shelby montana

We had a couple folks asking, and we threw the question out on the radio last week: Hey, what's the latest on the helium play near Shelby, Montana?

You may recall when we first reported on this news back in March. Kristin Louise Mitchell was accused of smuggling illegal aliens and Tren de Aragua gang members into the country.

From vanloads of illegals busted crossing the border near Shelby, to the stabbing suspects in downtown Bozeman, and an illegal alien being deported out of Billings...there's a pileup of illegal aliens in the Montana news.

"I had to go back to this town called Shelby. It's in Montana, and, yeah, it's a dump, and it's like meth labs and crack heads everywhere, and I got one charging station that's giving me like three kilowatt hours."

Several more illegal aliens were arrested in Montana's Flathead Valley and are now being processed for removal from the country. Plus, we talked with Toole County Sheriff Tyler Padilla about the Tren de Aragua arrests in Shelby.

TdA operatives were first stopped in Billings. The plates then traced back to Shelby, Montana. Here's more details we tracked down.

This past May I was in Shelby, Montana ahead of the big centennial celebration of the Dempsey-Gibbons match. That's when I told you about the helium deposits near Shelby and "the new gold rush" garnering excitement in North Central Montana.

We caught up once again with Dr. Gerard Gibbons, the grandson of world famous boxer Tommy Gibbons. This, as the centennial celebration of the 1923 Dempsey-Gibbons fight in Shelby, Montana is just about to get underway. His new book just published.

On Thursday morning we caught up with Shelby Mayor Gary McDermott and longtime Shelby attorney Don Lee who both have extensive experience in the oil and gas industry. Don Lee tells us that helium exploration is being referred to as "the new Gold Rush." And check out what they're finding in Montana's Golden Triangle.

"My mom and dad, since I was seven years old, eight years old they listened to KSEN radio in Shelby, Montana every morning. And at five minutes to eight from the time I was in junior high, they always played a polka leading into the eight o'clock. And I remember my parents polka'ing in the kitchen"