Robbery suspect arrested

An 18-year-old man is in jail, accused of robbing the Woodland Qwik Stop at about 11 p.m. Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Donations help out dive team

The Flathead County Sheriff°¯s Office Dive Team has a new member that goes to depths of 250 feet, takes high-resolution photos, and swims at a pace of 2 mph without ever taking a breath.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Two face charges in crashes

A woman was arrested during the weekend in connection with one fatal car accident, and a warrant was issued Monday for a man for another accident.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Snow balls up traffic

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Harassment suit filed against tire company

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against Les Schwab Tire Center for allegedly allowing racial harassment against an American Indian employee in Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Animated suspension

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Ambrozuk returns

Suspect in 24-year-old homicide appears in Flathead court, ordered held without bond
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Ambrozuk described fatal crash to friend

Details come from recorded phone call
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Neighbors protest family's message

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

24 years later, questions remain

Flathead County detective would like a sit-down with murder suspect Ambrozuk
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Murder suspect arrested

Man who crashed airplane into Little Bitterroot Lake in 1982 turns up in Texas
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

If you owe, he'll know

Flathead High School senior is updating Justice Court backlog of unpaid fines
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

New stop ahead for Stillwater/Reserve

As soon as Wednesday, a four-way stop-sign arrangement could be in place at the intersection of West Reserve Drive and Stillwater Road.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Local man charged in pipeline scam

A Whitefish man has been implicated in an alleged scam based in New York, involving a multi-billion-dollar oil pipeline proposal in Buryatia, a former republic of the Soviet Union.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

No magic was needed; just Merlin

Man imprisoned for crimes he didn't commit thanks software company
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Jury finds Kolb guilty

A Flathead County jury Wednesday found Kyle Kolb guilty of robbing two Missoula men in Whitefish in January.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Robbery trial

Alleged victims testify
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Robbery trial gets under way

Kyle Kolb, 20, is accused of stealing from two men Jan. 15
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Court voids conviction of sex offender Rytky

The Montana Supreme Court last week overturned the conviction and sentence of sex offender Wilbur Rytky.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Farm insurer pleads guilty to wire fraud

Myron "Mike" Felt, the former president of Crop Hail Management, Inc., in Bigfork, pleaded guilty Friday to wire fraud and money laundering. He will be sentenced on Oct. 19.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Inmate stabs himself in courtroom

After medical treatment is refused, court sends Straight to jail
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Six candidates vie for 2 judge positions

Justice of the Peace David Ortley has a spectral opponent in his bid for re-election in Flathead County, while four other candidates face off for the other open judge position.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Ruminations of a convicted kidnapper

As Joseph Aceto plans his appeal, he also wants to clear his guilty conscience
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Legal action now targets prosecutors

Budget Finance has added prosecutors to the list of people it is suing for the handling of convicted sex offender Dick Dasen, a former owner of the Kalispell business.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Highways take a toll on bikers

Rash of Flathead fatalities has law enforcement urging caution
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Battling a whisper campaign

The qualifications of John Weaver, one of three candidates for Flathead County sheriff/coroner, have been questioned in an apparent letter-writing campaign and he'd like to clear the air, he said.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Suspected kidnapper arrested

A man who allegedly kidnapped a co-worker from her home and threatened to kill two other employees at the UPS office in Kalispell was arrested Wednesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Sheriff hopefuls square off

As the three candidates for Flathead County sheriff talked at a Thursday forum about themselves and their ideas for improving the office, one candidate denounced what he called a developing "smear campaign."
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Murderer gets 90-year prison term

Project proposed on 646 acres near the foot of Ashley Lake
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 18 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

State shooting laws lead to a need for tolerance

Your neighbor's gunplay probably is legal
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Ex-C. Falls student dies in shootout

A former Columbia Falls High School student was killed in a shootout with police near Cleveland last week.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Ex-businessman admits guilt in fraud case

Myron 'Mike' Felt reaches plea agreement in money laundering
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Shots lead to arrests of teens

Four teenagers were arrested on suspicion of drug offenses Sunday night after gunshots were reported at a home on Flathead Drive. No one was hurt.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Libby woman charged in embezzlement

A Libby woman has been charged with embezzling from her Kalispell employer under duress by her boyfriend, now deceased.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Aceto found guilty

A Flathead County jury Thursday night convicted Joseph Aceto of attempted deliberate homicide and aggravated kidnapping for a 2000 shooting incident followed by the abduction of his former girlfriend Eileen Holmquist.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

'I didn't go there to kill anybody'

Joseph Aceto, facing attempted murder and kidnapping charges, testifies in his own defense
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Bond set for cocaine suspect

Bond is set at $250,000 for one of the people arrested last week in a cocaine seizure in Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Traffic stop leads to drug bust

Five people have been arrested on charges related to a seizure early Thursday morning of drugs, cash, and weapons in Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Cocaine bust nets 4 arrests

Kalispell police say 'substantial' amount of drug, $20,000 found in rental car
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Judge dismisses weapons charge

Aceto trial set to begin Monday
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

State seeks to spare kids from testifying

Former administrator at Montessori school accused in sex assaults on children
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Divers recover Canadian's body

Seamus Daley, 26, was presumed drowned after his canoe capsized April 7
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Searchers may have located man's body

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS AGO

Bachelor party turns tragic

A bachelor party on Whitefish Lake turned tragic Friday when one man presumably drowned.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Jury finds Roedel guilty of murder

Ferndale man convicted of shooting to death his common-law wife in August 2005
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

'We're so happy Dawn got justice'

Besides the unanimity in a jury's conviction Thursday of Larry Roedel, there was a unanimous opinion that the common-law wife he killed was a loving mother, provider, employee and friend.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Murder case ready for jury

Larry Roedel is accused of shooting his common-law wife in August
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Focus on forensics

