Local News
FINLEY POINT – Lake County Sheriff Don Bell released the name of a man who died in Flathead Lake on Sunday, Aug. 4. Michael John Chernikoff, 34, of Polson, was riding in a boat when he decided to get out and swim to Bird Island, according to Bell. Chernikoff experienced complications during his swim back to the boat that are unknown at this time. “Passersby in a boat stopped to assist and pulled Michael aboard,” Bell said. After pulling him into the boat, the good Samaritans found that Chernikoff wasn’t breathing and didn’t have a heartbeat. They called Lake County 911 for help at around 3:30 p.m. and then started emergency first aid and headed for Finley...
News from the Natural Resources Conservation Service The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana has set an Aug. 30, 2019, application cutoff for agricultural operators to be considered for the next conservation program funding cycle through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.&n...
News from Two Eagle River School Two Eagle River School will be starting the 2019-20 school year on the morning of Aug. 22, 2019 at 8 a.m. Enrollment applications are available at the school and may be dropped off any time but a parent/guardian of new students must personally bring the paperwork i...
POLSON – Competitors young and old had a chance to test their table tennis skills while having a little fun on Saturday afternoon during the inaugural valley-wide table tennis tournament hosted by Mission Valley Christian Academy in its main gymnasium in Polson. “This is great,” said spe...
News from Thomas Cox, Flathead Lakers Board President The Flathead Lakers play a key role in protecting the waters of Flathead Lake and its watershed by identifying and successfully advocating for the maintenance of clean water, healthy ecosystems, and a lasting quality of life at the Lake and in...
News from the University of Montana news service MISSOULA – The search is beginning for the next Great Montana Read. This year, MontanaPBS and Montana Public Radio are asking readers to vote for their favorite book of nonfiction prose. Sarah Aronson, host of Montana Public Radio’s “...
Rounding out the Port Polson Players 44th season of summer theatre, “The Savannah Sipping Society” opens on Thursday, Aug. 8, and plays thru Sunday, Aug. 25. Curtain times are 8 p.m. Wednesdays thru Saturdays with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. at Polson’s Beautiful Theatre on the Lake. ...
Arlee Arlee Jocko Valley Museum Our historic site is open from 2-4 p.m. on Aug. 17, 31 and Sept 2, Labor Day . The museum has many historical displays including many photographs of Native and homesteading families. There are hundreds of obituaries with genealogy information. We are located at the c...
News from Mission Mountain Area Pedal to Plate RONAN — The Mission Mountain Area Pedal to Plate ride is a family-cycling tour of the Mission Valley and its local farms and producers. The 40-mile ride in the Polson and Ronan areas celebrates the diversity of agriculture and cycling in the beautiful...
RONAN – Brooke Jackson, 12, still wasn’t ready to show her heifer in the Lake County Fair on Friday evening after months of hard work. For the past year, she took the heifer on nightly walks, fed her high- quality food and gave her a bath – but there was more to do. During the fair...
