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The North Dakota Downtown Conference recognized its inaugural Downtown Impact Award winners during its Awards Luncheon on Thursday, August 29, 2019 in Williston. The awards recognized organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the downtown districts in their communities. The awards were presented to individuals and organizations in four categories: Downtown Event, Downtown Atmosphere, Downtown Champion and Downtown Leadership. The Downtown Event and Atmosphere...
McKenzie County Healthcare Systems (MCHS) will be hosting their Annual Women's Day event at the Rough Rider Center in Watford City on Saturday, September 14. The event includes a Fun Run, vendor show, free lunch, motivational speaker, Amberley Snyder, Long X Arts Foundation activity, and presentation of "Woman of the Year" Award. The free event will kick off at 9 a.m. with a 5K Fun Run. The vendor show will start at 10 a.m. and wrap up around 2 p.m. The sponsored lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m.,...
At the McKenzie County Fairgrounds on Friday, September 6 and Saturday, September 7, there will be a North Dakota High School Rodeo. Starting at 6 p.m. on Friday, September 6, there will be a cow cutting in the indoor arena. At 9 a.m. on Saturday, September 7, the rodeo will start in the outdoor arena. Events will be in the standard event order: bareback, breakaway roping, tie-down roping, barrel racing, steer wrestling, saddle bronc, goat tying, team roping, pole bending, and bull riding. Bucking stock will be provided by Kling/Heading Bucking...
Big Sky Science Education Enhancement (BSEE)from Billings provided hands on learning experiences to West Side 2nd through 5th graders August 26-30. BSEE board chairman Henry LaFever made a presentation on engineering a structure to protect a falling egg and building rockets. Throughout the week students designed and built their projects. Thursday and Friday the projects were field tested....
State and local public health officials are reporting the season’s first human West Nile Virus (WNV) cases in Montana. The cases, reported in Custer and Lewis and Clark counties, both occurred in individuals over the age of 60, who are often at greater risk for severe disease. Both required hospitalization and no further information is available at this time. Most people who become infected with WNV experience no symptoms, but 1 in 5 develop a mild illness, with symptoms such as headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea or a r...
The Fairview Community Foundation is hosting a free breakfast on Sunday, September 8 in honor of Grandparents Day. They encourage kids to invite parents and grandparents to come to the Double Barrel in Fairview between 8 a.m. and noon and enjoy breakfast with their family. At the same time, the group is holding a Food Drive for the Fairview Food Bank. Items needed at this time include flour, sugar, Bisquick, hot cereals, powdered milk, pancake mix, syrup, boxed meals, canned fruits and meats, cooking oil, Ramen noodles, Jello, boxed potatoes,...
Carrie Krug, Sidney, MT - MSU extension Richland County, District II Alcohol and Drug Program, and Parenting Montana are offering Active Parenting Classes. Whether you’re a first-time parent or juggling a household, the first five years of your child’s life are extremely important. Active Parenting is a program created by Dr. Michael Popkin who is a parenting expert. The First Five Years program is a four-session class designed to help parents learn about a variety of items such as ages and stages of development, effective discipline that you...
Stacey Indergard, RN, CPCP wants to make people feel good and look good. Having had permanent makeup done herself seven years ago by an RN in Billings, Indergard knows the convenience and great, natural looks it can provide. Indergard completed her training at Simply Body Art Studio in Phoenix where she studied aesthetic technique and color theory. At the Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals convention in Las Vegas in April, she passed a rigorous exam to become a Certified Permanent...
JD Mulkey, Ag Loan Officer (left), and Wade Whiteman, VP, Ag Loan Department Manager for Stockman Bank, recently presented Cassandra Markwald, President of Richland County Food Bank, with a donation of 306 pounds of hamburger. The beef was purchased at the 4-H livestock sale during the Richland County Fair. (Submitted photo)...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is taking public comment on the proposed 2020 Elk Management in Areas with Brucellosis Annual Work Plan and the biennial season setting process for the 2020-2021 hunting seasons. 2020 Elk Management in Areas with Brucellosis Annual Work Plan In January 2013, the Fish and Wildlife Commission endorsed elk management recommendations from a citizen working group for use in areas with brucellosis (the Designated Surveillance Area as described by the Montana Department...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is asking bowhunters who harvest a deer in gun hunting units 3A1 and 3B1 to help the department’s chronic wasting disease surveillance efforts by submitting the head of their animal for testing. Heads may be dropped off in freezers located at the Game and Fish district office in Williston, and at the Divide County sheriff’s office in Crosby (north side of building). Hunters wishing to keep the head may have it sampled at the Williston office during business hours. Taxidermists in Williston are also ass...
Q: What is the new three elk discussion? I thought I could only harvest two elk per year. A: Partially true. In the 2019 legislative session, HB497 created the opportunity for a hunter to harvest up to three elk. However, our current 2019 Deer, Elk and Antelope regulations, as passed by the Fish & Wildlife Commission in February of 2018, indicate, “Each hunter may possess only one (1) Elk B License per license year in addition to a General Elk License.” As a result, for the 2019 hunting seasons, hunters will still only be allowed up to one B E...
