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Budget billing program returns

News from Mission Valley Power LAKE COUNTY — It’s that time of the year again if you participate in Mission Valley Power’s Budget Billing program. Each year leading up to June, your payment amount is recalculated and adjusted based on your last 12 months’ average usage. At tha...

Lake County Marriages & Divorces for May

Marriages —  Jennifer Jean Toren and William Arthur Harris —  Randy Michael Smith and Ann Marie Deming —  Maggie Anne Baueries and Korey Micheal Green —  Shaughn David Carroll and Julia Lindsay Carroll —  Russell Lee Wolfe and Ruschel Je...

Governor negates months of work with PL 280 funding veto Governor negates months of work with PL 280 funding veto

LAKE COUNTY — HB 479 would have provided $5 million over two years from the Montana Department of Justice to Lake County for reimbursement of a portion of the costs of Public Law 280. Additionally, the bill would have created a task force that would recommend a permanent solution to funding of PL 280 t...

Rock Skipping Championships return to Polson Rock Skipping Championships return to Polson

POLSON — The Polson Rock Skipping Championships are making their return after a three-year hiatus, coming up on the morning of June 3.  First started in 2015 by Kevin Avison and Mike Lozar, the event aimed at raising funds for the Mission Valley Ice Arena. In its early days the event saw an att...

Scholarship offered

POLSON — The Montecahto Club is a non-profit social service club. We are, once again, offering a vocational scholarship of up to $1000 to an individual in Lake County. Our intent is to make this available to an individual who is pursuing a less-traditional training program for certification or licensur...

Scholarship offered

News from the Montecahto Club  POLSON — The Montecahto Club is a non-profit social service club. We are, once again, offering a vocational scholarship of up to $1000 to an individual in Lake County. Our intent is to make this available to an individual who is pursuing a less-traditional train...

Ag Days events connect kids to local agriculture Ag Days events connect kids to local agriculture

LAKE COUNTY — Fourth graders throughout the county gathered on May 3 and 4 to learn about the area’s biggest industry at Mission Valley Ag Days. Hosted by Northwest Counties Farm Bureau and the Lake County Conservation District with the Western Montana Stockmen’s Association, over 300 st...

Lake County Elections Office releases unofficial school election results

LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Elections Office has released the unofficial results of the 2023 School Election for Lake County. Results are unofficial until canvassed. - For Trustee Chief Cliff Fire, Sigurd Jensen and Mike Meuli both won with the most votes of 159 and 212 respectively.  - Fo...

Local highway construction to begin

News from MDT LAKE COUNTY — The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) in partnership with Riverside Contracting will begin work on Glover Road and US Highway 93 (US 93) on Monday, May 15. Guardrail and signage will be added to the curves on Glover Road at the canal crossing. A yellow flash...

Bockman pleads guilty to stealing pick-up

POLSON — Judge Molly Owen set a sentencing date of June 21 for a St. Ignatius man who admitted stealing a pick-up in Polson six years ago. Elliot Bockman, 40, pleaded guilty during an arraignment hearing in Polson District Court May 3. According to court records on Nov. 23, 2017 a Polson man reporte...


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