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Articles with the Tag: St. Ignatius

Town disputes increasing water project costs

ST. IGNATIUS – Last week the St. Ignatius Town Council weighed legal options available to negotiate costs of a water improvement project that have ballooned tens of thousands of dollars beyond original estimates.  The most recent set of over-budget charges include nearly $50,000 in additional e...

Town disputes increasing water project costs

ST. IGNATIUS – Last week the St. Ignatius Town Council weighed legal options available to negotiate costs of a water improvement project that have ballooned tens of thousands of dollars beyond original estimates.  The most recent set of over-budget charges include nearly $50,000 in additional e...

Irrigation District investigates fees Irrigation District investigates fees

ST. IGNATIUS – Mission Irrigation District Commissioners have hired a Missoula attorney to determine if the district has to pay $56,000 in legal costs and consulting fees that commissioners claim were never properly approved or disclosed to the public.  Commission Chair Jerry Laskody said he an...

Mil levy passage means better services for seniors

LAKE COUNTY – Service providers said last week that programs for Lake County seniors will be better able to serve a growing population of elders after voters approved a mil levy.  Stagnant and decreasing funding at the federal and state levels have plagued area senior centers and service provid...

Valedictorian sings through St. Ignatius high school years Valedictorian sings through St. Ignatius high school years

ST. IGNATIUS – During the 2014 Mission High School valedictory address, Carley Elverud didn’t want to give the same “today is a stepping stone” speech that she gave during her eighth grade graduation. Instead she sang lines of famous pop songs while outlining the last four years of hi...

St. Ignatius teacher retires after 40 years St. Ignatius teacher retires after 40 years

ST. IGNATIUS – A caravan of about 30 cars with honking horns and emergency vehicles with sirens blaring met at the bottom of Ravalli Hill to escort John Fleming as he returned to town in a bus full of eighth graders. “I planned to return the kids,” the St. Ignatius middle school history ...

St. Ignatius Senior Center offers activities, meals

ST. IGNATIUS — The St. Ignatius Senior Citizens Center menu for June is as follows:  •  Bingo is played after almost every lunch. •  Lunches begin at 12-noon.  •  Quilters quilt in the center on Mondays and Thursdays. •  Wednesday, June 4: r...

Memorial Day: Honoring, remembering Memorial Day: Honoring, remembering

The Memorial Day parade in Polson was followed by a service at Lake View Cemetery, where the guest speaker was Navy Chief Rich Beauchamp, Commander of American Legion, Polson. A feeling of reverance was present as Old Glory surrounded the Memorial Day service. In Ronan, the festive flag waving and thunder...

Senior mil levy aims to tackle elder services deficit Senior mil levy aims to tackle elder services deficit

LAKE COUNTY – On June 3 county voters have a chance to tax themselves and help alleviate an eldercare crisis that officials say is growing more prominent as the population of senior citizens continues to boom at a pace unmatched by funding support from the federal and state government. A senior mil ...

Maidens, Lady Bulldogs battle epic road to State Maidens, Lady Bulldogs battle epic road to State

If ever there was a Cinderella story, MAC’s Lady Bulldogs told it well — only instead of glass slippers, these tough girls run hard on spikes.  While Ronan easily qualified for a Western B-C softball Divisional entry with a second seed spot in the bracket, the Lady Bulldogs had to go the ...


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