During the weekly meeting on March 9, the Madison County Board of Commissioners approved hiring two local nursing home administrators, one for the Madison Valley Manor (MVM) in Ennis and one for Tobacco Root Mountains Care Center (TRMCC) in Sheridan.

Last week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) in collaboration with Gallatin, Beaverhead, Jefferson and Madison Counties presented a series of public meetings to discuss new floodplain mapping on the Madison, Jefferson, South Boulder and Ruby-Beaverhead Rivers, a

Madison County has four active coronavirus cases. The number of deaths related to COVID-19 throughout the pandemic remains at seven and there are currently zero active hospitalizations.

“This is the first time in a long time we have no active hospitalizations” Joe Brummell, head of the incident management team, said.

Ms. Tymbre Stender’s 5th grade class in Sheridan decided to do a Pre-K - 6 food drive competition to benefit the Ruby Valley Food Pantry. They decided this in a class meeting and went to the principal, Mr. Stout, who told them that if they did a good job preparing and carrying out the process, he would provide ice cream to the winning class.

Ennis

Citing the company’s community involvement and experience working with comparable towns and schools, the Ennis School Board has chosen 45 Architecture to design the Ennis High School expansion.

The Twin Bridges Falcon boys’ State C Tournament rollercoaster left the gates on March 11 with a much-anticipated matchup against Bridger– a 20-0 undefeated team known for its height and skill.

Rest assured – if you’ve attempted to contact county officials and employees over the past two weeks but haven’t received a response, they are not ignoring you.

The Madison County Board of Commissioners’ meeting last Tuesday was the setting for a relatively heated discussion regarding the county public health department’s use of funding from the federal government and employee timesheets.