Articles with the Tag: Montana Highway Patrol
POLSON — Two men who survived a three-car wreck north of Polson on Feb. 25 were honored on Friday with a Saved by the Belt award, presented by Diana Schwab, representing Montana Department of Transportation’s Buckle Up program, and Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Terry Rosenbaum. Robert R...
The memorial slideshow for Ronan High School Principal Kevin Kenelty was short and poignant. The ending echo of a solemn Jason Aldean song blended with a chorus of sniffles and smattering of applause as the high school students sat rapt, staring at the coffin on the stage. Then Lake County Sheriff’s...
RONAN — A Polson woman and small infant survived a March 10 wreck when a vehicle southbound on Highway 93 ran off the roadway, over a guardrail, and flipped into the ravine of an animal walkway just north of Ronan. The driver Stacie Rongwycsik-Lester, 37, was ejected from her vehicle. ...
The name of Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Shad Andersen was spelled incorrectly in the Jan. 1 story “Bus inspections keep children safe.” The Valley Journal regrets the error.
RONAN — Each time a child makes it home safely on a school bus in Montana, thank a Highway Patrol trooper. When they aren’t out taking bad guys off the streets or clearing wreckage from state highways, the troopers provide an often overlooked, yet essential, task for school safety: inspectio...
NINEPIPE — Wearing a seatbelt saved the life of an Idaho man who fell asleep at the wheel and rolled his truck just past Ninepipes Lodge on Highway 93 Thursday. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Terry Rosenbaum, the man fell asleep at the wheel while traveling southbound at approximately 3...
RAVALLI — Witnesses who were first to arrive at the scene of an early morning August 18, two-car Ravalli Hill wreck said they called to report a suspected drunk driver three minutes prior to the crash. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Randy Owens, a 1999 Honda Accord crossed the yel...
Lake County law enforcement joins national crackdown to reduce drunk driving News from the Montana Highway Patrol LAKE COUNTY — From mid-August through Labor Day, local police will be out in force as part of the annual nationwide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” cra...
BIG ARM — Two people were killed in a two-vehicle wreck near mile marker 74, just north of Big Arm on July 9 about 7:30 p.m. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Eric Thoreson, a northbound car drifted into the southbound lane and crashed into a vehicle with a driver and a passenger. Helen...
ARLEE — An Arlee woman lost her life Friday afternoon when her car struck a commercial truck head-on. Montana State Trooper Terrance Rosenbaum said Carol Mapston, 72 of Arlee, was southbound in the Schall Flats area when, according to witnesses, her green Cadillac drifted into the northb...
