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The 2015 Zombie Run will be held Saturday, October 31st at the Richland County Fairgrounds with registration beginning at 9:00 am and the run beginning at 10:00 am. This is a Fun Run Obstacle Course and a family friendly event where strollers are welcome. This is the second year that the Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture has held the event and this year’s sponsors are Oneok, Trisha Klempel Designs, and Kim and Andrew Simmonds. Participants are invited to dress up in their Halloween...
Russ Fullmer, who has worked as the Agricultural Manager for Sidney Sugars since 1999, is retiring after 30 years in the sugar beet industry. Fullmer began working at the Sidney factory in 1985 as an Agriculturalist and after four years was transferred to California. In 1993, he was promoted to Agricultural Manager and moved to Wyoming where he worked for six years before returning to Sidney. Space planting has been one of two impactful changes in growing sugar beets; for many years sugar beets...
The Keith Steinbeisser Memorial Livestock Judging was held Sunday, October 4th at the Richland County Fairgrounds. Sponsors for this year's awards included Joe Steinbeisser and R&J Ag Supply who awarded belt buckles to the first place winners, Murdoch's, Prewitt Company, Sidney Livestock Market Center, Gary and Laura Schieber, and Tim and Molly Fine. Winning first place and top reasons in the FFA division was Kyle Topp. The top FFA team was Kyle Topp, Liz Hill, Kelton Lefores, and John Beyer....
Area cooks and bakers will be sweetening the season during this year's Make It with Sugar contest, which will be held Friday Oct. 23 at Reese & Ray's IGA in Sidney. Former Make It with Sugar judge, Randy Jones is looking forward to his first year as a participant. Jones, former Ag Finance Superintendent at Sidney Sugars, had been a contest judge every year since Make It with Sugar got its start, almost fifteen years ago. The contest was started by the Roundup as part of Sugar Days, now Harvest...
Sidney Sugars is pleased to welcome Kathryn Cayko to the team. Cayko's first day as the new Agriculturalist for Sidney Sugars was Mon., Sept. 28. Cayko is managing the Fairview pile grounds, taking over for Duane Peters who was recently promoted to Agricultural Manager. "I'm very excited about the position. I'm jumping in at the busiest time of the year. The pile grounds are busy and there is a lot going on, but it's new and exciting for me," said Cayko. The Maine native graduated from Montana S...
The countdown is underway with less than two weeks before Red Ribbon Week is upon us and the Richland County Comes Together committee has been diligently working to make it a week to remember. In light of a 2015 Quest Diagnostic Report that showed drug use in the workplace had jumped from a 4.9% increase in 2014 to a 9.3% increase in 2015, concerned members of the community came together to make sure Richland County received a loud and clear message about the dangers of drug use. A school assemb...
St. Joseph’s Youth Group will be holding a free will offering pancake breakfast and silent auction from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm central time Sunday, October 18th at the St. Joseph’s gymnasium, 106 6th St. West in Williston and all are invited. The Youth Group Students are raising money to attend World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland in July of 2016; in all there will be 15 high school students and twelve adults making the pilgrimage, including two youth leaders and Father Kovash. St. John Paul II...
The 2015 Zombie Run will be held Saturday, October 31st at the Richland County Fairgrounds with registration beginning at 9:00 am and the run beginning at 10:00 am. This is a Fun Run Obstacle Course and a family friendly event where strollers are welcome. This is the second year that the Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture has held the event and this year’s sponsors are Oneok, Trisha Klempel Designs, and Kim and Andrew Simmonds. Participants are invited to dress up in their Halloween...
The 2015 Zombie Run will be held Saturday, October 31st at the Richland County Fairgrounds with registration beginning at 9:00 am and the run beginning at 10:00 am. This is a Fun Run Obstacle Course and a family friendly event where strollers are welcome. This is the second year that the Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture has held the event and this year's sponsors are Oneok, Trisha Klempel Designs, and Kim and Andrew Simmonds. Participants are invited to dress up in their...
The arraignment hearing for Cody Johnston was held Tuesday, September 29th in Richland County District Court. Johnston was charged with deliberate homicide and tampering with physical evidence in regards to the 2013 disappearance of Nicole Waller and he pled not guilty to both charges. Presiding District Judge Greg Pinski from Cascade County and Assistant Attorney General Joel Thompson were present via video conference. Johnston’s defense attorneys Luke Savage and Casey Heitz will be r...
Lundemo Firearms & Sports will be opening its doors this month supplying firearms, ammo, powder, bullets, and Dillon re-loaders; the gun shop has about 200 guns for sale and will accommodate special orders. They also supply American Surplus Ice Castle fish houses, which have been a big seller to those in the oilfield. Owner Duane Lundemo, who is a hunter himself, initially started the small business out of his shop at home and over the last four years the business has grown. "Business was good...
