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10 Mission Valley athletes earn all-state hoop honors

MISSION VALLEY — Ten local high school athletes have received allstate honors for their performances on the basketball court. Following on the heels of the Arlee Warriors’ Class C championship, the team led valley programs in all-state recognition with three. Earning all-state nods for the War...

Lake Monsters compete at state championship Lake Monsters compete at state championship

POLSON – Local swimmers qualified for a state swimming championship, held in town. More than 200 swimmers from more than a dozen swim clubs from around the state gathered this past weekend at the Mission Valley Aquatic Center for the 2017 Montana State Short Course Championship. During the three-...

Briefs for March 1, 2017

Thrift shop collecting food POLSON – The Nifty Thrifty, located at 712 1st St. E, is collecting non-perishable food items for the local food bank. The thrift shop is part of the Mission Mountain Enterprises, Inc, a nonprofit corporation. People can purchase a blouse or shirt from the thrift shop f...

Heroin use on the rise locally, officials advise caution about its deadliness

POLSON — The use of black tar heroin is on the rise in Lake County, local officials say. Lake County Undersheriff Ben Woods says heroin is slowly replacing heavy-duty prescription narcotics that used to be easier to obtain. Some of these opiate-based prescription painkillers, such as Oxycontin, L...

4-H members, leaders interact with state legislators 4-H members, leaders interact with state legislators

News from Lake County 4-H HELENA — Lake County 4-H members and leaders recently traveled to Helena to participate in the 4-H Citizenship Seminar program and learn more about the Montana legislative process. Anya Smith of the Saddle Mountain 4-H Club and Kylee Wells of Mission Valley Ranch Hands 4-...

Hospital earns accreditation in mammography

      News from Providence St. Joseph Medical Center POLSON — Providence St. Joseph Medical Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in mammography as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology. Providence St. Joseph Medical Cente...

Japanese drum group visits Polson Schools Japanese drum group visits Polson Schools

  News from Mission Valley Live POLSON — Polson Middle and High School students experienced two exciting programs Monday, Oct. 31. Members of Fubuki Daiko Japanese drumming group provided an energetic, educational workshop to 24 percussion students that morning, and then a lively, engaging Tai...

Bringing Joy Bringing Joy

POLSON — Bells were ringing and folks were singing in the season in Polson as the Mission Valley Choral Society presented its annual Christmas Concert to a packed house at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Sunday. The Copeland Memorial Ringers joined the choir, led by longtime Polson High School band...

Mission ambulance team temporarily without their ride Mission ambulance team temporarily without their ride

ST. IGNATIUS – It was a lucky few hours on Thursday for the Mission Valley Ambulance Service despite an unlucky situation. “We didn’t have any calls in that time,” Gwen Couture, Mission Valley Ambulance director, said of the few hours the team didn’t have the use of an ambula...

Children’s concert opens to full house Children’s concert opens to full house

RONAN – Voices rang out in harmony in the Faith Lutheran Church on Sunday during this season’s first Mission Valley Children’s Choir concert. Fifteen children filled the stage wearing matching green shirts with the choir’s MVCC logo on them. The shirts were purchased with donations...


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