brother-in-law Don Smith, and grandson Zachary O'Neill. Wauneita married Derl Clark in 1955 and graduated from Carter County High School in 1956. They had four chi...
Funeral service for Donna Fae Lewis, 83, of Ekalaka, will be 1 p.m. Monday, March 20, 2023 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka with Tom Stieg officiating. Visitation will take place one hour prior to service. Burial will follow at Beaver Lodge Cemetery in Ekalaka. Mom, 83, cast off the shackles of this world on March 10, 2023, to join God and her soulmate, Lee Lewis, of 55 years. Mom was born February 4, 1940, the second child to Raymond and Aggie Collins in Ekalaka. Mom...
There are, to date, six main reasons why Troy and Mikel Fruit have decided to sell the business they have built together for nearly forty years. In October, 1984 Fruits first started their business in Ekalaka with the purchase of the T & R Standard Station on Main Street. Troy was 20 years old; Mikel was 21. They purchased the business from Tom Carroll and Randy Smith. The couple ran the business by themselves until 1992 when they hired their first employee, Lance Barrere....
It hasn't even been two weeks since nearly two-year-old Eben Whitney was severely burned in an accident at his home in Ekalaka. Now, according to his parents Casey and Seth, he is healing nicely and will be headed home with his family on Thursday. "Eli and I are headed to Billings today," Seth told the Eagle on Wednesday morning. "We fly to Salt Lake tonight and we'll all be headed back home tomorrow." The incident occurred on February 25th when Eben managed to knock a...
Dear Editor, With Montana being #3 in the the union with deaths by Suicide. And the fact that Farmers and Ranchers are 2 to 1 more likely to commit suicide than other professions. It’s a subject that needs to be addressed. We certainly don’t want to be anywhere in the top 10 even let alone 3rd. Our neighboring states of Wyoming at #1 and South Dakota #7 in Suicide rates makes this an even scarier fact. Also with it being calving and lambing season and Agriculture in general being a highly dangerous occupation, we need to do...
Kay Jean (Newman) Babb was born at the Newman home, in Belle Fourche, South Dakota to Roy and Maxine (Radtke) Newman on August 30, 1941. She left this earth early in the morning of February 22, 2023 at the Powder River Manor in Broadus, Montana. She entered into her heavenly home on what was her youngest son, Calvin's birthday. What a blessed birthday celebration there must have been when she was reunited with Calvin and her beloved husband Lyle. Kay was predominantly raised a...
Ekalaka native Marcell Bruski, 27, was recently named to The Billings Gazette's 40 Under Forty list. The Billings paper has been compiling the list of its community's best and brightest people for decades. The general 40 Under Forty article and the piece on Bruski were published on February 12th on the Gazette's website. The Eagle spoke with Bruski about her career at Big Sky Economic Development, as well as her receiving the honor earlier this week. "Big Sky Economic...
2-13-2023 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, February 13, 2023, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Rod Tauck, Chairman; and Pamela Castleberry, member was present. Mike Watkins, Vice Chairman was absent. The meeting was called to order by Rod Tauck at 9 a.m. There was no public comment. Senior Transportation, Tricia Lovec joined the meeting with information on replacing the Senior Transport Toyota v...
Join Carter County Museum March 2 at 7 p.m. for a special presentation on the results of the Measurement of Museum Social Impact Study. In 2021, Carter County Museum, along with thirty-seven other museums and zoos, signed onto the MOMSI study, which is part of a national effort to address the critical need of establishing best practices for measuring social impact within the museum field. The study took place between October 2021 to August 2022 and involved participants at...
On February 5th, eleven adults and 23 kids gathered at the Carter County Event Center for a Puptown Wrangler 4-H meeting. The Puptown Wranglers reviewed the 4-H constitution. The club did a project goal setting activity. They were also informed that all bags for the foster home were delivered. The 2023 Carter County Fair theme is “Wheat Stands and Cattle Brands.” Lily Schallenberger and Matthew Claeys brought snacks. The group also made valentine airplanes....
My last article was on the J.G. (June) Olson and Harry Roberts families and stated how Harry loved baseball as did his son Gary. Gary has contacted me and triggered memories of another homestead family. That family was Charles F. “Chuck” and Maude O. Welch. Lucile (Welch) Venhaus is the author of the article on the family in “Shifting Scenes, Vol II,” page 919. The article shares a very interesting history of them and their children. “Both my parents, Charles (Chuck) and Maude O. Wilson Welch were born in Iowa, grew up i...
Hawks Home School District No. 1 has one, 3-year term expiring this year. It is currently held by Meghan Phillippi. Alzada District No. 56 also has one, 3-year term up for election which is currently held by John Courtney. There are two board positions expiring for School District No. 15. The position currently held by Mike Ashbrook, a 3-year term, and the position currently held by Samantha Wright, a 1-year term. A 3-year term to represent High School District No. 2, currently held by Thebea Thomas, is expiring as well....
