Fairfield News

With 204 votes, challenger Heather McCartney lost her bid against Choteau Mayor John "Jay" Dunckel, who had 502 votes.

FAIRFIELD - Grant Daniel Poole, 6, died of Wilms' tumor Thursday at his home in Fairfield.

Small, noncommercial general aviation airports are a necessity, not a luxury, in small Montana towns.

Several celebrations marked the golden wedding anniversary of Duane and Betty Mellinger of Ulm.

CHOTEAU - Longtime Choteau resident Helen Louise Stenson, 92, died of natural causes Sunday at a Choteau nursing home.

Growing melons in Montana requires great amounts of labor and care - the tender plants must be nurtured through early summer frosts and, once ripe, pass through a chain of people to get from the fields to trucks.

Several painted bison sculptures, including two by the late Joe Halko, went to the highest bidders at West Yellowstone's Painted Buffalo Project Auction on Aug.

FAIRFIELD - World War II Air Force veteran and farmer Herbert Schmidt, 88, of Choteau, and formerly of Fairfield, died Friday at Teton Medical Center of complications from a fall in July, and from the effects of a stroke he suffered in 2002.

BILLINGS - A Billings pharmacist has had his license suspended for the third time in six years - this time for failing to participate in a substance-abuse program.

FAIRFIELD - Calvin Clayton Squires, 82, of Fairfield, a retired Navy veteran, died Saturday at a Great Falls hospital, of complications from Parkinson's disease.

FAIRFIELD - Calvin Clayton Squires, 82, of Fairfield, a retired Navy veteran, died Saturday at a Great Falls hospital, of complications from Parkinson's disease.

The Annual Fairfield Swim Days kicked off Friday night at the Community Hall and Dr.

CHOTEAU - Citizens State Bank of Choteau is celebrating its 100th anniversary July 23 from 4 to 7 p.m. with a barbeque, live music and drawings.

Elizabeth Nugent and Scott Simpson were married March 21 at the Ventura Country Club, with Linda Calderaro officiating.

Ron and Dorothy Jaraczeski of Stanford celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on June 6 at Montana Farmers Union Arrowpeak Camp in the Highwood mountains.

FAIRFIELD - Elmer J. Pearson, 93, died of natural causes Tuesday at Peace Hospice in Great Falls.

This time last month, the outlook for northcentral Montana water users and managers was pleasant, thanks to a wet start to spring.

CHOTEAU - Teton Medical Center in Choteau won't face closure, thanks to a $180,000 loan from the Teton Medical Center Foundation.

Jessica Marie Brodock and Jason Randolph Wallin have chosen June 6 as their wedding date.

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