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Winter weather leads to fatal wreck, slide-offs Winter weather leads to fatal wreck, slide-offs

LAKE COUNTY — Law enforcement officials spent Monday responding to numerous wrecks across Lake County.  At approximately 10:50 a.m. a head-on collision with a single fatality was reported on Highway 212 near mile marker 6 in Moiese. Plains resident Patricia S. Mcdougall, 60, was pronounced dead...

Polson lawn decked out for holidays

POLSON — Rows of lighted candy canes, multicolored lighted Christmas trees, Santa in his airplane, deer, a horse and buggy and a snowman are just some of the decorations on Monica and Maurice Mills’ lawn on First Street E. Monica said she has always decorated their lawn.  Drive by befo...

Prevent freezing pipes

News from Montana State University Extension BOZEMAN — When the temperatures dip below zero, experts at the office of MSU Extension Housing and Environmental Health to zfield calls about how to prevent freezing pipes or, worse, how to thaw out pipes that are already frozen. There are several basi...

Christmas Calendar for Catholic churches set

Christmas Calendar for Mission; Jocko; Arlee  and St. Ignatius Mission — •  Wednesday, Dec. 11: Reconciliation at 7 p.m. at Mission Church •  Sunday, Dec. 15: Anointing of the Sick at 9:15 a.m. at Mission Church •  Sunday, Dec. 22: Christmas play/de...

Crooks don't take the holiday off

News from the Area VI Agency on Aging POLSON — Christmas season is in full swing with parties, concerts, and lots of shopping. The season of giving is also a prime time when the elderly, as well as others, can be taken advantage of by scam artists. Holiday deals and charity appeals abound as we m...

Local needs identified

News from Community Partners Outreach   Some of our community members have named the following specific needs. If you are able to provide assistance to any of them, please contact Melinda Old Person at (406) 676-4290 or (406) 249-3821 or call (406) 871-1109. •   Woman needs a washer, a d...

Supreme Court denies kidnapper’s request

HELENA — On Dec. 3 the Montana Supreme Court denied a request to consider new evidence made by Chuck Devlin, 63, who is serving a 50-year sentence for the May 2006 kidnapping of an 18-year-old Bigfork woman. Devlin argued in a Nov. 20 petition that a jury would not have convicted him of the kidnappi...

Polson’s wrestling invitational kicks off the season Polson’s wrestling invitational kicks off the season

POLSON – High school teams from near and far hit the mats Saturday as the Pirates hosted an invitational tournament. Along with Polson, valley teams from co-op Mission/Charlo and Ronan also participated. Out of the 14 teams that took part, Polson found their way to a sixth place team finish with a tota...

Students produce Romeo and Juliet Students produce Romeo and Juliet

POLSON — On Dec. 12, 13, and 14 forget dinner and a movie. The students of Mission Valley Christian Academy will present live dinner theater on those nights. Since October, high school and junior high students have been memorizing the lines of one of literature’s most famous dramas, “Rom...

Cold weather doesn’t stop Polson competitors

LIBBY — Despite mechanical problems with the speech bus, a late arrival in Libby causing most of the team to miss their first round of competition and students absent, the Polson speech team did well at the Libby Invitational Speech and Drama Meet on Dec. 7. Cold weather didn’t keep 11 teams from...


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