Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
PABLO — Johnathan Wayne Charlo, 28, of Pablo was booked into Lake County jail on Sunday on felony burglary charges. Charlo and another suspect were apprehended by sheriff’s deputies after a Pablo man reported three males came into his home and stole his television set at approximately 9:...
POLSON — A man was booked into Lake County Jail Saturday on three felony counts of assaulting a police officer, felony theft, and misdemeanor resisting arrest. Tadd Michael Wilson, 25, was being served a warrant when he resisted arrest and was tased by officers, according to Lake County Unders...
RONAN — Ronan City Council voted to settle a payment dispute with PaveCo Contracting and Utilities of Kalispell at a Feb. 18 council meeting. The payment dispute resulted from the construction of a walking path a couple of years ago that begins near Les Schwab, Mayor Kim Aipperspach said in an...
CHARLO – After lengthy consideration of whether or not a larger or smaller school board is more effective, the Charlo District’s Board of Trustees voted on Feb. 18 to increase the size of the board from seven members to eight members in the upcoming May election. The decision was ...
CHARLO – McKalistar Rosenbaum’s senior project was meant to be a simple tribute to her teenage friend Rebecca Smith who died of leukemia, but the labor of love ended up winning the favor of a national scholarship contest. On Feb. 11, the Charlo senior was announced as a state distinguish...
RONAN – Aric Cooksley is a man with a short-term plan for meeting the immediate needs of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County Boys and Girls Club and an emerging long-term vision for its growth and sustainability. Cooksley became chief professional officer and executive director for the cl...
LAKE COUNTY — The proliferation of technology has greatly expanded the limits of education, but also left two school districts grappling last week with questions about liability, boundaries, and ways to make sure the Internet is used responsibly instead of mismanaged by teens that might not fully under...
When she speaks about almost 30 years of volunteering with the Mission Valley Ambulance Service, Valerie Umphrey is humble and says she’s nothing out of the ordinary. “I do the same thing that a lot of other people did; not as well, I just did it longer and got old,” Umphrey said of her ...
LAKE COUNTY – Creeping sadness and the despair of depression are common emotions that can turn deadly and lead to suicide in people with a poor ability to control impulse urges or tap into feelings of happiness or self-worth. Simple steps taken by caregivers in early childhood to ensure self-worth, ...
RONAN – Superintendent Andy Holmlund will lead the Ronan School District through the 2016-2017 school year. In a 4-1 Feb. 10 vote that saw no discussion, trustees approved a $122,000 base salary for Holmlund for that school year. It will be the same as his 2015-2016 base salary, but a slight increas...
