Wolf Point Mayor Chris Dschaak recently signed a proclamation to designate Thursday, Feb. 4, as Optimist Day. The proclamation includes, “Volunteers working with young people who are our joy of today and are our hope for tomorrow, are exuberant representatives of the potential to be reached and dreams to come true. They are also unbounded in their enthusiasm to use their talents, skills and

Dan Schmidt is serving his third year as the Poplar superintendent of schools. He is pleased with the progress that the school district has made during this time, but he notes that it’s because of many people’s hard work that success has been achieved. “We continue to sit down and have some very civil conversations about what they like to see for education in Poplar,” Schmidt said of his

The Roosevelt County commissioners held their regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 9. The commissioners approved Erika Fyfe for transfer to the county attorney’s office. She was formerly an employee with the clerk of court. Fyfe will be replacing Donna Reum, who will retire Sept. 30. Fyfe’s start date will be March 1. A task order was approved for the new road department shop complex building. The

Fifty more Yellowstone National Park bison were transferred to the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes on Friday, Feb. 5 in a coordinated effort with Park staff and representatives from the Tribes. The animals had been under quarantine by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, located just north of park boundaries. The quarantine and slaughter