Hazen Star News
Fire damages building on Leland Olds Station grounds
Several area residents were evacuated and part of State Highway 200A was closed after a building that housed fiberglass material caught fire last Tuesday night near Basin Electric's Leland Olds Station, near Stanton.
Fire Department Reserve Fund again on the ballot
The vote in the June Primary election sounded close - 198 in favor, 202 opposed - but city Measure No. 1 actually needed a super-majority of 60 percent approval to pass.
Highway 200 construction nearly finished for 2008
Boats are being winterized and golf clubs are being packed up. Accompanying the end of those summertime activities is the end of another summertime construction season.
Surrounded by family, enduring another battle
There are bumps along the road in everyone's road of life. The bumps in Margaret Oestreich's life have been a bit larger than most.
Community lenders still safe and secure amid crisis
$700 billion. It's an almost incomprehensible number. Let's attempt to put $700 billion into perspective. It is $140 billion more than has been spent on the Iraq war since the invasion. It could pay for 2,000 McDonalds apple pies for every single American. It is more than $100 for every person in the world. If written out: $700,000,000,000.
Pushing through the aches and pain
A coach's biggest fear going into the heart of the conference schedule is to have a player come up and say, "coach I think I pulled a muscle."
Want to vote in November?
Mercer County voters take notice: If you want to vote in the November General Election, you have only two options: Vote by Mail or go to the only polling place in the county the Mercer County Courthouse in Stanton. The polls will be open at the Mercer County Courthouse from 9 a.m.-7 p.m., MDT, Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Mahto Bay cabin owners still wanting road work from county
With no road easement agreement yet in sight with tribal landowners, Mahto Bay cabin owners near Twin Buttes have asked Mercer County for some road work this fall. The problem, however, is that the road they request assistance on is a short section that falls on tribal land.
Park Board Plans for more campsites
Hazen Bay campground is full and bustling throughout each summer season – bustling enough to where the Hazen Park Board feels they can fill 26 additional campsites at the bay.
At Monday’s meeting of the Hazen City Commission, Hazen Park Board President Al Mautz was in attendance to reveal a plan for the construction of 26 additional campsites at Hazen Bay, and ask for the city’s help in preparing those sites.
Dutch elm disease a concern during fall season
Hazen has been named a Tree City U.S.A. for 20-plus consecutive years, and Hazen City Forrester Jeff Foster is doing everything within his powers to continue that streak.
Dutch elm disease, however, has and continues to work against him.
