Vera Rosina Galster Blaisdell, 94, died May 12, 2021, at Valley View Nursing Home in Glasgow. She was born to Jacob and Caroline Pfennig on Nov. 4, 1926, in Beulah, N.D. She married Ewald Galster, her childhood neighbor, on Dec. 23, 1945, in Beulah where they continued to farm and eventually opened a grocery store in Dawson, N.D. In 1963, they moved to Wolf Point, where she worked as a cook for Trinity Hospital, the Elks Club and the Sherman Motor Inn. She was also the activity director for Faith Lutheran Home. After 37 years of marriage, Ewald died in 1983, prompting her to move to Wenatchee, Wash., to be closer to her daughter, Lavern, where she met and married Joe Blaisdell. After his death, she moved to Glasgow to be close to her son, Jerry. She was an avid crossstitcher, crocheter and lover of solitaire. She is survived by her four daughters, Sharon Abraham, Lavern Baker, Diane Kunda and Kathleen Galster; 10 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; one great- great- grandchild; brothers, Erwin and Wilbur Pfennig; and sister, Elda Link. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Ewald Galster and Joe Blaisdell; son, Sherald “Jerry” Galster; brothers, Elden, Melvin and Harold; and sisters, Erma Morast and Lorene Seagar. A graveside service will be held at a later date.

A graveside service will be held Saturday, May 29, 2021, at 10 a.m. at Greenwood Cemetery in Wolf Point for Kathleen Jensen, formerly of north Wolf Point. She was the daughter of Howard and Opal Jensen and resided in Cut Bank, Mont., at the time of her passing on Nov. 20, 2020, from COVID-19. A reception will follow at First Lutheran Church. (Paid Obituary)

Darrell Youpee, 70, of Poplar died Saturday, May 22, 2021. A wake will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, May 28, at the Poplar Cultural Center. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 29, at the Poplar Cultural Center. Interment will follow at the Poplar City Cemetery. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel of Wolf Point was entrusted with the arrangements.

Dwight Green, 41, of Wolf Point died Thursday, May 20, 2021. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 1, at the Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Wolf Point with cremation to follow. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel of Wolf Point was entrusted with the arrangements.

Lee Ann Tank, 65, of Wolf Point died April 25, 2021, at Trinity Hospital in Wolf Point. A luncheon will be held at noon Thursday, May 27, at the Community Bible Church in Wolf Point. A graveside service will follow at 2 p.m. at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in McCone County, 10 miles east of Vida on Highway 201. In case of rain, the service will be at Community Bible Church in Wolf Point. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel was in charge of the arrangements.

The Roosevelt County commissioners approved sending a comment to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding proposed test releases from Fort Peck Dam for the benefit of federal endangered pallid sturgeon. The commissioners’ comment included, “A rush to make 2022 the first year of test releases is ill-timed both for irrigation and the pallid sturgeon. A drought year is a particularly bad year

Gov. Greg Gianforte has signed into law the ConnectMT Act, providing $275 million in federal funds to expand access to reliable broadband across Montana. “Too many of our communities, particularly in rural and frontier Montana, don’t have access to reliable broadband,” Gianforte said in Hamilton. “Greater access to broadband will increase opportunities for Montanans, whether in ag