Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — Lake County Commissioners appointed Ann-Marie McNeel, Charlo, to fill the unfinished term of Chuck Wall, who resigned as Lake County Justice of the Peace on Aug. 8. In a statement, Wall said he was resigning in order to save his family and the citizens and taxpayers of Lake County the expen...
POLSON — With critical air support, firefighting crews and equipment, the 9,863-acre West Garcon fire was fully contained on Aug. 24, according to public information officer Jennifer Costich. With containment achieved, Rick Kusicko’s Type 2 Incident Management Team returned management of the W...
The Polson Fairgrounds were filled with horses, horse trailers and campers and firefighters over the weekend. The firefighters were fighting the West Garcon fire, and the horses, horse trailers and campers belonged to contestants in the Flathead River Indian National Finals Tour Rodeo, held Aug. 23-25. Th...
POLSON — At the Aug. 20 Polson City Commission meeting, Greater Polson Community Foundation President Penny Jarecki listed the 2012 grants from the foundation. Grants went to the Dayton-Proctor Foundation, Cheerful Heart, Flathead Lakers, Flathead Lake International Cinema Fest, North Lake Cou...
POLSON — The West Garcon, also know as Garceau, fire is “spider-shaped,” according to operation chief Randy McKenzie. He attributes the spider’s “legs” to gusty winds up to 30 miles per hour during the night of Aug. 14, which caused the fire to spread, quickly burning gras...
POLSON — With a 1.5 km (0.93 miles) swim, a 40 km (24.9 miles) bike course through Valley View Road, Eli Gap Road and Back Road, and finishing with a 10 km (6.2 mile) run looping through Polson, the first Polson Triathlon kept athletes busy Aug. 18. Starts and ends were all at Riverside Park, ...
POLSON — Rodeo fans can get another fix at the Flathead River Indian National Finals Tour Rodeo from Aug. 23-25. Sponsored by the Best Western KwaTaqNuk Resort and Casino and Gray Wolf Peak Casino, the INFR brings about 500 competitors to the Polson Fairgrounds and 2,000 people to town, accord...
POLSON — School District 23 has a new superintendent. Linda Reksten, Ph.D., comes to Polson from the Butte school district. After a tumultuous year of administrative and school board upheaval, Reksten has her work cut out for her. Her first message to the administrative team and to the publ...
POLSON — Coming to Polson from Forks, Wash., Rex Weltz is the new principal at Polson High School. He’s familiar with the area since he grew up in Noxon, attended Western Montana College and taught in Hamilton before moving to Alaska in 1999. He’s also a fan of the Western A Conference. ...
POLSON — “It’s a year for positive change,” Josh Preiss said. Preiss is Linderman Elementary School’s new principal, and he has big goals for Linderman: academic growth and achievement and a positive climate in the building. “My approach is very positive and proactiv...