Prosecutors put physical evidence in the spotlight on Day Two of Roedel murder trial
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Jury says Burgert's rights not violated

A federal jury Thursday in Missoula found no merit in David Burgert's lawsuit against the city of Kalispell and others.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Burgert jury gets case today

MISSOULA - A federal jury in Missoula is deciding whether Kalispell police violated David Burgert's civil rights by using excessive force when he was arrested on Nov. 27, 2001.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

District judge dismisses some claims

Testimony in Burgert trial continues today in Missoula
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Convict's civil-rights trial begins in Missoula

Burgert seeks $7 million
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Jail numbers drop to a four-year low

Population has fallen to the 80s and even the 70s in recent weeks
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Teen faces jail time in rape case

A 17-year-old boy faces prison time for the forcible rape of a 14-year-old girl in Kalispell last June.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Judge upholds Dasen case award

A jury award of $2.2 million for a girl who sued former Kalispell businessman Dick Dasen for sexual assault and battery will stand.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Man charged in sex assaults on children

Former administrator of Montessori school in Whitefish suspected of molesting boys
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Judge will decide who pays state in radio case

District Judge Kitty Curtis is considering whether John Stokes or one of his creditors - or both - must pay back about $350,000 the state overpaid Stokes for property condemned near his KGEZ radio station.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Johnny got his gun

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Changing times for drug team

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Methamphetamine-related charges around 30 percent

For years, officials have estimated 90 percent of the people who go through Flathead District Court are there on methamphetamine-related charges. No one really knows where that figure originated or how accurate it might have been during the peak years of meth-lab raids and arrests around 2000 and 2001.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Fresh out of jail, man charged with stabbing

A man who was released from jail Thursday, awaiting sentencing, was arrested hours later for allegedly going to the home of his assault victim and stabbing a man there.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Finance firm sues over Dasen search

Budget Finance, a company that was formerly operated by convicted Kalispell sex offender Dick Dasen Sr., has filed suit against the city of Kalispell, Police Chief Frank Garner, six individual police officers and other unnamed people.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Couple settles case over son's traffic death

A Lincoln County couple has settled their claim against the county and its sheriff's office for the traffic death of their 15-year-old son.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Man, 18, acquitted of rape charge

Chaz Carraway had denied assaulting former girlfriend
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell man survives rock slide

Sam McBride heard it before he saw it.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Rape suspect says sex was consensual

Trial of Chaz Carraway, 18, expected to conclude this morning
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Officers catch chase suspect

Michael Allen Murphy, 32, arrested Thursday night at Kiwanis Park
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lakeside teens suspected in burglary

Crime at Kalispell Truss was reported Tuesday morning to the Flathead County Sheriff's Office
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Big Arm residents rally for fire station

Big Arm's fire hall opened in 1980 - the result of volunteer work and donations. One firefighter remains from that original crew.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Sheriff's Office compiles registry of businesses

Earlier this winter, the owner of a coffee shop was surprised to read in the newspaper that someone had apparently interrupted an overnight burglary at her business. No one from the Flathead County Sheriff's Office had contacted her. No one from the office knew who owned the business.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Rape suspect returns to jail

Chaz Carraway, 18, admits violating conditions of release
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lawyer vies for Justice Court

Kalispell attorney Lane Bennett seeks full-time judgeship
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Young victim accuses Dasen of fraud

Girl says former Kalispell businessman transferred assets to avoid paying judgment
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Experts: Crowding adversely affects jail

Evaluators say building has become a pretrial holding facility
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Changes at Justice Court

Office becomes court of record, adds judge
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Snowmobilers, lost snowboarder found safe Monday night

Searches for a snowboarder lost on Big Mountain and two snowmobilers stuck on the east side of Hungry Horse Reservoir overlapped Monday night.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

County Attorney Corrigan seeks re-election

Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan filed Tuesday for re-election.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Third candidate to run for sheriff

Bruce Parish, detective commander of Flathead County Sheriff's Office, announced Friday his candidacy for sheriff/coroner.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Cesnik returns to court

Evergreen man, 68, resentenced for assault
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Meehan announces candidacy for sheriff

Flathead County Undersheriff Mike Meehan announced Tuesday his candidacy to move up to sheriff/coroner this year.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell man recounts rescue

Five snowmobilers who went to investigate an avalanche they heard Saturday afternoon north of Olney saved a man's life.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Meth use sends Project 7 figure back to prison

A year after a former Kalispell woman was sentenced on federal weapons charges, she was back in court last week for a drug-related probation violation.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Two charges reinstated in Fatt Boys case

Burglary and theft charges that were dropped last month against a Kalispell man accused of burglarizing Fatt Boys in November were reinstated Wednesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Whitefish man announces campaign for sheriff

Businessman John Weaver, 47, touts experience in criminal justice
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Man's body recovered from river

Investigators on Monday were trying to identify a man whose body was found in the Flathead River.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Parole denied for sex offender

Darrell G. Howe convicted in 1993 in child-sex case
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Judge nixes lower bail for suspect in assault

A man accused of holding an electric saw to his wife's face was denied his bid to be released from jail Thursday. The woman was unhurt.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Murder suspect released from jail.

