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Polson High registration set

  POLSON — Student registration for the 2014-15 school year will be held Aug. 4-7 in the high school library. Due to construction, please access the building through the teachers’ parking lot door.  Freshmen are already pre-registered. Seniors – Monday, Aug. 4, 8 a.m. &nd...

Pet look-alike contest entries sought

POLSON — Do you look like your pet? Enter the Mission Valley Animal Shelter Look-A-Like photo contest. Send your photo to Mission Valley Animal Shelter before 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7. Voting will take place at the MVAS booth at the Summer Festival in downtown Polson on Saturday, Aug. 9. Email to:...

Water Daze supports swim team

News from Mission Valley Aquatic Center POLSON — The 12th annual Polson Bay’s Water Daze 1.2-mile swim across Polson Bay will take place Saturday, Aug. 2.  Registration opens at 10 a.m. at Boettcher Park. Transportation is provided from Boettcher Park to City Docks at 12:15 p.m., and the ...

Blood donations needed to prevent shortage situation

News from the American Red Cross LAKE COUNTY — The American Red Cross is facing a looming blood shortage, leading to an urgent need for donors of all blood types to roll up a sleeve and give.  Eligible donors with types O negative, B negative and A negative blood are especially needed at thi...

Safe driving class, toenail clinic coming to Polson Senior Center

POLSON — Silence is golden, unless you have a puppy. Then, silence is suspicious … very, very suspicious. I will take a hiatus from featuring our members who have made a significant difference. All of our members, of course, are important and contribute to our success. The bridge scores fo...

Flathead Lake Biological Station Open House to feature raptors, Monte, tours, presentations

    News from The University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station POLSON – The University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station invites the public to a free open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5. The station is located 17.5 miles north of ...

Missing kayaker's body recovered Missing kayaker's body recovered

  POLSON —  The body of missing kayaker Robert W. McDonald was found 2:45 p.m. Friday in Flathead Lake, just south of Big Bull Island.   Lake County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue boats and the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office boat, who were still out sea...

Flathead’s own passion fruit ripe, ready to harvest Flathead’s own passion fruit ripe, ready to harvest

Warm summer days ripened a variety of local  cherries just in time for the Cherry Festival this year, allowing growers and vendors to sell a portion of their crop downtown last weekend. Bruce Johnson, president of Flathead Lake Cherry Growers, a Montana Agricultural Cooperative, said that the grow...

Festival celebrates Flathead’s cherry crop Festival celebrates Flathead’s cherry crop

Tucked away behind a Main Street sidewalk, a bit off the beaten path, young entrepreneur Lexie Gauthier and her friend Anna Vert enticed thirsty Cherry Festival visitors to buy their lemonade. The homemade stand was somewhat shaded by an umbrella turned inside-out by Saturday’s wind gusts. The breez...

Pay dirt: Mud Run participants get down, dirty for good cause Pay dirt: Mud Run participants get down, dirty for good cause

Triathlete Rob LaBair slogged through last years inaugural mud run for a first-place finish. He had so much fun that he chose to help plan this year’s race. He collaborated with event organizer Lowell Tyler, and together they invented harder obstacles that mirror the Montana Spartan Sprint race the fri...


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