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POLSON — Focusing on short-stay rehabilitation for the community, Polson Health and Rehabilitation Center is renovating to the tune of $700,000. The facility is west of Providence St. Joseph’s Medical Center, at 9 14th Avenue West. It’s not the same old place; they’re doing a total facelift inside — new paint, new flooring, flat screen TVs, new tiles, new showers and matching furniture for the rooms and a new nurses station. Outside, the entrances are being redone and residents will enjoy a new patio and patio furniture. “Everything is 30 years old,” PHRC Administrator Debbie Siegfried said. “It’s our ...
ST. IGNATIUS – Angie Chrisman started cutting hair as a licensed stylist for humans but eventually found dogs easier to deal with — even after being growled at, bit and defecated on. “Dogs are much easier to work with than people,” said Chrisman, owner of Waggin’ Tails Dog Gr...
DIXON – The hills of Dixon don’t flow with milk and honey, but the famous melons grown there have some people wondering if they might. The sugary-sweet fruits have amassed a huge following over the past 24 years, as Dixon Melons, Inc. grew from a small hand-tilled backyard plot into one ...
News from Providence St. Joseph Medical Center POLSON — The National Rural Health Association has announced that Providence St. Joseph Medical Center has merited a Top 20 Best Practices in Quality designation across all critical access hospitals in the United States as determined by iVantage H...
News from Lake County Job Service POLSON — The Lake County Job Service Employer Committee recently recognized three local organizations as this year’s “Employers of Choice.” This award recognizes a small, medium, and large scale business that demonstrates a high level of commitment...
Polson’s Walmart Supercenter opened its doors October 24, 2013, on 28 acres that were re-zoned to commercial property and annexed into the city the city of Polson. Polson’s Walmart Supercenter is now three times the size of the original Walmart, which opened in 1988 in the building now occupied b...
David Wolverton quickly sold out of tomatoes at the Jocko Valley Farmers Market outside of Hanging Art Gallery last week. “People get crafty,” he said of the early vegetable yield at the market. “I can get tomatoes coming early in the season and keep them producing clear into November.&r...
POLSON — Providence St. Joseph Medical Center was recently awarded the 2014 Greenhealth Partner for Change Award by Practice Greenhealth for continuously improving and expanding upon their mercury elimination, waste reduction, recycling and source reduction programs. At a minimum, facilities a...
Murdoch’s grand opening Thursday, June 5 was heralded with a ribbon cutting, flag raising, posting of colors by local honor guards and the Veteran Warrior Society, an honor song sung by drum group Chief Cliff, the National Anthem sung by veteran Charlene Crenshaw, and an angel’s prayer and blessi...
RONAN — After spending eight years integrating themselves into the community and weathering the worst financial crisis in a century, Jim and Debbie Pierce handed the keys of their Ronan auto dealership to new owners last week. For the customers of Pierce Ronan Dodge Chrysler Jeep, the absence ...
