Conrad News

Two more defendants arrested in connection with a 2 1/2-year investigation in Choteau were identified Wednesday, and authorities said the case is bigger than early numbers suggest.

Katrina Keil and Erik Johnson were married Sept. 27 at the Woodlands in Cottonwood Canyon, Bozeman, with James Taffel officiating.

A couple of young grizzly bears have been drawing attention in parts of Pondera and Toole counties and have even turned the heads of motorists on I-15 when the bruins were in a field east of the interstate.

Conrad folks know how to throw a party, and they'll prove it this weekend. The 69th annual Whoop Up Days celebration includes a parade, rodeo, golf scramble, Colgate Country Showdown music competition and Rhubarb Festival.

SHELBY - Raymond "R.J." Woldtvedt, 91, of Shelby, a Navy veteran, died of natural causes on May 21 at a Shelby hospital.

SHELBY - Gregory James Nesbo, 55, an electrical engineer from Bothell, Wash., died of respiratory failure and complications of diabetes May 5 at a Bothell hospital.

Summer camp is a part of the agenda for many Montana kids' during the school break and farm organizations offer several options of the tradition.

A coroner's inquest conducted today in Conrad found that the Pondera County Sheriff's Department was not culpable for the death of a man who shot himself after authorities allowed him to retrieve medication and tend to his livestock at his home.

A jury found a 59-year-old Conrad man decided to take his own life rather than go back to jail.

A Coroner's Inquest will be held on Wednesday into the fatal shooting of a Conrad man which happened in early February.

Sunday marked the beginning of National EMS week and Dutton is celebrating with a new ambulance for its EMS and Training facility.

DAUGHERTY - Daughter born Thursday to Nicole and Grant Daugherty III of Great Falls.

The Teton Medical Center's request for an annual $338,000 cash infusion has divided the community into two groups - people who say "it's needed" and those whose answer is "no way." Supporters argue passionately that without the extra money, the Choteau clinic and emergency room will close down and people will have to hope they can reach Great ...

Big Sandy's Amber Amsbaugh cleared 5 feet, 4 inches to tie the girls' high jump record in the 17th annual Cascade Lions Top 8 Track and Field Meet Thursday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.

There are still questions surrounding the shooting of three Glasgow residents at Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital in January.

Coaldale-area landowners Tuesday lost their appeal of the Montana Alberta Tie Ltd.

The following schools are closed Thursday, April 30: Cascade Schools Conrad Schools Choteau Schools Dutton/Brady Schools Fairfield Schools Geraldine Schools Power Schools Sun River Valley Schools Highwood Schools: open ONE HOUR late on Thursday, and breakfast will not be served.

EASTERN TETON. INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNING, CUT BANK, SHELBY, CHESTER, CONRAD, CHOTEAU, AND FAIRFIELD A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT THURSDAY FOR THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT AND ITS ADJACENT PLAINS.

A June 6 wedding is being planned by Madison Knox and Robert Michael. Their parents are Jackie and Joe Knox of Conrad and Marilyn and Jeff Michael of Billings.

Stormy Schwindt rode his dapple gray horse into the town of Cascade last week, tied it to a sign and walked into Town Hall, where he issued an unusual request to clerk Karen Morrison: 'Fine me $500.' He wasn't horsing around.