Community News Staff What to do with a large dead tree was a topic of discussion during the Bainville Town Council meeting held on Monday night, Aug. 10. During the public comment portion of the meeting, a resident explained that lightning struck a tree on Evans Street during a recent storm. She added that an insurance agent feels the tree, which is located on a boulevard, should be cut down.

The Culbertson Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a grass fire south of Fort Kipp on Aug. 9 at 3:42 p.m. BIA Fire, Culbertson, Bainville, Brockton, and Froid volunteer fire departments responded. According to Roosevelt County fire warden Mike Olson, the fire was moving quickly to the east due to high winds and dry fuels. “The fire got in the trees along the river bottom and thick