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The Lower Yellowstone Chapter of ABATE will be kicking off its 25th annual Toy Drive. They will be selling Sloppy joes, chips, hot cocoa and hot cider and will have homemade baked goods during the Small Town Christmas Celebration in Sidney on Friday, November 29. They will once again be partnered up with Johnson Hardware and will be in front of their store during the Parade of Lights. Johnson Hardware will have a box in the store for drop off. If you donate a toy that day, you can have your meal for free....
Samples from three deer harvested in southeast Montana have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. These are the first positive results in the southeastern corner of the state. A second test will be conducted to confirm the initial positive results. The positive animals include a mule deer buck shot 60 miles north of Miles City in Hunting District 701 in Prairie County, a white-tailed buck harvested two miles north of Hysham in HD 701, and a white-tailed doe taken near Decker in HD 704. The Decker deer was harvested within the...
Sidney resident Joel Krautter, has returned from three days in Billings with the REAL Montana (Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership) program. For Krautter and other members of REAL Montana Class IV, this was the second seminar in their two-year educational journey. The focus of seminar two was media and communications. While in Billings, class members received individual training on vocal control and how to handle challenging interviews, participated in 13 live television and radio...
Nationwide, The Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) implement a mentorship program for youth of all ages to improve their development and skillsets, as well as to improve the lives of those in more at-risk areas. The program is funded by grants from the BGCA federal grants department and is overseen by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). This same program will be returning here at The Boys & Girls Club in Sidney. BGC MonDak started the program back in 2017 but had to put OJP on hold as they spent the following school year transitioning to a...
Congratulations Kelly Fink, Lambert, MT, winner of $500 in gift cards during The Roundup's Harvest Festival. Fink registered at Yellowstone Bank in Sidney. The Roundup would like to thank all our generous sponsors that helped make the salute to our ag community successful and fun: Sidney Sugars, Inc., Barrett Pharmacy, High Caliber Sports, Powder Keg, The Depot, Neu's Super Valu, Nortana Grain, Cooks on Main, Home Comforts, Johnson Hardware & Furniture, The Ranger Lounge & Casino, Reese & Ray's...
(Richland County, MT) – Marathon Petroleum, Inc. will begin work to remove several retired pipelines from the Yellowstone River in Richland County. The work is slated to begin Wednesday, November 20, and last approximately four days. Local, state and federal officials have been made aware of the project. The project includes the removal of a 6-inch and 8-inch pipeline that share a common casing running under the Yellowstone River. Both lines have been retired and all products have been removed. This project is not in response to any spill or e...
The Christmas Cash campaign presented by ONEOK and the Big Bucks promotion started Friday, November 1, for shoppers in Sidney this holiday season. Christmas Cash promotes “Shop Sidney First”, by rewarding local shoppers with one red ticket for every $20 spent at a participating Chamber business. Christmas Cash runs through the month of November. People can turn in their receipts at the Chamber office until 4 p.m. on December 6. “Double ticket Saturday” will take place on Saturday, November 30, where shoppers will receive a double amount...
The Lower Yellowstone Chapter of A.B.A.T.E. (American Bikers Aiming Toward Education) is a nonprofit organization in Montana that promotes motorcycle education, safety and awareness. Our organization is involved in various community activities across Montana. These include motorcycle safety courses, annual children’s motorcycle safety poster contest, annual bike show, and involvement with many other nonprofit organizations in Eastern Montana. Because the Lower Yellowstone Chapter is the largest in the state, our chapter splits into two c...
The Christmas Cash campaign presented by ONEOK and the Big Bucks promotion will be available starting Friday, November 1, for shoppers in Sidney this holiday season. Christmas Cash promotes “Shop Sidney First”, by rewarding local shoppers with one red ticket for every $20 spent at a participating Chamber business. Christmas Cash runs through the month of November. People can turn in their receipts at the Chamber office until 4 p.m. on December 6. “Double ticket Saturday” will take place on Saturday, November 30, where shoppers will receive...
Do you know how many taps of the gavel you need to make to restore order to a meeting? Do you know how to amend a motion? Is your organization subject to open meeting laws? Do you know the best method to deal with conflict in board meetings? Answers to these questions and more information valuable to aspiring leaders, or elected or appointed leaders serving on a board, council or committee, will be provided at “Lead Local” set for 9 a.m. CT to 4 p.m. CT on Tuesday, November 12 at the Yellowstone Room in the McKenzie County Courthouse in Wat...
The Lower Yellowstone Chapter of ABATE will be kicking off its 25th annual Toy Drive. They will be selling Sloppy joes, chips, hot cocoa and hot cider and will have homemade baked goods during the Small Town Christmas Celebration in Sidney on Friday, November 29. They will once again be partnered up with Johnson Hardware and will be in front of their store during the Parade of Lights. Johnson Hardware will have a box in the store for drop off. If you donate a toy that day, you can have your meal for free....
Do you know how many taps of the gavel you need to make to restore order to a meeting? Do you know how to amend a motion? Is your organization subject to open meeting laws? Do you know the best method to deal with conflict in board meetings? Answers to these questions and more information valuable to aspiring leaders, or elected or appointed leaders serving on a board, council or committee, will be provided at “Lead Local” set for 9 a.m. CT to 4 p.m. CT on Tuesday, November 12 at the Yellowstone Room in the McKenzie County Courthouse in Wat...
