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Sidney City Parks Superintendent Stephanie Ridl is inviting local businesses and residents to become involved in “Take Part in Our Park”, a donation-based project that will allow for much needed improvements in Veteran’s Memorial Park. In addition to Ridl’s goal of upgrading all of Sidney’s parks, the push for improvements in Veteran’s Memorial Park is in preparation for hosting The Billings Symphony as part of The Festival of the Arts, with the symphony performing July 8, 2016. Sidney has...
The 5th annual Brewfest will be April 16, 2016 from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. for General Admittance (GA) and from 5:30 p.m. until 10 p.m. for VIP ticket holders. The anticipated event is one of three fundraisers for the Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, and as usual, committee members are hard at work to make it a fun and unique event. Brewers from around the region are invited to Sidney where guests can look forward to an evening of brew sampling, complimentary food, and live music....
Sidney will be hosting the Eastern Montana 2C District Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament Monday, Feb. 15 through Sat., Feb. 20 at the Sidney High School. The Eastern Montana District II C Basketball Tournament helps support local commerce as twenty-two teams will be guests in town, and the Sidney Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture is looking for volunteers to help with the event. There will be eleven schools making the trip and at least thirty volunteers are needed to help sell and take...
On Thursday, January 21st, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation held a public scoping meeting at the Dawson County High School in Glendive, MT to gather public opinion and answer questions about the alternatives being studied as part of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Intake Diversion Dam fish passage project. The EIS is being developed to better determine how fish passage, especially that of the endangered pallid sturgeon, can be improved with continued...
The 5th annual Brewfest will be April 14, 2016 from 7:00pm until 10:00pm for General Admittance (GA) and from 5:30pm until 10:00pm for VIP ticket holders. The anticipated event is one of three fundraisers for the Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, and as usual, committee members are hard at work to make it a fun and unique event. Brewers from around the region are invited to Sidney where guests can look forward to an evening of brew sampling, complimentary food, and live music. Be...
On Thursday, January 21st, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation held a public scoping meeting at the Dawson County High School in Glendive, MT to gather public opinion and answer questions about the alternatives being studied as part of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Intake Diversion Dam fish passage project. The EIS is being developed to better determine how fish passage, especially that of the endangered pallid sturgeon, can be improved with continued...
Sidney will be hosting the Eastern Montana 2C District Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament Monday, Feb. 15 through Sat., Feb. 20 at the Sidney High School. The Eastern Montana District II C Basketball Tournament helps support local commerce as twenty-two teams will be guests in town, and the Sidney Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture is looking for volunteers to help with the event. There will be eleven schools making the trip and at least thirty volunteers are needed to help sell and take...
The Master Gardener Program will hold classes Feb. 6 and 20 and March 5 and 19 at the MSU Extension Office in Sidney. The Saturday classes will be from 8 a.m. until noon and will cover a variety of topics including soils, botany, vegetable gardening, perennial and annual flower gardening, and tree and lawn care and will cover some specific topics based on interests of the class such as canning and composting. The Master Gardener Program began in 1972 when an extension agent in Washington state...
The Sidney Sugars Top Ten luncheon was held on Wed., Jan. 20, 2016 at the Elks Lodge in Sidney. A year in review, Agriculture Manager Duane Peters congratulated beet growers on their very successful year and discussed some of the challenges growers overcame in different areas. It was dry in the North, requiring lots of irrigation and hailstorms came through the same area as much as three times. Late May frosts required a few areas to have to replant as did springtail parasites, and damaging...
On Thursday, January 21st, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation held a public scoping meeting at the Dawson County High School in Glendive, MT to gather public opinion and answer questions about the alternatives being studied as part of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Intake Diversion Dam fish passage project. The EIS is being developed to better determine how fish passage, especially that of the endangered pallid sturgeon, can be improved with continued...
During the top ten beet grower dinner, Nollmeyer Farms was recognized as the top grower in the 50-312 acres category. Del and Kim Nollmeyer, who farm north of Savage, averaged 40.07 ton per acre, 19.25 percent sugar, which resulted in a 35.28 rating on a 263-acre crop. Del Nollmeyer grew up farming, started out by renting farmland from his father when he was still in high school. In 1989, he began farming on his own, and his wife Kim credits the quality of their crops to her husband's...
Tibbetts Agland was recognized as the top grower with more than 313 acres during the Top Ten Beet Growers meeting. Their Sugar percentage was 19.27 with 37.34 tons per acre and a 34.21 rating. Brothers Cody, Brock, and Todd Tibbetts grew up farming and ranching and six years ago they began growing sugar beets as Roundup Ready Beets made the crop much less management intensive. This made it possible to grow sugar beets in addition to growing feed crops and raising cattle. The family farm, located...
During the top ten beet grower dinner, Nollmeyer Farms was recognized as the top grower in the 50-312 acres category. Del and Kim Nollmeyer, who farm north of Savage, averaged 40.07 ton per acre, 19.25 percent sugar, which resulted in a 35.28 rating on a 263-acre crop. Del Nollmeyer grew up farming, started out by renting farmland from his father when he was still in high school. In 1989, he began farming on his own, and his wife Kim credits the quality of their crops to her husband’s c...
