In McCone County, there are no active cases as of Friday, Feb. 25. There have been nine COVID-related deaths in the county. There have been 377 recovered cases and 386 cumulative cases. Phillips County had two active cases as of Friday, Feb. 25. There have been 1,008 recovered cases and 28 COVID-related deaths. For Richland County, there were six active cases and 2,504 recovered cases as of

John Duane Manning, 87, Homestead died Jan. 30, 2022, at his son's home in Worden. He was born to William Manning Sr. and Gladys (Mork) Manning on Aug. 16, 1934, at the family ranch in Homestead, joining his sister Dorothy two years his senior. John's family was part of the Assiniboine/Sioux Fort Peck Tribe. He was raised on the family ranch west of Homestead and John and Dorothy were educated in Medicine Lake. He joined the Army and was stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash. His time in the military was his only absence from the Manning family ranch. He married JoAnn Lizotte of Froid on Dec. 8, 1971. To this union, two children were born, John William “JW” and Jolynn Anastasia Manning. He enjoyed bronc riding and loved rodeos attending the NFR rodeos in Oklahoma and later in Las Vegas, Nev. Many trips were made to rodeos where he instilled the love of the sport to his son. He and JoAnn later divorced. He lived out his days at the family ranch near Homestead until failing health when he went to stay with his son in Worden. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Julie Ann, from a previous marriage. He is survived by his son, John William “JW” Manning of Worden; sister, Jolynn Anastasia Voth of Sharon Springs, Kansas; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; five step grandchildren; and two step great-grandchildren. Services will be conducted in the spring/summer of 2022.