18 June 2026
Softball Teams Aim For Success During Summer Season
Froid/Lake’s major softball team features (back from left) Kylie Wivholm, Aeryn Ator, Rebecca Nelson, Mira Bakken and Kassidy Mitchell: (front) Shae Salvevold, Keilee Williams, Ryan Petty and Avaya Miller.
(Photo by Bill Vander Weele)
Dustin Kohl
Dustin Lee Kohl, 31, of Poplar died June 8, 2026.
He was born June 8, 1995, to Susan Jones and David Kohl. Growing up, he loved doing all the things adventurous boys loved doing — from jumping off the shed onto the trampoline, to riding the hills and back roads on four wheelers. He loved shooting his airsoft guns and fireworks at everyone and everything.
As he got older, he loved cruising on his motorcycle and truck while listening to music.
In his earlier young adult years, he met Merciline Grayhawk, the mother of his eldest son, Jonah Grayhawk (Kohl). Some years later, he met Alexis Boyd and they had two daughters, Christian and Bella Boyd (Kohl). He loved his children and their mothers very much. He was a sweet and caring man, hard-working and a supportive father. He had incredible work ethic and was very driven in anything he did.
He is survived by his parents,
Minor Softball
Froid/Lake’s minor softball team includes (back from left) Ellektra Hair, Joslynn Johnson, Brooklynn Clark, Emme Petty, Shae Salvevold and Avaya Miller; (front) Natalie Baker, Gemma Standke, Dawson Montgomery Jentry Justice, Paige Finn and Oaklee Wilke. (Photo by Bill Vander Weele)
John Fast Horse
John Julian Fast Horse, 62, died June 6, 2026.
He was born Jan. 7, 1964, to Michael Mathias Fast Horse and Melinda Arlene Shields, the third child of seven children. H grew up and attended school in Brockton, then later moved to Poplar, where he lived with his lifelong companion of 40+ years, Theresa SunRhodes.
He was a very loving, kind, humble, hardworking person. He was always there to help wherever he was needed.
He was employed by the Fort Peck Tribes as maintenance and, before that, he was employed at Tribal Express for several years. He also worked various other jobs such as seismography, sugar beets, surveying, etc. He worked for 25 years for his buddy Art Greybull on his ranch, helping with cattle, fencing, branding and hauling hay. He really enjoyed this kind of work and would work on weekends even though he had a job.
He never had any children of his own, but he was a dad

