Articles Written By: Caleb M. Soptelean
POLSON – Making and cultivating memories was part of the inaugural Heritage Night at Linderman Elementary last week. On Thursday night, families, students, teachers and staff gathered at the school to view students’ projects, which featured people they had researched as part of their heritage....
THOMPSON FALLS — A 27-year-old man will serve six months in the Sanders County Jail as part of a six-year deferred sentence for killing 16-yearold Polson resident Aunika Corrigan on June 25, 2015. Jonathan Ross Gray was sentenced for negligent homicide on Friday in Sanders County District Court by J...
POLSON – Progress on the new youth soccer fields in the Ridgewater development is moving right along. Construction of the four fields, which took a little over a year to finish, was complete last summer, said Sarah Beck Smith, spokeswoman for the Polson Youth Soccer Association. The fields are locat...
POLSON — The Mission Valley Ice Arena Association is cutting back its fundraising target in order to try to bring an ice arena into fruition sooner. Hilary Lozar, chairwoman of the association, said the goal was recently scaled back from $4 million to $2 million. “We realized Polson doesn&rsqu...
PABLO – There’s a whole lot of buddying up going on at Pablo Elementary. The school this year has implemented a program to encourage establishing new friendships to make students feel connected and happy at school. The brainchild of Kathy Smith, the school’s reading specialist, and se...
POLSON — The case of a man facing three charges of assault with a weapon, multiple charges of burglary, robbery and theft, possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute, and others, is headed to trial after he withdrew a plea agreement last week. A dispute over $74,057 in restitution resul...
POLSON – Responding to the threat of an aquatic invasive species, the Lake County commissioners last week approved an additional $5,000 in funding for the Flathead Basin Commission’s efforts to stop a mussel infestation in Flathead Lake. The added funding comes in addition to the $5,000 the co...
RONAN — No one was injured in a trailer fire outside Ronan Thanksgiving night. Ronan Volunteer Fire Department chief Mark Clary said the call came in after 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 24. A trailer at 45777 Michel Road caught fire in the ceiling/roof area, he said. Clary attributed the cause to a stove...
POLSON — In order to save time and money, the Polson City Commission will start using Chromebooks for their twice-monthly meetings. City Finance Officer Cindy Dooley made the announcement at the Nov. 21 commission meeting. She passed out Chromebooks to commissioners and gave them a brief training...
POLSON – Jay Krantz enjoys being on the cutting edge while broadening his view. Krantz, 59, has been teaching Tech Ed, which includes mechanical and architectural drawing, for 36 years. This year he decided to do something a little different. Krantz is the new activities director at Polson Hig...
