Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — A Polson student home sick with the flu Nov. 11 was awakened by smoke and Dale, the family’s brindle pit bull, in his home at 206 8th Ave. W. The fire did an estimated $10,000 to $12,000 worth of damage to the building and its contents. Dispatch called the Polson Fire Department at ab...
POLSON — School buses leaving Linderman Elementary School to pick up children at other schools have been bottlenecked at Fifth Avenue E. and First Street E. in Polson because there is no stop sign at the intersection. Lake County employees have also had trouble crossing to the Information Technol...
“I wasn’t getting out of my pajamas until 4 p.m., and I was on the computer all the time,” Charlotte Gaustad said. So she talked to Ophie Keene, then head of the Foster Grandparents Program, and said she needed something to get her out of the house Now Gaustad, or “Grandma...
POLSON — Reams of paper and hours of time spent copying documents to produce school board trustee packets for each board meeting have been an issue for many people, including Polson School Board Trustee Caroline McDonald. She has been researching a switch to a paperless board meeting. At the N...
PABLO — According to the by-laws and constitution of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, a primary election run-off for Elmo District Tribal Council Candidates Reuben A. Mathias and Len Two Teeth will be held this Saturday, Nov. 16. Both Two Teeth and Mathias received ...
POLSON — Heading into the holiday season, people are thinking about turkeys and gift giving, and not so much about scams. But swindlers love the holidays too, according to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin. A scam currently circulating around Lake County involves a flimflammer calli...
PABLO — The primary election for Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council was held Nov. 2 and the official results were posted Nov. 6. A recount for the Elmo district seat was completed and filed at 1 p.m. on Nov. 7. The two candidates from each district, or in Elmo’s case three c...
POLSON — A stand-off at an apartment complex on the 1000 block of Fourth Street W. ended with one female victim in the hospital and Michael James Gardipe, 35, and Alisha McDanal, 34, in custody. Polson Police received a call at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Nov.3 of a possible disturbance involv...
With names like Filthy McNasty and Bird Leg Blues, the bulls must be mean and tough and ready to eat cowboys for breakfast. The bulls join other Pistol Creek Rodeo Company rough stock headed to Las Vegas to try their luck at throwing cowboys in the dirt at the Indian National Finals Rodeo, Nov. 5-9 at the...
RONAN — Before they tasted the sunny golden vegetable, Ronan second graders planted “pretend” squash seeds and then pushed their arms towards the sky, imitating squash tendrils and vines as they sprouted in fields around the Mission Valley. On the playground at K. William Harvey Elementary ...