The Christmas Cash campaign presented by ONEOK and the Big Bucks promotion will be available starting Friday, November 1, for shoppers in Sidney this holiday season. Christmas Cash promotes “Shop Sidney First”, by rewarding local shoppers with one red ticket for every $20 spent at a participating Chamber business. Christmas Cash runs through the month of November. People can turn in their receipts at the Chamber office until 4 p.m. on December 6. “Double ticket Saturday” will take place on Saturday, November 30, where shoppers will receive...
Russel "Russ" E. Wells, 73, Sidney, MT, passed away peacefully from metastatic bladder cancer, surrounded by his family at Sidney Health Center, Sidney, MT, September 29, 2019. Russ was born at home near Grygla, MN, to Joseph Milton Wells and Virginia Marilyn (Wagner) Wells. He was a 1963 graduate of Goodrich, MN, High School and attended Dickinson State College, Dickinson, ND. He married Linda Bolken, Alexander, ND, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Dickinson, ND, on February 19, 1966. They...
Aspiring, elected and appointed leaders serving on boards, councils and committees are encouraged to attend “Lead Local” training workshop to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12 at the Yellowstone Room in the Courthouse, 201 5th Street NW, in Watford City. Pre-registration is requested prior to attending. Please contact NDSU Extension/McKenzie County at 701-444-3451 by November 5 if you are interested in participating in the Workshop. This one-day workshop will help leaders: • Feel better prepared to serve in their leadership...
Agriculture is the backbone of the MonDak region and it's time to celebrate this year's harvest with The Roundup's 16th annual Harvest Festival October 23 through November 2. Make It With Sugar Whip up your tastiest creations Friday, October 25 and bring them to Reese & Ray's IGA between 9 and 10 a.m. for a chance to win a $50 prize from Pifer's General Store, Cooks On Main, Johnson Hardware & Furniture, Ranger Lounge, Home Comforts or Barrett Pharmacy. Cooks also receive a bag of sugar for...
The Christmas Cash campaign and Big Bucks promotion will be available again for shoppers in Sidney this holiday season. “We’re excited that we have the opportunity to offer these programs again this holiday season,” Bill Vander Weele, executive director of the Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, said. “Our local businesses provide many great reasons to do your holiday shopping in Sidney. These two promotions are icing on the cake.” Christmas Cash promotes “Shop Sidney First”, by rewarding local shoppers with one red ticket for ev...
I love my three siblings. After all, we grew up together, we knew what buttons to push if one of us wanted to start an argument, and we also knew the way to soothe those ruffled feelings. We banded together against perceived outside threats, we kept one another’s secrets, we understood and, in most cases, empathized with their problems as we navigated ourselves through childhood. In short, we grew up in a typical fashion and learned to respect and care about one another. Of course, we all matured and flew away with the four winds. All four of u...
The MonDak region has lost a newspaper icon. Russ Wells, born Dec. 5, 1945, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019 just a few months shy of his 74th birthday. Wells exhibited a talent for newspaper work from the outset. He participated in the publication of his high school paper and when he attended Dickinson College, he joined the college newspaper staff. He and a friend collaborated on the Me & Mrachek column, a feature that proved so popular everyone on campus knew Wells and his friend Don,...
Bozeman – A pair of new winter wheat varieties soon to be released by Montana State University breeders are designed to help address two issues that plague wheat farmers across the state, sawflies and stripe rust fungus, while improving crop yields. The Bobcat and Flathead varieties will be released this fall from the Montana Foundation Seed Program, according to veteran breeders Phil Bruckner and Jim Berg. The new varieties will be used to produce registered and certified seed through certified growers across Montana and should be available f...
RiverStone Health and the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) have identified the first confirmed case of severe pulmonary disease associated with vaping in connection with the ongoing national investigation. The confirmed case is a Yellowstone County resident in their 30s with a history of vaping nicotine and THC. This individual was hospitalized in August, and is now home recovering. Eight deaths associated with severe pulmonary illness have occurred. As of September 17,...
This Tuesday, September 17, Montana Pizza Hut stores across the state are teaming up to help Feed Montana and support the Montana Food Bank Network. For the third year, all Pizza Hut locations in Montana are donating a portion of proceeds on Tuesday, September 17 from 5 to 9 p.m. Donations from this event will go to Montana Food Bank Network’s Feed Montana fundraising drive that is happening the entire month of September. The goal of Feed Montana is to raise enough to provide over 210,000 meals for the upcoming holiday season. ...
State and local public health officials are reporting the season’s first human West Nile Virus (WNV) cases in Montana. The cases, reported in Custer and Lewis and Clark counties, both occurred in individuals over the age of 60, who are often at greater risk for severe disease. Both required hospitalization and no further information is available at this time. Most people who become infected with WNV experience no symptoms, but 1 in 5 develop a mild illness, with symptoms such as headache, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea or a r...
Concerned about what happens to your hard drive when disposing of your old electronics? Get a little peace of mind by recycling it during the 15th annual “E-rase your E-waste” community collection event, this coming Friday and Saturday in Sidney. “For a minimal fee of $7, your hard drive will be destroyed by our e-cycler, not just wiped and reused,” according to Beth Redlin, one of the event organizers. “Our e-cycler will also provide you with a certificate of destruction noting the serial numbers of the equipment destroyed. It’s a practice co...
