Week of January 16, 2025
Week of January 16, 2025
The Broadus Volunteer Fire Department will hold their annual banquet this Saturday, January 18th. A dance will take place at the VFW, beginning at 9 PM, and will feature “Music by Henry”. Henry specializes in music from the 1940s through the 1980s, performed on guitar, and will be set to perform country music during his stop in Broadus. The public is invited to attend the...
TOWN OF BROADUS Regular Council Meeting January 7, 2025 @ 6:00 pm Present at the meeting were Mayor Chad Gatlin, Councilperson Wanda Smith, Councilperson Lori Turnbough, Councilperson Cody Morris, Clerk/Treasurer Josie Morris, Public Works Raymond Ragsdale. Mayor Gatlin called the meeting to order at 6:02 pm. Following the Pledge of Allegiance, the council reviewed the previous minutes and claims from 12/24 and 1/25. There were no concerns, Mayor Gatlin called for a motion to approve the consent agenda items; Councilperson Turnbough made a...
January 16, 1925 Home Hangs on Chasm Edge Butte – Mr. and Mrs. P.F. Rutledge and their three small children had a narrow escape when the surface of a lot next to their home caved in, leaving the house balancing on a rim of a chasm 50 feet across and several hundred feet deep. A vacant house on the other side of the lot was undermined and toppled into the chasm. The workings that gave way are reported to be those of the Old Dago mine, abandoned more than 25 years ago. Held as Wife Deserter Livingston – Fred Williams, aged 21, wanted at...
By Clayton Murphy and Emma White UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism Tempers Flare Over a Split in the Republican Caucus One Week Into the Legislative Session By Emma White HELENA – Last-minute changes to the rules the Montana Senate uses to govern itself ruffled feathers and delayed some bill hearings in the Senate in the first week of the 2025 legislative session. During the first 15 minutes of the Senate’s first floor session, Senate Minority Leader Pat Flowers, D-Belgrade, proposed a temporary rule...
Powder River Co. Sheriff’s Office Skylar Bascom, Sweet Home, OR, speeding in restricted zone (45/30) $65. Bruce Landeck, Chandler, AZ, operating w/ expired registration, $85. Bachgna Kharaishvili, Brooklyn, NY, speeding in restricted zone (40/30) dismissed by court- rec’d citation after court started on court date. Jerry Southerland, Covington, GA, speeding in restricted zone (75/65) dismissed by court- rec’d citation after court started on court date. Teimurazi Dzamashvili, Brooklyn, NY, speeding in restricted zone (50/30) $85. Pavel...
Nina Schaffer to Trista Jones, Etal, Alex Schaffer, Etal, Ryan Schaffer, Etal, Quitclaim Mineral Deed, T4S, R54E, Sec. 35, E2NE4, E2SE4; T5S, R54E, Sec. 01, SW4, W2SE4; Lot 4, T5S, R54E, Sec. 01, NW4NW4; Lot 5, T5S, R54E, Sec. 01, SW4NW4; Lot 12, T5S, R54E, Sec. 01, NW4SW4; T5S, R54E, Sec. 02, SE4; Lot 1, T5S, R54E, Sec. 02 NE4NE4; Lot 7, T5S, R54E, Sec. 02 SW4NE4; Lot 8, T5S, R54E, Sec. 02 SE4NE4; Lot 9, T5S, R54E, Sec. 02 NE4SE4; Lot 10, T5S, R54E, Sec. 02 NW4SE4; T5S, R54E, Sec. 08, ALL; T5S, R54E, Sec. 10, S2, NE4, E2NW4; T5S, R54E, Sec....
Girls The Lady Hawks went 1-1 in weekend basketball action; the team now has a record of 5-4 overall. On Friday, Broadus hosted their first home game of the season against Roberts, a team which Broadus had previously bested in Roberts the weekend before. The Lady Hawks went out to an early lead, finishing the first quarter up 8-2; continued to 17-8 at the half, then scored 16 to Robert's 8 points in the third. Roberts scored 12 in the 4th quarter, but Broadus made up for that with 14. Final...
On Saturday, the Broadus wrestling team braved the poor Eastern MT roads, traveling to the Glendive Invite. The meet featured teams from along the Yellowstone River, such as Lockwood, Forsyth, Custer/Hysham, and Billings Central, along with Glendive, as well as Hardin and Broadus. Broadus performed quite well overall as a team, with the boys placing 5th out of 7 teams, and the top Class C team at the event. Tyler Jurica, at 110, lost two matches. Jurica is 6-12 this season overall. AJ Schoenbeck, at 118, pinned Charles Kraft of Billings...
Several local rodeo competitors strutted their stuff at the Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals in Great Falls, between January 9th and 11th. Here are their scores and earnings: Bull Riding Jake Lockwood: 1st Round: 4th, 83, $733.37; 2nd Round: 2nd, 86.5, $2200.11. Jake scored 89 points on J Bar J’s Bucking Sum Beach in round 3, winning $4033.53. Jake also won the average, with 258.5 on 3 bulls, netting an additional $4,400.22. Jake is currently ranked 3rd in the 2025 PRCA world standings. Breakaway Roping Joey Williams placed 2nd in the...
Jason Cameron Wade, 38, of Broadus, Montana, passed away on January 8, 2025. Jason's funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker. At a later date, members of the family will gather to lay Jason to rest with his mother at St. John Cemetery. Open non-hosted visitation will be held from 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm on Monday, January, 13 at Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker. Jason was born in Baker, Montana on August 28, 1986 to Gary and Linda...
Lorraine Fortner passed away peacefully in Punta Gorda, FL with her loved ones by her side on December 30, 2024. She was 92 years old and was preceded in death by her husband Alva, parents Laura (Amende) and Vincent Oedekoven, sister Bernadine Rogers and brother Leon. She was a wonderful mother to Tim (Gaylene), Gail (deceased husband Jack), Rita, Christine White, Sheridan, WY, Joe (Lori) and Tracy (Marcy). She has 13 grandchildren: Blaine, Stacey, Lanissa, Margret, Christopher, Monique,...
For the first time in Broadus School history, a championship team banner was hung in the gym. On Friday, the 2024 Broadus Lady Hawk golf team hung their banner, following a year in which the team won first in Class C. The team, consisting of players Emma Isaacs, Graci Barbero, Shyla Madsen, and Aspen Krantz, along with coaches Chad Gatlin and Hattie Arithson, raised the championship banner in the Broadus Gym on Friday, to much fanfare and cheering. The four teammates took center stage at...
The Broadus school board met for their regular monthly meeting on Monday evening, with all members in attendance. The board had earlier interviewed three candidates for the district clerk position, and with a unanimous vote, agreed to offer the position to Julie Stoddard-Terrill. Plans are for the incoming clerk to work and learn the position under the wing of current District Clerk Dixie Mitchell, until Mitchell’s term is fulfilled this summer, when the new clerk will take over. The pay for the incoming clerk during this interim period...
