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On Dec. 14 Roundup for Safety Board awarded $47,569 to ten nonprofits for community safety projects.The funding will be allocated to school clinics for EKG mach

Heres a roundup of some of the local stories Missoulian reporters put out this week.

After learning of the scam, the FBI set up a ruse, claiming Jane Doe had an additional $50,000 for the fraudsters. When Joseph and others arrived to collect the money, the FBI arrested them.

Chase Austin Butala, 36, who remains in the Lincoln County Detention Center on $100,000 bail, pleaded guilty...

U.S. District Judge Donald Malloy, who presided over the case, also ordered Eddly Joseph, 44, of Gainsville, Florida to pay about $1.23 million in restitution to seven victims and undergo two years of supervised release following his prison stint.

Superintendent Andy Maheras earlier this month pleaded not guilty to two charges of misdemeanor assault related to the incident. Maheras, who is on paid administrative leave and working from home while the case is pending, was in attendance.

Rural recreation counties added to their pre-pandemic employment numbers, but other rural economies struggled to recover. 

A Florida man who admitted his role in an India-based computer hacking scheme that stole $150,000 from an elderly Kalispell woman has been sentenced on prison.

A tip about stolen property led the Flathead County Sheriff's Office to one of the biggest stolen property efforts, according to Sheriff Brian Heino.The Departm

Adoption appointments can be made by calling the shelter at 406-752-1310.