Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Whitehall High School was recently recognized by a prestigious national publication as one of the best high schools in Montana, as well as earning a Bronze medal in national rankings. The school was one of the 16 percent of schools nation wide and 30 in Montana that received the Bronze medal recognition from U.S. News & World Report. “We were pleased to be recognized as a nationally competitive high school and one of the best high schools in Montana,” said Principal Hannah Nieskens. “A lot of effort goes in to creating a school culture of ac...
With waters rising locally, area residents have several ways to obtain information regarding a possible flooding event. According to Jefferson County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Doug Dodge, the information can be obtained through the County's Facebook pages (search for Jefferson County, Montana), or by listening to the County's low-power FM radio stations: In Montana City at 105.9 FM; in Clancy/Jefferson City at 100.3 FM; in Boulder at 105.9 FM; in Basin at 98.3 FM; in Elk Park...
Last Friday was a special day for area resident Bethel Wagner. After a year of hard work to become an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, she was officially able to open for business and was on hand to share more information about her services at the annual Jefferson River Rally and Health and Safety Fair. Wagner will be providing one on one coaching sessions and will also work with groups of two to three. A little over a year ago, she was looking for a home based business and with a strong interest in promoting a healthy lifestyle, Wagner...
Jefferson Fresh Foods and the Whitehall after school program joined forces last week to help create special Mother's Day gifts. Students made the short walk to the grocery store Thursday afternoon to decorate Mother's Day cakes. The idea came from Chad Collins, Bruce Collins, and Rhiannon Ross who wanted to do something special at the store for Mother's Day. Ross contacted the schools and set up the event for around 15 first to fifth grade students. The students each were given a frosted five-inch cake to decorate. Ross said she would then...
Near the end of my eighth grade year I was able to sign up for freshman year classes that included my first foreign language credit. Like a lot of eighth graders, I was a genius in my own mind and thought the best fit would be to take German. I still have no idea what I was thinking. Unless I planned on living in Germany this made absolutely no sense. If I remember correctly, most of my friends were going to take German and that is why I signed up. I would take German throughout high school and a semester and a half in college. I sounded...
Judi Hedegaard born in Livingston, Montana on August 26, 1940, passed away on May 9, 2018 at St. James Hospital in Butte Montana. Judi was the daughter of Karl Roy Mahlum and Jennie Bredwick Mahlum of Big Timber, Montana. Judi attended the Bridge School and Sweet Grass County High School in the Big Timber area where she grew up. Her young years included working on the family ranch, feeding the cattle and sheep, but the horses were her first love. Peewee and Star were her favorites, and she would often be seen riding tricks on them. Judy was a...
Earlier this school year, seventh grade students in Whitehall helped to come up with a permanent name for a new fishing access and paddler's campsite on the Jefferson River near Waterloo. The students picked the name "Lost Tomahawk" and last Friday were not only able to visit the location, were also able to learn more about Lewis and Clark at the Owl River Camp located on Mayflower Road. Seventh grade teacher Lauren McDonald said the students had a project this school year where they made their...
There were many strong individual performances for the Whitehall High School track team at last week's 5B District Meet in Belgrade. "I thought overall we did well at districts. We qualified a lot of athletes that will be moving onto the divisional meet," head coach Dan Lacey said. As a team, the Trojans finished fifth with 80 points, two behind fourth-place Boulder. Manhattan won the team title with 124 points. Lacey said junior Cade Briggs had a great day winning the long jump, placing second...
