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Carter County Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, July 9 at 5:50 p.m. inside Community 1st Federal Credit Union. The meeting will start with a business news round table. Afterwards, updates on the Days of ‘85 will be given, their will be a report on the Independence Day fireworks show and a discussion on the Mainstreet Project will. A selection committee for 2021 chamber calendar photos will also be assigned. Chamber President Eva Grimes has also permanently added a business development corner to the meeting agenda. T...
Roger Arpan, age 63 of Spearfish and Alzada MT, died Friday, July 3, 2020 at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls. Services will be held 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 10, 2020 at Leverington Funeral Home of the Northern Hills in Belle Fourche. Visitation will take place at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, with a 6 p.m. family service for the public. Interment will take place in Pine Slope Cemetery. The service will be live-streamed on the obituary page on...
There continues to be no cases of COVID-19 in Carter County, but the number of positive cases in Montana is increasing exponentially every day. Monday, Montana saw a record number of positive cases in one day - 80. Carter County Public Health held an initial community snapshot COVID-19 drive-through testing event on Tuesday. There were 48 individuals who braved the wind to be tested. Anyone who tests positive will be notified by phone once results have been received. Since...
Continuing the Carter County Museum's summer programming series, there will be a combination of a geology hike and a star party at Capitol Rock on Friday, July 3. The hike, led by CCM paleontology intern Elliott Armour Smith, will begin at 8 p.m. and the star party, led by CCM Museum Educator Steve Hobe, will follow at 9 p.m. The evening's events will end by 10:30 p.m. The entire event is free and open to the public. The hike portion will be an interpretive tour of the rock fo...
FREE COVID-19 testing for people with no symptoms will be held on July 7 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the St. Elizabeth Lutheran Church parking lot in Ekalaka. Carter County Public Health, in coordination with Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association, will be hosting this drive-through COVID-19 Community snapshot testing. While testing of individuals without symptoms offers only a brief snapshot in time and an individual and business remain susceptible to COVID-19 exposure at any point following a test, more frequent testing at the c...
Hi Ekalaka! It is definitely been a while since I’ve been able to write an article for you, but I know that today I’m going to be talking about a very important topic. It is come to my attention that there are several scams going around town affecting our citizens. I needed to write this article, so everyone is aware of how to verify any mailings, phone calls, or other methods you receive about prize winnings. The most common kind of scams are: phone calls; emails; computer support scams; imposter scams; fake checks; dem...
The Gumbo Gophers 4-H club met on Tuesday, June 23 at the Alzada hall. Kodie Olsen from the extension showed us how to fit and show small animals. Members practiced on rabbits, chickens and cats. Members present were Keenan McInerney, Colyn and Clancy Higgins, Zander Oliver, Tylinn Thomas, Elizabeth and Grace Hall, Alivia Foxley, Joby and Rayna Owen, and Selah and Suri Johnston. Leaders present were Terri McInerney, Lisa Borchgrevink, Crystal Higgins and Thebea Thomas. Guests...
The Visit Southeast Montana Board of Directors elected new members to its Executive Committee during the June 17, 2020 board meeting. Jeff Ewelt, Executive Director of ZooMontana has been elected as Chair. Ewelt has served on the Visit Southeast Montana board since 2014 and has served as Vice Chair since 2018. "I am both honored and humbled to be the new chair of the Southeast Montana Board of Directors," Ewelt said. "I look forward to upholding our high standards of...
Dahl Memorial continues to value the safety of all residents, patients and staff during the difficult time of the COVID-19 pandemic. With all of the changes in guidelines throughout the state and surrounding communities we wanted to remind Carter County of the guidelines Dahl is enforcing to ensure the quality and safety of all community members. Clinic patients: The clinic is up and running! You are welcome to see your provider for any healthcare visits. When you call to make...
Carter County Museum, in collaboration with the National EMS Museum, presents The Art of Emergency Care exhibition opening June 27, 2020 in the Central Schoolhouse Gallery. The exhibit features objects from the National EMS Museum's collections and explores how art can educate, inform and save lives. The show will run until September 30, 2020. In conjunction with the exhibition opening on June 27, 2020, Kris Kaull, a Montana born and practicing flight paramedic will give a...
COVID-19 continues to be transmitted throughout Montana. As of Tuesday morning, there were 743 positive cases in Montana, but ZERO cases have been reported in Carter County. Also, the United States has now seen over 2.3 million cases of COVID-19, with 120,340 of those people dying. The symptoms of COVID-19 seem to be similar to that of a common cold or influenza. However, COVID-19 appears to be more severe. The symptoms of COVID-19 can include cough, fever or chills,...
Carter County Museum recently received $5,000 through Humanities Montana's CARES grant program. This rapid-response funding provides general operating support to cultural organizations in the state that have been affected by the COVID-19 health crisis. The museum will use this funding to support the Junior Scientist program and to develop a series of at-home educational kits, which families can check out on loan from the museum beginning June 29. These programs include...
