Articles with the Tag: Montana Highway Patrol
RONAN — At a July 20 meeting, city councilmembers approved a 2018 Highway 93 construction project that will create a four-lane highway system that passes through Ronan. Mayor Kim Aipperspach said signing off on the proposed couplet system was routine business for the ongoing process of the highway&r...
ST. IGNATIUS — One person died in a motorcycle crash near the intersection of Repass Trail and Hillside Road in St. Ignatius last week. Montana Highway Patrol Sergeant Rich Salois said it is unknown when the one-vehicle crash occurred. Emergency officials responded at 1:11 p.m. on Friday, July...
KALISPELL — Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry reported two suspects were arrested in the alleged theft of a $100,000 boat from a Lakeside marina on June 19. Officers received a tip that the boat would be moved, and suspects Brandon Jeppesen, 30, Polson, and Ty Butler, 20, Dixon, were apprehe...
LAKESIDE – Two men who allegedly stole a $100,000 boat from a Lakeside Marina on June 19 were arrested after a high speed, all-terrain chase on July 14 near Elmo. The two men were Ty Christian Butler, 20, Dixon, and Brandon Jeppesen, 30, Polson. A Montana Highway Patrol Trooper noticed the ...
RONAN — A Bigfork teen sobbed and thanked the judge for giving him a second chance after he was sentenced for hitting a Polson school bus filled with 10 children and one driver in May. On July 22, Daniel Fellows, 19, after previously pleading guilty to two counts of felony criminal endangerment...
PABLO — A Charlo teenager died from injuries sustained in a July 12 traffic wreck. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Jim Sanderson, at approximately 12:30 a.m. the southbound truck driven by Brett Krantz, 15, of Charlo, drifted off the left side of Highway 93 near mile marker 51, ret...
POLSON — Under the cool shade trees on the Polson Courthouse lawn, Shayne Pierre stood with a group of law enforcement officers — at age 15, he was a few years younger than any of the other men. Shayne was there July 13 to receive the Colonel’s Award for Meritorious Service from the Montana...
PABLO — A Charlo teenager died from injuries sustained in a July 12 traffic wreck. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Jim Sanderson, at approximately 12:30 a.m. the southbound truck driven by Brett Krantz, 15, of Charlo, drifted off the left side of Highway 93 near mile marker 51, retu...
RONAN — A two-vehicle wreck July 6 at about 2:30 p.m. south of Ronan left drivers shaken up, but alive. The female driver of a car heading south on Highway 93 turned left off onto Ashley Lake Road and said she didn’t see a one-ton dually pickup approaching. The driver of the pi...
POLSON – A Canadian man accused of trafficking 80 pounds of cocaine is expected to face charges in federal court. An attorney for Miguel Douglas Miranda, 22, of Calgary told Lake County Judge Deborah Kim Christopher on July 2 that federal officials likely will take over prosecution in the case...
