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A group of Sidney Health Center employees and members of the community held a protest against the vaccine mandate that the Biden Administration's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) seeks to impose on healthcare workers. Attendees for the event were appreciative of the support from the community and urged the public to contact their legislators to voice their concerns regarding the Covid-19 vaccine mandate. The mandate is to go in to effect Jan. 4, 2022. The Montana Hospital...
Sidney’s new Butler Ag Equipment shop has been up and running as of Nov. 1. The facility is located at the former B&B Rentals location, 34940 MT-23, near the intersection of MT-16 and MT-23. It is the company’s first store in Montana and 20th location throughout the Midwest. “So far it has been great! We have been getting a lot of positive feedback from the locals, along with our customers, “Butler Machinery Company Service Manager Colton Carlin said. The company offers a full line of AGCO equipment brands, select CLAAS equipment and other s...
11 MT Counties Triggered; U.S. Drought Monitor Updated Weekly Livestock producers in 56 Montana counties are eligible to apply for 2021 Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) benefits on small grain, native pasture, improved pasture, annual ryegrass, and forage sorghum. LFP provides compensation if you suffer grazing losses for covered livestock due to drought on privately owned or leased land or fire on federally managed land. County committees can only accept LFP applications after notification is received by the National Office of...
The weather this year has presented many challenges. A drought that started in 2020, a frost in late May and hot, dry weather during the summer had a huge effect on crop production. “Having the ability to irrigate during droughty weather conditions makes a difference in crop production,” says Tom Scherer, North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension agricultural engineer. To help farmers with their irrigation management, NDSU Extension is holding an irrigation workshop in conjunction with the North Dakota Irrigation Association on Thu...
In an effort to get more students exposed to technical careers, Tri-County Implement Inc, Sidney, donated several tools to the Sidney High School Ag department. “It is hard for us to find technicians and anything we can do to help the school educate some students to be technicians would be a great thing,” said Tyler Christensen, Tri-County Implement parts and service general manager. The school was originally looking to purchase tools from Tri-County. Kelly Alvstad thought it would be a good idea to donate the tools instead. Christensen agr...
USACE Omaha - Col. Geoff Van Epps, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division commander, signed a Record of Decision for the Fort Peck Dam test releases Environmental Impact Statement on Nov. 12. The EIS assesses the ability of test flows out of Fort Peck Dam, Montana to potentially benefit the pallid sturgeon. The pallid sturgeon, a species of fish, is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. USACE prepared the EIS as part of its commitment in the January 2018 amendment to its October 2017 Biological Assessment...
Sioux Falls, SD - C & B Operations, a leading John Deere dealer in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming has partnered with Folds of Honor by donating prizes to their sweepstakes commencing on Nov. 11. Folds of Honor is a nationwide non-profit organization that provides educational assistance to children, dependents and spouses of fallen or disabled service members. As part of the Folds of Honor sweepstakes running Nov. 11- Dec. 19, 2021. C & B Operations has donated prizes ranging from tool chests to ZTrak™ Zero-Turn l...
Sidney, MT - Richland Federal Credit Union (Richland FCU) is pleased to announce the hiring of Tim Fine as an Agricultural Loan Officer, effective Nov. 1, 2021. Tim will be joining the credit union’s experienced agricultural team alongside fellow loan officers Nancy Verschoot and Chris Gartner. As an agricultural loan officer, Fine will work on developing and analyzing the financial needs of the credit union’s agriculture members including operating loans, term loans for equipment and livestock, and real estate loans. “We are excited to add T...
Elaine Trudell, Fairview, was the grand prize winner in The Roundup’s 19th Annual Sugar Days Harvest Festival. Trudell won $100 gift certificates from Gem City Motors, Craig’s Meats, Meraki Boutique, Frontier Tires & Glass and The Depot. She entered at The Roundup....
Great Falls, MT - In response to two reported cases of mad cow disease (BSE) in animals and now two potential cases in humans, Montana Farmers Union (MFU) is calling for an immediate suspension of Brazilian beef imports. In September, Brazil announced two cases of BSE were detected in June, a significant delay in reporting that jeopardized the health of Americans. This is not the first time that Brazil has delayed reporting cases of BSE. In 2012, 2014, 2019, similar incidents occurred. This week, Brazil may have found at least two humans with...
Bozeman — Registration is now open for the 2022 Montana and Wyoming Sugar Beet and Malt Barley Symposium, which will be held Jan. 12-13 at Billings Hotel and Convention Center, Billings. The event is hosted by the Mountain States Crop Education Association, or MSCEA, which is comprised of industry representatives as well as Montana State University Extension faculty members. The first day of the event will focus on barley production. Presentations will cover topics including precision agriculture and disease, nutrient and weed management. F...
Tulsa, OK - Nov. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) has announced plans to complete previously announced natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) infrastructure projects, including: • Demicks Lake III, a 200 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) natural gas processing facility in the Williston Basin. • MB-5, a 125,000-barrel per day (bpd) NGL fractionator in Mont Belvieu, TX. "Increasing producer activity and improving demand for natural gas and NGLs drove the decision to restart these attractive return projects," said Pierce H....
HELENA — A U.S. District Court Judge granted Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s request for a preliminary injunction against the COVID-19 CMS vaccine mandate, which was set to take effect Monday, December 6, 2021. The vaccine mandate is now stayed in Montana and all other states. In response, Attorney General Knudsen issued the following statement: “In the past weeks, I’ve heard from healthcare workers across our state whose jobs were being threatened if they did not comply with President Biden’s overreaching federal mandate,...
Yesterday, November 30, a federal district court in Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction temporarily freezing of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services vaccine mandate set forth in the November 5, 2021 Interim Final Rule (IFR). “Upon receiving this news, we announced to our staff that we will not be enforcing the CMS COVID-19 vaccination mandate as previously communicated,” stated Jen Doty, Sidney Health Center Chief Executive Officer. “We will continue to watch the state and federal updates very closely and be transparent as chang...
Memorial services for Myron L. Johnson, 63 of Fairview, MT are at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, December 4, 2021, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Fairview with Pastor Tim O'Shields officiating. Inurnment will be in the Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, ND. Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home is caring for the family. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Myron Leroy was born on January 5, 1958, in Williston, ND the son of Eldin and Frances (Thomas) Johnson....
Graveside services for Kristy Ranch, 49, Sidney, MT, are at 3 p.m., Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, at Sidney Cemetery, Sidney, MT, with Pastor David Huskamp of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Sidney, MT officiating. Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home, Sidney, MT is caring for the family. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Kristy passed away on Monday morning, Nov. 29, 2021, at Sidney Health Center, Sidney, MT....
Online registration for Sidney Soccer will be available from January 1st through February 18th at https://system.gotsport.com/programs/82640853F?reg_role=player In-person registration will take place February 7th from 5:30-6:30pm at Sidney Middle School room 312. Registration is $60 per player and players age 5 through 8th grade will be accepted....
