Bozeman Montana

1. Third Bozeman man pleads guilty to role in cocaine ring (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)

A third Bozeman man pleaded guilty in federal court in Missoula Wednesday for his role in a Gallatin County drug ring, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana William Mercer.

2. Montana State names running backs coach (Missoulian)

BOZEMAN (AP) - Montana State football coach Rob Ash has announced the hiring of Bryan Applewhite as running backs coach. Applewhite has coached the running backs at Wyoming for the past six seasons, after coaching at Northern Colorado from 1999-2002.

3. All Montana Lyme disease cases appear to stem from outside state (Missoulian)

BILLINGS - Doctors have reported 15 cases of Lyme disease in Montana this year - a sharp spike from prior years. But health officials say most appear to be recently diagnosed older illnesses and that all likely originated outside the state.

4. MSU's Heringer won't play senior season (Missoulian)

BOZEMAN (AP) - Montana State guard Jenny Heringer has decided not to play her senior season on the women's basketball team, citing personal reasons. Heringer, a graduate of Billings Central, played 87 games at Montana State, starting in 53. This winter, she averaged 8.3 points and 5.7 rebounds.

5. Around Montana: Stealers U-14s place third in Helena (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)

The Bozeman Stealers U-14 softball team finished third in the ‘A’ bracket at the Capital City Classic in Helena last weekend.

6. LaQuinta to replace Bozeman 'eyesore' (KBZK Bozeman)

The ugly blemish blighting the look of a main entrance corridor in Bozeman will become a shiny new LaQuinta hotel in a few months.

7. Reid commits to Montana State (Coeur d'Alene Press)

Montana State was the first school to show interest in Shawn Reid. He liked the coaches, the players and what the school could do for him academically, and that was good enough for him.

8. Bozeman’s John Curry holds state points lead in road cycling series (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)

Success isn’t often embarrassing. But for Bozeman’s John Curry, the state’s points leader in the Montana Bicycle Racing Association’s road series, the leader’s jersey takes some getting used to.

9. Stay out of Bozeman (TechRepublic)

Bozeman, Montana has some disturbing city employment application requirements. The effects of those requirements might be more important than you think. Perhaps part of the problem with governmental violations of privacy in the United States is the public's insatiable thirst for private information about its politicians. Whenever someone runs for President, you can expect a lot of information to ...

10. Montana Snapshots (The Montana Standard)

Swank Montana club founder sued BILLINGS (AP) — The bankrupt co-founder of Montana's swank Yellowstone Club is being sued for the alleged illegal transfer of $1.1 million from a failed spin-off of the millionaires-only ski resort.