Articles with the Tag: Lake County
LAKE COUNTY ‑ Lake County law enforcement officers recently confiscated large amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana in two separate, unrelated cases, according to Lake County Sheriff Don Bell. On Sunday, Jan. 22, Mission Valley Drug Task Force and federal authorities arrested Michael Robi...
Bree Fennell gave birth to her first baby at age 37. Shortly after, Bree and her husband, Jeff, wanted to grow their family, but after four or five months of trying, she couldn’t get pregnant. Their efforts were curtailed as Jeff, a staff sergeant with the U.S. Army, was deployed to South Korea for nin...
News from Helping Hands LAKE COUNTY — From the Friday after Thanksgiving to the day before Christmas, volunteers braved the cold and sometimes inclement weather standing in the entryways of Ronan Harvest Foods, Pablo Family Foods, Walmart and Super 1 Foods to ring the bell for the Salvation Army K...
POLSON – A 22-year-old man is facing revocation of his two-year deferred sentence after some $10,000 in cash, firearms, ammunition and various illegal drugs were allegedly found in his Missoula residence on Jan. 4. Gage Daniel Stroop received the deferred sentence in Lake County on July 13, 2016 aft...
News from Providence St. Joseph Medical Center POLSON — Quaid Mitchell Walter was born at 8:20 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at the Nesting Place in Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson, making him the first baby born in Lake County in 2017.Quaid’s parents are Polson Mayor Heather...
ST. IGNATIUS – Two things occurred during a short Flathead Joint Board of Control meeting on Saturday, Jan. 14. Board members were sworn in after about a year of conflict, although the issue isn’t over. One more seat is now contested. Elected board members from the May 2016 election to...
POLSON – Crisis management has been the norm at the Lake County courthouse since 1995, according to 20th District Court Judge Deborah Kim Christopher. She spoke at the Pachyderm Club meeting on Friday and talked about the challenges she and others in the judicial and law enforcement fields have f...
LAKE COUNTY — Recent precipitation has kept drought conditions at normal in Lake County with the exception of parts of Swan Valley, according to a report released Jan. 5 by the Department of Natural Resources and the NOAA. As of Jan. 3, 74.25 percent of the state is currently at normal levels, ac...
LAKE COUNTY — Your Life Matters, a local group bringing suicide awareness and mental health education to local communities, is offering two $1,000 scholarships to local students. Scholarship money was raised through the annual Light the Night run on Oct. 30, 2016. Eligible student applicants...
Local legislators convened in Helena on Monday, Jan. 2, for the biennial session, with proposed bills dealing with Public Law 280, aquatic invasive species and permanently moored vessels. State Rep. Greg Hertz, R–Polson, plans to submit a bill requesting the state reimburse counties impacted...
