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The 4th annual MonDak Ag Research Summit has moved online due to COVID-19 and features a series of six webinars, each an hour and a half long, focusing on agricultural issues and research applicable to area farmers and ranchers. The 2021-webinar series kicks off on Thursday, Jan. 14, at 10 a.m. MST/11 a.m. CST with a keynote presentation looking at appropriate fertilizer application decisions in the face of our recent fall drought. That presentation will be followed by three short talks by...
Liz Garcia, is spearheading a basketball tournament for 4th-6th graders in Watford City at the Rough Rider Center on Jan. 9 - 10. There will be 43 teams coming to Watford City. This is a good way to better support our community during difficult times and demonstrates how influential one person can be to deliver economic impact to our community. To support Liz, the community leaders came together to help with, tourism - blocking hotel rooms and providing communications welcoming traveling teams with helpful information. The chamber of commerce...
A Red Cross Blood Drive will be held 12-6 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 19, at St. Matthew’s Parish Center, 310 7th St. SE, Sidney. Advance appointments are strongly recommended. To make an appointment, call the American Red Cross at 406-868-0911 or 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org. Face masks are required. The Red Cross is currently testing all blood donations for COVID-19 antibodies....
Travel soccer is for girls or boys who will be ages 11-19 by Jan. 2021. To register for travel soccer you can sign-up online after Jan. 1 by visiting the 21 Travel Soccer Facebook page, website or come in person. Registration fees are $150 per player plus $20 to play Rec Soccer plus travel uniform (order through Sonda’s Solutions). In person registrations will take place 5:30-6 p.m., Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 at Middle School Room 123, come through the back of the building, stage door will be propped open. All registration must take place by J...
Funeral services for Ray "Bronc" Miller, 74, Savage, MT were held 2 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, at First Lutheran Church, Savage, MT, with Pastor Tim Tharp officiating. Visitation was 12-5 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 at Fulkerson-Stevenson Memorial Chapel, Sidney, MT under the care of the Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home, Sidney, MT. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Godtfred Ray Miller "Bronc" was born on Oct. 22, 1946 to Lester...
Funeral services for Dennis A. Swenson, 79, Sidney, MT, are at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at Sidney Elks Lodge, Sidney, MT. Cremation will follow services under the care of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home, Sidney, MT. Visitation will be one hour before services at Sidney Elks Lodge, Sidney, MT. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Dennis passed away on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in the Sidney Health Center ER, Sidney, MT....
Funeral services for Larry D. Metcalf, 80 of Sidney, MT formerly of Trotters, ND are at 1:00 P.M. (MDT), Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor David Huskamp officiating. Interment will be in the Sunnyside Cemetery, Trotters ND under the care of the Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney. Visitation will be Monday, January 4, 2021, from 10 AM till 5PM at the funeral home and one hour before service at the church. Remembrances,...
Join MSU Extension Yellowstone County and Richland County for virtual financial wellness webinars. Webinars will be held bi-weekly Jan. 12, 26 and Feb. 9, 2021. Classes will be held from 12-1 p.m. and will be recorded for your future viewing. Class topics will include individual well-being and finances, understanding your financial beliefs and values, and understanding your resources, and living within your means. Pre-registration is required, recordings will be shared with those who register. Register at: https://yellowston...
Sidney/Fairview vs. Dawson County, Jan. 2 103: Gordon Knapp (S/F) received a bye 120: Owen Lonski (S/F) won by decision over Austin Berry (DC) 5-1 126: Kolby Hutzenbiler (S/F) won by fall over Jace Gentry (DC) 132: Ben Carlsen (S/F) won by fall over Tristain Jarvis (DC) 0:47 138: Hayden Azure (DC) won by decision over Kolton Reid (S/F) 5-1 145: Jordan Darby (S/F) won by fall over Cody Harrington (DC) 152: Zander Burnison (S/F) won by fall over Espyn Hostetler (DC) 160: Aden Graves (S/F) won by...
A two-point mule deer buck was shot and left to waste near Bloomfield, about 20 miles northeast of Glendive, during the last week in November Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is asking the public for information about the poached animal, which was discovered next to the road leading north from the church in that area. The buck may have been shot from the county road next to an oil pump station. Anyone with information concerning this incident is urged to contact FWP Warden Sgt. Casey Prell, at 406-853-7200. They can also call the FWP violation...
On Saturday, April 17, Feiring Angus and Ash Coulee Ranch will have their 27th Annual Production Sale. The ranch is located three miles east of White Earth, ND. Doug and Ceylon Feiring own Feiring Angus Ranch, along with sons, Brett and Brady, and daughter Shambre. One of their major philosophies is, "To never overstock pastures with more animals than the land can handle." Generation after generation of Feiring Angus has all received the same lecture. Feiring Angus does not use popular genetics...
