With Optimist Day recognized on Wednesday, Feb. 2, the Wolf Point Optimist Club is taking the opportunity to announce that the club will conduct the Optimist Oratorical Contest in the area. Optimist Club members Carol Neutgens and Gloria Sande said the contest gives students, under the age of 19, the opportunity to earn generous amounts of scholarship funds. Club president AJ Olson said deadline

( 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: Wilbert Ackerman, 32, Frazer, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. James Allen, 28, Lame Deer, hold for other agency.

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire departments Jan. 23-29. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) January 26 Fourteen-year-old male, 200 block of Sixth Avenue South, minor in possession, municipal court. Michael Magnan, 59, male, 100 block of Third Avenue South, theft and forgery, tribal court. January 27

Porter James Hudshon, 23, of Tacoma, Wash., made a plea of not guilty to the charges of conspiracy to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl before U.S. Magistrate Judge John T. Johnston in Great Falls on Jan. 26. The charging documents are merely accusations and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. If convicted of the most serious crime,

A Wolf Point woman accused in the kidnapping and assault of a minor girl on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation admitted on Thursday, Jan. 26, to her role in the kidnapping, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Patti Jo Annunciata Mail, 23, pleaded guilty to kidnapping of an individual under 18. Mail faces a mandatory minimum 20 years to a maximum of life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and not

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., took to the national airwaves to stress his opposition to proposed legislation that would create a 30 percent national sales tax. House Bill 25, introduced by a group of House Republicans, would reportedly create a 30 percent national sales tax, eliminate the IRS and eliminate the income tax. “Montana doesn’t have a sales tax. This is a really bad idea to

The Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes will receive $815,808 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its Special Diabetes Program for Indians. The federal funding totals $139 millions and is heading to 302 tribal, urban and Indian Health Service clinics in 35 states. Montana has 13 recipients. Along with the Fort Peck Tribes, other recipients include: • All Nations

The Montana Public Service Commission approved by a 3-2 margin last week a request by Montana Dakota Utilities to raise its electric rates. The interim rate increase is 2.6 percent. Residential customers will pay on average an additional $2.33 a month. MDU officials report the primary reason for the request is because of increased investments since 2018. Projects have included an 88 megawatt