Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week included: Jesus Avitia, 33, Aurora, Colo., possession with intent to distribute fentanyl/meth. Vincent Bell, 32, Billings, hold for other agency. Mada Bergie, 31, hold for other agency. Noah Bigback, 28, Billings, hold for other agency. Antone Birdtail, 20, Billings, hold for other agency. Mylon Blacksmith,

The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office responded to 91 calls from May 12-19. The calls included the following: May 12 Deputies responded to Fort Kipp after an adult male called on behalf of female relative regarding an individual causing a disturbance. No arrests were made. Deputies responded to Brockton after an adult female reported that a juvenile female refused to come back inside

The Roosevelt County Library Board held its regular meeting May 3 in Culbertson. The meeting was called to order at 10:07 a.m. Joyce Harvey, board chair, was in attendance, as were trustee Helen Welte, director Janet Livingston, Culbertson librarian Mary Drake, Froid librarian Cheyenne Heller and Cara Orban, Montana statewide consulting librarian. The board voted to table a possible evaluation

The man arrested at the Fort Union Trading Post on Tuesday, May 13, is facing the felony charge of burglary. Bond was set at $50,000. According to court records, law enforcement received a call from a Fort Union Trading Post employee around 8 a.m. on May 13. The complaint regarded a man, armed with a fire poker, at the gate that confronted employees when they arrived and then took them off the

The future of Wolf Point is looking more and more beautiful. Wolf Point Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture’s executive director Jayden Diener is excited to announce grant funds of $1,7500 from the Montana Community Foundation. The grant is to support beautification ideas that came from the Reimagining Rural series held earlier this year. Diener said a portion of the funds will aim to help

Sitting mayors in three Roosevelt County communities have already filed for re-election this year. Filing began on April 17 and ends June 16. Mayors who have filed for re-election include Chris Dschaak in Wolf Point, Todd Gabriel in Culbertson and Toby Romo in Bainville. Wolf Point’s council members John Plestina in Ward 1 and Dean Mahlum in Ward 3 have also filed for re-election. The Ward

The Wolf Point City Council held their regular meeting May 19 in council chambers. Following public comment, two letters criticizing the proposed sale of Triangle Park were read aloud, including a letter from resident Dave Parsley, Sr., which included objections to Mayor Chris Dschaak’s handling of public input. Mayor Dschaak responded, insisting on his neutrality. “It is false to say that

A man originally from India accused of stealing almost $1 million from the elderly appeared in federal court on charges on Wednesday, May 14, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Zabi Ullah Mohammed, 29, had an initial appearance on a complaint charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and impersonating a federal agent. If convicted, Mohammed faces a maximum of 20 years of imprisonment,