Located 12 miles north of Watford City, resides KD Angus, a registered Angus breeding program that focuses on quality with a genetic selection goal of maintaining traits above the breed average. KD Angus focuses on docility, performance, natural thickness, and ease of fleshing ability while maintaining calving ease. The program utilizes the breeds top A.I. sires that Dragseth knows will enhance his breeding program with bulls like Deer Valley Fox Trot- a huge topped, wide-based, tank of a bull...
Prewitt & Company LLC has been the area's cattle marketing headquarters since 1996. The company has been involved in all avenues of the cattle industry including cattle buying, selling, and relocating. "We buy and sell cattle all over. We buy cattle off a lot of ranches in Montana and North Dakota and relocate them to feedlots in the Midwest," said Tim Larson, Prewitt & Company cattle buyer/seller and Sidney Livestock manager. The company also feeds its customers' cattle at their own in...
Stroh Hereford Ranch will be holding their 31st annual production sale on Thursday, Feb. 4th, 2021 at 1 p.m. MST at the ranch, located 1.5 miles east of the Killdeer roundabout on Highway 200 or 5 miles west of Dunn Center, ND. Tony Stroh established Stroh Herefords in 1950, and along with his wife, Leona, they have been in the Hereford Industry for 65 years. The Stroh Hereford Ranch is currently owned by Tony and Leona's youngest son, Mike and his wife, Dawn along with their sons, Lucas and Matthew Stroh. Stroh Hereford Ranch strives to...
For over four decades our family has focused on building a foundation with a functional cowherd. The year 2020 marks 45 years that Jim and Loretta Vitt have bred quality Angus genetics. Their vision remains the same: to raise cattle that add value to your operation. We are committed to breeding elite Angus females who produces high performance bulls with the profitability of the commercial producer in mind. This year we will calve out 400 registered cows and 180 commercial cows. We are...
Regency Acres Angus Ranch is located on the eastern plains of Montana owned and operated by Russ and Jill Thiessen and their son, Tyler. Located south of Lambert, the ranch is a diversified dryland operation with registered Black Angus, hay, wheat, barley, oats, corn, peas, lentils, and canola being raised. The ranch is comprised of land that both of Russ’s great grandparents homesteaded in the early 1900s. Russ’s grandparents, C.R. and Ailee Thiessen purchased the ranch headquarters in 1944. Registered Angus was purchased in 1957 with the acq...
Franz Ranch had its beginning in 1919 after World War I, when Fred and Adolph Franz returned to Montana after serving in the army in the war. They began as Franz Brothers - buying the homestead out here on the home place northwest of Sidney. My wife Ann and I returned to Montana in the spring of 1958 and rented the home place from Fred and Ethel Franz, my parents, and have raised our family here. The farm was too small by then to operate as a grain and livestock operation and the land was more suitable for a livestock operation. We finally...
"At a very young age I developed a very strong urge to be around cattle," says Bill Begger. My uncle still says "if you were gone and needed to be found all we had to do was head towards the cows and we would find you." I had a unique gift that allowed me to recognize cattle, not by an ear tag but how they were marked or their build, not everyone can see it, but cattle are no different than humans, they resemble their heritage and if you really look, they look like their sire or dam more times...
Best Angus will be hosting their 7th Annual Best Angus & Quarter Horses Production Sale at 2 p.m., Monday, March 1, at the ranch southeast of Watford City. The sale will offer 80 registered yearling Angus bulls, 15 coming two-year-old registered Angus bulls, and 50 registered open heifer calves. For more information, visit the ranch website, http://www.bestangusandquarterhorses.com. Prior to their annual production sale, Bests marketed their range ready registered yearling bulls by private...
Howard Rambur, now a well-known Charolais breeder, started his herd as a youngster with two crossbred Charolais heifers and a purebred Charolais bull," recalled Howard Rambur, now a well-known Charolais breeder. "I got a small loan from the local bank and was on my way to having my purebred business. Of course, I've been borrowing money ever since!" noted the Sidney rancher. Even though his father was primarily a sugar beet farmer the young Rambur's interest with livestock piqued when he began w...
At Gibbs Angus Ranch, we have been blessed to have good health and a busy year. Holiday greetings from our family to yours. With the beginning of a new year, we are grateful that we are still able to care for the land and animals that the Good Lord has blessed us with. Tim and Laurie celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in 2020 and our family was able to get together with some close family and friends to celebrate. It was a blessed event. As we look to the future, we consider what we can...
