Articles Written By: Caleb M. Soptelean
POLSON — A Polson native and 2008 Polson High School grad made it out alive from the shootings that claimed the lives of 59 in Las Vegas on Oct. 1. Cody Doyle, 28, who has been a Polson Police officer for 13 months, had gone to the three-day event with two friends he met in college at Montana ...
POLSON — An impending state budget cut has forced the Flathead Basin Commission to consider alternative funding mechanisms, including a possible alliance with Lake and Flathead counties and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. The FBC is a state entity that was created in 1983 to protect the...
POLSON — The former manager of the Polson Veterans of Foreign Wars has been charged with felony embezzlement after more than $15,000 was missing from a VFW account. Shelley Lynn Leprowse, 49, of Ronan, was charged after VFW quartermaster Matt Lee looked into records and found little to minimal...
To clarify a portion of last week’s court news – Judge James A. Manley gave Nicholas Ayers Olson, 31, of Polson, a three-year suspended sentence to the Department of Corrections for his fourth DUI, a felony, under the condition that Olson completes Lake County Drug Court. Olson also received susp...
POLSON — “A tense survival saga and disarmingly moving father-son tale.” Those words describe “Walking Out,” a one-hour, 35-minute film set in the mountains of western Montana. Brothers Alex and Andrew Smith, who were born in England but raised on a ranch in we...
POLSON — Three of four charges against an Arkansas man were dismissed as part of a plea agreement last week. The Lake County Attorney’s Office agreed to dismiss charges of attempted deliberate homicide, arson and aggravated burglary against Shane Thomas Northweather, 23, in exchange for a guil...
POLSON – Two men, ages 60 and 70, face charges following an Aug. 13 shooting on Canyon Mill Road northeast of Ronan. Allen Ted Metzger, 60, and Roy Lee Sinclair, 70, were charged after a woman was shot in the thigh. Metzger was charged with two counts of criminal endangerment and tamp...
RONAN — A new evening recovery center for drug addicts, the Never Alone Recovery Hall, recently opened on Main Street thanks to the combined efforts of Don Roberts and a supportive community. Twenty people from an addiction-focused support group are helping, Farmers Insurance agent Diane Ivano...
POLSON — A charge of possession with intent to distribute illegal drugs was dismissed last month against a Ronan man while another charge remains. The Lake County Attorney’s Office filed two separate charges against Brian Francis Charette, 44, stemming from Dec. 30, 2016, and June 2.&nbs...
RONAN — It’s been 30 years this October since Marilyn Jette opened a hair salon, and she took time to reflect on its success last week. Reflections Salon began in a building across from Ronan High School in 1987, but five years later Jette purchased the former Burlington Northern r...
