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Ronan High School celebrates 80 graduates Ronan High School celebrates 80 graduates

RONAN — The jumbotron made its return to the middle of the football field as Ronan High School honored the class of 2021 with an outdoor commencement ceremony on Sunday.  The ceremony was opened with an honor song by Bigcrane Drum, and the members of the RHS choir performed the national anthem.  Salutatorian Tucker Lytton and valedictorian Madelineaalled on the 80 Ronan graduates to “listen to yourself and under no circumstances should you listen to the negativity that may surround you.”  The ceremony also featured music performances from the RHS Choir and concert band. This year’s “Big G” award went to Emmanuel Rowan. The award ha...


LCCD thanks scholarship applicants

News from LCCD LAKE COUNTY – The Lake County Conservation District wanted to congratulate our scholarship finalist for this year who is Berkley Ellis, of Polson. Berkley is passionate about making the world a better place and is deeply inspired by the beautiful environment and natural resources ar...


Graduation celebrations continue Sunday with 16 Graduation celebrations continue Sunday with 16

The Charlo High School graduating senior class of 2021 were encouraged to “be gritty” and “call your mom” during Sunday’s commencement ceremonies held in the high school’s gymnasium.  Guest speaker Jared Miller, a former Charlo Elementary school teacher, defined th...


Montana Western names students to Dean’s List

News from University of MT, Western DILLON — The University of Montana Western named students to the 2021 spring semester Dean’s List. To achieve this honor, students must be enrolled full-time or for 12 semester credits and carry a minimum 3.33 grade point average. An asterisk after a na...


Scholarship winners announced Scholarship winners announced

The 2021 Buck Young Scholarship winners and their college destinations are: Sam Fisher (FVCC); Michael Smith (BYU); Berkley Ellis (University of Montana); Megan Rost (Highline College); Taylor Collinge (University of Montana) and Madison Straub (Montana State University). The Buck Young Memorial Scholarship ...


Lake County school election results reported

LAKE COUNTY — Unofficial results for the trustee special school elections in Dayton and Ronan were tabulated and reported on Tuesday, May 4.  For the Ronan School District, three-year term, Tom Anderson had 121 votes; Theodore Madden had 67; one write in vote was counted; two overvotes came in;...


Polson senior wins academic scholarship

News from Lake County Job Service Employer Committee LAKE COUNTY — The Lake County Job Service Employer Committee is excited to announce the winner of the 2021 Ken Rohrenbach Scholarship as Victor Perez Carrillo.  Victor is a senior at Polson High School as well as a participant in the SKC...


Polson Middle School third quarter honor roll 2020-21

Eighth grade 4.0: Ellie Benson, Elizabeth Cunningham, Erica Foley, Olivia Jore, Kaya Michel, Summer Newman, Samantha Rensvold, Landon Shoemake, Haley Willer High Honor Roll: Stella Bradley, Logan Burke, Shaylee Davis, Landon DesJarlais, Kira Hensley, Jack Mausshardt, Ted Mausshardt, Sasha McCoy, ...


St. Ignatius honor roll-Third quarter 2020-2021

St. Ignatius MS   Sixth grade   4.0: Sierra Blood, Anna Cronk, Madison Incashola, Danika Jury, Van Starkel,  3.5-3.99: David Broughton, Oliver Crissman, Kaleb Gowen, Kieran Incashola, Sterling Jensen, Nashine Stevens, Rylee Wilcox 3.0-3.49: Sage Assiniboine, JuDaya Azure...


MT assessment request denied by U.S. Dept. of Ed.

News from the office of Senator Daines U.S. SENATE — The U.S. Department of Education has denied Montana’s request to use local assessments to replace federally mandated statewide tests. This follows a direct request from Senator Daines to Secretary Cardona to support Montana’s petitio...


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