Articles Written By: Caleb M. Soptelean
POLSON — Gil Mangels has a heart for this kind of work. Mangels, 75, has 400 antique valentines on display all month long at the Miracle of America Museum. He has been collecting the valentines and other memorabilia since he was a kid, his wife Helen said. Mangels typically puts th...
POLSON — An Elmo man has been charged with assault with a weapon and tampering with evidence following an incident in which he allegedly engaged in a jealousy fueled altercation with his partner. Calvin McCoy, 41, was charged in relation to an incident that allegedly took place on Jan. 17 and ...
POLSON — Grant Kier came to town last week and touted his collaboration skills. Kier, 42, is one of five Democrats running for their party’s nomination on June 5 to challenge Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte in November. Kier, who grew up in Boulder, Colorado, has worked as executi...
POLSON — One of five Republicans running for their party’s nomination to the U.S. Senate came to town last week and spent much of the evening throwing jabs at U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. Russ Fagg, a 57-year-old retired district court judge from Billings and a former state legislator and prosecutor,...
POLSON — Although Flathead County’s recycling program will stop taking plastic and tin on Feb. 15, Lake County’s program continues on. That’s the word from Mark Nelson, program manager at Lake County’s Solid Waste Department. Nelson, whose been with the program...
POLSON — Lake County has another treasurer. Robin Vert-Rubel was sworn-in on Thursday, Feb. 1, replacing Tammy Gerrity, who stepped down for personal reasons. Gerrity was appointed on Aug. 1 last year to replace Patti Duford-Kugler, who resigned after 12 years in the position. Gerrity remai...
PABLO — The Flathead Indian Reservation’s planning director is concerned about the Lake County commissioners’ plan to make the density map advisory rather than regulatory. Commissioners have said they plan to repeal the map and make it advisory as part of an updated growth policy.&...
RONAN — Guy Hill and Sean Perry have teamed up again. The two restaurateurs previously worked together at Ricciardi’s and Finley Point Grill and most recently at the Lake Bar until its recent closure. Hill had owned and operated Old World Deli in Polson for 5½ years, he said. Perry&r...
POLSON — The future of a historic Polson business is in limbo after city officials recently decided not to renew a lease for the Boardwalk Cafe at Boettcher Park. Business owner Tiecha Broussard says city officials were unwilling to meet with her last September and in mid-December after City Parks D...
PABLO — An Arlee man was sentenced last week to 20 years in the Montana State Prison for his second stalking conviction. Brandon Bagnell, 48, was sentenced by Judge James A. Manley as a persistent felony offender. Manley had previously sentenced Bagnell to five years with the Department of Cor...