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

No reduction in bond total for ex-deputy

Judge leaves intact $100,000 bail for Richard Rossmiller, 37
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Up in smoke: Marijuana reportedly found at fire

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Officials looking into death

Flathead County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting Friday night on the premise that it is a suicide.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Tower ready for fire training

When the temperature reaches 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit and smoke reduces visibility
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Court affirms utility manager's firing

Warren McConkey was dismissed by Flathead Electric in February 2002
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Cold-case confessions melt woman's heart

Kalispell resident discovers 'there are good kids out there'
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Parole hearing scheduled for killer

Jacob Woods convicted in 1978 murders of two young men in Kalispell
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Costa gets 40 years in prison

Admitted firing five shots at a man in a vehicle
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Man who burned transient gets prison

Judge sentences Raskiewicz for March 23 attack
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Would-be Flathead deputy arrested again

Rick Rossmiller accused of stalking, felony endangerment, witness tampering
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Judge says killer must serve extended sentence

A man convicted in 1995 of stabbing a transient to death near Whitefish was back in court last week on charges he violated his probation. The suspended portion of his 10-year-old sentence was reimposed.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Judge won't lower bond in DUI case

District Judge Ted Lympus refused to lower bond from $100,000 for a young man charged with four felony counts of endangerment.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Diaper caper fails miserably

Ex-wrestler pins would-be thieves
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Another domestic violence arrest

Hungry Horse man accused of threatening wife with electric saw
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Another arrest in Fatt Boys case

A second suspect has been arrested in the burglary and theft of a safe Nov. 7 at Fatt Boys.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Man charged with attempted murder

An Evergreen man was arrested Monday for attempted deliberate homicide for
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

State says Dasen owes $786,000 in back taxes

A warrant threatening seizure of property has been filed against convicted sex
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Arrest made in Fatt Boys burglary case

A Kalispell man was arrested Thursday for allegedly burglarizing Fatt Boys bar earlier this month. His troubles also include allegations he operated a meth lab, illegally crossed the Canadian border, and was involved in a felony theft of 580 gallons of gas in Whitefish.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

CFAC case to stay in Great Falls

The Montana Supreme Court ruled last week that a class-action suit against Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. and a multitude of other defendants should be heard in a Great Falls court.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Snow was cold welcome to winter driving

Drivers encountered snow, freezing rain and rain for the first time this season, causing traffic accidents across the valley.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Whitefish welcomes native son

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell businessman appeals convictions

Dick Dasen Sr. found guilty in May on five felony sex charges, misdemeanor
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Deputies arrest Louisiana fugitive

Frank Kircher, 32, wanted on escape charges
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Bond set for suspect in shooting

Rebecca Ann Braunig-Haag charged with deliberate homicide in husbands death
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Court today for shooting suspect

A North Fork woman is expected to appear today in court to be charged with either deliberate homicide or mitigated deliberate homicide.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Stolen I.D. leads to prison term

A Kalispell counterfeiting case marks the first time a Montana resident has been prosecuted under the new federal aggravated identity-theft law.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Longtime child molester gets 50-year term

A man who admitted molesting children for 30 years was sentenced to 50 years in prison Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Man sentenced for fatal crash

Andrew Lane Johnson to spend 30 days in jail for Fifield accident
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Plane crash blamed on a fuel problem

A plane that crashed into a Kalispell house in 2004 - killing both of the
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Staying behind bars

Parole denied for notorious killer
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Slayings of two young girls shocked the Flathead 32 years ago

Long before Amber Alerts, special child-abduction laws, DNA evidence, and violent-offender registries, two Marion children disappeared. Their murders were a frightening and consuming part of Flathead Valley criminal history.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Jurors reach mixed verdict in dog case

It didn't take a Kalispell jury long to find a man innocent of having vicious dogs, in a case that is more than a year old.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Assault suspect sought

Kalispell police are asking the public to help locate a man they believe is "extremely dangerous."
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Team seeks a different sort of sunken treasures

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Two charged with ID theft and forgery

Two people were arrested in Missoula this week on a host of charges that include identity theft, forgery and manufacture of methamphetamine. Some of the charges stem from incidents in Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Man pleads guilty in shooting

A man accused of shooting at a vehicle he wrongly believed carried an angry drug dealer pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted mitigated deliberate homicide.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Benefactors large, small pitch in for Red Cross

Flathead Valley residents have been generous and innovative in their donations to the Red Cross to help Hurricane Katrina victims.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Eureka ordered to pay $600,000

The city of Eureka has been ordered to pay more than $600,000 to a family whose home was damaged by a sewer backup.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Killer up for parole again

A man who was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences for murdering two Marion girls will be considered for parole at the end of the month.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Gas costs pinching sheriff's budget

As consumers look for ways to save money while fuel costs rise, the Flathead County Sheriff's Office is motivated to find savings on a bigger scale.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Hot on the trail

A team of expert tracker trainers is in the valley this week, working with local law enforcement officers and search-and-rescue members. On Wednesday, they were to work on a staged murder near Columbia Falls. Instead, some members wound up going to the Glacier Mountain Shadows-Western Inn to use their skills …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell businessman gets prison

Kalispell businessman David Tacke, convicted in June of a dozen fraud and money-laundering charges, was sentenced to nine years in prison Tuesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Aceto wants charges dismissed

Having found favor once with the Montana Supreme Court, Joseph Aceto is now asking the court to dismiss charges of attempted homicide and aggravated kidnapping against him. In the alternative, he wants transcripts of a victim who later died to be disallowed at his trial.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Fines begin for damage to utility lines

A "construction boom" is usually something positive, but when the "boom" follows a natural-gas-line break that occurs during construction, then it could be something tragic instead.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Chezem gets 15 months in prison

MISSOULA - A former candidate for Flathead County sheriff and a member of the paramilitary group Project 7 was sentenced to prison Friday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Attack sends man to prison

Edward Grogg gets 50-year sentence in attempted homicide
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Judge enters innocent plea for murder suspect

District Judge Ted Lympus on Thursday entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of Lawrence Roedel, charged with murdering his common-law wife, Dawn Thompson.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Two shot in Bigfork; two sought

Two Lake County men are being sought in connection with the shooting of two young men in a Bigfork bar parking lot early Wednesday morning.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Dasen given two years

Kalispell businessman Dick Dasen Sr., 62, will spend less than two years in prison
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Dasen to be sentenced on Monday

Since May 20, Dick Dasen Sr. has been in the Flathead County jail, awaiting Monday's sentencing.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Local coroners inquests illustrate the perils of life in the Old West

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Four years after 9/11, are we safer?

