application phase. During a final budget hearing, an additional $5,600 was approved for new meter reading technology needed to avoid a full system replacement in the near future. The cost for the upgrade will be approximately $26,000. A work order for WWC Engineering related to the Montana Department of Transportation’s Highway 2 project portion in Culbertson. The amount approved was $47,500

Women’s club members (left-right) DeAnne Weeks, Lauri Handy, Cheryl Kirkaldie, Lanette Bidegaray, Shelby Lebsock and Ashley Anderson raised $4600 for improvements at the pool bathhouse during an Aug. 3 event at the Culbertson pool. The club has raised $132,000 for the project thus far. Along with donations, members are soliciting letters of support for two pending grant applications. For more information,

The Froid community will have one of the largest celebrations in its history when the 100th anniversary all-class reunion takes place Friday, Aug. 6, through Sunday, Aug. 8. “People are coming in literally from all over the United States,” Jim Royan, one of the event’s organizers, said. He expects more than 200 people including people from Arizona, Texas and Washington state. Royan,

The hope continues. It has been more than eight years since Nicole Waller went missing. Her vehicle was found abandoned between Poplar and Wolf Point. In October of 2016, a jury found Cody Johnston of Fairview for deliberate homicide of his former girlfriend. Family members of Waller still wish that the day comes when her body is found. “We will never get over it, but we can move forward,”

The second annual kids farmers market is set for Aug. 28 in Culbertson. As with last year, the event will be hosted at Wild West Diner on Highway 2. The market will begin at 8 a.m. At press time, there were 10 vendors signed up, according to Ashlee Anderson. “We hope to have some picnic tables set up for people to sit and enjoy the morning together,” said Anderson. There is no fee for

The goal of two area men became a reality when the Brown Coulee Mud Drags took place just outside of Wolf Point on Saturday, July 31. Eldon Porras III and Cody Weinberger have been involved in mud races for several years and started to brainstorm how to hold such an event in the Wolf Point area. “Cody Weinberger and I are into this, and me and my wife have the land here,” Porras explained