Articles Written By: Megan Strickland
RONAN – Anyone looking for some old-timey fun taken straight from the pages of Charlotte’s Web will be in hog heaven this week, as kiddos bring out their animals, vegetables, and everything else ag-related when the Lake County Fair kicks off in Ronan this weekend. The bulk of the most po...
RONAN — A lightning strike caused a large pile of round hay bales to catch fire at Round Butte Road and Gillette Lane on Wednesday, but fast thinking neighbors and the Ronan Volunteer Fire Department were able to minimize the losses. The fire started after 3 p.m. and neighbor Shane Orien immedi...
City of Ronan settles two employment lawsuits RONAN – In late June the City of Ronan quietly settled two lawsuits brought by former employees for wrongful discharge, though a confidentiality agreement bars any city employee from talking about the exact details of what happened in either cas...
POLSON – A Lake County man could face life in prison or the death penalty after Lake County Judge Deborah Kim Christopher rejected a plea deal. Adrian McElderry, 32, is accused of killing his wife, RaeLynn Charlo, 29, on Nov. 18, 2014. in their Charlo residence. Christopher reviewed a pre-s...
PABLO — A Charlo teenager died from injuries sustained in a July 12 traffic wreck. According to Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Jim Sanderson, at approximately 12:30 a.m. the southbound truck driven by Brett Krantz, 15, of Charlo, drifted off the left side of Highway 93 near mile marker 51, retu...
ST. IGNATIUS – The St. Ignatius Town Council expressed their disgust with the town’s newly finished water project on July 7, as they voted to pay more than $50,000 in a penultimate installment for the work, which has been plagued with issues for several years. Public Works Director Scott...
CASPER, WYOMING — Mission Valley FFA took three members of its livestock judging team to Casper College in Wyoming last week for a judging camp. The 2015 state champions continued to rake in awards, with Josey Motichka bringing home first place overall and first place in the cattle division. Laurel Rig...
YELLOW BAY – A sophisticated modeling system used by University of Montana researchers at the Flathead Lake biological station could play a key role in the lake’s future. In a talk June 29 Researcher Shawn Devlin told the audience that he has been working with the model, which is seeing ...
POLSON – A Ronan man accused of shooting a child in a buzzed game of “gun tag” is scheduled for sentencing this week. Galen Hawk, 27, could face up to 20 years in prison and a $50,000 fine after pleading guilty to negligent homicide in an Oct. 22, 2014 fatal shooting of 3-yea...
POLSON – A Canadian man accused of trafficking 80 pounds of cocaine is expected to face charges in federal court. An attorney for Miguel Douglas Miranda, 22, of Calgary told Lake County Judge Deborah Kim Christopher on July 2 that federal officials likely will take over prosecution in the case...
