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The December 8th city council meeting was the last city council meeting of the year 2025, and the last council meeting Shannon Sattleen and Lane Schmitt will attend as council members. Their work and dedication did not go unnoticed. If you see them about town, please share your appreciation for their service to the community. December was the expiration of term for both council members. As you will recall, 2025 was an election year. However, residents who applied for mayor and city council seats ran unopposed, meaning no other resident of the...
Roy Case generously donated his time and shop-class supplies to help sixth grade students learn how to build log cabin–style birdhouses. Over the course of several weeks, students worked hands-on to construct and complete their projects, learning basic woodworking skills along the way. Once finished, each student was able to take their birdhouse home. Case said he wanted to give back to the community by working with youth and teaching them a practical craft they could be proud of. The class i...
Harlem Food Bank Harlem is looking for someone to manage the Food Bank. Call Jack Siemens at 406-945-1127. Senior Center Chinook Senior Center is in need of community volunteers who are willing to become a part of our wonderful team of people who help in our kitchen and dining room, perhaps one day a week, for a few hours. Please call us @ 357-2648 or stop in and see Ginger for more information. Blaine County Library Monday: Home School Hour 1:00-2:00, Middle School Meet-up 3:45-4:45(Grades 6-8). Tuesday: Story Time 10:30-11:00, Kidz Zone...
Gertrude Pearl Reed, age 89, passed away in her sleep at her home in Havre, Montana on December 1, 2025. She was born July 1, 1936 in Chinook to Raymond and Mary (Streeter) Russell. She grew up in Chinook but later moved to Havre where she graduated from high school. After graduation she worked for Triangle Telephone as an operator. She met Robert Reed and they married in 1959 and moved to a dairy east of Chinook. They had three children Wesley Randall, Leslie Edward and Connie Lynn. She... Full story
On Sunday, November 30th, Kathie Ann Mereness passed away at her home in Chinook after a 25-year battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis. Kathie was born on January 22, 1950, to Harry Steinmetz Sr and Jean Steinmetz in Hardin Montana. It was in Hardin that she met Charles [Chuck] Mereness and they were married in 1969 and began a 56-year journey. To them were born three children Kelly in 1975, Casey in 1978, and Michael in 1984. Her children were the light of her life as they grew into fine adults and... Full story
Have you ever wondered what a day in the life of a librarian looks like? Let me list a handful of things I’ve done so far today: -I filled out a claim -Notarized 2 separate documents for 2 different patrons -Kept the library open for access to computers and printers -Checked on where my order was for our next batch of books -Scanned & emailed a document for a patron -Took 2 separate sales calls -Worked on a flyer And those were just the things I got done between checking books in and out, and not to mention all the work Ireland has done t...
You know, Lord, a friend shared that she’d read about Food – and that THAT word FOOD, is in the lesser-known, sixth love language. We didn’t elaborate on THAT, but us girls did KNOW that food is a powerful love language. ‘Cassie’ went on to share how preparing food demonstrates our love; and receiving food prepared for us, well, how about THAT, then we also can feel loved. We giggled and thanked her for bringing some interesting Cheese Biscuits, which she’d brought to share with us. She shared a few stories about how she’d been a part of Food...
Hello From the Chinook Senior Center We thoroughly enjoyed the music that Gene Allen, Lynn Heggen and Sheri Neuens came in and played for us today. They played several beautiful Christmas songs, amongst good old favorites. We all enjoyed the tutelage of Megan Gannon, who came from Havre to teach a Watercolor Christmas card class. Please remember that if you sign up for a class, it is important to call us and cancel, if you are unable to make it, as we had to turn people down who wished to be a part of this, however, according to our tally, it w...
It is the dominating figure of the Chinook skyline, rising from the horizon as the first sign you are approaching town. The sugar beet factory smokestack and the factory that once powered it, has been welcoming people to the "Sugar City" for a century now. 100 years after it first rose over Chinook, we look back on the birth of the town's defining landmark. Why Chinook? As the 19th gave way to the 20th century, Chinook was a town of growth, a town of new. New buildings and new people popped up...
We wrapped up the 3rd annual Blaine County Fur Fest this past weekend. This year was a huge success with 50 teams registered for a total of 165 hunters. We had 27 Open Class teams, 17 Calling Class teams and 6th youth class teams. We also had 24 teams sign up for the raccoon side pot, 28 team sign up for the rabbit side pot, and 23 team sign up for the porcupine side pot. Over the weekend we checked in 286 coyotes, 637 rabbits, 41 porcupines, 5 raccoons, and 1 badger for a total of 970 animals....
A 1999 graduate of Chinook High School and an eight-year U.S. Navy veteran, Brandon Nissen had a vision two years ago that he has recently brought to life. On October 15 as president, he led his first founder's meeting at the home of Barb and Don Ranstrom. On that day, The Sugarbeeter Foundation (TSF) was formed, and the Foundation's first meeting was attended by his newly formed board: Members Barb Ranstrom, Jack Mattingly, and Rita Surber. The Foundation Board met again on December 9 to discus...
The high school basketball season is underway. And for the Chinook Sygarebeeters, the basketball season began last weekend in Shelby at the Coyote Classic. The start of the season was interrupted by the weather as a powerful winter storm caused plenty of cancellations. On Saturday however, the Chinook girls met up with an old rival in the Belt Huskies. And things didn’t go well for the Beeters as they fell to the Huskies 58-23. Chinook struggled offensively, while Belt looked to be in mid-season form already. The Chinook boys also faced off aga...
The Scottie Invitational wrestling tournament is one of the big early-season tournaments on the schedule for teams like Chinook and Harlem, and many others in eastern Montana. Last weekend’s blizzard, however, put a small damper on the event. While the tourney was still held over the weekend, many teams were unable to make the trip to Glasgow, which made the brackets much smaller. That included the Chinook Sugarbeteers. There were some area teams that did compete at the tournament, including the Harlem Wildcats, as well as Class C schools like...
The Hill County Christmas Revue, which opened at the Montana Actors’ Theatre (MAT) in Havre on December 12 and 13, continues this week and into next month. Back for its third year, this holiday edition of locally written original skits features brand-new comedy, yuletide musical numbers, and cheerful stories inspired by local traditions, winter tales, and the colorful characters who make Hi-Line communities shine. Although Catfish Carl has passed, music lovers and theatre goers can experience Izaak Opatz on December 19-20 and Wailing Aaron J...
The city of Chinook held this month's city council meeting Monday, December 8th, at 7 PM. This was the regularly scheduled monthly city council meeting. The city of Chinook holds a city council meeting on the 2nd Monday every month. At this meeting, the mayor, city council members, city superintendents, and residents who may be in attendance discuss safety concerns and city matters from the previous four weeks. The meeting convened at 7 PM with the Pledge of Allegiance. From the agenda minutes, claims and reports, payroll checks, and canceled...
A man named Bob May, depressed and brokenhearted, stared out his drafty apartment window into the chilling December night. His 4-year-old daughter Barbara sat on his lap quietly sobbing. Bob's wife, Evelyn, was dying of cancer. Little Barbara couldn't understand why her mommy could never come home. Barbara looked up into her dad's eyes and asked, "Why isn't Mommy just like everybody else's Mommy?" Bob's jaw tightened and his eyes welled with tears. Her question brought waves of grief, but also of anger. It had been the story of Bob's life....
