Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
Even if you have a beautiful dress and Grandma’s heirloom lace veil, a hall rented for the reception and a groom in a tuxedo, you need to take care of getting a marriage license before the wedding ceremony. In Montana, both the bride and groom need to go to the county courthouse to get a marri...
When does marriage begin — at the end of the wedding with the first kiss between bride and groom, the first time a husband says, “This place is a mess,” before sitting down to watch a football game or the first time a wife yells at husband for failing to pick up milk and bread? Long afte...
RONAN — 4-H club members and their parents converged on the scale and stockyards to weigh in their 2010-2011 4-H steers on the morning of Jan. 8. Longhaired and fuzzy in their winter coats, some of the steers took a ride in a trailer or truck and a different environment in stride, while others dragged ...
POLSON — In a short meeting Jan. 2, the Polson City Commission unanimously voted to pass the second reading of Ordinance #661, to revise chapter 14-10 regulation of public trees. Polson parks superintendent Karen Sargeant said she plans to do an educational campaign for Polson residents about their ...
ST. IGNATIUS — After a dozen years monitoring the town’s water system, filling potholes, plowing snow, mowing grass and doing just about anything else you can think of, one of the busiest people in St. Ignatius has retired from his job with the town. But former public works director Ray Frey s...
POLSON — To begin the new year, the Polson Police Department has received a welcome gift of 12 new portable breath testers from the DUI Task Force coordinated by Jill Campbell. The PBTs are used for driving under the influence of alcohol, minor in possession of alcohol or probation violation t...
POLSON — The Polson Chamber of Commerce had Todd Crossett speak on the state of the city of Polson and on Jan. 5, it was Lake County commissioner Paddy Trusler’s turn to talk about the state of Lake County. Holding a chamber announcement with a picture of a sunrise, Trusler said a sunrise is t...
Not since 1996, local folks say, has Polson received as much snow as it did on Dec. 29. Snow started falling during the night and continued to pile up all day, leaving the landscape, cars and houses covered with about two feet of the fluffy white stuff. Polson received much more snow than did Kalispell, with...
Although he’s become more accustomed to sunshine and the Pacific Ocean than snowy days and Flathead Lake, Kevin O’Brien came home for the holidays and took the opportunity while he was here to share with locals some of his sailing adventures. A 2001 Polson High School alumnus, O’Brien wa...
POLSON —Polson City Hall is welcoming 2011 with a list of improvements. Thanks to an Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant, the building began refurbishment in November to improve its energy efficiency. The whole middle of the building has been opened up and reconfigured. Doors, windows a...
