County residents interested in serving the cities they live in should consider now running for a city or town council position. Filing starts April 20 and closes on June 19 for municipal elections in Roosevelt County. If a primary election is needed, it will take place Sept. 12. The date for the general election is Nov. 7. Candidates can file at the county clerk and recorder’s office. Wolf

The Wolf Point School board has voted to interview both applicants for the school district superintendent positions. During a meeting on Tuesday, March 21, trustees agreed to interview Anthony Morrison and Betsy Dobias. The interview process, including meeting with the public, is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, April 4. Morrison served as the superintendent in Wyndmere, N.D., from July,

Wolf Point will have two contested races when school board elections are held in May. Current trustee Roxanne Gourneau and former school board chair Linda L. Hansen have filed in the district 2 race. Candidates for the District 5 election will include long-time trustee Lanette Clark and Trenton Wemmer. Trustee Keith Higgins is running unopposed in District 1. No one filed for the

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire departments March 20-26. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) March 21 Adam The Boy Sr., 42, male, 500 block of Alder Street, disorderly conduct, tribal court. Duane Goodtrack Sr., 49, male, 100 block of Fairweather Street, theft, tribal court. Fourteen-year-old male,

( 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: Wilbert Ackerman, 32, Frazer, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. Osvaldo Aguilar, 47, hold for other agency.

A Wolf Point man accused in the kidnapping and assault of a girl by a group of individuals on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in 2021 on Wednesday, March 22, admitted to his role in the abduction, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Cheri Cruz Granbois, 21, pleaded guilty to kidnapping of an individual under 18. Granbois faces a mandatory minimum 20 years to life in prison, a $250,000 fine

Wolf Point native Paul Kermit Gysler has received a partially suspended five-year sentence with the Montana Department of Corrections. On March 9, Judge Robert Allison announced a fiveyear sentence with three of those years suspended as well as credit for 357 days of time served. Allison also recommended state corrections officials screen Gysler for an appropriate treatment program before turning

The Fort Peck Fine Arts Council is in line to receive a $500,000 grant from the State of Montana under the Historic Preservation Grant Program. The Montana Legislature is considering the program which would appropriate over $8.5 million across the State of Montana for historic preservation. The council would use the grant money for the Fort Peck Summer Theatre. The grant money would be used