Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — “What can we do to impact the most youth in the Mission Valley?” Polson Rotary Club uses this question to pick its signature project each year, according to president Rob Turner. In 2012, the group chose the Mission Valley Aquatic Center and upped the ante to $100,000. Usuall...
POLSON — Six seniors from around the Mission Valley each received a new laptop computer and a wireless printer on April 7. Mission Valley Elks Lodge No.1695 scholarship chair Robert Byers presented Polson high school seniors Kelsey Koberg, Clint Cooper, Peregrine Frissell and Michael Venters with the e...
POLSON — With all business concluded in 11 minutes, Polson Mayor Pat DeVries banged the gavel to close the Polson City Commissioners’ meeting in time for everyone to get home and see most of the Kentucky Wildcats vs. Kansas Jayhawks basketball game. Focusing more on outside pursuits, Dorene Pa...
Not only is Aja Starkey, Polson High School sophomore, fleet of foot for the Polson cross country and track teams, she also is a Nordic ski racer. Aja competed in the United States Ski Association Cross Country Junior Nationals at the Soldier Hollow Cross Country Ski Resort in Utah during the week o...
POLSON — Buckets and pans are a common sight at Polson High School as water drips from the ceiling all around the perimeter of the library, in the center of the upper story of the building. The roof has been leaking for several years. At a Polson School Board of Trustees dialogue session at Polson H...
POLSON — The Polson Police Department continues its investigation into a stabbing incident on March 17, which left one 17-year-old male in the hospital and another 17-year-old in juvenile custody charged with aggravated assault. Polson Police Chief Wade Nash said officers are following up on leads a...
POLSON — The squeak of basketball shoes and the rhythmic thud of basketballs came from Linderman Gym, but it was not a high school team playing. To benefit heart health, the Blood Clotters and the Defibrillators were practicing for their face-off at Linderman School gym on April 13 at 7:30 p.m. Admissi...
POLSON — The Polson School Board ratified a tentative agreement with the Polson Classified Education Association at the special board meeting March 27 by a vote of 4-2. But the vote didn’t come easily. Although she didn’t oppose the PCEA’s proposed contract, trustee Kelly Bagnel...
POLSON — It was controlled chaos. Hundreds of brightly colored Easter eggs and pieces of candy were scattered around a circle of Brownie Scouts. The Brownies filled each egg with a piece of candy and then clicked the plastic egg pieces together. Brownie Troop 337 was helping the Alpha Upsilon chapte...
POLSON — The search for a new superintendent was first on the agenda at a special school board meeting on March 20. While Superintendent David Whitesell’s resignation leaves the district in interim superintendent Bill Appleton’s hands, now is the time of year administrators are searching fo...
