N ews Greetings from Roosevelt County Aging Services. We’d like to let everyone know that we are still doing our congregate meals as take-out meals. Continue to call your senior center ahead of time to reserve a lunch. However, while the senior center building in Wolf Point remains locked, the Roosevelt County Aging Services offices are open, and we’d like to reach out to those who are turning

Northern Plains Independent Staff The Roosevelt County Fair will certainly have a different feel this year, but hopefully residents can make the event the best it can be while following the Coronavirus restrictions. Roosevelt County fair manager Angela Miller noted that it was decided to cancel many fair activities during a meeting in June. The fair kicked off with a horse show at the

As of press time Tuesday, Aug. 11, Roosevelt County has only two current active cases of COVID-19. Valley County’s active count was nine, while McCone County had three. Phillips County jumped to 55 active cases. This now means, as of presstime Tuesday, Roosevelt County is no longer under Gov. Steve Bullock’s mandatory mask order since it has less than four cases. However, the case count changes

enus Froid Senior Congregate Meals Aug. 17: Clam chowder or broccoli soup in a bread bowl and dessert. Aug. 19: Meatballs with gravy and dessert. Aug. 24: Polishes and sauerkraut and dessert. Bainville Senior Congregate Meals Aug. 13: Beef tacos, macaroni salad and dessert. Aug. 18: Turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, vegetable and dessert. Aug. 20: Barley beef soup, egg

The Roosevelt County Commissioners held their regular meeting Tuesday, Aug. 11, in the commissioners’ office in Wolf Point. The commissioners approved moving the county into Stage 1 fire restrictions. According to Roosevelt County fire warden Mike Olson, Stage 1 means that camp fires and other fires are prohibited except in approved recreation sites. Liquid petroleum and propane (stoves that

Gov. Steve Bullock issued a directive Thursday giving Montana counties the option of shifting to all-mail ballots for the November general election as they did for the June primary, saying the order gives local election authorities a way to prevent COVID-19 from spreading among election-day crowds at polling places. The governor, who will be on the fall ballot as the Democratic candidate for

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has identified 14 different kinds of seeds in the mysterious packages that appear to have been sent unsolicited from China to people around the country. All 50 states have issued warnings about the packages some of which contain flowering plants like morning glory, hibiscus and roses, according to Osama El-Lissy, with the Plant Protection program of USDA’s