Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
RONAN — With their donation to the Ronan Bread Basket, the Northwest Counties Farm Bureau showed its community spirit. “We’re active in the community,” Margaret Poole, NCFB representative, said, adding that the group awards four $500 scholarships to high school seniors in Lake, Fla...
POLSON — Although the agenda for the Oct. 17 Polson City Commission meeting was short, the meeting was not. Item six on the agenda was discussion regarding concerns over commercial use of a parcel zoned transitional at the end of Southlake Crest Drive. Southlake Crest Drive is in the Ridgewater subd...
POLSON — With a large kindergarten class of 133 students, the Polson School Board of Trustees was faced with a choice of hiring another teacher or three paraprofessionals. For each student over 20 per classroom, a paraprofessional needs to be in room for one and a half hours according to the Montana Of...
Editor, The Big Arm Association has had a couple of busy weeks with a great response from the community, wonderful hospitality from neighbors and continued support from the Trustees of Polson School District No. 23. On the first day of the month, we held our second very successful Community Breakfast a...
Commuters from Polson to Ronan have discovered Back Road as a way to quickly move from town to town. With its transformation from gravel to asphalt, Back Road has become a major traffic conduit; however, some Back Road residents aren’t pleased with the increased traffic or the speed of that traffic. ...
Outdoor Power Equipment, currently based out of the CORE plant off Highway 93, where Jore was located, may begin manufacturing small lawn and garden equipment by the end of 2011. OPE’s first product will be a trimmer, and the company will provide a jolt to the local economy with 25 to 30 new jobs. O...
RONAN — A wreck at the intersection of Back Road and Round Butte Road at about 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 14 sent both Brian and Lisa Mitchell to the hospital with serious injuries. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Aaron Day said witnesses reported the Mitchells’ southbound 1996 Plymouth Voyager just dro...
PABLO — Despite being down most of the game, Two Eagle River’s quarterback Clay Malatare put up his team's only digits with a 1-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter. The Alberton Panthers led from the beginning and jumped out to a 0-18 lead in the first quarter. Alberton’s Cody Ishler le...
POLSON — To introduce their new album to the hometown crowd, the band Off in the Woods will play a live concert at Polson High School on Oct. 15 from 7 to 10 p.m. Vocalist and guitar player Jon Schumaker describes the band’s sound as “Montana soul music,” a mishmash of late 60...
POLSON — A crowd of Mission Valley Aquatics supporters packed the Polson City Commissioners meeting on Oct. 3, waiting for consideration of an agenda item waiving fees. The group had asked the commissioners to refund $66,688 in fire, parks, sewer, water and administration impact fees. During commiss...
