Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — A road grader costs an astounding $240,000, and Lake County’s newest grader is a 1996 model. And years of hard work on the county roads is beginning to catch up quickly on the county's road maintenance rigs. To try and deal with aging equipment and the rising cost of parts and supplie...
POLSON — With several mountain lion sightings around Polson this spring, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Wildlife Biologists and Fish and Game Departments said they take every call about a mountain lion sighting seriously. CSKT Wildlife Biologist Stacy Courville and Pablo “Ch...
Polson Tower, this is Delta 7, five miles southwest of the airport, requesting to land,” said the crackly voice of a student pilot. “Delta 7, this is Polson Tower. Fly into the pattern, then report to base,” said Lee Lytton from Polson Tower. “Polson Tower, this is Delta 7 on ba...
POLSON — A mountain lion was sighted on Tuesday, March 30, about 11:30 p.m. near the Y junction of Highways 93 and 35 in Polson, according to Polson Police Chief Doug Chase. A person driving on Highway 93 saw the cat cross the highway near DePoe Junction, a building above Safeway near the highway. ...
While the Montana Medical Marijuana Act is an easy read, it doesn’t take long to figure out that the issues involved are much more complicated than one might think. After the state legislature passed Initiative 148 in 2004, change came slowly until last fall. The recent boom in Montana’s medic...
POLSON — The issue of where to locate the new sewage treatment plant has been simmering in Polson for at least a year. During the April 5 Polson City Commission meeting the commissioners settled one portion of the issue when they voted against purchasing the Meridian building on Kerr Dam Road for use a...
POLSON — About 40 people attended the first of many public meetings on the Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery or TIGER Grant held on March 30 at 6:30 p.m. in Linderman gym. Lake County Commissioners Paddy Trusler and Bill Barron and Polson City Manager Todd Crossett presen...
The Easter bunny had lots of helpers around the Mission Valley on Saturday, April 3. The ladies of the Alpha Upsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi cleaned, stuffed and hid close to 5,000 plastic Easter eggs on the beginning-to-green lawns at Boettcher Park. Businesses around Polson donated coupons, cand...
POLSON — Daisy Girl Scout Troop #3327 got a special treat at its March 25 meeting. The 10 first graders met in the Cherry Valley Library. After a game of “Mother May I,” the Daisies, all wearing their blue aprons, met Deputy Ryan Funke from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. ...
POLSON — Seventh grader Ida Couture was a little nervous as she asked Pablo “Chib” Espinoza questions. Espinoza is Chief of Fish and Game Department for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Couture started off asking Espinoza his name, how to spell his name and how many years he ...
