Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
BLUE BAY — A shooting at 11 p.m. on Saturday at a residence about a mile north of Blue Bay sent three people to the hospital. A female called Lake County dispatch and reported she had been shot accidentally, but after leaving the scene with her daughter and son, she called back to report that it had...
RONAN — When you start talking to Cal Lindburg, his wife Alice, and some of Cal’s friends, an image emerges — a family man, involved in his church, a good businessman and a civic leader with a sprinkling of the practical joker for leavening. Cal and Alice Lindburg will be celebrati...
POLSON — Approval of 2015 summer events occupied Polson City Commissioners during a large portion of their March 6 meeting. Darina Huntley and David Venters asked commissioners to approve the use of Salish Point Park for the 5th annual Flathead Blues Festival for Aug. 14 and 15, to waive the n...
Connor Murphy ran up the tree trunk as if he were a tree frog with suction cup feet and quickly flipped over, sticking his landing. The 18-year-old laughed and did it again. While he’s agile, fast, able to jump and perform twisting jackknife dives on the trampoline, Connor has an engaging personality, ...
POLSON — Heather Knutson, Polson’s mayor, “walked the walk” after she proclaimed April 7 Polson’s Mayor’s Day for National Service Recognition at the Polson Senior Citizens Center; she poured coffee for the lunch crowd. “This is a day to thank those who serve and ...
Tulips, mud and bull sales all mean spring in Montana, and all were present for the Valley View Charolais Ranch 47th annual bull sale on Saturday. Pickups and cars with license plates from Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming as well as Montana were parked near the sale barn as bull buyers came to purchase ...
Flathead cherry trees are mostly pruned by now, allowing growers time to attend the Flathead Lake Cherry Growers 79th annual meeting held Saturday at the Yellow Bay Club House. Keynote speaker Norm Guitzwiler, a respected Washington cherry grower and crop management consultant, gave the audience of ...
POLSON — When there’s snow in the Mission Valley, many people snowshoe, ski or sled. Eighth-grader Charmayne Morrison has taken up another winter sport — dog sled racing. On March 24, she brought her sled and her two Alaskan huskies to Polson Middle School. Having a musher and d...
With the sun peeking through the clouds occasionally and a cold breeze blowing, Linderman kids gathered on the track to walk and run. Sounds like a normal kid activity, right? Well, yes, but Friday’s gathering of students was different — the kids were participating in a Recess Relay to rais...
POLSON — A resort tax made an appearance on the Polson City Commission agenda at the March 23 meeting. Commissioners heard a request to form a committee to review, research and discuss the possibility of placing a local option (resort) tax on the November 2015 General Election ballot. ...
