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Dear Editor: I admire Joel Krautter. I admire that Krautter has been able to fit in and plug into Sidney when he’s from a place that is startlingly different from here. I admire that Krautter has come to change his worldview so dramatically some time between when he campaigned for Barack Obama and worked for John Tester and when he came to Sidney. I truly admire the ability of someone to admit they’re wrong, and that’s commendable. I admire that Krautter has been able to employ his skill as a de...
Once again, the Boys and Girls Club of Richland County is “off to the races” with its Annual Auction and Gala Saturday, April 14, 6 p.m., at the Richland County Event Center, Sidney. Tickets are $40 per person or $75 per couple and available now at www.richlandbgc.org; by calling 406-433-6763; from any B&G Club staff or board member; or at Stockman Bank, Yellowstone Bank, Richland Federal Credit Union, Sidney Chamber of Commerce or The Sidney Herald. Don your finest Derby attire and enjoy southern ribs and chicken catered by Meadowlark Pub...
Krautter is Best Choice for Representative Dear Editor: I am writing today to give my endorsement to Joel Krautter in his campaign for Representative of House District 35. As a former Chairman of the Montana Republican Party, I've had the chance to get to know many past and current legislators and to identify rising individuals that will make a positive difference on public policy. Joel Krautter is such a rising individual, who is well regarded and respected by fellow Republicans and...
Friday, April 13, through Sunday, April 15, the Sidney High School Drama Club is putting on a play called The Beverly Hillbillies. It will be performed in the Sidney Middle School auditorium at 415 S. Central Avenue. Friday and Saturday the production will start at 7 p.m., while on Sunday it will start early at 2 p.m. This play is based on its namesake, The Beverly Hillbillies, a sitcom which aired from 1962 to 1971. The sitcom also inspired a remake film by 20th Century Fox done in 1993. This...
Faith Alliance Church in Sidney will be hosting the annual Empowered to Connect Conference on April 13 and 14. The Empowered to Connect Conference is an annual event put on by Child Bridge Montana, a non-profit aimed at improving outcomes for children in foster care and the families who care for them. The organization has helped to connect 589 children in need of care with loving families to care for them, which has led to 70 adoptions by Child Bridge families. The conference is led by staff at the renowned Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Devel...
Team Montana traveled to Des Moines, Iowa on March 30 and 31 and competed in the AAU National Duals. A total of 133 wrestlers from around the state qualified and competed in this two-day event. There were 18 wrestlers from Sidney that earned the right to wrestle for Team Montana. 9th-10th Grade “A” Team 1. 132-Kade Graves, 7-1, Silver Medal 2. 160-Riley Waters, 4-1, Injured 3. 170-Jett Jones, 7-1, Silver Medal 4. 220-Trey Schepens, 3-5 5. 113-Jordan Darby, 3-5 6. 145-Dylan Lutz, 3-5 Team was 6-2, 7th Place Overall, 7th Place Trophy 9th-10th Gra...
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...
On March 22, 2018 at about 0554, the Richland County Sheriffs Office received a report of a stolen 1992 Blue Chevrolet K2500 pickup from a resident southwest of Sidney. The caller stated that the vehicle may have been stolen by a male subject that had been allowed to stay at their place, and may be on his way to Billings, Montana. At about 0602 hours the same caller reported that she found that a business she manages south of Sidney that is a licensed marijuana distributor had been broken into and items were missing. Upon investigation of the b...
The 7th annual Bakken Brewfest takes place Saturday, April 21 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Richland County Event Center. Featuring over 40 microbrews from over 20 breweries from Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming, there will be plenty of choices for even the most discerning beer enthusiast. Wines, ciders and complimentary non-alcoholic beverages will also be available. New this year are $5 cash games such as cornhole and the Photo Brewth which benefit local non-profits. The evening features music by the Shuffle Bums, with frontman Scott Boehler....
Once again, the Boys and Girls Club of Richland County is “off to the races” with its Annual Auction and Gala Saturday, April 14, 6 p.m., at the Richland County Event Center, Sidney. Tickets are $40 per person or $75 per couple and available now at www.richlandbgc.org; by calling 406-433-6763; from any B&G Club staff or board member; or at Stockman Bank, Yellowstone Bank, Richland Federal Credit Union, Sidney Chamber of Commerce or The Sidney Herald. Don your finest Derby attire and enjoy southern ribs and chicken catered by Meadowlark Pub...
Mass of the Christian Burial for Konrad Korff, 82, of Fairview, MT was held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, April 3 at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Fairview with Father Jim O’Neil as Celebrant. Wake services were held at 6 p.m., Monday, April 2 at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Fairview, ND under the direction of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney. Interment was held in the Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, ND under the direction of Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home of Sidney. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the f...
