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Polson Middle School honor roll announced

5th Grade 4.0 Annabella Allred Dylan Bennett Elynn Bird Harlow Caye Taryn Cochran Madelyn Coles Brody Dunn Owen Godfrey Ethan Homola Wyatt Knapp Soren Lund Sharae Mahseelah Remi McMahon Aubrie Nash Elliotte Patrick Evaline Reinhardt Frank Schmitz Harmony Silva Emily Simonich Paisley Williams   5th Grade High Honor Roll Patience Alexander Scarlett Anciaux Remington Anderson Avalon Babcock Florabelle Bagley Mackenzie Baker Alaina Berg Lola Bissegger Denver Bisson Keone Blood-Hando Ethelene Briggs Jacob Charlo Xander Dalke Daniel David Tyler Dentler Andre Dullinger Vaug...


St Ignatius High School Honor Roll

9th Grade 4.0 – Abigail Gillin, Arianna Robine 3.5 - 3.99 – Jayson Brown, Sierra Girsch, Brayden Hall, Lex LaFrombois, Brooklyn McClure, Leslia Stops, Cora Matt 3.0 - 3.49 – Wyatt Branson, Destiny Courville, Jake Helser, Jacob Piedalue, Krugger Pierce, Alecia Steele, Kitra Thomas...

Polson seniors for April 19, 2023

POLSON — Well, if you haven’t filed your IRS form 1040 EZ by the time you read this, it’s not too late to file for an extension. That EZ at the end is supposed to mean “Easy,” but it never is. If you work a 40-hour work week for 52 weeks it figures out to a 2080-hour work year. ...

Arlee Seniors for April 19, 2023

ARLEE — This is what I wrote last year and it seems to apply this week, except we have freezing weather – winds, below zero, more snow and yet the sun wants to tease us with what is to come. “March winds seem to have arrived in February with all that below zero weather! But now we are lo...

St. Ignatius seniors for April 19,2023

ST. IGNATIUS — Believe it or not, we had a big brown bear in our yard last week. So, keep your bird feeders protected and your garbage put away. The St. Ignatius Senior Center Indoor Yard Sale will take place on April 28 and 29 from 10 a.m.-4. p.m. Donations are welcome. We are looking for an assist...

Ronan prepares for first ever brewfest music festival Ronan prepares for first ever brewfest music festival

RONAN — The Ronan Chamber of Commerce has announced the first ever Ronan Brewfest will happen this summer on June 24 at the Lake County Fairgrounds.  Rumblings of a possible brewfest have gone through the chamber for the last couple of years, with several board members interested. Katie Jo Elli...

Bill to fund PL280 passes House

HELENA — House Bill 479, sponsored by Ronan representative Joe Read, is on its way to the State Senate after passing a House vote on April 3.  HB479 proposes that the State of Montana appropriate $2.5 million to the Department of Justice each year, beginning July 1, to reimburse Lake County for...

Proposals to amend constitution struggle to garner needed support

HELENA — The Legislature this week sounded the likely death knell for almost all of the remaining proposals to amend the Montana Constitution this session. That isn’t to say that the House and Senate didn’t endorse those eight proposals, which ranged from an amendment to end state Suprem...

Arlee seniors for April 12, 2023

ARLEE — Happy April 2023. It seems spring is coming but keeps getting interrupted with snow flurries and some snow that remain on the ground. But for the most part, we have a beautiful blue sky with fluffy clouds, brilliant stars at night and a new moon coming. How blessed we are to live where we can s...

Polson seniors for April 12, 2023

POLSON — Local folks know that we have twelve seasons. April is called “Fake Spring.” It snows in April. It is cold. It is not truly spring until winter ends on May 3. Then spring starts, or as we say, the season of road construction. It lasts until whenever the money runs out. No matter wh...

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