Articles with the Tag: Lake County
News from Maps Media Institute PABLO — On Thursday, May 31, at 5:30 p.m., the MAPS-Lake County Film Class welcomed the public to the inaugural screening of the their narrative short film, “Fearless?,” hosted at Salish Kootenai College. A group of ten high school students created this f...
LAKE COUNTY – The 2018 Primary Election was held on Wednesday to decide the voter’s preference for candidates in the upcoming general election. The Lake County Election Office hasn’t officially canvassed the local results, but the votes are in as follows: L...
A former employee of Ace Hardware in Ronan will have six years to pay back his former employer after he admitted to embezzling more than $5,000. Benjamin M. Meafua, 23, admitted during an April 26 court appearance to using a manager’s pass code on a computer to return sold merchandise onto his...
PABLO – Lives were saved again this year during the Women 4 Wellness health fair at the Salish Kootenai College on Thursday, May 24. Eleanor Vizcarra, W4W co-organizer, said every year hundreds of participants receive a number of free health screenings at the event, and some positive test results ar...
News from the Montana Association of Counties LAKE COUNTY – William D. Barron, Montana Association of Counties President and Lake County Commissioner, recently announced the awards of the 2018 MACo President’s Scholarships. Briala Forman is the winner of the $1,000 Montana Association of Cou...
POLSON – Karen Tromp figured life as she knew it was over a year ago. She was in her 60s and set to go to prison after being charged with a felony for possession of dangerous drugs. A 45-year-old addiction brought her to this point. She said she was a functioning addict for many years. She had...
A former Lake County social worker, who was charged with raping a Polson woman, has pleaded guilty to the amended charge of criminal endangerment. According to court records on Sept. 26, 2017, Chase Joseph Ripley, 34, in his capacity as Child Protective Services agent for Lake County’s Department of...
A Ronan man, who was convicted by a Lake County jury on March 6, on charges of robbery, assault with a weapon and criminal endangerment, was sentenced by District Judge James Manley on May 16 to the State Department of Corrections (DOC) for a total of 11 years. Any commitment to the DOC beyond five years lik...
News from Lake County JSEC The Lake County Job Service Employer Committee (JSEC) is excited to announce the winners of the 2018 Ken Rohrenbach Scholarship: Brooklin Hunt and Michael Vergeront. Brooklin is a senior at St. Ignatius High School. She has completed a Broward Avian & Exotic Anima...
Lake County isn’t doing too badly considering our neighbors to the south are experiencing devastating flooding from the Clark Fork River, but conditions could change for the county. Steve Stanley, Office of Emergency Management director, said a couple of low lying houses in Arlee were sandbagg...
