( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department June 15-28. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) June 18 Adam The Boy Sr., 45, male, 200 block of Main Street, criminal mischief, tribal court. Symone Schauer, 33, female, 200 block of Main Street, criminal mischief, tribal court. June 22 Sabrina Martell, 34,

Dillon DeMery Wetsit changed his plea to guilty for voluntary manslaughter during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Great Falls on Tuesday, June 23. Sentencing is set for Oct. 15, at 2:30 p.m. in Great Falls. The offense carries a maximum penalty of 15 years of imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. In pleading guilty, the defendant acknowledges that first,

Three sentencing hearings were among the action taken in Roosevelt County District Court in front of District Judge Benjamin Fosland on Tuesday, June 23. Tshauna Azure was sentenced to a two-year commitment with the Montana Department of Corrections for criminal endangerment. The sentence was based on a joint recommendation by the state and defense. Judge Fosland remarked that the two-year

The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office responded to 140 calls from June 22-30. The calls included the following: June 23 Deputies responded for the Fort Kipp area for a woman in labor. Deputies helped the female into the Culbertson ambulance. The effort by deputies to serve a search arrest in Wolf Point’s tribal housing area for unsuccessful. Deputies and the Fort Peck Tribes Department

To celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary, Wolf Point will have its largest fireworks display ever on Saturday, July 4. The display is scheduled to start at 10 p.m. on the location two blocks east of the Sherman Inn. The show is regarded as the largest display in northeastern Montana. “We have some special effect shells this year,” organizer George Blount said. “We have doubled up

Northern Plains Independent To Expand Coverage To Include Scobey Wolf Point’s neighbors to the north will lose their hometown newspaper, the Daniels County Leader, on July 31. With this closure, the Northern Plains Independent plans to expand its coverage to include Scobey and the rest of Daniels County. Daniels County Leader owners Burl and Roz Bowler and their staff are retiring

The news that the Daniels County Leader would be ceasing publication at the end of July was heartbreaking. Leader publisher Burl Bowler told me a couple weeks ago, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it. Coming from a multi-generational newspaper family, I feel terrible for Burl and Roz who had to make the very difficult decision to close when a buyer was not found. Faced with the

The Northeast Montana Veterans Memorial will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its grand opening on Saturday, July 4, at 10 a.m. at the memorial site in Fort Peck. This year’s guest speaker will be Jonathan Wiens, a 2001 graduate of Glasgow High School, a 2005 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and former Army Green Beret. Wiens is a combat veteran who served deployments