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The Montana and North Dakota Highway Patrol Departments are conducting a commercial motor vehicle safety inspection saturation effort this week. The saturation effort began Monday in northeastern Montana by the Montana Highway Patrol with a similar saturation being held in northwestern North Dakota. Commercial vehicle operation related to oil production has increased in eastern Montana and western North Dakota during recent years. According to Shane Mintz, Montana Department of Transportation...
Kenny Nemitz, Glendive, received the Distinguished Service Award during the Montana Farm Bureau Annual Convention at the Hilton Garden Inn, Missoula. Nemitz, a Farm Bureau member for more than 30 years, has held many offices with the Dawson-Wibaux County Farm Bureau. He has served on the Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance board for 20 years. He is a member of the Yellowstone River Conservation District Council board and is chairman of Lower Yellowstone River Development Board. He has...
For Kelsey Gibbs, the path from Glendive ranch kid to a possible rendezvous with ovine destiny at the upcoming World Young Shepherds Challenge - set for Nov. 1-2 in Oamaru, New Zealand - began simply enough. "It started out with a couple of 4-H lambs in third grade," Gibbs said. Despite growing up on what had become predominantly a cattle ranch, Gibbs' love of sheep continued as she grew her flock lamb by lamb through high school and continued until she left for the animal science program at Mon...
The Sidney 5th/6th grade tackle football team attended their state tournament in Forsyth. Game scores included: Sidney 0– Glendive 20 Sidney 34 – Forsyth 6 Sidney 16 – Glendive 12 Game 4 Challenge for True 2nd: Sidney 18 – Hardin 6...
Sidney Middle School Football....
For the 38th straight year, Sidney Sugars Agriculturist Kerry Rasmussen has supervised beet harvest, organizing and training pile ground employees, working with growers, and doing everything possible to ensure that beet harvest runs as smoothly and trouble-free as possible for everyone. Rasmussen, who plans to retire from Sidney Sugars in the spring, expects harvest 2011 will be his last harvest as an agriculturist. “It’s been a good run,” Rasmussen remarks. “I’ve served at every pile ground in...
Cody Gibson shot this elk north of Winnette Sept. 17. He had to hike six miles one way and watched the herd of about 80 head for 1½ hours. He watched this bull elk bugle and chase off 6-7 other bull elk. The bull then walked in front of him about 40 yards away in between a two-tree clearing where he aimed and released his first shot into the neck. He walked about 20 more yards where he shot two more times to make sure his elk was down. He scored his bull which is the measuring of inches on the...
About 40 members of Northern Plains Resource Council, including landowners affected by the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, attended a national hearing last week at the Dawson Community College, Glendive. “The pipeline is for the purpose of generating profit for a private company – it’s for a private use,” said Terry Blevins, a Wolf Point-area landowner crossed by the proposed Keystone XL pipeline and member of the Northern Plains Pipeline Landowners Group. “It will generate few, if any, local jobs, and the oil is likely to be destin...
District II Alcohol and Drug Program will be sponsoring free Responsible Alcohol Sales and Service Trainings (RASS) in Wibaux and Glendive. The training in Wibaux will be held at The Beaver Creek Brewery, 104 Orgain Ave. E. Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 1-4 p.m. The Glendive trainings will be held at Dawson Community College, UC Room 102 located in the Ullman Building, 300 College Drive, Thursday, Sept. 29 from 1-4 p.m. and again from 5-8 p.m. This will be the last of the Responsible Alcohol Sales and Service trainings to be conducted in the area by...
If you dial 701-744-5759 you will hear a pleasant voice informing you that “Green Acres Sod Farm” is able and willing to take care of your sod needs. That is the voice of Josie Riedel. She might even tell you that sod provides “instant grassification.” She does remind people, however, that you need to install sod “green side up” to have good results. Josie’s husband Richard got into the sod business back in 1986. They were living in Flathead Valley at the time. Richard saw that “there was a...
The Montana State University Pesticide Education and Integrated Pest Management Programs will offer a 2011 Pest Management Tour for private, commercial, and government applicators in eastern Montana. The tour will cover a ten-county area over a five-day time period, Oct. 3-7. The information provided will include a variety of topics, and participants who attend the full day will receive six credits towards certification. “The 2011 Pest Management Tour will cover many subject areas of local i...
Pesticide experts will go on tour Oct. 3-7 to help Eastern Montanans renew their private pesticide applicator licenses before the end of the year. Private citizens who wish to purchase, use or supervise the use of restricted use pesticides on land they own, rent or lease need a private applicator license. Private applicators in Carter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield, McCone, Phillips, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Treasure, Valley and Wibaux counties need to recertify by the end of 2011, said Cecil...
The Second Annual Eastern Montana Stand Down for veterans will take place at the Sidney Fairgrounds Event Center on Sept. 17. The Sidney Job Service along with the Miles City, Glendive, Glasgow and Wolf Point Job Service Offices are hosting this year’s event. During last year’s event in Glendive, more than 129 veterans were served; of those, 15 were confirmed homeless. The event was a huge success at the Glendive location. That is a 300% increase over previous statistical data for Eastern Montana. It is anticipated this year’s event in Sidne...
Local volunteer fire departments kept busy on Thursday, Aug. 11 fighting three grass fires that broke out between Savage and Intake. A Burlington Northern train passing through the area started all three fires when sparks from the wheels ignited dry grass along the tracks. By the time volunteer firemen had the blaze under control, four local fire departments, Savage, West Glendive, Sidney and the City of Glendive, had responded to the situation. “There were three fires in all, started by a s...