The Mule Deer Foundation will be holding the First Annual Prairie Ghost Chapter Banquet Friday, October 9th at the Elks Lodge in Sidney, 123 3rd St SW. Doors will open for the pre-banquet raffle, games, and silent auction at 5:00 pm. Pre-banquet raffle items include a Kel-Tec Shotgun, Buschmaster ORC Carbon AR 15, Henry Golden Boy .22 LR, and Sig Sauer 9mm. Dinner will begin at 7:00 pm with a live auction to follow. All tickets require one Mule Deer Foundation membership. A member's meal or...
June 30, 2015 is a day Vernon Faaborg will never forget. On his homestead south of Sidney, he was standing in the north bedroom of his trailer watching from his window. "It was about 6 o'clock in the evening and I was watching for lighting strikes because I was worried about them starting fires. I saw the funnel cloud; it came through a grove of trees and bent all those trees down to the ground. It just laid them flat as it passed through the grove then they all sprung back up like saplings... f...
Joseph Mrachek of Alexander, ND, was recently recognized by the Board of Directors of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) for achieving 30 consecutive years as a Nationally Registered EMT. Mrachek is one of few EMTs in the nation to receive this honor, having completed the most comprehensive recertification program in the nation on a biennial basis and attending a minimum of two hours per month of additional continuing educational courses, furthering his knowledge of...
The Run the World Sidney Run Club will be holding a Partner 4 Pain Run/Walk Saturday, October 10th at 9:00 am at Richland Park. Partner 4 Pain is the third run in a series of three, with each four mile run raising money for a different cause in the community. The proceeds from the Partner 4 Pain run will be donated to Jason Jacobson to help with medical expenses after he suffered a spinal cord injury. Jacobson, a Sidney native, was the passenger in a one vehicle car accident on May 10, 2015. He...
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...
The latest trend in do-it-yourself design and refurbishing is now available through Brenda Larson at Creative Solutions in Sidney. Chalk paint, from the American Paint Company, is an all-natural, mineral based, solvent free paint that contains no VOCs and is eco-friendly. It is acrylic free and doesn't have any fungicides or co-polymers and it is inspiring people across Pinterest to breathe new life into old furniture. Chalk paint has no odor and cleans up easily with water; there is no priming...
Rock-on Stone Engraving, a new and unique business to the Sidney area, is available to begin taking orders for address and residence markers, customized stepping stones, and memorial stones. While visiting the Black Hills, Arlen and Lonnie Price noticed that many residences had stone markers with a family name or address engraved into them which piqued their interest. After doing some online research, the Prices decided to purchase an engraving machine, which is similar to a sandblasting...
Red Ribbon Week, October 23 - 31 is fast approaching as the Richland County Comes Together Committee rallies businesses and individuals to help them take a stand against drugs in our communities. The Richland County Schools Assembly will be held at the Sidney High School Tuesday, Oct. 27, with special guest speakers Dr. Gary Dale, former State of Montana Medical Examiner and singer, song writer Kat Perkins from "The Voice" presenting "Dream It, Do It" and singing her hit song 'Fearless'. A free...
On Saturday, Sept. 5, Grace Link, wife of the late North Dakota Governor, Arthur Link, was present in Alexander, ND to participate in their Old Settler's Day celebration. Amid the parade and other festivities, there was a special reason to celebrate as it was recently announced that Grace Link will be donating family memorabilia and congressional items to the Lewis & Clark Trail Homestead Museum in Alexander. The museum currently has a few items from the Link family including plaques, former...
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...
A Medical Benefit for Lois Kalberer will be held Saturday, September 12th at the Ranger Arena, 601 7th Ave SW in Sidney from 6:00 pm until midnight. Kalberer suffered a brain aneurism and was flown to Denver, CO to receive emergency medical treatment. She is still in Denver and is doing very well, but still has a long road to recovery ahead of her including extensive rehabilitation. The Kalberer family have always been very involved in the community, particularly with Youth Hockey and Swim Team...
In honor of September being National Sewing Month, the Sidney Chapter of the American Sewing Guild would like to invite the public to their Sip & Sew events on Thursday, September 10th from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm and Saturday, September 12th from 9:00 am until noon at the Eastern Agricultural Research Center, 1501 N Central Ave, Sidney, MT. The Sip & Sew events are open to anyone regardless of sewing experience and are free of charge. Refreshments will be served and demonstrations such as...
A Medical Benefit for Lois Kalberer will be held Saturday, September 12th at the Ranger Arena, 601 7th Ave SW in Sidney from 6:00 pm until midnight. Kalberer suffered a brain aneurism and was flown to Denver, CO to receive emergency medical treatment. She is still in Denver and is doing very well, but still has a long road to recovery ahead of her including extensive rehabilitation. The Kalberer family have always been very involved in the community, particularly with Youth Hockey and Swim Team...
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...
