Daniels County News

Sporting red and yellow knee-high socks, a bright green polka-dotted shirt, overalls and a Santa Claus beard, Joe Thompson carries a pocketful of balloons ready to twist into a rabbit or woodpecker.

THE SCOBEY SCHOOL kindergarten class was treated to pizza and juice last week by the Daniels County Sheriff Department and Outlaw Trail Cafe for passing a challenge.

IT WAS ELECTION DAY in Daniels County on Tuesday, November 3. Election officials Roberta Miller, Bonnie Germundson and Francie Hoversland in action just minutes before the polls opened at 12 noon.

A A A The annual Veterana s day program will be held in the Scobey School small gym on Wednesday, November 11 at 11 a.m. A A A A flag raising ceremony will be also held following the program at the Scobey Cemetery.

FIELD REPRESENTATIVES of Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg were in Scobey Wednesday, October 21, setting up a listening-session shop on the second floor of the Daniels County Courthouse from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

A A A Influenza activity in Montana is now declared to be widespread. The primary influenza virus that is causing illness in the state is 2009 H1N1.A For Daniels County, in the past week there have been two cases of laboratory confirmed 2009 H1N1 influenza illness with several other people having flu like illness.

A A A The Daniels County Blood Drive will be held today from 12:30-5:30 p.m. at St.

A A A The Daniels County Poker League will have its pre-season meeting Friday, October 23, at 7 p.m. at the Ponderosa Bar in Scobey.

We were driving through some of the most remote country in the United States, chasing a story that seemed hard to believe.

SHELBY - Some Toole County residents worried the private prison being proposed by community leaders in 1998 might turn Shelby into a prison town with higher crime rates and more families on welfare.

This March 30, 2007, file photo provided by the Daniels County Leader shows the Whitetail, Mont., border checkpoint at left.

Nation & World YAHOO! Nation & World Sleepy border checkpoint gets huge stimulus boost EILEEN SULLIVAN and MATT APUZZO Associated Press Originally published 06:09 a.m., August 26, 2009 Updated 06:09 a.m., August 26, 2009 This 2007 photo shows the Whitetail, Mont., border checkpoint along Montana's border with Canada, which serves about three ...