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Community rallies to help Ronan family adopt Community rallies to help Ronan family adopt

RONAN — There’s a 12-year-old orphan girl in China who may be meeting her adoptive parents sooner than expected, thanks to the efforts of big-hearted people who organized a fundraising Valentine dinner for the Ronan family. Barnaby and Heather Smith have been creatively fundraising the $48,000...

Maidens take Divisional title, get ticket to State B Maidens take Divisional title, get ticket to State B

KALISPELL – The Ronan Maidens are hoping to repeat history 24 years after the 1992 girls basketball team won the school’s first state title, and they started by capturing the Western B Divisional title  Saturday, Feb. 27. In a fourth quarter push, the Maidens clinched the championship gam...

Briefs for March 2

Mariners’ fundraising dinner, auction set NINEPIPE — The Mission Valley Mariners’ baseball team is holding their annual auction and fundraising dinner at the Ninepipes Lodge and Restaurant on Saturday, March 12. The event, titled Meet the Mariners, will be served by the team membe...

Students to present ‘The Princess Bride’

RONAN — “The Princess Bride” is going to be performed by Ronan High School students onstage on March 15 and 16 in the Ronan Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. both nights. The play is based on the 1987 film and the book by William Goldman. Come see this classic story of love, adventure, and h...

Dresen wins State silver Dresen wins State silver

Ryan Dresen of Ronan, left, came in second place at the Montana American Legion High School Oratorical Competition in Belgrade on Sunday, Feb. 28. Dresen, being presented with a medal and a $750 scholarship by Department Commander Jim Grosset, edged out third-place winner Tanner Condit of Frenchtown. First p...

LEAP into extra day LEAP into extra day

Ronan turns 104 years old on Monday. Or is the ranching community only 26? The town was incorporated on Feb. 29, in the leap year 1912. Ronan shares its birthday with other “leap babies” in Western Montana, including Wendy Sanders, a paraprofessional at Pablo Elementary School, who turns &ldqu...

Businesses get energy help from government program Businesses get energy help from government program

RONAN – Energy costs can be a major expense for agriculture productions and small rural business, but the government wants to help with a grant program in an effort to increase American energy independence and lower energy bills.  “We want to increase economic opportunity,” said USD...

Spring hunter education set in Ronan

Ronan, Pablo and Polson Spring Hunter Education course will begin Tuesday, March 8 at Westland Seed, Ronan.  This class is for families that want to have students certified to apply for Big Game drawings before March 15. Class size will be limited to 12 students. Students must attend all classes and ...

Ronan’s Neiss state champion, Pirate grapplers earn team silver Ronan’s Neiss state champion, Pirate grapplers earn team silver

BILLINGS — Local wrestlers topped off their season at the state tournament at Billings’ Metra Park over the weekend, where Ronan’s Jared Neiss earned the sole individual championship title in his weight class and the Pirates clinched a second-place team finish.   Polson Eigh...

Ronan student wins district contest Ronan student wins district contest

POLSON — Ryan Dresen, a senior at Ronan High School, took first place at the American Legion District 4 High School Oratorical Scholarship Contest on Sunday.  For winning, Dresen earned a $250 scholarship and a trip to the state-level competition in Belgrade on Saturday, Feb. 28.  The w...


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