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As of Tuesday, August 11, Montana reports a cumulative total of 5,104 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 97 new cases since yesterday, 1,485 active cases, and 77 deaths from the disease. State officials also report that 276 of the cases have resulted in hospitalizations, with 77 patients currently hospitalized, and 3,542 patients considered recovered. Carter County is one of only two counties in the state with no reported cases of the virus....
In September, the Carter County Museum will celebrate Welcoming Week with a series of events geared around the theme "creating home together." The first of these events will be the display of a community quilt. Using the provided color palette create a 12" x 12" block and mail or drop it off to the museum by September 4, 2020. "Welcoming Week is a time to not only celebrate the values of equality and belonging, but to bring our communities together to live them in practice," said Rachel Peric, Executive Director of Welcoming...
CATEGORY Business/Farm/Ranch 1) J&J Guide Service 2) Jonathan and Rachel DeFord 3) A&A Stieg Wholesale Organizations 1) Carter County Conservation District 2) The Uncloggers 3) Dahl Memorial Healthcare Church 1) Ekalaka Bible Church Vintage 1) Jesse & Anna LaBree - 1920 Ford Model T 2) Rex McCord - 1924 Model T Touring Car 3) Dick Sterns - 1928 Studebaker Model Dictator Classic 1) Frank Sparks - 1961 Autocar Truck 2) Troy Fruit - 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 3) Cole Schmid - 1982...
Multiple Carter County High School classes held reunions over the Days of '85 weekend in Ekalaka....
The Reimagining Rural Initiative is a partnership between MSU Extension, Montana Community Foundation and the Montana Governor’s Office of Economic Development. A Reimagining Rural Virtual Community Gathering was scheduled earlier this year but later canceled due to the pandemic. This virtual statewide gathering of twenty communities across Montana has been rescheduled and will be shown in the upcoming weeks at Carter County Events Center as Carter County is one of the twenty communities participating. Ben Winchester from t...
An accurate and complete count of all Montanans is critical for determining the federal funding distributed to the state. Overall, more than $2 billion from 300 federal programs is allocated back to Montana based on Census information. The Census count also shapes local voting and school districts, and it determines whether Montana will receive a second seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Without an accurate Census count, Montana risks having other states get some of our state's fair share of funding. Missing only one...
Amy Walker was presented with the 2020 Carter County Friends of 4-H Award by 4-H ambassadors prior to the 4-H/FFA Livestock Sale on Saturday. From left: Heidi LaBree, Hannah LaBree, Amy Walker, Heather LaBree, Darin Schallenberger....
As of Tuesday, August 4, Montana reports a cumulative total of 4,314 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 82 new cases since yesterday, 1,484 active cases, and 64 deaths from the disease. State officials also report that 238 of the cases have resulted in hospitalizations, with 70 patients currently hospitalized, and 2,766 patients considered recovered. Mineral, Phillips, Petroleum, and Carter are now the only counties in the state with no reported cases as Prairie County...
Carter County High School students finally had a chance to attend their 2020 prom after it was originally canceled due to COVID-19. The outdoor prom was held on August 1 at Rowley Field....
A big thing as we were growing up in and around Ekalaka was the water supply. People out in the country or on the edges of Ekalaka had wells. You usually could find ground water at 10 or 15 feet but they would go on through that and go to another vein of water at 60 or even 100 or more feet. The deeper the well the harder pumping it was and I know that because I did a lot of pumping for the livestock. At our second house in Ekalaka, we had a windmill which, of course, pumped water when the wind was blowing. This was very...
The 2020 Carter County Fair Pet Parade is scheduled for 12 noon on Friday, August 7 at the bleacher area of the fairgrounds. Then the fun starts! Registration is from 11 a.m. until noon with the parade beginning at 12 noon sharp! Sponsors of the annual event are the Carter County Fair Board and Marshall Ranch. Sponsors invite all participants from 0-80+ years to participate and compete for a few bucks to get contestants through the Days of ‘85 celebration. There is no pre-registration, no entry fee, age limit or species of p...
Carter County Museum's Shindig had a different look and feel this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, staff found a way to pull it off, and they were even able to participate in it a little more than usual. All of Saturday's talks were live-streamed for the first time. One hundred fifty-seven participants signed up for "Shindig Island" to access all of the content. Twenty-one people sat in spaced out chairs at St. Elizabeth Lutheran Church to watch the virtual...
Dahl Memorial Healthcare received an additional donation to be added to the association's budding Endowment fund. Representing the Ekalaka Lions Club, Mike Quade presented Dahl Memorial Healthcare Foundation with a check in the amount of $5,000. This donation brings the current contributions and pledges for the endowment to $130,500. The Dahl Memorial Endowment Fund will provide a perpetual source of income to support the hospital's important work of "improving the lives and...
