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Articles with the Tag: Polson

Polson High forensics qualifiers head to state meet

News from Polson High School speech and debate LIBBY — Six Polson High School speech and debate competitors qualified for the state Montana Class A Speech and Drama Meet. The state meet will be held in Columbia Falls on Jan. 30 and 31. PHS state qualifiers were: • First place, Serious Ora...

College students make honor roll

Students from Lake County and the Flathead Indian Reservation with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the semester were named to the President’s Honor Roll and have an asterisk by their name. The Dean’s Honor Roll includes students earning grade point averages of 3.5 or above for the semester....

Clerks, recorders offer scholarship

POLSON — Applications are being accepted for the annual $1,000 scholarship given by the Montana Association of Clerks and Recorders. Applicants must be graduating seniors who plan on attending a Montana university, college or vocational-technical school.  Application forms are available from th...

Polson Senior Center hosts tax preparers

POLSON — Good things to know: Peel a banana from the bottom up and you won’t have all those little string thingies to peel off. Also, time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like bananas. The vet’s rep will be here on the third Tuesday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon. Tax season is n...

Public invited to informational meeting regarding water compact

News from the City of Polson POLSON — A City Commission Work Session will be held in Commission Chambers at 106 1st Street East on Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. to receive information about the Proposed Water Rights Compact. Representatives from the State of Montana, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tri...

Shots fired at police officer Shots fired at police officer

ST. IGNATIUS – Tribal officer T.J. Haynes rolled to the ground to avoid bullets from a .22 caliber handgun on Arrow Road at around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20. “Haynes dove out of the way when he heard a round go off,” said Lake County Sheriff Don Bell. “It started north of the doct...

Man pleads guilty to killing brother Man pleads guilty to killing brother

RONAN — A Ronan man will spend most of the rest of his life in a place described by Lake County Attorney Steve Eschenbacher as reserved for the "most dangerous, most evil" criminals, after pleading guilty Jan. 21 to shooting and killing his brother Terry Lozeau, 51. In the courtroom Harry Loz...

Hawk set to plead guilty Hawk set to plead guilty

POLSON — A Ronan man accused of shooting and killing a toddler is expected to plead guilty on Jan 28. Prosecutors and defense attorneys said they had reached a plea agreement for Galen Hawk during a scheduled omnibus hearing on Jan. 21. Hawk is accused of shooting and killing 3-year-old Lonato Mo...

Business community holiday projects successful

POLSON — An effort to encourage local shopping at Christmastime resulted in more than 700 community members participating in the Polson Business Community holiday promotion, according to Jackie Cripe, co-owner of Jackie M’s Footwear.  The PBC asked shoppers to save their receipts from dow...

School board discusses quality schools School board discusses quality schools

POLSON — At the Jan. 12 Polson school board meeting, student representative Sarah Rausch gave a rundown of upcoming events at Polson High School, including the end of the quarter on Jan. 23 and final exams. She also commented on the new carpeting installed during the winter break, describing the first ...


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