Articles Written By: Caleb M. Soptelean
POLSON – A father and son are facing charges for separate incidents in Lake County. Richard Shawn Twoteeth Jr. faces a rape charge stemming from September 2015, while Richard Sr. faces his fourth DUI charge from June 2015. Twoteeth Jr., 20, of Pablo, allegedly had sexual intercourse with an extre...
POLSON – An Arlee man was convicted of stalking for the second time against the same woman following a one-and-a-half -day trial last week. Brandon Bagnell, 48, was unanimously convicted by a jury on Tuesday, June 6. Sentencing is scheduled for July 26. County Attorney Steve Eschenbacher asked for a pe...
POLSON – A law creating enhanced driver’s licenses that would allow Montanans to board an airplane and enter federal facilities has been signed into law. Gov. Steve Bullock signed SB 366 on May 25 after it passed the Senate 33-16 and the House 83- 17. The bill brings the state into complian...
POLSON — A world class technology company is moving forward in Lake County. Adelos, a subsidiary of S&K Technologies Inc., received a two-year $2.5 million security contract with the U.S. Air Force following a competitive bid process last year. According to chief executive officer Scott...
POLSON — Sweet Bliss is a dream come true for Chanel Lake. Lake, whose grandmother, Doreen Alexander, owned The Hut burger joint in Polson many years ago, purchased Espress Yoself from Kori Stinger last December. Lake kept most things the same but made a few changes here and there, and has ...
POLSON – Polson’s downtown is undergoing some changes. Two longtime businesses, Gull Printing and Jackie M’s, have either closed or will be closing soon, while another business, The Rack, is just getting started and a restaurant looks to open soon as well. Gull Printing’s las...
POLSON – A year and a half ago, Karla Gallatin saw an opportunity and decided to take advantage of it. She bought a company and transformed it into Mission Fitness. “I just didn’t want it to close because I saw that it had great potential,” said Gallatin, who had worked at Po...
POLSON – A 32-year-old Great Falls man faces at least two forgery charges after allegedly trying to cash numerous stolen checks in Lake County. Levi Morin was arrested following a May 11 traffic stop near Finley Point when a police officer found 78 pieces of mail from 34 different people in Morin&rs...
POLSON – A Dixon man faces a stalking charge and three counts of violating privacy in communications after he allegedly sent more than 700 lewd and threatening emails to a woman over the course of 10 months. Charles Thies, 54, was arrested May 8 and is being held on $100,000 bond. He also face...
A Ronan man who robbed a bank at age 14 was sentenced to five years in the Department of Corrections for probation violations last week. According to court records, Judge Kim Christopher revoked Francis Aimsback’s 10-year sentence, which include five years suspended, for criminal possession of dange...
