The Thomas and Corrine Nyquist Foundation has announced the winners of its 2019 Nyquist Foundation Essay Contest. Held each year, the competition is meant to highlight a particular topic and engage local students in meaningful conversations. This year, the topic was “The Future of Rural America.” Students were encouraged to conduct interviews, research and write in-depth essays expressing their

McCabe resident Karen Larsen Synan told the Community News that a break-in occurred at Ebenezer Lutheran Church in McCabe April 9 resulting in considerable damage. According to Synan, the church has been vandalized on four previous occasions since fall of 2019. Local residents Austin Oelkers and Alisha Maiolo came across three individuals in front of the church in the evening April 9. Oelkers

Roosevelt County recorded its second and third positive cases of COVID-19 last week. The Roosevelt County Health Department received news of the second positive case Wednesday, April 8. A female aged 40-49 had tested positive, but was not hospitalized. The health department was notified of the third positive case, a female in her 20s who is also not hospitalized, on April 10. The first case

Shele Seyl-Christoffersen (right) impersonated the Easter Bunny in Froid, visiting families. She visited Bryan (left) and Kyrie Jacklitch at home on Sunday. (Submitted photo).

Mary Machart donned an Easter Bunny costume and helped deliver meals to area residents for Culbertson’s Wild West Diner Thursday, April 9. (Photo by James Walling)

If you ask Jim Wix, he’ll tell you he isn’t much of a talker. However, when it came to deciding Employee of the Quarter for Roosevelt Medical Center, actions definitely spoke louder than words. “I’m shocked they picked me,” he commented. “I just come to work to do my job, smile and hopefully make the day better for those around me. I think we are all here to make everything about

Incumbent Rhonda Knudsen faces a challenge in the Republican primary election for Montana House District 34. The lifelong Culbertson resident joined the Montana House of Representatives in January of 2019. Knudsen ran unopposed in her first contest. No Democrats have filed for the current race, but Knudsen faces a primary challenge from Tracy Schuster. Schuster, a Glentana resident, had filed