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The Malta Speech and Drama Team is preparing for the Class B/C Divisional Meet in Choteau on Saturday, January 22. The team last competed on January 8, at the Shelby Invitational. Izzy Hallenberg got 2nd place in the Dramatic Oral Interpretation category, and Emily Rettinger got 3rd place in the Humorous Oral Interpretation category. The team was supposed to compete on January 15, at the Power/Simms Invitational, but the meet was canceled due to a rash of various illnesses at the host school. Coach Anna LaBrie said, “It would have been nice t...
During the last School Board meeting, the board approved the purchase of two new lifts for the Malta High School. The old lifts that the school has now are beyond repair. There are no parts available. Because these lifts are used for cleaning purposes high up in the gym and auditorium, ESSER or Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund money can be used. It was asked how much of the ESSER money was still available. Jane Knudsen said that they are not touching the ESSER III money. That is earmarked for the new HVAC system for the...
The Bureau of Reclamation today announced the first round of funding for the Milk River Project, which U.S. Senator Jon Tester secured up to $100 million for in his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, now law. “I’m proud to announce the first round of funding for the Milk River Project from our infrastructure bill is now on its way to the communities that have needed this critical irrigation upgrade for decades,” said Tester. “With these dollars finally flowing to the farms, towns, and Tribes in Northern Montana that need th...
1 years ago- Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Mortenson 2nd in state VFW contest Riley Mortenson won the VFW Post 4067 local Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest and placed second at the state level. She won with her essay on the topic “Does Patriotism Still Matter?” and will receive a plaque and a cash award. In the event the first-place winner is unable to proceed to the national level, Mortenson will move on to the national level. She is the daughter of Paul and Rachel Mortenson of Malta. The Patriot’s Pen program, sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign...
The following Malta High School students have made the Honor Roll for the second quarter of the 2021-22 school year. Seniors: Kaylee Bishop, Connor Clausen, Jade Darrington, Eion Estill, Shawn Gilkerson, Isaac Helms, Kaden LaBrie, Justine Lamb, Skylie Lefdahl, Dallan Messerly, Ashlynn Morser, Cash Salsbery, Taylor Score, Connor Tuss, Zachary Ulrich, Brynn Varady. Juniors: Addy Anderson, Madyson Bain, Kaden Bishop, Jared Eggebrecht, Spencer Gibbs, Rylee Hines, Tye Jones, Kennedy Koss, Camryn Mears, Kirsta Meisdalen, Jonathan Siewing, Seth...
For many agriculture producers an increase in fertilize cost after a year of drought, the fourth largest in the state’s history is like rubbing “salt in a wound”. Many outlets are reporting the travesty. Lane Norland of Montana Ag Network (December 27, 2021 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpvv3UmBpCE) reported the following price increases compared to 2020: -Ammonia - 210% - Liquid Nitrogen - 159% - Urea - 155% -Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) - 125% - Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) - 100%...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 game wardens are seeking any information regarding a bull elk that was shot and left to waste near Warrick, approximately 50 miles south of Chinook. On January 1, game warden Haden Hussey received a call concerning a dead elk on the Biebinger Ranch located four miles west of the Lloyd Rd and Warrick Rd intersection. Upon further investigation, Warden Hussey found a trophy five-point bull elk that had been shot and killed with a high-powered rifle. The...
The longstanding tradition to gather every other year for Christmas brought over 60 family members from across Montana and the Pacific Northwest to Malta this past Christmas. Children of Jack E (Jr.) & Rita Lang held a special gathering throughout the holiday and a treasure trove of memorabilia including uniforms from World War I and II, Eagle Scout badges and souvenir photos and military treasures were explored and modeled by grandchildren of all ages. Jack E Lang served in WWII and as a...
A group of about 50 of our local veterans and their families enjoyed a wonderful dinner and good company at the eleventh annual Military Dinner at the VFW Club on Saturday, January 8. As the guests showed up, they put their names in for some door prizes that were donated by many of the local businesses, and throughout the night, tickets were sold for a 50/50 drawing. Prime rib and beef ribs were the main courses with a salad, mashed potatoes, and corn as sides. If you still had room after all...
It was a quiet and quick City Council meeting on December 28, 2021, as Councilman Sintler and Mayor Demarais could not make it in for the last meeting of the year. Councilperson Bonnie Wiederrick called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. The only new business at the meeting was to have Malta City Clerk Lorie Bond administer the oath of office to Ward 1 Councilperson Elect David Rummel and Ward 2 Councilperson Elect Bonnie Wiederrick. In the department reports, Clerk Bond informed the council that City Custodian Lesa Williamson reported that her...
On Thursday, December 23, 2021, at approximately 0630 hours, Phillips County Dispatch was notified by US Border Patrol that a breach of the border at the Port of Morgan had occurred and they were requesting assistance from the Phillips County Sheriff's Office. Deputy Taylor Matthews and Sheriff Jerry Lytle responded to the incident. USBP Agent Branham, the Malta Border Patrol Station Agent in Charge (PAIC), was also responding and made contact with the suspect vehicle near the intersection of...
Last week, Colleges around the state have started releasing their Dean's Lists for the Fall 2021 semester. A few students from the Phillips County area have been named. If any local student info was missed, please send the info to [email protected]. The following are students that have been named from the University of Montana, Montana Tech, Rocky Mountain College, and The University of Jamestown in N.D. UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA To qualify, students must be undergraduates, earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher and receive grades of A or B in a...
