Articles with the Tag: Lake County
News from the Montana Board of Crime Control On Sept. 9, the Montana Board of Crime Control (MBCC) presented its 2015 Program Highlight to SAFE Harbor, a program located in Flathead Valley. The Program Highlight honors statewide or community-based criminal justice programs that merit recognition for...
Public encouraged to recognize officers, participate in ‘Blue Ribbon Season ’ News from the City of Polson With the recent wave of shootings of police officers and many tragic officer deaths, the City of Polson, the Polson Chamber of Commerce and local ...
DIXON — Friends of Ronan Parks and Trails (FORPAT) stopped by the Dixon School District to drop off a check for $500 to help the school with the cost of maintaining their new playground, but the group didn’t stop there. As soon as school started, group members Carole Lankford and Eleanor Vizca...
RONAN – The Flathead Joint Board of Control will appeal a federal lawsuit to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in an effort to regain local control of the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project. The board’s attorneys said Aug. 25 that they will also try to work out an agreement outside of the...
Homegrown tomatoes are ripening, corn is at its peak and Flathead peaches, pears, plums and grapes are bursting their skins, loading the Polson Farmers Market with fresh produce and fruit. To help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients buy more fresh food, Lou Anne Hoskinson and Meliss...
Smoke from wildfires across Washington and Idaho drifted into the Mission Valley throughout the past weeks, bringing very unhealthy conditions and causing several outdoor sporting activities to be cancelled or postponed in Lake County. Saturday’s blood red sun, above, caused an eerie glow in the smo...
Input needed for 2016-2017 hunting seasons News from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks WESTERN MONTANA — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking hunters, outfitters, landowners and others to get involved now to help set hunting seasons for 2016 and 2017. The deadline to submit initial commen...
POLSON — Fourteen dogs and 32 cats and kittens were evacuated from the Mission Valley Animal Shelter Friday afternoon when a grassfire threatened the structure on Reservoir Road in Polson. Shortly after 4 p.m. high winds felled a large tree across the road west of the shelter, taking power lines dow...
ST. IGNATIUS — Perhaps the most disturbing trend Barbara Monaco has seen over the past 30 years is youthful offenders becoming more violent. Monaco, who is the chief juvenile probation officer for Lake and Sanders Counties, addressed the St. Ignatius Neighborhood Watch group Tuesday, Aug. 18. ...
POLSON — The title Miss Montana conjures up a glittering evening gown, a tiara and a satiny sash. Miss Montana USA Tahnee Peppenger certainly can hold her own in a sparkly dress, but she was equally at home at the Polson Shooters Association shooting range on Aug. 22. Peppenger, 27, is a Montana nat...
