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The Phillips County Museum received a grant from the Montana Land Title Association Foundation for $1,000. The MLTAF was formed in 1995 and was organized for charitable and educational purposes and to support Montana nonprofit charitable organizations such as local museums with historical preservation. Taylor said, "We don't know who recommended the museum or filled out the application, but it was a wonderful surprise."...
Three Phillips County municipalities held elections on Tuesday, November 2. The town of Dodson had the busiest ballot in the county, with the mayor’s spot to be filled and two council member spots open. A total of 67 ballots were issued to active registered voters with 41, or 61.1% of those ballots returned. At the end of May this year, then-mayor, Terri Cole resigned. A nomination was made, seconded, then passed by a 3-1 vote to make Angel Arocha the Mayor of Dodson for the remainder of the term. Arocha was on the ballot this time, running a...
The City of Malta kicked off the holiday season with its Oktoberfest celebration downtown on Thursday, October 28. Fun was had by all at the Stockman Terrace with a soup cook-off, scarecrow decorating contest, and trivia by Blue Ridge Brewery. In the soup competition, Hi-Line Retirement Center won first place, with Jasmine Crasco and Katie Smith coming in second. Other soups were made by Becky and Amy Bruce, Karey Bishop, Bri Shores, and Suzanna Stenberg. In the scarecrow decorating contest, the Hi-Line Retirement Center came away with the win...
1 years ago- Wednesday, November 9, 2011 City okays 4-hour parking signs at Little White Church Malta city officials hope to solve a parking problem in front of the Little White Church by installing signs limiting parking along the street in front of the church to four hours on Saturdays and Sundays. The city council agreed Tuesday night to give the signs a try, approving a motion by councilman Dave Rummel. Pastor Kent Gordon termed it an issue of “human decency and kindness…” noting that the church has several people between 90-95 years...
After many, many years. And many, many hours of hard work and careful restoration, the Malta-Zortman Stagecoach is back home. At a ceremony at the Modes of Transportation Museum on Thursday, October 28, the stagecoach was unveiled. Jane Ereaux, a spokesperson for the museum, and one of the driving forces behind getting the stagecoach done welcomed everyone to the museum. Mayor John Demarais welcomed everyone to Malta and thanked everyone for coming out to the event. The mayor was dressed in...
Phillips County Sheriff's Department held a seminar on cyberbullying at the Malta High School auditorium on Thursday, October 28th. Sheriff's Deputies Taylor Matthews and Faith Robinson, along with Tina Mord, a juvenile probation officer for Blaine, Phillips, and Valley Counties, held two presentations. One with the high schoolers, the other with the middle schoolers. The presenters kept the students engaged, informing them on the many different types of cyberbullying that can occur and gave...
During the public comment part of the meeting held on Tuesday, October 26, Willy Hammar, along with his wife Joyce, talked to the council about recent building permits and what rules are being followed. “My concern is how we are going about our building permits,” said Hammar. “About 15-16 years ago, we had some issues happening on 7th Avenue West. So we got together with a lot of people from the community and worked with the planning board. We came up with some rules that we thought would help and not pick on people at the time. Recen...
1 years ago- Wednesday, November 2, 2011 Council takes on trails proposal The Malta City Council meeting started out sedately as the members worked their way through routine departmental reports and moved on to new business. The Council then moved on to the issue of the proposed Malta Trails route circumnavigating the City limits – which became a little acrimonious and lengthy – as proponents of the trail implied the City was apparently blocking the development by citing insurance and easement control concerns. Laura Pankratz displayed a map...
The Malta students put on their orange and held the first-ever Relay for Unity around the track on Wednesday, October 20. The students wore orange to show unity for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion, and to send a visible message that no child should ever experience bullying. Each of the 13 elementary classes made a poster that was displayed on hurdles around the track. The posters represented what Unity Day meant to them. Each of the classes took turns walking/running around the track at...
The city of Malta kicks off the holiday season this Thursday, October 28, with the fourth annual Oktoberfest. Malta’s banks and participating businesses will be open on Thursday till 8 p.m. The Christmas scrip program is available at all three local banks; The First State Bank of Malta, Bank of Malta, and Independence Bank. The scrip program offers up to $1,000 in loans that are paid back in 10 monthly installments. This year, individuals can get scrip from October 28 through December 24. Last year, Phillips County residents invested $... Full story
Willy and Joyce Hammar took the top honors in the 2021 Mixed Couples division of the Walleyes Unlimited Fort Peck Series. "It is quite an honor to have a couple with this kind of an accomplishment from our local chapter," said Chapter President Jay Boardman. "Congratulations Willy and Joyce." The Fort Peck Series consists of three tournaments. Rock Creek, held in early June, The Montana Governor's Cup, held in early July, and Hell Creek, held in late July. The Malta anglers started the season...
The St. Mary/Milk River irrigation project struck out on another federal funding opportunity. The America Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding that came from the Federal government to the state of Montana was made available through application for infrastructure project including water and sewer projects across the state. However, the Treasury Department did not include funding for dams or reservoirs in the spending guidelines for the state. “We asked our congressional delegation to contact the T...
1 years ago- Wednesday, October 26, 2011 The message: Don’t close our post office The sentiment was clear and predictable. Residents of Loring and Whitewater don’t want to see their rural post offices close. “Why are we going backward,” said one resident, who pointed out the “our ancestors” worked and fought to get mail service so they wouldn’t be so isolated. The Loring and Whitewater post offices are among 83 in Montana the US Postal Service is proposing to close in a cost-cutting measure. Public meetings were held Tuesday in both communit...
