Articles from the April 12, 2017 edition


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  • Sidney Resident Baptized in Jordan River

    Jordan Hall|Apr 12, 2017

    A half-million visitors per year are baptized in the Jordan River, a small stream that forms the boundary between the nations of Jordan and Israel and runs from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. The stream has major historical significance to Judaism as an ancient landmark forming the boundary of the land promised to Abraham, and traversed by the Hebrews, per the third chapter of Joshua. The stream is also extremely significant to Christianity, as the traditional location of the baptisms...

  • Bakken Brew Fest Coming April 22

    Apr 12, 2017

    Music, food and beer...lots of different beers...are all part of the 6th annual Bakken Brew Fest beginning at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 22 at the Richland County Event Center in Sidney. With at least 70 beers from 20 to 30 breweries in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming, beer enthusiasts are sure to find several that tickle their taste buds. Pair a beer with a brat or other tasty food and enjoy music by Two Bit Franks, a bluegrass band from Bozeman, MT. Don't miss out on the Tapping of the Firkin...

  • LYIP Diversion Project Hearing

    Apr 12, 2017

    Over 90 local residents traveled to a hearing in Great Falls on April 5 regarding the LYIP Diversion Project. Lawyers from the Corp of Engineers, Burea of Reclaimation and LYIP filed motions of dissolution pertaining to the injunction placed on the fish bypass diversion project at the Intake Dam. An extensive study costing $2.5 million was conducted to address the injunction placed on the project on behalf of the Defenders of Wildlife and other environmental groups suing to stop the project...

  • 2nd Annual Badlands Arts Showcase April 27

    Apr 12, 2017

    Watford City’s Long X Arts Foundation is pleased to present the 2nd Annual Badlands Arts Showcase and Fundraising Event on Thursday, April 27h . Guests will enjoy an evening of dance and music performances, art, coffee, dessert and hors d’oeuvres for purchase at the beautiful new theater space in the new Watford City High School. “Part of the mission of the Long X Council on the Arts is to celebrate Western North Dakota artists and provide the community access to the arts,” said foundation board member Jan Dodge. “This goal of this event is...

  • Edwards Admits to Drug Trafficking in the Bakken

    Jordan Hall|Apr 12, 2017

    In June of 2015, Montana and North Dakota U.S. Attorneys announced the creation of the Bakken Organized Crime Strike Force, which has jurisdiction in both western North Dakota and Richland County, Montana. The goal of the strike force was to create a multi-agency solution to growing crime problems in the Bakken Oil Field, and mitigate some of the problems usually contained to larger metropolitan areas that were perceivably coming to the Bakken due to what was, at the time, an oil boom....

  • Myrna Salsbury Davis, 59, Sidney, MT

    Apr 12, 2017
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    Funeral services for Myrna Salsbury Davis will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, April 18 at Zion Lutheran Church in Fairview, MT. Myrna passed away Monday morning, April 10 at Sidney Health Center....

  • James F. Asbeck, 44 Fairview, MT

    Apr 12, 2017

    Funeral services for James Asbeck, 44, of Fairview, MT were held at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 6 at Vess Hurley’s Shop by the Broadhead house in Fairview, MT with Pastor Kelly Sloan of Fairview Alliance Church officiating. Interment was in the Sidney Cemetery, Sidney, MT under the care of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney. Visitation was on Wednesday, April 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour before service at the shop. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. J...

  • Cecil Gartner, 93 Sidney, MT

    Apr 12, 2017

    Mass of the Christian Burial for Cecil Gartner, 93, of Sidney was held at 10 a.m., Monday, April 10 at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in Sidney with Father Jim O’Neil as presider. Wake services was at 4 p.m., Sunday, April 9 at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church. Interment was on Tuesday, April 11 at 1 p.m., CST, in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, ND under the care of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney. Visitation was on Sunday, April 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour before Mass on Monday at the churc...

  • Foundation for Community Care Offering Local Scholarships

    Apr 12, 2017

    The deadline is quickly approaching for three different local scholarship opportunities given through the Foundation for Community Care. Healthcare Scholarship: The Foundation for Community Care Board of Directors offers the annual Healthcare Scholarship program to Richland County and surrounding area residents who are pursuing an education in a healthcare field. Applicants must have completed one year at a post-secondary university or college. Jessica Vannatta Memorial Scholarship: This new local scholarship opportunity was created by...

