Sorted by date Results 148 - 172 of 1627
Franklin and Susan Swayne came to Sidney, from Colorado Springs, CO, in the summer of 2022. They bought their well-built, clean little house because it was so close to Susan's new workplace, Sidney Health Center. With the guidance and work from MacGrady Construction, the home was almost gutted in the interior, opening the floor plan more than the original design from 1978. They had to remove walls, closets, and a doorway, all with a goal of more open concept and to give it more light. The...
Richland County 4-H and Reynolds Market are excited for the 7th Annual Hay Bale Contest! Why, you ask? It's fun, entertaining for all, and pulls the community together during the beautiful Fall season. Join the community challenge; sign up your club, organization, businesses or family to decorate a hay bale display. Hay Bale Decorating Schedule Signup Deadline: Friday, Sept. 27 - Any group, church or business that would like to participate in the contest or be willing to have a decorated hay...
With fall and hunting season fast approaching, the hope of a hunt worth memorializing looms in the minds of those who participate. Though he hails from Coon Rapids, MN, Jim Beier currently resides in and operates his taxidermy business from Sidney, MT. For the last five years, he's provided locals with his services, ranging from deer head and replica fish mounts to full body skin mounts of all legal species. Beier found his calling young, when at 14 he toured the Herter's decoy plant in...
Helena - Ever get in a traffic jam at a boat ramp? How about arriving at a boat campsite after a long float and discovering trash left behind by the previous campers? Many of us river recreators, both resident and nonresident, have experienced behaviors we wished we hadn’t. With this in mind, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, along with several conservation partners, created a series of videos demonstrating mindful behaviors while recreating on Montana’s rivers. Partners for the river recreation videos include the Flathead National Forest, Bureau...
In a recently completed public opinion survey of 5,000 randomly selected resident hunters, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks found a majority of respondents (73%) were satisfied with elk management in Montana. Hunters were also satisfied with current elk hunting regulations, resisted additional regulations, and support the timing of the current general elk hunting season. Also of note: • 87% rated overall opportunities to hunt elk in Montana as being better than average • 72% rated elk hunting regulations in Montana as being satisfactory • 73% o...
With September in our sights, hunting seasons for upland game in North Dakota opens soon. The season opens for sharp-tailed grouse, Hungarian partridge and ruffed grouse on Sept. 9. Following that, the two-day youth pheasant season for legally licensed residents and nonresidents 15 and younger opens Sept. 30. Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. Sharptails, ruffed grouse and partridge each have a daily limit of three and a possession limit of 12. The daily limit for the youth pheasant season is also three birds, but the...
Helena - The upland game bird season is less than one month away, and hunters will soon be able to refer to the Projects Access Guide, published annually by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' Upland Game Bird Enhancement Program (UGBEP). Beginning Aug. 10, hunters can view and download the new guide and maps online. Click UGBEP Projects Access Guide. The guide contains all active projects administered through the UGBEP including Open Fields, habitat management leases, food and cover plots, CRP...
Big game hunters should note the 2023 chronic wasting disease proclamation for baiting and transportation requirements for deer, elk and moose as a precaution against the spread of chronic wasting disease. Noteworthy items include: • Whole carcasses of animals harvested in North Dakota can remain in the deer unit, or may now be transported anywhere in the state. However, carcass waste must be disposed of via landfill or waste management provider. This does not apply to heads dropped at CWD collection sites or lymph nodes submitted for CWD s...
The fall turkey season is set with 4,435 licenses available to hunters, 460 more than last year. Applicants can apply online by visiting the North Dakota Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov. The deadline is Sept. 6. Only North Dakota residents are eligible to apply. Nonresidents can apply for remaining fall turkey licenses following the first lottery. The fall wild turkey season runs from Oct. 14, 2023-Jan. 7, 2024....
The Richland County Fair and Rodeo is not too far away. All the rip-roaring fun that Richland County has been waiting for all year long will be Aug. 2-5 this year. Kip Moore is doing the Saturday night concert with special guest, Chancy Williams. According to www.songkick.com, Kip Christian Moore is an American country music singer-songwriter originally from Nashville, TN, who has been active as a musician since 2008. According to his website, www.chancywilliams.com, Chancey Williams is a saddle bronc athlete turned neo-traditional country musi...
Get ready to be entertained at the 2023 Richland County Fair & Rodeo, happening Aug. 2-5. Country artist Kip Moore will be headlining this year’s concert on Saturday night. He recently released two new singles and his album “Damn Love” which dropped April 28. Neo-traditional country singer and songwriter Chancey Williams will be opening. The Wyoming native was named iHeartRadio’s 2022 Rocky Mountain Country Music Awards Entertainer of the Year. Williams also won Songwriter of the Year for “Th...
Uuff-da!! The previous original equipment was approximately 70+ years old. Everything has been completely installed using local contractors. The largest piece of equipment is the overhead fan system which doesn't emit the grease either inside or outside of the building. This year, the Vikings and Norskies will be made in the new fryer. Marlys Anvik, Sons of Norway Lodge president, is excited to try out the newly equipped booth that includes an air conditioner in their storage area. This year,...
