Chinook News

In and around the Hi-Line town of Chinook, you'll find small town-charm and plenty of history.

AUGUSTA - When a premier two-legged competitor draws a prime four-legged athlete in the rodeo arena, fans expect fireworks.

CHINOOK - Pro rodeo returns to the Hi-Line tonight when the Bear Paw Roundup gets under way at the local arena.

Eleri Morgan-Jones and Matthew Lynn Haney of Havre have chosen June 27 as their wedding date.

FORT BELKNAP - Richard Kenneth Weasel Sr., 73, an Army veteran whose Assiniboine Indian name was Crow , died of natural causes Tuesday at a Fort Belknap hospital.

Grain farmers don't complain about moisture, as a general rule. So Chinook-area organic producer Randy Hinebauch didn't mind letting this week's record snowstorm pass before hauling the first load of wheat to Montana Milling's new processing plant early Friday morning.

According to the U.S. Surgeon General, one in five Americans is affected by mental illness; that's more than heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined.

MALTA - Frances M. Holman, 79, a longtime Blaine County homemaker and rancher, died of natural causes Wednesday at the family home.

Melissa Rae Ahern and Clinton William Brown plan to be married May 23. Parents of the couple are Perry and Nancy Ahern of Havre and Eldwin and Heidi Brown of Chinook.

In June of 2007, the St. Paul Mission School in Hays was destroyed by an arson fire.

Two Montana Army National Guard helicopters left the state over the weekend to aid the flood response in North Dakota.

HELENA - Two Montana National Guard helicopters and 18 soldiers left Helena Saturday morning to help the state of North Dakota deal with flooding.

Montana's $200 million-plus in federal stimulus money for highway work isn't out of the chute yet, but it's already buoying the outlook of businessmen such as Kyle and Jason Fisher, brothers who form straw into tubes for erosion control at highway construction sites.

HELENA - The Montana Army National Guard dispatched two helicopters Tuesday to help locate motorists stranded by a snowstorm in southeastern Montana.

Christie Kim Weaver and Jeffrey Matthew Nissen plan to be married Sept. 5. She is the daughter of Alan and Rachel Weaver of Big Sandy, and he is the son of Larry and Patty Nissen of Chinook and the late Anne Nissen.

It's a collection that might be found on the living room mantel of a world traveler or on an episode of Antiques Roadshow.

FORT BENTON - A rock star in the tractor world - the International Harvester Model F-1066 Farmall that has proudly been displayed at the Museum of the Great Northern Plains in Fort Benton - will soon be the ...

Albertina C. Kaul, 86, of Great Falls, a retired switchboard operator at 1st Bank of Great Falls, died of natural causes Friday at a local nursing home.

At age 5, Anna Lagarde watched her mother chop kindling when a splinter of wood flew up and penetrated Anna's skull.

BILLINGS -- Havre won 15 first-round matches as the Ponies built a large lead over runner-up Sidney.