Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
Greg Hertz and William McLaughlin are running for House District 12. McLaughlin said he is not actively campaigning for the seat. Incumbent Hertz is the president and CEO of Moody’s Market Inc, which operates retail grocery stores. Stores include Polson Super 1; Harvest Foods in Ronan...
RONAN — Three new members of the Ronan School Board were set to be sworn in on Monday as the Valley Journal went to press. Results were still unofficial as of Monday morning. Challengers beat all incumbent members on the ballot, including longtime member and board chairman Mark Clary...
ARLEE — On May 6 voters elected two new school board members and failed to pass four proposed mil levies for the district. Wendy Forgey and Lisa Koetter will join the board, after receiving 134 and 143 votes respectively. Lorie DeTienne and Elias L. Peak were defeated with 63 and 64 votes resp...
LAKE COUNTY — Three Lake County irrigation districts saw the election of four commissioners on May 6. Each irrigation district member receives one vote for each acre or partial acre of land, so someone with 500 acres would count as 500 votes. Election results were not finalized as of Monday...
RONAN – A dozen volunteers gloved up and grabbed trash bags last Saturday for the annual Ronan Cleanup Day, hosted by the Ronan Area Chamber of Commerce. Past chamber president Brennin Grainey handed out treats and coffee to a handful of people who braved chilly and wet conditions to tidy up t...
RONAN – Ronan City Council spent the weekend mulling over whether or not the city should hire a former employee of the Lake County Sheriff’s Department to lead its police department. Dennis Lewis met with city councilmembers on Friday, less than a week after recently appointed Poli...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have been more efficient at forest management practices than federal entities tasked with similar goals, Tribal Council Vice Chair Carole Lankford told the United States House of Representatives Natural Resource Committee April 10.&nbs...
POLSON — Attorneys argued last week in Lake County District Court that a defective steering knuckle manufactured by Hyundai was the cause of a July 2, 2011 wreck that occurred just north of Arlee and left three young people dead. Hyundai’s defense centered on the theory that a firework might h...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION – Flathead Indian Irrigation Project Manager Gordon Wind said last week that water delivery to irrigators is expected to go on as normal this summer, despite recent concerns voiced by a Mission Irrigation District commissioner. “We’re operating no differently t...
ST. IGNATIUS — On Monday one Lake County teen remained hospitalized and another in jail, after St. Ignatius, tribal, and county authorities responded to a stabbing that was reported early Saturday morning. According to St. Ignatius Police Chief Jeffrey Ferguson, a female called 911 at 1:23 a.m...