  • DPHHS Offers Advice to Prevent Tick Bites

    Apr 12, 2017

    As Montanans look to enjoy the great outdoors this spring and summer, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and local public health officials urge everyone to follow a few simple steps to prevent tick bites and their illnesses: Limit, repel, and inspect. On average, state public health officials receive an average of eight tick-borne illness reports every year, including Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Tularemia, Colorado Tick Fever and Tickborne Relapsing Fever. Other reported tick-borne illnesses, believed to be...

  • Jayda Strait Honored As MDA Ambassador

    Joshua Smallwood|Apr 12, 2017

    Jayda Strait, 6, of Sidney, MT was honored at an assembly at West Side Elementary School on April 4, as the 2017 Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Ambassador for the state of Montana. Each year one child from the ages of 6-17 who is registered with the MDA is chosen to represent the association as their state ambassador. Duties include attending fundraising events to support the MDA. Other events intended to raise awareness are MDA Muscle Walks and black-tie galas. Muscular dystrophy is...

  • Sidney Wrestlers At The Middle School And Ninth-Tenth Grade National Dual Tournament

    Apr 12, 2017

    Des Moines, IA, March 30-April 3 Sixteen Sidney Eagle wrestlers qualified for Team Montana and wrestled in the AAU National Duals this past weekend. This is the most wrestlers to ever make it at a time since its beginning, 17 years ago. There were three middle school teams and three ninth and tenth grade teams. Each individual had to qualify in Great Falls at the Montana State Folk Style Tournament. There were 110 wrestlers from across Montana that participated. Ninth-Tenth Grade Wrestlers: 106-Kaiden Cline- 1-7-Record 120-Everett Jensen-...

  • Sidney High School Seniors Star in "Little Women"

    Stephanie Ler|Apr 12, 2017

    Sidney High School's speech and drama coach and Drama Club director Christy Pierce is especially excited about this year's spring production from April 21 through April 23. Drama Club students will star in "Little Women", based on Louisa May Alcott's classic novel chronicling four young girls transitioning to womanhood during the time of the civil war. Though this will be the 6th show that Pierce has directed, this production is highly anticipated, featuring period costumes and authentic...

  • American Red Cross Honors Volunteers During National Volunteer Week

    Apr 12, 2017

    National Volunteer Week is April 10-17 and the American Red Cross of Montana is honoring its volunteers who give their time to help people in need. Nearly 400 serve the Red Cross in Montana and more than 300,000 volunteers serve the organization nationwide, helping staff blood drives, volunteering at veterans hospitals, teaching people lifesaving skills such as First Aid and CPR, responding to home fires in the middle of the night and so much more. “We want to take this time during Volunteer Week to thank our volunteers for their service,” sai...

  • Seniors Speak Workshop April 29

    Apr 12, 2017

    North Dakota Humanities Council and the Friends of Prairie Museum (Rugby, ND) are partnering with the Long X Arts Foundation and the McKenzie County Library to bring a writing workshop to seniors in McKenzie County. Saturday, April 29th from 9am to 12pm at the McKenzie County Library. The workshop is free and designed for seniors (50+) but open to all ages. Seniors Speak is a workshop and storytelling project designed for North Dakota senior citizens who are interested in writing their stories. Through the workshops, we aim to capture, gather,...

  • Think You Don't Need a Disaster Plan? Think Again.

    Apr 12, 2017

    The Red Cross’s Powerful Emergency App Has Everything You Need to Get Started With flood season already upon us and wildfire season just around the corner, the Red Cross urges Montanans to get ready by downloading its free Emergency App today. A recent survey by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) found that nearly 60 percent of American adults have not practiced a disaster drill and that only 39 percent have developed emergency plans. If you consider that approximately 80 percent of Americans live in counties that have been hit w...

  • Has She Ever Aged!

    Lois Stephens|Apr 12, 2017

    While rushing around town the other day, hurrying as usual as I dislike shopping and want to finish up as quickly as possible, I bumped into an acquaintance I haven’t seen for several years. When she said ‘hello’ to me, I looked at her in puzzlement for a few seconds until my brain figured out who she was. I tried not to stare in dismay, as the first thought that entered my head was ‘my goodness, has she ever aged.’ My next thought, following a nanosecond after my initial shocked disbelief at seeing the gray hair and other signs of age in my...

