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Sheriff welcomes two new deputies

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The Montague County Sheriff’s Office has added two new deputies to its ranks: Ian Hostetter and Peter Meier.
Both officers have previously worked for the sheriff’s office in other capacities and have demonstrated strong work ethics and excellent job performance.
Hostetter and Meier graduated from the Vernon College Police Academy on June 12. Completing the nine-month training program requires dedication, determination, and a commitment to public service. Both officers successfully passed the Texas Peace Officer Licensing Exam. Congratulations to them for reaching this important milestone.
Ian Hostetter graduated from Nocona High School in 2022. He began his career with the Montague County Sheriff’s Office in 2023, first working in detention and later in communications. Sheriff Marshall Thomas said from the start, Ian has shown a strong desire to become a peace officer.
Peter Meier graduated from high school in Friedburg, Germany in 1991 and earned his degree from the University of Friedburg in 1994. He served as a rescue diver in the German Navy from 1994 to 1998. Meier joined the Montague County Sheriff’s Office in 2018 as a detention officer and has expressed his desire to become a peace officer from his first day on the job.

Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas congratulates Ian Hostetter as one of two new deputies to the department. Both men recently completed police academy and also have previously worked in other capacities in the department.
Sheriff Marshall Thomas congratulates Peter Meier one of the department’s newest deputies. (Courtesy photos)
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Bowie Council meets June 23

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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on June 23.
The agenda includes both old and new business items.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will make his report on the 2026-27 budget process, bid opening for the Glenn Hills lift station on July 16 and the bid for Rock and Pillar repairs.
In new business a pair of planning and zoning committee recommendations for replats at 107 E. Nelson and 412 Green will be reviewed. An ordinance adopting an office of emergency management amending a present ordinance will be offered.
Old business will see the second reading of the pickleball court reservation fee ordinance and the ordinance prohibiting drilling and mining or the reopening of an abandoned well or mine in any public park in the city limits.

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City of Bowie reports heat advisory today

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A HEAT ADVISORY will be in effect from noon until 9 p.m. today (Thursday). Please plan accordingly.

Hear Audio Alert:https://hrpow.us/oeFZANN

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Sheriff confirms human remains found in Sunset area

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Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas has confirmed human skeletal remains were recovered on June 13 in the Sunset area, and they could possibly be those of a flight attendant believed to have been murdered almost a year ago in the Fort Worth.
The murder suspect, Dennis William Day, 66, admitted in June 2025 to strangling Rana Soluri, 47, an Envoy flight attendant who lived with Day during that last year. She was reported missing by a co-worker on June 11 and had not been seen or heard from since March 2025.
Day initially denied any involvement, but later admitted to the murder and indicated he dumped her body somewhere in the Montague County area. Lawmen have scoured the areas in questions in both Montague and Wise County, but found nothing.
Sheriff Thomas said on June 13 the SO received a call of possible skeletal remains in the Brushy Creek area north of Poss Dyer Lane on Farm-to-Market 1749. A deputy went to the scene and confirmed it was human remains.
Investigators responded and kept the scene secure overnight until staff from the University of North Texas Forensic Anthropology Center could arrive and made the recovery on June 14. A Texas Ranger and staff from the Fort Worth Police Department also were on scene.
“There is no determination made yet on how long it has been there,” said Thomas. “The anthropologist was pleased to recover most of the skeleton in these conditions. Heavy rains previously made the past searches difficult. We are working jointly with Fort Worth to make an identification and if it is the victim in their homicide.”

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