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  • Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due - Fracking Pioneer George Mitchell

    Tie Shank|Oct 23, 2013

    George Mitchell of Galveston, Texas passed away July 26, 2013. Mitchell earned a degree from Texas A&M University in petroleum engineering and then not only started an independent oil and gas company, Mitchell Energy & Development Corp, but he built it into a Fortune 500 Company. Mitchell had a passion for technology. When so many large oil and gas companies were interested in shale gas but could not get the gas to flow, or make the breakthrough in fracking, Mitchell spent ten years and $6...

  • MT Red Cross Wants You to Stay Safe While Cooking, Prevent Kitchen Fires

    Oct 23, 2013

    The American Red Cross responds to thousands of fires in peoples’ homes every year and most of those fires occur while someone is cooking. The focus of this year’s fire prevention campaign is “Prevent Kitchen Fires” and the Red Cross is offering tips for staying safe in the kitchen. “Montana Red Cross responded to 82 home fires around the state last year. We see firsthand the destruction a cooking fire can cause,” said Rod Kopp, CEO of Montana Red Cross. “Yet most of these fires can be prevented. We urge everyone to follow our safety tips when...

  • Tiger Cubs

    Oct 23, 2013

    The Tiger Cubs from Pack 143 visited the Sidney Fire Department during Fire Prevention Week. They learned about what to do in case of a fire, fire equipment and fire safety....

  • Public Notification of Sex Offenders Residing in McKenzie County

    Oct 23, 2013

    Michael W. Kaminski II resides at 615 10th St SW, Watford City, ND 58854 Offense: Rape in the third degree. Conviction Date: May 6, 2005 ND-Status: Registered. ND-Risk Level: Undetermined Jordan B. Pitts resides at West Dakota Inn, 708 1st St NW, New Town, ND. Offense: Sexual Assault. Conviction Date: 06/21/2013 ND-Status: Registered. ND-Risk Level: Undetermined For additional information concerning this and any other registered sex offender in North Dakota, go to North Dakota sex offender...

  • Hunters Report Few Sightings of Dead Deer

    Oct 23, 2013

    Even with thousands of hunters in the field during the opening week of the pheasant season, the State Game and Fish Department received only a few reports from hunters who found dead deer in southwestern North Dakota. Game and Fish personnel have been monitoring the deer population in the southwest since late August, when the first reports of dead deer, attributed to epizootic hemorrhagic disease, came in from Bowman, Grant and Burleigh counties. Isolated deer deaths continued into mid-September, prompting the department to suspend the sale of...

  • Good Year to Be a Farmer

    Jaimee Green|Oct 23, 2013

    For a Montana farmer, a lot depends on the weather. That’s perhaps because their livelihood depends on it. For one area farmer, Mother Nature was very accommodating this farming season. Anton Borg of Sidney can’t recall any year since he started dry land farming back in 2009, when crops looked this good. With high yields and strong test weights, the season promises to go down in his farm’s history as one for the books. “The last few years have been good. But this year we had really adequate mois...

  • Sugarbeet Harvest Wrapping Up Soon

    Oct 23, 2013

    Sugarbeet harvest 2013 should be completed by the end of this week according to Sidney Sugars agriculturalist Russ Fullmer. Before the heavy rains caused some delays, the crop was 80% harvested. “We broke records for weekly and daily tons with 1 day coming in at over 70,000 tons. The digging was good, the trucks were going, everything was clean and there were no breakdowns,” Fullmer said. “We’re really lucky compared to Western Sugar (in Billings). Some of those growers haven’t been able to d...

  • Join In The Harvest Festival Celebration...

    Oct 23, 2013

    Another harvest is very close to being completed and everyone is ready to celebrate. Join in our Harvest Festival Celebration this Wednesday, October 23, through Satuday, November 2, and salute the backbone of the MonDak region...Agriculture. We appreciate area growers, Sidney Sugars Incorporated, and anyone and everyone who has anything to do with providing the world with the basic commodity of food. Check out all the artwork displayed in stores. Register at participating merchants to win a bag of Crystal Sugar and the grand prize of a $500 Fa...

  • Sugar Beet Farmer Hangs His Hat Up After 41 Wonderful Years

    Brenda Mehling|Oct 23, 2013

    They say that farming is not just a job, but a way of life. This has certainly been true for 3rd generation Fairview sugar beet farmer Robbie Stepan. As Stepan reflects on his last 41 years of farming, and experiences his final beet harvest, his feelings expressed of retirement are bittersweet. Stepan has always enjoyed beet harvest and says that he couldn’t ask for a better one than this year’s. However, Stepan has not been able to say that about every harvest and remembers some very wet years,...

  • Harvest Festival Coloring Contest

    Oct 23, 2013

    Dani Berry, 4th grader at East Fairview Elementary, earned the top award in our Art Contest. Berry will receive her artwork back, nicely framed, along with an art kit. Railyn Herbst, a 4th grader at Central Elementary, received second place and a McDonald’s gift certificate. Cole Wiidanen, a 4th grader at East Fairview Elementary, received third place and a McDonald’s gift certificate. Rory Cozzens, 4th grader at East Fairview Elementary, received honorable mention and a gift certificate fro...

  • Sugarbeet Decorating Contest Winners

    Oct 23, 2013

    A record number of creatively decorated sugar beets made judging this year’s contest a huge challenge. Thank you to everyone who entered! Special thanks go to Fairview Super Valu for hosting the event and providing great prizes, and to the Powder Keg for always being so generous. Honorable mentions go to Emma Bieber, age 6, with her “Princess” beet; Jade Schlothauer, age 11, with her “Magnificent Red Fish”; Dani Berry age 9, with “American Superhero” and Britta Paulsen, age 7, with Princess...

  • Make It WIth Sugar Contest Friday, Oct. 25 at IGA

    Oct 23, 2013

    Love to Bake? Love to Win Prizes? Enter your tastiest concoction in The Roundup’s Make It With Sugar Contest on Friday, October 25 at Reese & Ray’s IGA in Sidney. Categories this year include Cakes, Cookies, Pies, Candy, “Other” and Breads and Rolls. The basic requirement is that the recipe contain at least 1/2 cup of sugar. The prizes are always great, thanks to our generous Sidney merchants. The People’s Choice winner receives a $100 IGA gift card and everyone receives a bag of sugar just for entering....

  • Cover Crops; Research Continues

    Jaimee Green|Oct 23, 2013

    Cover crops have been around for a long time. Until recent years, no one gave them much thought. That is changing. According to Ann Ronning, Roosevelt County Extension Agent, the concept of cover crops dates back hundreds of years. “It really went by the wayside after WWII with the development of synthetic fertilizers and chemicals. Prior to the War, cover crops were used to help prevent soil erosion and to add fertility to the soil,” she said. Today, researchers are looking at the pot...