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For over 50 years, Amunrud’s has been a family-owned and operated RV Sales business on Highway 16, south of Sidney. Now, it is a part of the Anderson family life. Tyler Amunrud retired in 2022 and instead of passing it on to his children, as his parents had done, Tyler sold the business. Luckily, the right person had been right in front of him for 28 years. Mike Anderson started working for Tyler in 1994 and it is all he has ever known. For Anderson, the opportunity arose and he took it. Amunrud’s was his Jan. 1, 2022. He said, “Sidney can’t...
Members Sidney Elks Lodge are proud to host the Montana State Elks Association’s Summer Convention July 14-16. There are 26 Elks lodges in Montana. Every year they bid on which ones will host the yearly Summer Convention and Mid-winter Meeting. This year, Sidney’s Elk Lodge won the honor for the Summer Convention. At the conventions, members from all across the state come together for business and educational opportunities. During this convention, annual budget, state business, updating the bylaws, and the various state projects will be add...
The MonDak Heritage Center welcomed two new employees to their staff on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Nikki Bailey is the new executive director. The position had been vacant for a considerable amount of time. She is a Montana native and grew up in Fort Benton, near Great Falls. She got a Masters degree from Montana State University-Bozeman in agriculture education with a focus on relations. Before coming to Sidney, Nikki worked as an MSU Extension Agent for Carbon County and she did a bit of everything from 4-H to agriculture programming. She always was...
For the past 34 years, the Montana Association of Chiefs of Police has been hosting the Peace Officer Memorial Day. Every year officers from all across Montana and Canada come to the one in Montana to honor their fallen brothers and sisters. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed into law a joint resolution of Congress making May 15 Peace Officer Memorial Day and May 15, Police Week nationwide. The Association of Chiefs of Police in Montana has been holding the event since 1988. They choose a different city or town every year to host the...
Twenty-five years ago, local business owners Arnie and Lola Hansen had a vision for the community by opening a sports bar that emphasized not only professional sports but celebrated the accomplishments of local sports athletes and teams. The Winner’s Pub Sports Bar and Casino is the result of that original idea that has grown into a must-stop place for anyone wanting to immerse themselves in local sports memorabilia and the latest in sporting events. From July 8-10, the owners and staff excitedly to celebrated 25 years of serving the c...
Bob Gannaway, Buckshot Seeds, and Mark Erickson were proud to have their open house for their Gold Standard Seed distributorship’s new warehouse on Friday, Oct. 28. Neither man is new to the area or seed sales. Gannaway and his wife, Teri, have served eastern Montana and western North Dakota through their business, Buckshot Seeds for 23 years with storefronts in Fairview, Glasgow, Wolf Point, and Sidney. He is a retired farmer, yet still keeps a few head of cattle. Erickson is the former REA Hybrids district sales manager for the MonDak a...
On Aug. 28, Mike and Diane Obergfell had the start of what would become the worst nightmare of anyone's life. Mike had cancer. That day, Mike went into the ER for pain and was diagnosed. Then, after 30 days more of biopsies, tests, and the aggravating wait for results, it was decided. The Sidney farmer, rancher, oil field, and Sidney Sugars worker, Mike Obergfell, had stage 4 metastatic stomach cancer. Still, new biopsy results may change that. When he was initially diagnosed, the biopsies showe...
In 2022, Badlands Search and Rescue has been pleased to add two new members to their team. K9s Copper and Daisy Mae are two purebred bloodhounds that were purchased, and are being trained by two different members of BSAR to be used for scent and man trailing. Copper was purchased in April 2022 from K4 Bloodhounds, Miles City, by Matthew Earl. The breeder uses Copper's dam for blood trailing and several of their pups have been purchased for that reason, but Copper is the first of the breeder's...
Fall of 2022 Sidney Circle Subdivision was finally given some long-needed improvements. The Sidney Subdivision was started in 1978. More people started moving in during the oil boom in 1979 and 1980. In the late 1980s they reached saturation. They put a municipal system in but by 2018 it was reaching capacity. According to Interstate Engineering's website, www.interstateeng.com, "the original drain fields, wells, and adjunct water and sewer mains installed during the subdivisions' inception...
On Nov. 23, MDU applied for Authority to Implement a Tracking Adjustment for Montana State and Local Taxes and Fees for Tariff Rates 56 and 87. According to the Notice of Application and Intervention Deadline put out by the Department of Public Service Regulation, MDU claims that they need the adjustment to reflect an approximately 7.10% increase in Montana state and local taxes and fees for its electric operations and an 11.19% increase in the same taxes and fees for its natural gas operations. They also want to true-up their actual tax...
At 3 pm, Tuesday, Nov. 29, a message waited for by concerned citizens across the country was posted on Facebook by Sidney Police Department. "Taylem Berry has been located and is safe." For 52 days posts were spread across multiple social media platforms, videos were put on YouTube and TikTok, and an interview was done on the radio. All to find Taylem and bring him home. Taylem and his father, Raymond Berry were found on a ranch in rural Mariposa County, CA, where Raymond was working and they we...
Bob Gannaway, Buckshot Seeds, and Mark Erickson were proud to have their open house for their Gold Standard Seed distributorship's new warehouse on Friday, Oct. 28. Neither man is new to the area of seed sales. Gannaway and his wife, Teri, have served eastern Montana and western North Dakota through their business, Buckshot Seeds for 23 years with storefronts in Fairview, Glasgow, Wolf Point, and Sidney. He is a retired farmer, yet still keeps a few head of cattle. Erickson is the former...
