Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — Excavators, dump trucks, Bobcats and workmen in bright orange vests are busy on Polson’s Streetscape project. The project broke ground on Main Street Aug.16 and extends from 7th Avenue to Highway 93 and has now progressed to week nine. It was announced at the July 19 Polson City...
Weather was great for Polson High School’s homecoming week held Sept. 27 to Oct. 1. Students kept school spirit up around PHS with different dress-up days, such as pajama day on Monday, twin day/celebrity day on Tuesday, gender bender/80’s day on Wednesday, color wars on Thursday and purple and g...
Welcome sunlight shines through the windows onto saddlemaker Jeff Morrow’s worktable covered with mysterious tools and heavy saddle leather. Morrows’ business, called Shooting Star Saddlery, is named for the shy purple wildflowers he and his wife Joanne enjoy, since the flowers are a su...
POLSON — A Polson children’s book could be titled “Emmett and the Giant Pumpkin” instead of “James and the Giant Peach” since Emmett May raised over 1,700 pounds of pumpkin this year. That’s just three big Atlantic Giant pumpkins. May placed second with a 601-pounder...
POLSON — “We have a more than full house,” Mayor Pat DeVries said as she opened the 6:30 p.m. public hearing on amendments to the 2010-2011 budget on Sept. 4. Interested people packed the city commission chambers and the adjoining hall. All the uproar stemmed from the Sept. 8 meeti...
POLSON — Dr. Michael Righetti spoke to a packed lobby at St. Joseph Medical Center on Sept. 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. about backcountry medicine. Righetti is a horseman, hiker and backpacker so he understands the need for a lightweight, emergency first aid kit. For a first aid packing list ...
POLSON — “They don’t make Ann Rosses any more,” Steve Stanley, Director of Lake County Office of Emergency Management said. Stanley was part of the group honoring Ann Ross for her 20 years as a Red Cross volunteer before a Tribal Emergency Response Committee/Local Emergency P...
The scent of fry bread filled the Polson Middle School as seventh graders participated in Native American Awareness Week on Sept. 24. Groups of students rotated among five different activities — fry bread making, beading, stick game, watching “The Place of the Falling Waters,” a film about ...
POLSON — “Kage the Kitties” is the theme of Polson High School’s homecoming this year as the school gears up for a weekend of fun and sports. PHS Lady Pirates soccer team takes on Columbia Falls Wildkats, Thursday, Sept. 30 at 5 p.m., and the Lady Pirates volleyball team also will be ...
DAYTON — A one-car crash north of Dayton killed passenger Leroy Carlson, 43, and sent the driver of the '92 Toyota Tacoma to the hospital early Sept. 23. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Andy Horton, the crash was discovered at about 7:20 a.m. at mile marker 83.7. However, Dep...
