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Front lines - Afghanistan

Raised in the Mission Valley, Lieutenant Colonel Ted Adams serves in the United States Marine Corps. Adams is the son of Dee and C.W. Adams of Polson and is serving his second tour of Afghanistan in the 9th Engineer Support Battalion of 3rd Marine Logistics. A 1983 graduate of Polson High School, Adams at...

Lake County District Court news for Dec. 23, 2010

Judge C.B. McNeil dealt with the following cases Wednesday, Dec. 15: Howard Brand, III , 37, Ketchikan, AK, pleaded not guilty to the charge of issuing a bad check, a felony. Brand remains in custody on $20,000 bail. An omnibus hearing is set for Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 at 9 a.m. with the possibility of...

Lake County Justice Court news for Dec. 23, 2010

Justice of the Peace Chuck Wall dealt with the following cases from Dec. 10-16: Donald Isador Mitchell , 26, pleaded not guilty to failing to carry proof of insurance in vehicle, third or subsequent offense. He was found guilty and sentenced to 180 days with 178 suspended and fined $400 plus $35 in court...

Polson City Court news for Dec. 23, 2010

Judge A. Doug Olson dealt with the following cases Dec. 4-17: Heidi Kay Dunlap , 42, pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct. The court accepted the no contest plea and Dunlap was fined $75 plus $60 in court costs. Howard C. Brand, III , pleaded no contest to speeding, traveling 54 mph in a posted 3...

Arlee’s Rice takes 3rd at CMR Holiday Classic

ARLEE – The Arlee Warriors competed this past weekend at the 40 Team CMR Holiday Classic Wrestling Tournament in Great Falls. Arlee’s Cole Rice finished the tournament in third place in the 145-pound weight class and was the only wrestler to place for the Warriors in the 32-man bracketed double e...

Kathleen Ann Dennis

RONAN – Kathleen “Kathy” Ann Dennis, 63, of Ronan, passed away Sunday, Dec. 12, at Community Medical Center in Missoula. Survivors include her loving husband, Arlan Dennis of Ronan; three daughters - Yvette and Kayo Reynolds of Ronan, Yvonne Unrath of Prescott, Ariz., and Amy and Travis ...

Irene Carter Olson

CHARLO – Irene passed away peacefully Dec. 6, with family at her bedside.  She was 82 years old. Huldah Irene Carter was born in Darrell, Mont., Fergus County on April 1, 1928 to Clay and Huldah Toogood Carter. She was the third of eleven children. In 1930 Irene moved to Charlo with her family....

Disclosed secrets

Editor, Watching the evening news is a family tradition passed down from our parents and grandparents, going back to that time when the radio required a battery to light the tubes and activate the sounds. Television has replaced the radio and electricity has provided the energy needed to produce the audio...

Americans should demand answers

Editor, Here are a few questions we really should be asking about our war. They are based on the facts. They may be questions we don’t really want to ask, or even confront, but “we the people” can either be like the head-in-the-sand ostrich or the wise old owl. Take your pick. Fact: 2...

Property value questions are directed to Department of Commerce

Editor, This letter is in response to Mrs. Wilma Bick’s, Wake up, Montana letter to the editor dated Dec. 9. Yes, my office recently sent out letters to property owners who had protested their 2009 taxes. The letters were sent only to those who have had some sort of adjustment or denial of their ...


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