Longtime Wolf Point Stampede parade leader Ken Heser has been selected to serve as Grand Marshal for 2020. He has been helping to line up the parade at the high school for more than 50 years, following in his father Frank’s footsteps. “About the time the new grandstands went in,” said Heser, “my dad started helping line up the parade. I took over from him.” Heser has attended

This year’s Wild Horse Stampede will have someone new at the microphone. Will Rasmussen will have mike in hand to introduce each contestant at the rodeo performances. This is Rasmussen’s first appearance at the Wild Horse Stampede as announcer. Hearing his voice over the PA system is nothing new to Rasmussen, who hails from Choteau. He has been a constant at the Montana Pro Rodeo Circuit

Katie Lynn Kraus was crowned as the 2020 Miss Rodeo Montana during the Montana Circuit Finals in January in Great Falls. She was born and raised in Livingston. She grew up in Paradise Valley, where she enjoyed going for trail rides into Absaroka mountain rage or taking a soak at Chico Hot springs. Her family also loved to go skiing every weekend at Bridger Bowl. During her childhood, she

Central Montana bullfighter J.D. Harrell will perform at the 2020 Wild Horse Stampede rodeo Thursday through Saturday, July 9-11. His career as a bullfighter goes back to his time competing in high school rodeo in Roy, north of Lewistown, where he grew up and still lives. Harrell found that bullfighters were needed at high school rodeos. He would compete in the bullriding event, then go on to

Dakoda Simmes, of Sunburst, will join J.d. Harrell in the arena for the 2020 Wild Horse Stampede rodeo as a bullfighter ready to jump between a cowboy and 1,500 pounds of danger. This will be the Simmes’ first appearance at the Wild Horse Stampede. In the blink of an eye, a bull ride can go from good to catastrophic, and it’s the bullfighters’ jobs to keep their own nerves in check and

Central Montana bullfighter J.D. Harrell will perform at the 2020 Wild Horse Stampede rodeo Thursday through Saturday, July 9-11. His career as a bullfighter goes back to his time competing in high school rodeo in Roy, north of Lewistown, where he grew up and still lives. Harrell found that bullfighters were needed at high school rodeos. He would compete in the bullriding event, then go on to

Rodeo clowns have many jobs in the arena and Tate Rhoads is one of the best at all of them. From making spectators laugh until they hurt to helping keep the cowboys safe, Rhoads excels at it all. Rhoads graduated from Custer County High School in Miles City. He said he grew up with rodeos and became interested in fighting bulls around the time he turned 16. By 18, he had begun to focus on clowning.