County attorney.” All other matters are reserved for trial to include issues of damages, mitigation of damages, etc. The judge ordered counsel to confer with one another concerning scheduling of jury trial, pretrial conference, motion hearing, expert disclosures, discovery deadlines and any other pretrial matters that need to be addressed. During the hearing, it was pointed out that Christoffersen

As a part of his work to ensure Montana communities are prepared for extreme flooding and drought, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has secured $26 million in funding from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration to support soil moisture and snowpack monitoring and improve drought and flood forecasting in Montana and four other Upper Missouri River Basin states. This investment will come

A Wolf Point native who rose to the position of Montana’s governor has died. Ted Schwinden died on Saturday, Oct. 7, at the age of 98. Schwinden was born and raised on a farm north of Wolf Point. He was elected to the Montana House of Representatives in 1958. The Democrat served as the House majority whip in 1961. The 1943 Wolf Point High School graduate was a state spelling bee champion

The Roosevelt County commissioners approved an action to send a letter to the Montana Department of Transportation to request a speed study be conducted just outside of Culbertson. Commissioner Gordon Oelkers explained some residents would like the speed limit to be reduced from 70 miles per hour to 55 miles per hour between the beet dump and bridge south of the overpass near Culbertson. “There’s

With the belief that the move will benefit county property taxpayers, the Roosevelt County Commissioners agreed on Tuesday, Oct. 3, to provide the state with 77.89 mills rather than the traditional 95 mills for public education. The resolution notes that the commissioners have determined that the correct number of mills to be levied for fiscal year 2024 for the state equalization aid is 32.90