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On Thursday, February 20th at 11AM, Richland County Extension will hold a quick informational session on StrongWomen StrongBones at the Savage Senior Citizen Center. StrongWomen StrongBones is a free strength training program for elderly women with proven results. Participants show increased muscle mass, improved bone density and balance, and overall increased confidence. This 10-week program was just recently held at the Sidney Senior Center. Local participants started off with 2-pound dumbbells and were able to lift 5-pound dumbbells on each...
The 36th annual GATE (Glendive Agri-Trade Expo) is quickly approaching – so mark your calendars and plan to spend an enjoyable weekend Friday, February 7th and Saturday, February 8th, 2014. Doors open Friday from 9AM-6PM Saturday 9AM – 4PM Join us for exceptional seminar speakers: Friday 11:00 AM Echelon Ag “Advanced Technology – Precision Ag Now & In The Future” Friday 1:30 PM Estate Planning “When the South Forty Needs a 1040” Saturday 10:00 AM Estate Planning “When the South Forty Needs a 1040” Saturday 1:30 PM 4-H is Great Raffle tick...
Funeral services for Wallace “Wally” Braun, 76, of Savage, MT are at 10 am, Thursday, January 30, 2014 at First Lutheran Church in Savage, MT with Pastor Nell Lindorf officiating. Interment will be in Riverview Cemetery in Savage, MT. Remembrances, condolences and picture may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Wally died on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at his home in Savage, MT....
Sidney Sugars honored the Top 10 Beet Growers at the annual Top 10 luncheon held January 15 at St. Matthews multi purpose center. Before announcing this year’s winners, agricultural manager Russ Fullmer gave an overview of the 2013 growing season. Mother Nature presented Sidney Sugars and beet growers with challenges at planting, harvesting and in between. The traditional planting date saw snow still on the ground, causing delays of a week or two. Within 2 weeks of emergence, pivots were up and farmers were looking at having to start i...
For the Lapp brothers, it was a good season to be a beet farmer. This year, they were selected by Sidney Sugars Incorporated as the top producing sugar beet farmers in the small farm, “0-247 acres” category. Winners are judged based on a formula that factors in qualities such as tonnage and sugar content levels. “This harvest was the best one ever. The soil conditions were perfect. We had little rain and no equipment breakdowns. In a normal year, those can happen often,” said Gary Lapp. For 28...
The 36th annual GATE (Glendive Agri-Trade Expo) is quickly approaching – so mark your calendars and plan to spend an enjoyable weekend Friday, February 7th and Saturday, February 8th, 2014. Doors open Friday from 9AM-6PM Saturday 9AM – 4PM Join us for exceptional seminar speakers: Friday 11:00 AM Echelon Ag “Advanced Technology – Precision Ag Now & In The Future” Friday 1:30 PM Estate Planning “When the South Forty Needs a 1040” Saturday 10:00 AM Estate Planning “When the South Forty Needs a 1040” Saturday 1:30 PM 4-H is Great Raffle tick...
Sidney Sugars honored the Top 10 Beet Growers at the annual Top 10 luncheon held last Wednesday at St. Matthews multi purpose center. Before announcing this year's winners, agricultural manager Russ Fullmer gave an overview of the 2013 growing season. Mother Nature presented Sidney Sugars and beet growers with challenges at planting, harvesting and in between. The traditional planting date saw snow still on the ground, causing delays of a week or two. Within 2 weeks of emergence, pivots were up...
For the Lapp brothers, it was a good season to be a beet farmer. This year, they were selected by Sidney Sugars Incorporated as the top producing sugar beet farmers in the small farm, “0-247 acres” category. Winners are judged based on a formula that factors in qualities such as tonnage and sugar content levels. “This harvest was the best one ever. The soil conditions were perfect. We had little rain and no equipment breakdowns. In a normal year, those can happen often,” said Gary Lapp. For 28...
The 36th annual GATE (Glendive Agri-Trade Expo) is quickly approaching – so mark your calendars and plan to spend an enjoyable weekend Friday, February 7th and Saturday, February 8th, 2014. Doors open Friday from 9AM-6PM Saturday 9AM – 4PM Join us for exceptional seminar speakers: Friday 11:00 AM Echelon Ag “Advanced Technology – Precision Ag Now & In The Future” Friday 1:30 PM Estate Planning “When the South Forty Needs a 1040” Saturday 10:00 AM Estate Planning “When the South Forty Needs a 1040” Saturday 1:30 PM 4-H is Great Raffle tick...
On Monday, December 9, 2013, Mid-Rivers Communications launched the first 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless data coverage available in 12 communities across the eastern half of Montana. Wireless customers who began seeing LTE data speeds on their phones around this time in Baker, Broadus, Circle, Lindsay, Richey, Lambert, the Highway 201 West area outside of Sidney, Vida, Savage, Ashland, Alzada, and Hammond were receiving their 4G LTE signal from Mid-Rivers. With data speeds 10 to 15 times faster than 3G wireless data, 4G LTE supports a...
Tami Christensen was appointed onto the PPL Community Fund Advisory Board in 2013. The board meets in the spring and fall to distribute $200,000 annually in grant funds to eligible applicants focusing on the areas of education, the environment, or economic development. Since the fund was established in 2005, $1.9 million in grants has been awarded to nearly 230 organizations across the state that are touching the lives of thousands of people and, as a result, improving the quality of life for...
