Zinke tapped as Northern graduation speaker

The first Montanan presidential cabinet member will address Montana State University-Northern's class of 2017 at its graduation next month.

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will be the commencement speaker at Northern's May 6 graduation.

"For me, the message he is going to carry regarding the merits involved with being a leader will be as good as any commencement speaker we've ever had," Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel said Friday.

He said Zinke agreed in March to give the commencement address soon after he was confirmed as Secretary of the Interior, an idea they talked about when Zinke was...