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Articles with the Tag: Polson

Mergenthaler completes basic training

  POLSON — Navy Seaman Melody N. Mergenthaler, daughter of Richard L. and Midge A. Sprau of Helena and granddaughter of Cheryl M. Ellis of Polson, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.  Mergenthaler is a 2012 graduate of Mission Valle...

Come laugh with the seniors in Polson

POLSON  Little known fact: Mahatma Gandhi did a lot of walking, often without shoes. He had serious calluses on his feet. Because of his meager diet he was quite frail and it contributed to his bad breath. He was, wait for it, a super-callused fragile mystic hexed with halitosis. There’s not...

Kits will be kits Kits will be kits

A litter of fox kits frolicked and practiced sneaking up on each other near the Polson Cemetery on a recent sunny afternoon.

Scholarships awarded to graduating high-school seniors Scholarships awarded to graduating high-school seniors

News from Lake County Job Service, Polson  POLSON — The Lake County Job Service Employers’ Committee awarded two Ken Rohrenbach Scholarships, each in the amount of $1,000, to graduating seniors from Lake County.  Monica Cleveland and Alisha Jore, both from Polson High School, were...

Church awards $1,000 scholarship Church awards $1,000 scholarship

News from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church POLSON — Kristin Young, daughter of Mitch and Julie Young, has been awarded a $1,000 Karlsgodt Scholarship from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Polson. The Karlsgodt Scholarship Fund was established to help GSLC youth attend an Evangelical Lutheran Church ...

$248 million verdict handed down in Hyundai case $248 million verdict handed down in Hyundai case

POLSON – Hyundai Motor Company vowed last week to appeal a Lake County jury’s decision to award $248.6 million to families of two teens killed in a 2011 Arlee crash.  After two weeks of testimony, the jury spent more than a day deliberating the verdict which required eight jurors to come ...

Free customer service training offered

POLSON — Representatives of local convenience stores, lodging properties, visitor information centers, museums, outfitters, restaurants and any business greeting visitors to the area are invited, free of charge, to attend the popular “Rockin’ to the Rhythm of Service” seminar in Polso...

Daines visits Lake County Daines visits Lake County

POLSON — Fresh from a 2,000-mile sweep around eastern Montana, Steve Daines stopped for a visit with Lake County constituents at the Lake County Republican Women’s luncheon on May 16. Daines, Montana’s U.S. Representative, is running for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by long-time Senator Max...

Local men returned from World War II Local men returned from World War II

While Memorial Day is a day to remember those Armed Forces soldiers, sailors, aviators and others who died in the service of the United State of America, maybe it’s also a good day to be glad some Montana men made it back.  Flick Riebe, a Polson man, was an operations sergeant in World War II. ...

Memorial Day remembrances set around Lake County Memorial Day remembrances set around Lake County

LAKE COUNTY — Memorial Day was established to remember those who died while serving in the Armed Forces. The day of remembrance, first known as Decoration Day, originated after the Civil War to honor fallen Union and Confederate Soldiers; by the 20th century, Memorial Day was extended to include all wh...


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