The Poplar School District is prepared to start its school year on Thursday, Aug. 26. The school district will conduct new staff orientation on Monday, Aug. 23. The staff will have a PIR day on Tuesday, Aug. 24. After last week’s school board meeting, Poplar has a full teaching staff for the 2021-2022 school year. “We’re ready to go,” Poplar Superintendent of Schools Dan Schmidt

The U.S. Postal Service has filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission regarding a temporary price adjustment for key package products for the 2021 peak holiday season. This temporary rate adjustment is similar to the one in 2020 that anticipated heightened peak-season package and shipping demand, which typically results in extra handling costs. The planned peak-season pricing, which was

Joshua Dean LaRoche of Poplar changed his plea to guilty for the charge of criminal possession of dangerous drugs in district court on Wednesday, Aug. 11. LaRoche admitted that on June 1, he was in Roosevelt County and was in possession of a baggie with meth residue. According to court documents, law enforcement saw a person on June 1, who had a warrant from state probation. After LaRoche

Jason Allen Kust of Bismarck, N.D., entered a not guilty plea to the charge of possession with intent to distribute dangerous drugs during a hearing in district court on Wednesday, Aug. 11. If convicted of the felony, maximum penalties are 20 years in prison, a $50,000 fine or both Kust is charged with having 2 ounces of meth in his possession when he was arrested on Aug. 5. The street value,

Jerry Allen Stone Jr., aka Joshua Ivan Doefer, 38, of Culbertson appeared in federal court in Billings before U.S. Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Cavan and made a not guilty plea on Friday, Aug. 12. Stone is facing charges of felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. If convicted of the most serious crime, Stone faces a maximum 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department Aug. 2-15. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) The WPPD blotter for Aug. 9-15 was unavailable as of presstime. The blotter from Aug. 2-8 appeared last week. Fire Blotter Aug. 4: The WPVFD responded to a motor vehicle accident at 5:25 a.m. at milemarker 602 on U.S.

Former Wolf Point resident Paul Kermit Gysler, 39, is facing several criminal charges in Flathead County. The Daily Inter Lake reports that Gysler, now of Bigfork, was arrested on July 30, for violating his terms of release as an alleged incident involving his parents resulted in partner/family member assault charges. Gysler’s father said his son entered the house, was verbally abusive

( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of everyone incarcerated and persons booked into the jail during the previous week and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center over the past week included: Whisper Anderson, 42, Omaha, Neb., hold

An accident involving a motorcycle and a pilot car occurred near mile marker 617 of U.S. Highway 2 on July 21. Two individuals were reported to have minor injuries from the crash. According to a report by Montana Highway Patrol, the accident involved a 2010 Harley Davidson motorcycle driven by Roger Andrew Schaffer of Ada, Mich., and a 2012 Dodge Ram pickup driven by Joseph Levette Robinson

BNSF Railway reports that a train hit an individual in Roosevelt County on Saturday, Aug. 7. Ben Wilemon, external corporate communications manager, said the incident happened at about 6:05 a.m. when an intermodal freight train struck a trespasser near Poplar. “We are saddened to say that the individual was fatally injured,” Wilemon said. “The incident did not take place at a road crossing.