Toole County election results

Great Falls Tribune - Tue Nov 03

- With 13 votes, Kevin council incumbent Ray Christiaens was ousted by Della Huso-Hunt (38 votes) and Curtis Stene (53 votes.) Running unopposed, Becky Gard was elected mayor with 32 votes. - Longtime Shelby Mayor Larry Bonderud was re-elected with 571 votes. Eugene Haroldson (196 votes,) Don R. Lee (179 votes) and John "Chip" Miller (192 votes) all ran uncontested for town council. - With 74 votes, Gary Iverson was re-elected mayor of Sunburst. Jacque Coolidge (76 votes) and Michael Tobin (91 votes) won two four-year terms on the Sunburst town council and Lorri Housel and Dale Diegel each received 24 votes as write-in candidates for two unexpired two-year terms.

Mail ballots prevalent in counties

Great Falls Tribune - Sun Nov 01

Nearly all Montana voters will cast their ballots in this fall's election with a stamp instead of at the polls.

Officers offer backup for co-worker

Great Falls Tribune - Tue Oct 27

SHELBY - Seeing the hair that normally sweeps her shoulders hit the floor shocked Toole County Sheriff Donna Matoon.

210-megawatt Glacier Wind Farm state's largest

Great Falls Tribune - Thu Oct 22

Gov. Brian Schweitzer and NaturEner USA officials celebrated the completion of the state's largest wind farm south of Ethridge on Wednesday.

Butte hospital cancels Halloween party over H1N1 outbreak

KXLF - Wed Oct 21

The H1N1 flu is putting a damper on Halloween plans at a Butte hospital. St. James Healthcare announced Wednesday that its annual Halloween party, Trick or Treat Street, is canceled due to the illness.

School Bus Accident Under Investigation

Montana's News Station - Sat Sep 26

Police saya bus driver was taken to theDUI Centerafter the bus he was driving struck a 15-year-old girl.

Initiative to ban trapping in Montana clears initial hurdle

Headwaters News - Tue Sep 22

According to a U.S. Census Bureau report issued Tuesday, Colorado's cities have a wide range of uninsured residents, with one in four in Aurora without coverage, and one in 20 in Highlands Ranch without health insurance.

Meetings with German wind turbine company went well

KXLF - Tue Sep 15

It appears the wheels are back in motion on a proposed project to bring a wind turbine manufacturing plant to Butte.

Wind farm planned in Glacier, Toole counties

KTVM - Mon Sep 14

A wind energy company has announced plans to build an $800 million wind farm project in Montana, as soon as construction begins on a transmission line between Great Falls and Lethbridge, Alberta.

State Should Expand Private Prison

Flathead Beacon - Mon Sep 14

Shelby city leaders say the Montana Corrections Department should consider the private prison in Shelby when it increases the number of state prison beds.