By Tricia Kimmel Restoration plans are moving forward on the soon-to-be improved Little Jewell Country Club. Liese Building Moving, working alongside a crew from general contractor Rock Bottom, has initiated the lift and move of the community dance hall to its new crawl-space foundation at 76 Main Street in Turner, Montana. With the move complete, progress can move rapidly. Following…
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By Bridget Reed In October 2025, the Big Flat Community Grain Bin gained two new members: Alan Van Voast and Brian Fox. According to President Shelly Harmon, the organization has been seeking more members, and still is. As a result of two vacant positions–founding member, Tricia Kimmel stepping down in 2024, and the sudden passing of Vice President and founding…
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By Bridget Reed This school year, Britton Paulson, an MSU-Northern student in the Montana Teacher Residency Program, has joined Mrs. Elissa Zellmer’s 5th and 6th grade class. Miss Paulson, a Havre native, will graduate college this spring after the completion of the 2025-26 school year. Although the Montana Teacher Residency Program (MTRP) was established in 2022, Miss Paulson is among…
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By Tricia Kimmel The Milk River Gospel Jamboree is hosting its mini gospel jamboree on January 11th at the Malta High School Auditorium as a fundraiser for their main summer jamboree held in June. The Milk River Gospel Jamboree is a non-profit organization created to bring gospel music to northcentral Montana in 2001. Turner’s own Wet Weather Band has been…
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By Tricia Kimmel Although progress on the Little Jewell Country Club is, as most projects of this nature tend to be, slower than hoped, there is still progress being made. Winter weather, of course, has delayed things, but to date a crawl-space foundation has been constructed in preparation for the next step–moving the dance hall into place. Once the building is…
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By Bridget Reed, Reporter On Sunday evening, November 16, from 5:30 to 7:00, the Montana Farmers Union provided the Far Out and Waiting presentation for approximately 50 members of the Big Flat community, teaching lessons on emergency medical training. According to the Montana Farmers Union website, “On average, rural communities have a 30+ minute wait for EMS to arrive.” Since…
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If you know us at all, you know how committed we are to our local communities and our beautiful home state of Montana. We are all about small towns, small businesses and agriculture. Follow along to see what is up next for Kimmel Kreations.