By Bill Vander Weele The Roosevelt County commissioners accepted the resignation of Rick Gilbert off the fair board during the meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 22. Gilbert of Culbertson has served a couple of terms, said Commissioner Gordon Oelkers. The county is advertising for the position to replace Gilbert on the five-member board. During the meeting, commissioners approved the reappointments

Dar Santa, This Christmas, I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good some of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is a toy train and number blocks. Merry Christmas, Austin Dear Santa, This Christmas, I am 5 years old. This year, I have been good some of the time. What I would like most this Christmas is toys and Frozen II stuff. And I promise to leave out a blanket

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Students at Northside Elementary School in Wolf Point capped a special program with their special art show on Thursday, Dec. 10. The Art for Wellness program featured fourth-graders, who are now fifth-graders, working to complete monthly wellness activities, nutrition information and an art project. Dr. Julie H. Alexander-Ruff, Montana State University’s College of Nursing, and Christine

Poplar High School students learned a little more about FFA during a presentation by two state officers on Wednesday, Dec. 9. Montana FFA’s second vice president Chay Van Dyke, originally from Glendive, and parliamentarian Allyson Young, originally from Fairview, spoke to the Poplar students, who are having an FFA chapter for the first time since the 1940s. Van Dyke and Young talked to