Former Valley County Undersheriff Luke Strommen is set to be sentenced Oct. 26 after a sentencing date of Oct. 7 was postponed by court officials. A Valley County Jury found Strommen guilty of rape on July 17. This is the second time Strommen’s sentencing has been postponed. He was originally set to be sentenced Aug. 28. Strommen remains incarcerated in the Roosevelt County Detention

A Wolf Point woman who admitted selling large quantities of the pain medication, oxycodone, on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 1, to 15 months in prison and two years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Jennifer Lee Marie Walkingeagle, 30, pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone. Chief U.S. District

U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme today announced Thursday, Oct. 1, $9,061,668 in Department of Justice grants to improve public safety, serve victims of crime and support youth programs in tribal communities in Montana. “American Indian and Alaska Native communities experience rates of violent crime and domestic abuse that are among the highest in the nation,” said Attorney General William P. Barr.

Northern Plains Independent Celebrates National Newspaper Week Oct. 4-10 As the country recognizes National Newspaper Week, Oct. 4-10, we are grateful to readers like you who still make real community journalism possible. It’s exciting that the Northern Plains Independent and Community News are celebrating their second years in existence. We realize that the only reason that these new

The Roosevelt County Library main branch is offering curbside pickup for library materials beginning Sept. 28. The Wolf Point location has been closed in recent weeks due to staff exposure to COVID-19. Library director Janet Livingston told the Northern Plains Independent that the main branch has been closed since Sept. 14. She added that the catalogue can be searched remotely. “We will

The Wolf Point City Council held its regular meeting Monday, Sept. 21. The meeting was accessible via zoom. Following role call, a moment of silence and the Pledge of Allegiance, public comment was offered by Cody McGill, who suggested a new public ordinance that would require any store in Wolf Point dealing in second hand goods or offering loans based on second hand goods to submit a detailed

A group of leaders and recruiters for Montana Youth Challenge Academy visited the region in mid-September. The team set out from Dillon and traveled as far as Culbertson, where they spoke with the Northern Plains Independent. Lead admissions counselor Mark McGinley, deputy director Laura Thomas, post-residential coordinator Michelle Nelon and eastern Montana coordinator Kevin Roche spoke with