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The MonDak Heritage Center announces Let’s Talk About Fake News on Thursday, May 24 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the MonDak Heritage Center, 120 3rd Ave SE, Sidney! Whether it’s celebrity click-bait, your crazy uncle on Facebook, or a news article you disagree with, everyone’s raising the alarm about fake news. Join professional journalists as we transform the MonDak into a friendly, neighborhood pub atmosphere to discuss how we got here, and what happens when we can’t agree on the facts. Leading the discussion will be: Darrell Ehrlick...
F.T. Reynolds Co. awarded the past quarter's Friends of Reynolds (FOR) donations to participating non-profit groups in the five Reynolds Market stores – Sidney, Glendive, Miles City, Baker and Glasgow. A total of $6920.62 was donated back to FOR non-profit organizations. Each quarter Reynolds Market stores donate a percentage back of the total purchases made by the FOR nonprofit members. Reynolds Market store manager Loren Kutzler, middle, awards Sidney store recipients, from left, to Lori W...
The MonDak Heritage Center presents Sam West Trio for Music at the MonDak, Friday, May 4 at the MonDak, 120 3rd Ave SE, Sidney. Sam West Trio will conduct a Sound-Writing Workshop at 5:00 p.m., followed by a concert at 7:00 p.m. The workshop and concert are both FREE to the public! The Sound-Writing Workshop at 5pm is an accessible, interactive, and instructive presentation of contemporary songwriting, composition, and improvisation by vocalist and songwriter Sam West. Participants will learn...
Many invasive trees can be found around the Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota area. Although there are few invasive tree species, they can still cause significant problems. So in order to help land managers target control methods for these invasive tree species, John Gaskin researches and studies genetics of plant invasions at the USDA Agricultural Lab located in Sidney, MT. Gaskin (botanist/research leader) and a group of scientists and technicians at the USDA Agricultural Lab work to so...
Tri County Implement is celebrating its 30th year of providing quality Case IH equipment, parts and service to the MonDak region with an open house on Tuesday, April 17. The family owned business was brought to Sidney from Choteau by Walt McNutt in 1988. Walt’s daughter Tami and her husband Larry Christensen joined the business and are now the majority owners. Their son Tyler, who came on board in 2013, has become a partner and their daughter Andrea has been their office assistant for over two years. The company has grown steadily over the y...
The MonDak Chapter of Walleye's Unlimited held its annual banquet on April 7 at the Richland Co. Event Center in Sidney....
The MonDak Heritage Center announces the Art along the Bighorn: A Child's Perspective exhibit, on display from April 3 to May 26 at the MonDak Heritage Center, 120 3rd Ave SE, Sidney, MT 59270. Children's art is often a pure look into ourselves as individuals and a society. The artwork in Art along the Bighorn reflects young artists' perspectives on life, culture, and creative expression along the Bighorn River, created during the 2015-2016 school year by fourth and fifth grade students from...
We don’t normally think of trees as invasive plants, but even MonDak prairie dwellers have experience with at least one “weedy” tree example. Just think of the acres of saltcedar (Tamarix) now clogging significant portions of our Yellowstone and Missouri riverbanks! Non-native tree invasions are a growing problem across the globe and Dr. John Gaskin, a molecular botanist with the Agricultural Research Service in Sidney, MT, and his fellow collaborators from around the world want to find out why. Dr. Gaskin and his team recently completed a glo...
The MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show recently hosted Pat Gilchrist, who explained past weather trends and predicted upcoming weather trends that may or may not have a negative impact on Eastern Montana agriculture. Gilchrist serves as the National Weather Service Early Warning Coordination Meteorologist in Glasgow, Montana, which is the regional office for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the...
For the past 50 years, R&J Ag Supply has been serving the needs of cattle producers in Eastern Montana and Western North Dakota with the highest quality cattle supplements, knowledge, and experience in the livestock industry. R&J Ag Supply, located in Sidney, is a family owned and operated business that carries a full line of bagged minerals, liquid supplements, Crystalyx Brand supplements, and medicated premixes. One of the feeds that R&J Ag Supply sells is a complete texturized feed called, Sh...
The MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show recently hosted Pat Gilchrist, who explained past weather trends and predicted upcoming weather trends that may or may not have a negative impact on Eastern Montana agriculture. Gilchrist serves as the National Weather Service Early Warning Coordination Meteorologist in Glasgow, Montana, which is the regional office for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce that focuses on the...
On Wednesday, March 7, a meeting was held at the MonDak Heritage Center by the Department of Environment Quality (DEQ) to explain the ongoing proceedings relating to the proposed Yellowstone Disposal landfill and to receive comment from the public. A review was given regarding the rules and prerequisites need by the applicant to receive the necessary permits to take the waste. According to Rick Thompson, the Section Supervisor for Solid Waste at DEQ, they have 15 days to notify the County...
