Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
When the Montana Foodbank Network backed up to the dock at White’s Wholesale Meats on Jan. 14, Kyle Middlemist, director of the Western Montana Stockgrowers Association, and Jack Stivers, secretary for the WMSA, were ready to help load hamburger. To help stretch budgets and fill stomachs with ...
POLSON — At the Jan. 12 Polson school board meeting, student representative Sarah Rausch gave a rundown of upcoming events at Polson High School, including the end of the quarter on Jan. 23 and final exams. She also commented on the new carpeting installed during the winter break, describing the first ...
Berl Tiskus/Valley Journal Jim Duford opened the First Resort in downtown Polson in 1970, and it’s been an anchor in the community since then. The store closed briefly in 1991 and then reopened in 1992 when Jim and daughter Tali Duford-Barron started it up again. Jim retired in 2014. Now the l...
POLSON — Have an infant and need to make sure she’s thriving? In the market for a flu shot? Wondering about birth control options or a well-woman check? Unsure about whether a car seat is safe? All these questions and many more can be answered at the Lake County Health Department, a brick b...
POLSON — Polson Police K-9 Officer Brody received his badge at the Jan. 8 Polson City Commissioners meeting. Officer Juan Maso works with Brody, a 2-year-old yellow Labrador retriever. Brody has the ability to search vehicles, bags, lockers, classrooms, large rooms, items at the United States ...
POLSON — Before a crowded courtroom, District Judge Deborah Kim Christopher administered the oath of office to Lake County elected officials on Dec. 29. Sworn-in were Michelle Wood, Lake County Superintendent of Schools; Randal Owens, Lake County Justice of the Peace; Patti Duford Kugler...
It had been a whirlwind between when Lake County Sheriff Don Bell and Undersheriff Jim Atkins took office at one minute after midnight on Jan. 1 and when they came to speak to the Pachyderm Club on Jan. 9. During the last nine days, Bell and Atkins have put in more than 110 hours each, going to work...
In the indigo twilight of Dec. 31, sky lanterns — red, green, pink and white — floated upward, bearing scribbled wishes for 2015 and remembrances of people who’ve gone ahead. Carrie Millstead and her family sent a lantern into the sky in celebration of the new year and their new home in ...
POLSON — Lake County Commissioners voted to leave the City/County Planning Board intact at a meeting held on Dec. 17, 2014. Chair Gale Decker said commissioners started getting phone calls about the planning board as the City of Polson’s development code rewrite neared completion in October. ...
A continual snowstorm throughout the weekend piled up enough of the white stuff to cause some schools to cancel classes on the first day back from holiday break and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to declare a snow day Monday. Area residents were shoveling out Monday, while street and tr...
