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submitted by Carter County Public Health Free School Aged Shot Clinic including kindergarten and 7th grade | Don't miss out! Call us at 406-775-6332 to pre-register. The clinic is open to all school-aged kids (public, country, home-schooled). The Care Van will be located at Carter County Museum, Friday July 22 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Pre-registration is required. The Public Health Department and the BCBS Care Van have teamed up to offer these vaccinations for no out-of-pocket cost. The museum also plans to host an event...
6 Carter County High School graduate Turner Tooke shined at the 38th Bob Cleverley 8-Man All-Star Game on June 4th in Butte. Tooke was a member of the winning Red Team, who made it consecutive victories this year by defeating the Blue Team, 46-30. Tooke played quarterback in an option style offense that rotated into the game with other Red Team offenses. His offense accounted for most of the scoring and he ran in a touchdown himself early in the fourth quarter to give his...
Carter County Chamber of Commerce is once again sponsoring a Fourth of July bash on Main Street in Ekalaka on Monday, July 4, beginning at 2 p.m. The bash on main will include an array of games and activities that are fun for the entire family. Some of these activities include an array of yard games, face painting, minute-to-win it and much more. A cornhole tournament will also take place throughout the afternoon. Registration for the tourney begins at 2 p.m. A free barbecue will begin at 5 p.m. Beef for the barbecue is...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will be hosting a series of public meetings this summer and fall to gather ideas about local elk management issues and population objectives. Meeting places, times and details are posted on the FWP website at https://buff.ly/3mwIHan. A meeting will be held in Ekalaka at Carter County Event Center on Tuesday, July 19th, from 6 to 8 p.m. FWP began developing a revised statewide Elk Management Plan in 2020. The first step in the process was to...
Leaders, Legends and Legacies youth football camp had another successful year in 2022 as 115 kids from around the state and nation participated. The camp was held in Boulder, Montana this year and the farthest participants came from Florida and Tennessee. Again, the kids had a unique opportunity to be coached by multiple former and current collegiate and NFL football players. Carter County sent fifteen kids between fifth and eleventh grade to the camp. Ekalaka Public Schools a...
5-31-2022 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on, May 31, 2022, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Present were Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; and Rod Tauck, Vice Chair. Mike Watkins, Member was absent. There was no public comment. The commission approved payroll in the amount of $237,266.46 and claims in the amount of $246,790.00. Clerk and Recorder Pam Castleberry joined the meeting where she updated the...
Cardell Laughery is a state champion saddle bronc rider. The upcoming Carter County High School senior finished first at the Montana High School Rodeo Association Finals in Great Falls last weekend. He also took first in the average. Laughery stopped by the Eagle on Tuesday to talk about his win, fresh in town from helping at a branding near Camp Crook. For Laughery, it was a tough start to his high school rodeo year. He missed all of the fall rodeos after breaking his pelvis...
Carter County Museum recently introduced Chloe Chambers as Museum Educator for the summer of 2022. Chambers came from Georgia where she is a high school science teacher. Last week, she spent time teaching atlatl throwing during 4-H camp at Camp Needmore and at Buzzard Days in Makoshika State Park. Over the next few weeks, she will lead a series of pop-up programs as part of the museum's Junior Scientist series, including Coprolite Action, Operation: Fossil ID, Micro-Sort and...
Countywide voter turnout for the primary election on Tuesday was nearly sixty-three percent, down from 73 percent in 2020. In total, 579 ballots were cast from the county's 922 registered voters. Precinct 14 (Rural Ekalaka) had the best voter turnout at 67 percent, Precinct 3 (Hammond) had a 66 percent turnout, Precinct 13 (Ekalaka) had a 59 percent turnout and Precinct 1 (Alzada) had the lowest turnout at 55 percent. Carter County residents voted in favor of the Dahl...
Funeral Service for Bettie Erickson, 91, of Ekalaka will be 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 11 with Pastor Jon Champlin officiating at Stevenson Funeral Home Ekalaka. Visitation will take place from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 11 at Stevenson Funeral Home Ekalaka. Burial will follow at Beaver Lodge Cemetery in Ekalaka. Bettie Erickson passed away on June 5 at Dahl Memorial. Bettie McClaran was born in Weinert, Texas on November 21, 1931 to John Duke (J.D.) McClaran and Ann...
RESULTS State B/C Track and Field Meet Memorial Stadium, Great Falls May 26 - May 28 MENS 110m Hurdles - Prelims 21. Ethan Frye, 19.20 300m Hurdles - Finals 21. Ethan Frye , 47.10 4x100 Relay - Prelims 22. Carter County (J.W. Elmore, Ryker Carroll, Ethan Frye, Turner Tooke) 48.20 Shot Put - Finals 24. Jaden Pardee, 37-06.50 WOMENS High Jump - Finals 20. Katie Tooke, 4-06.00...
5-16-2022 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on, May 16, 2022, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Present were Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; Rod Tauck, Vice Chair and Mike Watkins, Member. There was no public comment. Road and Bridge Supervisor Carl Knapp stepped into the meeting to let the commission know about the trip to purchase the 6x6 plow truck from Atlanta, Georgia. County Attorney Corbit Harrington...
submitted by Carter County Public Health COVID-19 vaccine and testing | On Thursday, June 9th appointments are available for the COVID-19 vaccine (both primary and booster doses). Free COVID-19 At Home Test Kits are also available for residents. These are easy to use and provide quick results in 15-30 minutes. They can be used for various reasons including right before or close to attending an indoor event or a gathering. Free shot clinic for kindergarten and seventh grade vaccinations | Don’t miss out! Call Carter County P...
