The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office responded to 65 calls from Dec. 22-26. The calls included the following: Dec. 22 Deputies, the Poplar Fire Department and Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice responded to a report of a fire near the cemetery in Poplar. It turned out that a man who lives in a camper was boiling water outside on a jet boil device. He was getting the water hot

Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week included: Harry Azure, 26, Wolf Point, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. Dale Barton, 34, Glendive, hold for other agency. Alexis BigLeggins, 35, Wolf Point, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. Shannon Bigleggins, 35, Wolf Point, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. Jimmy Bird, 21, Wolf Point, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. Antone

A Wolf Point man accused of murdering a man by arson on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was arraigned Tuesday, Dec. 23, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Anthony David Flynn, 35, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with felony murder and arson. If convicted of the most serious charge contained in the indictment, Flynn faces mandatory life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and five years

An adult male died in a camper fire in Poplar on Friday, Dec. 26. The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office reports that authorities were called to the fire on the 400 block of G. Street East at 8:48 p.m. The Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice was the primary law enforcement at the scene. Responding to the fire were the Poplar Volunteer Fire Department and Poplar ambulance service.

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department Dec. 22-28. Dec. 23 Russell Barr, 60, male, 200 block of Granville Street, criminal contempt and elder exploitation, tribal court. The WPPD had the following activity: abandoned auto, one; animal, one; disorderly conduct/fight, one; disorderly conduct/profane language, one;

The representation for Abrianne Lillian Deserly, Calvin Florin Lester Jr. and Dillon Demery Wetsit has filed a motion to dismiss the charge of one count of second degree murder. The indictment alleges that on Feb. 26, 2025, near Wolf Point, the defendants unlawfully and with malice aforethought, that is recklessly with extreme disregard for human life, killed John Doe, and aided and abetted

Partly because of the passing of Senate Bill 117, there have been concerns about raising taxes for some eastern Montana residents. Roosevelt County Commissioner Gordon Oelkers, however, stresses that the bill will not result in higher taxes for Roosevelt County residents. Oelkers said that because of the bill, the county will have about 2 percent less in tax revenue during the next six years.

The Lustre EMB Church held its Christmas program Dec. 21. It was called “Be Astonished!” Pastor Wayne Hathaway began by reminding us of the women in Matthew’s account recorded in “the book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham” which established His right to be King. He said “Notice the word ‘BY’ when it tells us of the children born by Tamar, by

RiverStone Health, the public health department of state’s largest county, Yellowstone, has confirmed a second death of influenza in the state this season, as Montana statistics show that influenza cases are happening more rapidly than last year at this time. The state’s most current published data goes through Dec. 19 and shows 1,238 cases so far. RiverStone reported that an unvaccinated