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A 1-year-old boy drowned at a home daycare just north of Helena last week, Lewis and Clark County officials said Wednesday.

On July 21, in the 5000 block of Care Drive, emergency responders were called to a drowning victim, according to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.

After nearly 30 years of service Wally Jester, the long-time volunteer chief of the Lewis and Clark volunteer fire department, retired.

On July 21, in the 5000 block of Care Drive, emergency responders were called to a drowning victim, according to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.

On July 21, in the 5000 block of Care Drive, emergency responders were called to a drowning victim, according to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more children ages 1-4 die from drowning than any other cause of death except birth defects throughout the United States.

A wildland fire has been reported north of Helena near the White Sandy Campground. Around 1:30 p.m. a smoke column could be seen from the Helena valley.

The fire broke out near Overland Road Thursday afternoon.

UPDATE AT 5:39 PM:

Some inmates in the new pod were watching television Wednesday afternoon. Others sat at two round tables, playing spades pinochle. Some were joking with detention officers.