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Auggie's Meat Processing, LLC is a newly opened meat processing facility, located 17 miles north of Broadus, just off Highway 59. We sat down with the proprietors of Auggie's earlier this week to discuss the new venture, which is now taking orders for butchering of cattle, sheep, hogs, goats, and bison. Justin Augare and his wife, LaKrisha, are no strangers to the meat processing business, as Justin worked for nine years in the butcher industry in Mott, ND, with six of those years spent owning...
By Kelda Page It is that time again for local community organizations that are making efforts to carry out existing projects or implementing new projects and activities, to submit a PRCEF grant application. Applications can be picked up at the Powder River County MSU Extension Office or go to our website at www.prscdc .com and download the application. The deadline to have applications submitted is May 1, 2022. Grants will be reviewed and scored by a committee of the School Community Development Council. If you have further questions...
By Tracie Earley Broadus Elementary will be holding the annual Kindergarten Roundup on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. Prospective students will be screened for Kindergarten Readiness with Paulie Isaak for Broadus Elementary or Deb Stieg for country schools. Also included with the screening is occupational and physical development with Kylie Randall and Rhonda Rosencranz, a hearing assessment with Audiologist Sue Roller, and a height and weight recording. Speech Pathologist Sarah Waarvik and Speech Aide Jessie Dussart will...
The National Weather Service will be holding a Severe Weather Spotter training course at the courthouse on Tuesday, May 10th. The two hour course Skywarn training course is free to attend and will cover subjects such as thunderstorm basics, identifying potential severe weather, storm structure, the damage caused by severe weather, as well as how to properly report information about severe weather. The course will take place from 6-8 pm at the DES Room (formerly the Assessors office) at the west end of the courthouse....
By FFA Advisor Clayton Scott Congratulations to the Broadus FFA members who competed at the Montana FFA CDE Days competition March 21 and 22 in Miles City, and the Montana FFA State Convention, held March 30th through April 2nd in Bozeman. Both events consisted of state-level competitions. Here are the results. At CDE Days, our Tractor Operation Team placed 6th, with Kaydin Trent placing as the 8th high individual. The team consisted of Alex Edwards, Aidan Kenelly, and Kaydin Trent. Our Horse...
By PR Extension Office Drum roll, please!! The Powder River Pals walked 4.85 million steps in the 8-week Steps for Charity Challenge to win the contest and raise $570 for the Ray Traub Medical fund. Christine Appleman, Kathy and Mike Bowers and Amber Hart averaged 142,000 steps each week or 20,538 steps each day! That's exhausting!! "Ray is a close friend to our team and has suffered from many illnesses and hospitalizations. Because of our desire to help him out, even in this small way, it will...
By Jessica Malone Spring is in the air which means we’re looking forward to Community Clean Up Day! The Chamber will once again be partnering with PRCDHS to get our kids and community working together to build a brighter and more beautiful Broadus! This program is weather dependent, so as we approach the weeks in question, the students will help us determine if clean up activities will take place on Monday, April 25th or Monday, May 2nd. We’re always in need of adult volunteers to help supervise students, so if you would like to par...
Theodore Richard (Ted) Smith, age 94, passed away and went to be with Lord on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at Holy Rosary Hospital in Miles City, Montana. Ted was born to Carl and Inez Kelsey Smith on October 7, 1927 in Miles City in the Darcy Hospital, the only hospital at that time. Ted was raised on his parent's ranch at Olive, Montana with his brother, Kenneth and younger sister, Cora. Their first home was a three-room log cabin with a hand water pump in the kitchen. Rattlesnakes, mice and rats...
Daniel L Hovermale passed away unexpectedly after arriving home from a simple surgery on March 18th, 2022. Dan was born December 20th, 1956 in San Pedro, CA. He grew up in Alaska, married Karen Sundby in 1978, and they had 34 adventure filled years together. They had three children: Eric, Clint, and Jeanie. Dan worked as a diesel and small aircraft mechanic, commercial fished, flew around Alaska in his T-Craft, hunted and fished, built houses and farmed on their homestead. He started a small...