Four years and millions of dollars later, are Montanans safer from terrorists' attacks than they were on 9/11?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Family needs help after fire

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Woman admits false rape claim report

A Whitefish woman Wednesday admitted filing a false rape report last month.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Man charged with murder in wife's death

Deliberate homicide charges were filed Monday against Lawrence Frederick Roedel in
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

A rescue in Glacier

Thirty feet below a trail in Glacier National Park lay two people who had been mauled by a grizzly bear and then plunged down a cliff to a narrow rock ledge Thursday morning. Their rescue would be a textbook definition of courage and skill.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Bear bites can breed infection

When someone is mauled by a bear, Kalispell Regional Medical Center calls in Dr. Larry Iwersen.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Youth, 16, apologizes for crimes

A boy who helped cause thousands of dollars of damage in vandalism in Kalispell wants residents to know he's sorry and that the gang called the 406 Crips doesn't exist.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Storm swamps sailboats

They wanted wind for the North Flathead Yacht Club races Tuesday night, but not that much.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Bigfork bank robbed

A man who robbed Rocky Mountain Bank in Bigfork on Friday morning was disguised in a wig and fake facial hair, and was reportedly intoxicated.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Back in trouble:

A former Kalispell boy who made headlines when he helped start a fire that destroyed the Lakeside Marina is back in trouble.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Father reunites with toddler son

Scotty came home Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Judge imposes Brockway sentence

Tracy Brockway, the sole woman prosecuted for her involvement with the local paramilitary group Project 7, was back in District Court on Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Missing boy found outside apartment

A toddler who was allegedly abducted from foster care by his mother in Lake County was turned in to Kalispell police under unusual circumstances Wednesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

To catch a thief: Man recovers stolen car

The people who stole Brandon Nielsen's sister's car picked the wrong victim. Nielsen went to great lengths last week to help his little sister recover her car - and he came away with a good story to tell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Fugitive still on the run

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

One fugitive caught, another sought after chase

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Brockway jailed over probation issue

Tracy Brockway, the only woman sentenced in the illegal-weapons prosecution of
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Longtime reference librarian checks out

During her 35 years at Flathead County library, Rita Kraus has been around volumes of romance and adventure stories. Now it's time for her to live her own.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

One hundred cats, 14 dogs: Woman withdraws plea draws no-contest plea

A criminal case involving a woman who allegedly kept as m any as 100 cats, 14 dogs and other animals was continued Friday in Justice Court.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Internet pleas still snaring victims

Internet scams promising millions to people who help foreign dignitaries with
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Souped-up truck hits over 300 mph miles per hour

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Sentences reduced for Project 7 pair

Federal prison sentences were reduced Thursday for two people who cooperated with the government in prosecuting Kalispell-area residents for weapons crimes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Jury orders city of Whitefish to pay property owner over street project

A jury Wednesday ordered the City of Whitefish to pay a property owner more than $161,000 for property used to build part of 13th Street seven years ago.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Edmundson pleads guilty

A man who sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint pleaded guilty Wednesday, days before he was to stand trial.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Two men rescued after Flathead Lake ordeal

Two men in their early 20s were plucked from Flathead Lake at 2:30 a.m. Friday, ending an ordeal that had started almost six hours before.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Searchers try a test, find churning trough

Searchers trying to determine what happened to a man who disappeared in the Flathead River Sunday conducted an experiment Thursday that was a graphic demonstration of the water's power.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Teens claimto be members of Crips gang

Kalispell Police Department arrested four boys Thursday who are accused of causing thousands of dollars of gang-related vandalism.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Road-rage reports on rise

If you think drivers in the Flathead Valley are more rude, reckless, ruthless and rushed, you might be right.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Woman recovers car and dog stolen by Swan Valley escapee

On Monday, Sue Van Luven took her 5-month-old Australian shepherd, Rosey, to work, as she always does.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Swimmer presumed dead

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Man pleads guilty in scam

An Arizona man pleaded guilty Thursday to five federal crimes related to a scam that victimized Jensen's Jewelers in Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

New program alerts neighbors about pedophiles, missing children

A new program will help broadcast news about missing children and lost people with dementia, as well as inform residents about violent sexual predators who move into the neighborhood.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Deputy uses multiple Taser jolts to subdue man

A North Valley man was arrested Tuesday night after a chase and shrugging off several shots from a Taser gun.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Glick guilty

A jury Wednesday quickly convicted Ronald Glick of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl during 2003.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Glick sexual assault case goes to jury

A jury in the sexual assault case of Ronald Glick, formerly of Kalispell, is expected to begin deliberations this morning.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Sex offender arrested the day before his wedding

A day before he was to be married in Whitefish, a man was arrested Friday for failing to register as a sex offender.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Sex-assault trial begins

The jury trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a girl opened in fits and
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Restraining orders scrutinized in wake of Supreme Court ruling

A new U.S. Supreme Court ruling won't change how local officers enforce restraining orders, but it concerns at least one judge.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Lindberg guilty in sexual assault

A jury Thursday evening found Larry R. Lindberg guilty of molesting two children.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Testimony begins in Lindberg case

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Law enforcement finds few problems on Fourth

Compared with last year, the Fourth of July was a picnic.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Businesswoman warns others of scam attempt

A Kalispell businesswoman wants others to know about a scam she ran into this month.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Embezzler sentenced to one year

A Kalispell woman who embezzled from her former employers was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Deputy subject of probe

The state attorney general's office will investigate allegations about a man hired to be a new deputy in Flathead County just before he was arrested by a SWAT team Thursday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

SWAT team arrests aspiring deputy in felony case

The sheriff s SWAT team and other officers Thursday arrested a man who was about to begin a new job as a deputy.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Building the Dasen case

