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Montana sheriff says missing 16-year-old girl’s body found

BILLINGS, JAN. 20 (AP) – A search team on Monday found the body of a 16-year-old girl near a Montana highway rest area where she was last reported seen on January 1, the Big Horn County sheriff said.

The body of Selena Not Afraid was found by federal agents around 10:30 a.m., according to Big Horn County Sheriff Lawrence Big Hair.

The body was less than a mile from the Interstate-90 rest area between Billings and Hardin where searchers began looking for the girl on the evening she disappeared.

Turney Towning pressented national award

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Dillon’s Brandon and Toree Turney, owners of Turney Repair & Towing, earned special recognition at the American Towman Exposition in Atlantic City, N.J., on Dec. 6. The Turney’s were presented the American Towman Trust Award.

Dillon native earns human resource award with MDT

Keni Grose has been awarded HR Leader of the Year from SHRM Helena Chapter.

Grose is the human resources and occupational safety division administrator for the Montana Department of Transportation. She oversees three work units that support approximately 2,200 employees state-wide: The Human Resources Bureau, the Occupational Safety and Health Bureau and Workforce Planning.

BCHS drama fourth at Piratepalooza meet

The Beaverhead County High School drama team placed fourth at last weekend’s Piratepalooza meet in Polson. Riley Hall and Sarah Mootry worked together for a second place in humorous duo acting to turn in the Dillon team’s top performance of the day.

Other Dillon place winners at Polson included: Rachel Stanchfield, third in humorous solo acting; Anthony Agee 6th in dramatic solo acting; Tess Davis and Jennifer Lopez-Mora, 6th in dramatic duo acting; Rachel Stanchfield, 8th in dramatic solo acting; Jordan O’Neill, 10th in impromptu speaking.

Sagebrush & Snowdrifts 4-H report

The Sagebrush & Snowdrifts 4-H Club had a meeting January 4th, at the 4-H Building. We had three new members join our club since the last meeting.

Members on the Christmas baskets committee reported that they delivered two baskets of food and gifts to the Women’s Resource for two families in the community.

Members shared what they did for Christmas.

Mrs. Sitz checked he project sign-up list with each member to make sure each member was signed up for the projects they chose for this year. Members can sign-up or drop projects until June.

Flu season starts to pick up, county has few hospitalizations

Flu season is in full swing nationwide, though only a couple cases have ended up requiring hospitalization locally.

Beaverhead County Public Health Director Sue Hansen reported to the City-County Health Board Friday that the county has had 20 confirmed flu cases since October, with two hospitalizations. The levels of flu reported are at expected levels for this time of year, and the flu season is expected to continue for at least a few more weeks. The counts are as of the week ending Jan. 4.

Births

Recent births at Barrett Hospital and Healthcare: Jan. 4 – A baby girl to Travis and Taylor Fries of Dillon.

Montana’s trust lands generate nearly $100M

HELENA, Dec. 1 (AP) – Montana trust lands produced nearly $100 million in revenue for education and other recipients from July 2018 through June 2019. The $99.2 million in revenue

Montana Campus Compact honors student athlete volunteers

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Montana Campus Compact (MTCC), a seventeen campus higher education network, will be honoring fourteen student-athletes, including Montana Western redshirt sophomore Tanner Haverfield, for their outstanding community service work. A member

Commission accepts road grader bids, appoints museum trustee

Beaverhead County is looking to purchase road graders this year, and the Beaverhead County Commissioners received two bids for the purchase and trade-in of used graders Monday. RDO Equipment Company