Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
PABLO — An employee of Farrier Fencing was injured on Aug. 12 at about 10:54 a.m. when he dug into one of Mission Valley Power’s lines. The man was part of a crew building a fence around Two Eagle River School. He was using a spud bar and thought he had hit some tree roots but instead it...
POLSON — An accident in front of McDonald’s on Highway 93 slowed both lanes of traffic at about 1 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 16. A 1995 red Ford van pulled out of McDonald’s onto Hwy. 93 to head south, and was stuck by a champagne colored Buick driving north on Hwy. 93. No one was seriou...
POLSON — The School District #23 Board of Trustees suspended the Family and Consumer Sciences program at Polson High School at their Aug. 9 meeting. Board Chair Theresa Taylor said the district had posted a job opening for a FCS teacher two times and had no completed applications. Trustee Kelly B...
RONAN — On a quiet Sunday, Aug. 8, the last day of the Lake County Fair, pickups and horse trailers started pulling into the fairgrounds near the rodeo arena before 9 a.m. Parents were driving kids who belong to the Southwest Youth Rodeo Association to the Ronan rodeo. About 63 competitors from around ...
POLSON — Huckleberry ice cream cones, huckleberry lemonade, smoothies and ice tea were all popular coolers at the Sandpiper Art Festival on Aug. 7. Lots of visitors strolled across the Lake County Courthouse lawn during the event on a beautiful day, cooler than last year’s scorcher. ...
RONAN — While 4-H kids at the Lake County Fair were showing their steers and exhibiting cookies and photography projects, the Mission Mountain Quilt Guild held its annual quilt show. About 150 quilts were hanging in the Ronan High School gym on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The quilt ...
POLSON — Nearly one hundred Model T Fords of many vintages wheeled into the Miracle of America Museum last Thursday in Polson on Aug. 5. The Model T’s were part of the Montana Majestic Mountain T Tour, of the Model T Ford Club of America. Between noon to 1 p.m., Harry Fritsch, who was...
On the afternoon before the market steer show at the Lake County Fair, the wash rack behind the livestock barns was a popular place. Steers needed to be cleaned up and fitted so they’d look their best. Lexi Bagnell, Saddle Mountain 4-H Club, and her cousin Deondra Brown, Ninepipe Explorers 4-...
POLSON — The Road Toad is a hot rod built on a 1927 Model T Ford. Owner J.R. Lang from Dunnellon, Fla., drove the Toad and its attached trailer to Montana. He’s driven the Toad up here four times since it was completed in 2002; the unique vehicle has 60,000 miles on it, so it’s not...
POLSON — The Mobil gas pump read 38 cents per gallon, and a gleaming burgundy 1952 Mercedes Benz Cabriole was pulled up to refuel. The gas pump, the vintage lights flanking it and the car all belonged to Ron Olsen. Olsen was exhibiting his car at Cruisen By the Bay Car Show held on Aug. 8, 9 and 10....
