Articles with the Tag: Lake County

POLSON — A Dixon man was committed in Polson District Court on March 22 to the Montana Department of Corrections for 10 years with five years suspended on one count of criminal endangerment. Randall Everett Rasmussen, 37, pleaded guilty to the charge during an earlier court appearance. In exchange for ...
News from Sandpiper Art Gallery POLSON — Sandpiper Art Gallery and Gifts in Polson has opened the application period for their art scholarship program. Each year they offer art scholarships to deserving students from Lake and Sanders Counties. Scholarships are available to students accep...
RONAN — The Ronan Chamber of Commerce will celebrate local farmers and ranchers with their 43rd annual Agriculture Appreciation Dinner on March 24. This year’s event will honor Jack Stivers of the MSU Agriculture Extension Office in Lake County. Following 32 years of service as an extension ag...

LAKE COUNTY — In the wake of the national egg shortage, which has seen national providers across the board lose flocks of chickens to avian influenza, local egg providers have been rising to the challenge to meet increasing egg demand. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Unite...
News from Stacey Kintigh, director for solid waste in Lake County LAKE COUNTY — Lake County Waste Management will be going through some operational changes in the upcoming weeks. Over the last couple of years with increased population growth and a construction boom, Lake County’s waste manag...

POLSON — A Missoula man admitted to dealing drugs in Lake County which led to a classic pick-up being seized. Samuel Alvin Darling, 48, entered a plea of guilty to one count criminal possession with intent to distribute and one count of use or possession of property, subject to criminal forfeiture, in ...

POLSON — A Spokane woman was committed in Polson District Court on March 2 to 10 years with the Montana Department of Corrections with five years suspended on one count of criminal possession with intent to distribute. The sentence for Taucia Lee Lucas, 37, was in accordance with a plea agreement reach...

ST. IGNATIUS — Tribal Health recently invited nonprofit Tamarack Grief Resource to bring grief education and resources into the Flathead Valley. Tamarack, which has its primary office in Missoula with another location in Kalispell and a remote office in Browning, is the only year-round comprehensive...
HELENA — The Montana Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Feb. 16 on a bill requiring Montana to provide funding for the enforcement of Public Law 280. PL280 is an agreement with the State of Montana passed in 1964 to conduct law enforcement and provide other services on the Flathead Reservatio...

ST. IGNATIUS — The 58th Lake County Spelling Bee was held at the St. Ignatius school gym on Feb. 10, with 20 fourth through eighth graders coming together to try and earn their spot at the statewide competition. Judged by Paula Holle, Brycen Ek, and Leigh Johnson and led by Lake County Superintenden...