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The month of April began as a rather bleak looking affair, with the continued drought which had persisted through 2020 and 2021 carrying on into the spring of 2022. As of the beginning of April, the rainfall total from January 1st to April 1st sat at 61% of normal. By the end of the month, the total was well above average, and the outlook looked a lot brighter and greener. Three major weather events punctuated the month of April, bringing widespread precipitation to the area. The most recent, on Friday, April 29th, brought nearly 2” of m...
The following piece presents a series of answers to questions posed to the candidates running for the contested local positions in the June primary election. This week we have the candidates for the Sheriff and Treasurer/Assessor positions, and next week plan on the four candidates for the open Commissioner position. The candidates were asked the following: Please provide us with your background, education, and some personal history. For those in incumbent positions we asked: Please list one or...
The following piece presents a series of answers to questions posed to the candidates running for the contested local positions in the June primary election. This week we have the candidates for the Sheriff and Treasurer/Assessor positions, and next week plan on the four candidates for the open Commissioner position. The candidates were asked the following: Please provide us with your background, education, and some personal history. For those in incumbent positions we asked: Please list one or...
The following piece presents a series of answers to questions posed to the candidates running for the contested local positions in the June primary election. This week we have the candidates for the Sheriff and Treasurer/Assessor positions, and next week plan on the four candidates for the open Commissioner position. The candidates were asked the following: Please provide us with your background, education, and some personal history. For those in incumbent positions we asked: Please list one or...
The following piece presents a series of answers to questions posed to the candidates running for the contested local positions in the June primary election. This week we have the candidates for the Sheriff and Treasurer/Assessor positions, and next week plan on the four candidates for the open Commissioner position. The candidates were asked the following: Please provide us with your background, education, and some personal history. For those in incumbent positions we asked: Please list one or...
Broadus Tracksters competed in two meets last week – the Hardin Invitational on April 26th and the Harlo/Park City Meet in Laurel on April 30th. Despite the team's inability to practice on the home track over the past several weeks due to poor surface conditions brought on by the April storms, Broadus performed very well in Hardin, with individuals placing in many events and the relay teams also placing quite well. The Broadus boys placed 3rd overall with 37 points, with Shepherd second at 49 p...
The longstanding Community Appreciation Day tradition took place Monday. The annual event in which Broadus JH and HS students work to clean and fix up projects around the community. The event was originally planned for last week but was delayed due to weather. This week the ground was mostly dry and weather pleasant for the event, which featured a number of projects around the community supervised by adults. Jacy Collins, Rebecca Boman and Dori Phillips organized the day of activities, with...
The Broadus High School Band will travel to Dayton, Wyoming this weekend to play alongside the Tongue River High and Middle School bands in “American Musical Journey”, a program incorporating a full complement of brass and percussion to provide a “musical travelogue through American history”, according to the Dallas Brass website. Dallas Brass, the musical ensemble coordinating and playing in American Musical Journey, is a group formed in 1983 which travels the world performing for audiences of all ages, having played at Carnegie Hall, touring...
Courtesy PR Extension Office The fourth session of the Big Sky Big Leadership (BSBL) covered a great deal of territory at the April session last week, including how to have effective meetings, engaging board members and managing conflict, according to MSU Extension Powder River County agent Mary Rumph, member of the BSBL steering committee. “Nearly all groups experience some level of conflict at times,” said Rumph, “so it is essential to have conversations to find common ground.” MSU Community Development Specialist Tara Mastel worked th...
Margaret Mae Tipton, 91, died at St. John's Powers Cottage, Billings, on April 19, 2022. Margaret was born on April 13, 1931, in Hemingford, Nebraska, and grew up on the family ranch near Broadus. Margaret married Willis Tipton on Sept. 2, 1947. They made their first home in Broadus, then moved to Sidney, Nebraska, in 1950, then back to the family ranch in 1958. They moved to Broadus in 1960, where they spent many happy years. Billings became their home in 2002. She was an avid sports fan and...
Ellen Marie (Anderson) Terrett, at the age of 92, passed away peacefully on April 28, 2022 at Holy Rosary Residential Living in Miles City, MT, where she had lived since May of 2017. Ellen was born on April 19, 1930, in Miles City, MT, the only daughter of Alfred and Annie B. (Johannsen) Anderson. She had three older brothers; Clarence, Raymond and L.P. and a younger brother John. Ellen lived her childhood years at Sheffield, MT, where she started elementary school. Times were hard for her...
May 5, 1922 Powelson Manufaturing Electric Curling Irons J.W. Powelson, well known in this county as the promoter of the Anna May Oil Company, is general manager of the Rogers Electric Company at Miles City which has started the manufacture there of a patented electric curling iron. The iron is something out of the ordinary, being insulated so that after it warms up it will maintain an even temperature no matter how long it burns. The company has orders on its books for 4,000 irons, one order from a Butte jobber alone for five gross or 720...
Helena, Mont. – On Wednesday, April 27, the Montana Department of Livestock (MDOL) received confirmation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in a Pondera County flock. Montana now has eight flocks confirmed infected as part of a wave of HPAI infections in the United States linked to the seasonal migrations of wild birds. HPAI has also been detected in Judith Basin, Cascade, Toole, Glacier, Missoula, Fergus, and Gallatin Counties. “Montana continues to be in the crosshairs for HPAI infections from wild birds,” said Marty Zaluski, Monta...
The Broadus Golf team missed five tournaments due to cancellations in April, finally making a meet in Forsyth on Friday, April 22nd. Head Golf Coach Chad Gatlin told us that the weather was beautiful in Forsyth, and Broadus golfers were able to perform quite well, competing with a number of Class B and C schools. Broadus boys and girls teams won the Class C team scores, but had a tougher time competing against the B schools, especially Columbus, which is the defending Montana Class B Champs in both boys and girls. On the girls side, Aubree...
by Henry A. Malley Memorial Library Librarian Barb Mitchell What a Spring! I’m so glad to see the amounts of moisture, but I’m getting antsy to start planting my garden! We have some new arrivals in your library for your reading pleasure: “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine” by Gail Honeyman, “The Match” by Harlan Coben, “The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post” by Alison Pataki. “The Diamond Eye” by Kate Quinn, “Heartbreak Bay”, “Bitter Falls”, “Wolfhunter River” all by Rachel Caine. “The Maid” by Nita Prose, “The Magnolia Palace” by Fio...