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Articles with the Tag: Lake County

EGG-cellent EGG-stravaganzas EGG-cellent  EGG-stravaganzas

LAKE COUNTY — Faster than you can say hippity hoppity the eggs were gone. As young egg hunters Saturday morning, some wearing bunny ears, scurried around snatching up brightly colored plastic eggs scattered across the grass during various annual community Easter Egg Hunts. In Ronan, at the Missio...

COVID-19 vaccine available for all in Lake County COVID-19 vaccine available for all in Lake County

As of Thursday, April 1, every Montanan age 16 and older is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Whether they can secure appointments remains to be seen.  According to Emily Colomeda, director of Lake County Public Health, “Lake County currently has ample supply among all of the vaccination ...

UCC urges every resident to get a COVID-19 vaccine

LAKE COUNTY — The shots are safe and effective. Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines under the most intense safety monitoring in U.S. history.  The Centers for Disease Control also recommends that people get a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they are eligible. As of ...

High-speed chase ends with arrest High-speed chase ends with arrest

Law enforcement from multiple Montana agencies were involved in a high-speed pursuit that began Saturday night in Lake County and ended early Sunday morning in Flathead County. The driver was identified as Joseph Brown, 36. In Lake County, emergency dispatchers were notified of a “road rage” i...

Mask mandate removed in Lake County by commissioners

LAKE COUNTY – A joint meeting of the Lake County Commissioners and Board of Health last Tuesday, March 16, yielded two decisions undoing official actions taken a year ago when COVID-19 caused a two-month shutdown of all but those services and businesses deemed essential.  First, the commissione...

Relief money impacts local governments Relief money impacts local governments

Windfall is defined as a sudden and unexpected bounty, as when the wind knocks ripe apples or plums from a tree so you don’t have to reach for them or when the federal government promises to send an estimated $2.7 billion in COVID-19 relief money to Montana’s state, local and tribal governments a...

Lake County Marriages and Divorces for February

Marriages Everett Andrew Smith and Margaret L. Burke Paul H. Holsinger Jr. and Crystal Gayle McGuire   Divorces Daniel J. Carte and Krisine Carte (Walter restored) Everado Guerrero and Tatyonna Guerrero Harold N. Beach and Gail D. Hansen Christopher D. Lucas and Almagul Lucas...

Mission Valley well represented on all-state basketball list Mission Valley well represented on all-state basketball list

LAKE COUNTY – Six Mission Valley prep hoopsters received all-state rankings last week as the Montana High School Association released its list of the top boys’ and girls’ high school basketball players for the 2020-21 season. In Class A, the Polson Pirates placed two athletes on the boys...

Woman receives sentence after a no-contest plea to negligent homicide

Lake County District Judge James Manley deferred the imposition of sentencing for three years for a Ronan woman convicted of negligent homicide on March 10. Lindsay Elizabeth Castrillo, 36, entered a no-contest plea to the charge as part of a plea agreement that was reached on Jan. 20. She was initially c...

Council on Aging returns to regular hours

News from Lake County Council on Aging  LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Council on Aging is now open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The transportation program is open to everyone. This is a door-to-door service which means we will pick you up at home and take you where you need to go....


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