Cut Bank News

CONRAD - World War II Army Air Corps veteran Lester 'Bud' Peters, 88, a longtime area farmer, died of heart failure Wednesday at his family farm east of Ledger.

When Chary Majerus agreed to renew her advertising contract with a nationwide phone book publisher, she assumed the arrangement would be similar to her 2009 contract.

CUT BANK - Donald L. Stiner Jr., 62, a retired diesel mechanic from Cut Bank, died of complications from diabetes Thursday at a Cut Bank care facility.

MCKEE - Daughter born Friday to Scarlette and Tyler McKee of Great Falls. OVERSTREET - Daughter born Thursday to Amy and Matthew Overstreet of Cut Bank.

BROWNING - LaVerne Sinclair Crieger, 75, a retired tribal/Bureau of Indian Affairs dispatcher from Browning, died Friday at a Great Falls hospital of complications following surgery.

Ice cream parlors lure those with a sweet tooth and, in this case, a penchant for little parasols.

A Cut Bank farmer and a Shelby processing plant teamed up last week to donate peas destined for Haiti and other Third World countries through the Convoy of Hope.

Annie McDonald and Michael Russo have chosen Aug. 20 as the date of their wedding.

BABB - Ian "Smitty" Smith, 90, died of natural causes Sunday at his home at Duck Lake.

The Great Falls Census office is looking to hire hundreds of workers over the next several months, but would like to see more applications coming in for those jobs.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, more commonly known as the ELCA, recently made a landmark decision, voting 559-451 to allow gay clergy.

Elizabeth Ann Webb and Caenaan Aaron Hatfield of Missoula are planning a May 1 wedding.

CUT BANK - Major restoration work on the exterior of Cut Bank's historic World War II hangar finished recently - 65 years after the building was first constructed and three years after the process began.

CUT BANK - The Montana Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public meeting Jan.

Danielle Milos and Tad Kimmet have chosen a July 31 wedding date. Parents of the couple are Jim and Laura Milos of Great Falls, and Marvin and Becky Kimmet of Cut Bank.

The National Weather Service in Great Falls on Wednesday issues a winter weather advisory for central and northcentral Montana.

SHELBY - At any given moment, the Rev. Michael Drury can look at a terra cotta of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ intricately painted in blue and gold leaf by his great-uncle, the Rev.

However, new cold arriving later in the weekend could lead The harsh cold will continue to ease from west to east from the Rockies to the Great Lakes the next couple of days.

BROWNING - June Marie Flammond, 45, of Browning, a right-of-way assistant with Compton Signature, died of pneumonia Saturday at her home.

BROWNING - When Oprah toured the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama made sure to point out several special ornaments, including one bright blue one with beaded snowflakes made by Blackfeet artists.