Articles Written By: Linda Sappington
RONAN — Caterers, food truck owners and other professionals who direct market foods and need a commercial kitchen can rent one from Mission Mountain Food Enterprise Center in Ronan at the Lake County Community Development Corporation site. The air-conditioned site that formerly housed the Mexican re...
The men and women waiting to begin their tour from Dixon June 9 were mostly from a generation whose letters to Santa likely included a toy train. “What you see here is a bunch of 18-year-olds in 60 and 70-year-old bodies,” quipped John Daniel of Washington as he waited to begin the Montana &ld...
The longest day of the year might have seemed a bit longer for Polson open-water swimmer Mark Johnston. With Sunday’s sunrise cresting the Missions and Elton John’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” blasting from the support boat, Johnston gave his wife Dana a long hug before...
POLSON — Lake County Attorney Steven Eschenbacher entered a state’s response to Harry Lozeau’s attorney’s request for a change of venue for his trial, currently set for Sept. 14. Lozeau was charged with deliberate homicide in the June 2014 shooting death of his brother, and admitte...
POLSON — Protocol says the American flag should never touch the ground — or be heaped in the trash when the colors fade and edges fray. So when members of the American Legion Hardwick Post 112 retired a couple hundred flags on Sunday, they lit them up with honor in a 50-gallon drum crema...
A caped superhero led the charge from the start and finished faster than a speeding bullet during Saturday’s benefit run for Salish Kootenai College’s Center for Prevention and Wellness. Overall winner Robert Dempsey, 13, sped through the 5k run in 30 minutes, 40 seconds. He was foll...
On June 3, Randi Hood, public defender for Harry Lozeau, filed a motion in district court for a change of venue for Lozeau’s trial, to guarantee a fair and impartial jury, and effective assistance of counsel. The motion requests a county other than Lake. In June 2014, Lozeau was charged with deliber...
PABLO — Although the official signing of the passage of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ water compact took place in Helena, on Thursday the CSKT tribal council hosted Governor Steve Bullock and Senator Chas Vincent for a ceremonial signing. “While we did have to sign it duri...
RONAN — High school years offered an abundance of success and struggles for 62 Ronan students who celebrated during Sunday’s graduation ceremony. Brittney Gaceta was surrounded by family and a plethora of balloons and leis, but her senior year was hardly a party as the graduate moved from Cali...
Memorial Day was celebrated Monday throughout Lake County to remember family and friends who lost their lives while bravely defending America’s freedom. Events starting in Ronan with a parade down main street. A color guard led the lineup that in cluded members of the Ronan VFW and American Legion P...
