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Articles with the Tag: Polson

Marines raise money for July 4 fireworks

POLSON — The Fourth of July is coming soon, and so is the annual fireworks display. The Marine Corps League Hellroaring Detachment 1041 raises money to fund the Roman candles, rockets and bursts. The League spent Saturday on U.S. Highway 93 and Main Street in Polson collecting from passing motorists...

Attorney General wraps up 3 investigations into Lake County Sheriff's Office

POLSON — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has been cleared of three allegations of wrongdoing brought forward in complaints by current employees of the office.  The Department of Criminal Investigations investigated allegations made by Lake County deputies Ben Woods, Steve Kendley and Mik...

Three Lady Pirates selected All-State Three Lady Pirates selected All-State

POLSON — Three Lady Pirate softball players were named to the 2012 Northwestern A All-State team; five to first team All-Conference; and three to second team All-Conference. The Polson Lady Pirates are the 2012 State A softball champions, an honor they’ve claimed three years in a row. Seniors ...

Lilletta “Lettie” Lee Neuman Lilletta “Lettie” Lee Neuman

MISSOULA – Lilletta “Lettie” Lee Neuman, age 63, of Missoula and former Polson resident, died at St. Patrick Hospital, Wednesday, May 30, 2012, surrounded by the love of her husband John, son Greg and her extended family. Lettie was an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai...

Attorney’s contract favors self above city

Editor, The citizens of Polson have a reasonable expectation that city employees work for the best interests of the city. The kerfuffle regarding impact fees resulting from the discovery that the city attorney did not pay them and failed to pay his building permit fees in a timely manner, has led some to ...

Polson grads grateful for support

Editor, “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow,” said Anthony J. D’Angelo. We are all here to push our education to new limits. We, the students, can only do that with both the generosity and the support of the community. It is the people of this vall...

Facing their future

POLSON — “The tassel was worth the hassle,” LaiLa Skalsky said during her valedictory speech. Skalsky, Macall Banner, Riley Kenney, Kelsey Koberg, Clark Rubel, Michael Venters and Jaime Young were the seven valedictorians of the Polson High School class of 2012, and they all spoke during...

Three-peat: Polson wins state softball championship ... again

FRENCHTOWN — Winning a state championship is a big deal, and winning two years in a row, even bigger. But how does one describe winning three years in a row? “That’s almost unreal,” Polson softball coach Larry Smith said. His Lady Pirates triumphed over Belgrade in a state champ...

New city attorney needed

Editor, In my opinion, James Raymond has served long enough (14 years) as part-time Polson city attorney. The following impact fee issue illustrates several reasons to hire a new city attorney. James wrote the impact fee ordinance 624 in 2007. At the time, the commission passed a motion to exempt from imp...

We can do better

Editor, On a recent Sunday afternoon, we decided to drive to Mission Reservoir east of St. Ignatius to let our 5-year-old try out a new fishing pole he had received for Christmas. Upon arriving, we had the whole place to ourselves, except for some people fishing on the other side of the reservoir. A short...


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