School and military news

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Grant Baginski, of Martin City, recently competed in the Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy, Wis. The week-long series of events included qualifying with an M-4 rifle at night, day and night navigation, hand-to-hand combat, first aid and weapons assembly. He was one of 43 soldiers who competed. Winners will compete next at Fort Lee, Va., and those winners will compete in an Army-wide event later in the year. Baginski, who has been in the military for eight years, received a bachelor's in criminal justice from the University of Cincinnati in 2010. He's a combat engineer team leader assigned to the 449th Engineer Company, in Fort Thomas, Ky.

Three students from Columbia Falls were named to the spring semester dean's list at Carroll College - Caitlin Newton, with a 4.0 GPA, and Elaine Soennichsen and Nathan Woods.

Alyssa Ladenburg, of Columbia Falls, a business administration major at the University of Montana-Western, is the winner of a $500 Montana Western Foundation Academic Scholarship and a $1,000 Carol C. and O. Temple Sloan Business Scholarship.

Sierra Bauer, of Columbia Falls, a fine arts major at the University of Montana-Western, is the winner of a $1,000 Mary Baker Emerick Art Scholarship.

Heidi Brunz, of Columbia Falls, a biology major at the University of Montana-Western, is the winner of a $4,000 Erb Honor Scholarship.

Nathan Trueblood, of Columbia Falls, an industrial technology education major at the University of Montana-Western, is the winner of a $600 Roy Evenson Alumni Leadership Scholarship.