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Get your grub and good times on at the 19th Annual "Best of the West" Ribfest & Street Fair on Main Street, Watford City, Friday, Aug. 11. Ribfest teams must be set up and ready to cook by 10 a.m.; judging will start at 3 p.m. There is no limit to the number of teams that can register, but there is a minimum of 200 lbs. of ribs that each team must cook during the day. First place will be awarded $1,000 and bragging rights, of course. Second place will get $500 and third place will receive $250....
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture is holding it’s first Wellness Collective June 1 at the Richland County Event Center. The Wellness Collective features a vendor trade show showcasing the regions wellness industry businesses and afternoon education seminars. There is a children’s section of the Wellness Collective. The “Healthy Kids Expo” features resources and activities for youngsters. The Kids Expo will include the Sidney Assembly of God youth group activities and bouncy houses. Cutting Edge Dance Studio will provide a mini da...
Friends and family are hosting a benefit for Sidney-Fairview native Tess Hurley Saturday, June 3 at The Waterhole #3, Fairview. The free-will donation feed starts at 6 p.m. featuring BBQ burgers with all the trimmings. A silent auction runs from 1-8 p.m. followed by a live auction. Anyone wishing to donate items for either auction may drop them off with Kim at The Waterhole #3. Hurley is a single mom of four, well known in the community, from either Sadie's Cafe, Richland Federal Credit Union...
On June 10 from 5-6:30 p.m., the Sidney-Richland County Library will be having its Kickoff Concert for the Summer Reading Program, Veteran's Memorial Park. The concert will feature Watford City musician and children's book author, Jessie Veeder. The concert will also have food and free activities for the kids. Veeder is a favorite among the patrons of the Sidney-Richland County Library and was requested to come. The Watford City area musician is also a children's book author and has performed at...
Montana Cares, an app developed to provide simple and fast access to school and community resources, is now live. With the app, asking for help for one’s self or others is just a tap away. According to an email sent out by Richland County Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Timothy W. Tharp, the free app provides help for many things that people sometimes are too afraid to ask for help with such as food, housing, crisis counseling, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, depression, abuse, and violence intervention. Once downloaded you click on the “Search For...
Watford City, ND - Last year’s inaugural Food Truck Rodeo brought many area and statewide food trucks to the Bakken for a weekend full of flavor. In its second year, promoters are eager to grow not only the culinary offerings, but the family fun options in and around the festival site. Something they say moving the event back one weekend to June 9-11, and joining forces with the Rough Rider Center will accomplish. “There’s so much more happening in conjunction with this year’s event,” says Mike Schmitz, event producer and owner of 701 Food...
As your crops and gardens begin to grow, please keep in mind that the MSU Richland County Extension Office is here to assist you with plant and weed identification, insect identification, and plant disease diagnostics. If we are unable to identify or diagnosis your sample in house, we seek the help of the MSU Schutter Diagnostic Lab. This lab processes plant diseases, insects, weeds and plants, and herbicide injury, all free of charge. If you have any samples that need identified or a plant disease that needs diagnosed, please contact the MSU...
There will be a Red Cross Blood Drive on Tuesday, June 13, from 12-6 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Parish Center, 310 7th St. SE, Sidney. Advance appointments are strongly recommended as there is limited availability for walk-ins. Please call 406-868-0911 or 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment to donate blood....
The 2023 Eagle Wrestling Camps will be coming up in June with Guy Melby, VHSCA National Coach of the Year Sidney High School head coach and Brandon Eggum, University of Minnesota head coach. The Little Guy Camp featuring University of Minnesota will be held June 10-12 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2-4 p.m. for beginners - 6th grade, at Sidney High School. The Technique Camp will be June 12-14. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., for grades 6-12 at Sidney High School. This camp is for the more advanced wrestlers. Graduates this spring cannot attend this camp. Workouts...
On Tuesday, May 23, the area sixth graders were invited to participate in Kids Fishing Day at Gartside Reservoir. Marla Prell, fMiles City Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks office has been doing this for seven years. "I know this event goes back to at least the mid 90s. Today, we have Miles City and Glendive members of the Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, MonDak Walleyes Unlimited and Blue Rock Products Company are here to assist. We have four stations for the kids to go through while they learn...
You won’t want to miss Jazz Age Jeopardy: A Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre & Scavenger Hunt in Two Acts taking place on Saturday, June 3 at the Richland County Event Center from 7-10 p.m. Guests at the murder mystery party will be at a private party held at a jazz club in 1920s New York City. It is the height of the Jazz Age, and the social revolution is afoot. Furthermore, this is the age of Prohibition - and of bootleggers and gangsters. Club owner, Felix Fontano, the son of a successful bootlegger and crime boss -- and a successful b...
All kids, kindergarten-high school are welcome to enjoy a safe space paired with a nutritious meal this summer, hosted by Zion Lutheran and Community Presbyterian Churches in cooperation with Fairview Schools. Lunches will be provided from 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, alternating between the two churches. A red flag saying EAT will signal the location. Pastor Tim O’Shields, Zion Lutheran Church, explained the program, saying that there are no walls involved. No income requirements, no religious affiliation. Just fellowship a...
