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Articles with the Tag: Polson

PSA hosts shooting competition

News from the Polson Shooters Association POLSON – The Polson Shooters Association (PSA) in conjunction with Mission Tactical Ranch is sponsoring a clinic and handgun competition.  There will be shooting at three venues of multiple targets, for some of the most challenging competition in L...

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 POLSON — Whatever happened to Preparations A thru G? Vivian Ross continued her winning ways at senior bowling last week, rolling a women’s high game of 216. Tim Basta scored high for the men with 241. Those two also swept series and handicap series but Sharon Sansone’s and Jack Ada...

‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ opens in Polson ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ opens in Polson

News from Port Polson Players The most popular comedic movie and Broadway play from the 1940s, Arsenic and Old Lace, continues to charm, thrill and humor audiences 75 years later. The Port Polson Players production of this classic opens Friday, Oct. 27 and plays two weekends through Sunday Nov. 5 at Pol...

‘Armed to Farm’ ‘Armed to Farm’

ST. IGNATIUS – Veteran and current military members focused on a different kind of training mission as they walked through the tall grass at a farm on Foothill Road on Thursday. The national program they were involved in, called Armed to Farm, seeks to help veterans develop or start farms through cl...

Local state rep addresses Pachyderms about budget deficit Local state rep addresses Pachyderms about budget deficit

POLSON — State Rep. Greg Hertz provided some perspective on the state’s budget deficit at the Lake County Pachyderm Club meeting last week. Hertz, R-Polson, a member of the House Taxation Committee, said he doesn’t believe things are as dire as the governor’s office has said. ...

Monaco elected governor of Kiwanis International’s Montana district Monaco elected  governor of  Kiwanis  International’s  Montana district

News from Kiwanis Barbara Monaco of Polson was elected as Governor of the Montana District of Kiwanis International for the one year 2017-18 term starting Oct. 1. Barbara is one of 48 international governors in the world of this organization founded in 1915 with nearly 600,000 members of all ages and a ...

Polson man survives, reflects on Vegas shooting Polson man survives, reflects on Vegas shooting

POLSON — A Polson native and 2008 Polson High School grad made it out alive from the shootings that claimed the lives of 59 in Las Vegas on Oct. 1.  Cody Doyle, 28, who has been a Polson Police officer for 13 months, had gone to the three-day event with two friends he met in college at Montana ...

Fighting to protect the Flathead Fighting to protect the Flathead

POLSON — An impending state budget cut has forced the Flathead Basin Commission to consider alternative funding mechanisms, including a possible alliance with Lake and Flathead counties and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The FBC is a state entity that was created in 1983 to protect the...

Former VFW manager charged with embezzlement Former VFW manager charged with embezzlement

POLSON — The former manager of the Polson Veterans of Foreign Wars has been charged with felony embezzlement after more than $15,000 was missing from a VFW account.  Shelley Lynn Leprowse, 49, of Ronan, was charged after VFW quartermaster Matt Lee looked into records and found little to minimal...

Olson clarification

To clarify a portion of last week’s court news – Judge James A. Manley gave Nicholas Ayers Olson, 31, of Polson, a three-year suspended sentence to the Department of Corrections for his fourth DUI, a felony, under the condition that Olson completes Lake County Drug Court. Olson also received susp...


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