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The trial of a former Fairview man facing murder charges has been moved to the fall in Richland County. Cody Johnston is facing the charges of deliberate homicide and tampering with physical evidence. Nicole Waller was 32 at the time she went missing in February 2013. Waller was last known to be in Fairview on Feb. 14, 2013. The next day, her maroon colored 1999 Ford Expedition was found abandoned off Highway 2 between Poplar and Wolf Point. At that time, Waller was reported missing with...
Richland County Conservation District is continuing their tradition of recognizing individuals and entities that see the importance of conservation. We are pleased to announce that the 2015 Co-operator of the Year is McGinnis Ranch Inc. Joe and Dan McGinnis have been co-operating with the Conservation District on their natural resources for over 20 years. McGinnis Ranch received their award at the Mon-Dak Ag Days Banquet Thursday, March 3. The two brothers have implemented several conservation practices on their land in the Sioux Pass area of...
Richland County Conservation District is continuing their tradition of recognizing individuals and entities that see the importance of conservation. We are pleased to announce that the 2015 Co-operator of the Year is McGinnis Ranch Inc. Joe and Dan McGinnis have been co-operating with the Conservation District on their natural resources for over 20 years. McGinnis Ranch received their award at the Mon-Dak Ag Days Banquet Thursday, March 3. The two brothers have implemented several conservation practices on their land in the Sioux Pass area of...
Sidney wrestlers participated in the Poplar Tournament on Saturday Feb. 20, 2016 the results are as follows. Tots 41lb- Max Kleinke 2nd place; 44.5lb- Eli Enstrom 1st place, Daniel Carlsen 5th place; 47.5lb- Boston Reed 4th place; 48.8lb- Brenner Mullin 1st place, Rueger Sheehan 2nd place; 51.1lb- Kayson Clifton 1st place, Justin Martinson 3rd Place Bantam 40.7lb- Dawson Baltrusch 1st, Ryan McGahn 2nd, Eli Lonski 3rd place; 43.8lb- Tyson Syth 1st, Kade Kutzler 4th place; 46.5lb- Carson Propp 2nd, Bodee Bright 4th, Ethan Eide 5th place; 48.5lb -...
The Sidney Wrestling Club had a big weekend. Sidney Middle School Coach and Montana Wrestling Committee Chairman, Shane Gorder, coordinated and took two teams, Sidney Eagle Force, and Team Delta Force (an Eastern Montana Team with Sidney, Poplar, Circle, Glendive, Terry and Miles City wrestlers) to Great Falls Friday night for a dual versus the Great Falls Middle School. Sidney's Eagle Force Team was victorious with a 60-48 win. Team Delta Force matched up in a mix and match in Great Falls and...
(Photos by Kathy Johnson)...
On Saturday, Sept. 26, the Eastern Montana Stand Down will be held at the Richland County Event Center, 2118 W Holly St., Sidney and all veterans and their families are invited to attend. Local service providers including representatives from Fort Peck Warrior Center, Montana Legal Services, VA’s Mobile Vet Center, VA Service Offices for Benefits and Homeless assistance, Guardian Foundation assisting homeless veterans, Volunteers of America –assisting homeless Veterans, Red Cross, Richland Cou...
On Saturday, Sep. 26, the Eastern Montana Stand Down will be held at the Richland County Event Center, 2118 W Holly St., Sidney and all veterans and their families are invited to attend. Local service providers including representatives from Fort Peck Warrior Center, Montana Legal Services, VA’s Mobile Vet Center, VA Service Offices for Benefits and Homeless assistance, Guardian Foundation assisting homeless veterans, Volunteers of America –assisting homeless Veterans, Red Cross, Richland Cou...
On Saturday, September 26th, the Eastern Montana Stand Down will be held at the Richland County Event Center, 2118 W Holly St., Sidney, MT, and all Veterans and their families are invited to attend. Local service providers including representatives from Fort Peck Warrior Center, Montana Legal Services, VA's Mobile Vet Center, VA Service Offices for Benefits and Homeless assistance, Guardian Foundation assisting homeless veterans, Volunteers of America –assisting homeless Veterans, Red Cross, R...
On Monday, August 24th, Cody Wayne Johnston of Fairview, MT was arrested in Sidney, MT and charged with deliberate homicide and tampering with physical evidence in regards to the disappearance of Nicole Waller. Johnston is scheduled to appear in Richland County District Court September 9th, 2015; bail has been set at $250,000. Waller was reported missing on February 16, 2013 to the Flathead County Sherriff's Office after failing to return home to Kalispell, MT. Waller had been in Fairview...
“It [is] more a duty [of an Attorney General] to save an innocent than to convict a guilty man.” We know we do not live in a perfect world where only the guilty are convicted and the wrongly accused go free, but prosecutors can sometimes seem more interested in winning convictions than in remembering these words of Thomas Jefferson. Kimberly Nees was 17 years old in 1979 when she was brutally beaten to death near the town of Poplar. Barry Beach, also 17, was one of several classmates who were interviewed in her murder. No charges were bro...
Traditional Native American music, dancing, and culture are part of this year’s 24th annual Indian Arts Showcase at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. This special event will take place the weekend of August 1 & 2, on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am - 5 pm each day. This event is free. “The Indian Arts Showcase is one of our events that highlight the history and culture of the Northern plains tribes. We include presentations, music, traditional crafts to help connect the visitors with this rich culture.” Says Ranger Yellow Bird. Spe...
With the weather becoming nicer, homeowners are starting to work on their lawns and flower beds. With that being said, white grubs are starting to feed on the roots of your lawn as well. Detecting the presence of these insects might not happen until July when you see dead patches of lawn, which is easily pulled out of the ground. According to NDSU Extension Entomologist Janet Knodel, the action threshold is three to four larvae per square foot in lawns. To detect the amount of white grubs found,...
