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News from Brittany Simonich, Family Education Coordinator in Lake County POLSON — Polson Middle School has partnered with Families First and the Montana State University (MSU) SNAP Education Program to launch a new after-school cooking club called “Choose Health: Food, Fun, and Fitness.” The initiative aims to give students unique opportunities to learn culinary skills and promote healthy eating habits. The program is supported by grant funds from the Mission Valley Youth Foundation. The after-school cooking club will meet once a week for six weeks in the Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) kitchen. This well-equipped kitchen ensures that students have access...
News from the Lake County Democrats RONAN — Come meet with Senate Minority Leader Pat Flowers and Senate Minority Whip, Susan Webber at the Lake County stop of the Legislative Listening Tour scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 25, at 6 p.m. This public event will take place at the Mission Valley Senior C...
News from Polson Middle School POLSON — Polson Middle School’s 492 students are sailing into the second semester-literally. Mission Valley Aquatic Center will be hosting the second ever PMS Duck Boat Dynasty Challenge. This fun team-building activity offers students the opportunity to showca...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte today launched a property tax task force to provide recommendations to reform the property tax system and reduce the burden on property taxpayers. “Property taxes are too high. Our $1,350 property tax rebate helpe...
RONAN — Mission Valley Senior Center is located across from St. Luke’s Hospital. We are open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for lunch and other activities. Our menu: — Jan. 24: soup, sandwiches, salad, dessert — Jan. 26: birthday dinner &ndas...
ST. IGNATIUS — Thank you to all that braved the cold and snow to play Bingo. We had fun, stayed warm, had snacks, celebrated a birthday and enjoyed the company. Due to the number of players we were able to pay out $100 for the blackout this time. There will be an increase in the cost of...
By Pete Mangels for the Valley Journal POLSON — A special thanks to Super One Foods of Polson for allowing use of their freezer to store food from one of our disabled commercial kitchen freezers. Their rapid and generous response allowed us to salvage our frozen food supplies. We are t...
A district court judge has determined that candidates for judicial positions do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy when being interviewed by representatives of the governor’s office, the result of a lawsuit filed by the Choteau Acantha newspaper and Montana Free Press. The Acantha an...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte and First Lady Susan Gianforte today announced their private purchase of the historic Samuel T. Hauser House, which they will donate to the State of Montana. The home will serve as their primary residence in Helena. &ld...
News from FLIC POLSON — Now in its 12th year, the Flathead Lake International Cinemafest (FLIC) screens full-length narrative and documentary features, shorts, animation, and student films. FLIC 2024 once again offers a diverse selection of domestic and international films, featuring entries from ...

