Roosevelt County is currently experiencing an outbreak of syphilis. This is a very dangerous disease for every person that is not properly treated, but is especially heinous for women of child bearing age due to the fact that it can be passed from the mother to the fetus. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease for which there is no vaccine, but the good news is that there is treatment especially

Dear Editor: At the county commissioners’ meeting on June 3, I was told that the county commissioners and I have an ideological difference. WOW! They don’t see a problem with giving themselves and the rest of the county employees $1,000 each of CARES money while the rest of the county taxpayers dealing with the exact same condition don’t get a thing. The county road department commented

Tennis lessons are scheduled for youngsters and junior high/high school girls in Wolf Point this summer. Lessons for grades 1-3 will take place from 9-10 a.m. and lessons for grades 4-6 are 10:15-11:30 a.m. on June 28-30. A tennis camp is planned for high school and junior high players on July 12-14 with drills from 10:30-11:30 a.m. and then match play in the afternoon each day. For more

The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet June 24 via Zoom. Details on how to access the meeting will be posted on fwp.mt.gov. The meeting will also be audio streamed online at fwp.mt.gov. The meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. The commission will make final decisions on: •Madison River recreation committee appointees •Extending implementation date of Madison commercial use cap

Below-average precipitation and dry soil conditions persist in the upper Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa (upper Basin). The updated 2021 upper Basin runoff forecast is 17.9 million acre-feet (MAF), 69 percent of average. If realized, this runoff amount would be in the 22nd driest year in the upper Basin since 1898. The May upper Basin runoff was 64 percent of average. May runoff