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ST. IGNATIUS – Howard R. Spidel, 76, passed away in Missoula on March 22 from lung cancer. He was born Dec. 4 1934 to Otto and Caroline Spidel in Circle, Mont., where he graduated from Circle High School in 1953. After high school he worked two years in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska as an electric ...
POLSON – Gary E. Plummer “Chief”, 73, of Polson, passed away on Tuesday, March 22. Born on November 24, 1937 in Browning, he was the son of Charles and Valerie Plummer. Besides his parents, Gary is preceded in death by many great relatives and friends. Gary is survived by his longt...
POLSON — Gregory Allik, 54, of Polson, passed away Tuesday, March 22, at St. Joseph Medical Center. Cremation has taken place and services will be held privately. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family online at www.groganfuneralahome.com. Grogan Funeral Home and Crematory, Polson, is assisti...
RONAN -Florence Marie (Peterson) Kneebone died March 18, 2011. Always a strong and independent woman, she finally succumbed to the pancreatic cancer that dominated the last months of her life. She was born in Butte, Mont., on September 30, 1931 to Olive and Grant Peterson. A premature birth, the doctor h...
RONAN — Dorothy M. Rowley Spang was born Nov. 20, 1930, to John Emerson Rowley and Amy Florella Davis Rowley in Bynum, Mont. She was then the youngest of nine children. Dorothy graduated from Charlo High School on May 24, 1949. She married James E. Spang the next day. She and Jimmy had four children...
Judge A. Doug Olson dealt with the following case March 25: Jakub John Smid , 20, forfeited a $100 bond for speeding. He was also charged $35 in court costs.
Judge C.B. McNeil dealt with the following case Wednesday, March 23: Ronee Martin , 22, Pablo, had her bond reduced and was released on her own recognizance because she is eight months pregnant. She was being held for an amended charge of issuing a bad check, a felony. According to court documents, charge...
Editor, The Mission Valley United Methodist Women would like to express their appreciation of the businesses in Charlo, Pablo, Ronan and St. Ignatius that allowed them to display “Silent Witnesses” for the purpose of raising domestic violence awareness. Silent Witnesses are life-sized plywoo...
This has been a busy week here in Helena. Some really good news about workman's comp: HB 334 is moving through the Senate now and the governor has resolved his issues with the bill. A little bit of good news on the property appraisal process as HB 567 has moved through the House. It extends the assessment re...
Lots of interesting bills last week. We passed House Bill 175 to put medical marijuana repeal back on the ballot in 2012 to let you vote. The floor debate seemed to center on which poll numbers reported by the newspapers were important. I voted for this. In the meantime, SB 423 was introduced late last we...
