Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
PABLO — Third grader Sami Dolberry remembered drawing two big circles and a small circle for the head of her horse, Moonstar, and then connecting the circles, adding legs, ears, a tail and other details. Sami drew Moonstar last year, and now Moonstar and other first and second graders’ art projec...
POLSON — Polson High School music students Sierra Garcia, Olivia Hewston and Austin Martinez qualified for the Montana High School Association’s All State Band and Choir Festival. Nearly 1,000 students from around the state attended the event in Missoula at the University of Montana and Hellga...
POLSON — “Hie, hie, hie to the Irish spirit at its best,” a line from “The Day the Irish Start to Sing and Dance” describes the Montana ShamRockers. They’re fresh from a visit to Ireland and are recording a new CD in their 11th year singing together. The new album of Ch...
Greg Hertz and William McLaughlin are running for the House District 12 seat. McLaughlin said he was asked to be a Democratic Party placeholder on the ballot, and he filed with the understanding the Democrats would have a formal candidate. He is not actively campaigning. Hertz, 59, has l...
POLSON — The latest legislative redistricting plan, which included 100 house districts and 50 senate districts, was adopted by the Montana Legislature on Feb. 2, 2013. According to the 1972 Constitution, Montana’s legislative districts must be “as nearly equal in population as practicable.&...
Judicial candidates for Montana 20th Judicial District for Lake and Sanders County are Jim Manley and Mark Russell. Manley is serving out C.B. McNeil’s term as judge for Montana 20th Judicial District for Lake and Sanders County. Russell is the Chief Deputy Lake County Attorney. Manle...
POLSON — During an update on the construction at Polson High School at the Oct. 13 board meeting, Superintendent Linda Reksten reported the exterior doors and replacement windows will be installed the week of Oct. 20-24. Insulating window shades will be installed Oct. 16 and 17. The district used gr...
POLSON — For such a busy place, Lake County Dispatch is deceptively calm and quiet. Two dispatchers with headsets are seated before two horseshoe-shaped desks placed back to back. They are in a 28 by 20-foot room with pale walls, industrial carpeting and two east windows that offer a glimpse of sky, tr...
POLSON — Polson Fire Department firefighter Tanner Hayes, in full turnouts, crawled along, laden with air tanks and wearing a mask, unable to turn his head because of all his equipment. Children were jumping, waving their arms, hollering, patting Hayes and sticking their heads in front of him....
POLSON — A dramatic orange and purple sunset lent itself as a backdrop to Fields of Faith on Oct. 10 at Polson High’s football field. A student-led event, Fields of Faith is a worldwide interdenominational movement that happens every second Wednesday in October. Kids meet on an athletic ...
