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Bisected by the 10 Freeway, El Monte is the kind of place that most people drive past — unless they're headed to Longo Toyota.

Meredith McConnell of Lame Deer, the former chairwoman of the Montana Native Women’s Coalition, was sentenced in federal court in Billings on Monday, Oct. 25, after being convicted of stealing federal grant funds for unapproved travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, and other unauthorized expenses.