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The 2nd Annual Bronc Miller Memorial Team Roping is set for Saturday, June 18 at the Burns Creek Arena, located 7 miles south of Savage on Hwy 16. There will be three roping events, tons of prizes, concessions (provided by the Yellowstone Valley Trailblazers 4-H Club), live music and much more. The #11 Slide roping starts at 10 a.m. with pick 1 or draw 1 for $100, 2 second handicap/sliding both ways, 4 steer progressive, and ropers can enter 3 times or draw up to 6; $500 added. The #8 Roping wil...
June 3 - Bismarck – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced Agricultural Diversification and Development (ADD) Fund awards for three projects. The awards totaling $750,000 were approved at the ADD quarterly meeting May 19 in Watford City. The ADD Fund is administered by the North Dakota Department of Agriculture in association with the Bank of North Dakota. The fund was created to support new or expanding value-added-agriculture businesses that demonstrate financial feasibility, enhance profitability for farmers and ranchers, creat...
Richland County Emergency Service Agencies are closely observing the Yellowstone River to monitor levels in response to Flooding happening in Carbon County/Red Lodge and surrounding areas currently. We will continue to monitor and update if conditions change. What we know now: are predictions that our water levels will not reach the Flood Stage. Water levels are expected to reach 15.9ft on Friday Morning, and then lower soon after. Water levels need to reach 19ft to be considered in the flood...
Bismarck, ND – The State Historical Society of North Dakota and Divide County will join in celebrating the grand opening of Writing Rock State Historic Site playground on Saturday, June 11, at 12 p.m. The event will be outdoors and is free of charge. The event includes opening statements by Director Bill Peterson and Historic Sites Manager Chris Dorfschmidt from the State Historical Society, and comments by Doug Graupe, former Divide County Commissioner and champion of the playground project. Activities include games that have been played t...
The dates for the 2022 "E-rase your E-waste" event have been set. MonDak area residents will be able to clean out their closets, garages and storage bins and recycle their damaged and outdated electronic equipment on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 9–10, organizers announced this week. The weekend collections will be done in Sidney on both days, and Fairview on Saturday, with times yet to be determined. "We had considered reinstituting a spring event this year like we've had in the past, but schedule...
Williston, ND – The public is invited to these upcoming events at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston. All events are free and open to the public. All times are Central time. June 11: Grand Opening of Writing Rock Playground, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Writing Rock State Historic Site. Visitors will enjoy speakers, indigenous and historical games, and free root beer floats. This event is rescheduled from the original May 14 date. June 16: Confluence History Book Club, 7 p.m. Join other history buffs for a discussion o...
Physical loss loans can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the success of the agricultural operation, including livestock losses. Examples of property commonly affected include essential farm buildings, fixtures to real estate, equipment, livestock, perennial crops, fruit and nut bearing trees and harvested or stored crops and hay. State: Montana Triggering Disaster Event 1: Blizzard, Excessive Snow, and High Winds that occurred during April 11–April 25, 2022. Application Deadline: Jan. 25, 2...
Lower Yellowstone Lodge #90 of Masons has awarded five $500 scholarships in memory of Earl & Clona Hawley. The 2022 scholars recognized are Kodi Schulz, Brielle Gorder, and Trudi Speldrich, Sidney High School, Paige Carda of Lambert High School and Riley Bushnell, Fairview High School. Kodi plans to attend New York University to study counseling psycholody. Brielle will attend University of Montana to study business and dance. Trudi will be attending MSU-Bozeman as a chemical engineering major....
Dear Editor, This election cycle, a native eastern Montanan is running for county attorney. Richland County’s current county attorney chose not to run for re-election, and whether she knew it or not at the time, hiring Layne Johnson as deputy county attorney was a wise move. My eastern Montana roots run deep, and it will always be home to me. Eastern Montana is also home to Layne Johnson. Layne was raised on a family wheat and cattle operation near Froid, MT. The lessons of drive, independence, and reliability that he learned growing up in t...
For the first time since the completion of the Intake Diversion Dam on the Yellowstone River, pallid sturgeons have successfully swam upstream on their own. This was made possible because of the newly constructed bypass channel. The first pallid passed through the bypass channel on May 5. The fish was identified as "1997 HOPS" (male code 332). It had been hanging out at the Intake FAS boat ramp for a couple of days before passing through. "This is extremely encouraging, especially with the low...
For the first time since the completion of the Intake Diversion Dam on the Yellowstone River, pallid sturgeons have successfully swam upstream on their own. This was made possible because of the newly constructed bypass channel. The first pallid passed through the bypass channel on May 5. The fish was identified as “1997 HOPS” (male code 332). It had been hanging out at the Intake FAS boat ramp for a couple of days before passing through. “This is extremely encouraging, especially with the low flows on the Yellowstone River,” said David T...
Williston, ND - Fort Union Trading Post NHS will be closed to the public through Friday, May 27 while the parking lots and entrance roads are resurfaced and repainted. This long-needed maintenance project will make the site more accessible with van access spaces and improve parking overall with clearly-defined parking lines. While Fort Union is closed, the park will accommodate visitors via a temporary visitor center at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center (MYCIC). This temporary visitor center will have the park passport...
