( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire departments April 18-24. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: April 18 Clint Jackson, 46, male, 400 block of Blaine Street, public intoxication and open container, tribal court. Clint Jackson, 46, male, 100 block of Third Avenue South, public intoxication

( 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: Robert Azure Sr., 60, Poplar, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. Dewain Balch, 57, Wolf Point, hold for Fort Peck

Roosevelt County inmate Richard Rutledge has filed a lawsuit against the Roosevelt County Detention Center and a detention officer. In the document, Rutledge claims that he has been denied prescriptions and medical assistance. He also claims that a detention officer has sexually assaulted and targeted him. The charging document was filed in October 2020. In the document, Rutledge requests

Roosevelt County had one active COVID cases as of Monday, April 25. There have been 74 COVID-related deaths in the county. Adult vaccination clinics are scheduled from 3-5 p.m. on Thursday, April 28, in Culbertson, on May 5 in Wolf Point, on May 19 in Wolf Point and on May 26 in Culbertson. Children’s vaccination clinics are scheduled for Friday, April 29, from 1-4 p.m. in Wolf Point and

Conditions were a mix of snow, precipitation and wind for the last blizzard event April 22-24 in Northeast Montana. Many locations further west were passed over for measurable snow but precipitation and high winds caused power outages throughout the area, affecting customers region wide. At press time April 26, Montana- Dakota Utilities show more than a dozen outages remaining north of Poplar near

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has joined a lawsuit against the Biden administration to block it from rescinding the Title 42 public health policy during the worst border crisis in decades. The lawsuit asks the court to move swiftly to keep the policy in place and prevent the influx of illegal border crossings that will result if it is lifted next month. A deepened crisis at the border