Articles Written By: Karen Greene

The Lake County Sheriff's Office helped rescue a 22-year-old Polson female abducted for 11 days. “The female met Terrance Tyrell Edwards over the Internet,” Sheriff Don Bell stated in a press release. Edwards allegedly offered the victim a well-paying job and lured her to the Missoula area....

POLSON – Marita Growing Thunder walks through the Polson High School halls on her way to class, past students dressed in jeans and T-shirts, like she used to wear. But lately, she stands out in the crowd with her long Native American style skirt, the Sioux style moccasins, and her elk tooth necklace. ...

ARLEE – The Scarlets played a closegame against the Plains Trotters on Sept. 20 but didn’t manage to push ahead. “It’s been a good season so far,” Senior Bryndle Goyins said. “We’ve only lost to Plains, our rivals.” Goyins has played volleyball every year...

  Lake County Sheriff’s Office helped rescue a 22-year-old Polson female abducted for 11 days. “The female met Terrance Tyrell Edwards over the Internet,” Sheriff Don Bell stated in a press release. Edwards allegedly offered the victim a well-paying job and lured her to the Mi...

Anyone heard of contra dancing? If you’ve seen those 17th century style movies with dancers usually moving in the space of parallel lines, in and back out, and sometimes twirling around, then you’ve seen it. Students in the Arlee High School and Junior High got a chance to learn the steps with...

POLSON – Lake County’s budget broke even for regular expenses this year but it was a tight fit. “Right now we have enough money for operating costs but nothing to expand or grow,” Commissioner Bill Barron said. His wish list includes the expansion of the county jail with about a...

ST. IGNATIUS – The water rights adjudication process affecting the Flathead Indian Reservation reached another level in the past few weeks. At the Flathead Joint Board of Control meeting on Tuesday, irrigators reported receiving letters in the mail concerning water rights claims from the Montana Dep...

ST. IGNATIUS – Mission High School Junior Michael Durglo sat down to check his gear for a few minutes during Friday’s football game against Bigfork. He is usually found on the field as either a defensive or offensive lineman, and at 6 feet 4 inches tall, he is easy to spot. Durglo said the tea...

DAYTON — Patriotic mom Nancy Riggio waved her hands in excitement, riding on a giant inflatable Pegasus, attached to the top of a truck and wearing an American flag swimsuit in the 25th Annual Dayton Daze Parade on Saturday. She got down from the truck and stopped the parade so her cousin, Dennis Kr...

LAKE COUNTY – A shy male poodle didn’t have a name when he was rescued from LDR Kennels on Dublin Gulch Road by Life Savers Animal Rescue of Lake County in July — but he did have a critical skin infection. “He was one of the original four with immediate medical needs,” said L...