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Sidney High School graduate Kyle Wilson is currently serving on the Navy Ceremonial Guard. Wilson joined the United States Navy in 2017, after working several years for Uintah Engineering as a surveyor in Sidney. Though the 2011 Sidney High School graduate had always planned to join the Navy according to his parents, Jon and Nora Wilson, Kyle hadn't planned, necessarily, to take part as a prestigious Ceremonial Guard. Members of the Ceremonial Guard are hand-selected, touted as the "one percent...
Ravindra Joshi, MD, will be spearheading an orthopedic surgery department in the new McKenzie County Healthcare Systems facility at 709 4th Ave NE in Watford City. Dr. Joshi is an orthopedic surgeon who has served patients in northwestern North Dakota and northeastern Montana for several years, provided him with first hand knowledge of the needs of rural communities. He is trained and board certified by American, British, Canadian and Indian Orthopedic boards. He received his Master of Surgery...
Montana has one of the most unique and spectacular landscapes in the nation. The state’s vast and textured terrain allows for so much preservation of the natural beauty that communities are spread far and wide. Because of this spread, Montana has one of the darkest skies in the country. Normally it’s up to the stars to shine, but this holiday season it’s time for the Sidney community to shine. The Communities in Action AmeriCorps members come from all across the country and are excited to see how the Sidney community celebrates the holid...
Funeral services for Jade M. Larson, 23, of Sidney are at 10 a.m., Wednesday, December 12 at Fellowship Baptist Church in Sidney, MT with Pastor Jordan Hall officiating. Interment will be in Sidney Cemetery, Sidney, MT under the care of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Jade passed away on Thursday morning, December 6 in Sidney, MT....
The popular Don Greytak calendars are available now at area financial institutions, just in time for Christmas giving. Calendars are $15 each, with all proceeds going to benefit Montana 4-H youth. Included in each calendar are three raffle tickets for a chance to win a leather bound book of almost 30 years of Greytak calendars....
The Richland County Health Department will hold a reception to celebrate the achievement of PHAB National Public Health Accreditation on Thursday, December 20. The national accreditation program works to improve and protect the health of the public by advancing and ultimately transforming the quality and performance of the nation’s state, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments. The Richland County Health Department is one of fewer than 200 health departments that have thus far achieved accreditation through PHAB since the orga...
Richland County Conservation District is currently accepting tree orders for spring 2019 delivery. If you are interested in planting a wind break, shelterbelt or living snow fence contact the local conservation district for assistance. Order forms are available from the conservation office. The district has a wide variety of trees available and various sizes also. Call Julie at 433-2103 x3001 to receive an order form or to place an order....
The Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture congratulates the winners of the 2018 Christmas Cash Giveaway. Six local individuals won $250 and $500 prizes in Chamber Bucks on December 1 at noon during the live drawing at Reynolds, on Power 95 and the Chamber Facebook page. We thank ONEOK for sponsoring the Christmas Cash Giveaway and the Parade of Lights. The Chamber was not able to finish the live drawing because the live radio feed ended, meaning people listening at home could no longer hear the drawing. As part of the Official Rules,...
The four Edward Jones offices in Sidney collected toys for the Christmas Coalition for the 16th year. Pictured are, L to R, Jamie Malsam, Enid Houtari, Jerry Hughes, Nick Lonski and Lauren Sukut with just some of the toys collected from their clients and other community members....
Occasionally a few childhood memories remind me that the good old days weren’t necessarily all that good. Dentistry comes to mind here, and how a visit to the dentist has greatly changed for the better over the course of the last fifty years. As a child, when my mother made a dental appointment for me, this meant a date with doom. The dreaded event would lurk on the horizon and when the dire day arrived, all other activities palled with the thought of the looming meeting with the man holding weapons of torture. Remember the high-speed drill, t...
The Senior Commodities distribution will be Friday, December 21, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the back door of the Nutter Building located at 123 W. Main. Message phone is 406-433-4353....