Tibbetts Agland was recognized as the top grower with more than 313 acres during the Top Ten Beet Growers meeting. Their Sugar percentage was 19.27 with 37.34 tons per acre and a 34.21 rating. Brothers Cody, Brock, and Todd Tibbetts grew up farming and ranching and six years ago they began growing sugar beets as Roundup Ready Beets made the crop much less management intensive. This made it possible to grow sugar beets in addition to growing feed crops and raising cattle. The family farm,...
On Thursday, January 21st, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation held a public scoping meeting at the Dawson County High School in Glendive, MT to gather public opinion and answer questions about the alternatives being studied as part of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Intake Diversion Dam fish passage project. The EIS is being developed to better determine how fish passage, especially that of the endangered pallid sturgeon, can be improved with continued...
The Sidney Sugars Top Ten luncheon was held on Wed., Jan. 20, 2016 at the Elks Lodge in Sidney. A year in review, Agriculture Manager Duane Peters congratulated beet growers on their very successful year and discussed some of the challenges growers overcame in different areas. It was dry in the North, requiring lots of irrigation and hailstorms came through the same area as much as three times. Late May frosts required a few areas to have to replant as did springtail parasites, and damaging...
The MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show, which was formerly held in January, has been moved to March 3rd and 4th in 2016. The two-day trade show will hold educational sessions at the Richland County Event Center featuring the latest and greatest information and developments for Agricultural producers such as GMOs, livestock, and horticulture. It will begin at 9:00am on March 3rd with the Sidney Sugar’s Growers Meeting taking place that afternoon; this is the first year that Ag Days and the Growers Mee...
The Wingate Hotel by Wyndham opened November 17, 2015 at 1500 South Central Ave in Sidney, offering a number of upscale amenities for those looking for a luxurious stay. After opening the Microtel, also by Wyndham, owners began to hear from the community that there was a need for an upscale hotel that would attract upper-economy based clientele such as business executives. This launched the first of three feasibility studies to determine whether or not an upscale property that offered extensive...
The Master Gardener Program will hold classes Feb. 6 and 20 and March 5 and 19 at the MSU Extension Office in Sidney. The Saturday classes will be from 8 a.m. until noon and will cover a variety of topics including soils, botany, vegetable gardening, perennial and annual flower gardening, and tree and lawn care and will cover some specific topics based on interests of the class such as canning and composting. The Master Gardener Program began in 1972 when an extension agent in Washington state...
Sidney City Attorney Joel Krautter announced Monday, January 11th, that he will be running for Montana House of Representatives District 35, which covers all of Richland County. Filing opens January 14th, at which time Krautter will make it official and will begin meeting with voters, attending candidate forums, and further learning what concerns area residents have, so those concerns may be addressed during the next legislative session. Krautter grew up in Deer Lodge, MT and graduated from...
The Boys and Girls Club of Richland County and Arbonne Consultants Marissa Eberling and Salina Hagwood are partnering for the “Healthy Snack Fundraiser Event” now through Jan. 31. Eberling and Hagwood will be donating their commissions off of specially priced Arbonne packages via their Party with a Purpose. A goal of $1500.00 has been set to buy healthy snacks for the children in the program. Arbonne was founded in Switzerland in 1975 as a skin care line based on botanical principals; Arb...
Tony Stroh was born on a farm in Dunn County in 1930 and moved to Gladstone, ND nine years later; when he was about thirteen years old, he and his family moved to Killdeer, ND, where he still lives. "I've always liked cattle. When I was a kid I was raised in town and I always wanted to raise cattle. I became involved in 4-H and showed Hereford cattle," said Stroh. "Herefords were popular back in those days and they have paid for more ranches than any other breed." When he was in high school, he...
The Gibbs Angus Ranch and Stortz Angus ranch will be marketing 125 bulls at the Glendive Livestock Exchange on February 24th at 1:00pm. Owners Tim and Laurie Gibbs began raising bulls in 1982 and owners Ted and Tarena Stortz started raising bulls in 1990; they have been selling bulls together for the last thirteen years and both families having been involved in the cattle industry for multiple generations. The quality of their cattle is contributed to good maternal selection with an emphasis on...
Leland Red Angus will be hosting their 33rd annual production sale on March 11 at the ranch located in SW McKenzie County, 35 miles SE of Sidney in the Squaw Gap Community. The ranch, whichg has raised registered Red Angus for 50 years, is operated by Melvin and Luella Leland and their son and daughter-in-law Todd and Carla Leland. Homesteaded in 1911 by Melvin Leland's father, Leland Red Angus breeds over 500 registered Red Angus females per year and will market 180 bulls and 65 yearling heifer...
JB Angus will be at the Stockman Livestock West sale in Dickinson, ND at 1:00pm mountain time Saturday, March 5. Owners Jonathan Ficek and Bobby Kubas will be selling approximately 65 bulls with about 60 replacement heifers for sale through private treaty. Both Ficek's and Kubas' families have been ranching in the area for generations, and each of them have independent family operated ranches, but in 2013 the two men bought a herd of cattle from Tuhy Angus and established JB Angus. Their main...