The MonDak Heritage Center announces the Encounters exhibit by artist Nancy Erickson, on display from March 13 to May 5 at the MonDak Heritage Center, 120 3rd Ave SE, Sidney, MT 59270. Nancy Erickson is a nationally recognized fiber artist. Her artwork recognizes the individual dignity of wild creatures, often juxtaposing them with people or human environments. Since the 1960s, she has created remarkable fabric constructions, quilts, paintings, and drawings and is renowned for her pioneering organic free-floating quilted paintings. Encounters...
The Fairview FFA Chapter assisted with the MonDak Ag Days Banquet on Thursday, March 1st. Jerry Caroll was the speaker at the banquet and spoke on agriculture's comedy, Farm Safety and the importance of youth in Agriculture. A donation was then given in honor of Mr. Caroll to the Fairview FFA Chapter. In the photo (from left to right) banquet speaker Jerry Caroll, and FFA members Alexis Griggs, Anna Dragseth, Jesse Selting, Alex Young and Blake Patten....
March is designated as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. During this month, hospitals and medical facilities across the nation focus their attention on preventing, treating and curing colorectal cancer. According to the CDC, colorectal cancer, which occurs in the colon or rectum, is the leading cause for cancer death in Montana and the United States. This March, Sidney Health Center Cancer Care and the Richland County Health Department are teaming up to host a free Men’s Health Screening on Friday, March 16 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM at the...
Portland singer and guitarist Lauren Sheehan, who's new record is a companion to a book about the women who kept Gibson's guitar shop strumming during World War II. will play songs from her recording "The Light Still Burns" as well as salute the women in folk who shaped her music. Enjoy this fascinating concert as part of the Northeastern Arts Network Big Sky Series on Thursday, March 22nd at 7:00 pm at the MonDak Heritage Center. Roots Americana musician, Lauren Sheehan, launched her recording...
The MonDak Heritage Center announces A Reading with Lowell Jaeger, Montana’s Poet Laureate Tuesday, March 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the MonDak Heritage Center, 120 3rd Ave SE, Sidney. Join us for the first program in the Hometown Humanities Poetry & Literature series! Montana’s Poet Laureate, Lowell Jaeger, appointed by Governor Bullock in 2017, will read his own work and recite from memory poetry from other poets, like Robert Frost, Donald Hall, Richard Wilbur, and more. At Jaeger’s readings, expect humor, expect serious reflection, and expect to ex...
At the end of this school year, Lambert Public School will have to let go of an outstanding sports announcer. Julen Idoate has been announcing the Lambert and Richey home games for several months but will be graduating this year. He plans on seeking a career in sports broadcasting. Julen was not always interested in communications but last year he tried out for the basketball team but could not play for technical reasons. The coach suggested he try his hand at announcing the game over Network 1...
The MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show Committee and the Sidney Chamber of Commerce's Agriculture Committee have joined forces to bring you what we think is a great lineup of educational sessions, banquet entertainment, and trade show vendors. Ag Days will kick off at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 1 when the doors open for the trade show. After listening to suggestions from our ranching community, it was decided to push back the start of the educational sessions, so the first session will begin at...
The buzz around Richland County lately has been the proposed Yellowstone Disposal Class II solid waste landfill facility. The project is proposed on the east side of the Yellowstone River, located on 650.7 acres of privately-owned property, approximately 4.5 miles southeast of Sidney, across the highway from the Thiel Subdivision. Due to weather events, the Department of Environmental Quality public meeting has been re-scheduled to 5:30 p.m., March 7 at MonDak Heritage Center, 120 3rd Ave., S.E., Sidney, Montana. DEQ has prepared a draft...
The Richland County Conservation District has presented the Cooperator of the year award for several years. Each year the winner has shown they care about conservation, it may be implementing conservation practices that improve water quantity and quality, enhancing soil health or recovering the rangeland. We have presented the award to individuals who work with the district to promote conservation. Irrigation districts and their members who upgraded their system to become more efficient in...
Musician Wilbur Rehmann presents American Art & Democracy Come Together in Jazz on Monday, March 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the MonDak Heritage Center, 120 3rd Ave SE, Sidney! Wilbur shows how America is the only place where the art form called jazz could have been created. He describes the roots of jazz in the field hollers and work songs of slaves and follows the art form through to the modern jazz era of the '40s, '50s, '60s, and beyond. Wilbur illustrates points with examples from recordings, his...
The MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show Committee and the Sidney Chamber of Commerce's Agriculture Committee have joined forces to bring you what we think is a great lineup of educational sessions, banquet entertainment, and trade show vendors. Ag Days will kick off at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 1 when the doors open for the trade show. After listening to suggestions from our ranching community, it was decided to push back the start of the educational sessions, so the first session will begin at...
Jim Beck will be speaking at the MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show on Thursday, March 1st at 2:30 p.m. MST. He will be speaking on the topic, “Does Exempt Water Rights Bill Apply to You?” Beck was raised and farmed in McCone and Richland Counties. He attended Montana State University in Bozeman, receiving a degree in agricultural engineering. In 1981, he moved to Townsend and worked at the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation’s Helena Regional Office. At the Helena Regional Office, he worked in several water resource areas, inclu...
