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An explosion rocked a White Owl Energy Services saltwater disposal site on Thursday, which led to a temporary evacuation of the Black Gold Suites and the yard and apartment owned by Mann Energy Services. The incident was east of Watford City, approximately a quarter-mile from Highway 23 in McKenzie County. Reports indicate that many in the surrounding area, some well more than a mile away, felt the concussion and heard the explosion first hand at about 12:15 p.m. Central Time. The Roundup spoke...
Uber is a multinational support service that began as a small rideshare company in San Francisco, California in March of 2009. It currently offers ridesharing for individuals or businesses, food delivery, electric bike, and scooter rentals as well as trucking. They offer these services in hundreds of cities in the USA, Central America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, East Asia, South Asia and India, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. People who want to make a little...
Watford City, ND - “Without consistent and reliable impact dollars redistributed by the state of North Dakota, the region will not be able to support the needs of the industry and its workforce” – Pat Bertagnolli, Vice President of Human Resources, MBI Energy Services. On Tuesday, January 15, the House Tax and Finance committee of the 66th Legislative session publicly heard House bill 1066, otherwise known as the Prairie Dog bill. The bill is the result of an interim legislative committee study directed by the 65th legislature to determine west...
When comedian, ventriloquist and America's Got Talent Finalist Todd Oliver takes the stage, an unusual troupe joins him: live dogs and stuffed dummies that come to life and speak (yes, even the dogs), delivering the best jokes in Mr. Oliver's routine. His shows are known for audience participation and clean comedy for all audiences to enjoy. The show is part of the Watford City Area Concert Series. Membership for the entire three concert series features Todd Oliver (February), Classical Pianist...
The Trenton Community Clinic is operated by the Trenton Indian Service Area under a Self Determination Contract from Indian Health Service. Because of the government shutdown, Indian Health Service has informed the Clinic that all funds covered under the contract will be suspended until the government shutdown is ended. These are the funds that are used for the major operating funds for the Clinic. Without these funds being available, non-essential staff has either been furloughed or have chosen to work without pay during the duration of the...
Mass of the Christian Burial for Carla Malsam, 73, of Fairview, MT was held at 10 a.m., Thursday, January 17 at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church, Fairview with Father Jim O’Neil as presider. Wake services were 6 p.m., Wednesday, January 16 at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Fairview. Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, ND under the care of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney, MT. Visitation was Wednesday, January 16 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour before mass at the church. Remembrances, condo...
Funeral services for Theodor “Butch” Jensen, 78, of Aztec, NM formerly of Sidney, MT were held at 10 a.m., Friday, January 18 at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in Sidney, MT. Visitation was Thursday, January 17 from 2-6 p.m. at Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney, MT and one hour prior to the funeral. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Theodor “Butch” passed away January 10 at the VA Hospital, Albuquerque, NM....
Distribution for Senior commodities will be 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., Friday, January 25 at the back door of the Nutter Building, located at 123 W. Main Street. Now that the holidays are over, distribution is on the last Friday of the month again. Message number is 433-4343....
Badlands Bulleyes 4-H Shooting Sports Club is proud to announce the Second Annual Badlands Roundup 4-H Archery Match will be held on Saturday, January 26 at the Rough Rider Center Fieldhouse in Watford City. Doors will open at 8:45 am and flights will be held from 9:30 am to 1:45 pm. Beginner, Junior and Senior Barebow participants will shoot 30 arrows at 15 yards. Senior Freestyle shoot 60 arrows at 20 yards. About 150 4-Hers, ranging in age from 8 to 18 years, will participate in this match....
Fourteen McKenzie County 4-Hers participated in the Southwest 4-H Archery Match held on January 12 at the Nishu Bowmen Archery Complex in Bismarck. Receiving third place honors in the Junior Division of the Freestyle Bow Category was Jake Ceynar, son of Dustin and Sara Ceynar of Arnegard. Other top placings were: Sixth place in Junior Bare Bow—Ryan Pingel, son of Brent and Sandra Pingel of Watford City Seventh place in Senior Bare Bow—Hosanna Patten, daughter of Tony and Jane Patten of Wat...
A workshop designed to help youth develop basic skills for babysitting will be held on Saturday, February 9 at the Yellowstone Room in the McKenzie County Courthouse in Watford City. The course will start with 8:30 am CT registration and will conclude by 3:30 pm CT. Anyone ages 11 to 15 interested in babysitting are encouraged to attend. Topics to be included in the training are: leadership and learning to be a safe and responsible babysitter, basic care, safety and safe play and first aid....
Williston, N.D. – Equinor, through the Equinor North Dakota Charitable Fund held by the Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation, is pleased to announce the teachers selected for the STEM Education Fellowship program. The Equinor STEM Education Fellowship program provides STEM educators with resources to support their professional development and enhances STEM education in the region for students, educators, and their school communities. Brandi Mehlhoff and Audrey Angelo were selected t...
