Articles Written By: Daniel Martynowicz
ST. IGNATIUS — This year’s 30th annual Good Old Days celebration and parade in St. Ignatius promises a myriad of games, food, family-oriented fun and of course, “the biggest small-town parade around.” Parade director Debbie McCollum said the town celebration boasts more than 60 par...
RONAN- The atmosphere was a rare one during last week’s final Writer’s Night golf tournament and concert at the Mission Mountain Country Club. Only so often do emotions like reverence, sadness, happiness and love coincide to create a family-like atmosphere among several hundred people in one s...
DIXON — Long-time Ronan resident Echo DeLong died in a single-vehicle wreck July 4 in Dixon. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper James Sanderson said DeLong was traveling on Bench Road East near Nester Street at a minimum estimated speed of 60 miles per hour. The posted speed limit on Bench Road is 45 mp...
ARLEE — "This is a life-giving. Do you see the people out there in the wheelchairs?” At this, tribal elder Pat Pierre gestures towards nearly 20 people in wheelchairs in attendance at the 114th annual Arlee Celebration. “They get strength from this. I don’t come here for myself; I com...
ARLEE- Arlee’s 30th annual Fourth of July Rodeo saw several standout performances last week. The nonprofit rodeo took nearly six months to plan and saw one of the better turnouts in recent memory. Organizer Stephanie Hendrickson received a bouquet of flowers and resounding applause midway thro...
ARLEE- The Arlee community celebrated the Fourth of July with a pancake breakfast benefit for the volunteer fire department, an F-15 flyover, and a parade that closed northbound traffic on Highway 93 for more than an hour. Hundreds of Mission Valley residents piled into Arlee’s old fire hall in the ...
ST. IGNATIUS — The Amish consignment auction claims only a few hours out of every year, but its proceeds support the Amish community’s private school in St. Ignatius for an entire school session. The 10th annual auction will take place on July 14 at the corner of Foothills and Allison Roads. Comm...
MISSION VALLEY- The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is seeking public assistance to locate seven violent and or sexual offenders, according to a press release. Lake County Undersheriff Daniel Yonkin said it is the responsibility of the sheriff’s office to make sure violent or sexual offende...
Three months ago, my 19-year-old college roommate asked me why there was an Internet hookup above our kitchen stove. I had to explain that it wasn’t an Internet hookup; it was a landline telephone. The explanation went something like this: “These were used a long, long time ago ... when dinosa...
ST. IGNATIUS - Last week’s St. Ignatius Town Council meeting held quite a bit of good news. Background checks are currently being processed on the two lowest bidders for the town’s water improvement project. St. Ignatius public works director Scott Morton said he hopes to accept one of t...
