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Mark Sweeney, Democrat candidate for Montana U.S. House of Representatives District Montana #2 visited Sidney March 31. During his time in town Sweeney spoke at the Sidney Kiwanis Club, visited with chairman of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Jim Steinbeisser, met with Sidney Health Center CEO Jen Doty, met with local business leaders and spoke to area Democrats. Sweeney grew up in Miles City and graduated from Custer County High School. He holds a degree from Western Montana College...
The Montana Public Service Commission will hold a public listening session on Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.'s 2021 Biennial Electric Integrated Resource Plan in Sidney, on April 18 at 5:30 p.m. at the Richland County Extension office meeting room, 1499 N. Central Ave. "Every two years, the Commission requires regulated electric utilities in Montana to comprehensively analyze their operations to facilitate the most reliable and cost-effect energy resources to meet customer demand. The 2021 IRP...
MSU Richland County Extension Agents (MSUE) works to improve the lives of Montana citizens by providing unbiased, researched-based education and information that integrates learning, discovery, and engagement to strengthen the social, economic and environmental well-being of individuals, families, and communities. The main program areas of MSU Extension include 4-H/Youth Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Community Development, and Agriculture and Natural Resources. County Extension programs are a cooperation between the land grant...
Soil sampling in your garden may be beneficial if standard fertilizer rates have left your plants unhealthy or under producing. A soil test allows you to determine the amount of nutrients currently in your garden and determine the correct amount of nutrients and fertilizer that are needed to support your plants. Soil samples should be a 6-inch-deep core from the soil surface. A spade or shovel may be used, but a soil probe or auger is the best option, as it allows for the same amount of soil to be collected from each depth. The MSU Richland...
The Walleyes Unlimited MonDak Chapter will be holding their annual banquet and membership drive April 2 at the Richland County Event Center, Sidney. This public event begins at 6 p.m. with tickets available at the door. The cost is $60 for a single ticket and $70 for a couple. The price includes a yearly membership and subscription to the Walleyes Unlimited "Fish Tales" magazine. The event will bring back the favorite activities from previous years including the ever-popular fish fry. The club...
Have you been wanting to get an electric pressure cooker, are afraid to use one, or have one and want to learn more? Join MSU Extension for an evening of learning about electric pressure cookers. Then enjoy some tasty foods that you will be making in an electric pressure cooker to enjoy with other class participants. Class will be on Thursday, March 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at MSU Extension Richland County Office Meeting Room, 1499 N Central Ave., Sidney. The cost for this class is $10 at the door, and scholarships are available upon request. Class...
Montana State University Extension (MSUE) works to improve the lives of Montana citizens by providing unbiased, researched-based education and information that integrates learning, discovery, and engagement to strengthen the social, economic and environmental well-being of individuals, families, and communities. The main program areas of MSU Extension include 4-H/Youth Development, Family and Consumer Sciences, Community Development, and Agriculture and Natural Resources. County Extension progra...
The greed and deceit of cigarette manufacturers is hardly breaking news, but Richland County Tobacco Prevention Specialist Jacklyn Damm has recently been enlightening Middle School students with some of those very facts. Why this story now? With the Richland County Youth Risk Behavior Survey showing that 55% of High School students and 26% of Middle School students are currently vaping, it’s time to tell them the real truth behind Big Tobaccos marketing tactics and the ongoing deception that has led to them. Over 1,300 people die every day i...
Soil sampling in your garden may be beneficial if standard fertilizer rates have left your plants unhealthy or under producing. A soil test allows you to determine the amount of nutrients currently in your garden and determine the correct amount of nutrients and fertilizer that are needed to support your plants. Soil samples should be a 6-inch-deep core from the soil surface. A spade or shovel may be used, but a soil probe or auger is the best option, as it allows for the same amount of soil to be collected from each depth. The MSU Richland...
The Richland County Health Department is providing the following COVID-19 case information (click here). This information reflects case counts between March 17th and March 30th, 2022. There has been one additional COVID-related death during this time period. A woman in her 60's has died of complications from COVID-19. The Health Department will provide updates as time allows....
Now that recreational marijuana is legal in Montana, Richland County is weighing its options regarding marijuana sales tax. In February, the Richland County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution (Resolution 2022-23), adding a question to the ballot of a local-option marijuana excise tax for Richland County marijuana sales. This resolution enables Richland County voters to decide whether to increase the sales tax on medical marijuana, recreational marijuana, or both by 3%. The question presented on the ballot will allow voters the...
Bozeman - Montana State University Extension and USDA Agricultural Research Service will host a free, two-hour workshop, "Grasshopper Outbreaks and Management Options in 2022," at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 29. The event will be held in-person at the Richland County MSU Extension conference room in Sidney and will also be viewable online. ]Over the last year, eastern Montana and western North Dakota farmers and ranchers endured the second-largest grasshopper outbreak in the last 35 years. Annual...
National Ag Day 2022 was Tuesday, March 22, making it appropriate to highlight the important agriculture commodities in Richland County. The 2017 Census of Agriculture shows there is 898 agriculture producers on 527 farms in Richland County that account for 1,270,080 acres. Based on the most recent Montana Agriculture Statistics, the county produces approximately 169,000 acres of spring wheat, 35,000 acres of alfalfa, 13,700 acres of sugar beets, 13,700 acres of barley, 9,700 acres of spring durum, 9,684 acres of corn, 8,400 acres of winter...
