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Seth Sedgwick, Ekalaka, is a new member of the American Angus Association, reports Mark McCully, CEO of the national breed organization headquartered in Saint Joseph, Missouri. The American Angus Association, with more than 25,000 active adult and junior members, is the largest beef breed association in the world. Its computerized records include detailed information on over 19 million registered Angus. The Association records ancestral information and keeps production records and genomic data on individual animals to develop...
Jim Courtney, Alzada; Lawrence Duncan, Wingate, Ind.; Bob Harrell, Baker City, Ore.; and Dale Micheli, Fort Bridger, Wyo., were inducted into the Hereford Hall of Fame Oct. 23 in Kansas City, Mo., during the American Hereford Association (AHA) Annual Meeting and Conference. The Hall of Fame honor annually recognizes breeders who have dynamically influenced the direction and advancement of the Hereford breed. "We congratulate these four men for the impact they have made on the...
Young children traveled to area businesses to do some trick-or-treating for Halloween on Wednesday morning. Above, some of the youngsters who attend Gigglers and Wigglers Daycare and Preschool are shown at Summit National Bank in Ekalaka....
Between eighty and 90 friends and family members gathered at Ekalaka Bible Church on October 23rd to celebrate local Jeanie Tauck's 90th birthday. Above, Mrs. Tauck and family members pose for a picture in front of her birthday cake. From left: Larry Tauck, Rosina Owen, Jeanie Tauck, Jeff Tauck and Lauri Keith....
From left: Photo winners are Corrik Laughery (2nd place) and Cortland O'Connor (3rd place). Art winners are Caleb Phelps (2nd place) and Kaden Loudermilk (1st place)....
This story is continued from last week. It was around this time that Dennis Bishop started experiencing severe hospital-acquired delirium. All of that time spent in the hospital bed, staring at the same tile on the ceiling, in excruciating pain, unable to communicate, it was all taking its toll. "I was in non-stop terror," Bishop recalled. "Lizards were coming out of the sprinkler systems. Everything was trying to kill me everyday. I mean it was real. They sent a psychiatrist...
The Carter County Geological Society will host Montana Conversation "Finding Montana" with Ednor Therriault on November 4 at 7 p.m. The program is at Carter County Museum and also offered online. Register using the QR code at the bottom of this article for the virtual event. The presentation is free and open to the public. Funding for the Montana Conversations program is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana's...
Carter County is currently searching for a resident to serve on the fair board. Anyone interested may submit in writing a letter of interest to the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, PO Box 315, Ekalaka, MT 59324, or contact one of the Carter County Fair Board Members....
Mail Ballots for the Town of Ekalaka General Election must be returned to the Election Administrator’s Office (Clerk and Recorder’s Office), 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, no later than 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 in order to be counted. Electors are asked to make sure they have sealed their voted ballot within the green secrecy envelope prior to sealing it in the affirmation envelope. It is most important that the affirmation envelope is signed by the elector....
9-23-2021 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Thursday, September 23, 2021, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; and Mike Watkins, member was present; Rod Tauck, Vice Chairman was absent. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 am by Commissioner Steve Rosencranz. The Chairman called for public comment. The Commissioners discussed new hospital drainage. This included vertical drain...
Next week, Ekalaka Public Schools will observe Red Ribbon Week. The last week of October each year is designated as Red Ribbon Week. This is an annual national drug prevention campaign that encourages Americans to wear red ribbons in memory of U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, who was kidnapped and tortured to death by members of a Mexican drug cartel in 1985. Camarena, who was a former Marine, firefighter and police officer, joined the DEA in the 1970s, and had become well known in both the...
"If you don't get me to the hospital, I'm gonna be dead," Dennis Bishop told his wife, Trish, in the late hours of the night on Sunday, November 1, 2020. The Bishops own and operate Wagon Wheel Café and are involved in the community. With the exception of a few days, Dennis was hospitalized between November 1st, 2020 and August 10th of this year when he finally returned home. Bishop developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a serious autoimmune disorder in which the immune s...
A wet, heavy snowstorm that started on Tuesday brought some much needed moisture to the area but also created hazardous travel conditions. School in Ekalaka was canceled on Wednesday as a winter storm warning was scheduled to remain in effect until midnight and several inches of snow had already accumulated. Multiple power outages were reported as of Wednesday morning too, including areas around Capitol, Alzada, Ridge and north of Ekalaka. Update** According to the National...
Ellen Guyer of Ekalaka was recently awarded a Love of Learning Award worth $500 from The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Guyer is one of 200 recipients to receive the award. Love of Learning Awards are designed to help fund post-baccalaureate professional development for active Phi Kappa Phi members including graduate or professional studies, doctoral dissertations, continuing education, travel related to teaching and research,...