Faith United Methodist Church in Williston celebrated its 5th Anniversary of Out In Faith Bakken Oil Rush Ministries during its weekly Saturday evening meal December 8th. For five years now, the church has provided a free meal at 6:03 p.m. each Saturday for anyone who wishes to come. “It’s been a great blessing,” pastor Ross Reinhiller said. “We’ve had lots of folks come, from all walks of life and all circumstances. You never know who you may be sitting next to. They might be new to the area, possibly homeless, or they may be a business...
The Sidney-Richland County Library, in partnership with the Richland County Health Department and the Montana State University Extension Agency, will offer Safe Sitter® courses for young teens, grades 6-8, Saturday, December 15 at Sidney-Richland County Library. Registration deadline is Friday, December 14, and space is limited to 16 participants. Class is held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and lunch is provided. More than 600,000 young teens have graduated from the medically-accurate program which teaches how, why, and where injuries happen so they...
McKenzie County voters will decide whether to approve or deny two requests designed to fund upcoming anticipated needs of the school district. Question one asks residents to approve a general obligation bond in an amount up to 35 million dollars, for the purpose of providing funds necessary to construct a new elementary school. It will raise millage an additional 13 mills, which is equal to $13 dollars on each thousand dollars of taxable valuation for the first taxable year. Question two asks...
The Badlands Gymnastics Club of Watford City Level 5 gymnasts finished in 1st place at the Dullum Qualifier in Dickinson on Dec. 1....
Silver Junction in Sidney held a ribbon cutting on Dec. 10. Pictured are (L-R) Susan Joy, Chamber Executive Director; Cody Shanks, Silver Junction Owner; Madina McGlothern, Chamber Communications/Office Manager; and Bill VanderWeele, Chamber Board Member. (Photo submitted)...
Have you ever wondered how your family got to be the way they are today? Do you see patterns in yourself from your mother or grandmother being passed on to your own children? What if you learned that the pain in your back, your knee, the physical weight that you carry or the constant headaches are due to an ancestor’s unhealed trauma that your genetics still carry? That would be a revolutionary breakthrough and a relief in understanding where the source of your physical, mental or emotional pain comes from. Every family holds pain, sadness, g...
(Photo by Kari Jones) 23rd Annual Scottie Invitational Results For Sidney 103: Kolby Hutzenbiler 1st place. 120: Jordan Darby, 1st place. 120: Grady Nelson, 3rd place. 126: Everett Jensen, 2nd place. 126: Blake Benson, 4th place. 132: Dylan Churchill, 4th place. 132: Aden Graves, 1st place. 138: Kade Graves, 1st place. 138: Kolton Reid, 4th place. 152: Jace Winter, 2nd place. 152: Dylan Lutz, 3rd place. 160: Easton Hopes, 2nd place. 170: Riley Waters, 2nd place. 182: Jett Jones, 1st place. 205:...
On Dec. 7 The VFW Post in Sidney donated a huge amount of toys to ABATE's Gifts from the Heart event. This is the second year VFW has collected toys for the event. Collections began Nov. 1. VFW would like to thank all those that contributed. They would like to give a special thank you to Jeremiah Larson stationed at Ft. Bliss, TX on his second year of donating $100. Pictured above are (L-R) Calee Sheehan, VFW; Maria Hodge, ABATE; Everett Crum, VFW Qtr. Master and Betty Williams, VFW Bar...
Thursday, December 6 was Mike Weber Day at Kiwanis, honoring him for his long and illustrious career as Richland County Attorney. Pictured, Kiwanian John Olson, right, presents Weber with a Ronda Whited drawing of the Justice Center. (Photo submitted)...
The Speech, Drama & Debate team travelled to Culbertson this past weekend. Competing against 17 high schools from across eastern Montana. The entire team advanced to Finals and for the first time this season the Speech Team finished 1st with Lincoln Douglas Debaters leading the team to victory, Senior Yarenci Gonzalas placed 1st with Samuel Stephenson 2nd and Lorraine Cornato finishing 3rd. Juniors Christine Turek and Shea Roberts competed in MPA and finished 1st & 2nd. Senior Impromptu Shanyn...
The Rough Rider Center's Christmas Fest took place on Saturday, December 8th, in Watford City, ND. The event included a vendor show, inflatables, skating, swimming, Christmas crafts for kids, a snowman and Christmas tree auction and Santa even stopped by to read letters from the kids and to take pictures....
