Articles Written By: Kate Haake
RONAN — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus (D) received a warm welcome Thursday afternoon at the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Complex, where he held a listening session with the CSKT council and other tribal leaders. Baucus is spending the month touring Montana, and also plans to visit Rocky Boy, Black...
RONAN — Authorities believe alcohol was a factor in a one vehicle wreck on Sloan Road at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Aaron Day said. Day said that alcohol and narcotics involvement is still under investigation. Tammy Stack, the driver of a gray 2008 Hummer H3, crashed t...
RONAN — For Claire and Cole Bick, the end of school signifies summer fun, a few chores and the Lake County Fair. Like many 4-H families, when school gets out in May, it’s non-stop activity for the Bick kids. There’s a garden to tend to, pigs to feed and rabbits to breed &m...
RONAN — Rick and Vicki Wheeler attended Monday night’s Ronan City Council Meeting with the Spring Creek Lift Station — and its malfunctions — on their mind. The couple’s property on 5th Ave. SW abuts the Spring Creek Lift Station. The pair claims that since the new l...
RONAN — The Ronan School Board appointed Roger Romero as the board’s newest trustee at a school board meeting on Monday. Romero takes the place of former trustee Jim Blow, who also served as the board’s vice chairperson. “The role of a board member is to really be the voice of t...
RONAN — Four people suffered minor injuries when a 1999 gold Dodge Stratus heading southbound on U.S. Highway 93 rear-ended a green Subaru Legacy on Aug. 4 at 11:50 a.m. Megan Walsh, 23, of Polson stopped the Subaru at a crosswalk for a crossing pedestrian outside Ronan Sports and Western. Authoriti...
Following a few days of 4-H judging, the Lake County Fair added singing and dancing to its repertoire this year, spicing up Friday and Saturday nights with a brand new talent show, a concert by Rob Quist Great Northern Band and Tim Ryan, and a spur of the moment barn dance. “The girl who stole the s...
PABLO — Mary Racine has always wanted to be a nurse, at least since age 11. “I practically grew up in a hospital,” she jokes, half serious. A native of Browning, Racine explained that many of her family members were diagnosed with cancer. As a young girl, she spent plenty ...
Community Bank celebrated 100 years in business on Friday by reintroducing an old community barbecue tradition to Ronan and Polson. “It makes you feel good,” Community Bank Board Member Debby Olsson McClenahan explained. “We kind of revived the community barbecue.” She add...
The 2010 Ronan Pioneer Days was an affair to remember, with loads of old-fashioned fun for the whole family to enjoy. “Basically, we as a group like to get things done, and we don’t like sitting around waiting for things to happen,” Ronan Pioneer Days Secretary Robin Nelson said, explaining...