By PR Manor Activities Director Brittani Aurand Many fun things happened at the Manor in the last month. We played multiple games from board games and Jeopardy, cornhole, played UNO, and the Price is Right, and of course we played BINGO every Friday. We tried a new activity; we took an armchair tour of Ireland and followed that with a party for St. Patrick’s Day. Although not huge fans of green beer we celebrated with green Italian Sodas, which were much enjoyed. We had a good turnout of residents while we made crafts and painted by number, cre...
April 7, 1922 Doane Discusses Irrigation Here At the regular monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Monday evening, H.K. Doane, a prominent civil engineer of Miles City, discussed irrigation as it might apply to the Powder River valley. His remarks were instructive as well as interesting. “The Powder River valley land is rich and fertile,” said Doane, “and with an adequate water supply would grow almost anything, but considering the remoteness from the railroad, irrigation here would be used to the best advantage in growing alfalfa for s...
By Tammy Vantine The Powder River County Weed District (PRCOWD) would like to share the following information. Chemical prices are going up again this year and availability of some products are becoming scarce. PRCOWD will be selling chemical at the wholesale price plus 10%. Payment will be due at the time of pick up. Chemical prices will be available soon. The Weed District has sprayers to loan out a week at a time. There are three 200-gallon sprayers and a UTV 75-gallon sprayer. No charge for the use of sprayers, we ask that you maintain the...
By PR Extension Office Seemingly unaffected by drought, bur buttercup is growing and blooming. This small yellow flowering annual is one of the earliest weeds to appear in the spring according to Powder River Extension Agent Mary Rumph. It is a winter annual that emerges, flowers and sets fruit when the temperatures climb into the 45-50 degree range. Plants only grow to be 2 or 3 inches tall. They often occur in dense mats which cover large areas of the ground. Each blossom usually has 5 bright yellow petals. The flowers are tiny, measuring les...
By MT Dept of Livestock On April 1, 2022, any brand that was not re-recorded during the 2021 Montana Livestock Brand Re-record event can be applied for. If you are planning to apply for or plan to hand deliver an application to Helena for a Montana Livestock Brand, here are a few things to keep in mind: 1. The Helena Brand Office hours are Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 2. We are located at 301 N. Roberts in Helena. 3. When visiting our office, please enter through the main doors located on the corner of N Roberts Street and E 6th Aven...
By Garrett Goggin The Broadus Wrestling Club would like to invite you to come and join us as we award some of the AAU wrestling talent. It will be held at the VFW on Thursday, April 21st at 5:30 PM. Spaghetti supper will be provided by Tracy Vail, and the guest speaker will be JR Vezain, former professional bareback rider. We will also have some handcrafted items for auction, plus a wrestler labor auction for the Emmons family....
Monday, March 21, 2022 Chairman Lee Randall called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioner’s office, Powder River County Courthouse. Commissioners Donna Giacometto and John Olson were present. The board read and approved meeting minutes from March 14, 2022 and March 17, 2022 to be published. The board reviewed and read the consent agenda. 9:00 a.m. - Fire Chief Raymond Ragsdale met with the board to present Fire Restrictions and Closure plan. This plan is reviewed every 5 years and is a coordination plan with surrounding c...
"Earl" Creator Will Be Celebrated April 9th in Great Falls Courtesy MT Cowboy Hall of Fame Wallace Kirk Badgett was born May of 1952. He grew up on the family ranch on Otter Creek, located in southwestern Powder River County, rich in old Western culture. Wally had a plethora of role models starting with his Granddad Shorty, who was long gone before he planted his own feet on the ground, but Wally heard plenty of stories about the old cowboy throughout the years. What impressed him most was t...
By The Agricultural Research Service On rangelands of the Western U.S., calving in late winter instead of spring maximizes calf growth (weight) by supplying high-quality forage when its most needed, according to a study by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS). There is high value in utilizing rangelands to lower the cost of beef production. Selecting the right calving time, when calves are born, is one factor ranchers can adjust to affect the efficiency of beef production. However, with...
By Lisa Lynch Junior High Music Students traveled to Colstrip on March 31 to attend Junior High Music Festival. The students had been preparing solos, and ensembles. The choir and band started the day with two songs a piece. They received positive comments from the adjudicators. After these performances, students then went on to play their other pieces. The judges for the day were Jim Firestone, Trey Croft, and Bart Bailey from Colstrip and Rohn Ratliff from Miles City. They gave the students...
