Articles Written By: Kate Haake
RONAN — Summer camps for most kids don’t make the cut without a lake, sports or arts and crafts. But for a few Ronan middle school students, getting wrapped up in computer programs, the construction of toothpick bridges and stop animation was an excellent way to spend a week of summer afternoo...
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office transferred an investigation involving the alleged embezzlement of $675,000 from Whitefish Credit Union and a missing person to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Lake County Detective Dan Yonkin confirmed on Tuesday. He also indicated that authorities have m...
CHARLO — A patriotic and festive Charlo Fourth of July Celebration drew eager spectators from all over Lake County on Sunday. From Ronan to St. Ignatius, residents lined the streets to watch the parade, celebrate Independence Day and partake in the day’s festivities. “It’s amazi...
RONAN — At a meeting on Monday, Ronan City Council members voted unanimously to follow the planning board’s recommendation prohibiting the sale, growth and distribution of medical marijuana within the city limits. Previously, the Ronan City Council issued a temporary moratorium, restricting me...
RONAN — A power line was dislodged off its pole on Tuesday morning in Ronan after a Pablo resident drove his car off U.S. Highway 93 and into the pole on the west side of the highway. At approximately 11:10 a.m. Tom Hendricks pulled out of the Community Bank parking lot, heading south on U.S. Highwa...
POLSON — Law enforcement agencies suspect a missing woman of allegedly embezzling an estimated $675,000 from Whitefish Credit Union in Polson. Kathleen Gratton Sammons, a resident of Charlo and vice president of the Whitefish Credit Union, left work on Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. to unlock t...
CHARLO — After rounding Palmer’s Corner, a vehicle drifted off U.S. Highway 212 and drove 100 yards before hitting an embankment and crashing into the Post C Irrigation Canal outside of Charlo on Friday at 10:30 a.m. The driver of the vehicle, Darbie Lynn Morigeau, 49, of Polson sustaine...
CHARLO — For ten years Charlo has provided a little structure and summer fun for local students in the form of an art camp. And this year’s camp was more popular than ever with 79 kids participating in the creative event. “I had kids in school and it was just a fun idea for a su...
RONAN — The recent onslaught of spring showers has flooded basements and roads and left some Lake County residents anxiously waiting for the sun to dry the saturated fields and overflowing creeks. Lake County and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal officials have been monitoring the flows ...
POLSON — When Eva Oruste moved into her 1920s home eight years ago, the backyard was a concrete parking lot and the home hadn’t been redone since the 1970s. It was an absolute disaster. The previous owners had been smokers, and the grime that comes with the nicotine addiction li...