Miles City - The 2022 paddlefishing season on the Yellowstone and Lower Missouri rivers started, Sunday, May 15. Harvest days are Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays on the Yellowstone and Lower Missouri. On Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays, anglers are limited to catch and release of paddlefish, and only at Intake Diversion Dam Fishing Access Site. No catch and release is allowed upstream or downstream from Intake. The first harvest day that was open in all the yellow tag fishing area,...
WILLISTON, N.D. – The public is invited to these upcoming events at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston. All events are free and open to the public. All times are Central time. May 28 The flag raising of a reproduction 1872 flag marks the beginning of summer hours. Fort Buford will be open daily, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center will be open daily, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. The flag raising ceremony will be conducted by the Fort Buford 6th Infantry Regiment Association frontier a...
Bismarck, ND – The State Historical Society of North Dakota and Divide County will join in celebrating the grand opening of Writing Rock State Historic Site playground on Saturday, June 11, at 12 p.m. The event will be outdoors and is free of charge. The event includes opening statements by Director Bill Peterson and Historic Sites Manager Chris Dorfschmidt from the State Historical Society, and comments by Doug Graupe, former Divide County Commissioner and champion of the playground project. Activities include games that have been played t...
Williston, ND— Fort Union Trading Post NHS will close to the public Monday, May 23rd through Friday, May 27th while the parking lots and entrance roads are resurfaced and repainted. This long-needed maintenance project will make the site more accessible with van access spaces and improve parking overall with clearly-defined parking lines. While Fort Union is closed, the park will accommodate visitors via a temporary visitor center at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center (MYCIC). This temporary visitor center will have the p...
Please join Divide County and State Historical Society of North Dakota in the grand opening of the Writing Rock playground, Grenora, N.D., that was going to be on Saturday, May 14 is now postponed until June 11 at 12 p.m. Events will include an opening statement from Chris Dorfschmidt, State Historical Society of North Dakota Historic Sites Manager, and Divide County Representative. Activities will include historic games played throughout the history of North Dakota as well as new games and...
U.S. Representative Matt Rosendale (MT), stopped in Sidney last Tuesday to update the public on his current agenda for his first full year in Congress. "Right now serving in the minority puts us in a not real productive place in Congress so we have been pushing back against a lot of the overreach of the federal government but what I have been able to do during the first year in Congress is also introduced 21 bills." Unfortunately, you don't hear a lot about that because serving in the minority...
Fink Family Chiropractic located at 120 E Main St., Sidney has been serving the MonDak area for nearly 10 years. Fink Family Chiropractor, Dr. Michael Fink, D.C. has several years of experience under his belt, with over 20 years of experience. Originally from Sidney, Fink graduated from Sidney High School and attended Concordia College of Moorhead, MN, where he graduated with a degree in Biology and later obtained his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Northwestern Health Sciences University in...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announced May 9 that the state's 2022 paddlefish snagging season is closed to any additional harvest to provide long-term protection of the paddlefish population. An additional seven-day snag-and-release season will begin Monday, May 9 and run through Sunday, May 15. Paddlefish snaggers with an unused paddlefish tag can continue snagging during the additional snag-and-release season but must release all fish immediately. If a snagger has already used...
The Yellowstone Chiropractic Clinic, located at 222 2nd Ave SW, Sidney, provides a variety of care to people of all ages: offering full-service chiropractic care, DOT physicals, nutritional supplies and custom-made orthotics. The clinic has been in business for well over 20 years and continues to grow, with deep tissue massage therapy by Michelle Hernandez and Pulsed Electromagnetic Frequency therapy by Tanya Candee. "We also provide DOT exams for CDL drivers, sports physicals for our area...
Williston, ND - The public is invited to these upcoming events at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center near Williston. All events are free and open to the public. All times are Central time. May 14: Grand Opening of Writing Rock Playground, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at Writing Rock State Historic Site near Grenora. May 19: Confluence History Book Club, 7 p.m. Join other history buffs for a discussion of this month’s book, “Our Southern Highlanders” by Horace Kephart. May 21: Historical Sewing, Textiles, and Projects, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m....
The Lower Yellowstone chapter of ABATE's Scootfest on April 30 consisted of a motorcycle show, motorcycle and bicycle rodeo, as well as a poker walk. The event was held at the Richland Rangers Arena, Sidney. Visit roundupweb.com for more photos. (Photo by Jaymi Mozeak)...
Billings, MT - The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces the completion of the Lower Yellowstone fish bypass channel project near Glendive water is flowing and the channel is navigable. The success of this, three-year, $44 million construction project was due in part to the joint coordination efforts and contributions of intergovernmental organization resources to help improve the passage structure for the endangered pallid sturgeon and other native species around this Intake...
North Dakota’s paddlefish season opens May 1, and tags are only available for purchase online at the state Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov, and during normal business hours at Game and Fish offices in Bismarck, Dickinson and Williston. Snaggers buying tags online should plan accordingly and allow for a few days delivery through the mail. The season is scheduled to continue through May 21. However, depending on overall harvest, an early in-season closure may occur with a 24-hour notice issued by the state Game and Fish Dep...
