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According to www.4Honline.com, over four million youth participate in 4-H projects each year, across the United States. This is the time of year for all 4-H members to put on the finishing touches, a little more practice, and the last bit of grooming in preparation for their local fairs. It’s happening all over the country but, according to Richland County Extension Agent Josie Evenson, Becca Deming is different. Becca is going to show eight different animals in this year’s Richland County Fai...
According to www.4Honline.com, over four million youth participate in 4-H projects each year, across the United States. This is the time of year for all 4-H members to put on the finishing touches, a little more practice, and the last bit of grooming in preparation for their local fairs. It's happening all over the country but, according to Richland County Extension Agent Josie Evenson, Becca Deming is different. Becca is going to show eight different animals in this year's Richland County...
It is that time of the year again and competitors, entertainers and spectators alike are getting ready for the Richland County Fair. Shelling out money for gas, lodging, buttons, tickets, souvenirs, and food can get a little pricey. Fortunately, there is lots of quality entertainment to be had at the fair this year that is free to spectators. According to their website, www.twowaycrossing.com, Two Way Crossing is a band started by Jenny and Blake Marvin in 2014 right after they had moved to...
In October 2018, an organization was born that could change the McKenzie County area disaster response forever. Fifteen courageous men and women banded together to create Badlands Search and Rescue, a volunteer SAR team serving Western North Dakota and Eastern Montana. This new team is hoping to fill a large need in the area. According to former McKenzie County sheriff deputy, Travis Bateman, the nearest full-service SAR team is in Rapid City, South Dakota. Rapid City is almost 300 miles and...
Every year since 1946, on the third weekend of July the people of Fairview, Montana have come together to reminisce and honor the people who have made a difference in the community. This year, 2019, Eddie Buxbaum will get his face on the Fairview Old Timer's Reunion and Summer Festival button. Eddie was not born here. His family moved from Nebraska to Crane, Montana way back in 1930. He spent most of his childhood there until, in 1943, his father bought a farm north of Fairview. There, the...
The first days of summer have come and gone. Now, it is time for the field days, the Montana State University Research Center Field Days. Every year, through June and July, the MSU Eastern Agricultural Research Center in Sidney, Montana participates, along with other MSU Research Centers across Montana, in the Field Days program. During a Field Day, farmers and the general public are invited to come to the research station to go on a tour of the facility, learn about the researchers, places and...
On June 30, 2019 twenty different high school football players from Montana, Wyoming, Texas and Nebraska came to Lambert, Montana to practice and enjoy the events of the 4th. Then, July 5, they continued their journey to Wakaw, a small town in Saskatchewan, Canada. The following day they challenged their Canadian counterparts in the 23rd annual Can-Am Bowl. The Can-Am Bowl was started in 1997 as an addition to the usual state and regional high school competitions for six-man football, Director...
The Sidney-Richland County Library took part in a spectacular program all about space on Thursday, June 27, at the Richland County Event Center! Learning about science through the inflatable, portable planetarium brought plenty of "oohs" and "ahs." More than that, you will be inspired to engage in a better understanding of the world around you! Presenter Sabre Moore led this incredible study and discussion. Our solar system, including Jupiter, Earth, Mars and the stars, came alive in this...
The first days of summer have come and gone. Now, it is time for the field days, the Montana State University Research Center Field Days. Every year, through June and July, the MSU Eastern Agricultural Research Center in Sidney, Montana participates, along with other MSU Research Centers across Montana, in the Field Days program. During a Field Day, farmers and the general public are invited to come to the research station to go on a tour of the facility, learn about the researchers, places and...
Down a lonely seeming road on the outskirts of Wolf Point are a set of grandstands seemingly abandoned behind a three pole gate and sign with three wagon wheels. Who would think in just a month's time it would be packed full of people. For once again on the second weekend of July, the town of Wolf Point, situated on the beautiful Missouri River will explode. The Rodeo Committee and Stadium Committee are banding together to bring the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede to life. It will be held July 11...
Down a lonely seeming road on the outskirts of Wolf Point are a set of grandstands seemingly abandoned behind a three pole gate and sign with three wagon wheels. Who would think in just a month's time it would be packed full of people. For once again on the second weekend of July, the town of Wolf Point, situated on the beautiful Missouri River will explode. The Rodeo Committee and Stadium Committee are banding together to bring the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede to life. It will be held July 11...
Every year since 1946, on the third weekend of July the people of Fairview, Montana have come together to reminisce and honor the people who have made a difference in the community. This year, 2019, Eddie Buxbaum will get his face on the Fairview Old Timer's Reunion and Summer Festival button. Eddie was not born here. His family moved from Nebraska to Crane, Montana way back in 1930. He spent most of his childhood there until, in 1943, his father bought a farm north of Fairview. There, the...
On June 8, 2019, Switchfoot will be performing with a few others in Watford City. For the second year in a row, several western North Dakota churches have come together to bring a Life Light Christian Music Festival to Watford City, North Dakota. Just a couple years ago, Kelby Timmons decided he wanted to share the gospel with the people of western North Dakota. He also noticed a need for good, clean family-friendly events that were geared toward the entire family, not just the kids. Last year...
