Valley Journal
Valley Journal

Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus

Streetscape celebration planned

POLSON — To celebrate the re-opening of Main Street and near completion of the streetscape project, the Polson Business Community is throwing a block party and inviting the whole community. Community members are encouraged to come see what Main Street looks like following the many improvements made ...

Commission chooses Smith for Ward 1

POLSON —Todd Coutts, Lou Marchello and Don Smith submitted letters of interest in the Ward 1 City Commissioner vacancy. Polson City Commissioners voted at the meeting on Nov. 1 and unanimously for Don Smith. The unanimous vote followed two deadlocked votes.  Smith, 57, has lived in Polson all h...

Stockmen’s Association schedules wolf meeting

RONAN — The Western Montana Stockmen’s Association will host a town hall meeting on how to protect interests in wildlife and livestock since the gray wolf has been re-listed as an endangered species. The meeting will be held Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. in the Ronan Community Center. Ken McAlpin, vice ...

100 years

As part of their centennial celebration, the communities of Dayton and Proctor got together to produce a Dayton Centennial Tour. The tour included the Proctor church, the old Proctor store, the Proctor school, the S.S. Hodge, the Dayton Bank and the old railroad dock. Visitors could view the buildings, boat ...

Grass fires erupt near Jette

POLSON — Polson Fire Department officials don’t know what started four or five grass fires on Oct. 21. The small fires were located near the Jette Store, Jette Hill and Baypoint Lane.  “It (the cause) could have been a chain dragging, a  piece of metal dragging,” Karen Sa...

DOVES honors 4 for domestic violence work

POLSON – DOVES honored four community members who are “Taking a Stand Against Domestic Violence” during an Oct. 20 award ceremony.  Mark Calhoun, pastor at the United Methodist Church, received the award for Community Volunteer Agency. The church hosts an evening with mothers and ch...

Candidates discuss issues, priorities

POLSON — A candidate forum sponsored by the Polson Chamber of Commerce drew a crowd of about 80 people on Saturday night.  The event was held at Polson High School, and Polson Chamber members submitted questions for the candidates. Candidates attending were: Jay Doyle, R, and Dan Yonkin, D, ...

MVA Board votes to begin construction

POLSON — The Mission Valley Aquatics Board of Directors unanimously approved plans to begin construction of the indoor aquatic facility at a public meeting held on Oct. 25 at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. The board had raised approximately $2.8 million and needs to raise an additional $200,000 ...

TERS staff, students walk to raise breast cancer awareness

PABLO — October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so cancer survivor Cheryl Morigeau and breast cancer survivor Claudette Bird, both of whom work at Two Eagle River School, planned an event for staff and students. Bird and Morigeau started by asking the students to decorate their lockers and wear pink. ...

School board clarifies expulsion rescission

POLSON — During a special meeting of the Polson School Board of Trustees on Oct. 14, Chair Theresa Taylor spoke about an expulsion hearing for a middle school student held several weeks ago.  Two mothers, one the mother of a seventh-grader allegedly attacked at PMS by another student with a &ld...


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