Articles with the Tag: Ronan
LAKE COUNTY — Local farmers could face tough decisions about planting wheat or transitioning to hardier genetically modified crops. With approximately 80 percent of Montana’s wheat exported to countries in south Asia, the economic impact of Japan’s wheat embargo — triggered b...
Veterans on motorcycles will be escorting “The Wall That Heals” through Lake County Tuesday, Aug. 20 on its way from Missoula to Whitefish. The half-scale replica of the Vietnam Wall will be hosted by VFW Post 277 for four days in Whitefish, from Wednesday, Aug. 21 throu...
ST. IGNATIUS — A one-of-a-kind pasture management workshop with renowned tame pasture management expert Greg Judy will be offered Thursday and Friday, Sept. 19 and 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Amish Community Building in St. Ignatius. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Participants may attend one d...
RONAN — Although she’s been in Montana for two months, Michaelene Brownfield is the new face around the Western Montana Mental Health Center; she’s the clinical director for the mental health clinic. Before Brownfield moved to Montana, she spent the last two years in Elgin, Okla. She gra...
RONAN — Well, here we are, down to the last couple of weeks of summer vacation. If the kids aren’t ready for the school year to start, I’m sure that their parents are. It has been a few years since I’ve had kids in school, but I still remember how it felt. Now, it is the grandkids who...
Marie Cowen’s yard sale was quite the sight to see this weekend. There were police bears, pilot bears and bears bearing beanies; bare bones bears, bare-naked bears, bald bears and bad bears bearing devil horns. Bear in mind, there were nearly 7,000 of them — mostly plush, some ceramic and a...
RONAN — Pioneer Days events, rodeos, and local 4-H competitions drew huge crowds to Ronan last week as fairgoers enjoyed a lineup of activities with a bit of something for everyone. Area athletes were able to battle it out with a 5k run plus softball, volleyball and three-on-three basketball t...
RONAN — The skinny palomino filly’s hipbones, backbone and ribs all stuck out. The horse kept her head down, and Bonnie Albrich didn’t know if the 3-year-old would live, since she was so malnourished. Albrich wasn’t looking for a skinny horse; she just wanted a saddle horse s...
RONAN — Mission Valley 3 on 3 orgainizes summertime basketball tournaments throughout Lake County and Bigfork. On Saturday, 85 teams competed in 12 divisions of the Pioneer Days “JAM”boree 3-on-3 in Ronan, the third tournament sponsored by the Mission Valley group. Pioneer D...
RONAN — Despite living at the doorstep of abundant cherry orchards, a fish hatchery, and wheat fields, residents of Lake County are among the hungriest in Montana. The problem is mostly invisible to those not working in the intricate network of volunteers that distribute food to the needy; and...
