Local News
News from the Lake County Election Office CHARLO — An election for two open positions on the School District No. 7-J board of trustees was held Sept. 14. Out of 798 active voters, 324 cast ballots for trustees – yielding a 40.6% turnout for active voters in the district. Tracy Olsen and Jodie L. Johnson Buxbaum won majority votes and will serve on the board of trustees. Unofficial vote tallies are as follows: Jodie L. Johnson Buxbaum – 127 Dion Carey – 118 Shelly Cordis Frame – 58 Tracy Olsen – 155 Terrance R. Rosenbaum – 120
RONAN — After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ronan Harvest Festival returned to the south lawn of Glacier Bank along U.S. Highway 93 on Saturday, and so did the crowds. “We thought it would be something fun to do to get the kids out of the house,” said event go...
CHARLO — Charlo High School’s senior Coyle Nagy and Mona Reich were crowned 2021 Homecoming King and Queen during halftime festivities at the Viking football game against the Choteau Bulldogs on Friday night. Earlier in the afternoon the Viking faithful celebrated homecoming with an all-class ...
ST. IGNATIUS — It was a royal evening under the Friday night lights as Mission High School crowned its 2021 Homecoming Royalty during a coronation ceremony at half-time of the Bulldogs and Flint Creek Titans football game. The Bulldogs 2021 Homecoming court candidates were Madyson Currie, Justin Bro...
News from North Lake County Public Library POLSON — Through the month of September the North Lake County Public Library in Polson will participate in September 11, 2001: The Day that Changed the World, an exhibition that presents the history of 9/11, its origins, and its ongoing implications...
News from the Dept. of the Interior WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior recently announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Intertribal Timber Council. As climate change propels larger, costlier and more complex wildfires, this agreement emphasizes the importance of co...
News from USDA WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing additional time for livestock and poultry producers to apply for the Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program (PLIP). Producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing may ...
News from First Interstate Bank of Polson POLSON — Under the leadership of Shad Hupka, Branch President of First Interstate Bank of Polson, FIB employees April McLain, Randi Horner, Donna Gebhardt, Liz Johnson, Dave Rensvold, Michelle Morgan, and Jenaya Garcia, spent the afternoon of Sept. 8 worki...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Montana’s unemployment rate hit a 14-year low, dropping to 3.5 percent in August. The national unemployment rate for August is 5.2 percent. “With Montana open for business and more Montanans returning to good-paying jobs, our econo...
By Kristi Niemeyer for the Valley Journal RONAN — Quarteto Nuevo, an innovative group that deftly blends classical, eastern European folk, Latin and jazz, opens the Mission Valley Live concert series at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 with a concert at the Ronan Performing Arts Center. “With an or...
