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Picnic, auction support St. Ignatius volunteer fire department Picnic, auction support St. Ignatius volunteer fire department

ST. IGNATIUS – Townsfolk in St. Ignatius flocked to the 21st annual Fireman’s Picnic and Auction on Saturday, under triple digit temperatures and a dry sky that had most in attendance stressing why the event is so important in the first place.  “It’s very important, especially...

Local cowboys to ride at National High School Finals Rodeo Local cowboys to ride at National High School Finals Rodeo

When the dust settled at the Montana High School Finals Rodeo June 14 in Kalispell, two Mission Valley cowboys rode away with scores among the top four for the season in steer wrestling, team roping and bull riding. St. Ignatius’ Will Powell and Polson’s Bridger Fitzpatrick are both headed to the...

Lapotka addresses Neighborhood Watch group

News from  the St. Ignatius Neighborhood Watch  ST. IGNATIUS — Assistant Lake County Attorney James Lapotka stressed that his office is concentrating on the drug problem in Lake County in a statement during the June 16 meeting of the St. Ignatius Neighborhood Watch. “We are bei...

St. Ignatius fourth quarter honor roll 2015

  Sixth grade   3.5-3.99: Sydney Brander, Pamela Frost, Boone Gilleard, Brynn Pule 3.0-3.49: Addison Bird, Layne Spidel, Ryan Wickenberg Seventh grade  3.5-3.99: Addison Arlint, Charles Bird, Jedidiah Christy, Robert Dempsey, Amy Dillard, Isaac Dumontier, Hunter Eichert, Ri...

Mission plans wrestling camp

ST. IGNATIUS — Iron Dog Wrestling Camp will be held July 6-7 in the Mission High School gym. Wrestlers ages 6-18 are invited. The camp runs 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and meals are provided. Registration will be July 6 starting at 8 a.m. For more information, contact Coach Cronk at 406-210-0874.

St. Ignatius

ST. IGNATIUS — Those that came to the St. Ignatius Senior Citizens’ Center for supper on June 19 were treated afterward to the video, “The Mother of Normandy” on the center’s big screen television.  The center will not serve a meal on Friday, July 3, to allow staff membe...

Fireman’s picnic is this weekend

ST. IGNATIUS – St. Ignatius Volunteer Fire Department firefighters heat up the grill this week for their annual picnic and auction on Saturday, June 27, at the Old Town Field to make money to help supplement the department’s budget.  “This is the 21st year we are having the picnic,&...

American Legion maintains white markers despite challenges American Legion maintains white markers despite challenges

LAKE COUNTY — The roadways of Montana are dotted with small, steel white crosses that serve as a solemn reminder that travel can sometimes turn treacherous and deadly, but the group responsible for placing them there wants to make sure the markers themselves don’t turn into a road hazard.  ...

St. Ignatius man convicted of child abuse appeals

GREAT FALLS — Attorneys for a St. Ignatius native convicted of child abuse admitted he severely beat his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son so badly the child had to be flown via helicopter to Spokane from Great Falls in January 2013. The attorneys argue in a brief filed in Montana Supreme Court in late...

Young poets face audience Young poets face audience

ST. IGNATIUS – Before the poetry reading got started in the Mission elementary school on June 3, fourth and fifth-grade students began negotiating whether or not they were going to read in front of a crowd of people. “I don’t want to read,” Zaquan Bourdon-Winchester, 10, said to Ra...


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