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Lauren Tuss, a senior at Malta High School, is the 2023 recipient of the Fred L. Robinson scholarship. The Scholarship has been given annually by the Robinson family to a Phillips county senior for over 50 years. The scholarship is in the amount of $10,000.00. Lauren is ranked second in her class while taking many advanced placement classes. She is a member of the National Honor Society, FCCLA, Pep club, band, choir, 4-H and has been class President all four years. She is also active in her...
The International St. Mary and Milk Rivers Study Board will be holding a public town hall meeting May 2. All are welcome to attend. The purpose of this meeting is to update the public on the study’s progress, work plan and timeline of studies into 2024, as well as to solicit public feedback on future engagement. Some members of the study’s Technical Working Groups will be in attendance, with the Study Board presenting information on various technical topics these groups have been working on. The Study Board is very interested in hearing the per...
Malta Kids Club is teaming up with Family Matters during their Facebook Live - Spring Style Show on Thursday, April 20th from 7:00-8:00 pm! Bid on your favorite items that have been donated by local businesses and vendors from the comfort of your own home. Malta Kids Club will share pictures of donated items/baskets starting Tuesday, April 18th, on our Facebook page. You will be able to comment your bid for an item up until 2:00 pm Thursday, April 20th. Then, at 7:00 pm the fun begins! Join Family Matters as they go Facebook Live with host...
1 yrs ago Apr. 10, 2013 ‘Macbeth Goes Hollywood’ at Malta High Shakespeare’s tragedy takes on a modern, confused, comical turn when his agent options his script to a Hollywood producer who wants a “few” changes to make the play more contemporary, according to director Anna LaBrie. Student actors include agent, Bayleigh Bruckner, producer Garrett Giblette; Shakespeare, Justin Paul; witness, Adrianna Bibeau, Courtney Henry, and Amanda Mummey; Macbeth Anthony Rappold; Stagehand Ashleigh Stiers; Banquo Palmer Giblette; Lady Macbeth Johanna N...
Spring has arrived and the Phillips County Museum opened its doors for the 2023 season. This week a special tribute is being given to the artist Clarence Cuts The Rope. Many households in Phillips County host one or more of his paintings. Cuts the Rope was born in Hays and attended St. Paul’s Mission School. He spent two years in an army airborne division as a paratrooper and then returned to Phillips County. He has several siblings. Clarence once said of his father “he would have been the real artist in the family if he had the time to dev...
Cmdr. Lacy N. Lodmell, turned command of USS Oregon (SSN 793) over to Cmdr. John H. Ross in a traditional change of command ceremony held Friday, April 14, pierside at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut. USS Oregon is a Virginia-class fast-attack submarine commissioned under Lodmell just less than a year ago, in May of 2022. Lodmell – a native of Malta, Montana, and 1997 graduate of Malta High School – took command in November of 2020. "It has been the absolute highlight of m...
During World War I and World War II, farmers were called on to grow crops essential to feeding our troops such as potatoes, corn, wheat and cattle feed. Each person was allotted a specific amount of food, gas, heating oil, shoes, etc., to be sure our troops had what they needed. As a result of this rationing, vegetables were harder to come by. To be sure their families had enough food to eat, people grew their own vegetables and called it their Victory Garden. It seems that things are again...
The Judith River Foundation, Inc, is doing business as the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum will hold its Annual Meeting on Monday, April 24th, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. at the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum building in Malta. All members and interested persons are invited to attend. Great Plains Dinosaur Museum would like to invite anyone interested in helping with any events or serving on our Board of Directors to connect with any board member to learn more - or simply come to the meeting on the 24th. The agenda includes a brief update on the past year...
FSB held an Indoor Easter Egg Hunt on April 7, in which children found eggs that contained anywhere from $1 to $10....
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set for Saco, with an in-person classroom course starting April 17 at the Saco Fire Hall, starting at 4:00 p.m. All hunter education classes are free of charge. In-person, instructor-led hunter education classroom courses are available to anyone age 10 and older and provide new hunters with a hands-on learning experience. In-person courses are led by volunteer instructors who are passionate about preserving Montana’s hunting tradition, teaching firearm safety, ethics, a...
Saco School hosted the local science fair on March 23rd. All 6th - 8th graders presented their projects, and seven students advanced to the state science fair competition in Missoula against many other schools. From there, five students walked away with gold ribbons, and two took home silver ribbons. All of these students, and their respective families, have put in many hours of work towards these science fair projects. We appreciate our local science fair judges for their time: Roberta...
1 yrs ago Apr. 10, 2013 The Montana Department of Transportation shared plans to repave 11 miles of highway just north of the Missouri River and south into Fergus County. The purpose of the project is to extend the life of the existing surface while preserving and maintaining the existing highway. Ranchers with the problem of buffalo wandering off the reservation are in court battles following damage by the bison. The matter before the court would address having a hunting season for controlling the bison who wander off the reservation onto pri...
