Local pastor and certified chaplain Mike Kauffold (left) delivered a care basket to Wolf Point Police Chief Jeff Harada (right) Tuesday, Sept. 8. Kauffold and fellow congregants from Wolf Point’s First Baptist Church delivered baskets to members of the Montana Highway Patrol and local police. Kauffold said the gifts were meant to show area law enforcement personnel that they are supported and respected

The Montana Highway Patrol commissioned eleven new troopers at the 68th Advanced Academy graduation ceremony Sept. 3. Attorney General Tim Fox addressed the graduates at the event, which took place at the Kleffner Ranch in East Helena. Captain Derek Werner of Poplar is now District VIII Commander in Havre. Werner told the Northern Plains Independent that he joined the highway patrol in 2007

Obituaries Keith Red Elk Keith Lyle Red Elk, 67, died Aug. 29, 2020, in Billings. He was born in Geneva, N.Y., at Sampson AFB. He was the son of Kenneth and Pat Red Elk. He graduated from Eastridge High School in Rochester, N.Y., in 1971. After high school, he joined the Army and was honorably discharged in 1977. He was a welder by trade. When he returned to the reservation in