Citizens of Carter County: The Carter County Commissioners, Disaster Emergency Services, and Board of Health would like to thank the Citizens of Carter County by doing their part in keeping Carter County free of COVID-19. Up to this point it has been through everyone’s due diligence that Carter County remains free of the virus. We cannot stress enough that it is the responsibility of each individual to continue to do his or her part in protecting themselves from contracting the COVID-19 virus. By protecting yourself you a...
Doran and Sharon Higgins are longtime residents of the Ridgway community in Carter County. Doran grew up in Powder River County and moved to the community working on area ranches when he was fifteen years old. Sharon has lived on the ranch where they now live all of her life. The ranch has deep roots - part of it was homesteaded in 1905 by Hamilton Ewalt, her maternal great-grandfather, and part of it was homesteaded by Elmer Richards, her paternal grandfather. For 6...
Healthy, nearby residents are invited to bring their children to the museum's lawn on Saturday for 8th Annual Dino Shindig activities. The activities, including dino mini-golf, T. rex corn hole, Hungry Hungry Mosasaurs and more will take place from 9 a.m. until noon. Talks and presentations will mostly be taking place virtually this year in light of the pandemic, and will be shown at the St. Elizabeth Lutheran Church as well as the museum. Crowd size will be limited to 50...
Continuing the Carter County Museum's summer programming series will be a combination of yoga and star party at Medicine Rocks State Park on Thursday, July 23rd. Yoga, led by Melissa Schwede, will begin at 8 p.m. and the star party will follow at 9 pm. The evening's events will end by 10:30 p.m. The yoga portion will be a moon salutation led by Melissa Schwede. You can register in advance on the CCM website shop for $8 at: https://cartercountymuseum.org/product-category/yoga/...
There are zero cases of COVID-19 in Carter County. However, last Friday Fallon County saw its first case and Tuesday, Wibaux County its. As of Tuesday, there were 1,952 cases of COVID-19 in Montana with 1,034 active cases. Some Carter County residents were close contacts of the Fallon County case. A close contact is defined as a person who has been less than six feet away from a person with COVID-19 for more than 15 minutes. A close contact is notified of this by their local...
Good afternoon citizens of Carter County. I wanted to be the one to tell you all I have decided I need to move on to a different job. Through my time as the Public Health nurse, I determined my nursing style and the management style of my supervisors are not a good fit. Thank you for your love and support during my tenure as the Carter County Public Health nurse. Best wishes in health, Raquel S. Williams, RN, MSN...
Cemeteries hold a wealth of history. Each headstone is a slice of someone's past, a timeline connecting them to the present. Someone just needs to connect the dots. Thanks to the efforts of missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, those links are being made. Because COVID-19 has curtailed traditional work of sharing the message of Jesus Christ for many missionaries, including those serving in Carter County, Dakotas Mission President Scott L. Howell,...
Carter County Museum has put a significant amount of energy to adjusting the Shindig this year in light of COVID-19. In addition to practicing social distancing, wearing masks and sanitizing, museum staff have stressed to potential visitors the need to exercise extreme caution and good discretion before entering the town of Ekalaka. A statement from the museum in regard to this year's Shindig follows: "It is with heavy hearts that we have had to cancel or significantly alter...
Dahl Memorial Healthcare has received generous donations of $100,000, $25,000 paid over 5 years and $500 from anonymous donors to establish the Dahl Memorial Hospital Endowment Fund at the Montana Community Foundation (MCF) to benefit the Carter County community forever. The Dahl Memorial Endowment Fund will provide a perpetual source of income to support the hospital’s important work of “improving the lives and health of the Carter County community through comprehensive services provided in a professional and dedicated atm...
It’s been over two years since the Town of Ekalaka decided to ask the legal system to determine whether it or the Ekalaka Volunteer Fire Department Corporation has ownership and control of the town’s fire service and whether the fire department is part of the municipality, as the town claims, or is a separate corporation. A complaint for declaratory judgement was originally filed in district court against EVFD Inc. way back on May 10, 2018. According to that complaint, the town requested a judge declare it has “all legal...
In their last regularly scheduled June meeting, Carter County Commissioners voted to increase their pay from 56 percent to 70 percent of the base wage for the clerk and recorder. According to Montana Code Annotated, each member of the board of county commissioners shall receive an annual salary equal to the annual salary established for the clerk and recorder, plus $2,000. The code also reads that each board may elect to serve on a part-time rather than a full-time basis and receive part-time annual salaries based on the...
Plans for the Days of ‘85 are continuing as the event draws nearer. The annual fair and rodeo is slated for August 6 through August 9 this year. All events that traditionally happen at Carter County Fairgrounds are still a go, with only a few changes this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fairgrounds will likely not have a bounce house for children to play in this year. Also of note, a decision on entertainment, typically sponsored by the fair board, has not been made. The fairgrounds will still be busy with e...
