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Carter County High School Graduation Ceremony Saturday • May 21, 2022 2:00 p.m. • CCHS Class Flower Light Blue Rose Class Colors Light Blue & Black Class Motto "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers Advisors Ms. Victoria Boyette & Ms. Kayla Olsen...
submitted by Carter County Public Health Free shot clinic for kindergarten and seventh grade vaccinations. Don’t miss out! Call us at 406-775-6332 to pre-register or if you have questions. Here are more details. When: Friday, July 22, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., pre-registration required. Where: Carter County Museum. The Carter County Health Department and the BCBS Care Van have teamed up to offer kindergarten and seventh grade vaccinations for no out-of-pocket cost. Carter County Museum also plans to host an event afterwards. C...
Smiles Across Montana (SAM) Coming back this month to Ekalaka! Final days to sign up your kiddo! To parents of students in Ekalaka Public School districts (K-12). Deadline to submit your form of interest is May 20. SAM will be here for their return visit on May 24. Forms available at the Health Department or call us to request one sent by email. Don’t let the concern of costs deter you. SAM submits for insurance reimbursement and also provides scholarships. A few of the dental care services that Smiles Across Montana can p...
Commencement exercises for the Carter County High School Class of 2022 will be held Saturday, May 21 inside the gymnasium. This year there will be six seniors graduating: Brennen Bonsell, Emily O’Connell, Zoie Rost, Darin Schallenberger, Kenzie Tooke and Turner Tooke. The ceremony is set to begin at 2 p.m....
After electing not to produce a calendar featuring local photographs taken by local photographers last year, the Carter County Chamber of Commerce voted to print the community calendar again for 2023, due in part to high demand. The chamber plans to print the calendar early this year to catch Labor Day visitors and early hunters. If local photographers have pictures from this year or last year, they may send them to the chamber now for a chance to be featured in this year’s calendar. Photos of Carter County events, l...
4-29-2022 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, April 29, 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 was absent. County attorney Corbit Harrington joined the meeting. The commission approved claims in the amount of $183,144.02 and payroll in the amount of $223,180.07 The commission approved the updated MOU of...
Tis the season, election season that is. The FEDERAL PRIMARY ELECTION will be held Tuesday, June 7, and conducted as a poll election. Electors unable to vote at the polls on June 7 can go to the election office and vote absentee. Ballots are now available, and electors who have applied for absentee ballots will be receiving them after May 13. Polls will be open on election day only. Poll locations have been set for Alzada Community Center, Boyes Community Center and the Carter County Event Center. Electors who did not receive...
RESULTS Savage Booster Club Track Meet Lambert Sports Complex Tuesday, Apr 26 MENS 100 Meters 3. Turner Tooke, 12.79 8. Ethan Frye, 13.76 17. Zander Ashbrook, 14.42 200 Meters 12. Zander Ashbrook, 29.80 400 Meters 13. Zander Ashbrook, 1:13.17 3200 Meters 3. Brayden Bucholz, 14:59.92 110m Hurdles 1. Ethan Frye, 19.92 2. Ryker Carroll, 21.25 300m Hurdles 1. Ethan Frye, 48.49 5. Ryker Carroll, 51.65 Discus 17. Brayden Bucholz, 65-02 Long Jump 7. Turner Tooke, 16-02.50 17. Zander...
4-19-2022 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, April 19, 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 was absent. OAC meeting: Dahl Memorial CEO Ryan Tooke, Clerk and Recorder Pam Castleberry and Deputy Clerk and Recorder Judy Wright and County attorney Corbit Harrington. Calling in to the meeting included Cody Tagga...
When I saw the news that a meat processing plant is being built in Belltower, I was happy, but somewhat perplexed. My first thought was, is Carter County growing? I mean growing in population, of course. Now when I ask that question several things come to mind. The first one is what it used to be like. I was born near Belltower in 1938. The first six years of my life was spent at various places around Ekalaka, although we did go to Washington very briefly when I was too young to remember. In 1944, we moved into Ekalaka and I...
submitted by Johanna Tooke Ekalaka Elementary spent the afternoon celebrating Arbor Day with art. Afterall, without trees, there'd be no pencils for drawing, paintbrushes for painting, paper or canvas for the landscapes to showcase the artist's scene and erasers for fixing mistakes. Granted, now that synthetics have been invented trees no longer are the sole supplier of these staples for an artist. Betty Cline, Jay Hoversland, and Susan Tooke shared their artistic talent with...
The public is invited to attend the Carter County High School FFA chapter’s annual banquet on Tuesday, May 17th, 6 p.m., at the CCHS Tuggle Room. Please join for a meal, silent auction, hired hand auction, and awards. All proceeds from the silent auction will go towards purchasing new picnic tables at the fairgrounds. FFA members will schedule work for auction buyers at a later date....
