Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has called on the Federal Communications Commission to combat the scourge of illegal phone calls pouring into our state and help prevent Montanans from becoming victims of scams. In a comment filed with the FCC, Knudsen and 50 other attorneys general urged the FCC to move up the deadline for all telephone companies to implement anti- robocall ID technology.

McGowan Maia McGowan, a Frontier 4-H Club Cloverbud member, talks with Emma Torgerson, Cloverbud judge, about her habitat exhibit at the Roosevelt County Fair. (Submitted photo)

The Wolf Point City Council held their regular monthly meeting Monday, Aug. 16. During the public comment period, Walker Weeks addressed the council and asked whether any new bids were upcoming. Mayor Chris Dschaak said all bids would be advertised ahead of time in the newspaper. Tori Matejovsky from Great Northern Development Corporation spoke to the council. She said a new Community Development

Patrick Drapeau is excited to work on improvements as the new principal at Southside Elementary School in Wolf Point. Drapeau officially began his duties on Wednesday, Aug. 11. “I feel K-3 is most important because it makes the building blocks for the later education,” Drapeau said of the lower grade levels. For the last two years, he served as assistant principal for the high school,