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lia Featherston of Culbertson FFA for goats and sheep and Jaylynn Bjorge of Bainville FFA for swine. Reserve champions included Kaden Featherston of Culbertson FFA for sheep, Payton Labatte of Culbertson FFA for goats, Jodi Albus of Centennial Clovers 4-H for steers and Holden Salivar of Tumbleweeds 4-H for swine.

The Welcome Stop and the late Pearl Swank were selected for their contributions by the Roosevelt County 4-H Council.

Area fire departments were dispatched Aug. 21, around noon to fight a fire along the river bottom east of Culbertson. Approximately 200 acres were burned on the Anderson and Bowker ranches.

Froid student earned top honors at the Champion of Champions Round Robin Showmanship held in Circle.

September

Roosevelt County commissioners finalized and approved their budget for the fiscal year. The budget increased by 2.4 percent compared to the last year.

Jazzmin Fugere and Reese Moon were selected homecoming queen and king in Culbertson.

Homecoming queen and king in Bainville were Hannah Scott and Isaiah Bjorge.

Kings and queens for Froid/Lake’s homecoming were Froid’s Mara Salvevold and Joseph Robertson and Medicine Lake’s Parker Billman and Alexa Nelson.

October

Culbertson Opportunity Bank branch president Wayne Hendrickson retired after 22 years with the organization.

Emilynn Priddy Powell received many awards during the Montana State 4-H horse show held in Vaughn.

More than 140 local students attended a career day function at C& B Operations in Culbertson. The event included opportunities for students to test drive large farm machinery and implements, as well as other large vehicles and heavy machinery and participate in games designed to develop related skills.

Gov. Greg Gianforte and his wife, Susan, were on hand at Dry Prairie in Culbertson to present Culbertson’s Clint Jacobs with a 2023 Montana Governor’s Veteran Commendation. Jacobs was a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps and served a tour in Vietnam as a combat Marine. He earned the Combat Action Medal, the Navy Unit Citation Medal, the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. Tyler Traeger of the MonDak Area Stockgrowers Association presented a $2,000 check to Bainville Schools’ lunch coordinator Natasha Matlow to purchase local beef for meals.

November

The Bainville Town Council announced that Interstate Engineering will donate a bench in the town park in honor of the late Lyle Lambert.

Col. Heather J. Carlisle (Army, retired) was the main speaker for the Veterans Day program at Culbertson High School.

Winners in county elections included Thomas Bleicher as attorney, Douglas Marottek as commissioner, Erika Fyfe for clerk of district clerk and superintendent of schools and Tracy Miranda for clerk and recorder. Benjamin Fosland was elected the new district judge for district 15.

Roosevelt County Fair manager Angela Miller was honored as the winner of the Fair Manager of the Year award at the 2024 Rocky Mountain Association of Fairs’ convention.

Culbertson teacher April Wills was presented with the 2024 Montana Teacher of the Year award from the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History. Maria’s Restaurant opened in Culbertson at the location of the former Wild West Diner.

December

The Bainville Town Council hired David Norton as the town’s new fire chief.

Both Culbertson and Bainville continue searching for volunteers to serve on the government review committee.

FFA students from Culbertson, Bainville and Froid earned honors during a competition held in Sidney.

District Judge David Cybulski officially sworn in Roosevelt County officials starting terms in 2024 during a ceremony held in the county courthouse on Dec. 11. Among the individuals sworn in were new county commissioner Douglas Marottek and new county attorney Thomas Bleicher.

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