THE LOCAL NEWS OF THE MADISON VALLEY, RUBY VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS MONTANA’S OLDEST PUBLISHING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. ESTABLISHED 1873 75¢ | Volume 148, Issue 30 Thursday, July 9, 2020 BREWERY FOLLIES! SHOWS WED.-SAT. @8PM TWO 4PM MATINEES ON SAT. & SUN. CALL 1-800-829-2969 EXT. 3 FOR RESERVATIONS! WE ARE SELLING OUT, SO CALL AHEAD!
[email protected] | 406-843-5247 Back in the saddle Rising cases COVID SPREADING IN MADISON COUNTY “If people follow the 6 feet rule,” MADISON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT NURSE MELISSA BRUmmEL SAID. “We can really decrease the amount of people who are in quarantine and out of a job.” By HANNAH KEARSE
[email protected] Madison County now has more active COVID-19 cases then it did before the statewide lockdown. A of July 7, Madison County has 11 active cases. This does not account for the three out-of-staters who have tested positive and are isolating in Madison County, according to the Madison Coun- ty Public Health Department Nurse Melissa Brummel. Another 48 Madison County residents are quarantining and unable to go to work because they have been in close contact with a known COVID-19 case. Teigan Wilcox, from Absarokee, sits on his horse Smokey next to his father, Ty Wilcox, outside the Ennis Rodeo Arena July 3. Ty “If people follow the 6 feet rule,” Brummel said. “We can really competed and won in the 2006 Ennis Rodeo. He competed in the tie down roping after a 14-year hiatus from the Ennis Rodeo. decrease the amount of people who are in quarantine and out of a See more from the Ennis Rodeo on page B1.