Allcheck Medical Clinic, Sidney, in conjunction with Billings Clinic Laboratory Services will be holding their first health fair of 2023, on Wednesday, June 14, 6 a.m.-1 p.m. Their previous health fair was in December 2022. Allcheck Medical Clinic tries to do two health fairs a year, with one in the spring and the other in the fall. The first one was held in January 2022. As before, participants come to Allcheck Medical Clinic on the day of the event and register with Billings Clinic Laboratory Services staff at the front desk. The testing is...
Readers are in for a treat on Saturday, June 3 as Page Turners, book store, Fairview, hosts Alexander author Sandy Rieker for a reading and signing of her book “The Most Unlikely Pair”. The reading will be at 1 p.m. followed by the book signing until 3 p.m. Rieker says she got her inspiration from watching her own farm animals and wrote the story about a chicken and a goat that become friends with one another after being adopted. Her intention is to teach kids that it’s okay to be different and to always be kind to one another. Amazing illus...
For 13 years the Fairview Alliance Church has held what has been labeled as the Blessing Sale, instead of the Big Garage Sale, because the items at the sale are not priced. Get a blessing, give a blessing, be a blessing is the concept and it has yielded many blessings for many causes over the years. In keeping with their tradition, the Fairview Alliance Church will offer a huge variety of un-priced, used goods at the rummage sale, as well as freshly baked goodies for purchase. All proceeds will be split evenly between Fairview Summer Youth prog...
Lambert School supports two honor roll awards. Students maintaining a 4.0-3.5 will earn an “A” honor roll status. Students with a 4.0 are indicated with an “*”. “B” honor roll status is for students earning a 3.0-3.49. “A” Honor Roll 3.5-4.0 High School: Morgan Candee, Piper Carter*, Nick Engesser, Courtney Hofman, Kamolakhon Aliboeva, Iris Bulatovic, Sofia DeCandido*, Parvina Eshonqulova , Gracie Gonsioroski*, Brie Mullin, Halley Mullin, Lauren Prevost*, Sage Spinner*, ShaeLyn Williams, Robert Knotts*, William Martin, Keira Rains, Addison...
Edward Jones Financial Advisor Nick Lonski, Sidney, recently attended the firm’s Managing Partner’s Conference, which celebrates the contributions and achievements of 400 top financial advisors from among the firm’s nearly 19,000. The conference was held May 11-12 in Scottsdale, AZ. During the two-day conference, attendees had the opportunity to interact with and learn from firm leaders, confer on timely topics and share best practices for serving clients. “Our financial advisors work with clients to understand what is most important to them, c...
The number of people hospitalized for stroke between the ages of 15 and 44 rose as much as 37% between 1995 and 2008, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Thirty-five patients have been treated for strokes at Sidney Health Center over the last two years with ages ranging from 41-96 years of age. • 41-44: 2 patients • 49-57: 5 patients • 62-64: 5 patients • 65-70: 6 patients • 71-96: 17 patients Those numbers point to the need for younger people to...
The weekend of June 9-10, Culbertson will be putting on their annual Frontier Days, with their rodeo followed by a street dance both nights. A true community effort, local businesses and Culbertson Saddle Club members spend their time and money to keep the tradition alive, through rodeo association changes, floods, and maintenance challenges. A new attraction this year is the Women’s Ranch Bronc Riding, with at least ten women entered in the event. They will perform both nights along with the standard events of bull riding, bareback, calf ropin...
Once a week, for the entire month of May, the staff of the Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center in Sidney wore t-shirts to recognize May as Mental Health Awareness Month. The theme this year was "More Than Enough". Mental health is essential for a person's overall health. According to an article on www.youth.gov, Mental Health Month was established in 1949 to increase awareness of the importance of mental health and wellness in Americans' lives, and to celebrate recovery from mental...
All area children from pre-school-9th grade are invited to a week of fun and learning as Zion Lutheran and Community Presbyterian Churches, Fairview, host Vacation Bible School June 5-8 with the theme of Safe in the Fire, A Story of Faith: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace. The fun-filled week kicks off Sunday, June 4 with a parade at 4 p.m. with golf carts, side by sides, gators, antique cars full of kids, and adults, riding through the streets of Fairview. A picnic and games will follow at Zion Lutheran Church. Please...
Sidney's own Liliana Johnson will be representing Montana in the Miss Montana Volunteer National pageant in Jackson, TN, June 21-24. Johnson is looking forward to her experience at the national pageant. "Since getting crowned I have had opportunities to volunteer all over the state from the Wild Game Feed, Baker, to the Christmas Stroll, Bozeman. I have also performed the National Anthem at several events including MSU hockey games. This summer I will be visiting some of the boys and girls clubs...
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Memorial Services will be Wednesday May 31, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. at the People's Congregational United Church of Christ in Sidney, MT with Pastor Richard Evans officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday May 30, 2023 from 10:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. at the Fulkerson Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Sidney, MT. Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home is assisting the family. In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to the Shriner's Hospital. Remembrances, condolences, and pictures may be shared with the family at...
Funeral Service will be Friday June 2, 2023 at 11:00 A.M. central time at St Michael and All Angels in Cartwright, ND with Reverend Kim Fox officiating. Visitation will be Thursday June 1, 2023 from 10:00 A.M. until 5:00 P.M. at Fulkerson Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Sidney, MT. Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney, MT is assisting the family. Remembrances, condolences, and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Aone Lois Wedel, 79 passed away on Friday May 26, 2023 at her Home in Missoula, MT with family by her...
