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Briefs: Flathead Reservation law enforcement; Malmstrom crash kills one, injures three
Lake County turns down Governor’s offer to fund temporary law enforcement on the Flathead Reservation. Lake County commissioners turned down Gov. Greg Gianforte’s offer to temporarily pay for law enforcement services on the Flathead Reservation. This is part of an ongoing fight over who will manage felony crimes.
Missing boater on Flathead Lake presumed dead from drowning
POLSON, Mont. — The boater reported missing on June 27 on Flathead Lake is presumed dead from drowning. The boater has been identified as 34-year-old Chad Hansen of Missoula. The Lake County Sheriff's and Coroner’s Office is committed to doing their best to find him. The following was...
Boater Missing on Flathead Lake, Presumed Drowned
A recovery mission is underway on Flathead Lake as law enforcement agencies from multiple counties search for a 34-year-old boater from Missoula who became separated from his boat on Thursday night and is presumed drowned, according to Lake County Sheriff Don Bell. In a Saturday morning press release, Bell said...
Sheriff says missing boater drowned in Flathead Lake
Search and rescue teams from Lake, Flathead and Missoula counties, as well as Kootenai County, Idaho, on Monday continued scouring Flathead Lake for the body of a missing boater, presumed to have drowned after becoming separated from his boat Thursday, June 27.According to Lake County Sheriff Don Bell, the missing boater has been identified as 34-year-old Chad Hansen of Missoula.Lake County 911 took the report of a boater on Flathead Lake who was in trouble at around 9:41 p.m. Hansen “somehow ended up in the water, separated from his boat,” stated a press release from the Sheriff's Office.“Witnesses attempted to assist him, but were not able to,” Bell said, which prompted the search and rescue mission. “Based on the information gathered from witnesses, he has died of drowning.”“The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Coroner’s Office offers our condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Hansen and we commit to do our best to find him,” the sheriff said.
Missing boater presumed drowned in Flathead Lake
Search and rescue teams from Lake, Flathead and Missoula counties, as well as Kootenai County, Idaho, on Monday continued scouring Flathead Lake for the body of a missing boater, presumed to have drowned after becoming separated from his boat Thursday, June 27.According to Lake County Sheriff Don Bell, the missing boater has been identified as 34-year-old Chad Hansen of Missoula.Lake County 911 took the report of a boater on Flathead Lake who was in trouble at around 9:41 p.m. Hansen “somehow ended up in the water, separated from his boat,” stated a press release from the Sheriff’s Office.“Witnesses attempted to assist him, but were not able to,” Bell said, which prompted the search and rescue mission. “Based on the information gathered from witnesses, he has died of drowning.”“The Lake County Sheriff’s Office and Coroner’s Office offers our condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Hansen and we commit to do our best to find him,” the sheriff said.
Drowning assumed for missing boater on Flathead Lake, identified as Missoula man
UPDATE 11:30 a.m., 6/29/24: The missing boater has been identified as 34-year-old Chad Hansen of Missoula, according to a press release from Lake County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Donald Bell said in that press release crews are still searching for Hansen, but based on the information gathered from witnesses, it is likely he has died of drowning.
Teen dies in Lake Co. after crashing stolen vehicle
ST. IGNATIUS, Mont. — Montana Highway Patrol is reporting that 17-year-old died after crashing a stolen Ford F-150 near St. Ignatius early Thursday morning. The following was sent out by Montana Highway Patrol:. A stolen maroon Ford F-150 crew cab crashed approximately a half mile east of the intersection...
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