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Articles with the Tag: Big Arm

Ninety hoops teams battle in Bigfork

BIGFORK — The action was hot July 11 as 90 3-on-3 hoops teams competed on 12 courts during the Bigfork Battle in the Bay. The next Mission Valley 3 on 3 event will be the Pioneer Days hoops contest set for Aug. 1 in Ronan. Registration deadline is July 27; for more information visit www.missionvalle...

Celebrate from north to south July 4 Celebrate from north to south July 4

While it looks like fireworks will be banned this Fourth of July due to record-breaking heat and dangerously dry conditions (see sidebar), there’s still much to celebrate and many ways to do it throughout Lake County that doesn’t include pyrotechnics. Big Arm Big Arm will host their annual ...

Big Arm fire burns 5 acres

BIG ARM — With flame lengths spiking to 10 feet due to a gusty wind, a fire near Walking Horse Lane burned approximately five acres on Saturday.  The caller who notified dispatch at 11 p.m. heard eight or nine explosions “and now there’s a big fire,” she said, according to Joh...

Space junk possible explanation for Big Arm fire Space junk possible explanation for Big Arm fire

BIG ARM — Reports about space debris falling from a Chinese satellite’s rocket body over the Western United States fueled one man’s curiosity about a fire near Walking Horse Lane at 11 p.m. Saturday. A Big Arm resident and volunteer firefighter, Matt Sisler responded to the fire with 15 ...

College students make honor roll

Students from Lake County and the Flathead Indian Reservation with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester were named to the President’s Honor Roll and have an asterisk by their name. The Dean’s Honor Roll includes students earning grade point averages of 3.5 or above for the semester....

Suspects arrested on Melita Island Lane Suspects  arrested on Melita Island Lane

BIG ARM — A manhunt on Melita Island Lane Jan. 15 netted James Rand Hernvall, 34, and Jessica Erin Taylor, 37. Both were wanted on warrants — Hernvall in Montana and Idaho and Taylor in both Flathead and Lincoln County. Law enforcement was alerted when a resident called Lake County dispatch at...

Grinchy fun abounds in Big Arm Grinchy fun abounds in Big Arm

The Grinch visited the historic Big Arm Schoolhouse on Dec. 13. It was so “Grinch-y” in the building, people could swear they saw a tuft of the Grinch’s acid-green fur disappear around a corner. Kids were invited to decorate a cupcake, already frosted green; string some beads for a neckl...

Anglers reeling in whitefish near Big Arm

  FLATHEAD LAKE — As of Friday, anglers were beginning to catch whitefish at Dead Man’s Point above Big Arm.  “We are not sure what is going to happen yet,” Paula Zimmer of Zimmer Tackle said. “(We) will know in a few days, but Dead Man’s Point is giving up...

Cleaning house: 50 years of possessions sold at auction Cleaning house: 50 years of possessions sold at auction

RONAN — From a box of vintage green-handled kitchen tools to a 26-foot, 1967 Rawson sailboat, items collected and accumulated during a lifetime were up for auction Saturday, filling the Ronan Community Center and a 40-foot by 60-foot tent behind the building — plus the surrounding lawn. After ...

Communities create Easter fun with egg hunts Communities create Easter fun with egg hunts

  If children picked up their toys as quickly as they snatched up Easter eggs on Saturday, busy moms would clearly be less fried. The Easter Bunny was also a busy critter throughout Lake County Saturday, leaving eggs lying around grassy fields in at least six communities and posing for portraits. ...


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