On Tuesday, February 11, Missoula County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg officially filed an action in U. S. District Court against the Department of Justice.
Missoula County Commissioners unanimously approved the release of $50,000 for the county attorney's office to pursue a declaratory judgment against the U..S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division.
Wearied over a continuing threat by the U.S. Department of Justice to take action against the Missoula County Attorney's office, Fred Van Valkenburg is proposing taking the U.S. government to court.
A Missoula man charged with felony burglary, Max Edward Sayer, appeared in Missoula Justice Court via video from the Missoula County jail, only to face questions directly from the Missoula County Attorney, Fred Van Valkenburg.
Missoula attorney Josh Van de Wetering has thrown his hat into the political ring, declaring his intention to run for the office of Missoula County Attorney.
For 18 years she worked for the Missoula County Attorney's Office, then she left for private practice. Now, Kirsten Pabst has announced her intention to seek the office currently held by Fred Van Valkenburg.
Deputy Missoula County Attorney Jason Marks announced this week that he will run for the county attorney's office position now held by incumbent Fred Van Valkenburg.
A Missoula County coroner's inquest held on Friday, October 11 has cleared a Missoula man, Justin Nelson, 21, of criminal charges in the shooting death of his friend Chad Goodman, 23.
On Sunday, September 29, Eric Aimsback allegedly beat and attempted to strangle the woman he lives with, Phyllis Kipp, after a night of drinking at a bar and casino.
On June 28, Missoula County Sheriff's Detective Jonathan Stineford, working on a drug case, shot and wounded Harry Louis Van Pelt after Stineford thought Van Pelt was reaching for a gun.