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By Jessica Malone Join us Saturday, August 19th at the Powder River Historical Museum for a daylight mystery at the museum! Doors open at 2pm and close at 6pm (Last mystery tour begins at 5pm). Tickets are sold at the door. Ticket prices are: $5 per child (12 and under), $10 per adult, and $25 per family (2 parents and up to 5 children). If you enjoyed our spooky nighttime mystery event last fall, we're hosting another "Clue" inspired Mystery at the Museum fundraiser event during daylight hours! Follow your guide through the museum tour and...
The Micro-Mania Wrestling Tour entertained a large crowd at Stockman's Club in Broadus last week, as the performers put on a WWE-like show for the audience. In the prelude to the fights, actress Bridget Powers, aka "Bridget the Midget", who is best known for her adult films, sang two songs to pump up the crowd including Green Jelly's "Three Little Pigs" from the 90s. Three matches took place over the course of the evening. In the title fight, "Heartbreaker" Dylan Michaels won the championship...
The Broadus Farmer’s Market kicks off this Saturday, August 19th, on the back deck of the Corner Store. The weekly event, which is expected to run weekly through October, will take place from 9 AM to 12 PM. The market will feature a variety of goods from local gardeners, bakers, farmers, and artisans....
Broadus has two new teachers for the 2022-23 school year, though the duo are certainly not new at teaching, with nearly three decades of combined teaching experience. In order to better know the new teachers, who have also long been members of our community, we sat down and spoke to Elementary PE and Driver's Ed Teacher, Stacy Hagedorn, along with JH and HS Art Teacher Kate Ruland. - - - - - Stacy Hagedorn is no stranger to Broadus Schools, having attended 7th through 12th grade in Broadus, and...
Due to a law passed by the 2023 MT State Legislature, everyone ages 12 and older will need a Montana Conservation License to access most state lands. This includes all types of recreation—launching watercraft, hiking, biking, wildlife viewing, etc. The following frequently asked questions from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks help explain the new rules: Conservation License Frequently Asked Questions 1. What is a Conservation License? A Conservation License is required to access most state lands. Before this year, only hunters, anglers and t...
By Jim Collins 18 players turned out for the first annual TRECO TRIO Golf Tournament in Broadus on August 12. A portion of the entry fees went to benefit Education Round Up, a scholarship program for graduating Seniors. Education Round Up is a program through TRECO where members can choose to round up their monthly bill to the nearest dollar and put this spare change into the scholarship fund. Currently there are 411 members signed up for the program and TRECO was able to give away 4 additional...
On Monday the staff at Broadus Schools welcomed students back to class. This year school began a week earlier than in previous years, due to the change in schedule to a modified 4-day school week, which will feature a number of Fridays off of school. Here's the list of staff at Broadus Schools: Elementary: Tracie Earley - Secretary, Monica Smith - Kindergarten, Diana Swenson - 1st Grade, Cody Earley - 2nd Grade, Jennifer Zellers - 3rd Grade, Ashley Fleming - 4th Grade, Ashley Emmons - 5th...
By PR Extension Office The carcass contest provides a look "under the hide" for market animals exhibited at the Powder River County Fair. Technician Elin Kittelmann evaluated the live animals with ultra-sound during the Fair; the results were announced last week at a carcass viewing hosted by Broadus Meats. The top three lambs in the live show also topped the carcass show with a little shuffling between the three. Addison Randall won the carcass contest with her lamb that had placed 2nd on the h...
By Esther Wynne, Courtesy of the Bighorn County News A family living in Big Horn County had a close call with rabies this past week. The father asked me to share their story with our community so that others might be made aware. If he had not thought to aggressively search on the internet he might not have sought out the medical advice that has probably saved his life and that of his family members. Please read this story. In early July, the family's five-month old puppy was playing in their...
August 10, 1923 Ernest Waldusky Rescues Young Lady from Drowning Ernest Waldusky rescued Miss Trueheart from drowning in the Powder River at Broadus Tuesday evening just before dark. She had attended the Ashland Roundup with Fred Russell and had made a detour with him via Custer’s Battlefield on the return trip. Arriving here in Russell’s Ford, they engaged Harry Lunn to tow the Ford across the river here. The water had raised and was two feet over the bottom of Lunn’s wagon. In midstream the wagon bogged in quicksand. The horses fell and t...
8-14-2023 Once again, the summer has passed by very quickly and we are looking forward to the first day of school on Monday, August 14th. Beginning Wednesday, August 9th all staff will return to school and begin preparations for the 2023-24 school year. At the August board meeting the trustees will adopt budgets for the 2023-24 school year. The district already knows the monetary amount to operate their general fund at the elementary and high school. However, we do not know the number of mills needed to generate this revenue. During the first...
On Monday evening the Broadus School Board Trustees met for their monthly meeting. All members were present other than Jay Schroeder and Danny Krantz. The major agenda item was approval of the 2023-24 school budget. Broadus Schools Superintendent Jim Hansen described the budget as he went over major budget items on a large touch screen monitor with the board. Hansen commented “You’re in good shape. Your budget is a lot better than 10-12-15 years ago, but in the future you could have some problems.” Potential future problems stem from chang...
Born February 20, 1929 in Ridge, Powder River County, MT to George and Alta (Johnson) Malley, Bob attended country schools in rural SE Montana, also attending school in Broadus. He married Virginia Kusler from Plevna, MT in 1946. They had two children, a son Dennis born in 1947 in Baker, MT, and a daughter Gail born in 1953 in Wolf Point, MT. Bob worked as a driller for oil exploration from 1952 to 1958, moved to Billings and worked for a supplier of oil exploration materials then moved to A...
Spotty moisture and a hot spell during the latter stages of July were perhaps the major stories in regards to weather in July, as some areas of the county received heavy rainfall, while others received scant moisture. On July 24th the temperature reached 105 in Broadus, setting a new record daily high for that date. The previous record was 104, set in 2007. Several days of high temps surrounded the 24th, but overall the month of July was relatively moderate, with an overall average temperature for the month of 74.4, which is 0.4 degrees below n...