  • Sidney and Richey School Honor Roll

    Apr 12, 2017

    Sidney Middle School Honor Roll: Sixth Grade: Anna Allen, Hannah Anderson, Bohden Bailey, David Bartelson, Brendyn Batty, Aiden Berntson, Carson Borg, Tristyn Brost, Hattie Brothen, Marleah Campbell, Benjamin Carlsen, Alyssa Carranza, Hayden Conn, Ayden Coughlin, Jameson Crane, Emma Cundiff, Colten Dahl, Marthia Danielson, Alexzander Dean, Emma Doty, Leah Entz. Candace Everett, Justin Filler, Ana Flores, Rafe Fulgham, Zariah Gonsalez, Gage Gustafson, Jace Hansen, Tonnya Hansen, Sydney Hinck, Robert Humphries, Avery Iversen, Devin Johnson,...

  • Richland County Crimestoppers Crime of the Week

    Richland County Crimestoppers|Apr 12, 2017

    This week’s Richland County Crimestoppers is running a “Crime of the Week” that was run in February of this year and is still an active case. Crimestoppers believe that someone in our area has information on the theft of this Green Ford F-350 pickup. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office received the report on February 14, 2017 that missing from a residence south of Fairview, Montana was a Green 2008 Ford F-350 with a chrome brush guard in the front of the pickup, with a diesel engine. The pickup is a regular cab pickup with only driver and pas...

  • Hennings Wanted by Authorities

    Richland County Crimestoppers|Apr 12, 2017

    On May 22, 2009 a Warrant upon Information was issued out of Montana Seventh Judicial District Court in Richland County, Montana for Eric Bon Hennings for Issuing Bad Checks, a felony by common scheme. Crimestoppers would like to remind everyone that it is a crime to knowingly harbor a person that is wanted by a law enforcement agency. Eric Bon Hennings is 54 years of age, White Male, 6'1"", 165 lbs with brown eyes and black hair. The subject is charged with issuing bad checks by common scheme...

  • USA Taekwondo State Qualifier & Seminar

    Jerrold Baxter|Apr 12, 2017

    Sidney Tendo had one participant at the USA Taekwondo State Qualifier in Missoula, Montana this weekend. Caleb Baxter was uncontested in the cadet male blue belt welterweight division. Qualifying in both Poomse (forms) and Gyroogi (sparring), Caleb has earned the right to compete at nationals and represent Montana in both. Caleb also took part in a seminar with Olympian Stephen Lambdin. Stephen placed 9th as the heavy weight competitor for the US at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. Only four people...

  • Walleyes Unlimited Banquet Held April 8

    Apr 12, 2017

    The MonDak Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited held their 19th annual banquet on April 8 at the Richland County Event Center in Sidney. Pictured are Cole Wirth (left) and chapter president Justin Jones. Wirth was the winner of the Heads or Tails game and was awarded a Yamaha 2000 Generator donated by Amunrud's RVs and the Walleyes Unlimited Whopper Club....

  • Guest Column: President Trump's Budget

    Jon Tester|Apr 12, 2017

    When my wife Sharla and I sit down to do our budget each year we outline our priorities. Whether it’s spending more money on new equipment or spending a little less and fixing it up yourself—it’s a balancing act and you see what our priorities are. The same can be said of our government’s budget. Earlier this year, President Trump presented Congress an outline of his budget and at first glance I’m concerned about how his priorities impact the economic security of Montana and rural America. I applaud the President for strengthening our natio...

  • County Agent Update

    Danielle Steinhoff|Apr 12, 2017

    High Quality Seed (part 1) With the weather, overall, starting to feel like spring, farmers get an itch. With the nice weather, longer days and drying soil we want to get into the field as soon as possible. This year I have received a few calls about seed varieties, seed rates and of course, vomitoxin. The following information is from the NDSU Extension publication Selecting High-quality Seed of Cereal Grains written by Joel Ransom. Farmers are particular about the variety of seed they grow....

  • Sidney Competes at Dickinson Track Meet

    Apr 12, 2017

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