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Jackie Beasley, Activity Director at the Good Shepherd Home (GSH) in Watford City, not only takes herself to work every morning, but she also brings with her a four legged Bichon Frise named Sammy. Jackie acquired Sammy from a loving family that felt his calling was to comfort the residents at GSH after witnessing all of the love and attention he received and gave while participating in the GSH Farm Fun Day last year. Sammy is four and a half years old and he looks forward to going to work every...
Chester Nez, the last of the original 29 Navajo Code Talkers passed away at his home in Albuquerque, NM on Wednesday. Nez helped to develop an encrypted version of the Navajo language for the federal government to use during wartime. The language which Nez grew up speaking, was unsurpassed by others at a time when our country needed it the most. This language helped the United States secure a victory during the summer of 1945 in WWII. Nez was raised during a time when Native American children...
"There were five of us thinking that we can This is the life and times of a travelin' band..." Those words end the first verse of the title track to Sawyer Brown's new CD "Travelin' Band." The life and times of a traveling band-if ever there were a band who is well qualified to paint a picture of what it means to be a travelin' band, it's Sawyer Brown. Founded in 1981, the band celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, having played more than 4000 shows over the course of those years, logging...
The journey was long, but well worth it for Eivind Nilssonn Rudi and Knut Rogne of Vesleroe, Norway. Their trip began in 1905. After leaving Norway their first stop was Liverpool, England, and then on to Hull, Canada where they boarded a train to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and finally crossed into the United States. From there, they boarded another train to Mondak, Montana, crossed the Missouri by ferry, went to a town called Java and then on to Fairview, MT. Both men filed on homesteads seven...
Originally emigrating from Denmark in 1910, Peter and Madisine Hendricksen along with their two daughters, homesteaded 160 acres NW of Sidney, MT in the community of Brorson. Emma, one of Peter and Madisines daughters, married Chris W. Rasmussen in 1920. Chris had emigrated from Denmark in 1908 and had homesteaded 320 acres in the Three Buttes Community. Their first child Curtis was born in 1922. In 1925, Chris and Emma moved to the Hendrickson farm in Brorson to help take care of Emma's...
After arriving from Ste. Clair, Quebec, Canada In September of 1909, Charles T. "aka Leo" and Emelda Prevost purchased their homestead in Lambert, Montana. Together with their six children: Marguerite, Charles, Joseph "Joe", Marie Anne, Bernadette and Laurant they began their life in Montana. In the beginning, Leo spent many grueling hours behind two teams of horses breaking up the sod and planting flax. He hauled lumber from Culbertson, Montana to build one of the first stick framed houses in...
Herman Frederick Lange purchased the western half of his farm from the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1909 and the eastern half in 1910. In total, he purchased 640 acres. He used this land to grow wheat, barley and corn for his cows. He raised four boys and one girl on the farm. Herman actively farmed the land until the mid to late 1930s when his sons Leo and Herman took over. In 1939, Leo married Gertrude Mae Kennedy of Glendive and they had six children: four boys and two girls. In 1967, Leo's...
In 1901, Andrew J. Mercer (AJ) of Maryville, Missouri took a homestead east of the Yellowstone River – approximately six miles southeast of Sidney, MT. AJ was an aggressive entrepreneur. He owned bars, rented out his work horses on the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation System project and owned most of the block north of Main St and Central in Sidney. AJ met Florence Gardner, a graduate nurse from Croydon, England, while on a train hauling cattle from Sidney to Minneapolis. They married soon after i...
The year was 1910. Carl and Anna Bergstedt had begun their journeys in Sweden. Like so many immigrants of their time, they moved from place to place before settling and establishing their legacy on a homestead eight miles northwest of Savage, Montana. Carl arrived via stage coach and Anna and their two children arrived shortly afterwards. With no doctors in the area, Anna returned to Minnesota to give birth to their third child in 1910. Carl purchased three beautiful Percheron horses, farm...
The first account of Montana crude was in 1864 when an emigrant wagon train used naturally exposed crude to grease their wagon wheels near the Big Horn River. The state’s first oil well was drilled by Butte Oil Co. in 1901 near Kintla Lake which is now within Glacier National Park. According to a historical overview of mining in Montana compiled by the U.S. Forest Service, American Indians and fur trappers knew about oil seeps in that area and early-day prospectors wondered about the p...
Denton Zubke, CEO of Dakota West Credit Union, states "We are presently sitting on top of each other. The existing building is 4800 square feet and we need at least 7500 square feet." The new building, which is located at 340 North Main in Watford City, almost directly across the street from the existing building, is expected to open its doors toward the latter part of June. Standing 3 stories tall and approximately 15,500 total square feet, the new building will offer plenty of room to meet...
7 Sidney High School graduate Emily Schaff sets her sights on Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT to pursue her educational goals and studies in Communication. Growing up in Sidney, Schaff was involved in 4-H but wasn’t raised on a farm or ranch. She became involved in the National FFA Organization during her 8th grade year due to the influence of her parents, Gary and Mary Schaff. Her father, Gary, retired from Sidney schools this year after teaching Agriculture for the past 19 years a...
The Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede will be celebrating their 91st year at the Marvin Brookman Stadium in Wolf Point Montana July 10th – 12th. Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede is a three-day event including a PRCA sanctioned rodeo that brings the best cowboys to town. PRCA RAM Rodeo action will begin each evening at 7 p.m. Events and festivities set for the 91st weekend celebration include KVCK Country Showdown and KVCK Korral talent show, class reunions, “Unsung Heroes” Parade, carnival, the f...
