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The Richland County Sheriff's Office serves an area of 2103 square miles, including the unincorporated towns of Crane, Savage and Lambert. They also work closely with the Police Departments in Fairview and Sidney, Montana Highway Patrol, and neighboring Roosevelt and Dawson counties in Montana and McKenzie County, ND. Law enforcement, dispatch and jail services are provided by a staff of 35 people, led by Sheriff John Dynneson, and Undersheriff Bob Burnison. Besides solving crimes, the...
The recent flooding of the Yellowstone River has been the worst in memory for many in Richland County, Montana and McKenzie County, North Dakota. With roads shut down due to flooding and residents still unable to make it home to assess the damage, the question for many remains when things will get back to normal. The Roundup spoke with McKenzie County Emergency Planner, Karolin Jappe, who explained the extent of the damage and expressed that it could be weeks before the damage was properly asses...
Following their mantra of "Where there's a need, there's a Lion," the Sidney Lions Club donated $2500 to the Fairview Ministerial Association for victims of the disastrous flooding in the Fairview area. "As a local club, we felt we needed to help," past-president Raymond Carlson said. He also said that manpower may be available to help with cleanup once people are able to return to their homes. "We serve," stated president Raleigh Peck. According to Pastor Kelly Sloan of the Fairview Alliance...
Merchants Bank, Fairview, represented by president Neil McWalter, far right, and vice-president Janet Duda, far left, present a check for $5,000 to pastors Roberta Pierce of Zion Lutheran Church and Kelly Sloan of Fairview Alliance Church, representing the Fairview Ministerial Association. The money will go to assist flood victims in the Fairview area. Anyone wishing to make a donation can do so at Merchants Bank or by contacting the Fairview Ministerial Association....
Richland Economic Development Corp is pleased to announce that the Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) committee has awarded its sixteenth loan for the expansion of a business in Fairview. Tim Neu was approved for a loan to remodel and improve Neu's SuperValu. Tim completed an application in partnership with his lead lender, Chad Molden, of Stockman Bank of Sidney, and presented this project to the RLF committee for review. The funding request was to consolidate loans, remodel and update equipment. Tim...
Lower Yellowstone Irrigation conducted an aerial survey earlier this week to assess damage to laterals and pumps caused by the devastating floods. According to project manager James Brower, most of the supplemental drain pumps, which pump the water into laterals, have been submerged and will require extensive repair. The main canal should be fine but the survey will take stock of any washed out points in laterals. LYIP employees will be working overtime, concentrating on making the repairs to...
BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum declared a statewide flood emergency in preparation for the threat of significant spring flooding across North Dakota, as state agencies gathered to begin coordinating their response and resources. The governor also toured flood-affected areas in western McKenzie County, hearing heartbreaking stories from residents displaced by the flooding Yellowstone River. In an executive order declaring the emergency, Burgum cited flood outlooks from the National Weather S...
BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum and emergency services officials toured flood-affected areas along the Yellowstone River in western North Dakota and eastern Montana on Wednesday and met with residents displaced by the floodwaters. Local officials report more than 40 families and homes have been impacted by the flooding near the North Dakota-Montana border, where ice jams have backed up the Yellowstone River. Floodwaters have submerged a section of Highway 200, which remains closed from Cartwri...
As scheduled, Thursday, March 21 at 5:30 p.m., ARC or the Active Richland County action group held a PACE-EH assessment at the Mainstay Suites in Sidney, Montana. Attendees told the group the environmental health concerns they have in the community and discussed strategies on how to fix the issues. The meeting was held in the common area of the hotel. People from local businesses, the county health department, Richland County employees and Sidney City employees came to participate. Everyone was...
LuAnn Sharbono is retiring from the profession she has loved for 38 years. Inspired by ladies such as June Sullivan and Betty McConnell, she knew in high school that she wanted to be a teller at the bank in Fairview. She attended Montana Tech in Missoula and then returned to Fairview to start her career. Other than seven years off to raise her kids, Sharbono has been welcoming customers with her beautiful smile, and taking care of their needs with courtesy and efficiency. She hadn't planned to...
