News
Cameron photos acquired
By Kay Braddock
Two seek school trustee position at May 5 election
Prairie County voters will have a choice between two candidates for this year’s school board election. Michael Sterchi is challenging incumbent Sherry Strasheim for the three-year-term position on the Terry School board. Voters will choose between the two at the May 5 election. Polls will be open between noon and 8 pm in the Terry High School lobby.
Changes to Buffalo Rapids board noted
The Buffalo Rapids Irrigation Project will be holding a May 5 election for a district one board member. Brian Whitmer, who currently holds the position, is running, along with Don Buxbaum. Both reside in district one of the BR Irrigation Project.
BR irrigation project district one landowners, which include those living in both Dawson and Prairie counties, will vote at the Milne Implement Company in Glendive between noon and 8 pm.
Lindsay meeting will discuss pipeline project
Search continues - Willing candidates, mapping errors plague filling soon-to- be-vacated commissioner seat
By Kay Braddock
The quest continues and although Prairie County Republican Central Committee Chairman Larry Keltner is remaining optimistic he readily admits finding willing candidates for the soon-to-be vacated commissioner seat has been a trying task.
Few attend annual economic meeting
About ten individuals attended the annual Prairie County Economic Development Council meeting Tuesday evening, where future plans for VISTA volunteers, the Cameron diary project and hiking trails were discussed.
Musical performances receive top rating
Ten of Terry High School’s musical entries, under the tutelage of music instructor JoDee Hess, achieved a superior mark for their performances at the District Festival. Superior is the highest ranking possible and is one that qualifies those entries to move into the state competition.
Area projects to be planned
Hiking trails and Cameron diaries will be among the topics discussed during Tuesday evening’s Prairie County Economic Development Council meeting.
Community, hospital staff gather to say goodbye to Reymans
By Kay Braddock
Listing a host of accomplishments made in the past five years at Prairie Community Hospital, out-going administrator Reed Reyman said he’s proud of the staff and the recent developments made at the facility.
Crash near Fallon kills North Dakotan
FALLON (AP) - A North Dakota man has died from injuries suffered in a weekend crash in Prairie County.
The Montana Highway Patrol says 51-year-old Charles Luedtke of the Bismarck-Mandan area of North Dakota was a passenger in a car that went off a gravel road four miles south of Fallon on Saturday. The patrol says the driver lost control of the car on a turn.
Neither Luedtke nor the driver, 49-year-old Daniel Beelmann, used a seat belt.