News Staff A Helena garbage truck driver was arrested Monday after striking and injuring a pedestrian with a city garbage truck. Authorities said, Eric Jon Zimmerman, 52, is facing DWI charges after police say he struck a woman who was crossing Getchell Street near W. Lyndale, according to court reports. Helena Police Department Chief of Police Brett … Read more
Bond has been set at $500,000 for a woman who was arrested on suspicion of trying to kill someone Sunday night in Helena. Cheyenne Rae Dawn Petersen, was charged with two felony counts of attempted deliberate homicide, stemming from the incident at a residence on Edwards Street where officers located a man with serious stab … Read more
GREAT FALLS – A former worker at the Museum of the Plains Indian on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation is facing theft charges. Preston Jay Spotted Eagle admitted in Great Falls federal court on Monday [October 3] to stealing culturally significant artifacts, including a grizzly bear necklace, moccasins, and golden eagle feathers, while he was emplyed … Read more
Bail was set at $500,000 for a Bozeman man involved in a shooting in the Walmart parking lot over a cigarette lighter. Cody Andrew O’Connell appeared in Gallatin County Justice Court Monday on a charge of attempted deliberate homicide stemming from the incident at the store on North 7th Avenue Sunday night in which the … Read more
Still no word on what prompted Fuel Fitness centers in Helena and Butte to shutter over the weekend leaving members with questions and no answers. A Former Fuel Fitness worker expressed shock in the wake of the suddenly unannounced permanent closings of the fitness centers in Helena and Butte, where the parking lot was empty … Read more
A coroner’s inquest will be held Friday regarding the suspected suicide of an inmate at the Lewis and Clark County Detention Center on Oct. 24, 2021. Delain Valenzuela Davis died as a result of asphyxiation from hanging while in the custody of the detention center, according to a press release from the Lewis and Clark … Read more
Helena police arrested a 23-year-old woman on suspicion of trying to kill someone following a disturbance late Sunday. Officers responded to a residence in the 100 block of Edwards Street just before midnight and found a man with “possibly life-threatening injuries,” and a woman covered in blood with no visible wounds. The man was taken … Read more
A 57-year-old North Dakota man is being charged with felony sexual assault of a juvenile and felony indecent exposure for crimes he allegedly committed when living in Lewis and Clark County. According to an affidavit filed in justice court, John Alvin Simpson was accused of committing sex crimes against a teen over multiple months. Simpson … Read more
BUTTE – Fuel Fitness locations in Helena and Butte were shut down for business Sunday. Patrons were greeted with a boarded up front entrance and windows at the Fuel Fitness Butte location off Harrison Avenue Sunday and a sign stated the gym was permanently closed. An employee at the location in Kalispell said the gyms … Read more
PERMA – Few details are being released after a plane crashed into the Flathead River Sunday morning resulting in the pilot being killed. The Sanders County Sheriff’s Office states in a social media post that the aircraft went down at approximately 8:45 a.m. after striking power lines in the area just east of Perma Bridge. … Read more