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Sentence suspended for expectant mom Sentence suspended for expectant mom

A Lake County woman has been ordered to pay $40,000 restitution as part of her sentence on burglary charges. Samantha Ness, 27, was sentenced to a total of seven years with the Montana State Department of Corrections with all of those years suspended. The sentence was handed down at District Court in Pols...

University coach Hauck to golf at Ronan event

News from Mick Holien, Mission Mountain Golf Course RONAN — It is an annual affair of more than a couple of decades but that does not diminish the excitement of having University of Montana coaches visit the Mission Valley for a round of golf this month. UM head football coach Bobby Hauck, who ...

Club offers scholarships

News from the Montecahto Club This year, the Montecahto Club is offering a new scholarship in addition to its annual one in conjunction with the Polson Scholarship and Education Foundation. The new $500 Continuing Education Scholarship is for an individual seeking vocational or technical certificatio...

Polson seniors for April 3, 2019

POLSON — Hello everyone, I’m Elise Plaiss. As Dave said in last week’s article, I am the someone who is more closely involved with the center. I am the assistant cook at the Polson Center, and if there is anything specific you would like to have included in the newsletter, please feel free ...

Attorney recommends Michel get 20 years for child assaultAttorney recommends Michel get 20 years for child assault Attorney recommends Michel get 20 years for child assaultAttorney recommends Michel get 20 years for child assault

A Ronan man who was initially charged with sexual assault is receiving a recommended sentence to Montana State Prison for 20 years on the amended charge of aggravated assault. Keith Lee Michel Jr., 28, entered into a plea agreement during an appearance at District Court in Polson on Jan. 2. Lake County Attor...

Senator: Montanans need real, affordable health care

News from the office of Senator Jon Tester WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jon Tester is taking on the Trump administration over a plan that could expand junk insurance in Montana. In a scathing letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Administrator Seema Verma, Tester demanded CMS reconsid...

James Morgan James Morgan

RONAN – James “Jim” Allen Morgan, 66, passed away peacefully at home on Oct. 6, 2018, with his family by his side. He was born to Robert and Ester Morgan on Oct. 1, 1952, in Seaside, Oregon.  Jim worked with the Fire Department of Pablo-Ronan from 1979 to 2004 and worked for the Cit...

Patsy Mueller

POLSON — There will be a graveside interment of the ashes of Patsy Mueller at the Lake View Cemetery in Polson on Friday, Oct. 19, at 12:45 p.m. Father Kevin Christopherson will officiate the short ceremony. A luncheon/reception will follow in the basement of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. ...

Tammy Matt Tammy Matt

ST. IGNATIUS — Tammy Marie Matt passed away on Sept. 19, 2018, in Kalispell Regional Medical Center. She was born in Seattle, Washington, on Dec. 31, 1959, to Del Mathis and Greta Dunsmore.  Tammy was blessed to have a stepdad who cared and raised her after Greta married Earl Dunsmore.  ...

Catherine Hamel Catherine Hamel

RONAN — Catherine Rita Mathias Hamel was born on Dec. 28, 1935, to Agnes Oshanee Cullooyah and Joseph Mathias in Elmo. She passed away on Oct. 8, 2018, in Ronan.   She is the granddaughter of Chief Baptiste Mathias. Through her mother, she is a descendant of Chief Charlo’s band of Salish ...


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