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Ekalaka Elementary students competed in various track and field events at the school on Tuesday....
Robert & Delores Hammel: Alan & Patty Hammel Haddock grave: Bonnie Keirle Deanna Hirsch: Dean & Gloria Parks Phyllis Purdum: Hollie Hemenway & Rod Purdum Jeanie Tauck: DP & Monte L. Munro, Sue & Johnny Breding, Wanda McInerney, Dale & Helen King, Robert & Gay Arpan, Linda Harpster Family & Friends: Barry & Merrilyn Jones Donna Lewis: Sue & Johnny Breding, Rod & Kay Brown, Tom & Kathy Stieg, Jerry & Betty Cline, Jim & Lois Johnstone, Fulton & Betty Jo Castleberry Leo Sterns: Sue & Johnny Breding, Tom & Kathy Stieg, Donna &...
On Tuesday, Ekalaka Elementary School held its May Behavioral BARK awards. BARK is an acronym for Be Respectable, Act Responsible, Remember Safety and Kindness Matters. Each month, students at Ekalaka Elementary work on a specific character trait. During May that trait was ownership. In addition to BARK awards, guidance counselor Carol Spencer also recognized the students with the most accelerated reader points throughout the entire school year, as well as students with...
Michelle Keith was the lucky winner of a $30 gift certificate of her choice from any local business. The Mother’s Day drawing was sponsored by Sagebrush Service Club. Father’s Day is approaching.....maybe you’ll get lucky! Congratulations, Michelle!...
The Gumbo Gophers 4-H club had their April meeting at Sharon Higgins house on the 22nd. Sharon taught us to make tea rings. Members each made their own tea ring and gave a demonstration or talk on related topics as follows: Elizabeth-Making and kneading bread. Suri-Things to put on a tea ring. Grace-Sugars. Selah-Nutritional facts about milk. Daniel-Measuring liquid ingredients. Zander-Measuring dry ingredients. Keenan-Nutritional facts about tea rings. Clancy-Facts about shortening. Colyn-Yeast facts. There were 13 youth...
The long-anticipated premiere of "Feek's Vision" took place last Saturday in Ekalaka. The documentary film from Ken Howie is the story of Feek Tooke and the Tooke bucking horses; horses with champion-producing bloodlines that have impacted the history of rodeo and still play a strong role today. Howie started working on the film in 2016 after speaking with Toby Tooke (family consultant for the project) a few times over the phone for a smaller project, but then realizing that...
5-04-2023 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met on Thursday, May 04 2023, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Rod Tauck, Chairman; Mike Watkins, Vice Chairman and Pamela Castleberry, member were present. Special meeting with Don Hotter of Don’s Electric at 10 a.m. The Commissioners and Don looked over the options available for the upgrade of the new hospital generator. Don and Commissioner Tauck walked through the Hospital building....
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...
In January 2017, Carter County hired Slate Architecture to complete a Preliminary Architectural Report (PAR) to assess the needs and evaluate options for Dahl Memorial Hospital to meet future health care needs of the community. The goal was to select an option for upgrades to the hospital that provides the best value considering a balance between facility needs and cost. The eventual plan, which came to be known as Option #6, was reported on in early 2018 and by November of th...
Francine (name changed to ensure privacy), a diabetes patient in rural Montana, lives about 30 miles away from her provider. She is unable to visit a diabetic educator due to transportation-related challenges and financial limitations. Instead, she receives check-ins from a registered nurse. She told the RN, Gina Delaney, that she used to test her blood sugar only once a day. Since Delaney has started checking in with her, Francine now tests three times a day. Thanks to...
4-28-2023 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Friday, April 28, 2023, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Rod Tauck, Chairman Mike Watkins, Vice Chairman. Pamela Castleberry, was absent. The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. by Chairman Rod Tauck. There was no public comment. The commission approved claims in the amount of $130,898.14 and payroll in the amount of $238,886.14. Tricia Lovec Senior Transport...
Mrs. Amy Walker's CCHS child development class and local story hour kids read and explored at Carter County Museum last Thursday....
