Choteau News

If spotted knapweed could scream, there would be a lot of noise on the Rocky Mountain Front this summer as a variety of community weed pulls put the pressure on noxious weeds from July 11 to July 25.

Professional rodeo clown Flint Rasmussen, of Choteau, Montana poses for a photo on July 7 2009.

Sarah Kaleva and Blake Johnson plan an Aug. 21 wedding. She is the daughter of Mike and Cindy Kaleva of Choteau, and he is the son of Jay and Jenny Johnson of Brier, Wash.

In dramatic fashion, drug investigators swarmed Choteau this week, arresting eight people who each face multiple felonies related to possessing or selling marijuana.

At a blood drive in Great Falls' Civic Center on Thursday, 4-year-old Kenzie McKay was playful and energetic, if a bit shy.

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.

Ten suspects were arrested during a major marijuana bust in Teton and Pondera Counties.

A 2 1/2-year investigation that involved undercover officers and recorded phone calls culminated with a series of arrests in and around Choteau on Tuesday.

Officers from 15 law enforcement agencies executed two search warrants and arrested at least seven people on drug-related charges in Choteau today.

Sarah Kaleva and Blake Johnson plan an Aug. 21 wedding. She is the daughter of Mike and Cindy Kaleva of Choteau, and he is the son of Jay and Jenny Johnson of Brier, Wash.

Author A.B. Guthrie penned the phrase a oeBig Sky Countrya right in Choteau, Montana.

Edna E. Bernasek, 97, of Great Falls, a former registered nurse, died of natural causes Friday at a local nursing home.

Great Falls is going to the dogs, but in a good way. A new statue of a famous dog will be placed during the next year or two outside the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in Great Falls, officials announced Friday night at the sixth annual Lewis and Clark Outdoor Gala in Elks Riverside Park.

Letterman and barely-legal husband Reggina Lesko in a moment of prenuptial orgasmic happiness.

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

Who says you can't eat the scenery? Thousands of people do just that in the Crown of the Continent, where there's a growing bias in favor of local produce, fruit, meats, and canned goods.

As President Obama joins other world leaders along the cliffs of Normandy today to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, a dwindling number of Great Falls-area participants of the pivotal World War II battle will watch from Montana with mixed memories.

Northern Rocky Mountain Front, Eastern Glacier, Cascade, Central and Southern Lewis & Clark, Southern Rocky Mountain Front, Judith Basin, Fergus, Broadwater, and Meagher counties, including the cities of Browning, Cut Bank, Choteau, and White Sulphur Springs T he National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for snow ...

The mill levy for the Hospital District in Teton County failed by 300 votes recently, leaving the future of 97 employees and the local hospital in a cloud of uncertainty.

CHOTEAU - Myrtle A. Dale, 93, of Choteau, died of cancer May 23 at her daughter's home in Missoula.