NEW YEAR BABY  — Senya May Wolstad of Valier came into the world on Jan. 8 at 9:50 a.m. weighing 8 lbs.-1 oz. and was delivered by Dr. Jay Taylor. She was 20 inches in length. She is the first child of Shane and Alicia Wolstad. The paternal grandparents are John and Karen Wolstad and the maternal grandparents are Dusty and Ginny Crawford.
Baby Wolstad received a number of gifts, including a $20 gift certificate from Village Drug, a special quilt from the Montana Prairie Quilters, socks, toys, a temperature duck, a lot of baby lotion, boxes of diapers and wipes. The PMC also contributed to the gift list.  I-O Photo by Buck Traxler

By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor

“It’s a done deal,” Mayor Wendy Judisch said Monday evening at the city council meeting, in reference to the property next door, 413 S. Main St., at the city offices.

The purchase price for the property, which includes a small apartment upstairs was $39,911.78.

In a related matter, the council passed R-1070 authorizing the transfer of funds from SID-3400 to the general fund. Following this, the council, on a 4-0 vote approved the transfer of funds from SID-3400 to the general fund.

These funds, $39,000, will go to pay for the new property and $6,000 as well which will go towards the firemen’s pension fund.

The section of building at 413 is 1,300 square feet. The existing city hall is 2,600 square feet. After the remodeling the new city hall will be 3,900 square feet. The 413 building is in very poor condition and will need to be completely gutted in order to bring it up to modern standards.