Dec202019
Dear Editor,
I became a commissioned officer in the USAF in September 1966. I remembered the orders that I received right after I was commissioned stating “pipeline SEA”. Of course SEA meant South East Asia. In December 1966, I was starting flight training in Texas. read more
Dec202019
At a Billings City Council meeting this week, Billings Police Chief Rich St. John presented John Putz with the Billings Police Department’s Outstanding Citizen Award for saving the life of a woman in Pioneer Park on June 29th after she was electrocuted by an exposed power line. read more
Dec202019
Well folks, a couple things as we are coming into Christmas holiday week.
First, I always enjoy this time of year as there is so much going on, even when I think I’ll be able to calm down a little, things get even busier. read more
Dec162019
Leo Eugene Balzer,
Leo Eugene Balzer, 87, formerly of Worden passed away in Billings on Thursday, December 12, 2019. Viewing will be held on Monday, December 23, 2019 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Smith Funeral Chapels Downtown. Graveside services will be held on Friday, December 27, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Pleasantview Cemetery in Ballantine, MT. A gathering of family and friends will be held read more
Dec132019
Dec132019
Mallerie Stromswold, a high school senior at Billings Senior High, has thrown her hat in the ring to be the Republican candidate for the Montana House of Representatives’ House District 50 seat. That seat contains a chunk of midtown Billings, mostly comprised of the area between Broadwater Ave. and Central Ave. from Montana Ave. to N. 24th St., as well as a portion of the South Side centered around Highland Park. It has been held by Democratic Rep. Jade Bahr since her 2018 victory over Quentin Eggart. read more
Dec132019
This pile of Sugar beets were deemed unusable due to weather conditions as of the time this picture was taken in Huntley on December 3rd. Summer hail storms and a short harvest season mixed with cold weather spurts caused hard conditions to harvest the beets out of the ground with many of the beets still left in the ground, However, Western Sugar Cooperative harvested some of the beets in the middle of this beet dump pile but left the rest to rot. As of December 11, the beets continue to sit in a pile at the Huntley beet dump.
(Jonathan McNiven photo)
In light of the massive weather-induced damage to sugar beet crops across Montana, Governor Bullock has sent a request to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue requesting federal aid for Montana sugar beet farmers, including here in Yellowstone County. read more
Dec92019
A group of pheasants gather in a hay field looking for food on November 2019. (Photo by Jonathan McNiven)
Keep your eyes glued to the Yellowstone County News as our outdoors columnist Carl Wolf will address and write about this picture we captured a couple weeks back of about 25 pheasants.
If you look closely, you’ll be able to see read more
Dec82019
Dear Editor,
The family of Jim Knapp would like to extend our gratitude to all that celebrated his life. read more
Dec72019
Dear Editor,
So many comments to make about your fish wrapper. read more
Dec62019
Missile was found hitched up outside The Vegas Hotel.
(courtesy photo)
Rodeo performer and fantastic western artist Elyssa Leininger woke up Sunday morning to terrible news, her beloved horse Missile had been stolen, along with a saddle and tack from her trailer, from the pasture behind their home on King Avenue East. A horse-napper had opened the pasture gate, broken into the horse trailer, saddled up Missile, and led him off the property past the Leininger family’s house before jumping onto the horse’s back and riding him down Washington Street and across a couple of fields.
Dec62019
Dear Editor,
Recently I was contacted by the State Bar of California. I was asked to update my personal information and my present contact information. I noticed that there were five choices that I had to describe my sex. Thank God two of the choices were still male and female. One choice I believe was “two spirits” ? Then I remembered I was dealing with a governmental organization in the state of California.
Dr. W. David Herbert
Billings
Dec62019
The superintendent of School District 2, Greg Upham, was in attendance at this month’s Metra Park Advisory Board meeting to make a most emphatic point that he and the school district’s board of trustees are very interested in developing some kind of sports / stadium complex that can take the place of Daylis Stadium for Senior High School. read more
Dec62019
This week saw a narrowing of the field of presidential candidates as three Democratic candidates dropped out of the race due to lack of support and funds, though California Senator Kamala Harris was the only big name to step aside. read more
Dec42019
Margaret Louise Noonkester
Our highly treasured Wife, Mother and Grandmother Margaret Louise Noonkester passed away on December 3, 2019. Our sadness is softened by knowing she is finally holding her baby boy, hugging her son and grandsons but most importantly being in the presence of her Lord.
Elmer and Valley Reed welcomed Margaret on December 10, 1931 in Pawnee, OK, joining brothers Leroy, Paul, Wiley, Danny and sisters Violet, Loretta, Josie, Maxine and Judy.
The family moved to read more
Nov292019
Dear Editor,
I just read Carl Wolf’s rather undisciplined statements about people he disagrees with and your response (and then his). I’m still confused how an outdoor columnist thinks his column is a political column. “The snow fell, the deer season is here…and I think Trump is a bad guy and anyone who voted for him is an ignorant oaf.” read more
Nov272019
Dear Editor,
First off, thanks to all for publishing The Yellowstone County News and doing such a good job. read more
Nov262019
Saturday, Nov. 23 at 4:48pm, a Honda Accord heading north collided with a utility van also traveling north on South 32nd St. W. The rear end collision occurred in the northbound lane approximately 100 yards north of the crest of the hill. read more
Nov262019
The Gas-N-Go convenience store on Jackson St. on the South Side of Billings was the site of a shooting just before 9pm on the 24th. A 25-year-old female employee, whose name had not been released as of press time, was working at the gas station as a male suspect ran in and attempted to rob the business. read more
Nov262019
After a 27-year-old woman was shot on S. 29th St. on the South Side of Billings last week and taken to the hospital with “non-life threatening injuries”, Billings Police responded to the scene where witnesses said a man fired shots from inside a Mercedes at a green truck. The victim identified Marlin Parker, who police have said is 24 years old but court documents say he is 34, as the shooter and said that she had gotten a ride with the man in the truck when the Mercedes, driven by Parker, cut them off and fired. Her driver drove away and Parker then allegedly grabbed her through the window and demanded $200 she owed him before she was shot. read more
