The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana has set a May 21 application cutoff for agricultural operators to be considered for the next conservation program funding cycle. The cutoff date applies to the Prairie Pothole Water Quality and Wildlife Program and the Honey Bee Pollinator Initiative, both funded through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. “NRCS provides

The Wolf Point School District has canceled its trustee election because the number of candidates is equal to the number of positions to be elected. Therefore, the trustee election is not necessary. Filing for the two three-year terms were Lawrence Hamilton Jr. for District 3 and Elizabeth DeCoteau Lingle for District 4. School officials have announced a resolution of intent to increase non-voted

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department for April 13-18. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: April 13 Rolum Nez, 18, male, 500 block of Cascade Street, disorderly conduct, tribal court. April 14 Seventeen-year-old male, Sixth Avenue North and Johnson Street, reckless or

oster ( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of everyone incarcerated and persons booked into the jail during the previous week and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center this past week included: Taylor Boyd, 27, Culbertson, criminal trespass

Amanda Jo Gourneau was sentenced for criminal endangerment during a hearing in district court on Wednesday, April 14. Gourneau changed her plea to guilty for the charge on March 23. Based on a plea agreement, the state sought a five-year suspended sentence and a $500 fine. Defense attorney Mary Louise Zemyan requested a reduction to three years suspended because it’s Gourneau’s first

Three sentences and a petition to revoke probation were among the hearings in front of District Judge David J. Cybulski in Wolf Point on Wednesday, April 14. Clifford Evan Briscoe of Poplar received a five-year suspended sentence and was fined $1,000 for the charge of criminal possession of dangerous drugs. John Jason Dennis, 46, received a one-year deferred sentence and was fined $5,000 for

A new complaint was filed in U.S. District Court last week requesting damages for alleged sexual abuse at the hands of former Valley County Undersheriff Luke Strommen. Strommen was convicted in July 2020 on the charge of sexual intercourse without consent, or rape. He has filed a notice of appeal to the Montana Supreme Court on the conviction and sentencing in the case. The new filing is the