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Gartner-Denowh Angus Ranch (GDAR) is located just on the outskirts of Sidney, MT, a close-knit family run ranch that focuses on raising efficient and functional cattle bred for the commercial cattle operation. GDAR began in 1957 when Joe Gartner and Russel Denowh bought 20 head of registered Angus cows from a dispersion sale in Montana. In 1974, Russ and his son, Micky, bought out Joe Gartner but kept the commercial name. At this time, they were calving about 150 cows and selling around 60...
Best Angus & Quarter Horses started as a 4-H and FFA project in 1987 with the purchase of a heifer from the placement pen at McCumber Angus Ranch. Many of the cows in the herd are descendants of the original heifer, Rosetta 622 of McCumber. Best Angus grew slowly focusing on quality. Pete and Vawnita Best worked together in building their business; Vawnita worked as a meat inspector and Pete worked as an Agricultural Lender. The Best’s continued to keep top heifers as replacements and i...
Gartner-Denowh Angus Ranch (GDAR) is located just on the outskirts of Sidney, MT, a close-knit family run ranch that focuses on raising efficient and functional cattle bred for the commercial cattle operation. GDAR began in 1957 when Joe Gartner and Russel Denowh bought 20 head of registered Angus cows from a dispersion sale in Montana. In 1974, Russ and his son, Micky, bought out Joe Gartner but kept the commercial name. At this time, they were calving about 150 cows and selling around 60 bulls...
Three miles east of White Earth, ND, you can find Feiring Angus Ranch. Doug and Ceylon Feiring own Feiring Angus Ranch, along with sons, Brett and Brady, and daughter Shambre. One of their major philosophies is, “To never overstock pastures with more animals than the land can handle.” Generation after generation of Feiring Angus have all received the same lecture. Feiring Angus does not use popular genetics in their breeding program, for they believe that cattle should adapt to mother nat...
July 7, 8 and 9 will mark the 93rd Annual Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede in Wolf Point, MT. The town will be full of celebration, laughter, dancing, and plenty of rodeo as they celebrate a long-time favorite tradition. On Thursday, July 7, 9 a.m. sign up for the Stampede Roundup Tough Enough To Wear Pink Golf Tournament held at the Airport Golf Course east of Wolf Point benefitting NE Montana Health Services Mammography Department followed by TETWP Night at the Rodeo. First performance of the...
July 7, 8 and 9 will mark the 93rd Annual Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede in Wolf Point, MT. The town will be full of celebration, laughter, dancing, and plenty of rodeo as they celebrate a long-time favorite tradition. On Thursday, July 7, 9 a.m. sign up for the Stampede Roundup Tough Enough To Wear Pink Golf Tournament held at the Airport Golf Course east of Wolf Point benefitting NE Montana Health Services Mammography Department followed by TETWP Night at the Rodeo. First performance of the...
Chris Young, a famous country singer who has written six chart toppers and nine Gold/Platinum singles, will be performing at the Richland County Fair Sat., August 6, 2016. Young’s most recent album, “I’m Coming Over”, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. Young has traveled internationally for his music tours two times now, including countries such as Ireland, the UK, Australia, Norway and Sweden. Young was even awarded the British Country Music Award for Internati...
July 7, 8 and 9 will mark the 93rd Annual Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede in Wolf Point, MT. The town will be full of celebration, laughter, dancing, and plenty of rodeo as they celebrate a long-time favorite tradition. On Thursday, July 7, 9 a.m. sign up for the Stampede Roundup Tough Enough To Wear Pink Golf Tournament held at the Airport Golf Course east of Wolf Point benefitting NE Montana Health Services Mammography Department followed by TETWP Night at the Rodeo. First performance of the...
Trey Bloesser, a recently graduated senior from Savage High School, is the ultimate example of Montana students. Bloesser has been able to earn over $20,000 in scholarships, has started his own successful business; while at the same time working on his family farm and enjoying hiking and fishing. What started as a joke, and later an assignment for Trey's Entrepreneurship class, he was able to start up his own business; Burns Creek Creations. With Burns Creek Creations, Trey produces art,...
Saturday, June 18, will mark the day of Sherry and Janae’s Annual Softball Tournament and will be held at South Meadow Softball Complex in Sidney. This tournament is open to all ages and prizes will be awarded throughout the day. The entry fee is $100/team with $50 due at the time of sign up. If a group decides to enter two teams, it will only be $150 for both. Sherry and Janae’s Softball Tournament was created as way to give back to the community in their honor. “When Sherry died, every...
A Senior at Watford City High School, Shelby Foreman, has been involved with Leann Erikson's art class since Junior High, spending a minimum of 2 hours a day enhancing her talent. "Her level of skill is even higher than my own, she has quite the talent and is very passionate in her work," said Erikson. Foreman's art has won an honorable mention in the Badlands Association Art Show in Dickinson, ND and was a Silver Key winner at the North Dakota Regionals for the Scholastic Art & Writing in...
Brought to the public by the Roundup Newspaper, a free-opinion blog in which citizens can submit anonymous submissions involving the MonDak Area. The website is called The MonDak Yak and can be found at themondakyak.com. The purpose of this website is to provide the public a source where they can anonymously provide their opinion on any sort of matter; whether it is a good or bad business experience, who they want to vote for this coming election and why, religious beliefs, personal thoughts,...
