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Kalispell motorist sentenced for fatal 2025 wreck near Bigfork

| May 1, 2026 1:00 AM

As officers led a weeping Kala Renee Knaus out of the packed Flathead County District Court courtroom Tuesday, she gazed at the father of the woman she killed in a drunken 2025 collision and nodded weakly.  

Fighting back tears, Scott Sladek, the father of Alyssa Sladek, raised his hands and waved in acknowledgment before Knaus disappeared through a door.  

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