The Northern Plains Independent and Community News received a series of awards, including 10 firstplace plaques, during this year’s Montana Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. The selections were announced on Saturday, June 22, during the organization’s annual convention, held this year in Kalispell. The Northern Plains Independent, based in Wolf Point, competed in

Joseph Dale William Miller was sentenced for three charges during a hearing in district court on June 12. Miller made guilty pleas on March 13 to the felony charges of assault of a peace officer and criminal possession of dangerous drugs, and the misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants, first offense. For the assault of a peace officer count, Judge David J. Cybulski

Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week included: Fritz Anderson, 45, Billings, hold for other agency. Brian Bell, 41, Dodson, hold for other agency. Alphonse Bird, 19, Browning, hold for other agency. Darek Birdinground, 34, hold for other agency. Jonathan Brien, 44, Billings, hold for other agency. Travis Brown, 41, hold for other agency.

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department June 17-23. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) June 18 James Eagle Sr., 56, male, 100 block of Main Street, public intoxication, tribal court. In addition to the citations above, the WPPD had the following activity: animal/ found, two; animal/killed, one; assistance

A 30-year-old area man died in a fatality on U.S. Highway 2, mile marker 595, at about 10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19. The fatal victim in the crash was Clay Nygaard of Wolf Point. According to the Montana Highway Patrol, the Ford F350 pickup the man was driving was traveling westbound. When a Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office deputy attempted to initiate a traffic stop, the vehicle exited

Shaun Travis Marchwick of Culbertson admitted to four counts of violating his probation conditions during a hearing in district court June 12. The county attorney’s office filed a petition to revoke Marchwick’s 10-year suspended sentence on April 19. District judge David J. Cybulski sentenced Marchwick to the Montana State Prison for seven years, with three years suspended. The

The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office responded to 71 calls from June 17-23. The incidents included the following: June 17 Deputies responded to Culbertson for a report of a possible violation of a no-contact order. Law enforcement talked with the two parties making the allegations. Deputies didn’t feel that there was a violation and advised the parties to contact their attorney. Deputies

Thomas Ivan Reese Larson, who admitted to beating a woman on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in 2021, was sentenced on June 20 to 15 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said last week. The defendant, 25, pleaded guilty in February to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.