RONAN — Lightning danced across the sky as teams of walkers circled the illuminated Ronan High School track last Friday night during Lake County’s 17th Annual Relay for Life.
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ARLEE — Fourth of July is arguably the biggest week of the summer in the little town of Arlee, nestled beneath the rolling hills on the south end of Lake County. Every year, visitors from across the country converge on the Arlee powwow grounds for the annual Arlee Celebration.
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POLSON — St. Ignatius resident Byron Joseph Colon, 20 years old, pleaded not guilty to charges of assault with a weapon, counts I and II, both felonies, in Lake County District Court on Wednesday, June 27.
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LAKE COUNTY — A string of suspicious fires has captured the attention of Lake County law enforcement. Lake County Sheriff’s detectives are working alongside search and rescue mantracker units, Flathead Tribal Police, St. Ignatius Police and the Montana Fire Marshal’s Office to investigate eight unexplained fires in the Pablo and …
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POLSON — The Montana Attorney General’s Office concluded its investigations into three complaints made by members of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office against Sheriff Jay Doyle, his former undersheriff, Karey Reynolds, and two deputies earlier this month.
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RONAN — Events surrounding one Ronan School District administrator’s decision to cancel a guest speaker have slowed down significantly over the last few days, but in a flurry of national press coverage last week, hundreds of angry, mostly anonymous Americans rallied behind Bigfork resident Jerry Molen, who was turned away …
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DAYTON — It was the year 1999 — with threats of the Y2K, or “Millennium bug,” on the horizon, and with advances into GPS making the technology available to the masses, Dayton Elementary School’s supervising teacher Casey Love came up with an idea.
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POLSON — Three candidates for superintendent will visit Polson early next week for a full-day affair that includes meetings with students, faculty, staff, community members and tribal government representatives before a formal board interview that is open to the public from 7:30-9 p.m. at the high school library.
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MISSOULA — Culminating a program-defining second season of lacrosse action in the Mission Valley, 10Sticks played its best lacrosse right when it needed to, winning one game and dropping two during the Montana State Lacrosse Championships in Missoula over the weekend.
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POLSON — Local emergency crews responded to two minor accidents within a 35-minute window at the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 93 and MT Hwy. 35 Sunday afternoon. As summer traffic picks up around town, authorities urge drivers to pay attention behind the wheel.
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