Bakken Oil Rush is excited about the continued impact the organization has in the community. Since the beginning, the organization has helped over 12,500 families with clothing items and households goods. The monthly "Gathering Place", Annual Comedy Cafe and Christmas Event/Toy Mall have become mainstay Bakken Oil Rush events. We look forward to serving Watford City for years to come and are incredibly thankful for the support of businesses, churches and individuals in the community. The...
The Donkey Basketball event in Watford City drew a big crowd as spectators young and old gathered to see their classmates, teachers and members of the police force compete for the title. In the final game, the elementary teachers took on the intermediate/high school teachers for the title. The Intermediate/high school teachers recorded the win with a score 2-0 (photos by Kathy Taylor)....
The 19th Annual MonDak Pulse Day will take place Thursday, February 7, 2019 at the Area Recreation Center in Williston, ND. Registration for the event will begin at 8:30 AM Central time and speaker presentations will begin at 9:00 AM. Registration fee will be $20 per person, payable at the door. The MonDak Pulse Day has continued to be a successful local area program to learn about the latest on the production, marketing, and utilization of pulse crops. The MonDak is a hotspot for pulse crop acres as they have been profitable, good for...
Badlands Gymnastics is off and running for 2019, competing five different gymnastics levels and coming home with two team trophies from the 2019 Julie Ziegler Memorial gymnastics competition held in Bismarck, ND. Level 3 Team Results: 1st Gymagic Gymnastics (Minot) 111.050; 2nd Bismarck Gymnastics Academy 109.750; 3rd Red River Valley Athletics 109.100; 4th Badlands Gymnastics Club 206.450; 5th Dakota Star Gymnastics (Mandan) 104.300; 6th Western Star Gymnastics (Williston) 103.650; 7th Jamestown Gymnastics Club 102.650; 8th James River Gymnast...
Rau Elementary School is proud to announce Rhys Larson, son of Ben and Brielle Larson, as their Student of the Quarter. Rhys is a very hardworking and fun loving student. He is always willing to lend a helping hand to teachers and students alike. He is respectful and does everything to the best of his ability. Rhys is kind hearted and does his best to make sure everyone is smiling and included. He has worked hard this year and is always striving to improve. Rhys is polite to everyone and...
When Public Service Commission candidate Randy Pinocci came to Sidney in October, he promised to keep local voters apprised of energy needs and to inform the public as to the role and responsibility of the Public Service Commission. Pinocci contacted The Roundup to clarify that he was keeping good on his promises and to inform the public of a little known program to help energy consumers with the financial cost of utilities. Since winning office in November, Pinnoci has been busy developing his...
The Richland County food bank board would like to thank our community of donors for filling the shelves. The food bank relies on the community to support those in need. We have had a busy 2018! We are looking forward to 2019. We are looking for volunteers to help stock shelves, greet clients and fill baskets. We have had a year of blessings from our churches, individuals, children, families, grocery stores and businesses. This Christmas churches helped us fill 100 baskets for the seniors and...
FFA students from all over the district converged in Sidney Monday for day long competitions. Floriculture took place at St. Matthews multi purpose center. Hinsdale advisor Patti Armbrister explained how valuable the competition is, stating that the students learn job interview, problem solving, sales and marketing and customer service skills. "They come out of this contest with pretty good business skills," she said. The goal is to prepare the students for college and a career and Armbrister...
Eastern A Divisionals for Speech, Drama & Debate was held in Laurel this past weekend. Competitors must place at divisionals to move on to state. This is what the team works for all season. Next week they travel to Belgrade for a 2 day state meet. The Drama Team placed 3rd overall, with the entire team advancing to state. Leading the way in Classical Theatre were sophomores Noah Kyhl & Isaac Quiroz who are divisional CHAMPIONS, Shoua Vang & Daniel Schneider placed 5th, Tyler Berka & Josh...
The Sidney Wrestling Team went undefeated at the Class A Duels in Belgrade last weekend. Colstrip at Sidney/Fairview on Friday, Jan. 18 Sidney / Fairview (SIFA) 37.0 Colstrip (COLS) 24.0 103: Robbie Burns (COLS) over Christian Lassey (SIFA) (Fall 0:00) 113: Kaiden Cline (SIFA) over Garrett Buckalew (COLS) (MD 9-1) 120: Jordan Darby (SIFA) over Zach Valdez (COLS) (Fall 0:00) 126: Everett Jensen (SIFA) over Kayden Howe (COLS) (Fall 0:00) 132: Aden Graves (SIFA) over Dawson Buckalew (COLS) (Fall...
Last weekend Sidney kids wrestled in Williston, ND. Friday night some of the kids participated in the 1st K-6 Dual Tournament. The 1st match was against the Kenmare Sundawgs and Sidney won with a score of 40-37. The 2nd match Sidney lost against Mac Pac - Red with a final score of 54-21. The individual portion of the tournament was on Saturday morning. 72 kids from Sidney registered for this tournament. Zach Anderson Memorial Open Tournament Results For Sidney, Williston Tournament, Jan. 19 6 an...
