Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
Sweet dark red cherries are ripening around Flathead Lake, but cherries are showing up in a lot of downtown Polson stores, too. Cherry fabric, that is, pieced and quilted by area seamstresses for the Flathead Cherry Festival Quilt Show. This year’s quilt show drew 10 entries, displaye...
Around Flathead Lake, the sweet cherries are glowing red on the trees, soaking in the sun and growing larger and darker red each day. In another week or so, cherry harvest will begin. In the meantime, cherry farmers are spraying and preparing for picking to begin. But before the cherries reach picki...
PABLO — Like a scene from a movie, a man staggered from the Mathias Building on Salish Kootenai College Campus after “shooting” people in the building, and then “shot” himself. This was part of the plot for an emergency training, not a real shooting, held on July 13.&nb...
BIG ARM — Two Polson residents were killed in a two-vehicle wreck near mile marker 74, just north of Big Arm on July 9 about 7:30 p.m. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Thoreson, a northbound car drifted into the southbound lane and crashed into a vehicle with a driver and a pas...
POLSON — Aftaer spending approximately an hour on a grievance hearing, Polson School Board trustees approved the Polson Classified Education aAssociation contract at their July 8 meeting. PCEA employees received a three percent raise and some contract language changes, including the district paying $80...
BIG ARM — Two people were killed in a two-vehicle wreck near mile marker 74, just north of Big Arm on July 9 about 7:30 p.m. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Thoreson, a northbound car drifted into the southbound lane and crashed into a vehicle with a driver and a passenger. Helen...
POLSON — The Polson City Commissioners authorized interim Polson City Manager Karen Sargeant to sign a design/build contract with McCrumb Construction, Inc. at the July 1 meeting. The $715,000 contract will allow McCrumb to complete the Riverside Park to Sacajawea Park walkway and city dock re...
ARLEE — Arlee was a busy town on the Fourth of July, beginning with the Firemen’s Pancake Breakfast, the parade at noon, the first grand entry at the 115th Annual Arlee Celebration at 2 p.m., the 3-on-3 basketball tournament and the 31st Annual Arlee Fourth of July open rodeo. The rodeo ...
POLSON — Area children brushed and dressed up their pets — dogs, bunnies, a pony and even a heifer — for a special parade held at noon June 28 before the first performance of the Mission Mountain NRA rodeo. Kids who participated with their pets received a free ticket to the rodeo, and mo...
POLSON — With filing for municipal positions closing on June 27, three people threw their hat in the ring for Polson mayor — Heather Knutson, Michael Brandt and Bob Fulton. Incumbent Todd Erickson is running to keep his seat as Ward 1 Polson City Commissioner for a four-year term while Jill So...