Votes were tallied Tuesday night for two recent school elections in Carter County. Unofficial results for the School District No. 15 and High School District No. 3 poll election show that Lisa Borchgrevink and Stefan J. Livingston have both been elected to three-year terms on the board of trustees. Both were already serving on the board and defeated Sarina O'Connor and Samantha Wright in Tuesday's election. Borchgrevink was previously elected to a one-year term in May, 2021...
As the summer tourism season approaches, Visit Southeast Montana is launching a new visitor attraction that's sure to pique the curiosities and appetites of foodies looking for a true taste of Montana-the Southeast Montana Burger Trail. With twenty-four locations across the region, the Southeast Montana Burger Trail boasts burgers as unique as the communities themselves. From the unexpected "Mango Burger" at June's Bungalow in Colstrip, to the branded-literally-"Wibaux...
The Powder River / Carter County Farm Bureau presented the ABC Farm Safety program to Ekalaka Elementary second and fifth graders on April 13th at the school. A wide range of topics were covered including ATV and farm equipment safety, being careful around animals, not playing in grain bins and even using milk jugs as a life-saving device when someone is drowning! Students had the opportunity to see how fast a PTO turns, watch a toy man get buried in grain and got to feel a...
4-04-2022 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, April 04, 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. County Maintenance Bob Jacobs joined the meeting to discuss the utilities for the old hospital building. Dahl Memorial is currently paying the electric, water and propane bills. The water and electrical services...
Tis the season, election season that is. Carter County electors may be a little confused this election season, and hopefully this article will clarify some of the questions that have come up regarding the three active elections that are going on at this time. School District #1, Hawks Home All active voters registered for School District #1, Hawks Home should have received their mail ballots. They were mailed on April 14 and may have been delayed due to recent weather events. If you did not receive a ballot for that district...
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Samantha Wright in Carter County recently announced that producers who suffered livestock losses due to natural disasters, including blizzard, may be eligible for the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP). “The Livestock Indemnity Program provides producers with a vital safety net to help them overcome the financial impact of extreme or abnormal weather” said Wright. “The blizzard has really had a significant impact on some livestock produ...
Carter County Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Community Wide Garage Sale is slated for Saturday, June 4 this year. The sale has been very popular for the last several years, drawing shoppers from other towns. Sign up sheets for the sale will soon be made available. The sheets will have a place to write your name, street address, items for sale, and if you are paying the $10 fee in cash or by check to the chamber. Fees charged help pay for printing and circulation of the map that shows all sale locations. The deadline for s...
Snow is deep — the days long, maybe do an article for you readers. In going through the Shifting Scenes Vol. III, I found two families I had been thinking about for some time. Those two were Chris and Gerda Bentz and Damian (Curly) Culver. “Christian and Gerda Bentz By William Kevin Armstrong Christian C. Bentz, was born December 20, 1891, at Artas, Campbell County, South Dakota, the son of Jacob and Margaret Bentz, of German extraction, one of four sons and three daughters. He attended Northern State College in Abe...
Carter County High School Prom took place on April 9th inside the school's gymnasium. After grand march, royalty was announced....
Montana’s unemployment rate hit another record low in February, dropping to 2.6% for the month, down from January’s rate of 2.7%. Montana’s total employment and labor force continued to show strong growth in February, both setting new all-time highs. “Hardworking Montanans and Montana businesses are fueling our historic economic recovery, with record-low unemployment in Montana and more Montanans working than ever before,” Governor Greg Gianforte said. “And while Montanans are making gains, skyrocketing inflation is making i...
The National Weather Service is hosting a Skywarn spotter training in Ekalaka on Wednesday, May 4 at Carter County Event Center. The training will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 8 p.m. This free, two-hour training will help participants become a sever weather spotter. Those in attendance will learn about thunderstorm basics, identifying potential severe weather, storm structure, damage that hail, wind, flooding and tornadoes can cause, how to report information and more. This is...
April is Montana Archaeology Month and this year Carter County Museum is partnering with the Bureau of Land Management (Miles City Office) for an artifact roadshow on Saturday, April 16 from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the museum. The public is welcome to bring items from their personal collections to be identified or shared with other history and paleontology buffs. BLM archaeologists will be at the event, as will Dr. Nathan Carroll to identify paleontological items. Please note...
Carter County Undersheriff Clark O'Donnell recently completed a training program at the Montana Law Enforcement Academy in Helena. Upon completion of the program, O'Donnell received the Josh Rutherford Award for excellence in defensive tactics. Undersheriff O'Donnell was the second officer to bring back an award of excellence for the Carter County Sheriff's Department recently. In March of 2020, Deputy Dwayne Bruce received the Jimmy Kaaro Memorial Award for attaining the...
