Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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County schools job to go part-time

LAKE COUNTY — Between Christmas and New Year’s, the Lake County Commissioners passed a resolution making the office of Superintendent of Schools a part-time elected official position.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

New Mission council members sworn in

ST. IGNATIUS — New council member Mack McConnell joined incumbents Charley Gariepy and Rod Arlint when all three took the oath of office at the first St. Ignatius Town Council meeting of 2010.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

UPDATED Museum fighting for its life

NINEPIPES — Bud Cheff Jr. found his first artifact when he was just a kid.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

BREAKING NEWS Ninepipes Museum closing

NINEPIPES — It is with a "heavy heart" that Bud Jr. and Laurel Cheff have announced the closure of Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana. In a letter dated Dec. 28, 2009 to the members of the museum, Cheff explained the closure as being a fallout of the economic conditions.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Heavy patrols find light new year

LAKE COUNTY — In terms of drunk driving, the holiday didn’t result in more cases than a typical weekend, local law enforcement officials said.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Slush, ice prompt caution

LAKE COUNTY — As snow hits Lake County this week, the importance of safe winter driving habits is once again front and center.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Judge considering Metzger dismissal

LAKE COUNTY — Among the several motions heard during Allen Metzger’s latest hearing, two were motions to dismiss the charges of deliberate homicide. However, as of press time, Metzger is still on his way to face trial for allegedly delivering a fatal stab to James Finch in a fight at …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Giving back in droves

Each year, Share the Spirit collects gift tags from families across the valley who are in need of a little boost during the holiday season. The tags are distributed to trees to be picked up by anyone who wants to help.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Fire board considers starting focus group

POLSON — Todd Crossett, Polson city manager, approached the Polson Rural Fire Board about possibly starting what he called a “stakeholders group” at last week’s monthly meeting.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Orr hangs himself in prison

UPDATED DEER LODGE — A Polson man convicted of a 2006 murder was found dead in his state prison cell on Saturday.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

BREAKING NEWS Man who killed mother takes own life

Brandon Orr, 28, was found hanged in his cell on Saturday evening at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge, said Linda Moodry, public/ victims information officer for the MSP.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Groups divided on Condon move

SEELEY-SWAN — With an audience of the Lake County and Missoula County commissioners, residents of Condon argued both sides of the heated debate surrounding the proposed secession of the town from Missoula County to Lake County last Thursday evening.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

What to expect in Justice Court

For those caught speeding on Montana Highway 35, or driving under the influence of alcohol on U.S. Highway 93, they can expect to meet Judge Chuck Wall in Justice Court.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Home of: Birdie Raze

Birdie Raze has well over 500 grandchildren, ranging from elementary schoolers to high schoolers. That large number isn’t all blood-related relatives though. Raze has been a foster grandparent at Linderman Elementary School in Polson for more than eight years, adding more and more friends to her stable of “grandchildren.”
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Lake County not immune to Twilight mania

If the name “Edward Cullen” means nothing more to you than “Bob McTickle” then you were perhaps one of the few Americans not eagerly awaiting the newest installment of the “Twilight” series.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

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