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Kylie Kate Nies was born on September 28 to proud parents Matt and Ami Nies of Ekalaka. Kylie weighed 7 pounds and was 19.5 inches long at birth. Paternal grandparents are Frank and Karen Nies of Ekalaka. Maternal grandparents are Robin Markuson of Ekalaka and the late Tyler Markuson....
The Sioux Ranger District, Custer Gallatin National Forest and the Bureau of Land Management, Miles City Field Office are planning for a series of fall burns starting as early as October 7, 2019. Prescribed burns will be dependent upon proper fuel and weather conditions. The Forest Service and the BLM are working jointly on multiple burn units, 500-800 acres in the Needmore-Russell Prescribed Burn, located approximately six miles southeast of Ekalaka near the Camp Needmore campground and the MacNab Pond campground (T1N R58E...
The Carter County Conservation District hosted Ladies Day on the Range on September 20. At this year's annual event, there were around twenty-five women in attendance. The day started out at the Yost residence in Ekalaka where Wayne Yost gave a presentation on tree pruning and care. The group then headed to the Bonsell Ranch where Ronda Bonsell talked about rotational grazing and pollinators. Next, Lauren Meccage and Jalyn Klauzer put on a plant identification presentation at...
Carter County hosted the District FFA fall contest on September 23 in Ekalaka. Nine FFA chapters from the eastern district: Baker, Broadus, Carter County, Forsyth, Glendive, Miles City, Plevna, Prairie and Wibaux attended the competition. In total, 135 students competed. Forty-eight members competed in the range competition that morning. The range contest consisted of plant identification, soils, plant anatomy and stocking rates. Carter County was well represented. Sean...
A group of Ford Model T enthusiasts spent three days in Ekalaka last week. Members of the group come from all over the country and get together every year to travel back roads in an area chosen by one of the members. This year John Steele chose Ekalaka. Steele lives in Manhattan, Montana but has traveled to the area for years to hunt. The group met in Miles City, unloaded their Model Ts and headed for Ekalaka via the Miles City Cutoff road. At speeds between 20 and 40 miles...
The deadline to submit a grant application for 2019 Carter County Community Foundation grants is October 18. To qualify, applicants must either be a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit or a church, school, hospital or government unit located in Carter County, Montana. CCCF grants have been very helpful to the residents of Carter County. The local library, museum, food bank, volunteer fire department and senior citizens have all benefited from CCCF grants in the past. Grants range in size from $500 to $5,000. Call Marlene Waterland at...
Local emergency medical technicians are desperately short of help. A class to train more area EMTs has been planned and will start on October 28 at 6 p.m. The class will take place once per week for four hours. A few weekend classes will also be scheduled later. Final written and practical tests to become an EMT will be in early April, 2020. Expected local EMT duties include taking call on both weekdays and weekends. EMTs must also be willing to sit with the ambulance at various events and attend trainings to stay certified....
Local emergency medical technicians are desperately short of help. Therefore, a class is being planned to train more EMTs to help provide this much needed service to the community and county. Those interested are invited to attend a short, informational meeting on Tuesday, October 1 at the Dahl Memorial board room at 7 p.m. Classes will start on October 28 at 6 p.m and will take place once per week for four hours. A few weekend classes will also be scheduled (dates for these...
First year social studies teacher Brett Nielsen loves history. He's also pretty fond of small town living. Nielsen is a Montana native of sorts. He graduated from Westby High School, about 243 miles north of Ekalaka, in 2012. There were four students in his graduating class. Nielsen's childhood home, however, is located just across the state border in North Dakota. His family farms in the area and has land in both Montana and North Dakota. Nielsen not only teaches social...
Carter County Community Foundation (CCCF) recently announced the opening of a grant cycle to benefit communities and residents of Carter County. Grants will range in size from $500 to $5,000. Applicants must either be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or a church, school, hospital or government unit located in Carter County, Montana. The application deadline is October 18, 2019. Eligible projects must provide a direct benefit to Carter County residents. Previous grant offerings from CCCF have provided funding to the following local...
Most of the discussion at Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association’s meeting last week was about the new facility project. Dahl CEO Ryan Tooke explained that the association is currently working on electrical, plumbing and heating bids. “We are trying to get them within range,” he said. Tooke expects groundwork to start at the new facility site on the first week of October. Pharmacist Michelle Mehling has been busier than expected at the new Dahl Memorial Healthcare Community Pharmacy that opened in July, Tooke told the Eagle...
Carter County Senior Citizen Coordinator Patricia Lovec applied for a mini-grant in July of this year. The mini-grant, used for senior projects, is sponsored by the Governor's Advisory Council and is awarded at the Governor's Conference on Aging. The purpose of the grant is to "help facilitate up front funding of innovative ideas that will serve senior interest in local communities." Grants are awarded to rural communities with populations of less than 10,000 people. In the...
The Faithweavers youth program at St. Elizabeth Lutheran Church will be starting on Wednesday, October 2 this year. All children from age 4 through 6th grade are welcome. The class will be held on the first and third Wednesday of every month and will take place from approximately 3:45 to 5 p.m. The theme for this year’s program is “Jesus loves you s’more than you know.” Kim Tooke is the Faithweavers leader this year. To volunteer or ask questions about Faithweavers, please contact Tooke at 775-6580....
