Articles Written By: Summer Goddard
After five months, the new Lake County Annex Office is taking shape. According to Swank Enterprises Site Supervisor Justin McIntyre, construction on the building will continue throughout the winter months. Crews broke ground on the annex in April, with the project slated for completion by July 2025. Th...
LAKE COUNTY — A 70-year-old Polson man, James Lawrence, has been arrested and is being held in the Lake County Jail in connection with the death of 67-year-old Ed Loder of Ronan. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office took a report of Loder as a missing person on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 12:30 p.m. Upo...
It was a busy weekend in downtown Polson as a car show, brewfest and art festival drew crowds of people to town. The annual Cruisin’ by the Bay car show, hosted by the Mission Valley Cruisers car club, drew 186 entries this year. Handmade trophies, made entirely of car parts by club members, were gi...
RONAN — A memorial service for Phillip Rolla McVey, a smokejumper who died fighting a wildfire in 1949, was held at the Ronan Cemetery last Saturday. Similar graveside events were held across the country last week on the 75th anniversary of the Mann Gulch Fire that claimed the lives of 13 smok...
RONAN — The fairgrounds were a literal hot bed of activity last week as temperatures soared up to 100 degrees while local 4-H members proudly showed their animals and projects during the annual Lake County Fair. “Shining Through Since 1902,” was the theme for this year’s Lake Count...
Polson Schools Superintendent Mike Cutler announced during a July 24 public forum that he will recommend to school board trustees a realignment of grades for the 2025-26 school year. Specifically, Cutler will recommend moving fifth grade down from the middle school to Linderman and second grade from Linderma...
POLSON — A 25-foot bronze sculpture of the Flathead Lake monster serenely gazes toward the Flathead River and the Polson bridge from its new riverfront home in Sacajawea Park. The creature appears to be surfacing as its neck and head, body, side fins and tail are all visible above ground level. The &ld...
Malicious Monster Trucks ripped around the Mission Valley Speedway Super Oval last weekend, entertaining audiences both Friday and Saturday night as they threw dirt in high-speed turns, launched airborne over jumps and performed daring maneuvers during several rounds of fierce competition. The five monste...
It was a full house in Polson last weekend as thousands of rodeo enthusiasts converged on the county fairgrounds to watch bronc and bull riders, steer ropers, barrel racers and more compete in the annual Mission Mountain Rodeo. A Northern Rodeo Association sanctioned event, contestants competed for money ...
Flathead Lake is currently full but unlikely to stay that way as predicted hot, dry summer conditions take hold in July. Brian Lipscomb, CEO of Energy Keepers Inc., anticipates that the lake’s water level will sag by a foot or possibly more next month. When inflows drop below minimum outflows, the lake...
