Articles Written By: Linda Sappington
POLSON — A Ronan man denied charges that he had swindled nearly $180,000 from two men while acting as a livestock broker in 2013. On Thursday, Andrew Jackson, 29, pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of deceptive practices in Judge Deborah Kim Christopher’s Lake County District Court. ...
POINT MUGU, CALIFORNIA — Amra Dempsey, a 2001 graduate of Ronan High School, was selected as Junior Sailor of the Quarter for the Fleet Readiness Center, Southwest Detachment Point Mugu Sea, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2015. Dempsey, an Aviation Electronic Technician Third Class Pett...
Competitive swimmer and coach Mark Johnston left Montana to swim in the first open-water winter swim sanctioned in America, and returned home a national champion. “I am really happy with how I did,” Johnston said. “I didn’t know what to expect. I hadn’t done anything like thi...
PABLO — A fresh face has arrived at Pablo Church of the Nazarene with an age-old message of loving your neighbor. “My passion is for the church to be a place where broken and hurt people can find a community that will love and support them, and point them to the God who can help them,” s...
POLSON — Those who get paid to do what they are passionate about are a lucky few. That dream is about to come true for a local baseball player who’s signed with the pros. Bradley Pichler, 19, started playing coach-pitch baseball as a kindergartener in Washington. This month, he signed a contra...
A Polson man accused of rape and kidnapping has plea-bargained for lesser offenses. Robert Mathewson, 32, changed his plea to no contest for two amended offenses of criminal endangerment, both felonies. Per the plea agreement, Mathewson was released and ordered to not make contact with victims. Cour...
POLSON — He came home to a hero’s welcome, but now he’s truly home. Lance Corporal Thomas L. Parker, United States Marine Corps — also known as Tomy — was handed the keys to a brand new house on Saturday, mortgage free. The home has more than 150 adaptations to help make t...
POLSON — A Ronan man accused of a brutal stabbing last December denied the charges in Judge Christopher’s district courtroom Thursday. Marcus John Azure, 25, pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of assault with a weapon. According to court documents, on Dec. 22, 2014, a woman r...
Quality low-cost healthcare is available to families involved in nearly every type of agriculture in Western Montana through the Montana Migrant Seasonal Farmworker Council, Inc., the same group that gives care to families that labor in cherry orchards along Flathead Lake each summer. Yet year-round disco...
Pageants aren’t just for schoolchildren. The day before Christmas Eve, residents of Polson Health and Rehabilitation Center performed a musical play written just for them by physical therapist Kathleen Sweeney. “I like to have a creative outlet, and this seemed the perfect activity for the ...