Often, women are more concerned about taking care of others than taking care of themselves. I know I do – I do my best to make sure my daughter has clean clothes, food she’ll eat, things to do. Now that she’s a tween, she is pretty good at taking care of herself. But there always seems to be something or someone else to be concerned about. But, to properly care for others, we women must make ourselves our number one priority! If we fall ill or get hurt, who will take care of the house, the kids, our significant other, our w...
A new three-part television series exploring prehistoric life across the Western U.S. is airing on PBS this summer. "Prehistoric Road Trip" takes viewers on an epic adventure through dinosaur country to search for mysterious creatures and bizarre ecosystems that have shaped Earth as we know it. With Emily Graslie as host and guide, the series travels thousands of miles to visit some of the most active and dynamic fossil sites in the world. Revealing the amazing wonders...
COVID-19 is a respiratory illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. While this list does not include all possible symptoms of COVID-19, the most common symptoms include fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, a new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, runny nose, nausea or vomiting, and diarrhea. Carter County continues to have ZERO positive cases of COVID-19. Since testing began in March, there have been 614 positive cases in...
Carter County Chamber of Commerce’s annual Independence Day fireworks display is a go this year. Volunteer fire department members will be lighting off the display from the track and arena after dusk on July 4. In an effort to make donating easier, an account has been set up at Community 1st Federal Credit Union for monetary contributions to this year’s display. The chamber will not be holding any sort of festival or playing games on Main Street on July 4 due to coronavirus, but members look forward to the display and enc...
The first in-person event of Carter County Museum's summer programming series will be a combination of yoga and star party at Lantis Spring Campground on Saturday, June 13. Yoga, led by Melissa Schwede, will begin at 8 p.m. and the star party will follow at 9 p.m. The evening's events will end by 10 p.m. The yoga portion will be a moon salutation led by Melissa Schwede. Advance registration is required and can be found in the CCM website shop for $8 at: htt...
There continue to be zero cases of COVID-19 in Carter County. Since we started testing for COVID-19 in March, Montana has only had 554 positive cases, with surrounding states having significantly higher numbers. In Montana, there are currently only 51 active cases, and 485 people have already recovered from COVID-19. In South Dakota, there are 972 active cases, with 4483 recovered. North Dakota has 379 active cases, with 2450 already recovered. However, the majority of people...
COVID-19 continues to be transmitted throughout Montana and the world. However, there are zero positive cases of COVID-19 in Carter County. As of Tuesday afternoon, Montana has 523 positive cases of COVID-19, but 462 of those have already recovered. While everyone is asked to follow guidelines to slow the spread of COVID-19, one method that local public health departments use to slow the spread of COVID-19 and other transmittable diseases is through case investigations and...
Visit Southeast Montana welcomed three new members to the Board of Directors during its April 29 board meeting. Eva Grimes of Carter County, Jamie Redger of Big Horn County and Kathy McLane of Dawson County were voted in unanimously. Grimes was born and raised in Carter County. After spending time out of state, she returned to Ekalaka and began working for local businesses. In 2016, she and her mother opened Stompin' Grounds Coffee House which she continues to help run today....
Carter County Chamber of Commerce will be meeting on Thursday, June 11 at 6 p.m. inside The Law Office of Jennifer A. Williams. At the meeting, fireworks for the Fourth of July will be discussed, as will the Days of ‘85 parade and the chamber’s plans for a 2021 calendar....
Countywide voter turnout for the primary election was much higher than it was in 2018 as seventy-three percent of the county’s 885 registered voters returned mail ballots by 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Precinct 13 (Ekalaka) and Precinct 14 (Rural Ekalaka) each had 73 percent voter turnout while Precinct 1 (Alzada) and Precinct 3 (Hammond) had 71 percent. In total, 650 ballots were returned. In the 2018 primaries, the county had only a 53 percent turnout. Carter County residents voted in favor of the Dahl Memorial Special Mill Levy w...
The CCHS Class of 2020 has been awarded $130,000 in scholarships to date. Following is a list of the entire classes awards and scholarships. Grace Tooke received the Basin Electric Scholarship, Youth Serve Montana Scholarship, MUS STEM Scholarship, FFA State Officer Scholarship, Sagebrush Service Club Scholarship, Duane Woolworth Memorial Scholarship, Tedd G. and Eulalie Parker Scholarship, Premier Scholarship from MSU and the George S. Severson Agricultural Scholarship from MSU which will be awarded to her all four years of...
Earlier this spring, students from across Montana submitted entries to the 2020 Montana 'Ag in Color' design contest. The annual contest is hosted by the Montana Farm Bureau Federation. Normally, the winners of the contest earn a fun day in Helena to be honored, to spend the day with state dignitaries and to celebrate Montana agriculture. This year, that event couldn't happen. Kimber Ross of Ekalaka was this year's statewide kindergarten drawing contest winner. Her teacher thi...
Ekalaka’s annual community wide garage sale, usually held on the first weekend in June, has been called off by Carter County Chamber of Commerce officials. Chamber members who attended a regular meeting earlier this month discussed options for holding the event. The sale is traditionally held each year, rain or shine, but the pandemic created a new and unexpected factor. After requesting and receiving guidelines from public health officials for holding the event, a motion was made, and vote passed, to hold off on the c...
