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On Friday, May 10 from 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, May 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. you will have the chance to view a wide variety of art done by some talented artists at the first ever Northwinds Art Festival. This art festival will have many creative mediums of art including acrylics, carvings, jewelry, oils, pottery and watercolors. The creators of the Northwinds Art Festival are artists, Leith DeWeese, Connie Tveten and Larry and LeAnn Ochsner. Thanks to them the Festival gives art enthusiasts a...
June 13 -16, the 2nd annual Culbertson Basketball Tournament will be challenging elementary through high schoolers to show off their basketball skills, entertain and compete for prizes. Last year the parents of students in Culbertson, MT decided they wanted to get their kids into off season basketball tournaments and they wanted to raise a little money for a couple of nonprofit organizations. High school tournaments, especially, seemed hard to come by. As a result at the beginning of the summer...
Richland Federal Credit Union (RFCU) held its 79th annual business meeting Tuesday April 9 at the Saint Matthews Center in Sidney with one hundred members present to hear reports from the board of directors and management. Chair Beth Redlin reported on the credit union’s new RFCU Volunteer Apprenticeship Program, a 2-year volunteer leadership development program to educate interested members about the credit union movement and provide training to enable them to hit the ground running when taking on future leadership roles with the Credit U...
For the second year in a row, Dar's Designs of Culbertson and the Roosevelt County Fair are bringing the Ugly Fabric Challenge to Roosevelt County residents. People in Roosevelt and the surrounding counties are encouraged to bring their ugly fabric and challenge another quilter or sewing enthusiast. Those wishing to participate had until March 12 to find a yard of the ugliest 100% cotton quilting fabric and bring it to the Fair office. A blind exchange took place and the fabric was placed in a p...
Richland County completed the purchase of the Montana National Guard Armory Monday morning, with a price tag of $600,000. The National Guard vacated the armory building in the beginning of 2016 when they transferred to Culbertson. The Department of Military Affairs then approached the county about purchasing the building, which the county had originally sold to the state in 1955. Negotiations began in August of 2017, with plans to close in the summer of 2018. However, lead abatement in the gun...
BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension will offer a two day farm management workshop in Culbertson at the Roosevelt County Complex, 307 Broadway on March 13th through the 14th. The workshop will begin at 9:30 am on the 13th and 9:00 am on the 14th. MSU Extension economists George Haynes, Kate Fuller and Joel Schumacher will lead the workshops. Other contributing faculty members will include agricultural economists Anton Bekkerman, Diane Charlton and Eric Belasco; family economist Marsha Goetting; cropping systems specialist Kent McVay; b...
BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension will offer a two day farm management workshop in Culbertson at the Roosevelt County Complex, 307 Broadway on March 13th through the 14th. The workshop will begin at 9:30 am on the 13th and 9:00 am on the 14th. MSU Extension economists George Haynes, Kate Fuller and Joel Schumacher will lead the workshops. Other contributing faculty members will include agricultural economists Anton Bekkerman, Diane Charlton and Eric Belasco; family economist Marsha Goetting; cropping systems specialist Kent McVay; b...
For almost 50 years, Betaseed has been providing top quality sugarbeet seed to area growers. With four research facilities in the U.S. including one in Idaho and three in the Minnesota and North Dakota areas, seed breeders test for various genetic traits with the main goal to develop germ plasm to suit each growing region. Breeders will start with ten varieties and will be lucky to end up with one that is viable in the ten year process it takes to develop new seed. "It's quite an investment,"...
The Roosevelt County Extension Office, located in Culbertson, has a full schedule of learning opportunities coming up in the next few months. The office is staffed by just two agents-4-H and FCS Agent Ardis Oelkers, and Agriculture Agent Jeffrey Chilson. The agents are tasked with collaborating with other regional Extension agents to offer educational outreach programs for community members. Early 2019 offerings include many programs for teachers, ag producers, and community members. One of the...
The Roosevelt County Extension Office, located in Culbertson, has a full schedule of learning opportunities coming up in the next few months. The office is staffed by just two agents-4-H and FCS Agent Ardis Oelkers, and Agriculture Agent Jeffrey Chilson. The agents are tasked with collaborating with other regional Extension agents to offer educational outreach programs for community members. Early 2019 offerings include many programs for teachers, ag producers, and community members. One of the...
