The Wolf Point School District offered three memorandum of understanding proposals during their contract bargaining meeting with the Wolf Point Education Association on Thursday, April 21. One of the MOUs would pay a one-time Coronavirus recruitment and retention incentive of $3,000 in one installment during August. Another MOU offers to reimburse contracted teachers and paraprofessionals

The Roosevelt County Commissioners tabled a decision regarding a request to increase the nurse practitioner’s hours at the detention center during their meeting on Tuesday, April 19. In a written request, jail supervisor Debra Collins explained that the nurse practitioner currently is scheduled to works 24 hours every two weeks at the jail. “We have started Facetiming with her on weekends

After Wolf Point resident Bill Juve raised concerns last month regarding a property purchase, county commissioners replied to a list of questions during their meeting on Tuesday, April 19. Regarding if the purchase of the Colgan gravel pit in January 2017, was approved at a public commissioners’ meeting, commissioner Gordon Oelkers said that commissioner Duane Nygaard stamped approval on

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire departments April 18-24. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: April 18 Clint Jackson, 46, male, 400 block of Blaine Street, public intoxication and open container, tribal court. Clint Jackson, 46, male, 100 block of Third Avenue South, public intoxication

( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of persons incarcerated at the jail and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center included: Robert Azure Sr., 60, Poplar, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. Dewain Balch, 57, Wolf Point, hold for Fort Peck

Roosevelt County inmate Richard Rutledge has filed a lawsuit against the Roosevelt County Detention Center and a detention officer. In the document, Rutledge claims that he has been denied prescriptions and medical assistance. He also claims that a detention officer has sexually assaulted and targeted him. The charging document was filed in October 2020. In the document, Rutledge requests