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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; and zero undervotes were collected. The total number of votes was at 191.  The Dayton School District had two trustee positions up for election. For the Dayton School District, one year term, Greg Simonson had 209 votes; 12 write-in votes were collected; two overvotes came in; and 47 undervotes were counted. The total vote count was 270. For the Dayton School District, three ...


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...


MSU Extension offers Alzheimer’s disease awareness storybooks for children

MSU News Service MONTANA — Montana State University Extension is offering an Alzheimer’s disease awareness program for children that provides a storybook and a reading guide for parents or guardians, teens, aunts, uncles or grandparents who want to help young children understand the disease....


MSU to offer summer journalism camp

MSU News Service MONTANA — Registration is now open for Montana State University’s Rural Journalism Camp, to be held July 11–16 on MSU’s campus. The camp is a weeklong residential experience immersing rural high school students in the theory and practice of daily journalism. ...


Boost given to Montana non-public, homeschools in COVID-19 relief funds

News from OPI MONTANA — Montana was allocated $12.8 million from the Federal Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools Program in January. As a result of the American Rescue Plan Act signed by the President on March 11th, an additional $12.8 million will be flowing to Montana non-public schools a...


Child's kindness, love for sister inspires schoolmates, teachers Child's kindness, love for sister inspires schoolmates, teachers

POLSON — A small act of kindness rippled through Cherry Valley Elementary School and caused teachers and students to reflect on how good it feels to care about others.  It all started in February when seven-year-old Kolter Cook learned about a prize being offered at his school for reading books...


Local students win DAR scholarships Local students win DAR scholarships

News from Kuilix Chapter of the DAR ST. IGNATIUS — Kuilix Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, is pleased to honor five area high school seniors who were selected by their schools as DAR Good Citizens. The students received their awards at a ceremony held on Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Mis...


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