Child Welfare in Montana: The Kolstad Family (Part 1) ...

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (Photo by Matt Volz | Kaiser Health News). The parents of a teenager who was taken from their home and placed into state care by the Montana ...

HELENA - Former Lt. Gov. Allen Kolstad, a longtime Republican legislator and prominent farmer and rancher, died Saturday in an assisted-living facility in Chester after a long battle with cancer.

Former Lt. Gov. Allen Kolstad, a longtime Republican legislator and prominent farmer and rancher, died Saturday in an assisted living facility in Chester after a long battle with cancer.

“If legislators are allowed to review the entire DPHHS file on the Kolstad family, then certainly the Kolstads should have that same right,” Monforton told the Daily Montanan.