Kalispell policeman Kevin McCarvel never intended to uncover a prostitution case that would shock the Flathead Valley. He was just doing his work on the drug team.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Bear cub raids kitchen in Whitefish

A Whitefish woman and her son went home Wednesday night to find a bear cub frolicking on her kitchen counter.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Dasen ordered to stay in jail

Judge cites risk tothe community, $7 million shuffled
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Man pleads no contest in attack on wife

An Evergreen man has entered a no-contest plea to charges of attacking his estranged wife in her sleep on June 24, 2004.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

State opposes release of Dasen release

District Judge Stewart Stadler will have to decide soon whether to free businessman Dick Dasen from jail until Dasen's sentencing on sex crimes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Project 7 figure guilty of weapons charge

MISSOULA - A federal jury on Wednesday quickly found Larry Chezem guilty of conspiring to possess illegal weapons.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Chezem testifies for himself in weapons trial

MISSOULA - Larry Chezem testified on his own behalf Tuesday on federal charges that he conspired to possess illegal weapons
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Project 7 trial sheds light on conspiracy

A shadowy group of militants trained in the Montana woods, signed oaths of
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

The party's over: Law enforcement targets keggers

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Rain keeps falling, but flood threat is minimal

June announced its arrival in the Flathead Valley with near-record rainfall, soaking the landscape with about an inch and half of water in two days.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Fire destroys home for family of three

Co-workers of a woman whose home burned early Friday are trying to raise money to help her and her children.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Officers promoted, reassigned

Officers from both the Flathead County Sheriff's Office and Kalispell Police Department have some new stripes and new assignments.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Rapist's sentenceaffirmedby court

A Coram man who was granted two new sentencings by the Montana Supreme Court for sexually assaulting his daughter will have to live with the third sentence, which increased the time he will spend in prison.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Convicted killer goes back to jail

Chad Rothacker was said to be doing well, rebuilding his life after a brief prison term for killing a man over a pool game in Whitefish in 1994.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Bank embezzler wants out on bond

A hearing in federal court today will decide whether John A. Lence will be freed on bond pending appeal of his sentence for defrauding the former Mountain Bank in Whitefish.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Dasen being held in solitary jail cell

Kalispell businessman Dick Dasen Sr. is being kept segregated from other prisoners in the Flathead County Detention Center.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Kalispell woman named in alleged Ponzi scheme

A Kalispell woman who allegedly convinced members of her church to invest in a bogus investment plan has been ordered by the state to stop.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Juror: 'We did the right thing'

A juror in the Dick Dasen Sr. prostitution trial said the jury's task was "something I wouldn't wish anybody would have to do," but he was glad to be able to see the process work.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Guilty on six counts

A jury Friday night convicted Kalispell businessman Dick Dasen on six counts and acquitted him on seven after a month-long trial on sex crimes.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Relatives of missing kids hold out hope

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Dasen case goes to jury

The jury in the prostitution case of Dick Dasen Sr. can finally talk about the enormous volume of evidence it has absorbed in the past month. The case is to go to the jury this morning.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Man faces drug charges raid

The owner of Heads Up Tobacco Shop in Evergreen was arrested Wednesday in a raid by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, Northwest Drug Task Force and Immigration and Customs Service.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Testimony over in Dasen trial

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Dasen tells his side of story

The high-profile trial of Dick Dasen Sr. for prostitution-related offenses reached a crucial turn Tuesday as the defendant took the stand, acknowledged many of the facts in evidence, but disputed the prosecution's theory of the case.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Dasen seen as 'angel of mercy'

Defense witnesses Monday described defendant Dick Dasen Sr. as a man who gave to strangers and friends without expectation of any return.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Hit-and-run driver charged

A driver who reportedly slammed into a bicyclist, sending him flying 150 feet, has pleaded guilty to four charges, after having to be rescued himself.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Thief nets personal information from Kalispell company

About 9,000 people have been notified that some of their personal information was taken from the Merlin Information Service's database in Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Body believed to be that of teen who drowned in 1972

Divers Wednesday found more of what officials believe are the skeletal remains of a boy who drowned in Whitefish Lake 33 years ago.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 19 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Lence gets longer prison term

Former Kalispell attorney John A. Lence was sentenced for the third time Friday for defrauding the former Mountain Bank in Whitefish.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Kalispell woman taught 'Idol' finalist

Don't call Cathy Helder on Tuesday nights. She's riveted to her television, watching one of her former voice students sing her heart out.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Two convicted in marijuana case

Two men from Northwest Montana were convicted in federal court Tuesday of conspiracy to grow marijuana.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Box-boy hero is honored by cops

Kalispell Police Thursday honored a quick-thinking and heroic box boy who recovered a woman's purse after an alleged snatching.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Col. David Hackworth, military analyst, formerly of Whitefish, dies

Retired Army Col. David Hackworth, a famously outspoken and decorated veteran who lived in Whitefish in the 1990s, died Wednesday in Tijuana, Mexico. He was 74.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Plane crash kills 2 in Jewel Basin

A Whitefish couple died in a plane crash Tuesday night on Mount Aeneas in the Jewel Basin Hiking Area east of Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Eureka man murdered

Officials believe that a dispute over bighorn sheep led to murder in Eureka on Saturday evening.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Bank embezzler gets 4 months, must pay $759,000

A Kalispell woman was sentenced Friday to 40 months in jail and ordered to pay back $759,000 she embezzled from First Interstate Bank over a period of seven years.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Child molester leaves area in deal with prosecutors

A child molester arrested for allegedly giving false information when he registered as a sex offender in Kalispell will leave the state, according to terms of an agreement with prosecutors.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Jurors hear two views of Dasen case

A jury will have to decide whether Kalispell businessman Dick Dasen Sr. was a predator who exploited desperate women or a generous man who was taken advantage of by schemers.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Dasen jury selection moving slowly

