Piocos County Attorney Job Remains Open (Photo by James Walling) The Roosevelt County Commissioners held their regular meeting Tuesday, Jan. 26. Commissioners Gordon Oelkers, Gary Macdonald and Duane Nygaard were in attendance. Bill Juve and Clay Peterson attended the meeting remotely. The commissioners approved an updated 10-year management plan for the Weed district. Department

Lana Lee (Sargent, Lambert) Mikkelsen, (Jingle Dress Woman), 47, of Brockton died Jan. 16, 2021, in Billings. She was born to Annette “Ann” Lambert and Wyman Sargent on Aug. 6, 1973, in Poplar. She was also mainly raised by her grandparents Bernard “Barney” Lambert Sr. and Sybil (Bighorn) Lambert. As she got older, she attended both Poplar and Brockton schools, graduating from Brockton High School in 1991. After a brief stay at Rocky Mountain College, she graduated with multiple associates degrees from Fort Peck Community College. In her short life, she held multiple positions, both formal and voluntary. She mainly loved working with and for people and being a youth advocate. Among these many jobs include the numerous years at Fort Peck Housing Authority in different positions and, most recently, as the recruitment officer at Fort Peck Community College. In 1998, she married Lars-Inge Mikkelsen and, one year later, welcomed their first child, Joseph John Lewis, on Nov. 1, 1999. Shortly after, Lars started wishing for a baby girl and his prayers were answered when they were blessed with their twin girls, Jacie Payton Jo and Kristina Irene Marie, on Dec. 8, 2001. She could not wait to be a grandmother and she got her wish when her son welcomed his daughter Oct. 23. Her family and friends will always remember her as a strong-willed, compassionate, respectful, hardworking person who always did everything she could to help those in need. She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Avery Mikkelsen. She is survived by her husband, Lars Mikkelsen; children, Joseph Mikkelsen, Jacie and Kristina Mikkelsen. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 25, at Red Eagle Church in Fort Kipp. Interment was at Fort Kipp Cemetery. Clayton Stevenson Memorial Chapel assisted with the arrangements.

Anna Steppler was the winner of the 2021 Culbertson School District Spelling Bee Wednesday, Jan. 20. (Submitted photo)