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Korey Kathleen Keith, age 61 of Glendive, Montana, passed away at her residence on Friday, June 9, 2023, after a long illness. Born in Ekalaka on May 7, 1962, Korey was the third of six children born to Ross and Patricia (Beil) Keith. She attended and graduated from Carter County High School in 1980. Korey attended Western Dakota Tech and graduated with an associate degree in nursing. In 1985, Korey married Damon Mittelstedter and moved to Sturgis, South Dakota where she was...
Dickinson State Athletics announced their 2023 Blue Hawk Hall of Fame class on Monday. The class consists of six individual athletes and two teams and will be honored this fall. “We are very excited to announce the selection of the 3 men and 3 women into the Dickinson State Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2023,” said athletic director Pete Stanton. “They range from multiple decades and sports and are all very deserving of this honor. In addition, the 2002 and 2003 Men’s track and field teams were two of the top teams in Blue...
Recent Carter County High School graduate Cardell Laughery is the Montana high school rodeo saddle bronc champion for a second straight year. Laughery defended his title at the Montana High School Rodeo Association Finals in Great Falls last weekend. He told the Eagle on Tuesday that it wasn't easy to repeat as champion, but a 62-point ride in the short-go at the finals gave him just enough points to finish the season ahead of his closest competitor. In fact, he finished in...
Robert J. "Jim" Wilson, age 78, of Alzada, MT, passed away on May 26, 2023, at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, in Rapid City, SD. Cowboy. Rancher. Pickup Man. Pilot. Sheepman. Neighbor. Friend. It doesn't matter how you describe Jim Wilson, but most people who knew him will say that he is a true example of the Western way of life. He always said that starting at about six years old, he knew he wanted to be a cowboy, and he wanted to be the best cowboy. Robert J. Wilson...
Commencement exercises for the Carter County High School Class of 2023 were held on Saturday. A large crowd of family and friends gathered inside the gymnasium to wish the graduating class well. Carter County resident Jalyn Klauzer delivered the commencement address. Valedictorian was Tyra O'Connor; salutatorian was Jaden Pardee....
Sixteen chapter members and 64 guests attended the annual CCHS FFA year-end banquet on Monday in the school's Tuggle Room. CCHS FCCLA served a meal to attendees. Also assisting in meal preparations were Cam LaBree and Sarina O'Connor, who were thanked during the meeting. Meat for the occasion was donated by OCC Legacy Cuts. Awards and degrees were given to members and some information about the chapter's busy year was shared, including some of the activities and competitions...
Unofficial results from Tuesday's mail ballot school election show that Micheal Ashbrook defeated Abbey Bruski by sixty-three votes and will serve a three-year term on the unified board of trustees for Ekalaka Elementary and Carter County High School. Samantha Wright, who ran unopposed, received 327 votes for a one-year term on the board. A total of 374 votes were cast from 668 registered voters. A general fund levy for Ekalaka Elementary District #15 for $12,031 passed with...
The Foundation for Montana History recently announced $222,460 in funding for 29 historic preservation projects across Montana in 2023. Carter County Geological Society will receive $10,000 of that funding. The $222,460 marks the largest amount awarded in one year since the grant program began in 2012 and brings the foundation's total funding for community-based history projects to over $1.5 million to date. "Growing our grant program is at the core of our mission," said...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
I have a love affair with Ekalaka and Carter County. Compared with my entire life I didn’t spend much time there but it is embedded way down deep in my soul. Every time that I go there it is brought back to the forefront of my mind again. What is it about the area that affects me that way? I think that first of all, it is the area itself. We lived in several places near Ekalaka and I really liked all of them. I think that my favorite was what we called the Opechee Park place. Jesse LaBree referred to it once as the Kinsey p...
Funeral service for Darlene M. Carter Rose, 86, of Ekalaka, will be 10 a.m., Friday, February 17, 2023 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Ekalaka with pastor Llane Carroll officiating. Burial will follow in Capitol Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 - 8 p.m., Thursday, February 16 at the funeral home with prayer service beginning at 7 p.m. Darlene passed away February 11, 2023 in Billings, Montana. Darlene was born to Jim and Charlotte (Gray) Davis of Camp Crook, South Dakota on May...
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....
submitted by Dahl Memorial Healthcare staff November marked the one-year anniversary of the opening of the new healthcare facility in Carter County. Dahl Memorial opened its doors on November 11, 2021, after a 3-day move-in period. The first few weeks were a little challenging, but staff adapted to the new environment rather quickly. Over the last year Dahl has added a handful of new jobs and has grown exponentially. DMHA has increased its patient load and days continue to be...
1-20-2023 I failed to mention last week, we enjoyed a visit to our appropriations subcommittee, from conservation districts across the State. Steve Wanderaas, McCone County and Dean Rogge, Garfield County were among those sharing about all the work districts do to enhance our many natural resources, primarily air, water and land. Doug Bonsell from Carter County was good to stop by the House Floor and say hi, while he was taking care of some legislative business earlier in the...
Catherine Rose Kennedy Whitney, 97, slipped from this life January 8, 2023. Our family lost an amazing lady. She was the last of her generation. Catherine was born on her grandmother's ranch in Carter County Montana to Wilfred and Roselthy Winchell Kennedy on July 16, 1925. She grew up in and around Ekalaka Montana and graduated from Carter County High School. After high school she went to Portland Maine to live with her grandmother while working in the shipyard during World...