Funeral services for Annie M. Franck, 86 of Glendive, MT formerly of Sidney, MT were held at 2 p.m., Friday, March 15 at Pella Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor Audrey Rydbom officiating. Interment was at Sidney Cemetery, Sidney, MT under the care of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney. Visitation was on Thursday, March 14 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday, March 15 from 10 a.m. till noon at the funeral home and one hour before service at the church. Remembrances, condolences and pict...
Funeral services for Robert Bieber, 66, of Fairview, were held Friday, March 8 at 10 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor Rolf Preus officiating. Visitation was Thursday, March 7 from 12-5 p.m. at Fulkerson-Stevenson Memorial Chapel. Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery in Fairview, 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. Robert Bieber, 66, Fairview, MT, went...
Active Richland County (ARC), a Communities in Action group, is facilitating four community focus groups as part of the PACE-Environmental Health Assessment. The focus group meetings are a forum for residents to identify needs and concerns of our county, and to identify what should be done about the environmental health concerns to improve quality of life. Results from these meetings will be used to develop a focused approached for ARC to address community environmental health needs. All residents of Richland County are invited and encouraged...
Funeral services for Robert “Bob” Bieber, 66, are at 10 a.m., Friday, March 8 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sidney with Pastor Rolf Preus officiating. Interment will be in the Fairview, Cemetery, Fairview, MT under the care of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney. Visitation will be Thursday, March 7 from 12 to 5 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour before services at the church. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Bob passed away on Sunday, March 3 at his home in Fai...
Active Richland County (ARC), a Communities in Action group, is facilitating four community focus groups as part of the PACE-Environmental Health Assessment. The focus group meetings are a forum for residents to identify needs and concerns of our county, and to identify what should be done about the environmental health concerns to improve quality of life. Results from these meetings will be used to develop a focused approached for ARC to address community environmental health needs. All residents of Richland County are invited and encouraged...
The article about the recent Math Counts competition has the team pictures misplaced in the Feb. 13, 2019 issue of The Roundup on page 9A . The first place team information is correct, but the picture is of the Watford City team, and the East Fairview picture is with the Watford City information....
Comedian Chad Prather returns to Sidney to entertain at the MonDak Ag Days on Friday, March 8th. The "supernaturally articulate" Georgia native-turned Texan graced Sidney to perform at Ag Days in 2017, and will return with a few more years' experience under his belt, as well as countless viral Facebook videos. Prather is known for his fast-talking "armchair philosophy", most often portrayed in his viral Facebook video rants from the front seat of his pickup. His viral videos have hundreds of...
The first weeks of the legislature were filled with many clean-up bills, often passing with between 70 and 100 percent support. Now the House Floor debates are getting more spirited and the decisions to vote yea or nay are a little more difficult to make on complicated issues. I passed my first legislation out of the House, 83-16. HB 50 dealt with commodity dealers and warehouses. This week I presented it to the Senate Agriculture Committee. One highlight of my week was introducing HB 405, the Catch and Keep Montana’s Treasure Act, along w...
Junior High students from East Fairview, Alexander, Johnson Corners Christian Academy and Watford City competed in MATHCOUNTS, the annual nationwide math program for junior high school students on February 5th, according to Carol Kieson, McKenzie County Superintendent of Schools, local program coordinator. The MATHCOUNTS program aims to help improve student interest and ability in mathematic. They have targeted junior high students, who are at a crucial stage in sustaining and developing math...
“Growers can control a lot of epigenetic factors but seed quality is the basis of efficient crop production.” -Kathryn Cayko Developing new varieties of sugarbeet seed is a lengthy process involving seed companies, nurseries, Sidney Sugars Incorporated (SSI) and Ag Terra Technologies. Seed needs to fit this market, showing high sugars and tonnage as well as disease resistance. SSI submits the seed they want tested to Ag Terra which organizes the seed for testing, determining its viability and randomizing the seed for coded trials. Certain var...
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,"...
Jeff Bieber grew up on the family farm north of Fairview and returned to farm full time after graduating from Minot State University in 1993. Jeff met his wife Jessica while at Minot and they were married in 1991. He farmed with his Dad Jim as JB Farms until the late 90s when he went on his own. Now, he's excited that his son Justin decided to come back after graduating from UND. "We're working on getting him started and getting his own acres," Bieber said. Daughter Jenna is in her second year...
