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The Food Truck Rodeo was held at the McKenzie County Fairgrounds June 3-5. Many people sampled food from trucks from around the state....
Watford City’s Twist 2.0 had a grand opening Friday, July 22 from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. CT. Located at 501 6th Ave SE, Watford City, the event had several prizes including Twist 2.0 tank tops, t-shirts, and gift cards. The restaurant will be offering some different specials including slushies, appetizers, sandwiches, and a variety of ice-cream toppings. “We are excited for people to come in and enjoy the new atmosphere and ice-cream,” said Julie Grotte, Twist 2.0 manager. “Everyone in the area is just so excited to have the Twist back.” The restauran...
Nivon Hayes, Watford City High School, captured the North Dakota High School Wrestling Association’s heavyweight title at the Fargodome. This was the first time the Wolves have had a champion since joining Class A. Hayes is a junior at Watford City High School in his second year of wrestling. Last year, he was only able to win two matches, but he stays in shape throwing the discus in track and playing football for the Wolves. He came into the tournament with a 23-12 ranking. He first pinned Fargo South’s Cayden Nielson in 3:11 in his first mat...
McKenzie County participated in the State 4-H Consumer Decision Making Contest held on July 26 at the ND State Fair, Minot, and came home with top honors. The Junior Team of Kyle Best, son of Vawnita and Pete Best, Watford City; Jaden Murphy, son of Kim and Lee Murphy, Fairview, MT; Gracyn Darrington, daughter of Nikki and Partrick Darrington, Arnegard; and Gwen Signalness, daughter of Wade and Katie Signalness, Watford City; captured 1st place. Individually, Gracyn was honored with 9th...
On Saturday, July 16, community members gathered to see and use the Watford City Municipal Airport’s new extended runway. The event celebrated the two-year project with a ribbon cutting, free airplane rides, BBQ, and aircrafts. The new extended runway measures 6,550-feet long by 75-feet wide and allows the airport the ability to welcome bigger airplanes to the area. The old runway, measuring 4,400-feet long by 60 feet wide, has long awaited renovations. The area has been wanting to extend the runway for the past ten years. “When we started loo...
The fall of 2022 Sidney Circle Subdivision was finally given some long-needed improvements. The Sidney Subdivision was started in 1978. More people started moving in during the oil boom in 1979 and 1980. In the late 1980s they reached saturation. They put a municipal system in but by 2018 it was reaching capacity. According to Interstate Engineering's website, www.interstateeng.com, "the original drain fields, wells, and adjunct water and sewer mains installed during the subdivisions' inception...
It’s been a busy year for Marci Cundiff and her business MT Bare Cave, and there are no plans for slowing down. The business originally got its start in December 2018 selling giftware out of the Louis Charles Building. Over the course of the next three years, the business would outgrow its first home, and Cundiff knew that expansion was necessary if she planned on keeping the doors open. “We hit a wall,” Cundiff explains of their move to 113 E Main St., Sidney. “We only had enough space to carr...
Serena Kringen, Sidney, remembers her dad’s (Randy) exact words, “Invest in the community”, which she has chosen to do by purchasing the Yellowstone building Sept. 8. “I’m very excited,” she smiles. Kringen grew up in the construction business by watching her dad and owning MonDak Doors. She has chosen to bring back the original brick walls and wood floors where she can and return it to its historic decor. She always had a special place in her heart shopping for clothing, shoes and watching the zip line (which is still in tact) go up and down...
For over 50 years, Amunrud’s has been a family-owned and operated RV Sales business on Highway 16, south of Sidney. Now, it is a part of the Anderson family life. Tyler Amunrud retired in 2022 and instead of passing it on to his children, as his parents had done, Tyler sold the business. Luckily, the right person had been right in front of him for 28 years. Mike Anderson started working for Tyler in 1994 and it is all he has ever known. For Anderson, the opportunity arose and he took it. Amunrud’s was his Jan. 1, 2022. He said, “Sidney can’t...
Sidney, MT - The year of 2022 has proven to be a year of building as three construction projects gained momentum on the Sidney Health Center campus. ER Renovation: In March, the organization broke ground on a $4.8 million renovation to its emergency department (ED) with the expansion of a new ambulance garage. The entire project includes four phases with an anticipated completion in January 2024. To date, the project is nearly halfway done with Phase One complete and Phase Two nearing completion...
