Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — Edgar is on the fritz according to Rob Turner, Polson Rotary Club President. Edgar is the Boys and Girls Club van, and the club is this year’s Rotary Festival for Youth beneficiary. Rotary hopes to provide a $15,000 cash infusion allowing the BGC to replace (sorry, Edgar) the van. ...
POLSON — What is a doula? Doula, a Greek word, technically means female servant, but Brianna Rowe said it really is a woman helping another woman have the birth she wants. Rowe, a certified doula and a licensed and certified massage therapist, is the only doula between Somers and Arlee. She owns ...
POLSON — Big changes are taking place at the Showboat Theatre as the theatre switches from 35mm film to digital movies. The latest Harry Potter movie was the first digital movie for the theatre. According to CEO Becky Dupuis, the theatre looks the same, but the projection room has been revamped with...
POLSON — Curls of smoke from the cookers and barbecues announced the third annual Smokin’ on the Water barbecue cook-off was beginning early Saturday morning. Pit boss for Smokin’ Joe’s, Joe Santos, Jr., started cooking at 8 a.m. using his dad’s cooker. Joe and his crew serv...
The toughest part of exercising is getting your shoes laced up and forcing yourself out the door. Once you get outside though, it does get better. Hearing the birds sing, watching a fox scamper across the field or visiting your neighbors' horses can stimulate your workout. It’s easier yet if your p...
POLSON — Fewer ladies' stores, bars and doughnut shops occupy Polson’s Main Street as a group of Polson history enthusiasts found when they joined Sharon Fulton for a walking tour on Thursday, Aug. 18. Working with the Polson Flathead Historical Museum prior to guiding the tour, Fulton spent ...
POLSON — It’s been 17 years since Jana Campbell and Anita Meyer were killed by a drunk driver on their way to Kalispell on Aug. 19. Anita was 17, and Jana would have turned 57 in October. “It was an awful time,” John Campbell, Jana’s dad said. The Campbells and Peggy Wheel...
POLSON — During a short meeting on Aug. 15, Polson City Commissioners approved the new beverage license for Montana domestic winery, the Grinde Bay Winery, 607 9th Avenue E. The winery is located near Johnco Storage. They also approved a three-year extension for preliminary approval of a 49-lot subd...
POLSON — “It’s a big lake,” Lake County Deputy Glenn Miller said. He and Deputy Nate Lundeen, a trainee on the Lake County Sheriff's Office 21-foot-boat, should know. They patrol Flathead Lake at least four days a week and “show the presence.” Their goal is to have a pa...
The cows were ousted from the Agnes Vanderburg camp on Valley Creek for a week-long encampment for teachers from the Flathead area, Missoula and the Flathead Reservation Head Start teachers. Sponsored by the Big Sky Science Partnership and funded by the National Science Foundation, one of the camp’s...