The Phillips County cross country teams assembled one last time in Missoula at the University of Montana Golf Course for the 2021 State Cross Country Meet on Saturday, October 23. For the girl's Class C race, the Whitewater foursome arrived in Missoula on Friday, ready for their walk-throughs at 4 p.m. "The girls were nervous to see what kind of course we were in for," said Head Coach Carly Hammond. "We had heard all week that there was a giant hill in the course. Once we ran the course and saw...
Malta Fire Chief, Josh Newman, visited the Malta City Council at their regular meeting on Tuesday, October 12, to update them on equipment needed. Newman first informed the council that the overall fire call numbers are down for the year at this time. “I was really worried with the weather conditions that we had this past summer,” said Newman. “But everyone was really conscious of the conditions and were extra careful.” He went on to say that the two bigger fires that they did have brought up a couple of things that the department might w...
Allen Williamson, son of Shey and Lesa Williamson, and 2016 Malta graduate has returned home to apply his college degree. After Malta, Williamson went to Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT, where he played football for five years, and majored in exercise science. He graduated this past spring and is now working at Studio Stiles. "We are running different promotional classes every month out of the studio. This week, we are starting a Youth Boot Camp for 8th through 12th-grade students that...
The Malta School Board Meeting that was held on Wednesday, October 13, was standing room only with many visitors that night. The board was visited by two middle school girls that made a proposal for a Middle School Rodeo Team. The girls had a very well, thought-out proposal, pointing out the advantages and positives of rodeo. Such as how rodeo teaches how our ancestors lived back in the frontier days of the old west. It can teach perseverance and determination. How to learn from falling and always getting back up. They said it can also teach...
1 years ago- Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Junky yards are a topic on the next city council agenda The topic of junky yards will be an agenda item on the next Malta City Council agenda. Mayor Shyla Jones requested the agenda item, after a discussion that occurred during the public comment portion of the last city council. Dennis Kuether of Great Falls thanked the city for beginning action to force the clean-up of a neighbor’s property in Malta. He and his wife own her parents’ home in Malta. Earlier in the meeting, Public Works Director John Dem...
The Phillips County Cross Country teams had one last tune-up at the Harlem Invitational Meet at the Harlem Golf Course on Friday, October 15. "This course is all grass and completely flat," said Whitewater Head Coach Carly Hammond. "I love getting meets that include challenging hills, but this course was a great confidence booster before heading to state." "We hadn't been able to run at Harlem in two years, so it was great to attend the meet this year," said Malta Head Coach Thea Solberg. "The...
A recent spike in Covid-19 cases brings community awareness back to the forefront. Just two short months ago, on Monday, August 16, the Phillips County Health Department was reporting zero active cases. On Monday, September 13, that number was 11, and now, as of Thursday, October 7, it's at 42 active cases. In those two months, Phillips County has had 119 new cases, 10 hospitalizations, and 3 additional deaths. These numbers are not huge when you compare them to some of the higher populated...
1 years ago- Wednesday, October 12, 2011 He’s back, 23 years later, walking for hospice Twenty-three years ago, Colin Skinner remembers it was cold and snowing hard when he walked into Malta sometime during November in 1988. “The weather’s slightly better now,” he said last Thursday, as he made a return visit to Malta. Twenty-three years ago, someone let him sleep overnight at the Phillips County News. Last Wednesday night, he spent the evening in the Malta Lutheran Church. Skinner, whose home is in the community of Deal, located near the fam...
The Marian Hills Golf Course was the place to be on Saturday, October 9, for many area high school cross country teams, as Malta played host for the Malta Invitational. A total of 85 runners from 14 teams took to the course for one of their final tune-ups before the state meet on Saturday, October 23. Many of the coaches commented that the Malta course is always a challenging one. "I love the Malta course," said Whitewater Coach Carly Hammond. "It has all the components of a challenging and fun...
The 2nd annual Andrew Flansaas Memorial Run for Suicide Awareness and Prevention was held in Loring on Saturday, October 2, at 10:00 a.m. This year's event had 22 runners, almost doubling last year's total, had a 10k run and a 5k run/walk. Event organizer, Carmen Norville, said, "We had a really nice day for the run. It wasn't too windy." The event had prizes given out for 1st and 2nd place in each of the runs, as well as a prize for the 1st place kid in the 5k. Ava Handley took first place in...
There will be only two names on the ballot for this year's Municipal General Election on November 2, 2021. The seat for Ward 1, the west side of Malta, will be contested by incumbent David Rummel and challenger Steen McFadden. Mayor John Demarais and the incumbent for Ward 2, Bonnie Wiederrick, are running uncontested. The two candidates for Ward 1 were asked the same five questions. Below are their answers. David Rummel (incumbent) 1. What is your motivation to run for office? As a...
During the last city council meeting on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, Public Works Director Jim Truelove said, “The crew is currently blowing out the sprinkler lines in the parks. That should be done this week. We will then start on trimming the trees and sweeping up some of the leaves that have already fallen.” PWD Truelove asked the council if it was ok to close the bathrooms at Riverview Park and State Park. The other parks will remain open for now. Truelove went on to say that the painters out at the old armory have been doing a great job...