By the end of a long day Monday, no one had been seated on the jury in the prostitution trial of Dick Dasen Sr.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Bigfork restores vintage fire engine

The faithful horses that used to pull it are long gone, but Bigfork's 1899 fire engine endures.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Child reunited with saviors

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Dasen cash-for-sex trial begins Monday

Some of the story of the trial of Dick Dasen Sr. is better told in numbers than in words.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Clues sought in man's death

The Flathead County Sheriff's Office hopes someone here knew Todd William Schwartz, 41, of Lebanon, Tenn.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Canyon residents, sheriff talk safety issues

Safety and civility were the main themes of a meeting in Hungry Horse Wednesday night, when Canyon residents and the sheriff found common ground.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Anniversary of unsolved murder observed

Two years after her sister's murder, Holly Wilcock is still crusading to find Darlene Wilcock's killer.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Charges sought in trestle incident

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad wants to prosecute three youths on four-wheelers who were nearly hit by a train Sunday on the Coram trestle.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Whitefish needs more firefighters

Supply and demand are growing more disparate for Whitefish Fire Department, as firefighter numbers dwindle and calls surge.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Court denies Dasen's request

The Montana Supreme Court won't intervene in the prostitution trial of Kalispell businessman Dick Dasen Sr.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

Sheriff's deputies honored for heroism

Two sheriff's deputies were honored by their department and their peers Tuesday for their performance at a Jan. 22 domestic assault.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS AGO

New computer analyzes video information

New equipment at Flathead County Sheriff's Office can help frame suspects in a useful and legal way.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Judge denies defense motions

District Judge Stewart Stadler on Wednesday denied the same motions he denied in January in the Dick Dasen Sr. prostitution case.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Dasen asks Supreme Court to take control

Attorney George Best has asked the Montana Supreme Court to intervene in the prostitution case of Dick Dasen Sr., weeks before the trial is to begin.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Chase damages three patrol cars

Two men in a van reportedly rammed a sheriff's deputy's car head-on Tuesday morning, starting a chase along the south side of Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Man charged after refusing to let dog be destroyed

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Hundreds summoned for Dasen jury trial

Summonses went out Friday to 450 prospective jurors for the Dick Dasen Sr. prostitution trial.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Libby involved in mesothelioma research

A new research project has received a grant from the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation in Santa Barbara to study the asbestos-related disease in Libby.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Man jailed again on stalking charge

A Lakeside man is jailed on a $500,000 bond on stalking charges.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Arrest made in Kalispell truck driver's murder

Two years after he was murdered in Memphis, a Kalispell man's alleged killer has been arrested.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Judge: Dasen trial will be held here

For the second time, District Judge Stewart Stadler has ordered the prostitution trial of Dick Dasen Sr. to remain in Flathead County.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Alleged attackers of transient appear in court

Bond was set at $500,000 Monday for each of the two men accused of stabbing, beating and burning a transient. The man survived.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Two face charges in stabbing

It was a disagreement over a beer debt that led two transients to stab, burn and beat another transient, officials say.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Two sought in stabbing

A transient who was reportedly stabbed Wednesday stumbled into a Kalispell business Thursday and collapsed.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Courtroom confidence

Is Justice Center secure enought?
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Man rescued from Little Bitterroot Lake

A man was rescued Tuesday from Little Bitterroot Lake after at least 20 minutes in frigid water. He came out incoherent and cold, but safe.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Prosecutors answer Dasen's requests

Prosecutors in the prostitution case of Kalispell businessman Dick Dasen made a case for keeping his trial in Kalispell next month.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Two teenages found after two nights

Two sets of parents held their sons close Friday afternoon, tears and laughter and questions jumbling in ecstasy after Jack Landers of Fargo, N.D., and Charlie Gruys of Maple Lake, Minn., were rescued from the Jewel Basin east of Kalispell.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Search continues into second night for lost skiers

Frustrated rescuers could talk by phone to two skiers lost in the Jewel Basin Wednesday and Thursday; they just couldn't find them.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

City sued over business improvement district

A dozen or so businesses are filing suit against the city of Kalispell and others, claiming the Downtown Business Improvement District is illegal and discriminatory for gerrymandering and lack of procedures required in establishing the district.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Prescription crimes: Rx for jail

It's been only six months that an officer with the local drug task force has worked the pill patrol. In that time, 40 people have been arrested.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Man re-arrested on eve of court date

A Flathead Valley man who was on house arrest on drug charges was arrested anew on Wednesday night.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Shots fired at car; man faces charges

An Evergreen man is accused of firing several gunshots at a vehicle he wrongly believed carried an angry drug dealer.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Dasen lawyer: Jury pool is tainted

Dick Dasen Sr.'s attorney says in a court brief filed Friday that the Kalispell businessman's trial should be moved out of Flathead County because the jury pool is tainted.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Stolen prescription drugs found

About $18,500 worth of stolen painkillers was recovered in the woods Thursday near Columbia Falls.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Jail flooder is sent off to prison

A man who caused more than $6,000 damage to the Flathead County Justice Center is now the state prison's problem.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Two jailed after bungled heist attempt

A couple is in jail after what was apparently a spectacularly botched armed robbery Monday night.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Dasen's attorney refiles dismissed motions

Motions for moving the trial outside of Flathead County and completely dismissing charges in the prostitution case of businessman Dick Dasen Sr. were filed again Monday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Waiting warrants

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Pilot holds answers in woman's death

Aged and worn documents in a well-handled arrest-warrant jacket in Flathead County give the outline of one of the most intriguing local unsolved cases of the last century.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Water? Prune? Pray? Spring hits gardens early

The calendar says February, but Mother Nature is deep into spring, at least for now.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Deputy cleared in fatal shooting

A coroner's jury on Friday quickly found that sheriff's deputy Geno Cook was justified in shooting an armed man.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Dasen ordered to reveal financial records

