Articles Written By: Caleb M. Soptelean
HELENA — State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen recently announced Montana’s 2016-17 school year graduation, completion and dropout rates. Graduation rates saw a slight increase to 85.8 percent which is up from 85.6 percent during the 2015-16 school year. There was a larger increase in Montana’...
POLSON — A 31-year-old Charlo woman being held in the Helena jail was given a three-year deferred sentence on Jan. 10 for criminal endangerment for her part in an incident that left an employee of the Ronan Town Pump unable to work. Shirley Ann Felsman was also given a six-month suspended jail...
POLSON — A 23-year-old St. Ignatius man was given a six-year deferred sentence for his part in burglarizing Rod’s Harvest Foods in St. Ignatius and stealing $13,285 on Nov. 12, 2016. Judge James A. Manley sentenced Joshua Louis Durglo on Dec. 27, 2017 in accord with a plea agreement. He was...
By Caleb M. Soptelean Valley Journal POLSON — After teaching about government for 30 years at Polson High School and 37 years overall, Paul Briney is putting it into practice. He recently replaced Heather Knutson as mayor after he was the only person to file for the seat last year. ...
POLSON — Linderman Elementary students love boot camp. For the second consecutive year, the school’s third-graders completed a week-long math boot camp focused on learning multiplication. “It’s a week of interactive multiplication games and practicing multiplication ...
POLSON — A recent Polson High graduate is promoting the hometown that she loves. Kelsey Lyn, 19, a 2016 PHS graduate, recently recorded her first music video with the help of local videographer David W. King. The video — which was released Saturday evening Jan. 13 at the Polson Chambe...
BIG ARM - A fire at the Big Arm Post Office at 11 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 9 resulted in postal services being moved to the Elmo office. Polson Rural Fire Chief Gordon Gieser said 25 firefighters from Polson Rural, Polson City and Chief Cliff fire departments responded and had the fire contained within 30 minutes ...
POLSON — A 3-foot parapet wall that collapsed on the roof of the Linderman Elementary School gym on Saturday afternoon resulted in bricks and snow falling into the gym’s locker room area. The collapse happened shortly after 2 p.m. and was related to snow that had drifted onto the south e...
POLSON — Last week, Penny Jarecki related how the Greater Polson Community Foundation came to be. It all started by reading a story about a Bigfork couple who donated to create the Bigfork Community Foundation Trust. “I got the idea, but it wasn’t original,” she said...
POLSON — The election filing season for various local offices has begun. Lake County elections official Katie Harding said that numerous seats are open on governing boards of 10 fire districts, the Flathead, Jocko and Mission irrigation districts, eight water and sewer districts and the Greate...