Bar JV Angus Ranch is a proud part of the agriculture community in the Mon-Dak area, and is located in the Sioux Pass Community halfway between Sidney and Culbertson, MT on highway 16. In its 43 years as a registered Angus business, Bar JV has continued to produce a product that will provide quality and increase profitability for their customers. This year marks their 10th annual production sale. In the previous 33 years the bulls were offered private treaty at the ranch. Bar JV Angus has...
The Fairview Community Foundation is hosting a DJ dance and social New Year’s Eve party at the Richland County Event Center on Monday, December 31 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. for all area high school students. All students from Fairview, Sidney, Savage, Lambert, Richey, Bainville, Culbertson, Watford City, home schooled, etc. are welcome. Dress is casual to semi-formal and there is a $5 cover charge. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. A “Ringing in the New Year” hotel special is available for anyone wishing to stay overnight in Sidne...
The Fairview Community Foundation is hosting a DJ dance and social New Year’s Eve party at the Richland County Event Center on Monday, December 31 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. for all area high school students. All students from Fairview, Sidney, Savage, Lambert, Richey, Bainville, Culbertson, Watford City, home schooled, etc. are welcome. Dress is casual to semi-formal and there is a $5 cover charge. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. A “Ringing in the New Year” hotel special is available for anyone wishing to stay overnight in Sidne...
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...
On Nov. 15, Culbertson Mayor Larry Crowder, signed a proclamation designating it national Rural Health Day at Roosevelt Medical Center. The day is observed to recognize the critical role small community hospitals play in the health and wellness of their community and its economy and applaud the ongoing efforts, contributions, and collaborations occurring in rural communities to address the unique challenges in accessing and delivering health care services....
At 2 pm, on November 1st, 2018, MSU Extension in Roosevelt County will be hosting Dr. Frankie Crutcher, plant pathologist from MSU Eastern Agriculture Research Center, to discuss disease pathogens of corn. The presentations will be held at the Roosevelt County Complex at 307 Broadway in Culbertson. Dr. Crutcher will be discussing “Understanding molds and mycotoxins in corn”. Mycotoxins, produced by fungal pathogens of corn and other cereals, pose a serious threat to crop production as well as human and animal health. During this pre...
At 2 pm, on November 1st, 2018, MSU Extension in Roosevelt County will be hosting Dr. Frankie Crutcher, plant pathologist from MSU Eastern Agriculture Research Center, to discuss disease pathogens of corn. The presentations will be held at the Roosevelt County Complex at 307 Broadway in Culbertson. Dr. Crutcher will be discussing “Understanding molds and mycotoxins in corn”. Mycotoxins, produced by fungal pathogens of corn and other cereals, pose a serious threat to crop production as well as human and animal health. During this pre...
Montana author Ryan Acra is amidst a book tour for his book series, Sugarbeet Falls, teaching kindness and creativity to students both across Montana and the nation. The Sugarbeet Falls book series follows main character Xander Zackery, a seemingly ordinary sixth grade student, who discovers that he has the power to conjure up superheroes, a family trait passed to him from his grandfather. The superheroes don't have the typical superhero powers like Superman and Batman, but help Xander with...
The sugar beet leaves are starting to turn yellow as the plants mature and growers and Sidney Sugars gear up for this year's harvest. Early harvest will start September 10 at the Sugar Valley (Fairview) station followed by the factory district on the 11th, Savage the 17th, Culbertson the 19th , Pleasant View the 24th and Powder River October 1st. Acres and tons will initially be limited as crews make sure pilers are operating correctly. The factory will begin slicing on September 12, four days a...
The 2018 Montana Range Tour will feature a great lineup of ranches and farms showcasing conservation projects and creative solutions to common ranching issues; there will also be talks on topics such as grassland songbirds, oil development on grazing lands, and the recovery process following floods and wildfire. Also featured on the tour is a lunch stop to learn about Dry Prairie Rural Water, which is vital to life on the range in Eastern Montana. This year’s tour will take participants around the Sidney and Culbertson areas on Sept. 5-6, 2...
Abby Northrup had not planned to be where she is today when she started MSU Bozeman. She grew up in Helena, Montana. She had participated in 4H, but not with large animals. Her grandfather had bred horses but she had had no part in it and, in fact, had no agricultural background at all. Now, she's at the ranch of Dick and Connie Iversen south of Culbertson, Montana. She's up with the couple helping out, asking questions and learning the unique challenges having to do with ranching in Eastern...
