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Montana Morning State News Headlines for Tuesday, August 28
Missoula police arrested a man after he allegedly assaulted his own wife and robbed cash from her purse.
Safewise says Montana leads the nation in impaired driving deaths, so they're offering free Lyft gift certificates to Montanans over the Labor Day weekend.
Wednesday, over 9,000 students will descend on Missoula Public Schools for the first day of classes.
Mostly sunny in western Montana today, with highs near 70.
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