Each month, Montana WIC provides healthy food, nutrition education, breastfeeding support, and a community of support from both experts and peers to more than 16,000 moms and children. Nationwide, WIC serves more than 7 million people. Montana WIC participants say they would recommend WIC to their friends, and when asked what they value most about WIC, more than 75% say they value the nutrition information and appreciate the support from WIC staff. As the nation’s most successful and cost-effective public health nutrition program, WIC is d...
Have you been wanting to get an electric pressure cooker, are afraid to use one, or have one and want to learn more? Join MSU Extension for an evening of learning about electric pressure cookers. Then enjoy some tasty foods that you will be making in an electric pressure cooker to enjoy with other class participants. Class will be on Thursday, March 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at MSU Extension Richland County Office Meeting Room, 1499 N Central Ave., Sidney. The cost for this class is $10 at the door, and scholarships are available upon request. Class...
Great Northern Development Corporation, the Small Business Development Center, and the MDT Small Business Enterprise program would like to congratulate the 2022 Minnow Tank Business Plan Competition finalists. Finalists will present their business plan ideas to a live audience at 5 p.m., April 12, at the Richland Fairground Event Center, following the “Rise & Restore” small business summit. After businesses pitch their plans to the live audience and a panel of judges, one start-up business and one existing business will win $5,000 cash tow...
Sidney - Watford City, ND writer and musician, Jessie Veeder has released her first children's book, "Prairie Princess" featuring beautiful oil painting illustrations by Williston artist Daphne Johnson-Clark. The Sidney-Richland County Library is hosting an author meet and greet, reading, signing, music and creative activity for all ages featuring Jessie Veeder on March 29 at 6:30 p.m. "Prairie Princess" is a celebration of rural living and our connection to the land told through the perspective...
The Montana Public Service Commission will hold a public listening session on Montana-Dakota utilities Co.'s 2021 Biennial Electric Integrated Resource Plan in Sidney, on April 18 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Richland County Extension meeting room. In general MDU's IRP indicates that the least-cost electricity for MDU customers will result from retiring Lewis & Clark 1 on March 31, 2021, Heskett I and 2 by March 31, 2022, relying on energy supply contracts and MISO market...
On March 12, Charles Steed, a 31-year-old male, and Nathaniel Steed, a 19-year-old male both from Colorado City, AZ were traveling in a 2011 GMC Sierra westbound on Hwy 68 near mile marker 2. The GMC left the roadway to the north, overcorrected, crossed both lanes of travel, entered the south ditch, and struck a stop sign. The GMC partially overturned and struck a fence. The GMC came to rest in the south ditch facing north on its wheels. The passenger was ejected. Both occupants were transported to Sidney Health Center. Charles Steed was...
Have you been wanting to get an electric pressure cooker, are afraid to use one, or have one and want to learn more? Join MSU Extension for an evening of learning about electric pressure cookers. Then enjoy some tasty foods that you will be making in an electric pressure cooker to enjoy with other class participants. Class will be on Thursday, March 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at MSU Extension Richland County Office Meeting Room, 1499 N Central Ave., Sidney. The cost for this class is $10 at the door, and scholarships are available upon request. Class...
Community members in Richland County and surrounding areas may soon be receiving a survey in their mailbox. This survey will be sent to a random sample of homes and will help Sidney Health Center to identify health services needed in the community. This information will be used for strategic planning, grant applications, new programs, and by community groups interested in addressing health issues. This project, administered by the Montana Office of Rural Health and funded in part through the Montana Health Research and Education Foundation...
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. On two consecutive Thursday evenings in March, Sidney Health Center Cancer Care and the Richland County Health Department are teaming up...
Lambert - The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to update the public and invite questions or comment on the plans to rehabilitate and widen about 11 miles of Highway 200, west of Lambert. The project begins approximately half a mile west of the intersection with County Road 126 and extends east for about 11 miles ending near the intersection with County Road 328, northwest of Lambert. This project includes rehabilitating the existing pavement, widening the roadway to include two-foot shoulders, slope flattening, drainage...
The Lower Yellowstone Wool Pool will be meeting on Wednesday, March 23, 7 p.m. at Richland County Extension Office Meeting Room, Sidney, MT. The Lower Yellowstone Wool Pool in addition to the Front Range Pool (Choteau), Hi-Line Pool (Havre to Nashua), Northeastern Pool (Scobey and Plentywood), and Mon-Dak Pool (Wibaux and Beach, ND), are part of the eastern Montana Consolidated Wool Pool. This consolidated pool was created in 2002 as an opportunity for wool growers to “pool” their wool together and receive more for their product. When gro...
This year, March 12 and 13 is the 6th Annual Brodie Gorder Memorial Iron Eagle Open Wrestling Duels and Invitational. The competition is to raise funds for the Brodie Gorder Memorial Project, a non-profit that provides grants and scholarships for the benefit of the youth of Richland County as well as promote wrestling as a sport and ATV safety awareness. Brodie Gorder lived on his family’s ranch along the Yellowstone River with his five brothers and sisters. He was a 4-H member but he loved wrestling and put on a singlet for the first time a...
