Articles Written By: Daniel Martynowicz
ST. IGNATIUS — The St. Ignatius City Council voted to eliminate the town’s animal control officer position during the July city council meeting. Last month, council members discussed the issue in depth and came to the general consensus that if the town wanted more police officers in the ...
ST. IGNATIUS — The St. Ignatius VFW Post 106 earned several state and federal awards this spring and summer. The Montana American Legion association awarded the post with a plaque for the Best Consolidated Post Report for a small post. In addition, the post won a certificate of distinguished service...
RONAN — MSU extension agent Jack Stivers said Lake County’s 4-H program is one of the best in the nation, offering a youth development program seeking to educate and grow the valley’s kids. “If I was to sum it up in a couple of words, it’s an educational program outside...
RONAN — The Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County hosted its second-annual fundraising concert last week, drawing a massive crowd to see the show. The Bus Driver Tour concert featured music by Danny Freund, Paul Kupher and Ian Thomas. Their bluesy, folk and bluegrass-s...
Local resident Skip Schacher set several world records in bench press and dead lift last month, proving once and for all that age is just a number. Competing in the over 70 years old division, Schacher set a state, national and world record several times. He competed in the 132 pound weight class, w...
Well my friends, if you’re reading this, I’m no longer a reporter at the Valley Journal. Ouch, right? Sorry, I had a couple of different options as to how I’d break this to you, but I decided to go with the “quick Band-Aid removal” method. I know it stings, but it&rsquo...
POLSON — Mack Days began 12 years ago as a management tool aimed at reducing Flathead Lake’s lake trout population while increasing the native bull and cutthroat trout populations. After more than a decade, CSKT fisheries biologist Barry Hansen said the twice-annual fishing tournament ha...
ST. IGNATIUS — Missing St. Ignatius resident Mary Jean Decker, 52, was found deceased in a field last weekend not far from where she was last seen. Lake County Undersheriff Dan Yonkin said Decker’s vehicle was found parked on St. Marys Lake Road in St. Ignatius. She was found about one m...
Somebody once said, “Dan, you’re a smart, sexy, well-built, intelligent, educated man. If you could have one superpower, what would it be?” Ok, so maybe “somebody” didn’t say that to “me.” Now that I think about it, I don’t think anyone has. W...
RONAN — Treasured Mission Valley resident and Marine Corps veteran Chuck Lewis set out to walk across the country March 31 from Everett, Wash. by putting one foot in front of the other. Three months and 1,700 miles later, Lewis reached the halfway mark in Floodwood, Minn. last week where he was treated...
