Montana Governor Greg Gianforte made a two-day stop in Sidney visiting Eastern Montana Meats and Sidney Health Center while hosting a town hall meeting sandwiched between the two.

The visit did not go as the governor, the Sidney Area Chamber or the Sidney Young Professionals had planned, however. The Sidney Herald received an itinerary stating there would be a “town hall” meeting. With the majority of people, including the Sidney Herald, holding an understanding that a town hall meeting is open to the public, the newspaper published the schedule on their Facebook page the afternoon prior to the governor’s arrival on Tuesday.