Many businesses throughout Williston are joining forces to collect items for families in need: American State Bank is sponsoring the Forgotten Stocking. This event will allow interested individuals to purchase gifts for teenagers. American State Bank is located at 223 Main St. First International Bank & Trust is sponsoring a Pajama Tree. Stop by their downtown location on 4th St. E and help a child stay warm on these cold winter nights. Make sure a child has a present by contributing to the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree. Stop by the Williston W...
The Roundup held its annual Make It With Sugar contest Friday, October 25 in conjunction with Harvest Festival. Reese and Ray’s IGA was the gracious host for the event. Thank you to everyone who entered- the judges had a really hard time choosing the winners. Thank you also to all the businesses that provided prizes, to Sidney Sugars for providing “expert” judges, and to Reese and Ray’s IGA for allowing us to have the contest in their deli. Anne Babb, Savage, was the happy winner of the People’s Choice Award, a $100 Reese & Ray’s IGA gift ca...
Many businesses throughout Williston are joining forces to collect items for families in need: American State Bank is sponsoring the Forgotten Stocking. This event will allow interested individuals to purchase gifts for teenagers. American State Bank is located at 223 Main St. First International Bank & Trust is sponsoring a Pajama Tree. Stop by their downtown location on 4th St. E and help a child stay warm on these cold winter nights. The Salvation Army will begin their Angel Tree on Friday, November 29th. Stop by the Williston Walmart or...
Farmer's Insurance in Sidney has a new home and new faces. As Steffan Insurance Agency, agent Tiffany (Steinbeisser) Steffan is excited about offering customers the excellent protection for their home, auto, business, farm and ranch, recreational vehicles and motorcycles & life insurance that has been provided by Farmers since 1928. Steffan is a Sidney native who sees the insurance agency as a great opportunity for herself and her family. She has made a lifetime commitment, with the hope that...
Six students from Savage High School will be participating in the District 11 Honor Band and Choir Festival to be held at DCHS in Glendive on November 25 and 26. The participating students include Brittany Conradsen, Ashley Green, Desiree Martell, Michael Reynolds, Ryder Rice and Morgan Tysver. They will rehearse with their guest director from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. both days and then perform with their groups in the concert on Tuesday, November 26, at 6:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend...
The Savage student council will be going to Washington D.C. March 30th to April 6th. They will be visiting all of the National Monuments, Arlington Cemetery, the Capital Building, the Smithsonian Museums, the US National Archives, the Library of Congress, Ford's Theatre, and the Holocaust Museum for sure. If they can fit anything else in, they definitely will. Any donations towards their trip would be greatly appreciated!...
The Roundup held its annual Make It With Sugar contest Friday, October 25 in conjunction with Harvest Festival. Reese and Ray's IGA was the gracious host for the event. Thank you to everyone who entered- the judges had a really hard time choosing the winners. Thank you also to all the businesses that provided prizes, to Sidney Sugars for providing "expert" judges, and to Reese and Ray's IGA for allowing us to have the contest in their deli. "Make It With Sugar" Winning Recipes Buttermilk...
The ditches are drained and it's time for paperwork and construction at Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project (LYIP) according to project manager James Brower. The accounts are being finalized, with personnel going through last year's audit and preparing for this year's. Staff has just finished verifying water assessment dues and new property owners. That information is given to the county courthouses so they can send out water assessments. In addition to routine maintenance, LYIP crews will be...
The Kids First! Carnival was held at the Richland County Fair Event Center on Oct. 26. Right: Nine year old Raigan Smith of Savage spins in a circle at one of the carnival games. (Photo by Jody Wells)...
Pictured is Madison Gorde, 12 years old, of Sidney. This was her first deer ever shot. The deer was shot west of Savage during the youth hunt Fri. Oct. 18, 2013. It's a white tail buck and scored 157. Madison is the daughter of Rich and Linda Gorde. (Photo submitted by Linda Gorde)...
The fall project of Sidney FFA and Agriculture Education students came to a completion recently as Marianne Gartner, Ethan Chamberlain and Ryan Steinbeisser put the finishing touches to the receiving center at Richland Opportunity Inc.. Students planned framed, poured and finished large concrete pads that were transported and established on site for employee safety and comfort as they work around the all weather site. The Sidney FFA chapter is embarking on the fourth year of cooperative events...
National Research Corporation has selected client Sidney Health Center as a recipient of its 2013 Path to Excellence award. Sidney Health Center was recently recognized at the 19th Annual International Patient-Centered Care Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland. National Research selected Path to Excellence award recipients based on their achievement within categories that patients have identified as being most important to the quality of their care. The award is only bestowed upon those...
The annual sugar beet harvest began this next week beginning with Culbertson, Savage and the factory yard on Monday, September 30; Sugar Valley and Pleasantview on Tuesday, October 1 and Powder River on October 2. The factory started processing beets on October 1. According to Russ Fullmer, Sidney Sugars agricultural manager, if the weather is still too warm, there will be a controlled harvest to begin with, then it will be “full bore, as quickly as we can”. Sidney Sugars will have daily harvest reports on 660 KEYZ beginning September 30. The...
