Area residents endured some harsh temperatures during the first full week of 2022. After a high temperature of 13 degrees on Tuesday, Jan. 4, the high temperature was only 7 degrees below zero in Wolf Point on Wednesday, Jan. 5. According to the National Weather Service, the low temperature in Wolf Point on Jan. 5 was 24 degrees below zero. The temperatures were 15.5 degrees colder than average.

An era came to an end for the City of Wolf Point on Wednesday, Jan. 5. A retirement party was held for longtime city clerk/treasurer Marlene Malhum. Malhum said she has worked for the city for 40 years and eight months. The span included serving under nine different mayors, including current mayor Chris Dschaak. Highlighting the party was Dschaak presenting Malhum with a star quilt from

The following are highlights from the previous year in the pages of the Northern Plains Independent. June Wolf Point High School’s Class of 2021 looked forward to the future as commencement exercises were held in the school gym on Sunday, May 30. There were 20 graduates along with many proud parents and grandparents in attendance during the Southside Elementary School’s preschool graduation

After proclaiming January as Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month in Montana, Gov, Greg Gianforte has teamed up with Attorney General Austin Knudsen to encourage Montanans to join the fight to end human trafficking. “Generating an estimated $150 billion worldwide per year, human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery whereby traffickers, which are often organized criminal enterprises,