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News from the Lake County Buckle Up Coalition LAKE COUNTY — Vacations have begun. Desk chairs sit empty while co-workers enjoy their time away from the job. Phones are ringing off the hook, the copier has been jammed for two days and the office plants are wilting. You are scrambling to tend to the n...
News from Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana CHARLO — A recent acquisition now on display in the museum is a glass jar of potatoes canned in 1918. You may be asking if this has historic relevance. The answer is yes – on two counts. One, the sealing apparatus is one not commonly seen; and two, t...
ST. IGNATIUS – Quilts bring in hundreds of people to the Mission Valley Amish School Auction each year. Lorene Yoder watched auctioneers taking bids on the quilt she brought to the auction. “Can I get $1,000?” Auctioneer Orlie Troyer asked the crowd shaded under a tent facing her quilt. ...
POLSON — Polson’s FC U10 Girls Soccer team ended a perfect season at the Showcase Tournament in Great Falls the weekend of June 28-29, having no losses all year. Polson FC sent four teams to the Showcase tournament including the U10 girls’ team. The teams faced strong competition playing te...
ARLEE – Shannon Buhr of the Arlee Community Development Corporation said this is a time of distress for the Arlee area. “We are out of money,” she said. The CDC’s lack of operating money could affect the amount of available programs in the area from youth support to town i...
ARLEE – Firefighters started pouring pancake batter over hot griddles at 7 a.m. on the Fourth of July to raise money for department expenses. “I started making coffee at 5:30 a.m.,” said Dane Morigeau, firefighter and public information officer. Last year, Morigeau said a ...
ARLEE – A caring community of more than 300 people showed up to support a fundraiser July 18 in Arlee for Tyler Conover, 4, who lost his foot to a lawnmower accident earlier this month. “He was running around and he slipped and his foot went under a riding lawnmower,” said Amanda Adams, ...
BILLINGS – Polson’s FC U19 girl’s soccer club finished third at the State Cup tournament June 15. While climbing the ropes through the tournament they found themselves in the premier bracket facing Helena, but fell 1-3 to Helena’s club who ultimately placed first in the State battle. ...
ST. IGNATIUS – Every year for the past 20 years, volunteers have taken the time to put together the St. Ignatius Volunteer Fire Department’s picnic to raise funds to help offset the department’s operating costs. “We started this picnic so we wouldn’t have to go after tax paye...
David Wolverton quickly sold out of tomatoes at the Jocko Valley Farmers Market outside of Hanging Art Gallery last week. “People get crafty,” he said of the early vegetable yield at the market. “I can get tomatoes coming early in the season and keep them producing clear into November.&r...