Starting April 11th, 2016, Michelle Smith and her husband Bryan became the official new owners of Burns Creek Inn (BCI) Bar & Grill in Savage, MT. "It was up for sale for quite awhile, and I had always had my eye on it. One night my husband and I were hanging out with the previous owners and they joked about us purchasing the bar, and we thought, 'Well, why not?", said Michelle. The bar is mostly family run, featuring Michelle, her husband, their daughter Brittany, and a few others. Already the...
Sidney is being graced with another opportunity to see the African Children's Choir. This year the choir will be performing at the Sidney Middle School on Fri., May 20, 2016 at 7 p.m., hosted by Lonsdale United Methodist Church. The African Children's Choir is known for melting the hearts of audiences prompting standing ovations after nearly all of their performances. One of the chaperon's coming with the children, Eva Nalukwago, joined ACC in 1995 when she was only 7 years old. "I traveled...
After a 40-year ban, Congress lifted the ban on exporting crude oil just this last December. Hess Corp on Friday, April 22nd, 2016 confirmed it sold Bakken crude oil for export out of the U.S. Gulf Coast to Europe. Loaded at St. James, Louisiana in early April, Hess sold 175,000 barrels of Bakken crude oil which is being shipped to a refinery in Europe; spokesman John Roper stated in an email. Hess Corp did not disclose the buyer or the name of the vessel transporting the Bakken crude oil....
If you are someone who is looking to move, whether it be across town or someplace new, there can be a lot of different aspects when it comes to selling your house. One of these aspects is "staging" your home to be appealing to potential buyers. The Roundup talked to Amanda Seigfreid with Seigfreid Insurance and Real Estate, who works with Missouri River Reality, on what it takes to stage a home. Staging Your Home While Still Living In It "There's a lot of common sense things that should be taken...
Kent Pelton Nature Park will be getting a facelift this summer in Watford City, ND. Originally belonging to the city, the land went up for sale and Parks and Recreation of Watford City snatched it up. "The land currently just is not suitable for large, community events and we would like to change that," said Robin Arndt, head of the project. "Currently we just have the pond, baseball diamond and gravel parking lot," said Arndt. "We are getting bids for another gravel lot, which will soon be...
Saturday, April 23 at the Outlaws Ballroom, Watford City, ND, from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. marks the Prairie Rose Gala, hosted by the Young Professionals of Watford City. This event is a fundraiser for the new Kent Pelton Nature Park coming soon to Watford City. The park is currently located on park property that is planned space for public gathering and enjoyment of the outdoors. The design offers increased recreation opportunities to the current fishing pond with the addition of a pre-engineered...
After many years, Sidney Public Schools is now starting “Sidney Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame”. The first class will be inducted this coming fall, and be a maximum class of 10 this upcoming 2016-2017 school year. Nominations will be accepted until June 1, 2016 for induction/inclusion into the first class to be so enshrined. More information can be found at the Sidney Public Schools website in the Athletics file, or at the Central and High School offices. All nominations need to be for...
Beaver Creek Creations Beaver Creek Creations, located at 228 North Mainstreet, Watford City, ND is a store for all of your baby and baby gifting needs. Owned by Erin Perry, the store features brands such as Melissa & Doug, Earth Momma Angel Baby and even local crafters that bring homemade items such as blankeys, stick horses and clothing. Erin Perry decided to open Beaver Creek Creations when her sister-in-law became pregnant and she realized that there was no place in Watford City to buy...
Saturday, April 23 at the Outlaws Ballroom, Watford City, ND, from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. marks the Prairie Rose Gala, hosted by the Young Professionals of Watford City. This event is a fundraiser for the new Kent Pelton Nature Park coming soon to Watford City. The park is currently located on park property that is planned space for public gathering and enjoyment of the outdoors. The design offers increased recreation opportunities to the current fishing pond with the addition of a pre-engineered...
Jennifer King, Accounting and BPA teacher at Sidney High School, and her Accounting I & II students, started a semester project for at-risk students. “We were thinking of semester projects we could do, and my students decided that they wanted to give back to their fellow students,” said King. The At-Risk Scholarship fund is a minumum $600 scholarship given to students with lower G.P.A. or different family homes, but who show the drive and motivation to succeed. “We are already almost at our $...
In our agricultural industry, we get a lot of backlash on the use of GMOs, but GMOs have never been a problem until now. Why is that? Let's start with livestock. A question commonly asked is, "Will genetically modified crops fed to livestock, effect the final product?" First you have to understand that cattle have been eating GM crops for nearly 20 years. The feed has included modified corn and modified soybeans; in this time, GMOs have never been detected in the milk or meat produced from the...
Saturday, April 23 at the Outlaws Ballroom, Watford City, ND, from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. marks the Prairie Rose Gala, hosted by the Young Professionals of Watford City. This event is a fundraiser for the new Kent Pelton Nature Park coming soon to Watford City. The park is currently located on park property that is planned space for public gathering and enjoyment of the outdoors. The design offers increased recreation opportunities to the current fishing pond with the addition of a pre-engineered...
Tues., March 22, marked the 2016 Candidate Forum held in Sidney, MT at the Elks Lodge. Patrick Hackley MC’d the event and was in charge of asking candidates questions from the public. Chase Kilzer with Culbertson FFA Chapter led pledge of allegiance and gathered questions from the audience for the present candidates: Shane Gorder - Running unopposed for re-election county commissioner. “There has been a lot of change and a lot of growth in our community and our staff.” When asked what a poten...
