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Career fair brings employers, potential employees together Career fair brings employers, potential employees together

PABLO — Students and interested community members picked up information on careers, talked to recruiters and got some ideas for summer employment at the 2015 Salish Kooteani College Career Fair held at the Joe McDonald Health and Fitness Center on Feb. 17. Job Corps brought a busload of students to ...

Girl Scout cookies now online

News from Girls Scouts of America, Northwestern Region LAKE COUNTY — Girl Scouts have already begun to take cookie orders, and booth sales will take place March 27-April 19.Along with Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Do-si-dos, Trefoils and Savannah Smiles, this year Girl Scouts are introducing two ne...

Nominees sought for award

POLSON — The Lake County Board of Health is now accepting nominations for the sixth annual Virginia Reber Board of Health award. This award honors a county resident or entity that has furthered public health principles in Lake County and the Flathead Reservation. Some suggested public health areas of i...

Volunteer drivers help veterans get where they need to go Volunteer drivers help veterans get where they need to go

News from Lake County Disabled American Veterans LAKE COUNTY — As the mile markers pass by on roads across the state, volunteer drivers in Lake County have been doing their part to help out local veterans in Western Montana. The number of volunteers has started to dwindle down, but the remaining dri...

Beyond the statistics: Vehicle thefts leave victims violated

LAKE COUNTY — While statistics show a rash of recent vehicle thefts, the numbers don’t reveal the human side of car thefts — the feeling of being violated, worries about a trashed or wrecked vehicle, insurance issues, and the inconvenience of no transportation.    Sometimes it&...

Man charged in bear deaths

MISSOULA – A Bigfork man who lives in the Ferndale area of Lake County has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that resulted from him allegedly shooting and killing a grizzly May 2014.  Dan Calvert Wallen, 54, pleaded not guilty Jan. 27 to three counts of unlawful taking of a threatened speci...

Real estate market looking up

LAKE COUNTY — There is one word that sums up the outlook Mission Valley real estate agents have for 2015: optimistic. The further in the rear view mirror the crash seven years ago gets, the better things appear. With the beginning of a new year comes new hope for real estate. “The perfect pict...

Hawk pleads guilty to negligent homicide Hawk pleads guilty to negligent homicide

POLSON – A Ronan man pleaded guilty yesterday to negligent homicide charges resulting from an Oct. 22, 2014 shooting death of a 3-year-old.  Galen Hawk, 26, kept his eyes downcast and answered in one word answers of “yes” to questions posed by his defense attorney about the events t...

Clerks, recorders offer scholarship

POLSON — Applications are being accepted for the annual $1,000 scholarship given by the Montana Association of Clerks and Recorders. Applicants must be graduating seniors who plan on attending a Montana university, college or vocational-technical school.  Application forms are available from th...

Shots fired at police officer Shots fired at police officer

ST. IGNATIUS – Tribal officer T.J. Haynes rolled to the ground to avoid bullets from a .22 caliber handgun on Arrow Road at around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20. “Haynes dove out of the way when he heard a round go off,” said Lake County Sheriff Don Bell. “It started north of the doct...


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