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Articles with the Tag: Polson

Hearing aid clinic coming to Polson Senior Center

POLSON — Happy Easter! The bunnies, chicks, candy and colored eggs make it all fun but, of course, you know it’s not really about them. Hope you all had a very happy Easter.  Last week there was a power outage on our block. My computer was down, of course, and my laptop battery needed a c...

Polson City Commissioners discuss impact fees

POLSON — A resolution to reset impact fees was on the agenda at the April 7 Polson City Commissioner meeting.  In 2013, the commission passed Resolution 1027, which reduced impact fees by 80 percent as a means of stimulating new building and growth. All new developments within the city limit...

Westland Seed burglar pleads guilty Westland Seed burglar pleads guilty

      POLSON — Matthew Adam Darnell, 25, of Pablo, pleaded guilty on April 10 to ramming a car through Westland Seed to steal guns and attempting to steal firearms from two other establishments earlier this year. In a plea agreement Darnell pleaded guilty to felony burglary, ...

Talking sticks spark creativity Talking sticks spark creativity

POLSON — Walk into Polson High School, and all around are talking sticks, made by PHS art students.  The sticks are displayed crosswise on poles in the lobby, above Principal Rex Weltz’s office door, in the library and in the halls.  Matt Holmes, PHS art teacher, took an Office of...

Master gardeners practice pruning techniques Master gardeners practice pruning techniques

POLSON — Pickups and people with loppers and tree saws advanced on the row of maple and ash trees fronting Kerr Dam Road near the sewer lagoons on April 10 as Jack Stivers and his Montana State University Extension Master Gardener’s class arrived to give the trees a trim. “We volunteer t...

City of Polson plans new wastewater treatment facility City of Polson plans new wastewater treatment facility

POLSON — “We did a 10-year Band-Aid 12 years ago, and now the Band-Aid is falling apart,” said Tony Porrazzo, city of Polson water superintendent.  Porrazzo was talking about wastewater treatment system improvements, which is not a new issue. The Polson City Commissioners will be...

Commissioners request extended comment period

News from the Lake County Commissioners POLSON — Lake County Commissioners wrote Kimberly Bose, Secretary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, requesting an additional 30-day comment period for Kerr Dam Hydroelectric Project.  In the April 3 letter, LCC Chair Bill Barron said, &ldquo...

Melvin Madplume, Jr., sentenced to life in prison, no parole Melvin Madplume, Jr., sentenced to life in prison, no parole

POLSON — District Judge John Larson sentenced Melvin Madplume, Jr., 30, to life in prison with no parole for killing his cousin Laurence Kenmille on May 25, 2013. Kenmille was 28 years old when he was killed at Wild Horse Hot Springs near the town of Hot Springs.  Judge Larson from Missoula pre...

Parents seek cameras for monitoring

POLSON — The Polson school board meeting on April 7 began with student board representative Sharidan Russell reporting on her trip to Washington, D.C. as a United States  Senate Youth Program participant.   Among other things, Russell said Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia advised the g...

Wind, snow trample Polson’s Triangular

  POLSON – With Mother Nature forgetting spring sports, she let the wind howl and sent a mixture of snow, rain and hail Saturday, impeding Polson’s planned Triangular track and field meet. Anaconda and Butte Central made the long trek to Polson High School’s sports complex, where...


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