Articles Written By: Linda Sappington
RONAN — Great art compels a person to ask questions and explore its meaning. That’s what students at K. William Harvey Elementary School learned Thursday when Tess Fahlgren of Art Mobile of Montana brought about 30 pieces of fine art to the school, including a clay sculpture from India and wor...
Three longtime educators who have made a significant impact on student graduation rates, career choices and life-long learning will retire this spring from Ronan School District. Ronan trustees accepted the retirement of Carolyn Pardini, Phil Engeldrum and Linda Jones during their Feb. 13 meeting. The ...
Outside Gary Teggeman’s shop the stubborn cold refuses to rise above single digits. But there’s no place he’d rather be. Teggeman, who spent his career providing area veterinarians with supplies and medicines, has built a vessel in his home shop each winter since he retired in 2007. “...
POLSON — Today’s diseases can be prevented by eating the way nature intended, according to Linda Lieb Peterson, a local author, holistic health practitioner and former schoolteacher. Peterson’s journey to health began at age 5, when she nearly died from an infection. At age 50 she found ...
LAKE COUNTY ‑ Lake County law enforcement officers recently confiscated relatively large amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana in two separate, unrelated cases, according to Lake County Sheriff Don Bell. On Sunday, Jan. 22, Mission Valley Drug Task Force and federal authorities arrested Michae...
LAKE COUNTY ‑ Lake County law enforcement officers recently confiscated large amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana in two separate, unrelated cases, according to Lake County Sheriff Don Bell. On Sunday, Jan. 22, Mission Valley Drug Task Force and federal authorities arrested Michael Robi...
POLSON — A Great Falls man who led law enforcement on a high-speed chase along Highway 93 in Lake County will belong to the state for 18 years. On Thursday Judge Deborah Kim Christopher sentenced Marshall Duane Dubois, 32, to five years in DOC for felony criminal possession of dangerous dr...
Bree Fennell gave birth to her first baby at age 37. Shortly after, Bree and her husband, Jeff, wanted to grow their family, but after four or five months of trying, she couldn’t get pregnant. Their efforts were curtailed as Jeff, a staff sergeant with the U.S. Army, was deployed to South Korea for nin...
BIG ARM — The sun filtered through winter haze as volunteer firefighters bobbed about in a square of water cut through the ice of Flathead Lake Saturday morning. Wearing buoyant suits, a dozen members of the Polson Rural Fire Department put into action the lifesaving ice rescue techniques they learn...
POLSON — As Port Polson Players open their 34th children’s winter production this weekend, some of the 110 children cast in Hansel and Gretel will be wearing the same costumes their parents did in years past. Shane Perry, 29, performed in at least three of the productions as a child. His daugh...
