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Officials from North Dakota traveled to Richland County on Sept. 21 to tour the Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project. North Dakota Lieutenant Governor Brent Sanford, McKenzie County Economic Development Coordinator Daniel Stenberg and McKenzie County Commissioner Gene Veeder were in attendance. The officials were invited by LYIP Project Manager James Brower and Chairman of the Board of Control Richard Cakyo to tour the irrigation project and gain a better understanding of its importance to the r...
Witness top rodeo cowboys and cowgirls vie for North Dakota State Championship Titles at the 64th Annual North Dakota Rodeo Association State Finals in Watford City on September 29th and 30th. The rodeo is hosted by the McKenzie County Cowboys Association, and will also feature the top rodeo horses and bulls from each of the stock contractors, so the night is sure to be full of excitement! The two-day event begins on Friday, September 29th at 7PM Central Time at the McKenzie County Fairgrounds Multipurpose Building indoor arena in Watford City....
Pastors Alvina Olstead and Melanie Martin-Dent will be hosting a musical program called “A Fiddle, A Flute, and Some Friends”, at Pella Lutheran Church in Sidney on Sunday, October 1, at 3:00. Pastors Olstead and Martin-Dent developed the program after weeks of unsuccessfully planning to practice music together. Olstead, Pastor of the Ebenezer and Froid Lutheran congregations, is a fiddle-player, and Pastor Martin-Dent, of Lonsdale Methodist Church in Sidney, is a flute player. The pair had intentions to practice together, but could never see...
Heritage Park in Watford City was a-buzz with celebration of times past on Saturday, September 23. (Photos by Barbara Curren)...
Sidney Health Center will host its annual “Live it up!” event for women on Thursday, September 28 with a focus on living your best life. The theme for the evening is “Be the Best Version of You.” Once again, the evening promises to be fun, educational and entertaining. The festivities will kickoff at the Richland County Event Center with a social at 5:30 p.m. featuring a light menu catered by the Pizza House. During the social hour, there will be door prize drawings from local businesses, time to mingle with friends over a glass of wine, o...
Charlene Helland, 86, of Fairview, MT died on Tuesday, September 19 at Sidney Health Center. At Charlene's request no services are planned and cremation has taken place. Remembrances, pictures and condolences may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorials or donations can be made to: WASP program in Fairview or the Boys and Girls Club in Sidney. Charlene was born in 1931 in Miles City, Montana. Her childhood was filled with family, love and...
Billlie Hillsland’s Lularoe and Chris Entzel’s J+C Essentials will be holding a free will donation BBQ and selling products, 3-6 p.m., Friday, September 29 in The Rush’s parking lot. A percentage of the proceeds from products sold by Lularoe and J+C Essentials will be given to Montana Stockgrowers Association to help those who have been affected by the fires in Western Montana. One hundred percent of the money gathered from the free will donation BBQ will be given to the Montana Stockgrowers Foundation....
The VFW Auxiliary announces this year’s Buddy Poppy Campaign. Through the Buddy Poppy campaign, more than 10 million dollars is raised each year, all of which is dedicated entirely to veterans’ welfare locally and nationwide. The VFW Buddy Poppy annual distribution starts Tuesday, September 19 and will continue through Saturday, September 30. Please give generously when asked and wear your Buddy poppy proudly....
The Community Foundation Fund will be giving out over $3,800 in grants to local organizations that support the area. Applicants must be designated by the IRS as 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax exempt groups, or government agencies. Groups without such designation seeking to apply may enlist a fiscal sponsor. Online Application forms and more information are available online at www.NDCF.net/McKenzieCounty. Applications are due by Nov 1st, 2017 via online form. The local advisory committee will discuss the applications and determine grant awards. The McK...
Harvest Fest on September 29 will be an afternoon for kids at the Shops at Fox Run from 4-6 p.m. Contests with prizes awarded include-Sidewalk chalk harvest art for K-5th grade at 4 p.m. with prizes awarded, sponsored by Reynolds Market and MonDak Heritage Center. Preregister at Reynolds customer service or register on the day 3:30-4 p.m.; sugar beet decorating for grades 3-6, sponsored by Sidney Sugars. Pick up a sugar beet September 23 or 25 at Lucky Buckle, return decorated by 5 p.m., Sept. 28. Beets will be on display at the harvest fest....
