Articles Written By: Berl Tiskus
POLSON — Gary Kapp came to the Polson City Commission meeting on Monday night to propose a trade. Kapp offered a piece of his property east of La Vista Drive and a sewer easement to the city in exchange for waiving the $5,700 impact fees on his property. The commissioners and Kapp discussed concerns...
POLSON — A new 200,000-gallon water tank nestles in the pines of Jette Meadows, a tangible symbol of five years of hard work for the Jette Meadows Lake County Water and Sewer District. The overhaul of the water system began with a well going dry about three years ago, but prior to that periodi...
POLSON — Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Hydrologist Seth Makepeace said groundwater water quantifying work is on deck for the technical teams. Makepeace spoke to CSKT, State of Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission and United States negotiation teams at the KwaTaqNuk Resort on April...
POLSON — Firefighters responded to a structure fire at 902 2nd Street W. at about 8:36 p.m. on May 3. Polson Fire Department Information Officer Karen Sargeant said the department believed the fire started in a back bedroom on the west side of the house. The door was hot to the touch ...
POLSON — About 14 community members attended the first medical marijuana meeting scheduled at the Polson Court House on April 27. Joyce Weaver, City of Polson Building and Planning Department Head chaired the meeting. Weaver assembled a volunteer committee to meet and solicit public input on m...
Montana's medical marijuana law allows patients to assign themselves caregivers — someone, 18 or older, "who agrees to take responsibility for managing the wellbeing of a person with respect to the medical use of marijuana." In this article, three local caregivers explain what they do and what their jo...
RONAN — Children from all over the Flathead Reservation enjoyed the 35th Head Start Powwow on Friday. The little tykes started showing up at the Ronan Events Center at 4 p.m. and watched the grand entry led by the Veteran’s Warrior Society proceed at 4:30 p.m. Head Start childre...
POLSON — The house at 1502 15th Ave. E. has workers all around the outside, some staining pickets for the fence, some installing the pickets, some raking the dirt around the foundation and some caulking and touching up paint. Although it looks like an ordinary construction scene, it’s really the ...
POLSON — Wearing headbands with paper brains attached, Kris Nordberg’s 24 second-graders were attentive when she talked to them about autism. According to the medical encyclopedia on Answers.com, “Autism is a lifelong disorder that interferes with the ability to understand what is seen, ...
POLSON — Gil Mangels conducted a tour of vintage vehicles previously owned by Glacier National Park to kick off a birthday party for GNP’s centennial. The tour started at about 6:30 p.m. Then Ranger Kass Hardy, Centennial Coordinator, spoke about the centennial. Mangels presented a progr...
