Articles with the Tag: Lake County
POLSON — On April 21, Luis Mateo Denobrega, 24, Spokane, was sentenced by Judge Deborah Kim Christopher to Montana State Prison for 30 years with 15 suspended. He had been charged with six felony counts of assault plus felony criminal endangerment. On Dec. 7, 2013, Denobrega purposely fired a ...
POLSON — In Lake County District Court April 23, Thomas Dempsey, 34, Ronan, changed his plea and admitted committing burglary by accountability, two counts of attempt (burglary), and theft, all four felonies. The court found him guilty. Sentencing is set for May 28. In January, Dempsey stole a 2000 ...
POLSON — Lake County Conservation District supervisors launched the Swan Resource Management Study at an April 15 meeting with Lake County Commissioners Bill Barron and Gale Decker. Also present were Lake County elected officers, candidates and members of the public. Jim Simpson, LCCD chair, ...
Federal aid will be available to Lake County and 14 other Montana counties affected by flooding in early March, after President Barack Obama signed a presidential disaster declaration authorizing funds on April 17. Lake County Road and Bridge Department Supervisor Jay Garrick said the county doesn&r...
LAKE COUNTY — Residents and government authorities say some parts of Lake County are literally going to the dogs because of a network of non-uniform, unenforceable and lax laws that span jurisdictional boundaries. While a string of animal control problems have intensified across the ...
POLSON — Matthew Adam Darnell, 25, of Pablo, pleaded guilty on April 10 to ramming a car through Westland Seed to steal guns and attempting to steal firearms from two other establishments earlier this year. In a plea agreement Darnell pleaded guilty to felony burglary, ...
News from the Lake County Commissioners POLSON — Lake County Commissioners wrote Kimberly Bose, Secretary of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, requesting an additional 30-day comment period for Kerr Dam Hydroelectric Project. In the April 3 letter, LCC Chair Bill Barron said, &ldquo...
PABLO — The Flathead Basin Commission is in the process of rolling out new tools meant to keep invasive species at bay. At an April 9 meeting, commission members reviewed plans for new video public service announcements and the deployment of scent detection dogs trained to sniff out specific invasiv...
POLSON — District Judge John Larson sentenced Melvin Madplume, Jr., 30, to life in prison with no parole for killing his cousin Laurence Kenmille on May 25, 2013. Kenmille was 28 years old when he was killed at Wild Horse Hot Springs near the town of Hot Springs. Judge Larson from Missoula pre...
ARLEE — An illegally dumped, tangled mess of unexploded blasting caps, forced the temporary closure of the North Valley Creek Container site on April 2. The first batch of caps were found by staff in a dumpster at the site on April 1, according to Lake County Solid Waste Manager Mark Nelson. T...
