ARTICLES BY BRYCE GRAY/LAKE COUNTY LEADER
Sheep
FWP Wildlife Biologist Neil Anderson examines one of the many bighorn sheep being relocated from Wild Horse Island to Sanders County.
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Counting sheep
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Madplume
Melvin Madplume is led out of the Lake County Courthouse after being found guilty.
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Madplume found guilty
POLSON - Melvin Madplume’s weeklong trial reached a conclusion on Saturday afternoon, when a jury found the Ronan defendant guilty of deliberate homicide and sexual intercourse without consent. Madplume, 30, stood accused of raping and killing his cousin, Laurence Kenmille, in a private room at Wild Horse Hot Springs, near …
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Water compact heads back to court to block vote
ST. IGNATIUS - The simmering dispute over the water compact is headed back to court. The latest development comes as the Flathead Joint Board of Control (FJBC) pushes to send out a referendum ballot to local irrigators, asking whether they approve of their districts’ withdrawal from the regulatory irrigation board. …
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Outdoors: Troubled Water
Polson native studies harlequin ducks' sensitivity to changing stream flows, human disturbance
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School garden
Pattie Fialcowitz, right, sifts through a bin housing 20,000 compost-producing worms, as Melchiah Daniels, left, and Carla Hahn, center, look on.
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School garden grows strong
DIXON — Teeming with greenery and kids bearing armfuls of fresh vegetables, the garden outside of Dixon Elementary School has yielded far more than simply a strong harvest in its inaugural growing season. Besides produce, the plot of land has also proved to be fertile ground for hands-on instruction on …
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Murder in Hot Springs
Melvin Madplume pleaded not guilty to the rape and deliberate homicide charges after a suspicious death occurred in Hot Springs.
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Madplume pleads not guilty
POLSON - Melvin Madplume, the 29-year-old who stands accused of rape and deliberate homicide following the “suspicious death” of his cousin, Laurence Kenmille, made his initial appearance in Lake County District Court last Thursday and pleaded not guilty to both charges.
VALLEY PRESS-MINERAL INDEPENDENT | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
