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A Glasgow couple that had their child removed by employees from the State of Montana’s Child and Family Services have cleared their first legal hurdle in federal court with charges that those same employees engaged in “judicial deception” in order to convince a state court judge to remove the child to psychiatric care and later transfer her to the care of another parent...

( Publisher’s Note: The following blotter includes the activities of the Wolf Point police and fire department Feb. 3-9. All those cited or arrested are presumed innocent.) Feb. 5 Fourteen-year-old male, 400 block of Cascade Street, no driver’s license, no vehicle registration and no insurance, tribal court. The WPPD had the following activity: alarm/burglary, ...

Ethan Gregory Pirkle is facing the felony charge of strangulation of a partner or family member. His initial appearance in District Court was scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 12. The charges read that Pirkle purposely and knowingly impended the normal breathing or circulation of blood of a partner while applying pressure on her throat or neck. If convicted of the fel...