Dick Dasen Sr., embroiled in civil and criminal accusations of illegal sex acts, will have to reveal all of his financial holdings, according to a court order issued Tuesday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Flu season overstays its welcome

The one nice thing about an intestinal virus going around the Flathead Valley is that it leaves no room for ambivalence about whether to try to go to work.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Assault suspect faces $500,000 bond

A man arrested Thursday for allegedly making threats with a gun remains in jail on $500,000 bond.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

McKinnon children move on

Two Marion children, left orphaned when their father shot their mother and then himself, have said goodbye to the Flathead Valley.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Chezem trial delayed

MISSOULA - Prosecutors and jurors were ready to go on Monday morning, but defendant Larry Chezem said he was not, so his trial on federal weapons violations was delayed until June.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Deputy returns to work after shooting; board finds actions justified

Sheriff's deputy Geno Cook was back on duty Tuesday after he was cleared by an internal review for shooting an armed man in Marion on Jan. 22.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Jail damages total up to $10,000

It will cost $8,000 to $10,000 to repair damage caused by a jail inmate who flushed a blanket down a toilet Sunday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

High-tech trailer ready for disasters

New disaster center only one of its kind in Montana
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Addicted teen finds salvation

Krista Denning of Kalispell was 13 years old when she started using methamphetamine.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Teens in Crisis born of tragedy

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Whitefish speech team wins state

It wasn't even close.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Man gets eight years for child porn

An Olney-area man will spend eight years and a month in federal prison on child pornography charges.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Montana contractors aren't licensed

Allegations that a local contractor scammed customers have raised questions about how consumers in the fast-growing Flathead can protect themselves.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Police: Deputy's shooting was justified

Preliminary findings lead investigators to believe a deputy's shooting of an armed man in Marion on Saturday was justified.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Couple charged in alleged fraud

A Kalispell couple turned themselves in to authorities Monday on charges that they committed fraud in their construction business.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Men recorded vandalism spree

Two Kalispell men who rampaged through Kalispell neighborhoods destroying property at Christmas videotaped their crimes and their laughter, according to Kalispell police.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Man gets to keep money found in road

The contents of Kalispell's most valuable shoes were released recently to an alert driver.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Man sentenced for attacking wife, investigated for murder conspiracy

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Vollhaber sentenced for rape, attacking victim's father

An Evergreen man who was ordered to pay $1.126 million for his sexual relationship with a neighbor girl wasn't able to do that, but he is headed to prison.
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Judge, prosecutor mull the decision

The chief U.S. District Judge in Montana, Donald Molloy in Missoula, thinks the Supreme Court's ruling on sentencing guidelines will bring the federal court system more in line with how people believe the system should function.
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Family wants Dasen to account for man's estate

For the second time, questions have been raised about Dick Dasen Sr.'s management of trust-fund money.
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Bank employee pleads guilty to embezzling

Cheryl G. Serfoss admitted Tuesday that she embezzled about $759,000 when she worked at First Interstate Bank in Kalispell.
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Drug task force faces loss of federal funding

Federal funding for Montana drug task forces will be cut by about 57 percent next year, leaving law-enforcement leaders looking for other ways to keep up their work.
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Appeals court overturns Burgert sentence

David Burgert will be sentenced again for federal weapons crimes as officials wrangle over whether a companion with him during his arrest can legally be considered "another person."
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Bigfork man sentenced to prison on drug charges

MISSOULA - Ernie K. Fulford, 47, of Bigfork will spend six and a half years in prison on federal drug charges.
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Brockway gets prison in weapons conspiracy

MISSOULA - A remorseful former Flathead Valley woman tied to the Project 7 paramilitary group will spend 27 months in prison for federal weapons violations.
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Two indicted for investments fraud

MISSOULA - Two former Kalispell men have been indicted by a grand jury on charges of fraud related to securities sales.
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Fire department saves woman's life

A woman who plunged through the ice and spent a half hour struggling in frigid Foy's Lake on Christmas has the Kalispell Fire Department to thank for surviving.
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Skier rescued from back of Big Mountain

A cold, wet skier from Fergus Falls, Minn., was rescued from the back of Big Mountain late Monday night.
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Clancy King

Patrolman King promoted to Helena
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Robber free to move south - 25 years later

For almost 25 years, Acrel Hinson has stayed out of trouble. Thursday, he waited in court to find out if he would have to start over on serving a criminal sentence he said he thought he'd satisfied long ago.
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Chronic drunk driver sent to prison

Flathead District Judge Ted Lympus sentenced a chronic drunk driver to 20 years in prison Thursday.
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Redemption on the river

Ranger's rescue helped save boy
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Two receive sentences for sex offenses

Two men were sentenced Thursday for molesting children under very different circumstances.
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Teenagers who lost parents adjusting well

Two Marion teenagers orphaned after a shooting on Nov. 23 are doing well, according to the neighbors who have welcomed them into their home.
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Woman convicted in Dasen prostitution case

A woman who characterized her relationship with Kalispell businessman Dick Dasen Sr. as "an affair" was convicted at trial Tuesday.
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Dasen lawyer may need more time

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Crashes increasing on busy West Reserve Drive

Sirens and emergency-vehicle lights on West Reserve Drive have nearly become part of the landscape as accidents between U.S. 93 and U.S. 2 increase.
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Southgate Mall group files suit against Dasen

Southgate Mall Associates, LLP, of Missoula, is suing Kalispell businessman Dick Dasen Sr. for more than $1 million.
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Child beater gets maximum sentence

Convicted of beating a child nearly to death, Kristopher Stevens will live for 10 years in the state prison before he's even considered for release.
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Former county attorney arrested

Former Flathead County Attorney Patrick Springer is charged with two counts of felony theft for allegedly stealing money from a former client.
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Young killer poised for release

Terry Olson was 14 years old when he shot and killed his sleeping father in Ferndale.
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Dasen motions denied

