Articles from the February 2, 2023 edition
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Moorhead: A Divided Montana Loses
In two previous columns, I described the unsuccessful effort to build a dam on the Powder River three miles south of Moorhead during the 1940s. My first column outlined the general history of the...
AAU Wrestlers Compete In Forsyth, At Home
By Jim Kolka Over the past week the Broadus AAU Wrestlers have been busy! On January 22nd, 21 young wrestlers ventured to Forsyth for the Forsyth Invitational. Of the 21 wrestlers, 19 won or placed...
Broadus Chills Out During Power Outage
A failed transformer at a Northwestern Energy substation resulted in a power outage across much of Southeastern Montana on Monday, including TRECO customers in and around Powder River County supplied by the Colstrip line. The power went out around 8:...
Local Wordsmiths Strut Their Skills At Spelling Bee
On Thursday, January 26th, the Powder River County Spelling Bee took place at the High School Auditorium. Groups of four to five eager spellers from each grade 4th through 8th competed in the event,...
Locals On MSU Honor Roll
BOZEMAN — Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for fall semester 2022. There are two MSU honor roll lists: the President's List and the Dean's List. To be eligible for the lists, students must be enrolled in at l...
4-H News
On January 22, 2023, the Liscomb Mountain 4-H club met for their fourth meeting of the 4-H year, at the Broadus election room. The club discussed their last meeting and the recent steer weigh in. Shyla Madsen and Carter D’Amico reported on p...
Icy Roads Force Sports Cancellations
Icy road conditions over the weekend forced the postponement of multiple sporting events over the weekend, including basketball games both Friday and Saturday and wrestling on Saturday. On Friday, St. Labre sent students home early due to freezing...
COMMISSIONER PROCEEDINGS
Tuesday, January 9, 2023 Chairman Lee Randall called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner’s office, Powder River County Courthouse. Commissioners Lori Fortner and John Olson were present. Commissioners reviewed and approved the c...
Ladies Auxiliary News
By Annie Brimmer The VFW Auxiliary is going to try again for a holiday get together. It will still be patriotic - not Christmas but President Lincoln’s birthday - February 12, 1:00 p.m. at the VFW Hall. All post and non post veterans and their f...
Pam Hunderman
Pamela Sue Hunderman (Williamson), age 64, of Broadus Montana, passed away peacefully surrounded by family Thursday, January 19, 2023. She will be lovingly missed by her parents James and Barbara... Full story
Voices from the Past
February 2, 1923 Bill Baker Installs First Radio in County Bill Baker of Moorhead enjoys the distinction of being the first person in Powder River County to own a radio receiving set. He purchased the apparatus at Gillette, Wyo., and on return to...
Births - Kenai Ferguson Smith & Kanoa Oliver Smith
Kenai Ferguson and Kanoa Oliver Smith were born January 13, 2023 to Jed and Nikala Smith of Broadus. The identical twins weighed in at 5 lbs 8 oz. and 5 lbs 6 oz. They join 3 year old brother Angus... Full story
Legislative Roundup - Week 4
By Caven Wade UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism Gov. Greg Gianforte Touts Tax Relief, Eliminating “Red Tape” in Second State of the State Address HELENA – Gov. Greg Gianforte told the Montana Legislature in his s...
Luke Herzog to Bring Faith Bible Message
By Tom Herzog It’s always nice to have a little variety from the pulpit. Well, this Sunday there will be a far more youthful preacher. Luke Herzog, son of Pastor Tom and Carla Herzog will bring the message about Isaac from the books of Genesis and H...
Broadus VFD Conducts Training
By Raymond Ragsdale On Wednesday the 18th of January, Clint Pedersen presented a training for the volunteer fire department on structure fires. New volunteers that attended were trained on the basics of structure fires. Clint started the training...
Broadus Honor Roll Posted
The following Broadus students had a 3.5 or above GPA during the second quarter of the 2022-2023 school year. 7th Grade: Lucas Capp, Brooke Escott, Brock Gali, Emelyn Harper, Whitney Hartman, Bonita Kinzer, Christian Oylear, Danica Schroeder. 8th...
Senior Happenings
By Senior Center Director Tammy Jackman Can you believe it is February already? My goodness January just flew by. I think it was because we were so busy here at the center that when we finally looked at the calendar it was the end of the month....
Legislative Feature - Lawmakers Hear Testimony on Bills That Would Fund $1.3 Billion in Water, Sewer and Other Infrastructure Projects
By Caven Wade UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism In the last 11 years, the city of Havre has had 255 water main breaks. The city’s public works director, Dave Pederson, says 46 of those breaks happened in the l...
