of their preferred forage fish, cisco, salmon have shown excellent growth, with males maturing in two to four years and females in three to four years. This is the only Chinook fishery in Montana, so anglers travel from near and far in hopes of hooking up with one of these unique fish. Please be aware of fishery crews and their electrofishing efforts, as they may be near areas where angling

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D.Mont., noted that the state’s agriculture industry is experiencing mixed results as harvest ends for most of Montana’s crops. The Democrat said ag prices are decent and the quality is good, but production was down for many growers. “It’s easily solved with good old-fashioned rain,” Tester said. During the conference call with Montana’s media members

Froid School Oct. 3: Stromboli, potato salad, vegetables and fruit. Oct. 4: Breakfast burritos, cold cereal, go-gurts and fruit. Oct. 5: Meatballs, mashed potatoes, gravy, buns, vegetables and dessert. Oct. 6: Chicken noodle soup, bosco sticks and fruit. Oct. 7: Shrimpmates, rice pilaf, peas and fruit. *** Culbertson School Oct. 3: King pretzel apple slices and carrot sticks.

Culbertson Sept. 30: Meatloaf, baked potato, vegetable and dessert. Oct. 3: Breakfast casserole, biscuits, fruit salad and dessert. Oct. 7: Chicken pot pie, coleslaw and dessert. *** Bainville Sept. 29: Lasagna, garlic bread, vegetable and dessert. Oct. 4: Creamed ham over rice, vegetable and dessert. Oct. 6: Beef tacos, fruit salad and dessert. *** Froid Oct. 3: Super nachos

( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of persons incarcerated at the jail and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center included: Javian Azure, 21, Wolf Point, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. Daniel Baca, 32, Williston, N.D., warrant.

In last week’s story about new ownership at the former Hometown Market in Culbertson, Cassandra and Eric Bergum were misidentified as sole owners of the new store, Heritage Market. Ownership includes Cassandra’s brother Chris Newbill and his wife, Stefanie. Newbill works for Microsoft and is on the Roosevelt Memorial Healthcare Foundation board of directors.

The Montana Secretary of State’s office spent about $1.3 million on legal fees, far surpassing its $100,000 budget, defending election laws being challenged in courts in the state. According to a report to the Revenue Interim Committee last week, the legislature budgeted $100,000 to the office for election litigation. The additional money was taken from the office’s enterprise fund, which

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and a coalition of 22 other states, is alerting the chief executive officers of three major credit card companies that the recent creation of a Merchant Category Code for the processing of firearms purchases from gun stores is potentially a violation of consumer protection and antitrust laws. In