On November 23, MDU applied for Authority to Implement a Tracking Adjustment for Montana State and Local Taxes and Fees for Tariff Rates 56 and 87. According to the Notice of Application and Intervention Deadline put out by the Department of Public Service Regulation, MDU claims that they need the adjustment to reflect an approximately 7.10% increase in Montana state and local taxes and fees for its electric operations and an 11.19% increase in the same taxes and fees for its natural gas operations. They also want to true-up their actual tax re...
(Updated 11-30-22) On Tuesday, November 29, Raymond and Taylem Berry were located in Mariposa County, California, thanks to a tip received by the Sidney Police Department. Raymond Berry was taken into custody for an arrest warrant that was issued on October 27 for Parenting Interference, a violation of Montana State law. Taylem is safe and in protective custody, awaiting reunification with his mother. (Original story) A chair stood empty this past Thanksgiving Day. A family ate without their...
On Nov. 4, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. filed an application with the Montana Public Service Commission for Authority to Establish Increased Rates for Electric Service. In it, MDU proposes a total increase of $10,499,415. This will affect the rates of about 25,600 customers and bring their rates up 19.2%. MDU also is asking for an interim rate relief of $1,716,219. MDU is saying the current electricity rates are unjust, unreasonable, and do not allow MDU to fully recover the cost of providing electric service to its Montana customers. A copy...
According to various news outlets such as CBS, NBC, ABC, and even the Wall Street Journal, catalytic converter thefts are on the rise nationwide. Recently, it has been hitting Richland County. According to Richland County’s Undersheriff, Bob Burnison, a few oil field work trucks have lost their catalytic converters to theft just outside of Sidney. There have been a few reports of vehicles inside city limits having the part stolen as well. While converter thefts have been a problem in the area off and on for a while, these latest thefts have b...
July 10-16 young women and girls from across the state of Montana gathered at the Dawson County High School auditorium in Glendive. It was the 2022 Miss Montana Volunteer Program. Grace McPherson, a junior at Fairview High School went to the pageant this summer with Liliana Johnson, Lily Jones, and Brynlee McNally. Grace did not win at the Miss Montana Volunteer Pageant but, contestants who do not win a state title may take a regional one so that they may stay in the program. She came home with...
Saturday, Dec. 3, at 6 p.m., the Arnegard Park Board will be having their annual Christmas tree lighting. On that night, the people of Arnegard are welcome to come to Nelson Park with their ornaments for the 23-year-old Blue Spruce that is decorated every year. There will be chili, cookies, hot cocoa, and other desserts for the decorators. They will get to sing carols and decorate the tree. This has been a tradition for six years. It was started to bring a little of the Christmas spirit so prevalent in surrounding towns to Arnegard. It has...
On Friday, Dec. 9, Saturday, Dec.10, and Sunday, Dec. 11, the Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Association will be having their gun show at the McKenzie County Sportsman’s Club. Come to buy, sell, trade, or just look! This will be the first year that the gun show will be held at the Sportsman’s Club range. In 2021 it was held at the Rough Rider Center. Friday will be 4-8 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Admission is $10 per day. There will be free parking. Concessions will be available. Help will be provided for unloading...
With Halloween over and Thanksgiving just around the bend, the holiday season is coming up fast. Williston businesses and the Williston Downtowner’s Association are ready with several fun and exciting events to make this season one to remember. There are several events planned, starting Black Friday. The Holiday Lights Parade is on November 25. Besides the parade, there are lots of fun activities at the James Memorial Art Center. Also, the weekend after Thanksgiving the small businesses in town will have a ton of sales for Black Friday, S...
Friday, Nov.11, a mother from Bainville went to Walmart in Williston looking for eggs for her holiday baking and there were none, not even the expensive, organic brands. Monday, Nov. 14, she drove to Sidney with the same result at the grocery store. There just were no eggs. This was predicted, to a degree. Preppers from across the nation have been spouting their warnings for years that we need to be more self-sufficient as individuals and families. The reason varies from person to person, but...
The Sidney Jaycees will be hosting their third installment of Guns N Hoses Saturday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m.. Part three will be a dodgeball game held in the Sidney Middle School Gym. There, the Sidney Police will battle the Richland County Fire Department in five rounds of pro dodgeball. Admission is $2 and proceeds will be donated to the Sidney Police Department and Richland County Fire Department as a gift from the Sidney Jaycees. Guns and Hoses has been a three-part competition between the Sidney Police Department and Richland County Fire...
On Friday, Dec. 9, Saturday, Dec.10, and Sunday, Dec. 11, the Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Association will be having their gun show at the McKenzie County Sportsman’s Club. Come to buy, sell, trade, or just look! This will be the first year that the gun show will be held at the Sportsman’s Club range. In 2021 it was held at the Rough Rider Center. Friday will be 4-8 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Admission is $10 per day. There will be free parking. Concessions will be available. Help will be provided for unloading...
Now that they have a new building, the Richland County Food Bank board has decided to have an open house. The Richland County Food Bank has spent a long 12 years in the 651 square-foot space at the back of the Nutter building. Now, with the help of board members, supporters, volunteers, and county commissioners they have been able to acquire and move all their goods into their building. In thanks to everyone who helped and to show off their new space, the Richland County Food Bank is opening up...
This year, to benefit Adopt a Senior's second year running in Sidney, Kayla Fox Wellness is offering classes in Sidney and Fairview as a fundraiser throughout November. Kayla Fox has worked with the senior community in Sidney for six years. Fox stated, "Seniors aren't able to get out much in the winter months and it affects their emotional state but they do enjoy connecting with people so this program creates companionship and friendly interactions. She started the program by herself. It was...
