Dillon DeMery Wetsit changed his plea to guilty for voluntary manslaughter during a hearing in U.S. District Court in Great Falls on Tuesday, June 23. Sentencing is set for Oct. 15, at 2:30 p.m. in Great Falls. The offense carries a maximum penalty of 15 years of imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. In pleading guilty, the defendant acknowledges that first,

Three sentencing hearings were among the action taken in Roosevelt County District Court in front of District Judge Benjamin Fosland on Tuesday, June 23. Tshauna Azure was sentenced to a two-year commitment with the Montana Department of Corrections for criminal endangerment. The sentence was based on a joint recommendation by the state and defense. Judge Fosland remarked that the two-year

The Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office responded to 140 calls from June 22-30. The calls included the following: June 23 Deputies responded for the Fort Kipp area for a woman in labor. Deputies helped the female into the Culbertson ambulance. The effort by deputies to serve a search arrest in Wolf Point’s tribal housing area for unsuccessful. Deputies and the Fort Peck Tribes Department

To celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary, Wolf Point will have its largest fireworks display ever on Saturday, July 4. The display is scheduled to start at 10 p.m. on the location two blocks east of the Sherman Inn. The show is regarded as the largest display in northeastern Montana. “We have some special effect shells this year,” organizer George Blount said. “We have doubled up