Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — Polson Parks Superintendent Karen Sargeant was appointed interim city manager at the May 6 Polson City Commission meeting. Sargeant’s 90-day appointment comes in the wake of the non-renewal of Polson City Manager Todd Crossett’s contract in December, 2012. Crossett officia...
PABLO —The red-rimmed eye of the security lights glows in the darkroom at Salish Kootenai College where Linda Ferris and Thomas Fleming finish up work prints for David Spear’s advanced black and white photography class. Ferris, Fleming and classmates Katherine Dagnall and Felicia McDonal...
On April 23, Alan Mikkelsen, a consultant for the Flathead Joint Board of Control, St. Ignatius, filed a complaint with the Montana Office of Political Practices against the Western Montana Water Users Association LLC. According to a press release, the complaint alleges illegal campaign contribution...
Law enforcement officers turned into runners and bikers for Lake County’s leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. Beginning at the Armed Forces Memorial Bridge in Polson at 8 a.m., Polson Police Officers, Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies, Confederated Salish and Kootenai...
POLSON — Summer for some rising high school seniors might entail a summer job or some serious Flathead Lake time, and Cody Grant might be one of those students. But he’s also heading to the 2013 National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational in Grand Island, Neb., for four days of shooting on June 23-...
RONAN — It’s a picture of a white farmhouse with a porch, brick chimneys and a tree in the background. Obviously it’s in the country, and a quilt airs on the porch rail. Cindy Standbrook has had this painting for years, telling herself, “That’s gonna be my house some da...
POLSON — With graduation looming and “senioritis” rampant, most senior trips focus on fun for the soon-to-be graduates. But the seniors at Mission Valley Christian Academy chose a different sort of senior trip. The five seniors, Joshua Lake, Anne Mae Macy, Jemimah Murphy, Richie...
Flathead Reservation Extension Agent Rene Kittle recently won a Montana Food Bank Network Food Security Council award, one of 15 presented in the state. The Food Security Council recognizes individuals and organizations who have worked to reduce hunger and improve the nutritional status of Montanans, acco...
IRVINE FLATS — Turning fourth graders into noxious leafy spurge plants doesn’t involve magic, and several hundred kids took part during Ag Days at Mac and Pat Binger’s ranch on April 2-3. To show students how seeds are dispersed, each kid got sunflower seeds to put in their mouths,...
POLSON — Max, the main character in Maurice Sendak’s classic “Where the Wild Things Are,” would been right at home at Cherry Valley Elementary School on April 25. A life-size cut out of Max and a wild thing was available for photos in the gym. Twisted vines as big as a tod...
