( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire departments April 4-10. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: April 4 Randolph Onstad, 35, male, Triangle Park, open container, tribal court. Neva Spottedwolf, 59, female, 400 block of Blaine Street, open container, tribal court. April 5 Lewis

( Publisher’s Note: Each week, the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office distributes an inmate roster with the names of persons incarcerated at the jail and does not necessarily mean there is a new charge or conviction.) Prisoners housed in the Roosevelt County Detention Center included: Robert Azure Sr., 60, Poplar, hold for Fort Peck Tribes. Maurice Beaudry, 29, Wolf Point, hold for Fort

The Blackfeet Tribal Business Council declared a State of Emergency last Tuesday after 17 fentanyl overdoses, and four deaths were reported on the reservation during the week of March 14 alone. “We would like the community to be aware of the street drug Fentanyl and its potency. Fentanyl can be as small as a grain of salt that can result in overdose and or death,” a press release from the

A Poplar man who admitted to stabbing two individuals at a Wolf Point residence was sentenced last week to three years and two months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said. Dewayne C. Shoots Jr., 29, pleaded guilty in December 2021 to an indictment charging him with two counts of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Chief

The Optimist Club of Wolf Point is hosting their annual Easter egg hunt at the Faith Home lawn Saturday, April 16. The Easter Bunny will be hopping into Wolf Point at 11 a.m. Historically, Optimist members have placed as many as 3,000 eggs in the grass with candy and small prizes. If inclement weather forces a postponement, the event will be rescheduled for Saturday, April 23. Faith Home

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is leading a coalition of 21 other state attorneys general in defense of the Second Amendment, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rule against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives rulemaking that would immediately transform hundreds of thousands of law-abiding gun owners into criminals. The attorneys general filed an amicus brief last