News

Sheridan lands $5,000 Turner Foundation Grant for Community Youth Initiative

Sheridan has received a $5,000 grant from the Turner Foundation’s Community Youth Initiative, according to Rodney Stout, local coordinator of the Sheridan Turner Youth Initiative Committee which sponsors the initiative in Sheridan.

Mr. Stout expressed, “Turner Monies have gone a long way in supporting activities that enrich the lives of the Sheridan youth. We are even more thankful for this opportunity during these difficult economic times.”

Carrie Schwandt graduates So. New Hampshire

Carrie Schwandt, of Dillon, recently graduated with a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Southern New Hampshire University.

Schwandt is currently employed by Montana Youth Challenge Academy on the cadre staff. The graduate was raised in Dillon, and is the daughter of Rick and Heidi Schwandt. She plans to enlist in the Army within the year.

Sheriff News

Feb. 6

4:20 a.m., Accident, Interstate 15 at mile marker 71 Northbound.

8:10 a.m., Animal Complaint, Sawmill Road.

11:53 a.m., Stranded Motorist, Highway 278 at Carroll Hill.

5:37 p.m., Traffic Complaint, Interstate 15 Northbound at Barretts Exit.

8:24 p.m., Traffic Stop, Highway 278 at mile marker 0.

Feb. 7

7:34 a.m., Accident, South Interchange Southbound Ramp.

9:42 a.m., Accident, Highway Interstate 15 at mile marker 61 Southbound.

Police News

Feb. 6

1:46 a.m., Traffic Stop, Montana Street.

1:57 a.m., Traffic Stop, Center and Utah streets.

2:00 a.m., Traffic Stop, Aggravated Driving Under the Influence, North Montana Street, Arrest Made.

10:44 a.m., Hit and Run, East Sebree Street.

4:12 p.m., Accident, Cloudrest Street.

6:23 p.m., Traffic Stop, Atlantic and Tendoy streets.

8:58 p.m., Traffic Stop, Atlantic and Dillon streets.

10:23 p.m., Accident, Swenson Way.

11:43 p.m., Traffic Stop, North Montana Street.

Feb. 7

Dillon City Council meets tonight at 7 p.m. on ADA compliance

The Dillon City Council at its meeting tonight will consider the very building it meets in, along with a number of other matters.

The 7 p.m. council meeting will be preceded by a 6:45 p.m. public hearing on an environmental review for construction at Dillon City Hall related to upgrades designed to make the facility compliant with the federal Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).

BCHS graduation rates exceed state averages

Beaverhead County High School’s graduation rates surpassed Montana state averages for the past five years, BCHS officials said recently.

BCHS Superintendent and Principal Gary Haverfield told the school board at its Feb. 10 meeting their graduation rates since the 2014-15 school year were higher than the state graduation rate.

“Every year we’ve been above the state graduation rate, just like we’re above in ACT scores,” he said. “Our dropout rates are so low they don’t register, because it’s less than 10 kids.”

Sheriff News

Jan. 30 12:44 a.m., Domestic, Highway 278. 6:55 a.m., Ambulance, Barrett Hospital to Billings. 3:32 p.m., Transporting Prisoner, Barrett Hospital to Warm Springs. 5:22 p.m., Lost Missing Person. 6:26 p.m.,

Police News

Jan. 30 2:06 a.m., Traffic Stop, Montana and Butte streets. 7:51 a.m., Traffic Stop, Pioneer Scenic Byway. 8:31 a.m., Traffic Stop, North Montana Street. 11:31 a.m., Ambulance, East Glendale Street.

Two sentenced for separate police assault, high-speed chase events

A Dillon man was sentenced on charges stemming from a high-speed chase, and a Helena man was sentenced for assaulting two Beaverhead County detention officers, in Fifth Judicial District Court

City bus plan gains council endorsement

Members of the Dillon City Council did not get an earful of public input on the City of Dillon’s free bus service at last Wednesday’s public hearing on the city’s