ARTICLES BY MICHELLE LOVATO LEADER REPORTER REPORTER@LEADERADVERTISER.COM

A Christmas story: One story of idyllic wonder and genuine love during the holiday season

POLSON – Warm golden light cloaked everyone in attendance. Girls in fancy dresses and boys in button-up shirts sat in the laps of their cross-legged mothers while others sat on the knees of their parents, grandparents, great grandparents and family friends in chairs, stools and lining the rich fireplace hearth.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Celebration of Light draws 242 nativities

POLSON – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints was at the center of a two-day Christmas celebration extravaganza Dec. 6 and 7 that offered participants the chance to drink in the awe of the Christian Christmas celebration.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Felons here skip lots of jail time

LAKE COUNTY – The judicial process allows most Lake County felons the opportunity to skip a lot of jail time and return to the streets much sooner than their sentence prescribed.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Polson Art Walk showcases local talent

POLSON – About a dozen artists from all over the area flocked to Main Street Friday night to showcase their work at the annual Polson Art Walk and Parade of Lights being held simultaneously.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Coat giveaway needs donations

POLSON – For 14 years, employees at America’s Best Value Port Polson Inn closed one of their rooms and opened their doors to charity.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Accused attacker misses arraignment

ST. IGNATIUS – Police believe Gene Adams beat his pregnant girlfriend for the fourth time Oct. 5, sending her to St. Luke Community Hospital.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Leader office Toys for Tots drop off spot

POLSON – The Lake County Leader office will be a drop off spot for year’s Toys for Tots campaign.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Pablo woman survives attempted shooting

PABLO – A Pablo woman is alive after her boyfriend tried to shoot her, Lake County law enforcement officials believe.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Cops, businesses cracking down on underage drinkers

LAKE COUNTY – Lake County businesses are serious about stopping sales to underage drinkers.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Charlo man accused of shooting wife

CHARLO – Lake County Sheriff’s officials believe Raelynn M. Charlo died because her husband Adrian M. McElderry shot her in the head.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Lozeau's bail set at $300,000

POLSON – District Court Judge James A. Manley set bail at $300,000 for accused murderer Harry Paul Lozeau during a Nov. 5 omnibus hearing.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Ronan hires staff by the dozen

RONAN – The Ronan School District Board of Directors hired seven extra-curricular leaders and five school staff members at its regular monthly meeting Nov. 10.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Woman arrested for allegedly trying to run down girl

LAKE COUNTY – Jamie Seely denied she nearly ran down a feuding neighbor’s daughter when she saw them in a local park.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Charlo woman shot to death

CHARLO – A 29-year-old Charlo woman is dead and her husband is in custody after a shooting early Tuesday on First Street West in Charlo.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Wrong-way driver loses father-of-the-year consideration

POLSON – Abdel Scott Russell might not win father of the year after driving while drunk the wrong way on Highway 93 with two unrestrained toddlers jumping around on the front seat. Thank goodness he nearly caused a head-on collision with a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy traveling the right way …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

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