Judge Karen Townsend

A jurist who has been at the heart of some of western Montana’s most impactful cases, Fourth Judicial Court Judge Karen Townsend has announced that she will be retiring this summer.

32 year-old Francis Crowley was sentenced in Missoula District Court on Tuesday to 30 years in the Montana State Prison with 10 years suspended after abandoning his infant nephew in the wilderness near the Lolo Hot Springs Resort on July 7, 2018.

19 year-old Justin Wieder appeared for the second time in Missoula Justice Court before Judge Karen Townsend and pleaded guilty to having sexual relationships with underage girls.

The long and winding road that will eventually end with Mountain Water Company becoming the Missoula Water Company will come to an end in the courtroom of District Judge Karen Townsend on Thursday.

On Monday, Missoula District Judge Karen Townsend ruled that attorneys for Mountain Water and the Carlyle Group overcharged millions of dollars in legal fees, and ordered them reduced.

Montana Supreme Court rules 5-2 in favor of City of Missoula in Mountain Water Condemnation case

A critical ruling by Missoula District Judge Karen Townsend removed the necessity for the City of Missoula to go to trial over the valuation of the Mountain Water Company.

https://youtu.be/qF1ckCcBvGw Missoula attorney Quentin Rhoades has filed a motion in District Court on behalf of a local organization to make the recently completed valuation of Mountain Water Company public.

Attorneys on both sides of the Mountain Water Condemnation lawsuit used their most persuasive closing arguments Monday evening as they attempted to convince District Judge Karen Townsend that their side should prevail.

Tyler Dan Perry, 25, accused of beating his grandmother to death with a chair in her Kent Street home on December 14, appeared in Missoula District Court on Tuesday, December 31 before Judge Karen Townsend. KGVO News partner Emily Adamson with NBC Montana reported that a not guilty plea was entered on Perry's behalf by the court...