Back in February the Eagle covered a story about Adam Dean, his 1955 International Harvester R-110 and the trip he planned to take with the pickup so that he could grab a bite to eat at George's Hot Dogs in Chicago. Adam Dean planned the 2,500-mile round trip from Lewistown, Montana to Chicago, Illinois to pay homage to his late father, Dale Dean, and to raise money for the Cancer Research Institute. Prior to the journey, Dean brought the pickup to Ekalaka during this year's D...
A few things for our Carter County residents: FLU vaccine | If you interested in getting your annual Influenza vaccine, please call us to schedule your appointment. We have both adult and pediatric doses available. COVID vaccine | We still have vaccine available if you are interested in receiving. We welcome you to call with questions you may have. COVID testing | If you are experiencing any respiratory type symptoms and those more specific to COVID-19 such as loss of taste/smell, we encourage you to get tested. Testing for...
9-20-2021 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, September 20, 2021, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; and Mike Watkins, member was present; Rod Tauck, Vice Chairman was absent. Guest: Jeff Venhaus Commissioner Rosencranz called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. Commissioner Rosencranz requested public comment. Jeff commented that he would like to see the commission...
On September 22nd, Mike and Cheryl Schuldt came to Ekalaka to assist local Butch Nies in hosting a sheep shearing demonstration. Mike Schuldt has been shearing for 33 years and has traveled all over the world doing so, including trips to New Zealand and Australia. A timed event in Fredricksburg, Texas is also on the list of places where he has shorn. At the event, he sheared a sheep of around 100 pounds in 37 seconds, two seconds slower than the winning time. Butch and Carole...
The general municipal election for the Town of Ekalaka will be a mail ballot election this year. On Wednesday, October 15 the Carter County Clerk and Recorder’s Office will mail ballots to all registered active voters who reside within the boundaries of Ekalaka. Active electors will be able to vote in the privacy of their own homes. Each registered elector in the town will receive an individual ballot packet. Electors will vote their individual ballots, seal them in the secrecy envelope provided in the packet, place the s...
Ekalaka Public Schools is hosting a Child Find Developmental Screening on Tuesday, October 19th from 12:30 to 4 p.m. in the grade school gym. This free developmental screening is designed for children ages 0 - 5. Children aged 3 - 5 years will be screened in the following areas: Concepts/Thinking, Motor Skills, Speech/Language Development and Hearing. Children under 3 years will be screened by DEAP (Developmental Educational Assistance Program) staff. Call Mrs. Brittani Brence at 406-630-1823 to schedule an...
Last Wednesday Senator Steve Daines had the chance to talk to juniors and seniors from Carter County High School. Daines met with the students virtually during one of Mr. Miller's social studies classes. Daines and the students spoke about legislation being debated in the U.S. Senate like the Democrats' $3.5 trillion tax and spending bill and the importance of bipartisanship. As always, Daines was glad to chat with some of Montana's youngest and brightest....
9-07-2021 The Board of Carter County Commissioners met in regular session on Tuesday, September 07, 2021, in the Carter County Commission Board Meeting Room of the Carter County Courthouse at 214 Park Street in Ekalaka, Montana. Steve Rosencranz, Chairman; Rod Tauck, Vice Chairman; and Mike Watkins, member was present. Commissioner Rosencranz called for public comment. There was none. Carter County Attorney Corbit Harrington joined the meeting. The commission reviewed the CDBG close outs (Dahl Memorial/ Hospital funds)....
Work continues on the East Short Pines Restoration and Resiliency project. The project, located in the East Short Pines Land Unit, one of eight land units managed by the Sioux Ranger District, is in western South Dakota and part of the Custer Gallatin National Forest. Work started in 2019 on the timber sale project and Nieman Lumber out of Spearfish, SD is conducting the work. Log trucks will begin hauling again and throughout the month of October to finish the sale this fall....
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted an Order designating 988 as the new three-digit abbreviated dialing code to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline starting July 16, 2022. The FCC’s Order requires all telecommunications carriers to make any network changes necessary to ensure that users can dial 988 to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by July 16, 2022. In Montana’s 406 Area Code, and in 81 other area codes around the nation, the necessary changes include transitioning from seven-di...
Tuesday’s high temperature of 96 degrees is the hottest ever recorded in Ekalaka on September 28. In fact, it’s the highest the mercury has ever reached this late in the year. The all-time September high came early in the month, on September 5, 1978 when it reached 103 degrees. Temperatures are expected to cool off for the rest of the week and gradually warm throughout the weekend, eventually reaching back into the low to mid 80s early next week. As of Wednesday morning, Ekalaka had received 9.32 inches of precipitation in...