Men's teams scores: Garfield County, 1st, 88 pts • Sidney, 2nd, 81 pts • Glasgow, 3rd, 76 pts • Custer County, 4th, 57 pts.Women's teams scores: Baker, 1st, 88 pts • Glasgow, 2nd, 75 pts, Custer County, 3rd, 67 pts • Sidney, 4th, 59 pts. Area Top 10 Individual Placers: Boys 11 Meters: Alec Lovegren, 6th • James Rohner, 7th • Jeff Scholla, 8th • Dawson McGlothlin, 9th. Boys 200 Meters: Alec Lovegren, 5th • Braden Fiesthamel, 7th • Quinn McGlothlin, 9th. Boys 400 Meters: Trace Jones, 4th • Jon Le...
The Sidney Wrestling Club sent wrestlers in two directions this weekend to participate in wrestling competition. Twenty-six wrestlers from Sidney, Circle, Wolf Point, and Poplar traveled to Spearfish, South Dakota to compete in the Black Hills Nationals AAU World Folkstyle Championship on Saturday. Forty-two Sidney wrestlers traveled to Wolf Point on Saturday to participate in the Folkstyle Wrestling Invitational. Black Hills National AAU World Folkstyle Championship Resluts: Tot 40 – Eli Engstrom 8th Place • Tot 40 – Dawsen Baltrusch 2nd P...
The Sidney Wrestling Club had another busy weekend on the mats. The little guy wrestlers went to Glendive. The middle school wrestlers got on the bus and traveled west to Belgrade and Billings. Sidney was accompanied by Circle, Poplar and Glendive for a dual tournament in Belgrade on Saturday, taking 3rd out of 16 teams. They then competed in an individual tournament in Billings on Sunday. A few little guy wrestlers also competed in the Sunday event in Billings. Saturday’s score at Belgrade Duals - Sidney 81 vs Gateway (Bozeman) 18 - Sidney 8...
Oil spill response workers recovered approximately 240 barrels of crude oil from the Poplar Pipeline Tuesday. Workers recovered the oil from the south side of the Yellowstone River where the pipeline crosses about six miles upstream from Glendive, MT. Responders earlier had calculated the pipeline breach to have a worst-case discharge of up to 1200 barrels (50,000 gallons) of crude oil. Today’s recovery reduces the total that could have escaped into the river to about 960 barrels (or 40,000 gallons.) Drinking water is still being made a...
Senator John Walsh today called the Department of Justice’s announcement of Office of Violence Against Women grants an important step in preventing and prosecuting crimes of domestic and sexual violence: “These grants are an important and overdue step to help local communities in the Bakken region prosecute crimes of violence against women and educate the public about sexual assault prevention, making our state safer and stronger. By taking this important first step, we are strengthening our judicial institutions and creating a more eff...
At the University of Montana, 2,917 students made the spring semester 2014 Dean¹s List. To qualify for the Dean¹s List, students must be undergraduates, earn a semester grade-point average of 3.5 or higher and receive grades of A or B in at least nine credits. No grades of C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F, NC or NCR are allowed. The UM students listed below made the spring semester 2014 Dean¹s List. A ³**² in the ³Honors² column indicates a grade-point average of 4.0. An ³*² indicates that a GPA of greater than 3.5 but less than 4.0 was earned....
Gina Waid, graduating senior at Virginia High School was awarded the second annual McConnell Scholarship for 2014 during the school's Awards Assembly on Friday, May16. Waid is the daughter of Christina Bingham and Jeff Waid. She plans to attend Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis where she will study Forensic Science. Gina says she chose her field of study because science teacher Mr. Bartels taught about it in class one day and it interested her very much. The McConnell Scholarship...
The Sidney Wrestling Club had a busy weekend with events taking place in Poplar, Great Falls, Choteau, and Butte. Twenty eight wrestlers in grades 5 through 8 from the Sidney Wrestling Club as well as a few wrestlers from Circle and Wolf Point traveled west to participate in a weekend of dual and individual tournaments. Wrestlers were: Krayle Stormer (Circle), Kade Graves, Jordan Darby, Kadin LeFors, Logan Ullmer, Riley Waters, Brodey Skogen, Christian Dean, Matthew DeWitt (Wolf Point), Everett...
State and local law enforcement officials are asking the public for leads again as the one year anniversary of a Kalispell woman's disappearance woman nears. Last November, the Montana Department of Justice and the Flathead County Sheriff's Office sought information in the case of Nicole Waller, 32, who left Fairview, Montana to return home to her three young children in Kalispell on February 14, 2013. When Waller didn't return, family members reported her missing; Waller's vehicle, a maroon...
The Froid Scholarship Tournament originated in 1984 as a tribute to Jeff Ryder. All profits from this tournament have gone into the Jeff Ryder Memorial Scholarship fund. The scholarships are given from the interest earned by the trust fund and will be a continuous and lasting fund. Initially, scholarships were awarded to Froid High School students. As the tournament grew and sound base was built in the trust fund, the committee felt more scholarships could be awarded. Since we have received such tremendous support throughout the years from our...
On February 14, 2013, Nicole Waller left Fairview, Montana to return home to her three young children in Kalispell. When Waller, 32, didn't return, family members reported her missing; Waller's vehicle, a maroon 1999 Ford Expedition, was eventually found on the side of Highway 2 outside of Poplar. Although an extensive search was conducted, Waller was never found. Nearly ten months later, Waller has still not been located, and investigators are asking anyone with information to contact them....
