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Dennis Stroughmatt et L'Esprit Creole will be performing at the MonDak Heritage Center's HarvestFest event on November 8. Along with Dennis Stroughmatt et L'Esprit's music, attendees will also enjoy seasonal beer and brats (wine and punch for non-beer drinkers) as part of the HarvestFest fundraiser. Tickets are available through the MonDak Heritage Center, $50 per person, $40 for MDHC & NAN members. Attendees for this event must be 21 or older to attend. Originally from southeastern Illinois,...
North Dakota's deer archery season opens Friday, Aug. 30 at noon, and continues through Jan. 5, 2020. Bowhunters can buy a license online at the state Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov; by calling 800-406-6409; or at vendors linked to the Game and Fish Department's online licensing system. Hunters who purchase bow licenses at a vendor location will receive a tag at time of purchase; otherwise, hunters who purchase their license over the phone or personal computer should allow for...
Hunters of the Corps of Discovery primarily conserved lead and gun powder for big game to feed the most men with the least resources. During the 28-month expedition they killed and ate 1,001 deer, 375 elk, 227 bison, 62 antelope, 35 bighorn sheep, 43 grizzly bears, 23 black bears, 113 beaver, 16 otters, 104 geese and brant, 46 grouse, 9 turkeys, 48 plovers, a number of horses and dogs, plus 18 wolves, of which they only ate one. Although the men were voracious predators, the impact of the...
The Northeastern Arts Network is pleased to present the 2019-20 Big Sky Concert Series to our community. This year's series features exciting live theatre and a kaleidoscope of musical entertainment as part of this art organization's ongoing commitment to provide quality entertainment to the community with a variety of shows that will appeal to every age and interest. The first performance of the season kicks off with Montana Repertory Theatre's presentation of "Love that Dog". In this...
During a meeting held at Sidney Health Center on Thursday, U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., met with area leaders to discuss issues the city and county are facing. Katie Dasinger with Richland Economic Development brought up the issue of investing in rural communities. With both Shopkos closing in Sidney, shopping local was discussed. Gianforte said we need to look at innovative ways to get people to stay local or come back if they've moved from the area. Dasinger said the Sidney Young Profess...
Around 4:50 pm on Saturday, August 17, a call came into Richland County dispatch that there was a possible jumper off a bridge located on hwy 58 crossing the Missouri River south of 1804 hwy in Williams County. Fairview PD was dispatched. Williams County deputies, Fairview PD and McKenzie County officers have responded to the call and have begun a coordinated search with local helicopter pilot Brett Berry. Currently Williams County is still on scene with a dive team en route to the river. This...
WILLISTON, N.D. – The public is invited to these upcoming events at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center (MYCIC) near Williston. All events are free and open to the public. All times are Central Time. August 3: Scrapbooking at the Confluence, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Participants should bring their own materials and lunch. August 15: Confluence History Book Club, 7 p.m. Join history buffs in a discussion of this month's selected book. Free refreshments. August 16-17: Confluence Quilters, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Join the Confluence Quilters at t...
The MonDak Heritage Center is happy to host an exhibit by Carol Hartman with her large and colorful oil landscape paintings, depicting the overland and waterway trials taken by settlers of the MonDak region of Eastern Montana. Her exhibit titled Defying the Odds opens on August 1 and runs through August 30, 2019. Finger painting instead of using brushes allows Ms. Hartman to maintain an even closer relationship to her paintings. According to Ms. Hartman, "I am quite proud of the early history of...
The 2018-2019 4-H year, thus far, has been an amazing experience for the 216 4-H members and 119 adult volunteers in the 10 active 4-H clubs in Richland County. 4-H focuses on growing confident, capable and caring youth through science, citizenship and healthy living projects that provide hands on learning and engagement in their home and community. 4-H has come a long way since its beginning in 1902. 4-H now offers a wide variety of projects including animal science, aerospace, robotics, woodworking, entomology, shooting sports, sport...
Williston, ND – The public is invited to these upcoming events at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center (MYCIC) near Williston. All events are free and open to the public. All times are Central time. July 18: Confluence History Book Club, 7 p.m. Join history buffs in a discussion of this month’s selected book. Free refreshments. July 19-20 Confluence Quilters, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Join the Confluence Quilters at their monthly meeting. All experience levels invited and instruction provided. For more information, contact Debbie Cro...
Recently the Watford City Police Department in partnership with Upper Missouri Health District, North Dakota Department of Health and McKenzie County School District completed their first ever Tobacco Compliance Check at the 16 different tobacco sale locations within the City of Watford City. With the sharp increase of youth tobacco and nicotine use, WCPD has partnered with community stakeholders to prevent tobacco and nicotine access to our younger generation. WCPD would like to thank the following businesses for checking the IDs of our...
Jewell Mae (McSwain) Blake, age 79, of Sidney, MT passed away on June 25, 2019 at Glendive Medical Center, Glendive, MT. Jewell was born on July 15, 1939 in Thornfield, Ozark County in Missouri at her grandparent's farm to parents Kerman and Sylvia (Smith) McSwain. She was the oldest of seven children. Jewell enjoyed drawing landscapes, making rock projects, crocheting doll clothes and baking apple pies. She believed in Jesus and loved cats. She was known for her hugs. Jewell was preceded in...
