Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — The field surrounding Milliron Paint Horses arena was filled with pickups, trailers with horses tied to them on Aug. 10 and 11. Pint-sized and larger kids, ages 7 and under to 18, were at the arena to compete in a Southwest Youth Rodeo Association rodeo. The kids compete in dummy r...
RONAN — Pioneer Days events, rodeos, and local 4-H competitions drew huge crowds to Ronan last week as fairgoers enjoyed a lineup of activities with a bit of something for everyone. Area athletes were able to battle it out with a 5k run plus softball, volleyball and three-on-three basketball t...
RONAN — The skinny palomino filly’s hipbones, backbone and ribs all stuck out. The horse kept her head down, and Bonnie Albrich didn’t know if the 3-year-old would live, since she was so malnourished. Albrich wasn’t looking for a skinny horse; she just wanted a saddle horse s...
ST. IGNATIUS — The Flathead Board of Control held a special meeting on Aug. 8 at 11 a.m. First up was an agenda item to ratify the filing of a suit by the Flathead Joint Board of Control, Boone Cole and Jerry Laskody vs. M. Paul Wadsworth, Jerry Johnson, Kerry Doney and Roger Christopher. C...
POLSON — With Flathead Lake water temperature in the lower 70s, many Water Daze swimmers opted for a wetsuit, but not Kathy Guinn. Guinn, from Idaho, swims without a wetsuit and enjoys the cool water. She grew up in northern California, used to colder water, but her cut-off temperature is 60 degrees...
RONAN — Deuce stood chewing his cud in the beef barn at the Lake County Fair, not too concerned about what was going on around him. Owned and shown by Hallie Sohr, Deuce, a black steer, won grand champion market beef at this year’s Lake County Fair. Hallie, 13, said her parents, Teresa a...
RONAN — Wearing white shirts and black jeans blinged up with sparkles and glittering belts for the girls, 4-H kids either held their bunnies or placed their furry projects into small carriers during the bunny show on Aug. 2. Moms and dads, grandmas and granddads and friends crowded the grandst...
POLSON — A vehicle fire sparked a grass fire on Polson Hill on July 26. The afternoon blaze, with flame heights up to six feet, burned approximately two acres. The fire headed west up the hill towards the bike path, and luckily the bike path stopped its progress, according to Karen Sargeant, P...
POLSON — The Polson School Board of Trustees awarded the roofing contract on Polson High School to Progressive Roofing in Missoula. Progressive bid was $475,000 and Missoula Sheet Metal bid $494,735. Progressive Roofing had done the first third of the roof, according to Dan Kinyon, maintenance...
HOT SPRINGS — Elmo resident Laurence B. Kenmille’s death at the Wild Horse Hot Spring on May 25 is still under investigation and is being investigated as a suspicious death. A suspicious death, according to Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin, is one where factors aren’t consistent, or w...
