Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — There’s a new girl in town: a female snowy owl. Becky Kean from the Montana Raptor Conservation Center in Bozeman brought the owl to Polson to release her near other snowy owls in the Skyview subdivision. Found near Malta in December, the owl, believed to have hatched last summer, had...
POLSON — Monday, March 2 was the deadline for filing to run for election in 2012. Running for Denny Rehberg’s seat in Congress was popular, with 11 candidates vying for the position. Ten pairs of candidates have thrown their hats in the ring for governor and lieutenant governor. U.S. Sen...
POLSON — The original fresco of “The Last Supper” was painted by Leonard DaVinci on a wall in the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy. Now Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church has its version, an 8-by-3-foot stained glass piece. Designed and crafted by Verna Ivory and daughter Lisa ...
POLSON — “Krava,” Veronika Novotna’ said, pointing to a picture of a cow on her Power Point presentation. “Krava,” the first-graders in Helen Siemers’ class repeated. Novotna’, an exchange student from the Czech Republic attending Polson High School, visi...
POLSON - At the Polson City Commissioners meeting on March 5, Darlis Smith, board member for the Greater Polson Community Foundation, and David Whitesell, Polson Superintendent of Schools, presented information gleaned from the Envision Polson! survey. Frequent responses were: • The need for a Commun...
POLSON — Lake County Sheriff Jay Doyle said he believes Keith Stapley, an attorney contracted by the Montana Association of Counties, will be representing Doyle, Undersheriff Dan Yonkin, Lt. Mike Sargeant and Deputy Dan Duryee in a civil case filed against them in U.S. District Court by several other c...
POLSON — Heart and Soul Community Development grant coordinators Darlis and Daniel Smith have announced the opening of a new office for the project starting this week. As of March 15, the new office, located on the east side of the North Lake County Public Library building in Polson, will be open to...
POLSON — There’s a new girl in town: a female snowy owl. Becky Kean from the Montana Raptor Conservation Center in Bozeman brought the owl to Polson to release her near other snowy owls in the Skyview subdivision. Found near Malta in December, the owl, believed to have hatched last summer, had...
Spring is on its way when feed and ranch supply stores stock baby chickens, and calves dot feed grounds, napping on hay or awkwardly kicking up their heels as their mothers munch hay. Ranching families who provide hay to keep their cattle fed are busy this time of year too, some rising several times a nig...
Jetta raced down the hallway, a blur of shiny black, sniffing the base of a bank of purple and gold lockers as she ran. Finding contraband is a game for the 4-year-old black Labrador retriever. She has been trained to detect illegal drugs, alcohol, guns, over-the-counter and prescription medications. Jones, ...
