Articles with the Tag: Lake County
The melted droplets flowing from snow-packed peaks have carved a course through western Montana that people have used to build civilization and economies for millennia. First, native people utilized the fish, mammals, and plants that drank from and lived in the flowing waters to sustain their popula...
POLSON — Harry Lozeau, 53, pleaded not guilty to deliberate homicide and assault with a weapon, both felonies, on June 25 in Lake County District Court. Lozeau was also appointed Jennifer Erin Streano from Office of the State Public Defender, Major Crimes Unit, as his counsel. An omnibus hearing is ...
POLSON — Dennis Hobbs, 56, of Polson, appeared in Judge Manley’s court Wednesday, June 25, but no action was taken as Hobbs’ counsel Ben Anciaux asked for an additional week to review a plea agreement with Hobbs. Hobbs was arrested May 19 and is being held on $5 million bail for al...
HELENA — A Lake County man will remain in a state correctional facility at Great Falls after the Montana Supreme Court last week denied a petition that claimed his four-year sentence for failure to register as a violent offender was illegal. Victor Demery, 30, argued that a 2005 arson convicti...
POLSON — Robert Jennings Mathewson, Jr., 32, was arrested and is being held in Lake County Jail facing felony charges of aggravated assault, two counts of sexual intercourse without consent, and kidnapping. The State is requesting $150,000 bond. Mathewson appeared in Judge Deborah Kim Christop...
HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court ruled last week that Lake County prosecutors will not be able to use the confession of Clifford Oldhorn if they decide to retry the man for the 2005 homicide of Harold Mitchell that occurred in St. Ignatius. The unanimous decision, written by Chief Justice Mi...
POLSON — Small puffs of smoke drift from cracks in the earth at the old “wood pit” at the Lake County Transfer Station. An underground fire is “worming its way through” the wood, said Mark Nelson, Lake County’s solid waste program manager. “We&rsquo...
Polson’s Walmart Supercenter opened its doors October 24, 2013, on 28 acres that were re-zoned to commercial property and annexed into the city the city of Polson. Polson’s Walmart Supercenter is now three times the size of the original Walmart, which opened in 1988 in the building now occupied b...
POLSON — The Mission Mountain Wood Band will perform from the McCrumb Construction and Marine Barge on Flathead Lake July 4 at Sacajawea Park in Polson. Admission is free, due to the generous contribution of sponsors and will include a fireworks spectacle, courtesy of Polson Chamber and donors. The ban...
POLSON — Harry Lozeau, 53, made his first appearance in district court Thursday, June 19 in the alleged homicide death of his brother, Terry Lozeau, 51. After Judge Deborah Kim Christopher appointed the Public Defender’s Office as Harry’s attorney, Public Defender Ashley Morigeau t...