Amid the rodeo, performances, booths, displays, and 4-H animals it can be easy to miss the other exhibits. In the commercial building on the far east side of the fairgrounds is Department B, Floriculture. The floriculture department includes five different classes. Class 1 is for flowers and collections of flowers. Class 2 is for artistic design. Class 3 is for container plants. Class 4 is for yard art. Class 5 is for youth, ages 12 and under. All classes except Class 5 will award first prize...
A lot of things have changed for the 2023 Richland County Fair. One that will be very obvious is that a few of the local food trucks have been able to make it into the fair. Orleans Cuisine, Island Cuisines, and Sunrise Berry Bowls were a few of the businesses. Island Cuisines is a locally owned and operated food truck that fuses Jamaican Style cooking and flavors with classic American foods creating a delicious flavor profile. Island Cuisines is owned and operated by Cal Gordon, a...
Whitney Van Hook, Brorson Farmhands 4-H Club, has a long history with the program, starting as a Clover Bud when she was just 6 years old. She has been a full-fledged 4-Her since 2013 with various projects over the years including poultry, rabbits, steers, horses and sewing projects. But she has always had a quilt project and a hog. This year, she will show a steer and a hog, and have a beautiful quilt to enter in the Richland County Fair. The quilt project has been a constant throughout Van Hoo...
The expansion on the event center at the Richland County Fairgrounds marches on and the Richland County Fair is just around the corner. The construction is still well underway. As said before, it will not be ready for this year's fair. The estimated time of completion of the project is June 2024. The construction area is located to the east of the event center and is fenced off for the safety of all of the fair attendees. During the 2022 Richland County Fair, it was estimated that 30,000 people...
The 2022-2023 4-H year, thus far, has been a large success for the 235 4-H members and 92 adult volunteers in the ten active 4-H clubs in Richland County. 4-H focuses on growing confident, capable, and caring youth through science, citizenship and healthy living projects that provide hands on learning and engagement in their home and community. 4-H has come a long way since its beginning in 1902. 4-H now offers a wide variety of projects including animal science, aerospace, robotics, woodworking, entomology, shooting sports, sport fishing, baby...
Lane Papka, Savage, has really enjoyed his time in 4-H and how much it has helped him grow as a person. Over the past five years with the Yellowstone Valley Trailblazers, Papka has raised pigs and steers along with completing photography and woodworking projects. His favorite is the steers which he purchases from and keeps at Morgan Ernster's farm. His pigs have been housed at the Peter's farm. He has earned a Perfect Quality award for his pig and blue ribbons for the majority of his entries....
Member owned Western Choice Cooperative is proud to serve its farmer-rancher members as well as casual customers visiting their stores. A C-store, Hardware Hanks, a tire shop and a car wash in Killdeer, ND along with C-stores in Manning, ND and Sidney, MT complete the holdings of this 88-year-old business. Founded in 1935 as Farmers Union Oil, the coop became Western Choice in 2016. It is member-producer-owned with a board of directors and a general manager who hires department managers who...
Tammy Linder, Sidney, works at West Side Elementary School as a teacher/librarian. She is also the superintendent of the Needlework Department during the Richland County Fair. She has helped out at the fair and rodeo in this way for over 20 years. She has lived in Sidney since 1983 and was approached to be the temporary superintendent when the department superintendent had to leave. She was asked to continue being the superintendent of the Needlework Department before the end of that year's...
10FMX is a freestyle motocross team that brings top riders from X-Games and Nitro Circus to pull off the biggest tricks in the world. They will be bringing their "High Air Tour" to the Richland County Fair Wednesday night, Aug. 2. 406's FMX team consists of athletes from across the globe. Their full roster and nationalities are as follows: Jarryd Mcneil (Australia), Javier Villegas (Chile), Destin Cantrell (USA), Levi Renz (USA), Adam Jones (USA). FMX stands for "Freestyle Motocross." In...
It's finally summer, which means the sun is out, the grass is green, the days are long and your picnic supplies are begging to be utilized! You heard that right, it's picnic season! But what happens when food gets mixed with warm weather, bugs or a hot car? It becomes unsafe to eat, so we are going to help you make sure that your picnic experience is safe and without complications. There are several important steps one must take to ensure their food is safe for consumption especially when transp...
Few things add to the aesthetic of an outdoor environment more than trees. Trees offer numerous benefits to us and to the landscape. Unfortunately, in the climates of the western Dakotas and eastern Montana, we do not receive enough annual rainfall to support tree life natively. The annual rainfall needed to support tree life naturally is around 35 inches of annual precipitation. Here in western North Dakota, we come up short of that number by over half! That coupled with some of our soil...
Miles City - The 2023 paddlefish season on the Yellowstone and Lower Missouri rivers is now over, with a total estimated harvest of 776 paddlefish. After monitoring two paddlefish seasons (2022 and 2023) with open river passage at Intake Dam, the new normal appears to be a dispersed fishery between the state line to Tongue River confluence at Miles City, MT, and a full season length (May 15-June 30) without a need for an early in-season closure if anglers near the 1,000-fish harvest target. With a general perspective of how the fish and anglers...