Shops at Fox Run Harvest Fest 2017 is Friday, September 29. The day’s activities start with a customer appreciation free lunch, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Sidney Liquor store. Then from 4-6 p.m., Chamber Business After Hours at the Shops at Fox Run, Tailgate Social for Sidney Eagle golf and cross country, hosted by LYREC, and lots of fun youth activities will take place. Tri-County Implement will have equipment to add to the harvest theme. The finale will be a Patio Party and Parking Lot Dance at the Rod Iron, from 8 p.m.-midnight, with music by The R...
The Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting last Wednesday at Flyin' Lion Antiques in the Yellowstone Marketplace in Sidney, to celebrate the store's move to a new location. Pictured are, l to r, Laura Scheiber, chamber; Susan Joy, chamber executive director; Arch Ellwein, owner; "Maverick" Kent Simonis, Power 95; and Madina McGlothern, chamber communications/office manager....
Most people have heard of those famous, or infamous depending on whom you talk to, vigilantes that ruled the streets of Virginia City in late 1863 and early 1864. These citizens took it upon themselves to rid the town of unsavory characters and they did so with gusto, hanging at least twenty people in a six week period. These vigilantes vanished from the forefront in 1864 with the arrival of a district judge, but their legend lives on in books and tall tales. It appears that a tiny band of...
Does your community have a need for a project that you are interested in? Do you think your community can benefit from a project that you have in mind? If you answered yes to one or both of these questions, the Rural Leadership North Dakota Short Course may be just the thing you have been looking for to get your project off the ground. The Rural Leadership North Dakota (RLND) Short Course is an NDSU Extension Service sponsored program whose purpose is to provide leadership development...
Karolin Jappe, McKenzie County Emergency Manager, has been nominated to the Justice and Public Safety Policy Steering Committee for the National Association of Counties (NACo). The Justice and Public Safety Policy Steering Committee deals with all matters pertaining to criminal justice and public safety systems, including criminal justice planning, law enforcement, courts, corrections, homeland security, community crime prevention, juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, emergency management, fire prevention and control, and civil d...
Sidney hosted Lewistown on Friday night and defeated them 38-0. Cooper McGlothlin throws the football during the game. The Eagles will travel to Havre this Friday night to play at 7 p.m. Photo by Pam McGlothlin...
There are so many myths about the flu and the flu shot all over the internet, so in preparation for the Mass Flu Shot Clinic at the Richland County Health Department on October 5th, we’ve busted a few myths wide open. If your neighbor says he had a touch of the flu and couldn’t leave the bathroom, you’ve heard firsthand one of the big myths about the flu. The flu is actually caused by the influenza virus, and is a contagious respiratory illness, not a stomach virus. Symptoms include sudden onset of cough, chest discomfort, fever, chills, and b...
The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) held a public hearing on Wednesday, September 20, at the MonDak Heritage Center in Sidney. The DEQ hosted the hearing to inform the public regarding proposed waste management rule changes for Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (TENORM). Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) is any substance that contains radioactive isotopes, and it is regularly present in different kinds of common rocks and soil....
Montana producers have until Oct. 2, 2017 to sign-up for FSA’s Noninsurable Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage for all 2018 Annual Fall-Seeded Crops, Perennial Forage and Grazing, Mixed Forage Crops (includes spring seeded annual types of mixed forage), Rye, Speltz, Triticale, Wheat and Garlic. NAP provides a catastrophic level (CAT) coverage based on the amount of loss that exceeds 50 percent of the expected production at 55 percent of the average market price for the crop. NAP offers buy-up coverage for the 2015 through 2018 c...
The Foundation for Community Care is excited to partner with a variety of other non-profits in our area to celebrate the fall season. Every weekend in October, a different non-profit organization will host a fun-filled weekend of activities, food, and fun. The 2017 season at the Non-Profit Pumpkin Patch starts on Saturday, October 7th & Sunday, Oct. 8th. We haul pumpkins and other produce like squash, gourds, straw bales, corn stalks and decorative corn into the yards each week in October so you get the best blast of autumn color. Pumpkins are...
