Articles with the Tag: Polson
POLSON — Oscar Baertsch has seen a few Fourth of Julys around Lake County — 100 to be exact. Many of them would have him as part of a big family group at a campground or fishing somewhere. Oscar turned 100 years old on July 6 but celebrated his birthday on the Fourth of July, waving to ...
HELENA – Attorneys for a man convicted by a jury in December 2014 for stabbing and killing a Polson man have asked the Montana Supreme Court to reconsider his punishment. Makueeyapee Whitford was sentenced in April by Lake County District Judge James Manley to 60 years in Montana State Prison ...
RONAN — A young child playing with fireworks sent a Ronan home up in flames June 30 and left a family homeless just before a county-wide ban on the novelties went into place. “He lit one, threw it into a bush, the bush caught fire and away it went,” Ronan Fire Chief Mark Clary said. T...
POLSON — Underlying turmoil has been plaguing the fire department, and it came to a head when several fire department officers signed a letter of no confidence in Fire Chief John Fairchild and gave it to Polson City Manager Mark Shrives in November of 2014. Shrives immediately did his own investigation...
POLSON — With temperatures in the 90s, a ban on fireworks and worries about no moisture, fire is on everybody’s mind. The Polson Rural Fire District special meeting on July 1 was blazing, too, from the stifling temperature of the Fairgrounds Fire Station to the opinions of people attending. ...
POLSON — Jack Manningham is a bully: controlling, manipulative and verbally abusive. He is played to perfection by Port Polson Players veteran Bob DiGiallonardo in “Gaslight,” a Victorian thriller set in the drawing room of an 1800s London home. As the story begins, Jack badgers...
News from Lake County Public Health LAKE COUNTY — Pablo resident Amy Stiffarm recently contacted the Lake County Public Health Department to ask if the Breastfeeding Coalition of the Mission Valley would like to partner with her on a project she wanted to embark on as part of her work towards her Ma...
The cheers of onlookers greeted Sarah Thomas as she emerged from the water at Riverside Park Friday evening, covered nose to toe in diaper rash lotion. Most were clapping only because they were encouraged to do so by the few who understood the significance of the historic moment. The Colorado open-wate...
POLSON — The Mission Valley Mariners A capped off their Firecracker Tournament run with a comeback victory over the Glacier Twins B team Sunday afternoon, squeaking by the Twins 7-6 to take second place in the Mariners’ annual Fourth of July tourney at O’Malley Park. The Mission V...
DICKINSON, N.D. — Jake Young recently joined the Dickinson State University Baseball team. Young is a native of Polson, where he wrestled and ran cross-country while attending Polson High School and played for the Mission Valley Mariners during the summer. After high school, Jake attended Dawson Commun...
