Articles with the Tag: Lake County
POLSON – A new state law has resulted in the Lake County Attorney’s office filing multiple strangulation charges. Deputy county attorney Brendan McQuillan said that prior to the strangulation law taking effect on Oct. 1, the state had to use partner family member assault, aggravated assa...
POLSON — Six people were arrested in a combined operation between local law enforcement agencies on Monday night, Dec. 18. Dubbed “Operation Blue Christmas,” the short-term investigation focused on rescuing children from homes with drugs and drug dealers and abusers, a press release from...
A group of Mission Middle School students already know what’s inside several Christmas packages around the valley and they didn’t have to peek to find out. The students belong to a club called Dogs with Wings and they went on a gift buying field trip last Thursday. Their trip finished with a s...
POLSON — Working together to combat aquatic invasive species was the theme of last week’s Upper Columbia Conservation Commission meeting. The meeting, which was held at KwaTaqNuk Dec. 11-12, resulted in a “very diverse, large number of organizations” that agreed to move forward in ...
RONAN – The Boys and Girls Club of Lake County and the Flathead Reservation recently purchased a large building measuring in at 19,000 square-feet on U.S. Highway 93, so the club can expand into a new home, but they aren’t ready to move in yet. “First, we need to do a remodel,&rdqu...
ST. IGNATIUS – Flathead Joint Board of Control Chairman Ray Swenson announced a change in the voting procedures for the next irrigation election in May 2018. Chairman Swenson held up a few papers during the Dec. 12 meeting with the instructions for voting. He said the board is tasked with sending ou...
POLSON — Montana cherry growers have voted to eliminate the Montana Cherry Research and Market Development program, aka the “cherry checkoff.” The state Department of Agriculture will now take steps to eliminate the program, a press release states. Seventy-five percent of cherry growe...
People across Lake County worked together to light up the night at the Lake County Fairgrounds for the inaugural Lights Under the Big Sky extravaganza. The event begins wrapping up this weekend after the 5:30 p.m. Ronan Parade of Lights on Friday, Dec. 15, with more activities until Sunday. After payin...
RONAN — A couple of men were given their oaths of office last week. Randy Melton, 57, a longtime local rancher, was sworn-in as Ronan’s municipal judge by the man he will replace on Dec. 31: Justin L. Bartels. Bartels, who has served in the one-day-a-week position since 2009, said he will c...
A shootout between two women and police on Eagle Pass Trail east of U.S. 93 and Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge last week resulted in no injuries, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. Alta Littlelight-Threefingers, 34, of Crow Agency, and Roishell St. Dennis, 27, of Missoula, were ...
