Reporter
Reporter Berl Tiskus joined the Lake County Leader team in early March, and covers Ronan City Council, schools, ag and business. Berl grew up on a ranch in Wyoming and earned a degree in English education from MSU-Billings and a degree in elementary education from the University of Montana. Since moving to Polson three decades ago, she’s worked as a substitute teacher, a reporter for the Valley Journal and a secretary for Lake County Extension. Contact her at [email protected] or 406-883-4343.
ARTICLES BY BERL TISKUS
Shoppers turn out for Shop Small Saturday
With Thanksgiving dinner gobbled, pie eaten for breakfast, and a day of leftovers behind them, people were ready to get out of the house Saturday and shop. After all, only 27 days remained until Christmas.
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“Great communities are built on volunteers”
Cars and trucks lined Main Street in Polson to collect Thanksgiving dinners from the Elks Club last Thursday. The drive-through dinner, commandeered by field marshal Tracy Plaiss, served 1,800 Thanksgiving dinners, made from scratch. A few miles south, the Ronan Community Thanksgiving dinner filled a room in the Boys and …
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Gage Accounting relocates to former law office
Gage Accounting has moved around the corner to a larger space at 15 3rd Ave. E. in Polson.
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WMSA donation beefs up Bread Basket freezer
Last Friday afternoon, the Bread Basket Food Pantry in Ronan was staffed by volunteers Joan Howell, Helen Sorenson, Judy Stevenson and Marlena Burden.
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Polson hobby shop specializes in toys, fantasy card games
Vralts Layer, Polson’s new hobby shop at 211 Main Street, specializes in RC cars, models, fantasy adventure and card games.
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Health, Finance and Safety Expo offers wealth of info
The Polson Chamber of Commerce sponsored a Health and Public Safety Expo at Polson High School on Friday, Nov. 14, from 5-8 p.m.
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Cattle ranchers want packers "to play by the rules"
The beef industry has been in the news lately, after the White House announced a plan to quadruple the amount of beef that it imports from Argentina at lower tariff rates and the Department of Justice launched an investigation into the national consolidation of meat-packing plants.
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Ronan Council makes final payment from $2 million ARPA grant
During the Ronan City Council meeting on Nov. 12, mayor-elect Ryan Corum told members that he ran for the post because he likes working with the current council, and he would not have thrown his hat in the ring without them.
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A clean sweep: Longtime Polson School District janitor Marvin Bjorge retires
After sweeping and mopping acres of floors, and scrubbing, dusting, painting, vacuuming and mowing his way across Linderman Elementary School and Polson Middle School, Marvin Bjorge hung up his broom and paintbrush and retired from Polson School District after 34 years and one month.
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Mission Valley cowgirls, cowboys compete at NRA Finals
The Northern Rodeo Association held its finals for 2025 Oct. 30-Nov. 1 at the Majestic Valley Arena in Kalispell. The 50-year anniversary rodeo featured the top 10 finishers in each event competing to determine the 2025 year-end champions.
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Management shifts at Loaves and Fish
There’s been some turnover in the Polson food pantry’s merry band of volunteers. As the pantry’s first paid employee at Polson Loaves and Fish, Heather Fors will become the pantry director, taking on Mary Martin’s position as manager and also Carolyn Nyquist’s as office manager.
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Grant helps Tech Woods USA fuel biomass burner
Ronan business Tech Woods USA recently received a $350,000 Community Wood Grant from the United States Forest Service. Funds will go to reuse wood byproducts as fuel for a biomass burner and to produce pellets to fuel the business’s thermal modification plant as well as all the kilns.
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Argentinian beef imports raise concerns across beef country
Last week on Sept. 19 President Trump first mentioned a beef “deal“ to quadruple beef imports from Argentina.
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4-Hers enumerate reasons to join 4-H
National 4-H Week was Oct. 5-11, and the Mission Soaring Eagles 4-H club members wrote a sentence or two about why they are 4-H members.
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