Phillips County News - One Nation, Under God

I was in Havre for Thanksgiving and except for very small piles at corners where they cleaned the streets, it is entirely bare. Lots of water around where the snow had melted. We were not so...

The Wapatau Center served a good Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday in-house, and it was well attended. It was very cold, but everyone seemed to enjoy the social companionship and the good food. Terri...

The cold has sure stayed in and is breaking records for this date all over. It is an awful lot of snow on the ground too and they predict more. In some places, the snowfall has been more in the low...

It has been such a change, but we have definitely changed from the very hot to the very cold. The new track is looking very nice, now if it just stays that way till spring when the grass starts...

Thirty-seven of my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren came from all over to honor me with a 90th birthday party. This was a day I sincerely thought I would never see. The only down of th...

We were really surprised to wake up Sunday morning to our first snowstorm of the season & very cold temperatures. We were sorry to hear of the death of Danny Williams' wife, Carol. Condolences are sen...

Froze quite hard again last night but then turned into a pretty nice day. Supposed to start warming up for a few days tomorrow. The Mortenson's had a nice day yesterday for their outdoor wedding at...

Looks like fall is definitely with us. The tree’s leaves in my yard are falling every day like snowflakes and most of the leaves are yellow. Lots of dew every morning and the sun is not so early....

The weather has certainly changed and is staying quite chilly. We are not seeing the sun as much as before and it is not nearly as warm as it has been when it is out. Almost wish for the hot again....

We finally got the first big freeze of the season and it really made things black. Been rather cool early every morning till the sun gets up and around. Steve and Judy Henry of Laurel were up...

Week of Sept. 14: David and Dawn (Minugh) Kassa have returned to Dodson to help and care for her dad, Al Minugh. They are running the store and have two boys going to school here this year. The...

School has started again so more kids are seen around on bikes and four wheelers (with more than two on them usually). So far they have been driving more slowly and not racing as much. We are still...

We have not had any rain but more hot days and some quite cool nights. We quite often have our first frost around Labor Day. Days are getting noticeably shorter too. Fall weather is here! Sunday the w...

Polly Solberg was visited by a nephew and his wife, Joe and Barbara Schafer, of Richland, South Carolina. They are traveling in a motor home and have been on the road for two and a half months,...

It has been hot again for the last several days and we have had less of the very hard winds that we were having. There has been a little moisture for which we are thankful. As we read our paper this...

Another successful fair has come and gone. People I talked to said it was good and they enjoyed the exhibits etc. Hope the attendance was up to what was expected. Dora Henry's nephew, Eddie Lee Hanson...

Polly Solberg went with her son Nathan and wife Katie to the Sleeping Buffalo and stayed overnight. They also attended the Fort Peck Theater for the production of The Cat in The Hat and enjoyed it ver...

Kaitlyn Sinnema stopped at Polly Solberg’s on her way to Malta for her class reunion. She helped Polly with some yard work while there. Polly Solberg went to Havre on Friday for a reunion of the...

Susan Billmayer of Turner-Hogeland received an award from the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs at Missoula for her long-time devotion to the Blossoms Club and others. She has devoted her time and...

Dodson said goodbye to two residents/former residents on Saturday as Jeff Shaver and Doug Durocher were laid to rest. Both were well known, as having lived in Dodson for years. The western part of...

Adam, Kathy, Mathew, Kaitlyn, William, and David Sinnema of Manhattan, Montana were house guests of Polly Solberg this weekend. Mathew and Kaitlyn were in the group to help do the Bible School. Kathy...

Polly Solberg met with other Solbergs this weekend for a sort of reunion with relatives who came home. Thanks again to Terri Cole and Bonnie Lankford who were out about mowing again this week. They...

Polly Solberg was busy helping with the Gospel Jamboree all weekend. Young Mr. Skunk startled me on Saturday evening when I started up my steps and he was on the porch but scampered off. No one has...

The weather has been very good for a while now, we've had a couple of nice rains and they were forecasting some last night, today, and tomorrow but it hasn't come yet. My nice little guest, Mr. Skunk,...

On Wednesday Terri Cole went to Helena to visit family for a while and to attend a granddaughter's graduation. Polly Solberg took Dora Henry to a Doctor's appointment in Havre on Wednesday morning....