Local P.E.O. organization, Chapter AK recently awarded Class of 2021 Malta High School graduate Sidney Meeks with the Eaton-Hendrickson Scholarship in the amount of $700. Meeks is attending Montana Tech's nursing program. Meeks is the daughter of Scott and Lori Meeks of Malta. P.E.O. is a philanthropic organization where women CELEBRATE the advancement of women, EDUCATE women through scholarships, awards, grants and loans and MOTIVATE women to achieve their highest aspirations. The local P.E.O....
1 years ago- Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Speech team third at Fergus meet The Malta Speech and Drama Team competed at the Fergus High meet in Lewistown last Saturday, placing third in the Class B speech competition. The team brought home three individual firsts as D’Andre Haag placed first in Humorous Oral Interpretation; Skye McGinty was first in Expository and Garrett Giblette was first in Memorized Public Address. Justin Paul placed second in Original Oratory. Kim Perry was fourth in Serious Oral Interpretation; Landon Score was seventh in...
A good set of speakers lined up for the Annual Jim Schumacher Memorial Livestock day January 27, 2022 at the Great Northern Hotel. Below is a short description of the topic and speaker. 10 am: United Property Owners will discuss their suite against Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks regarding their bison EIS. 11 am: CHS nutrition consultant for our area Baily Hagedorn will be here to discuss feeding the cow during the last 1/3 of pregnancy and preparing for calving. With producers forced to feed...
The Independence Bank Scholarship application deadline is quickly approaching. Applications for the scholarship must be received in the MSU-Northern Financial Aid Office by February 4th, 2022. The Independence Bank Scholarship is open to incoming freshman students planning to attend MSU-Northern. To be eligible, students must graduate from a high school in Hill, Blaine, Phillips, Valley, Roosevelt, Daniels, Sheridan, Liberty, Chouteau, Pondera, or Toole counties. Seven $1000 scholarships will...
Out of all of the stories posted on the Phillips County News website in 2021, 10 of them far and away had more reads than the rest. Using the analytics from the PCN website -phillipscountynews.com - the following stories were the top 10 read stories, in order, in the last 365 days. Thank you readers and advertisers and here is to making 2022 another great news year at your award-winning community newspaper. Some of the stories have been cut down for space. The full story can be found online at...
Nellie Salveson was the winner of the PCN Coloring Contest. The contest was a part of the 2021 Malta Chamber & Malta Merchants Christmas Coloring Book handed out to children around Phillips County last December. Nellie was awarded a $25 gift certificate at Spare Change. Photo by Pierre Bibbs....
Sympathy to all homeless people in this cold season of winter. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022 TO ALL!! Thanks to all who sent or gave me cards and gifts, also thank you to anyone who has helped me in any way in the past, especially in 2021. Best of luck to all. Happy Birthday to all January birthdays, especially Patty Young. On December 23, 2021, Jean Green had a party for four visiting grandchildren, (Serena Venable’s) children. They also celebrated Sommer Green’s Birthday which came on Dec 31st. Hap...
Happy new year to everyone! Can you believe it? 2022! Let’s go! Make the year one of the best. Good luck to the Bobcats from Montana State University in the championship game this weekend! Everyone knows I don’t really follow collegiate football, but this is exciting! A Montana team is in the championship! The temperatures were really in the basement all week. But we did not have much wind. Sunday the temperature rose to about 30 above but the wind was howling! Living in eastern Montana for my...
Bruce and Lyn Hill drove to Great Falls for Christmas, to see their daughter, Wendy, and family, their foster son Mike, his wife, and two children. Theresa Haynes Taylor, Lexie, and Grandma Pat Murdock had a great Christmas Day dinner with Nancy and J.W. Murdock. Kate, Gordon, Calum, and Chloe Webb drove Theresa to Saco to see her dad. Ron Haynes and the Walter Ozark family, Debbie and Brent Anderson had many guests over the holidays, despite several families having to stay home because of illness. The two Anderson sons Jett and Jace live...
My son Bill came and got me and I spent Christmas in Havre at his house, and since a big snowstorm moved in on Sunday and we were not able to come home till Monday this is a sort of combination of the two weeks. Attending Church services on Christmas Eve I took a fall between pews at the church but am fine thanks to some very nice people who helped me. The community was saddened with the death of life long resident of Dodson, Niel Cole, so soon after his beloved wife' Laura’s death. Condolences are sent to all his family and his many f...
The final two card games of the year were played last week. The results are as follows, for the week of December 28, 2021, high went to Barb Stevens with 6550 points. Taking second place with a score of 5820 was Penny Mackey. The traveling prize went to Penny Mackey. On December 30, 2021, high went to Ron Lundman with 5980 points, coming in second place was Nina Jones with 5870 (that was a close one!), and we had a tie for the traveling prize with Jeanette Heinle and Ron Lundman taking the honors. See you all next year!!...
FYI: If you are planning on using Trafton Park shelters for an event in the future, please contact the Malta City Office, 654-1251, to reserve the shelters, get the key and pay for the electricity. The Phillips Co Sheriff’s Office will no longer be handling this. Thank you. All fingerprints that are needed for CWPs, schools, licensing or anything else are done from 9am to NOON every Wednesday. Concealed Weapon Permits: New and renewal applications for Concealed Weapon Permits may be picked up at the Sheriff’s Office anytime. Once approved, you...
