Chouteau County News

Joyce H. Lund, 79, of Great Falls, died of natural causes Oct. 22 at Peace Hospice.

The grizzly bear that's been seen roaming in Chouteau County killed a sheep on Monday night, and is now reported to be in the Loma area.

BIG SANDY - The Big Sandy community is holding a fundraiser Friday to help the Pearson family, whose home was destroyed in a suspected arson fire May 1. Ron and Gay Pearson's ranch is about 40 miles southeast of Big Sandy on the banks of the Missouri River.

The Great Falls Community Food Bank is getting more cash and food donations than in prior years, but the demand for food also is far greater, says executive director Gayle Gifford.

The Montana Department of Transportation is seeking comments on a proposal to crack-seal and seal and cover U.S. Highway 87 in Cascade and Chouteau counties.

ROCKY BOY'S RESERVATION - While neighboring schools compete to recruit large families and watch their enrollment slide with despair, schools on the Rocky Boy's Reservation have the luxury of not worrying about student numbers and the dollars tied to them.

Central Montana is slated for a little fun down on the bayou with cajun/zydeco band Tom Rigney & Flambeau playing back-to-back concerts in Great Falls and Fort Benton.

The identities of two men killed and a woman injured after a one-vehicle rollover near Loma Thursday night have been released.

Two people were killed and another seriously injured in a rollover accident near Loma, which is about 50 miles northeast of Great Falls.

Michelle Keeley, the mother of a 13-year old boy who was killed by law enforcement officers in 2007, has filed a lawsuit.

The mother of a 13-year-old boy killed in a police shootout nearly two years ago in Chouteau County has filed a lawsuit against several of the law enforcement agencies involved in his death.

Great Falls' beginnings are forever linked with Lewis and Clark and their sighting of the great falls.

A self-inflicted gunshot wound killed a Conrad man who was in the custody of the Pondera County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, according to a Division of Criminal Investigation news release.

Kelsey Morris, 24, was sentenced to six months in jail Tuesday for lying to police about her role in the 2007 shooting death of Fort Benton's John "J.J. Hankins" Wendell.

Approximately 60 firefighters from at least 12 agencies battled a 20,000-acre grass fire Saturday south of Square Butte in Chouteau County.

About 60 firefighters from at least a dozen agencies battled a 20,000-acre grass fire near Square Butte that destroyed one outbuilding but didn't threaten any homes.

Firefighters are still on the scene of a wild land fire that burned some 20,000 acres.

A Liberty County man is being held on $2 million bond for shooting the Undersheriff.

Area motorists trudged through ice, slush and puddles as temperatures climbed Wednesday.

Wind gusts of up to 50 mph tossed the area's tall snow around Saturday, causing the closure of some rural roads with conditions set to worsen today, according to forecasters.