Articles Written By: Daniel Martynowicz
ST. IGNATIUS — What do face-painting, cake-walking, Santa Claus, a shuffleboard, basketball, a bean bag toss and toys for every good girl and boy in Mission have in common? They were all present at the annual St. Ignatius Chamber of Commerce’s Christmas Carnival last Saturday. An all-day...
Post-traumatic stress disorder has been a part of war since the beginning of time. In years past, PTSD has been referred to as shell shock, battle fatigue, soldier’s heart and the thousand-yard stare. While the names have changed, the affliction remains the same and is an ever-present issue for combat...
ST. IGNATIUS — Standing before a packed house Sunday in the center of Zion Lutheran Church’s new addition, Reverend Kyle T. Whaley was all smiles while gazing over the product of more than five months’ hard work and perseverance. The new parish hall, built right up to the existing ...
ARLEE — Nathan Butler, a 16-year-old Arlee resident, has been charged in Lake County District Court in the stabbing death of his 51-year-old stepfather and with injuring his mother and another man Nov. 12. Butler is charged with deliberate homicide, attempted deliberate homicide, and assault with a ...
RONAN — In 2008, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality put forth a report stating Ronan did not have enough water storage, fire flow, water supply or water treatment to meet regulations. Driven by governing bodies on the state and federal level, the Ronan City Council voted 5-1 in 2008 in fav...
ARLEE — According to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin, the Lake County dispatch center received a 911 call reporting a stabbing in Arlee Nov. 12 at 5:38 a.m. Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies, Flathead Police officers and members of the Arlee ambulance crew arrived on scene shortly after and f...
ARLEE — Located four miles northwest of Arlee, the old South Valley Creek Bridge allowed residents, emergency vehicles, school busses, logging trucks and farm equipment to cross the Jocko River for more than 100 years. The bridge, owned and maintained by Lake County, was a metal truss design w...
RONAN — The regularly scheduled Ronan City Council meeting was postponed the night of Nov. 13 due to a lack of a quorum. A minimum of four city council members must be present to take a vote. As there were only three council members in attendance, the meeting was moved to noon the following da...
POLSON — Jackson Katz, an internationally known anti-sexism activist, educator, author, speaker, filmmaker and cultural theorist, paid a visit to the Mission Valley last week. Having written several books and given hundreds of speeches to high school and college campuses around the world on the subj...
RONAN — Every child knows the story of the Pilgrims and Native Americans sitting down together and feasting for three straight days during the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock in 1621. Now, nearly 400 years later, the tradition lives on as friends and family gather every year to eat good fo...