Glendive-Saturday, Aug. 13 Bareback riding: 1. Troy Vaira, Richey, 76 points on Brookman-Hyland Rodeo’s No. E6, $517. Steer wrestling: 1. Beau Franzen, Sidney, 4.3 seconds, $627. Team roping: 1. Chase Carson, Dickinson/Ross Carson, Killdeer, ND, 5.8 seconds, $722 each; 4. Brady Williams, Hammond/Jesse Fleming, Wolf Point, 8.5, $181. Saddle bronc riding: 4. (tie) Brett Burman, Glendive, and Travis Schroth, Buffalo Gap, SD, 60, $78 each. Barrel racing: 2. Rayna Rice, Sidney, 17.77, $566; 5. Victoria Netzer, Sidney, 17.96, $311; 6. Twyla Vaira, S...
Glasgow Aug. 7-8 Bareback riding: Troy Vaira, Richey, 82 points on Brookman-Hyland Rodeo’s Smokey Lonesome, $1,267. Tie-down roping: First round: J.C. Crowley, Poplar, 11.9, $804; 3. Ben Ayre, Glendive, 12.6, $402. Barrel racing: 3. Twyla Vaira, Scobey, 17.80, $958; 10. Dillon McPherson, Wolf Point, 18.10, $128. Bull riding: 2. Ty Tescher, Sidney, 82, $1,216....
The Richland County senior commodities distribution center has moved to a new location, for what volunteer coordinator Eunice Lathrop hopes is for the last time. Qualified Richland County seniors can now collect monthly commodities at the old Extension Office, located in the Nutter Building, 123 W. Main. “Use the west door with the ramp,” says Lathrop. “We’ve waited for this move for two years. The ramp makes it easy to unload the semi and it also is user friendly for seniors using walkers...
Reports from a few Montana locations indicate EHD has surfaced in the resident white-tailed deer populations. Reports of EHD deaths have come from Billings, in the Glendive area along the Yellowstone River and east of Roundup on the Musselshell River. Locally, dead deer have been found along the Tongue River above 12 Mile Dam Fishing Access Site and in the Kinsey area. Fish, Wildlife and Parks program manager John Ensign said, “I am sure we will continue to receive reports from several locations where white-tails live in southeastern Montana. T...
Final results from the Sheridan Saddle Club PRCA Rodeo, Plentywood, July 30-31 Bareback riding: 3. Troy Vaira, Richey. Steer wrestling: 1. Jim Hansen, Watford City; 2. JD Dolezal, Killdeer; 4. Jim Roedeske, Cartwright; 5. Brent Folezal, Killdeer. Team roping: 1. Layne Carson, Grassy Butte/Tim Franzen, Dickinson. Tie-down roping: 2. Dustin Entzel, Killdeer; 5. Ben Ayre, Glendive. Barrel racing: 1. Dillon McPherson, Wolf Point; 5. Twyla Vaira, Scobey; Teresa Wolff, Circle, and Heidi Schmidt, Belfield. Bull riding: 3. Ty Tescher,...
The Eastern Divisional swim meet was in Sidney this past weekend. The Tiger Sharks took 1st at the meet. Qualifying for state are: front row (L to R) Nicholas Trevino, Skylar Garsjo, Logan Greef, Shae Roberts, Trevor Stewart, Ben Brodhead, Ethan Petrik, Madison Thiel, Lauren Barnhart, Cooper McNally, Ryan McGinnis, Suttyn Barnhart and Taylor Stewart. Second row: (L to R) Alec Lovegren, Jared Steinbeisser, Payton Tofte, Skylar Petrik, Hailey Steinbeisser, Aubrey Kessel, Ashlyn Kessel and Michael...
The Walleyes Unlimited of Montana Jim Rettig Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement is now in production. Harvey Rattey, Bridger Bronze, Glendive, has completed a sculpture of Jim Rettig, formerly of Alexander, who died last year. “The sculpture is 1 of 1 and there will never be another one like it just like the man it memorializes.There will only ever be one Jim Rettig,” states Mike Newton, Walleyes Unlimited of Montana past president. The exact replicas made from this bronze sculpture wil...
Sidney Tigers Sharks went to Glendive on Saturday and Sunday and took 1st place. Pictured are the high points winners (L-R) Elise Torgerson, Alec Lovegren and Torey Dahl....
Memorial services for Doris Caruso, 89, Sidney, MT are Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 2 p.m. at the Church of Nazarene, Sidney, with Pastor Elwin Paulson and Will Henderson officiating. Interment of the cremains will be in the Sidney Cemetery under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com Doris died on July 1, 2011 at Glendive Extended Care, Glendive, MT....
Funeral service for Ethel Blomquist, 86, Sidney, MT, is at 10 a.m., Monday, July 18, 2011 at the Faith Alliance Church, Sidney, MT, with Pastor Paul Turek officiating. Interment will be in the Sidney Cemetery under the direction of Fulkerson Funeral Home. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Ethel died on July 9, 2011 at the Glendive Medical Center, Glendive, MT....
The rupture and release of 42,000 gallons of crude oil from an Exxon pipeline beneath the Yellowstone River brings home to Montanans the need for improved oversight and careful planning of the Keystone XL pipeline. The Keystone XL pipeline is proposed to carry corrosive tar sands oil across 250 miles of Montana en route from Alberta to the Gulf Coast. Its route will include 400 water crossings in Montana, including the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. The difference between the two pipelines is huge, with the Keystone XL pipeline projected to...
