Articles with the Tag: Lake County
RONAN – Anyone looking for some old-timey fun taken straight from the pages of Charlotte’s Web will be in hog heaven this week, as kiddos bring out their animals, vegetables, and everything else ag-related when the Lake County Fair kicks off in Ronan this weekend. The bulk of the most po...
POLSON – A Lake County man could face life in prison or the death penalty after Lake County Judge Deborah Kim Christopher rejected a plea deal. Adrian McElderry, 32, is accused of killing his wife, RaeLynn Charlo, 29, on Nov. 18, 2014. in their Charlo residence. Christopher reviewed a pre-s...
Orange blossom wheat midges have nothing to do with weddings and everything to do with destroying a spring wheat crop. The little insects are about half the size of a mosquito and neon orange. Midges lay their eggs in the wheat flower. When the larvae hatch in about a week, they eat the wheat kernels. &nb...
News from Lake County Health Department LAKE COUNTY — The Affordable Care Act, beginning in 2010, initiated changes to private health insurance plans and all Medicaid programs requiring that preventative medical services be covered. Included in this preventative medicine approach is tobacco cessatio...
Polson Rural Fire District Chief John Fairchild thanked the Lake County Commissioners, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council, the City of Polson and all those who had a part in putting a ban on fireworks. “Your combined efforts in placing the ban into effect had a large impact o...
RONAN – The Ronan community gathered together to remember those lost, encourage those still fighting and celebrate those who have defeated the enemy in the far-reaching fight against cancer. The Lake County Relay for Life raised thousands of dollars for the American Cancer Society on July 10.&...
News from Lake County Health Department LAKE COUNTY — The Affordable Care Act, beginning in 2010, initiated changes to private health insurance plans and all Medicaid programs requiring that preventative medical services be covered. Included in this preventative medicine approach is tobacco cessatio...
HELENA – Attorneys for a man convicted by a jury in December 2014 for stabbing and killing a Polson man have asked the Montana Supreme Court to reconsider his punishment. Makueeyapee Whitford was sentenced in April by Lake County District Judge James Manley to 60 years in Montana State Prison ...
Drifts of dead grasshoppers lay under a couple of pickups at David and Sue Nash’s ranch in Irvine Flats, remnants of horrific grasshopper hatches in the area. They have to shovel them up and burn them or they decay and smell. “It’s just staggering how many grasshoppers there are this yea...
LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Commissioners issued an emergency declaration and notice that discharge of all fireworks, outside of previously approved permits issued by the appropriate authorities, are banned immediately in Lake County due to severe drought conditions. The ban specifically...
