Articles with the Tag: Polson
POLSON — City commissioners tabled the 58-page preliminary budget for the City of Polson at their meeting on Sept. 3. They will vote on the budget at their next meeting Sept. 17. Mayor Pat DeVries asked commissioners to let City Manager Todd Crossett know what parts of the budget they wanted to look...
POLSON — A man in town for a relative’s funeral was struck and killed by a power boat while swimming in Skidoo Bay, northeast of Polson, at about 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 7. John G. Darrah, 45, Cambridge, Mass., was swimming approximately 300 feet from shore, according to witnesses, when the...
POLSON — A 67-year-old Polson-area resident with nine DUI convictions under his belt was charged with a 10th last week in Lake County District Court. Gerald Johnson, an employee of the Jolly Pack Rat secondhand store, whose driver’s license bears an Oldtown, Idaho, address, pleaded not guilty to ...
Former Polson resident Robert J. Congdon, 61, owner of Cornerstone Financial Inc. and K&B Investments LLC., was sentenced in a Missoula federal court Sept. 6 after pleading guilty to mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering. U.S. District Judge Donald W. Molloy decreed that Congdon would serve 24 mont...
The Greater Polson Community Foundation recently announced recipients of its 2012 grants, $15,000 in funding to meet a variety of community needs. Nonprofit organizations receiving this year’s awards are: Cheerful Heart, a cancer patient support group serving Lake County, received $1,500 start-up fu...
POLSON — Golf is a good walk spoiled, according to American author and humorist Mark Twain. Although not everybody attributes the quote to Twain, the Polson High School golf team doesn’t see golf that way. They enjoy playing and being outside. One student athlete, Hayden Congdon, even started ...
SILVERWOOD, Idaho — The Polson Pirate cross-country runners all posted their best times of the year at the Coaster Cross Meet at Silverwood Theme Park in Idaho. According to coach Matt Seeley, all evidence seems to suggest the course was slightly longer than the normal 3-mile distance, and was 5 kilome...
POLSON — The Polson boys’ soccer team hosted Loyola and Hamilton last week, and while the Pirates beat Loyola 4-2, they couldn’t stop Hamilton from winning that match 2-1. In the non-conference matchup with Loyola, Pirates Alex Helgeson and Jonah Kasnitz both did a great job of getting t...
POLSON — After falling to Loyola 5-1 on Thursday, the Polson Lady Pirates suffered a tough 0-7 loss in a non-conference matchup with visiting Hamilton Saturday. “Polson was out-classed in this match playing the better Hamilton team,” head coach Michael Hewston said. “It wa...
Before heading to the Smelter Tournament in Anaconda over the weekend, Polson hosted Stevensville on Thursday and won 25-19, 25-21, 26-28, 25-21. Heidi Rausch led the way for the Lady Pirates with 18 kills, two blocks and 17 digs. “She put the ball down hard and played with a lot of intensi...
