Articles Written By: Karen Greene
RONAN – Mayor Kim Aipperspach put up his right hand during the Ronan City Council meeting on Monday and was sworn into office by the police chief. Aipperspach took his first seat on the council as a board member in 1989 with a desire to help the community. He became the mayor about ten years ago, ha...
A group of Mission Middle School students already know what’s inside several Christmas packages around the valley and they didn’t have to peek to find out. The students belong to a club called Dogs with Wings and they went on a gift buying field trip last Thursday. Their trip finished with a s...
RONAN – The Boys and Girls Club of Lake County and the Flathead Reservation recently purchased a large building measuring in at 19,000 square-feet on U.S. Highway 93, so the club can expand into a new home, but they aren’t ready to move in yet. “First, we need to do a remodel,&rdqu...
ST. IGNATIUS – Flathead Joint Board of Control Chairman Ray Swenson announced a change in the voting procedures for the next irrigation election in May 2018. Chairman Swenson held up a few papers during the Dec. 12 meeting with the instructions for voting. He said the board is tasked with sending ou...
People across Lake County worked together to light up the night at the Lake County Fairgrounds for the inaugural Lights Under the Big Sky extravaganza. The event begins wrapping up this weekend after the 5:30 p.m. Ronan Parade of Lights on Friday, Dec. 15, with more activities until Sunday. After payin...
RONAN – An annual Christmas season project could have ended in ruin for Mission Valley FFA students when the trees for their annual fundraiser didn’t arrive, but their teacher had a backup plan. Instructor Reese McAlpin had to tell his students the delivery truck bringing the trees wasn’...
Award winning writer Sneed B. Collard III stood in front of third to sixth grade Arlee Elementary School students during an assembly last Thursday and presented an important question. “What does an iguana eat?” he asked. The kids’ responses ranged from: bugs, rats, and maybe humans. C...
ST. IGNATIUS – Ian Rufe works at a seemingly quiet building on the outskirts of town near the old and new U.S. Highway 93 intersection and where the deer often stop to munch on the lawn around a sign labeled S&K Technologies, Inc. Rufe is the vice president of S&K Global Solutions, whi...
ST. IGNATIUS – The Missoula Children’s Theatre stopped at the St. Ignatius School District last week to help 55 students put on a play titled Gulliver’s Travels after only five days of rehearsal. “It’s amazing how fast everyone is able to memorize their lines for an hou...
ST. IGNATIUS – Aodhan Umphrey, 8, ran around the annual St. Ignatius Christmas Carnival on Saturday to several booths where he decorated a cookie, fished for candy and tossed a beanbag into a cup. He said he was having a lot of fun but he was also looking forward to getting one of the hundreds...
