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Morning Newscast 09-17-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

A judge has sentenced a Hamilton man to five consecutive life sentences after a jury convicted him of raping five girls between the ages of 12 and 15.

A federal appeals court will hear arguments in the case of a woman who pleaded guilty to pushing her new husband to his death from a cliff in Glacier National Park.

A broadband advocacy group will test Internet speeds at Montana public schools this fall to determine places needing faster connections.

A former Montana Women's Prison correctional officer is suing the state after a virus she says she contracted while working in the prison was transmitted to her unborn baby, who later suffered severe neurological damage.

More than three-­fourths of the employees at the Golden Sunlight Mine near Whitehall will be out of a job at the end of November as the mine is scaling back production.

The Taiwan Flour Mills Association has agreed to purchase 1.7 million tons of U.S. wheat over the next two years, much of which will come from Montana.

Businesses and residents in Manhattan are suing the Montana Department of Transportation over damage from severe flooding in 2014.

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