April 1, 2019 two businesswomen operating two different businesses decided to help each other out and brought good, homemade baked goods and BBQ to Sidney, Montana. Simply Scrumptious has been a popular business in Sidney, Montana for a couple of years already. February of 2016 Michaela Lofthus bought Solid Rock Coffee Shop from Cindy Brown and started her own coffee shop and bakery. In August 2017, eighteen months later, she moved her burgeoning business into its current location, the old KFC...
June 13 -16, the 2nd annual Culbertson Basketball Tournament will be challenging elementary through high schoolers to show off their basketball skills, entertain and compete for prizes. Last year the parents of students in Culbertson, MT decided they wanted to get their kids into off season basketball tournaments and they wanted to raise a little money for a couple of nonprofit organizations. High school tournaments, especially, seemed hard to come by. As a result at the beginning of the summer...
This spring, locals of the Sidney area will be able to help a longstanding benefit to children of the community acquire, upgrade and install their playground equipment. Rau Elementary School will be having two fundraisers before summer break to help with the much-needed improvements. This Saturday, April 27, there will be a garage sale in the Rau School Gymnasium. It will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. They will be selling desks, chairs, curriculums, P.E. items, school supplies, office supplies and...
On April 21, Easter Sunday, after almost ten months of being out of the Lonsdale United Methodist Church building, the congregation will finally be returning. The People's Congregational Church was gracious enough to welcome the displaced congregation of Lonsdale into their fold while many changes were taking place at the original building. Lonsdale United Methodist Church has been a mainstay in Sidney for over 100 years. Since 1899, the church's members have been learning and growing in their...
Friday, April 5 was the final Brown Bagger of the season. Dr. Bruce Maxwell from Montana Institute of Ecosystems came and spoke on Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Montana. His talk included a little about the current conditions and CO² levels, the projected conditions and impact on agriculture and technology the Montana Institute of Ecosystems is developing to assist producers to tap the wide array of data now available to help make agricultural decisions. Dr. Maxwell started off...
As scheduled, Thursday, March 21 at 5:30 p.m., ARC or the Active Richland County action group held a PACE-EH assessment at the Mainstay Suites in Sidney, Montana. Attendees told the group the environmental health concerns they have in the community and discussed strategies on how to fix the issues. The meeting was held in the common area of the hotel. People from local businesses, the county health department, Richland County employees and Sidney City employees came to participate. Everyone was...
Steve Yockim did not plan on coaching. He went to college and got the credentials to teach math, but planned for greater things. His love for kids turned his life in a completely different direction. Now, after twenty-eight years of teaching and twenty-seven years of coaching, he is retiring this year from a fulfilling career in the public school system. Steve Yockim was born in Sidney, Montana. He lived there and went to school until his family moved to Miles City when he was twelve. There he...
For the second year in a row, Dar's Designs of Culbertson and the Roosevelt County Fair are bringing the Ugly Fabric Challenge to Roosevelt County residents. People in Roosevelt and the surrounding counties are encouraged to bring their ugly fabric and challenge another quilter or sewing enthusiast. Those wishing to participate had until March 12 to find a yard of the ugliest 100% cotton quilting fabric and bring it to the Fair office. A blind exchange took place and the fabric was placed in a p...
Saturday, February 9, 2019 Schaff Angus Valley destroyed another world record at their yearly production sale. SAV America 8018 was sold to Herbster Angus Farms for a record-breaking $1.51 million dollars. The previous record holder for highest selling bull in the world was SAV Elation 7899. He was also produced by Schaff Angus Valley and sold at one of their production sales. Both bulls were the lead-off bulls in the production sale and had been recognized by the Schaff's as being the best in...
March 1, 2, and 3 Badlands Gymnastics Club will be wowing Watford City once again. This year, their Night of Stars show will be March 1. Then March 2 and 3 will be Watford City’s first time hosting the Nodak Northern Lights Invitational gymnastics meet. Badlands Gymnastics has been holding their Night of the Stars show once a year since the mid-1980s. According to coach Pat McWilliams, they have a different theme each year. In the past, they have had Olympic Gymnasts. He said, “One year we had...
Thursday, March 7 at 9 a.m., as part of MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show the Montana Department of Ag's Industrial Hemp Program Coordinator will speak about the Industrial Hemp Program. Originally, Ian Foley was going to do the talk but recently the department has reallocated some duties due to the workload in the hemp program. Andy Gray will be doing the talk in his stead. According to Andy Gray, the Industrial Hemp Pilot Program allowed growers in Montana to grow industrial hemp in the U.S....
March 1, 2, and 3 Badlands Gymnastics Club will be wowing Watford City once again. This year, their Night of Stars show will be March 1. Then March 2 and 3 will be Watford City's first time hosting the Nodak Northern Lights Invitational gymnastics meet. Badlands Gymnastics has been holding their Night of the Stars show once a year since the mid-1980s. According to coach Pat McWilliams, they have a different theme each year. In the past, they have had Olympic Gymnasts. He said, "One year we had...