The big white barn, formerly known as the McCormick Machinery Building is over 100 years old. It was owned by the Malta Mercantile. A man named Paul is working on it. Once it was a red barn. Once it was a livery stable and wool was stored in it and machinery was stored in it too. Now the old barn wood is being used in houses in Bozeman, MT. -David V...
Marijuana is legal in Montana for recreational and medical use. 4/20 Day celebrations promote a large and growing business. It has become another opportunity for cannabis companies to promote the industry and its products. In many ways, it is similar to alcohol companies using the Super Bowl or St. Patrick's Day. At one time, 4/20 Day was a counterculture protest. Marijuana legalization undercut this as the business grows, sells, and markets marijuana. Like any other product, it will always...
Phillips County Farm Bureau would like to announce the 2023 Ag in Color winners from Phillips County which includes three state winners! Congratulations to all the students for drawing such great pictures! We loved seeing every one of them. A special thank you to the teachers who participated. We know it takes a little extra time to do these contests. The state winners were treated to a pizza party for their classroom and some fun Farm Bureau gifts and all the local winners each received a gift...
Members of Malta Dirt Daubers Garden Club recently added five birdhouses to the Malta Bird Sanctuary located along the Trafton Trail behind the HG Robinson House, PC Museum and GPDM. The barn style wooden houses were made and donated by Clair Waters to attract and house smaller birds along the trail. It is reported that the upper trail is soft in some areas but clear for spring walking and mornings are a great time to catch geese on the Milk River. If you go - it's suggested you park along US...
American Prairie is pleased to announce the purchase of a wildlife and waterfowl rich property, located on the eastern border of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Phillips County. The 4,960-acre property comprises 3,075 deeded acres and 1,885 leased acres located south of Dodson, MT. Approximately 1,847 of the deeded acres are under a Conservation Easement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) with the intention of protecting and promoting waterfowl habitat. In addition to Fort...
Damien Austin & Dixie Stordahl, board members of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum just returned from visiting the Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami where Cary Woodruff, former Paleontologist of GPDM, has taken a position as the first Curator of Paleontology at The Frost. The facility has beautiful replicas but no real fossils. The prep lab under Woodruff has not been completed yet, but it will be top-notch, with the ability to prep fossils from wherever. And the fossil from...
The Mustang Foundation Scholarship deadline is fast approaching. The scholarship applications are due by April 14, 2023. You can leave them at Malta High School, The First State Bank, or mail them to us at Box 757. The Landusky Scholarships are now available to descendants of anyone that went to school in Landusky but alumni will get first preference on the scholarships. Vo-Tech $500.00, Landusky $1500.00, $750.00, Zortman Mining $500.00, Malta Alumni $500.00, Rose Dyrdahl $2000.00, $1500.00, $1000.00, $750.00, $500.00 , Norman Dyrdahl...
Music has been part of our country for many years and music here in Phillips County is no exception. From the days of gathering in the living room in the evenings to making our way to the country dances across the hills and plains, we have been fortunate to have experienced what some can only dream of. Local residents, Lorraine Watson and Elaine Enerson would like to preserve the memories of musicians in a booklet. Lorraine Watson is working on it as her part of the Watson Family, while Elaine is doing it in memory of her brother, Benny Milks....
Montana lawmakers are laying the groundwork for more permanent solutions to Montana’s suicide epidemic and other mental health challenges with a constitutional proposal to create a mental health trust. Senate Bill 563 would propose a constitutional amendment to the voters of Montana to amend Article XII of the Montana Constitution. SB 563 requires 100 total votes in the Legislature to advance to the November 2024 general election ballot as a constitutional referendum and the proposed amendment would need support from a majority of Montana v...
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the following persons were arraigned or appeared this week before U.S. Magistrate judges on indictments handed down by the Grand Jury or on criminal complaints. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty: Appearing in Missoula before U.S. Magistrate Judge Kathleen L. DeSoto for an initial appearance on a criminal complaint on March 31 was: Kellen Kantrell Norman, 19, of Polson, on charges of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug t...
1 yrs ago Apr. 3, 2013 Members of the community gathered and carried a large wooden cross to the Kirkwood Chapel in observance of Easter observance. The Ministerial Association held a Good Friday service later. Buffalo from Ft. Belknap wandered approximately 30 miles east onto the property of Larry Smith and Richard Gilmore. The sheriff’s office estimated 150 buffalo; the Ft. Belknap Fish, Wildlife, and Parks agency assured the landowners the buffalo were insured, and all property damages would be taken care of. Joyce Wright entered the H...
The Malta High School has announced that Jared Eggebrecht has been named the valedictorian and Lauren Tuss as salutatorian for the class of 2023. Jared Ross Eggebrecht is the son of Brian and Vicki Eggebrecht. He has attended Malta High School all four years. During those years, he played basketball for four years, and football for two years. He was in band for four years and Key Club for four years. Jared was also part of the St. Mary's youth group. His interests include playing and watching...
