Local News
By Brittany Cathey, Mission Valley Youth Foundation MISSION VALLEY — In the spirit of Thanksgiving we’d like to take the time to say a very special “Thank You” to all of the businesses, individuals, and families that donated to the MVYF and Festival of Trees in 2022. Thanks to your generous donations we were able to give over $41,000 this November to the following youth organizations: CASA of Lake & Sanders Counties Elks Lodge - on behalf of Polson Elementary schools Families First Learning Lab Friends Forever Mentoring Lake County 4-H Shooting Sports Mission Valley Cutthroat Volleyball Club Mission Valley Mariner...
News from the Mission Valley Elks MISSION VALLEY — Mission Valley Elks along with Elks National Foundation Grant money has been giving back to the community to the local school district, $2,500 for clothing and shoes. We helped the Polson, Ronan and St. Ignatius food banks with $2,500 and a ...
From the MSU News Service BOZEMAN — An online presentation at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, will outline key findings and action items from the Montana STEM Summit, which was held April 13 in Helena. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. As the fourth edition of the stat...
News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA — Superintendent Elsie Arntzen has announced that under the provisions of the “Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA),” the Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) is opening applications for the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century C...
News from the office of Senator Tester U.S. SENATE — As a part of his continued efforts to upgrade critical infrastructure and support Montana’s rural economies, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today secured $29,315,277 for Montana’s airports for repairs and improvements for runways, taxiways,...
ST. IGNATIUS — The community came together for the town Christmas tree lighting and a parade of lights on Saturday, Dec. 2, at Good Old Days Park. The event has grown in size and participation, and to accommodate the growth, it was moved to the park this year. In years past, it was held on Blaine St...
Fourth grade Aaron Mock (4.0) Sid, Boyd (4.0) HarleyMae Lindquist (3.3) Fifth grade Liam Howard (3.3) Sixth grade Abram Boyd (3.2) Joey Matt 6 (3.3) Alyra Porter (3.4) Madison Vanderburg (3.3) Seventh grade Denzel Howard (3.3) Sonny...
News from PHS Principal, Andy Fors POLSON — The Polson School District construction projects are moving forward. The first round of sub-contractor bids for the Site & Shell package was awarded in mid-November. The General Contractor / Construction Manager (Swank) was very happy with the partic...
News from the North Lake County Public Library District POLSON — The North Lake County Public Library invites you to take their Community Survey. Help us, help you! Please take our Community Survey to help us make our newly renovated library better for you. We’d love to hear your opini...
POLSON — A Western Shindig fundraiser brought in a little over $6,000 recently for Mission Mountain Empowerment, a private non-profit organization serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Held Nov. 11 at the Red Lion Inn in Polson, the event was attended by about 70 peop...
