( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire departments May 1-7. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) May 1 Violet Siljenberg, 34, female, Wolf Point, warrant, tribal court. May 2 Mervin Garfield Jr., 28, male, Fourth Avenue North and Blaine Street, loitering, tribal court. William Balbinot Jr., 58, male, Fourth

( 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: Terance Aimsback, 35, Heart Butte, hold for other agency. Shawn Anderson, 45, Plentywood, criminal possession

A Sidney man who admitted to trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine in the community after law enforcement seized more than six pounds of the drug from his car was sentenced on Wednesday, May 3, to 15 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Markel Dean Brown, 60, pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy to possess with

U.S. Sens. Steve Daines and Jon Tester of Montana, members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, announced the passage of their bipartisan Senate resolution marking May 5, as National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. “On May 5, the day Hanna Harris would have celebrated her 31st birthday, we take a moment to reflect on her and the far too many other

Roosevelt County commissioners agreed to continue having the county be served by JPT Health Insurance during their weekly meeting on Tuesday, May 2. The increase for the insurance is 5.5 percent this year. “It’s been about 5 percent every year,” Commissioner Gordon Oelkers said of increases. The insurance plan features a $500 deductible and $1,000 maximum out of pocket. County

Two new school board members were voted into office during Wolf Point’s election on Tuesday, May 2. These results are unofficial and have yet to be canvassed. In district 5, Trenton Wemmer received 44 votes to defeat long-time trustee Lanette Clark with 35 votes. Prior to the election, Wemmer said, “I feel I’m a good candidate because kids are important to me! I think with being