John Mues is running for the Montana U.S. senate seat against incumbent (R) Steve Daines. Sunday afternoon, August 25, Mr. Mues spoke in front of small group at the Extension building about his desire to replace Senator Daines in the upcoming elections. Mues and wife Claudia live near Loma. They are expecting their first child shortly. Muse, 45, said he has worked in the energy sector for 11 years as a senior engineer. He has a master's in business administration from the London Business School....
Concerned about what happens to your hard drive when disposing of your old electronics? Get a little peace of mind by recycling it during the 15th annual “E-rase your E-waste” community collection event, this coming Friday and Saturday in Sidney. “For a minimal fee of $7, your hard drive will be destroyed by our e-cycler, not just wiped and reused,” according to Beth Redlin, one of the event organizers. “Our e-cycler will also provide you with a certificate of destruction noting the serial numbers of the equipment destroyed. It’s a practice co...
The Community Foundation Fund is giving out $7,000 in grants to local organizations. Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, government agencies. Groups without such designation may enlist a fiscal sponsor. Apply ONLINE only at www.NDCF.net/McKenzieCounty tab apply for Grant. Applications are due September 28. The local advisory committee will discuss the applications and determine grant awards in October. The McKenzie County Community Foundation was established to fund priority needs of the community that would not otherwise be funded, or...
Kim and Casey Schlothauer are one of many rural farm families residing east of Fairview, ND affected by the flooding of the Yellowstone River earlier this spring. On their 780 acre farm the couple is raising a young family while supporting the production of wheat and beet crops for the year. "Wheat crop harvest is delayed but only due to recent rains," Kim states. "The farm ground in our area dried quickly after the flood waters receded in the spring not causing much delay in planting for us."...
On Thursday, September 26th, the NDSU Williston Research Extension Center (WREC) will be hosting its first-ever Perennial Field Day. The event will start at 9:00 a.m. central time and conclude with a provided lunch at 12:00 p.m. Topics that will be discussed at the event include: Kernza Management and Research, Developing the Kernza Supply Chain with Chris Wiegert of Healthy Food Ingredients, Saline Seep Formation and Management with Jane Holzer of the Montana Salinity Control Association,...
McKenzie County Extension will be having an educational and informative in-crop weed forum. We will be working in conjunction with the Williston Research Extension Center as well as many reputable guest speakers. We will cover topics such as biology of a few select weeds affecting producers, non-chemical control and regulation of infestations, identification of upcoming or new weeds; maintenance of a weed problem and control of an infestation. This is a free event with free lunch provided by the McKenzie County Crop Seed Improvement...
As the summer draws to a close and harvesting season is upon us; canning, pickling, and preserving season is here too. The number one priority when preserving your harvest is the safety of the finished product by destroying any bacteria, and molds that might cause foodborne illnesses, one of them being botulism, caused by a toxin in bacteria. The bacteria can grow, especially in improperly processed home-canned foods. Have no fear, home-canning foods is still a great way to preserve your harvest. It is recommended to use recipes that have been...
The sign-up period for the 2019 Market Facilitation Program is now open, says Bryon Parman, North Dakota State University Extension agricultural finance specialist. The program provides aid to farmers growing specified crops in the form of a county-wide payment rate as determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The county payment rates were released at the end of July and varied from a minimum of $15 per acre to a maximum of $150 per acre. Many North Dakota counties in the...
Helena, MT - The Montana Department of Agriculture’s annual Pesticide Disposal Events will be held in several locations across Montana during September. The collection events will be held September 17 in Wolf Point; September 18 in Sidney; September 19 in Miles City; and September 20 in Billings. The annual events have collected more than 638,000 pounds of waste pesticides since it began in 1994. The program was designed to help individuals dispose of any pesticides that are unusable as originally intended and cannot be used for any other p...
Anthrax continues to be a concern for cattle producers in North Dakota. "Recently, a case of anthrax was positively identified in a southwestern North Dakota county," says Gerald Stokka, North Dakota State University Extension veterinarian. "This is a reminder to our cattle producers that the threat of anthrax is still present. It appears that during times of high rainfall and/or very dry conditions, the spores are uncovered and cattle are at risk of infection." Anthrax is a disease in cattle ca...
Planting cover crops is increasing in popularity each year, and this is not surprising considering the benefits. However, those potential benefits will be quickly negated by the use of untested or unlabeled seed says Jason Goltz, North Dakota State Seed Department regulatory programs manager. North Dakota seed law requires that all agricultural seed offered for sale, or sold for planting purposes, must be labeled. Proper labeling requires seed testing and without proof of testing, there is the potential for planting seed that will not...
R&L Fusion hosted a football game in Lambert on Friday, August 30, against Geraldine/Highwood. Final Score was 68 -12 with R&L taking the victory (photos submitted by Jill Thiessen)....
Funeral services for Gale A. Geiser, 68, of Fairview, MT are at 11 a.m., Tuesday, September 10 at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor David Huskamp officiating. Visitation will be Monday, September 9 from 12-5 p.m. at Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Gale passed away on Wednesday, September 4 at his home in Fairview....
