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ST. IGNATIUS — Our Thanksgiving dinner is this Wednesday, Nov. 17, at 5:30 p.m. We will have turkey, stuffing, rolls, sides, fruit and pies. The St. Ignatius Senior Center is looking forward to seeing many members of our community join us. Our holiday craft and bake sale will be on Saturday, Dec. 4, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. At 5 p.m. there will be a tree lighting event at the Community Center sponsored by the St. Ignatius Chamber of Commerce. It sounds like there will be lots of activities and festive décor around our town and the Mission Valley this holiday season. Our menu for the week: — Wednesday, Nov. 17: Thanksgiving dinn...
RONAN — Good afternoon everyone from the Mission Valley Senior Center. I hope you are happy and well. Not much going on at the center this week. We are open and eating, which is good. The menu: — Wednesday, Nov. 17: Goulash, mashed potatoes, salad, dessert ...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte recently launched the 2021 Montana Governor’s Veteran Commendation and seeks nominations for the award. “Our veterans and their families have sacrificed so much in defense of our freedoms and our way o...
Riley Cathey RONAN — Riley Mae Cathey was born on Oct. 22, 2021, at the St. Luke Community Healthcare New Beginnings Birth Center. She weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces. Parents are Wacey and Brittany Cathey of Polson. Paternal grandparents are Joey Cathey and Laurie Gentry of Broadus, Montana and Gille...
News from the Montana Department of Transportation RONAN — The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to announce and invite the public to an open house to learn about the final design of the reconstruction of about 1.7 miles of U.S. Hwy. 93, just north of Ronan. The project begins ...
Most Montana students have hopped off a school bus in front of the Montana Capitol in Helena and gazed up at the statue of Thomas Francis Meagher, erected in 1905. But how many know or remember much about the charismatic Irish renegade and Civil War hero who served twice as acting territorial governor? &l...
LAKE COUNTY — Excitement and optimism were the themes struck by three incoming mayors chosen by voters during last Tuesday’s municipal elections in Lake County. The vote saw two incumbent mayors lose their seats and the race for a council seat in Ronan end in a tie vote. According to uno...
News from Governor Gianforte HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte issued the following statement on Nov. 5 supporting a lawsuit filed by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, other state attorneys general, and employers seeking to block President Biden’s illegal vaccine mandate for private em...
News from DPHHS The Department of Public Health and Human Services has released a new report that ranks COVID-19 associated deaths as the third leading cause of death in 2020 and will likely hold the same ranking for 2021. State health officials note the death record information for 2021 is considere...
News from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office RONAN — The woman who was killed on Oct. 26, in the single-vehicle crash on Timberlane Road, east of Ronan, is 37 year-old, Emily Pinkston, of Ronan. The body of Ms. Pinkston has been examined by the State Medical Examiner to aid the Lake County She...
