RONAN — The 2023 Lake County Fair is well underway this week at the fairgrounds in Ronan and will continue through Saturday, July 29. This year’s festivities started off the morning of Saturday, July 22, with the Horse Show and SW Youth Rodeo. The rodeo lets youngsters show their skills in a variety of kid-friendly rodeo sports. The Dog Show kicked off this week’s big headline events on July 25, with contestants large and small showing off before a panel of judges to determine this year’s best dog. Wednesday, July 26, will feature a variety of animal shows, with a Cat Show joining the more traditional fair animals in the afternoon at 1 p.m. Wednesda...
ST. IGNATIUS — We would like to say thank to all who came to the pancake breakfast, played bingo and bid on the silent auction items, and thank all the volunteers as well that helped prepare the pancake breakfast and helped serve it. A special thank you goes to the Mission Valley Ranch Hands 4-H Club f...
RONAN — Mission Valley Senior Center is located across from St. Luke’s Hospital. We are open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for lunch and other activities. Our menu is: — Wednesday, July 26: chili, cinnamon rolls, salad — Friday, July 28: roast Beef Dinner, sa...
POLSON — Women’s world cup of soccer opened July 20. Temperature in Sidney, Montana, 79 degrees, the other Sidney 53 degrees. The coaches and fans are wearing down-lined winter coats. Polson, 89 degrees. It’s fire season. Summer was in June if you missed it. We have noted a substan...
News from Alex Sakariassen, Montana Free Press MONTANA — Montana’s Office of Public Instruction on Friday opened public comment on a raft of proposed rule changes impacting the Montana Indian Language Preservation Program, a decade-old initiative to bolster Indigenous language proficiency in...
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RONAN — The Ronan City Council held a public meeting on July 12 to address community concerns as well as clear up some misunderstandings about a proposed meat processing plant. The project was first brought before the council in May, but they decided a public hearing would be best to conduct first to c...
ST. IGNATIUS — The 40th annual Good Old Days celebration and Buffalo Run filled the streets of St. Ignatius last weekend as folks flocked together for old fashioned fun. The celebration, planned by the Good Old Days Committee, part of the St. Ignatius Chamber of Commerce, includes the Buffalo ...
News from the Polson Police Department POLSON — We are committed to a partnership with members and guests of our community that inspires confidence in all to make Polson a safe and pleasant place to live, work, learn and play. We strive to produce positive results that preserve the peace, prevent ...
News from the Polson Rotary Club POLSON — Rotary Club of Polson’s Signature event BrewFest is back for its second year on Saturday, Aug. 12, from noon – 4 p.m. All proceeds from this event will go to support three different Polson youth programs: second and third-grade swim lessons, Po...
News from Mallory Witham, North Lake County Public Library POLSON — We are so excited to share that we are a recipient of American Library Association’s Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities initiative. The North Lake County Public Library District will n...