The Western Heritage Center in Billings, in partnership with Carter County Museum and Humanities Montana, recently opened the exhibit "Shots Felt 'Round Montana: Maurice Hilleman and the Montana origins of the fight against pandemics." The project centers around "Shots Felt 'Round the World," the traveling exhibit created by Carter County Museum, which is touring the region over the coming years to share this incredible story from southeastern Montana history. The CCM team des...
Carter County Museum has partnered with the Western Heritage Center in Billings to bring "With Wit and Style," a touring display about Ethel Hays - the famous illustrator from Montana - to Ekalaka this summer. Ten traveling pop-up banners share the story of Ethel Hays, a native of Billings, and one of the most recognizable artists of the 1920s. Called the "greatest of all women newspaper artists" and the "foremost portrayer of the American Girl," her newspaper cartoons...
Bella Rae Jensen of Ekalaka was crowned Miss Southeast Montana Rodeo 2022 at this year's Miles City Bucking Horse Sale on May 21st in Miles City. Jensen will be a freshman at Carter County High School in the fall. She plays volleyball, basketball and rodeos. Additionally, she is a member of the Puptown Wranglers 4-H club and the local CCHS FFA chapter. Besides school and extracurriculars, Jensen enjoys helping on the family ranch and anything that has to do with animals and...
When we moved to Carter County in 2016 we came to love the feeling of community, of the way people banded together if there was a fundraiser for someone who was sick, or lending a helping hand to someone who needed it. We see the pride in ranchers and small businesses. What has been an eye opener has been the Carter County Commissioners. I would have liked to have thought that a small community that everyone knew everyone in — would be more vested in everyone’s interests, in bettering the community. I really didn’t know...
Commencement exercises for the Carter County High School Class of 2022 were held on Saturday. A large crowd of family and friends gathered inside the gymnasium to wish the graduating class well. Local Dennis Bishop, a United States Air Force veteran who co-owns Wagon Wheel Café and has recently overcame major obstacles after developing Guillain-Barré syndrome late in 2020, delivered the commencement address. Kenzie Tooke gave the salutatorian address and Darin S...
RESULTS Southern B/C Divisional Meet Laurel Sports Complex Friday, May 20 MENS 100 Meters 7. Turner Tooke, 12.00 200 Meters 8. Turner Tooke, 25.30 3200 Meters 8. Brayden Bucholz, 13:54.18 110m Hurdles 5. Ethan Frye, 18.74 7. Ryker Carroll, 19.49 300m Hurdles 5. Ethan Frye, 46.02 8. Ryker Carroll, 48.67 4x100 Relay 5. Carter County (J.W. Elmore, Ryker Carroll, Ethan Frye, Turner Tooke) 49.21 Shot Put 5. Jaden Pardee, 37-10.50 Long Jump 9. Turner Tooke, 17-10.50 WOMENS 100...
The Montana University System has awarded the prestigious Montana University System Honor Scholarship to Darin Schallenberger, a 2022 Carter County High School graduate. The MUS Honor Scholarship is a renewable scholarship offered by the Montana Board of Regents that waives undergraduate tuition for up to eight semesters at any campus of the Montana University System or Dawson, Flathead Valley or Miles community colleges. The scholarship’s average value is $20,000. It is the most prestigious scholarship offered centrally b...
Some days are long and for some reason I have been thinking of past businesses, their location and owners. Let’s begin with the old post office building where I started to work on April 1, 1950 under Postmaster E.E. Sykes. The north side of the building was occupied as a Western store and operated by Albert and Roberta Phelps, later by Claire Whitney. The post office was transferred to the north side later and a grocery store owned by Clarence and Ina Crystal was located in the old post office side. Today, the senior c...
RESULTS District 3B/4C Meet Schillinger Field, Baker Monday, May 16 MENS 100 Meters 2. Turner Tooke, 12.43 7. J.W. Elmore , 13.18 10. Ethan Frye, 13.45 13. Zander Ashbrook, 13.88 200 Meters 3. Turner Tooke, 25.52 8. J.W. Elmore , 27.17 11. Zander Ashbrook, 27.66 3200 Meters 4. Brayden Bucholz, 14:15.53 110m Hurdles 1. Ethan Frye, 19.42 2. Ryker Carroll, 20.09 300m Hurdles 2. Ethan Frye, 47.47 4. Ryker Carroll, 48.15 7. Zander Ashbrook, 56.48 4x100 Relay 1. Carter County: J.W. Elmore, Ryker Carroll, Ethan Frye, Turner Tooke,...
Tis the season, election season that is. The federal primary election will be held Tuesday, June 7th and conducted as a poll election. Electors who will be unable to vote at the polls on June 7th can go to the election office and vote absentee. Absentee ballots were sent to permanent absentee voters on May 13. Electors who did not receive a ballot by mail and wish to vote absentee must contact the Carter County Election Office at 406-775-8749 to request a ballot either by mail or in person. Electors are reminded that there ar...
5-09-2022 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, May 09, 2022, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Present were Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; and Mike Watkins, Member. Rod Tauck, Vice Chair joined by video conference. The meeting was called to order at 9:01 a.m. There was no public comment. Carl Knapp Road and Bridge Supervisor and Brian Ballou County Road and Bridge employee, joined the meeting for...
Funeral services for Larry Tauck, 64, of Ekalaka, will be 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 19 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka. Burial will follow at Beaver Lodge Cemetery. There will also be a gathering afterwards at Carter County Event Center. Family received friends on May 18 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka. Larry passed away May 13, 2022 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings. Larry Samuel Tauck was born on September 3, 1957 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota to Lyle and...
