The Roosevelt County commissioners held their regular meeting Tuesday, Feb. 18. Commissioners Gordon Oelkers, Duane Nygaard and Gary Macdonald were in attendance. Donna Reum took notes for meeting minutes. Minutes were accepted for the month of January and the Jan. 28 regular meeting. The commissioners approved the purchase of a new mass callout/ reverse 911 system for the Fort Peck Tribes/Roosevelt

David Joseph “Joey” Cord, 25, was sentenced in Roosevelt County District Court in Wolf Point Feb. 12 after a jury found him guilty of sexual assault on Sept. 13, 2019. Cord was found not guilty of sexual intercourse without consent. According to charging documents, Cord was observed coming down the stairs at the victim’s home in Culbertson on Sept. 21, 2018, with no pants on, holding his

Nickander Dewayne Dean Merculieff, 10, of Poplar, was located safely Friday, Feb. 7, after notices from the Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office were issued to help locate Merculieff. His disappearance was reported as far away as Billings. According to Roosevelt County Undersheriff John Summers, the investigation was handled by the Fort Peck Tribes Department of Law and Justice. Merculieff

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department Feb. 10-16. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Citations were issued to: February 10 Erica Laverdure, 34, female 500 block of U.S. Highway 2, theft, tribal court. Kimberly Blackeagle, 57, female, 300 block of Knapp Street, aggravated disorderly conduct,

David Joseph “Joey” Cord, 25, was sentenced in Roosevelt County District Court in Wolf Point Feb. 12 after a jury found him guilty of sexual assault on Sept. 13, 2019. Cord was found not guilty of sexual intercourse without consent. According to charging documents, Cord was observed coming down the stairs at the victim’s home in Culbertson on Sept. 21, 2018, with no pants on, holding his