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Man sentenced for fatal crash

An Arizona man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for a traffic crash last year that killed a Columbia Falls woman.
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Judge considers dismissing charges, moving trial

District Judge Stewart Stadler will decide Friday whether prostitution charges against Dick Dasen Sr. should be dismissed or, if not, what shape his trial will take.
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Account opens for McKinnon children

An account was opened Friday at Valley Bank for contributions to the McKinnon children of Marion.
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Two accused of staging robbery

Believing from the beginning that a reported armed robbery was a hoax, Whitefish police arrested two men Thursday for their part in robbing Town Pump.
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Burgert appeal of misdemeanors to be heard

David Burgert, currently in prison on federal weapons violations, is entitled to a court-appointed attorney as he appeals his conviction on two misdemeanors from Kalispell Municipal Court.
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Senator/paralegal cited for contempt

State Sen. Jerry O'Neil, R-Kalispell, a Flathead Valley paralegal, was cited for contempt Tuesday and ordered not to practice law.
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Orphaned children need help

Shooting victim dies
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Dasen faces more charges

Kalispell businessman Dick Dasen Sr. has been charged with 10 new prostitution crimes.
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It's eight more days in jail for convicted cat killer

Justice of the Peace David Ortley read and re-read an unprecedented stack of 120 letters before he sentenced Jon Lawler, 19, for cruelty to animals Friday.
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Couple had history of violence

Two years before Shannon McKinnon shot his wife and killed himself, he was in court for maiming her.
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Aceto returns to Flathead County

Joseph Aceto, once sentenced to 210 years in prison, is back in the custody of the Flathead County jail for a new trial.
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Man who shot cats says he's sorry

Jon Lawler says he's sorry.
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Woman sues Dasen, business

A woman charged in the prostitution case of Dick Dasen Sr. is suing him and Budget Finance, claiming he coerced sexual favors from her.
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Man shoots wife, kills himself

A Marion-area man reportedly shot his wife in the face and arm before killing himself Tuesday afternoon. She survived.
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Chronic DUI offender pleads guilty

Randy Turner, 47, pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony DUI - somewhere between his ninth and 17th DUI, depending on whom you ask.
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Burned couple escape explosion

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Deadline extended for judge job

A committee looking for a new Flathead County Justice of the Peace has extended the deadline until Dec. 1.
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Watne sentenced for obstructing officer

Saying that public officials "always have to be beyond reproach," Justice of the Peace David Ortley on Thursday sentenced Flathead County Commissioner Bob Watne.
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Project 7 member to go on trial

MISSOULA - Two members of Project 7 pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges Tuesday, but the last indicted member fired his lawyer and plans to go to trial.
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Watne to be sentenced

Flathead County Commissioner Robert Watne entered a plea Monday that canceled his criminal trial, set to begin today.
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Man on trial for attack on wife

A jury trial began Monday for a Kalispell man accused of trying to smother his estranged wife in her bed.
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Supreme Court won't reconsider Aceto ruling

The Montana Supreme Court won't reconsider its ruling for a new trial on kidnapping and attempted murder charges for Joseph Aceto.
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Burgert given three more years in prison

MISSOULA - David Burgert, the leader of a group that allegedly plotted to kill Flathead Valley officials, apologized Friday as he was sentenced to another three years in federal prison. He already is serving seven.
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Alleged stalker's bond increased to $100,000

A judge Wednesday increased the bond for Michael Swelland from $5,000 to $100,000 - twice as much as the prosecutor requested on the stalking charge.
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Fugitive arrested after 18 years on the run

You snooze, you go back to jail.
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Woman gets five years for prostitution in Dasen case

Court officials encouraged a 24-year-old woman to turn her life around as she was sentenced to 10 years with five suspended Wednesday for aggravated promotion of prostitution and theft.
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Former bank official indicted

A former employee of First Interstate Bank in Kalispell pleaded innocent Tuesday to embezzling more than $700,000.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Radnor man pleads in child porn case

Dennis Nello Bartolini, 59, of Radnor north of Olney, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal child pornography charges.
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DNA test may put 15-year-old case to rest

When John Seel drowned in Flathead Lake in 1989, and even when his suspected remains were found two years later, DNA testing was not a part of Montana's investigative ability.
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Judge rules Avery suffered no damages from contract irregularity

A judge ruled Thursday that the former Flathead County administrator suffered no damages from an irregularity in his contract.
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Shooting remains a mystery

Information - what little there is - conflicts about how a man was shot in the chest Friday night in Flathead County. No one has been arrested and the investigation continues.
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Local officer opposes marijuana measure

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Two face charges after wild chase around town

A police chase through Kalispell on Friday reportedly included two men in a fleeing truck switching seats at 40 mph and tossing out stolen electronics and lingerie.
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Sheriff skeptical about grant

A Homeland Security grant of nearly $1.5 million isn't making Flathead County Sheriff Jim Dupont feel more secure.
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Man sentenced in felony endangerment case

A boy who nearly died in his father's care last year asked a judge Wednesday to let him resume contact with the man, whom he described as his "best friend."
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Project 7 defendants to plead guilty

The last of six people accused of federal weapons violations with a paramilitary group called Project 7 are expected to plead guilty.
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Flurry of motions filed in Dasen case

Lawyer asks for charges to be dimissed
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Woman convicted in assault trial

The wife of a Flathead County commissioner was convicted late Thursday night of assaulting a sheriff's deputy and two other misdemeanors.
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Jury still out in woman's assault trial

No verdict was determined by press time Thursday night.
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Two get prison for smuggling marijuana

Marijuana found in a trailer at the Port of Piegan was worth $6 to $8 million.
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Vollhaber pleads guilty to rape

Man admits raping 14-year-old and assault the girl's father in his own home.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 20 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

CF standoff

Police standoff ends peacefully
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