Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
The practice round featured words like mammalian, rejuvenate, dawdle and herculean. Then the top fifth to eighth-grade spellers from Arlee, Charlo, Polson, Ronan and St. Ignatius began the 88th annual Lake County Spelling Bee — and the words really got difficult. Spelling styles differed. ...
CHARLO — Charlo Schools’ top speller doesn’t get to try his luck at the Lake County Spelling Bee this year. No, the speller isn’t on vacation or sick, Niko Marquez is a fourth grader. Fourth graders traditionally are allowed to spell in the Charlo bee, but no one can reme...
POLSON — Sounding like unspoken family vows, “know me, care for me, ease my way” is the vision statement of Providence St. Joseph Medical Center. And it’s more than just words. The saying has been beaded into three panels on display in the entryway to make the hospital mor...
BIG ARM — With flame lengths spiking to 10 feet due to a gusty wind, a fire near Walking Horse Lane burned approximately five acres on Saturday. The caller who notified dispatch at 11 p.m. heard eight or nine explosions “and now there’s a big fire,” she said, according to Joh...
BIG ARM — Reports about space debris falling from a Chinese satellite’s rocket body over the Western United States fueled one man’s curiosity about a fire near Walking Horse Lane at 11 p.m. Saturday. A Big Arm resident and volunteer firefighter, Matt Sisler responded to the fire with 15 ...
POLSON — With infrastructure that needs work, the Polson School Board of trustees voted to ask voters for a five-year levy to establish both an elementary and a separate high school building reserve fund at a special meeting on Feb. 26. The proposed elementary levy would generate $220,000 per year, a t...
POLSON — “Consider yourself at home, consider yourself one of the family” are lyrics from a song by the same name in the musical “Oliver,” sung by Polson High School music students . That’s exactly what Polson High School kids wanted their audience to do as they sang an...
PABLO — Virgil Dupuis has spent the last 30 years fighting with invasive species so he’s a good fit for Governor Steve Bullock’s Montana Invasive Species Advisory Council. The governor appointed Dupuis and seven other Montanans to the council on Feb. 20. Although the board hasn’...
POLSON — Corey Robert Franklin of Lakeside was charged with felony theft in district court Feb. 13 for his alleged part in the heist of an automated teller machine from Community Bank. Franklin’s record shows he has a previous conviction for burglary and was on probation in Kalispell. ...
The statement “let’s throw some rocks” sounds like kids at the lakeshore, but it’s a call for curlers to take the ice. Polson curlers Dave and Suz Rittenhouse interested friends in the winter sport, and now a group of Polsonites makes the trip to Missoula to curl at the Glaci...
