Dutton News

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

Richard Arlen 'Dick' Maxwell, 72, of Great Falls, died of complications from cancer and heart problems Saturday at a local health care facility.

Nearly 300 people, including this Blackfeet crew, worked for days to contain the MacDonald Pass fire, which began this past Friday and was in mop-up mode on Tuesday.

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

An evacuation order for all the homes around Holter Lake remains in effect this morning, according to fire information officer Brian LaMoure.

DUTTON, MT a 'A When Courtney Lowery flew to Seattle for surgery shortly after her college graduation, her hometown newspaper published a notice so community members knew where to drop off gifts.

Roy Franklin Goodell, 86, of Dutton, died of natural causes at his home Friday. Cremation has taken place under the direction of Croxford Funeral Home and Crematory.

DUTTON - Dutton co-founder George Sollid was photographed during the town's formative years in a wheat field with crops sprouting chest high.

DUTTON - Joyce Gail Bechard, 73, a Dutton homemaker, died of natural causes Friday at her home.

Last month, voters in the Teton County Hospital District - which encompasses about two-thirds of the county, excluding the Dutton and Power areas - soundly rejected a new 31-mill, 10-year property tax levy sought to help defray the expenses of operating the emergency room at Teton Medical Center, a 12-bed Critical Access Hospital in Choteau.

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.

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