A Missoula man charged with aggravated assault appeared in justice court yesterday after allegedly beating and strangling his girlfriend. Bail was set at $50,000.
Despite some much needed recent rain in the Missoula area, many Montana counties have been dubbed "natural disaster areas" due to severe drought conditions the state has faced in the past few weeks—Missoula being one of them.
Many Montana farmers took it on the chin this past weekend as a flurry of wind, hail, rain and some tornadoes took a $50 million dollar damage toll on local crops and structures.