The 2019 paddlefishing harvest season on the Yellowstone and Lower Missouri rivers wrapped up on June 1, condensing the harvest into a two-week window. High catch rates on May 31 heading into Memorial Day weekend prompted FWP to give notice of the harvest season closure on June 1 at 9 p.m. This accommodated paddlefishing the entire Saturday of the holiday weekend, which proved to be a busy harvest day. Following the harvest season closure, anglers were allowed to catch and release paddlefish...
Dick Iversen and Buzz Mattelin attended the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) plenary session May 21 – 23 in Sioux Falls, SD serving as representatives of Richland and Roosevelt Conservation Districts. Dick and Buzz had both previously served as stakeholder representatives on the Committee but were attending this meeting to represent the interests of irrigators and agriculture producers in the area below Fort Peck dam to the Yellowstone River Confluence. The Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) s...
Down a lonely seeming road on the outskirts of Wolf Point are a set of grandstands seemingly abandoned behind a three pole gate and sign with three wagon wheels. Who would think in just a month's time it would be packed full of people. For once again on the second weekend of July, the town of Wolf Point, situated on the beautiful Missouri River will explode. The Rodeo Committee and Stadium Committee are banding together to bring the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede to life. It will be held July 11...
The largest variety of entertainment for the event in some time will take the stage during this year’s Sunrise Festival of the Arts in Sidney on Saturday, July 13. From a fashion show to historical music to current music, all that entertainment and more will be offered on the stage during the annual event at Veterans Memorial Park. A fashion show featuring items from area boutiques is scheduled from 12:20-1 p.m. on the stage. This first-time program will demonstrate the options that shoppers h...
The MonDak region has something to offer for everyone this 4th of July season, from parades and barbeques, to pies and fireworks. Bainville Start 4th of July celebrations early with Bainville, Montana's Heritage America event, beginning Friday, June 28, with a family movie in the park at dusk. On Saturday, breakfast is hosted by the Bainville Dollars for Scholars at the fire hall from 7-10 a.m., followed by the annual parade at 11 a.m. Parade registration is required, and is available on the...
Families, individuals, and businesses are invited to help with the annual upkeep of the Maah Daah Hey Trail during July. The nearly month-long event is the second annual Big Push, though the event was only officially named last summer, according to Lindsey Ybarra, who co-founded Save the Maah Daah Hey with her husband Nick. The event gathers volunteers to upkeep all 100 miles of the Trail. That's 200 miles of mowing, weed whacking, trimming and hand shoveling, work entirely completed by...
Down a lonely seeming road on the outskirts of Wolf Point are a set of grandstands seemingly abandoned behind a three pole gate and sign with three wagon wheels. Who would think in just a month's time it would be packed full of people. For once again on the second weekend of July, the town of Wolf Point, situated on the beautiful Missouri River will explode. The Rodeo Committee and Stadium Committee are banding together to bring the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede to life. It will be held July 11...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department reminds outdoor recreationists to keep public use areas, including state wildlife management areas, clean this summer by packing out all trash. All garbage should be placed in a proper trash receptacle. If trash cans aren’t available, or are full, take the trash and dispose of it at home. It is not uncommon to see garbage piling up around full trash containers. Styrofoam containers are not biodegradable, but yet are often found wedged in cattails, drifting or washed up on shore. Tires, mattresses and k...
WILLISTON, N.D. – The public is invited to these upcoming events at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center (MYCIC) near Williston. All events are free and open to the public. All times are Central time. June 20: Confluence History Book Club, 7 p.m. Join history buffs in a discussion of this month's selected book. Free refreshments. June 21-22: Confluence Quilters, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Join the Confluence Quilters at their monthly meeting. All experience levels invited and instruction provided. For more information, contact Debbie C...
Local artists Trish Stevenson and Afton Ray have gathered a treasure trove of local and regional artists to the "Confluence of Creativity" at the MonDak Heritage Center in Sidney. The show, which runs June 4 through July 27, will feature about 14 different artists including painters, a book illustrator, a glass artist and more, plus musical acts. An opening reception will be held on Friday, June 7. The Roundup will be regularly featuring artists from the show. Cris Fulton grew up in Bowman,...
Williston, ND: Park hours at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site will extend to 8 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Central Time) beginning May 26, 2019. These hours will be in effect from Memorial Day through Labor Day. In addition to extended summer hours, the Trade House will also open for the summer. Open from 10:30 a.m.-5:45 p.m. (central time), interpretive talks by park living historians will detail the commercial and cultural exchanges between Euro American and American Indian trade partners that made Fort Union the most successful fur...
The North Dakota Public Service Commission held a public hearing to discuss a possible new pipeline. The meeting was held on May 17 at the Little Missouri Grille and Suites, and was attended by approximately ten people including three of the North Dakota Public Service Commissioners, some private company representatives, local officials, and at least one legislator. There were about ten people present, not counting Public Service Commission staff and attorneys. The public meeting was held to...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks invites anglers and other interested parties to participate in a survey regarding changes to the 2020 fishing regulations. The survey is available at http://fwp.mt.gov/fish/publicComments/regsScoping.html. The survey is part of a public scoping process to review fishing regulations and identify potential issues with fisheries. This review happens every four years. Public input is vital to crafting fishing regulations, said Eric Roberts, FWP fisheries management bureau chief. We evaluate how a regulation may impact...
