Articles with the Tag: Lake County
POLSON — District Judge John Larson sentenced Melvin Madplume, Jr., 30, to life in prison with no parole for killing his cousin Laurence Kenmille on May 25, 2013. Kenmille was 28 years old when he was killed at Wild Horse Hot Springs near the town of Hot Springs. Judge Larson from Missoula pre...
ARLEE — An illegally dumped, tangled mess of unexploded blasting caps, forced the temporary closure of the North Valley Creek Container site on April 2. The first batch of caps were found by staff in a dumpster at the site on April 1, according to Lake County Solid Waste Manager Mark Nelson. T...
MISSOULA — Six Lake County weight lifters walked away with awards at the annual Welker Association of Bench and Dead Lift competition held in Missoula March 22. The group of weight lifters, ranging from age 15 years to 75 years, broke both Montana state records as well as world records for the Welke...
FLATHEAD RESERVATION — While it may still feel like winter, some bears have emerged from winter hibernation and very few natural bear foods are available. Stacy Courville, Tribal Wildlife Program Bear Biologist, reminds the public that springtime on the Flathead Reservation, with its warmer te...
POLSON — Two men who survived a three-car wreck north of Polson on Feb. 25 were honored on Friday with a Saved by the Belt award, presented by Diana Schwab, representing Montana Department of Transportation’s Buckle Up program, and Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Terry Rosenbaum. Robert R...
RONAN — Chip-sealing of Canal Road will likely begin this summer, after Lake County Commissioners voted last week to create a rural improvement district to shoulder the estimated $79,200 cost of oil and administrative fees for the project. Proponents of the improvement project argue that it wi...
LAKE COUNTY – Last week the Obama administration extended the deadline to mid-April for people not quite finished registering for healthcare under new law, but that won’t help an estimated 70,000 Montanans who find themselves without coverage because of the state legislature’s decision not ...
News from the Office of Consumer Protection, Montana Department of Justice HELENA — The Office of Consumer Protection at the Montana Department of Justice wants to alert you to a fast-moving phone scam. Called the largest of its kind, scammers are targeting taxpayers across the country. Victims...
POLSON — Last week Desmond Mackay, 35, Polson, pleaded not guilty in district court to killing his father-in-law with a hammer. He pleaded guilty to one charge of deliberate homicide and an additional charge of felony assault with weapon in Lake County District Court. Mackay...
GREAT FALLS — Last week a former St. Ignatius resident was sentenced to 35 years, none suspended, in the Montana State Prison for child abuse. According to officials in Montana’s 8th District Court, Riley James Charlo Whitworth, 21, will also have to register as a violent offen...