7 Sidney High School graduate Emily Schaff sets her sights on Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT to pursue her educational goals and studies in Communication. Growing up in Sidney, Schaff was involved in 4-H but wasn't raised on a farm or ranch. She became involved in the National FFA Organization during her 8th grade year due to the influence of her parents, Gary and Mary Schaff. Her father, Gary, retired from Sidney schools this year after teaching Agriculture for the past 19 years and...
The Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede will be celebrating their 91st year at the Marvin Brookman Stadium in Wolf Point Montana July 10th – 12th. Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede is a three-day event including a PRCA sanctioned rodeo that brings the best cowboys to town. PRCA RAM Rodeo action will begin each evening at 7 p.m. Events and festivities set for the 91st weekend celebration include KVCK Country Showdown and KVCK Korral talent show, class reunions, "Unsung Heroes" Parade, carnival, the f...
Van Hooks Arena hosted two sold out Kerry Kuhn Horsemanship Clinics, May 19 – 23 and May 24- 25. Kerry Kuhn holds group clinics several times throughout the year at locations around the country. In order to cover more topics as progress and interest allows, each clinic group is limited to 12 riders and their horses. The #1 goal in each clinic is to develop a positive, willing attitude in both horse and rider without worrying about making mistakes. Riders will have an opportunity to learn new c...
Van Hooks Arena hosted two sold out Kerry Kuhn Horsemanship Clinics, May 19 – 23 and May 24- 25. Kerry Kuhn holds group clinics several times throughout the year at locations around the country. In order to cover more topics as progress and interest allows, each clinic group is limited to 12 riders and their horses. The #1 goal in each clinic is to develop a positive, willing attitude in both horse and rider without worrying about making mistakes. Riders will have an opportunity to learn new c...
It's definitely possible and Mark Wald and Blaise Energy are proving just that. North Dakota native and co-founder of Blaise Energy formed the company to provide alternatives to flaring. "When oil is extracted from this state, the byproduct or natural gas (NG) comes up with the oil. You can store the oil, truck it off or rail it off but if there's not a pipeline readily available to capture the gas, it gets flared and we try to provide an alternative to flaring." Wald recently told KXNews in Bis...
Blaise Energy announced they are using flare gas to supply the electrical power for a major oil operator producing CNG fuel. Blaise successfully paralleled five natural gas powered generators providing one megawatt of power for the oil operator's CNG compressor. The CNG alternative fuel is being used to power bi-fuel generators at drilling rig sites reducing the oil producer's diesel costs and site emissions. The project also demonstrates how large gas volumes, contributing to the massive flarin...
Williston: West Dakota Water (WDW) is saving the state, counties and townships millions of dollars in road maintenance and construction costs through private investment in water pipeline infrastructure. WDW Principal Engineer Drew Poeckes states, "The most economical way to transport water is through a pipeline. We currently pipe water upwards of 30 miles to well sites by utilizing permanent underground infrastructure to transport the water. West Dakota Water takes away much truck traffic to and...
Owned by North Dakota State University, the Williston Experiment Station, now known as the Williston Research Extension Center, was established by House Bill 240 on March 13, 1907. It originally sat on 160 acres north-east of Williston along the Little Muddy Creek. In 1953 the legislature permitted relocation of the Station and the sale of 80 acres of the original 160 acres. The 80 acres retained by the State of North Dakota is now the site of Williston State College. Money from the sale of the...
Over 100 people attended the public hearing held on April 22 at the Department of Mineral Resources office in Bismarck, ND, many of which gave testimonials voicing their position on the North Dakota Industrial Commissions (NDIC) flaring proposal that would cut back on the state's oil production as a means of controlling excessive natural gas flaring. The commission held the meeting in hopes of hearing from operators about the economic impacts of production curtailments and in hopes of hearing fr...
Believe it or not, spring is almost here and Williston Landscape and Irrigation is ready to tackle your commercial and residential irrigation and landscaping needs. Staffed with a Nationally Certified Irrigation Designer and a veteran staff, co-owner Mark Ripienski is proud of his team. "We have the personnel to complete the installations and we stand behind our word. Experience and outstanding customer service is key." Ripienski also adds "Our customers frequently comment they love the fact...
An unforgettable performance awaits you. Two local churches: Lonsdale United Methodist Church in Sidney, MT and the New Hope Wesleyan Church in Williston, ND will be hosting an astonishing group of eighteen children, ages 9 to 11, as they perform a variety of traditional dances, sing gospels and cultural music and demonstrate an amazing drumming performance. Tour leader, Nate Longstaff states, "I encourage everybody to step out of their comfort zone and come and watch these children perform. The...
"EXTRA-EXTRA Read All About It" Watford City Lions Club will be holding their annual Easter Egg Hunt! WHEN: Saturday, April 19th at 1:00pm WHERE: at the Good Shepherd Home, 709 4th Ave NE in Watford City Lions Club members along with a few volunteers will be filling and hiding over 1500 plastic eggs at the Good Shepherd Home in Watford City. To promote fairness, children will be divided in to two age groups: 0 – 5yrs and 6yrs – 10yrs of age. There will be a face painting station set up for the...
