Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — If the success of WATCH D.O.G.S. is based on participation, the father/father figure involvement program at Linderman Elementary School is incredibly successful. After the first meeting on Jan. 9, about 62 dads and father figures signed up to spend a day at the school, according to Chris Mc...
POLSON — Michael Brown, director of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes road projects, spoke to the Polson City Commissioners at their Feb. 3 meeting. Brown said that on every reservation there is a road inventory, consisting of every public road on the reservation. The CSKT receive construc...
POLSON — Construction near the Mission Valley Aquatic Center in the Ridgewater Subdivision south of Polson has piqued local interest. The one project already in progress is the Kalispell Region Medical Clinic. Swanke Enterprises has begun construction and hopes to be completed this spring, wea...
PABLO — “I told them they were the only people in the universe to have a degree in Tribal Historic Preservation,” said Jeff Bendremer, Ph.D., director of the Tribal Historic Preservation Program at Salish Kootenai College. Bendremer was talking about the four students who graduated with ...
With fluffy bangs, long eyelashes and fuzzy bodies, alpacas look a bit like teddy bears — or at least huacaya alpacas do. The Peruvian animals greeted folks who arrived at Black Wolf Ranch, the site of last week’s Multifunctional Agriculture Class offered by the Community Food and Agriculture ...
LAKE COUNTY — Two residents of Pablo and Ronan face multiple charges for a Lake County crime spree that began with the theft of a stolen Dodge pickup truck from Ronan on Jan. 19, included ramming a car through Westland Seed to steal guns on Jan. 21 and ended with a burglary that same day in Adams Count...
POLSON — An external lockdown at all Polson schools on Jan. 28 had students, staff and parents concerned, but the situation was resolved quickly by the Polson Police and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. “The Polson school district has policies and procedures in place to protect th...
POLSON — Traditionally the noisemakers come before the dragon. “They chase evil spirits away,” said third-grader Jeremiah Coutts. At Linderman School on Jan. 31, the noisemakers were Kristin Wilson’s class carrying tiny cymbals, bells, tambourines, rattles and triangles. T...
RONAN — The new Michel Bridge officially opened on Jan. 28. The bridge crosses the Pablo Feeder Canal on Michel Road, approximately three miles east of Ronan and north of Terrace Lake Road. The bridge project was a collaboration among the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Lake County, t...
POLSON — Wondering what’s going on at Appliance Care? Brothers Sam and Caleb Allred purchased Appliance Care, 805 Main Street, in late October of 2012. Appliance Care opened more than 20 years ago, owned by R. J. Eckhardt. The business originally sold and serviced Maytag appliances. ...
