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The Hawk football team suffered a tough loss last Friday evening as they fell to the Park City Panthers in a close game at home in Broadus. Not only was the loss of the game important for the Hawks, a head injury suffered by Hawk Quarterback Cooper Zimmer in the 4th quarter sent hearts racing as Zimmer was brought off the sidelines on a backboard, having collapsed after leaving the field. Zimmer was transported out by ambulance, casting a somber mood onto the crowd as the ambulance slowly...
The Broadus Lady Hawk Cross Country team ran at the Custer County Invitational last Saturday. The race was held at the Miles City Town and Country Club, a location which Broadus XC Coach Ashley Emmons noted led to nice times for the runners, especially due to the flat nature of the golf course in Miles City. Sophomore Rebekah Rasmussen led the Lady Hawks with a 25:02. Sophomore Alix Heacock, running in her first XC race ran a 28:13, and Freshman Gracey Bradley ran a 28:52 in her first varsity race. Seniors Rheanna Schroeder ran a 29:14, and...
HELENA – Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus was detected in wild birds and domestic poultry in Montana earlier this year. While HPAI cases in wild birds did appear to decline over the summer, there are detections of new cases in parts of the U.S., including Montana this fall. HPAI viruses are extremely infectious and fatal to poultry and some species of wild birds. Some scientists have been concerned that the U.S. would see a resurgence of the virus during the fall migration. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is monitoring the s...
October 6, 1922 Peerless Starts Delivery of Coal The Peerless coal mine, on Sand Creek five miles west of Broadus, will probably be the sole distributing point this year for coal to Broadus and adjacent communities. The Coyote mine operated last year by Jim Taylor, has caved in and would entail too much labor to get it in workable condition. The Benefield and Cain mines are not in operation this year to any great extent. At the Peerless mine, operated by James L. Curran and Joe Marengo, has been installed a new set of scales that will register...
Thursday, August 25, 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. Minutes were approved and ordered published from meetings July 29, August 1, August 8, August 15, August 18 and August 22, 2022. The board left the office and toured the Cemetery Road project. Commissioners reviewed and continued discussion on budgets. Paige Powell, Director of Nursing at the Manor, met with the board. Discussion was h...
By PR Extension Office "In a year like this, with abundant grass lasting into the fall, livestock should be satisfied," commented MSU Powder River Extension Agent Mary Rumph. "Unless, of course, the standing grass is ventenata, an unpalatable invasive annual grass that is present in some areas of Powder River County." "Ventenata is one of those invasive grassy weeds that we may have and not know it yet," she said. "It is easily camouflaged, especially this year, by desirable grasses. One i...
The Lady Hawk volleyball team had a long week of matches last week, as they played at St. Labre on Tuesday, at home against Jordan in a five game match on Thursday, and traveled to Ekalaka for a tournament on Saturday. Broadus won every match, improving to 18-0 on the season, with Zeason Schaffer breaking a school record in the process. The team only had two full practices, one on Monday and another Wednesday, as well as one shorter practice on Friday to prepare for the matches, but were able to...
By Darlynn Williams, PR County Public Health Nurse Fall is here and historically, this is a time when infectious diseases rise in our area. Powder River Medical Clinic and Powder River Public Health have teamed up to answer the most frequently asked questions concerning Covid-19 and Influenza. “We are fortunate that cases of Covid-19 have declined since July but we typically see a rise all infectious diseases happen in October, so we would like to provide good information and treatment and prevention options to everyone ahead of time.” said...
Submitted by Broadus FFA Advisor Faith Dyrud On Monday the 26th, the Broadus FFA chapter traveled to Glendive to participate in district Livestock Judging and Range. The top team qualifiers will participate at the state competition next spring. For Livestock Judging, eleven chapter members participated. The participants were Rheanna Schroeder, April Wood, Mia Mader, Alivia Landa, Peyton Simmons, Maggie Mader, Darren VerWolf, Kayleigh Opstedahl, Kensi Emmons, Gracie Gali, and Addison Draine. R...
The weather in September was hot, with temperatures trending 5 degrees above normal for the month in Broadus. Record daily highs were recorded on three days, from the 7th through the 9th, with highs of 106, 105, and 101 on successive days. The 67.4 degree monthly mean temperature was also a record in Broadus; the previous record came in 2015, with an average temperature of 66.9. Broadus received 1.20” of rain in September, close to the normal monthly precip of 1.23”, with records going back to 1920. Rain showers were distributed throughout the...
