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St. Ignatius Senior Center plans for holiday

ST. IGNATIUS — The St. Ignatius Senior Citizens Center has begun planning for its annual Good Old Days breakfast. The Saturday breakfast, from 7-11 a.m., will include the usual pancakes, sausage, eggs, etc. and will be followed by bingo from 2-4 p.m. Activities scheduled in June:  Ayleen&rsq...

Thankful for faithful perennials at Dixon Senior Center

   DIXON — Did anyone notice how “long” May seemed to be this year? I am so looking forward to uninterrupted dry time to get my plants going in the summer sun. Thank goodness for faithful perennials, which come up, bloom and multiply without care. My favorites of the moment are my...

Golf tournament nets generous donation for Polson

POLSON — The Polson Senior Center would like to thank Farmers Insurance for the $1500 donation from the Senior Golf Tournament held in May. Local agent Tracy Dooley did a wonderful job and we can’t thank him enough. This money will go a long way to help with every day needs here at the center. Al...

A day for remembering: communities honor those who gave all A day for remembering: communities honor those who gave all

Old Glory was flying high throughout Lake County on Memorial Day. In Arlee, the Mission Valley Honor Guard visited three cemeteries in Arlee Monday morning, paying honor to warriors who gave their life for America. Parades traveled down Main Street in both Polson and Ronan.  The VFW, American L...

Volunteers needed for boat inspections

News from the Flathead Basin Commission   FLATHEAD BASIN — Aquatic Invasive Species can foul boats, degrade water quality and wreak havoc on a host of native species, and on the economy. Once invasive species such as zebra or quagga mussels become established in a watershed, property va...

Arlee schools offer summer meals for children

ARLEE — Arlee Schools is participating in the Summer Meal Program, a USDA Child Nutrition Program that provides free meals to all children regardless of race, color, national, origin, sex, age or disability.  Meals will be provided at the Arlee Schools lunchroom/gym Mondays through Thursdays fr...

St. Ignatius receives ASPCA funds for training, professional development

News from St. Ignatius Police Department The town of St. Ignatius has had an unending problem of animal cruelty within its boundaries; poor responsibility of animal owners is a deep problem that affects innocent animals and yields negative outcomes, Animal Control Officer Susan Dodson explained. On May...

Judge raises restitution in murder case

POLSON — Diana Cote and her three sons appeared before District Judge Deborah Kim Christopher seeking additional restitution in the murder of her daughter, Tasheena Craft.  Craft was brutally murdered in 2007. Her murderer, Kelly Birmingham, is serving a 100-year sentence in the Montana State P...

MAC softball rebounds to a 4th place finish at state MAC softball rebounds to a 4th place finish at state

GREAT FALLS — The Mission/Arlee/Charlo softball team ended their season with a respectable fourth place finish Friday in Great Falls. They opened play Thursday with a 3-4 loss to Glasgow. Sara Nerby, Loren Erickson and Sahriha Camacho had two hits apiece. Jordyn Eichert swatted a double during the g...

40 years in the making: RSI earns third-place trophy at state 40 years in the making: RSI earns third-place trophy at state

BOZEMAN — In 1973, a Ronan Boys track and field team consisting of Jay Krantz, Ken Franklin, Doug Starkel, Dan Salomon, Jim Darlington, Ken Harvey, Rick Jore, Ed Loder, Jim Fangsrud, Jerry Tatum, Tom Harvey, Gary Christson, Mark Shannor and Marty Esquibel and coached by Larry Anderson and Ron Kimmel br...


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