Articles with the Tag: Bigfork
YELLOW BAY – The sparkling blue waters of Flathead Lake are some of the cleanest in the world, give life to the animal and plant species nearby, and provide a home to some tiny organisms that often go overlooked. Elementary students from Polson, Bigfork and Ronan learned this and more during the Flathe...
Mission Valley 3 on 3 organizes summertime basketball tournaments throughout Lake County and Bigfork. The 20th annual 3-on-3 match at the Arlee Celebration will be held on July 3. Registration is due by June 29. The 5th annual Bigfork Jamboree will be held on July 11. Registration is due June 30. T...
MISSOULA – A federal district judge has found a Bigfork man guilty of illegally killing three grizzly bears in May 2014. On March 30, United States Magistrate Jeremiah Lynch found Dan Calvin Wallen, 54, guilty of three counts of unlawfully taking a threatened species. “The only ...
HELENA – The Montana Supreme Court turned down most parts of an appeal filed earlier in March by a man serving a 50-year sentence for kidnapping an 18-year-old Bigfork woman from a festival in 2006. Charles “Chuck” Devlin, 64, is ineligible for parole until 2032. He has appealed th...
HELENA – A man serving a 50-year sentence for the May 27, 2006 kidnapping of an 18-year old Whitefish woman at a Bigfork festival has again asked the Montana Supreme court to reconsider his case, this time saying that a 2013 ruling by the high court in another matter opens up a way to overturn his conv...
Hosted by Arlee, March 14 Teams – Arlee, Bigfork, Evergreen, Mission-Charlo, Polson, Ronan All placers and qualifiers will compete at the Inter Valley Tournament in Libby March 21. Novice 55 1. Cole Cross (Pol), 2. Angus Anderson (Bf), 3. Rylee Knutson (Pol), 4. Kody Dillard (MC) Novice ...
MISSOULA – A Bigfork man who lives in the Ferndale area of Lake County has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that resulted from him allegedly shooting and killing a grizzly May 2014. Dan Calvert Wallen, 54, pleaded not guilty Jan. 27 to three counts of unlawful taking of a threatened speci...
T. IGNATIUS – Spikers, blockers, and diggers came together as Mission hosted the third annual volleyball All-Star match Wednesday to celebrate another great season of net action and to honor All-Star athletes that were chosen by their coaches to play. Two teams consisting of athletes from Bigfork, H...
The Montana Supreme Court handled the following Lake County criminal cases last week. A Bigfork man serving felony sentences filed an emergency appeal in the Montana Supreme Court. Michael Westmark , 65, claimed in his Sept. 5 filing that he has been denied release from the Montana S...
BIGFORK — Otters are cute and cuddly to look at, but they’re very protective of their pups as Zack Whipple, 9, found out on Aug. 4. Zach was on the dock at Lake of the Woods near Echo Lake east of Kalispell, his mother Kelly Ware said, and heard splashing underneath. Thinking it was just...
