POLSON — The Polson school board unanimously approved a high school district bond resolution to repair the Polson High School roof, building envelope, which includes siding, insulation and other items, and mechanical systems. The amount of the general obligation school building bonds will be up to $2,491,000 during a term of not more than 10 years. The resolution reads “for the purpose of paying the costs to making certain improvements to the high school building, including installing building exterior energy upgrades and replacing the roof and associated facia and soffits; replacing heating and cooling ventilation system and related components; related improvements; and payi...
RONAN — The regularly scheduled Ronan City Council meeting was postponed the night of Nov. 13 due to a lack of a quorum. A minimum of four city council members must be present to take a vote. As there were only three council members in attendance, the meeting was moved to noon the following da...
HELENA — The Commissioner of Political Practice’s office in Helena has accepted three complaints alleging Joey Jayne, who won the Lake County Justice of the Peace race, violated election practice laws. The complaints allege Jayne violated Montana Code Annotated 13-35-211 by appearing in ...
POLSON — Jackson Katz, an internationally known anti-sexism activist, educator, author, speaker, filmmaker and cultural theorist, paid a visit to the Mission Valley last week. Having written several books and given hundreds of speeches to high school and college campuses around the world on the subj...
RONAN — With stockings, wreaths and a Santa Claus or two hanging from the light poles courtesy of Ronan Telephone Company, Main Street in Ronan is taking on a holiday air. Then to make the street even more festive, students from Kicking Horse Job Corps came to town last week and put up trees for the Ro...
RONAN — Every child knows the story of the Pilgrims and Native Americans sitting down together and feasting for three straight days during the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock in 1621. Now, nearly 400 years later, the tradition lives on as friends and family gather every year to eat good fo...
PABLO — The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the identity of partially decomposed human human remains found in an undeveloped wooded area in Pablo on Nov. 3 shortly after 10:30 a.m. The remains, identified by dental records, are those of 48-year-old William Harvey Flesch of Pablo. ...
Though Election Day is over, vote counting continues in the Lake County Election Office. Election administrator Kathie Newgard started sifting through the 142 provisional ballots voted throughout Lake County on Nov. 7, after working until 5 a.m. the night before counting absentee ballots and ballots...
POLSON — With 12 candidates vying for Lake County Justice of the Peace in a general election, the race was unusual; and now there’s an additional twist. On Nov. 9, the Commissioner of Political Practices’ office in Helena confirmed receipt of a formal complaint filed against Joey Jayne of A...
MISSION — A frosty day with temperatures hovering around 20 degrees Fahrenheit greeted civilians and veterans alike during a Veterans Day ceremony Sunday morning in Mission. American Legion Post members and the Mission Valley Honor Guard gathered to pay tribute to fallen heroes around the town&rsquo...
