Articles Written By: Caleb M. Soptelean
By Caleb M. Soptelean Valley Journal ELMO – After 14 years of working as a dog groomer for someone else, Beverly Weimar was ready to strike out on her own. She opened the Dog House at 27534 Ricketts Road full-time in June. She had been an apprentice and then a dog groomer at the...
POLSON – A 23-year-old Pablo woman faces an assault with a weapon charge after she allegedly struck a woman in the face with a metal pipe on Dec. 19, 2016. According to a court document, Tabatha Nelson used an 18-inch black metal pipe to strike the nose of a woman who had complained about tras...
POLSON – A 38-year-old Pablo woman faces an assault with a weapon charge and a parole violation after she allegedly beat up a man on May 20. Dawna Mae Michel got into an argument with the man and then forced her way into a bedroom where the man was, according to a court document. Mich...
WOODS BAY – To hear Don Goodspeed tell it, this year’s wine grapes are going to be great. Goodspeed, who owns a vineyard on Flathead Lake 1.5 miles south of Beardance Trail, is excited. “I’ve never seen a crop this good,” said Goodspeed, who’s been harves...
Gibson Brooks of Ronan, 19, died as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on Sloan Road late Thursday night, July 20. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, alcohol is suspected as a factor in the crash that was called in to dispatch around 11 p.m. A 19-year-old female pass...
POLSON – Two women were arrested after a high-speed chase late Wednesday, July 19. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy attempted to make a traffic stop at 11:20 p.m. near St. Ignatius after a four-door Hyundai sedan was seen traveling erratically northbound on U.S. 93...
POLSON – Thanks to some donated land, Polson will be getting a second dog park in the not-too-distant future. The Morehead Trust donated 1.9 acres near South Bayshore Drive and Morehead Lane near a bike/walking path. Trey Nowlen, the city’s parks and recreation director, told th...
Valley Journal POLSON – A Charlo man was sentenced to three years in the Department of Corrections last week for criminal possession of dangerous drugs. Daniel Olin Rosa, 32, was sentenced by Judge James A. Manley as part of a plea agreement. Rosa originally faced a possession with intent to dist...
POLSON – A 54-year-old Dixon man who sent well over 700 threatening and lewd emails to a former girlfriend was given an eight-year suspended sentence last week. Charles Theis of Dixon pleaded guilty to four counts of violating privacy in communications. A stalking charge and 57 privacy in communicat...
By Caleb M. Soptelean Valley Journal PABLO – In 2005, Sika Ulutoa came to visit northwest Montana with plans to move to Japan. He never made it. Sika, a Samoan who moved to the Mission Valley with his wife, Rita, from her native Ohio, planned to go to Japan for missionary work. ...