Veterans Administration representative Earl Edmonds of Miles City will be in Ekalaka on Monday, May 22, to meet with local veterans who may have questions regarding VA services or claims they may have and want to discuss. Edmonds will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Ekalaka Public Library and can visit privately with individual veterans about their concerns or questions. Edmonds can also be reached by phone at 406-232-1203....
A few weeks ago the Ekalaka Eagle was informed that the newspaper press located inside the Miles City Star would be shutting down at the end of April. Back in October, it was announced that Adams Publishing Group, owner of the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, was buying not only the paper in Miles City, but also 12 other small-town Montana newspapers of the Yellowstone Newspapers chain. The papers purchased by Adams in a deal that was finalized last November were the Livingston Enterp...
Submitted By Southeast Electric Cooperative Billy Etbauer's arena record ride at the 2003 NFR; Rosa Parks' bus boycott; the building of the Egyptian Pyramids in 2550 BC, these are just a few of the many topics that students found to write about for the Southeast Electric essay scholarships, making the decision very difficult for the scholarship committee. The question asked was, "If you could witness one historical moment firsthand, what would it be and why?" Civil and...
4-10-2023 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, April 10, 2023, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Rod Tauck, Chairman, Mike Watkins, Vice Chairman and Pamela Castleberry, member were present. The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. by Chairman Rod Tauck. There was no public comment. The commission reviewed and discussed emails and correspondence. Commissioner Watkins made the motion to approve the...
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 Tuggle Room at CCHS was packed on April 27 as families and friends of Ekalaka's fourth, fifth, and sixth graders enjoyed a memorable performance of "Annie, Jr." the musical....
On Tuesday, Ekalaka Elementary School held its April Behavioral BARK awards. BARK is an acronym for Be Respectable, Act Responsible, Remember Safety and Kindness Matters. Each month, students at Ekalaka Elementary work on a specific character trait. During April that trait was forgiveness....
Mid-Rivers Communications recently donated a total of $19,250 to twenty-one Emergency Medical Service (EMS)/ambulance service providers and 34 fire departments in the Mid-Rivers Service Area. These local protectors receive annual donations in recognition of the vital services they provide the Mid-Rivers’ members, employees, and facilities. Local providers in receipt of this donation include the Carter County Ambulance Service, and the Ekalaka Volunteer Fire Department....
Jake Burghduff, one of the two individuals currently charged with the murder of Fallon resident Isaac Carrier, pleaded not guilty to amended charges on April 19. His made his initial appearance on the amended charges via Zoom from the Dawson County Correctional Facility. The amended charges include the addition of one count of deliberate homicide, a felony, for Carrier's death. He was previously charged with one count of arson and one count of tampering with physical...
Locals Robert and Carole Nies celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on April 20th in Ekalaka. Pictured above are four generations of the family: Robert and Carole Nies, Rhonda Sanders, Jordan and Ryxton Medearis. Additionally, Mrs. Nies will celebrate her birthday on April 28th....
Vaughn Zenko, the man behind the voice that Baker’s started their day with for the last 22 years, retired his microphone last week. Vaughn moved to Baker from Milwaukee, WI for a job with KFLN as a sports announcer in January of 2001. It wasn’t long before young and ambitious Vaughn pitched the idea of a morning radio show to his boss, Russ. He was given the go ahead and he couldn’t have been more excited “I’m really proud of what we did, and I hope I made Baker proud,” said Zenko. “A whole generation grew up with what I w...
Candidate filing for the Town of Ekalaka Municipal Election opens April 20, 2023 and closes June 19, 2023. Interested individuals may file a Declaration for Nomination for one of the open positions at the Carter County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 214 Park Street in Ekalaka. Only active, registered voters who reside within the Town of Ekalaka are eligible to file. Interested candidates who are not currently registered to vote may register at the Clerk and Recorder’s Office prior to filing a Declaration for Nomination. The...
Stephanie Carroll started an embroidery business out of her home near Belltower in 2018 because she "felt like there was a need for one in Carter County," she told the Eagle on Tuesday. Since then, she has added a lot more services to her now growing business, Carroll Customs. "It started with just one embroidery machine. Then we added another one and a year or two later added garment printing, vinyl and ink. Les [Kreitel] said my slogan should be 'just ask, we might,'...