Members Sidney Elks Lodge are proud to host the Montana State Elks Association’s Summer Convention July 14-16. There are 26 Elks lodges in Montana. Every year they bid on which ones will host the yearly Summer Convention and Mid-winter Meeting. This year, Sidney’s Elk Lodge won the honor for the Summer Convention. At the conventions, members from all across the state come together for business and educational opportunities. During this convention, annual budget, state business, updating the bylaws, and the various state projects will be add...
In late December 2021 Action Auto in Sidney, MT purchased the former Chad's Furniture building at the corner of East Main and 3rd Ave. NE, right across the street from their dealership and service center. Action Auto, your Chrysler, Dodge, Ram Truck and Jeep dealership, plans to use this property as a new vehicle display lot along with some needed parking. "I really think this will enhance our display of new vehicles by having them on East Main Street," commented Action Auto's General Manager...
The Sidney Area Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture held a ribbon cutting for Mexican-Thai Street Food Restaurant on Sept. 9....
On Wednesday, Nov. 2 a Ribbon Cutting was held at the Rhode Society, a new saloon to Sidney located at 141 7th St. SW....
Felix Aguilar purchased the property now known as Martha’s Place at auction and felt he should to do something with it to benefit the elderly in the area. He teamed up with Martha Nugent, who had a dream to build a hospice called Martha’s Place for seven years, and her husband, Richard Garcia, owner of Thy Neighbor. Together with their board, they are bringing Martha’s Place into existence....
Temple Tattoo Gallery has found its new home at 204 2nd Ave. NE, Sidney....
The Sharks did it again. They are back-to-back state champs and this coach couldn’t be more proud. We had a great showing on Saturday and the majority made it to finals on Sunday. The Eastern Federation teams definitely showed up in full force as the state champs were named. Sidney took first in the AA classifications with Lewistown and Scobey scooping up 2nd and 3rd. Chinook took first in the Class A division with Glendive rounding up the 2nd place. In the Class B division Fort Benton took home the 1st place trophy and in Class C Roundup t...
The Sidney/Fairview wrestling team has capped off their 2021-22 season with a fifth consecutive state title at the Montana State Wrestling tournament last weekend. The Eagles scored an impressive 201.5 points with Havre in second with 147.5 points. Custer County (Miles City) took third with 142 points and Laurel placed fourth with 141.5 points. Top ranked Frenchtown finished fifth with 140 points. The Sidney/Fairview girls tied Ronan for tenth place. Both Keela Kary (120#) and Amaiya Kirn (126#) made it to the championship. Kary placed second...
The Sidney High School Speech, Drama and Debate Team competed at their state meet in Corvallis on Jan. 28-29. The Drama team placed second and Markalen Watson, Kodi Schultz and Garrett Dodds placed first in classical theatre....
The MonDak Heritage Center welcomed two new employees to their staff on Tuesday, Oct. 11. Nikki Bailey is the new executive director. The position had been vacant for a considerable amount of time. She is a Montana native and grew up in Fort Benton, near Great Falls. She got a Masters degree from Montana State University-Bozeman in agriculture education with a focus on relations. Before coming to Sidney, Nikki worked as an MSU Extension Agent for Carbon County and she did a bit of everything from 4-H to agriculture programming. She always was...
Sidney Strength is the newest addition to the businesses on Central Ave, and was recently welcomed as a new Chamber business. The store offers athletic apparel and supplements including protein powders, mass gainers, on-the-go snacks, drinks, and pre-workout caffeine options for those that don’t drink coffee. Owner Eric Tooker officially opened the store on Oct.17 after two months of preparation. Tooker and his family moved to Sidney from Fargo for his wife’s job and he noticed a need for a sup...
After remaining closed for 2 1/2 years, Sidney’s Bowling Alley is back and busier than ever. ABC Lanes has undergone several changes since it was last open. New owners, Dennis and Robin Trudell, Fairview, have dedicated several hours of their time to get the place back into working order. “There were issues with the building that had to be addressed, so we had a lot of maintenance work done and did some remodeling,” said Dennis Trudell. In addition to this, it took a long time to obtain a liquor license from the state of Montana, due to COVID...
The Richland County Fairgrounds received the award for Most Improved Rodeo Arena by the WPRA, Dec 1....
In response to COVID-19, Great Northern Development Corporation has partnered with Headwaters RC&D, America’s Small Business Development Center of Montana, Big Sky Economic Development, and the MDT Small Business Enterprise Program to present the Rise & Restore Small Business Summit. This event took place on April 12, 2022 at Richland Event Center followed by the Minnow Tank Business Competition. Nikki Edmundson, creator, and owner of Canty Boots®, was featured as keynote speaker. Nikki, of (cantyboots.com), disassembles and redesigns st...
