The Roosevelt County commissioners approved a request from the Froid Fire Department to purchase a new fire truck during their weekly meeting on Tuesday, April 13. The truck will cost $40,100. Commissioner Gordon Oelkers explained the vehicle was supposed to be purchased a year ago, but it was delayed because of COVID issues. “The funding is available,” Oelkers said. The county

Mada Lyn Bergie of Culbertson is facing two counts of assault with a weapon and a misdemeanor partner or family member assault charge. She is scheduled to make her initial appearance in district court on Wednesday, April 14. Maximum penalties for the assault charges are 20 years in prison, a $50,000 fine or both. One of the assault charges involves her allegedly hitting her husband with a

The Department of Public Health and Human Services has confirmed that a man from Richland County has been diagnosed with hantavirus. According to DPHHS, the individual contracted the illness while working out of state where he had occupational exposure to mice. The man was hospitalized but is now at home recovering. Hantavirus infections are relatively rare in the U.S. and in Montana. Early symptoms

Montana State University Extension, in partnership with AARP Montana, will offer a four-part estate and legacy planning webinar series. Wisdom Wednesdays began April 14 and take place monthly from 10 to 11 a.m. online. Marsha Goetting, MSU Extension family economics specialist, said this series was created due to the level of interest in the Tuesday Tips series, which ran January through February.

simply did what he thought had to be done to help them. Jason was a true hero in every sense of the word. His actions that day weren’t out of character, either — stories abound of the times Jason sacrificed his own well-being to help others. Wolf Point is a small, tight-knit community and tragedies like this hit us all hard. Most of us knew Jason, so our hearts really go out to his family during

Coaches from Circle, Glasgow, Sidney and Scobey were among the winners when the Montana Coaches Association released its selections for winter coaches of the year. Coaches of the Year for wrestling included Sidney’s Guy Melby for Class A, Glasgow’s Jory Casterline for Class B, Circle’s Ty Taylor for Class C, and Kalispell Flathead’s Jeff Thompson for Class AA and for girls’ wrestling.

In committee resolutions, debate sparked over a resolution for a burn ban on the reservation. Controversy came with the inclusion of fireworks sales and bringing fireworks onto tribal lands. Councilman Terry Rattling Thunder was disappointed how the resolution and similar acts by the board affect tribal members. “I don’t like this because everything we do is so one-sided,” said Rattling