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St. Ignatius seniors for March 31, 2021

ST. IGNATIUS — We are excited to reopen on Tuesday, April 6, for in-house dining. We will resume our schedule of Tuesday and Friday lunches at noon, and the first and third Wednesday evening dinners at 5:30 p.m. Of course you can still order take-out meals. Please call the St. Ignatius Senior Center by 10 a.m. for a lunch pick-up, and by 2 p.m. for a dinner pick up. There will be regular deliveries on Tuesdays and Fridays for our Meals on Wheels participants, and there are no meal deliveries on Wednesdays. The menu: —  Friday, April 2: tuna fish casserole, sides, dessert   —  Tuesday, April 6: beef Stroganoff, sides, dessert   —  ...


Dixon seniors for March 31, 2021

DIXON — The Dixon Senior Center continues to serve our community and hopes everyone is staying happy and healthy. We have opened the doors for eating in while continuing to follow social distancing precautions so our friends and neighbors can spend some time visiting with each other. We are also accept...


St. Patrick’s Day parade returns to Ronan St. Patrick’s Day parade returns to Ronan

RONAN — The streets of downtown Ronan were lined with Irish spirit late Wednesday afternoon as the St. Patrick’s Day parade made its return after being canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  “We are not Irish but my kids were so excited that there was actually going to be a...


Mask mandate removed in Lake County by commissioners

LAKE COUNTY – A joint meeting of the Lake County Commissioners and Board of Health last Tuesday, March 16, yielded two decisions undoing official actions taken a year ago when COVID-19 caused a two-month shutdown of all but those services and businesses deemed essential.  First, the commissione...


MSU Extension offers Alzheimer’s disease awareness storybooks for children

MSU News Service MONTANA — Montana State University Extension is offering an Alzheimer’s disease awareness program for children that provides a storybook and a reading guide for parents or guardians, teens, aunts, uncles or grandparents who want to help young children understand the disease....


Relief money impacts local governments Relief money impacts local governments

Windfall is defined as a sudden and unexpected bounty, as when the wind knocks ripe apples or plums from a tree so you don’t have to reach for them or when the federal government promises to send an estimated $2.7 billion in COVID-19 relief money to Montana’s state, local and tribal governments a...


Lake County Marriages and Divorces for February

Marriages Everett Andrew Smith and Margaret L. Burke Paul H. Holsinger Jr. and Crystal Gayle McGuire   Divorces Daniel J. Carte and Krisine Carte (Walter restored) Everado Guerrero and Tatyonna Guerrero Harold N. Beach and Gail D. Hansen Christopher D. Lucas and Almagul Lucas...


Continue to be stroke aware during COVID-19

News from DPHHS, St. Luke Community Healthcare RONAN — St. Luke Community Healthcare and the Montana Cardiovascular Health Program are reminding Lake County residents to keep vigilant about recognizing the signs of stroke during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  In fact, some data has shown ...


Vaccines for all Vaccines for all

HELENA —At a news conference, Governor Greg Gianforte announced that COVID-19 vaccines will be available to all Montanans beginning April 1, 2021. “A few months ago, projections estimated Montanans 16 and older would be eligible for the vaccine as late as mid-July. I’m pleased to announc...


DPHHS update on COVID-19 variants in MT

  News from DPHHS MONTANA — Department of Public Health and Human Services officials announced that as of March 17, Montana has 19 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 virus variant strains. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified DPHHS of 11 additional variant cases t...


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