Services for Myrna Olson, 84, of Billings, MT formerly of Sidney, MT were held at 3 p.m., Saturday, March 31 at Fulkerson-Stevenson Funeral Home in Sidney with Pastor Neil Lindorff of Peoples Congregational Church in Sidney. Remembrances, condolences and pictures may be shared with the family at www.fulkersons.com. Myrna died on Monday morning, March 26 at the Senior Independent Hospice, Billings, MT....
Applications are now available for two scholarship programs offered by the Foundation for Community Care for new and continuing college students in the 2018-2019 academic year. The first program offered by the Foundation Board of Directors is the annual Healthcare Scholarship program. Richland County and surrounding area residents pursuing an education in a healthcare field who intend to live and work in the area are encouraged to apply for funding. Applicants must have completed one year at a post-secondary university or college. The...
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...
Sirens flare, lights blaze and another ambulance flies down the street to someone's aid. It happens way too often and yet, someone is blessed with another chance at life every time. EMS or Emergency Medical Services delivers prehospital care and medical transport to those with illness or injuries that prevent them from transporting themselves. While EMTs, EMRs and paramedics may respond, only an EMT or paramedic may transport a patient. They are all compassionate, hardworking and dedicated...
In the last decade, the number of ambulance calls has increased as much as 300% or more in and around McKenzie County, North Dakota. Several of the rural areas in McKenzie County have turned to Quick Response Units, or QRU's, to ensure efficient emergency care. Quick Response Units are intended to respond to emergency calls and provide stabilizing care until an Ambulance Service arrives to transport the patient. QRU's are provided for in North Dakota law, requiring only one emergency responder,...
First of all, thank you for supporting our area EMS volunteers. The role the volunteers fill in our communities would not be possible without you. You may have an Emergency Medical Service (EMS) volunteer working for you, working with you, who is a family member, or living near you. We understand that their role as an EMS volunteer can be an inconvenience to their co-workers, family and neighbors. Our EMS volunteers rely on their respective co-workers, family and neighbors to cover their...
Ninth Grade: Rebecca Aldrich; Gwyneth Arthur; Jaylen Baxter; Adriana Beyerle; Matthew Brakefield; Brianna Brost; Kyla Carlson; Sean Christensen; Stephen Christensen; Seth Dodds; Sean Earle; Ecriselia Flores; Claire Frank; Jaxson Franklin; Curstine Gaffield; Hadley Garsjo; Matthew Hansen; McKenzy Hazen; Jazmine Hernandez Piedra; Kay Hoffman; Trista Hovde; Emelia Hoye; Alexa Iversen; Hailee Ivory; Riley Jimison; Logan Jones; Sarah Karanjai; Braden Kindopp; Nickolas Kordonowy; Serenity Kuntz; Noah Kyhl; Kylee Lambert; Kaston LeRoy; Benjamin...
Changes in petroleum infrastructure are a common sight in the Bakken oilfield, especially as technological advancements gradually improve. One such example is the decision by CHS – the parent company of Cenex – to re-route the pipeline between Sidney, Montana and Minot, North Dakota. Cenex is the name of the company's regional cooperative and its energy division, which started in 1929 as the North Pacific Grain Growers, Inc. and later as the Farmers Union Central Exchange, which was created as...
The Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society inducted Hailey Steinbeisser (track) and honored chapter returner, Lexi Prevost (basketball) for their accomplishment in the classroom and on the field/court. The national College Athlete Honor Society is a student-athlete honor society that recognizes collegiate sport letter winners who have maintained a 3.4 or higher GPA throughout their junior and senior years. (Photo submitted by Kathy Johnson)...
Dear Editor: Radioactivity Welcomed to Montana or “Obfuscation” – to make obscure or unintelligible. Governor Steve Bullock and his party have been considered very environmentally conscious, but it seems they are forging a new direction. North Dakota is not currently allowing the disposal of Bakken oilfield radioactive or hazardous garbage. But the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is moving briskly to welcome a veritable torrent of those toxic materials to a site near a Sidney subdivision and rural school. Imagine having your...
Lower Yellowstone Irrigation Project held its annual meeting last Friday with the main theme of attending the hearing in Great Falls on April 19th. Several speakers highlighted how important it is for farmers, business people and the community at large to attend the hearing to demonstrate to Judge Morris how critical reliable irrigation is to the area. Encouraging farmers to take a break from planting, Steve Pust said that planting will be underway April 19th and that is a priority. But, if irrigation is shut down, farmers won’t have to w...
More than a decade ago when Montana's pulse crop industry was a sliver in northeastern Montana and there wasn't much money to fund alternative crop trials, a Montana State University agricultural faculty member was planting the future. Chengci Chen, superintendent of the MSU Eastern Agricultural Research Center in Sidney has spent the last 12 years developing pulse crops specifically adapted to Montana's growing conditions. One successful green pea variety with high yield and protein, currently...
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...
