Two sentencing hearings took place and pleas were completed during cases in district court on Wednesday, Dec. 16. Andre Jean Reum received five-year deferred sentences and was fined $1,000 for each criminal possession of dangerous drugs counts. Reum will be given credit for 146 days served. District Judge David Cybulski noted that Reum has no felony criminal history. The drugs involved in

A Wolf Point man on Wednesday, Dec. 16, admitted assaulting a woman with a hatchet at a residence on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif Johnson said. Austin Lee Pipe Sr., 30, pleaded guilty to assault resulting in substantial bodily injury. Pipe faces a maximum five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian

Riley John Chatterton of Sidney made guilty pleas to two felony charges as part of plea agreement in district court on Wednesday, Dec. 16. Chatterton gave guilty pleas for burglary and theft for taking items for a Culbertson location on June 18. Maximum penalties for the offense of burglary is 20 years in prison and a $50,000 fine or both. Maximum penalties for the offense of theft are three

The Wolf Point speech and drama team competed in the Choteau virtual meet involving 40 other Class B and C schools from across Montana on Saturday, Dec. 19. The meet featured 249 competitors and 205 different entries. Wolf Point’s Daniel Sears earned sixth place out of 21 participants in spontaneous oral interpretation. Angelica Sutton placed second out of 19 students in Lincoln Douglas

When the Montana Legislature convenes on Jan. 4, 2021, the state’s K-12 school officials are hopeful that funding will remain at least to the level that legislators agreed to in 2019. “We haven’t heard much of anything yet,” Culbertson superintendent of schools Larry Crowder said about the possible amount of funding. Froid superintendent of schools Janessa Parenteau said she hasn’t