Tagged fish were the excitement of the Spring Mack Days Fishing Event during the ninth weekend. May 10 was a winning day for Steven Benson of Four Lakes, Wash. He is one of 850 anglers competing in the 2013 spring fishing event. Benson turned in 43 lake trout, which was the high number for the day, and one of them was a $1,000 tagged lake trout. The high dollar tagged fish was the third tagged fish he has caught since the beginning of the event. The other two were $100 valued fish. Saturday was another banner day for the tagged fish entries. David McDaniel and Susan Martin had four on their boat when they docked at the end of the day — each of them worth $100, but it made an ...
When JR Daniels moved to the Mission Valley from Minnesota five years ago, he had no idea he would become the coach of the Flathead Reservation’s first lacrosse team. Last week, he watched as the fledgling Ten Sticks club did something no one else in Montana had done in two years: beat Hellgate, the...
On April 23, Alan Mikkelsen, a consultant for the Flathead Joint Board of Control, St. Ignatius, filed a complaint with the Montana Office of Political Practices against the Western Montana Water Users Association LLC. According to a press release, the complaint alleges illegal campaign contribution...
MISSION VALLEY — The Montana Coop started two years ago as a first-of-its-kind, web-based consumer and producer owned cooperative. The idea is to connect local food producers and consumers directly over the Internet, eliminating the need for much of the costly logistical work that goes into starting a ...
PABLO — On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, Mother Nature cooperated for a few hours during this tumultuous spring and allowed blue skies and sunshine to win the day during the fifth annual Ronan Walks and Rolls Earth Day event. However, according to extension director Virgil Dupuis, “fif...
MOISE — Equipped with a new website and newborn bison calves, the National Bison Range in Moise is ready to start the 2013 season. “At this point, unless the snows come in again, we’ve finished grading Red Sleep Mountain Drive and have dust control technicians coming in early next ...
Law enforcement officers turned into runners and bikers for Lake County’s leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. Beginning at the Armed Forces Memorial Bridge in Polson at 8 a.m., Polson Police Officers, Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies, Confederated Salish and Kootenai...
POLSON — In an effort to improve safety for our students, we are going to be making some changes to school bus loading sites and public parking at Cherry Valley School in Polson. Starting Thursday, May 2, our school buses will drop off and pick up students at the front of the school on Eighth ...
RONAN — It’s a picture of a white farmhouse with a porch, brick chimneys and a tree in the background. Obviously it’s in the country, and a quilt airs on the porch rail. Cindy Standbrook has had this painting for years, telling herself, “That’s gonna be my house some da...
POLSON — With graduation looming and “senioritis” rampant, most senior trips focus on fun for the soon-to-be graduates. But the seniors at Mission Valley Christian Academy chose a different sort of senior trip. The five seniors, Joshua Lake, Anne Mae Macy, Jemimah Murphy, Richie...
