prejudicially affected the fundamental fairness or integrity of Cord’s trial. We exercise plain error review and reverse Cord’s conviction for sexual assault.” On Wednesday, Cord made a plea of guilty to the misdemeanor charge of assault. He admitted to touching the victim’s breast and agreed that it was touching her in an insulting way. Maximum penalties were six months in the county

Office and Fort Peck Department of Law and Justice investigated the case. According to court documents, Day from November 2021 through at least April 2022, knowingly and unlawfully conspired with other individuals to distribute and to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of meth and a substance containing a detectable amount of

A special Fort Peck tribal election will take place Saturday, Nov. 19. The need for a special election was created when longtime tribal board member Grant Stafne resigned in a letter dated Aug. 29. Because Dana “Sam” Buckles and Kaci Wallette tied for 13th place with 449 votes each in last year’s election, a new election involving the two candidates is needed to determine Stafne’s replacement.

Jason Frederick and Robert Toavs were the headline winners in Roosevelt County for Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Frederick was re-elected for sheriff/ coroner with 1,436 votes. Challenger Brent Nygard received 1,073 votes. In the race for county commissioner, district 3 residents went for Toavs with 383 votes. Ken Hentges received 316 votes. County officials running unopposed included