Sage Michael McInerney was born August 21, 2019 to Thomas & Lori McInerney in Gillette, Wyoming. Sage weighed 7.12 pounds and was 19.5 inches long. Sage joins sister Lynnie and brother Mason. Grandparents are Mike McInerney and Wanda McInerney and Jay and Mary Balcom. Great grandparents are Tom and Mary McCamish, Gerald and Jacquie McInerney and Judith Balcom....
If area residents have attended a CCHS football or volleyball game this fall, they have likely already met new K-12 music teacher Nate Louisignau. Even if the pep band wasn't playing or he wasn't performing the National Anthem, Louisignau has been there - he's a sports fanatic. Louisignau grew up right outside of Detroit, Michigan in the "small" town of Redford. The youngest of five children by many years, he played several different sports growing up. Though he was home-schoo...
Last week’s blood drive in Ekalaka fell short of goal, according to coordinator Darlene-Carter Rose. The drive yielded twenty-four units of blood from 22 donors, one number shy on both accounts. Some of the donors with scheduled appointments were sick and a few were turned away because it hadn’t been long enough since they last donated. Both were factors that contributed to the drive not reaching it’s goal, Carter-Rose said. The drive was moved up one week due to scheduling conflicts. As of Tuesday, a door prize winner from...
A dream has come true and brought with it excitement just past the northern edge of Carter County. Many communities have embraced the fall season with pumpkin patches over the years, but people living in the southeast corner of Montana have traditionally had to travel to enjoy activities associated with pumpkin patches. This year, starting on Saturday, September 28 and continuing each Saturday and Sunday through October 27, Big Mac's Pumpkin Patch will be open just 23 miles no...
Twenty headers and twenty heelers battled at Ekalaka Track & Arena on Sunday in this year's Puptown Invitational Round Robin Roping. Shane Peabody won first place header and Ches Meyer won first place heeler. From left: 5th place header Brandon Kudlock, 4th place header Lane McGill, 3rd place header Kevin Rahn, 2nd place header Ty Larson, 1st place header Shane Peabody, 1st place heeler Ches Meyer, 2nd place heeler Reed Marmon, 3rd place heeler Jake Poppe, 4th place heeler...
The first sod was turned for construction of the new Dahl Memorial Healthcare facility last Friday. Carter County Commissioner Steve Rosencranz, Dahl CEO Ryan Tooke and Dahl provider Dale Diede spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony. A $15.1 million dollar bond to build the new facility on the old Ekalaka Elementary School site passed during the General Election last November. The new hospital will include long-term care, patient rooms, a main nurses' station, a laboratory,...
In April, the Montana Department of Justice’s Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) was formally notified that Montana is in full compliance with the REAL ID Act and regulation. With this notification, federal agencies and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will continue to accept all valid Montana driver licenses and ID cards to board domestic commercial flights and access secure federal facilities until October 1, 2020. Beginning October 2020, only Montana licenses and ID cards that are REAL ID compliant will be a...
The 30th Annual Alzada Cowboy Poetry, Music and Art Show will be held on Sunday, October 6th at the Alzada Community Hall in Alzada, MT. It will be a double celebration as the Alzada Community Hall is 90 years old, having been built in 1929. Because of extra time for recalling the history of the hall and the beginning of the annual event, this year's show will not have featured performers or artists but rather recognize all those who have helped over many years. Alzada Community Club members appreciate the continued support...
Michael Millward officially started work as the new Fallon and Carter County Extension agent on September 3. Millward grew up in the small town of Bicknell in south central Utah. Growing up he was involved in 4-H and showed sheep and cattle at the county fair. “When I was young, Suffolk sheep were the thing to have,” he told the Eagle on Monday. Millward said that he learned many lessons while working in the mountains with cows and sheep, or working in the fields down in the valley growing hay that was needed to feed thr...
State Senator Al Olszewski of Kalispell stopped in Ekalaka and met with a few members of the community at Dawg House Pub on Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Olszewski, an orthopedic surgeon and Air Force Veteran, is one of three GOP candidates running for governor in the 2020 election. U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte and Attorney General Tim Fox are also running. Three other Republican candidates who filed to run for governor — Peter Ziehli, Gary Perry, and Secretary of State Corey Stapleton — have withdrawn from the race. The two fro...
Due to the Labor Day holiday and other scheduling conflicts, homecoming coronation took place last Thursday. The remainder of homecoming activities started on Tuesday and continued throughout the week....
The end might finally be in sight for Ken Howie, the creator behind "Feek's Vision," a documentary that tells the story of the award-winning Tooke Bucking Horses. "Feek's Vision" has been Howie's passion for the last few years as he has traveled all over the country to interview rodeo greats such as Larry Mahan, Ty Murray, Deb Copenhaver, Harry Vold and Mel Potter, in addition to filming at numerous rodeos. Since July 7, Howie has been hard at work at the Tooke ranch getting...
