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Articles with the Tag: Polson

Management ‘bootcamp’ course offered

  POLSON — The Lake County Job Service Employers Committee is sponsoring “Mosaic Management Bootcamp” with Wendy Sampson, Friday May 2 from 8 a.m. to noon at the KwaTaqNuk Resort and Casino, 49708 US Highway 93, Polson. Cost is $65 per person or $55 per person when registering four ...

Polson weathers rough day in Missoula

MISSOULA – The Pirates and Lady Pirates toughed out Saturday at the Missoula County Public Schools Invitational, finishing on the low end of the brackets. The boys took 13th out of 14 as a team with a score of 18. The girls placed 11th out 13 with a score of 15.5. While only one Pirate placed top four ...

Lady Pirates lose, first upset of season

FRENCHTOWN — The Lady Pirates battled through cheers and jeers, taking their first loss of the season, but battled back to a shutout win later in the week.  On Monday the Lady Pirates took on Frenchtown foes, the 2013 state champs, on the Lady Broncs diamond, falling 17-5. Although pitcher Jess...

Polson rules Cut Bank Invitational

  CUT BANK — The Pirates and Lady Pirates enjoyed a weekend of success on the tennis courts at the Cut Bank Invitational Friday and Saturday with the girls winning all four rounds and the boys only dropping one.  Pirates Brady Hislop and Layne Zimmerman and Lady Pirates Mollie Lemm and ...

Hearing aid clinic coming to Polson Senior Center

POLSON — Happy Easter! The bunnies, chicks, candy and colored eggs make it all fun but, of course, you know it’s not really about them. Hope you all had a very happy Easter.  Last week there was a power outage on our block. My computer was down, of course, and my laptop battery needed a c...

Polson City Commissioners discuss impact fees

POLSON — A resolution to reset impact fees was on the agenda at the April 7 Polson City Commissioner meeting.  In 2013, the commission passed Resolution 1027, which reduced impact fees by 80 percent as a means of stimulating new building and growth. All new developments within the city limit...

Westland Seed burglar pleads guilty Westland Seed burglar pleads guilty

      POLSON — Matthew Adam Darnell, 25, of Pablo, pleaded guilty on April 10 to ramming a car through Westland Seed to steal guns and attempting to steal firearms from two other establishments earlier this year. In a plea agreement Darnell pleaded guilty to felony burglary, ...

Talking sticks spark creativity Talking sticks spark creativity

POLSON — Walk into Polson High School, and all around are talking sticks, made by PHS art students.  The sticks are displayed crosswise on poles in the lobby, above Principal Rex Weltz’s office door, in the library and in the halls.  Matt Holmes, PHS art teacher, took an Office of...

Master gardeners practice pruning techniques Master gardeners practice pruning techniques

POLSON — Pickups and people with loppers and tree saws advanced on the row of maple and ash trees fronting Kerr Dam Road near the sewer lagoons on April 10 as Jack Stivers and his Montana State University Extension Master Gardener’s class arrived to give the trees a trim. “We volunteer t...

City of Polson plans new wastewater treatment facility City of Polson plans new wastewater treatment facility

POLSON — “We did a 10-year Band-Aid 12 years ago, and now the Band-Aid is falling apart,” said Tony Porrazzo, city of Polson water superintendent.  Porrazzo was talking about wastewater treatment system improvements, which is not a new issue. The Polson City Commissioners will be...


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