Funds to pave street, path

ST. IGNATIUS — After taking community input and two meetings of debate, the St. Ignatius City Council decided at its July 7 meeting to split the $20,136 in federal stimulus funds between paving streets near the town’s schools and putting in a pedestrian path in Taelman Park.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Home of: Zac Cantlon

RONAN — Pablo Picasso once questioned that if the world today didn’t make sense, then why should he paint pictures that do? Picasso’s work clearly knew no boundaries. The same can be said for that of local artist Zac Cantlon.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Keeping up with the kids

ARLEE — Amidst a swarm of kids of all ages steeped in an intense game of “double-ball” at the Arlee Powwow, Paul Phillips emerges victorious with the leather pouched prized object draped over his stick as he sprints the arena baseline with a dozen young competitors in pursuit.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

St. Ignatius to accept federal money

ST. IGNATIUS — After taking public comment at a public hearing on Monday night, the St. Ignatius City Council chose to receive $20,138 in stimulus funds, turning down a motion to refuse the federal dollars allocated for local infrastructure projects.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Alleged arsonist gets deferred sentence

POLSON — A 20-year-old Pablo man was given a six-year deferred sentence in district court on June 24 for an amended charge of felony criminal mischief and a felony burglary offense.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Agencies prepare for concert, holiday weekend

LAKE COUNTY — As the Polson Fourth of July weekend events, a concert in Ronan and the massive Arlee Celebration are all coinciding this year, area law enforcement and emergency agencies are taking the necessary precautions to ensure that this holiday season is a safe one.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Burglar caught in act by 165-pound dog

WOODS BAY — A burglar was put in the hospital last week after returning to the scene of his fresh heist in pursuit of more loot when he met with a 165-pound Bullmastiff.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Chief Cliff Fire receives DNRC rig

POLSON — Lake County was the recent recipient of a new type-6 wildland fire engine from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation for use through the Chief Cliff Volunteer Fire Department.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Polson an option for prerelease center

POLSON — Although the proposal is very preliminary at this stage, Polson has been named as an option for a new state prerelease center.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Youths cited in arson case

POLSON — Authorities confirmed on Monday that three juvenile suspects have been cited for burglary, criminal mischief and trespassing in connection with the June 6 arson incident.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Mission board applies for $32K in energy grants

ST. IGNATIUS — Among items on the June 16 meeting agenda, the St. Ignatius Board of Education approved an application for $32,000 in stimulus money through Quick Start energy grants.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Alleged drug dealers in court

POLSON — Two men appeared in Lake County District Court hearings during the past week on felony drug charges generated by cases investigated by the Montana Northwest Drug Task Force.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

St. Ignatius weighs stimulus

ST. IGNATIUS — Pending the outcome of a June 29 public hearing, the St. Ignatius city council has motioned to take a vote on refusing $20,138 in Recovery Act federal stimulus funds for local infrastructure projects.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

SKC grads walk the walk

PABLO — Saturday was a day for 148 Salish Kootenai College graduates in 22 different degree fields to look back and celebrate their accomplishments before voyaging onward toward the future achievements that await them.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Police Blotter

Cops and courts reporter Ty Hampton brings you

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

2009 Pirates set sail

“Live the life you love; love the life you live.” — Bob Marley

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'Self defense' claimed in shooting

RONAN — An overall quiet, peaceful Memorial Day weekend came to an end for local law enforcement Monday night as they received a call from a father stating that he had just shot his son to break up an ongoing domestic incident.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Road claims life during long weekend

POLSON — A 49-year-old Polson man was killed in a one-vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 93 north of Polson on Saturday afternoon.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Cocaine dealer gets two years prison

PABLO - A 43-year-old Pablo woman was committed to the Montana state Department of Corrections for 10 years with eight years suspended last week for dealing cocaine.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Home of: Montana Lee Bockman

RONAN — On May 23, a maroon sea of more than 200 Montana Grizzlies fans gathered in the Ronan Community Center and lifted their shots of ten high bourbon in the air to toast to the life of the amazing man that was Montana Bockman.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Construction teams assist first responders

LAKE COUNTY — With somewhat treacherous lines of cars stretching back both ways from the Armed Forces Memorial Bridge due to construction along U.S. Highway 93, one would wonder how an ambulance or fire truck could navigate the clutter on the way to an emergency.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Mission man finds pipe bomb in lawn

ST. IGNATIUS — Sundays are always a great day to catch up on yard work and give the grass a trim. Fortunately, one St. Ignatius man had his eyes peeled when he came across a pipe bomb while mowing the lawn last Sunday.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Man stable after dock fall

POLSON — A Polson man was reported to be in stable condition at St. Patrick’s Hospital Monday afternoon after being transported to the Missoula hospital by Life Flight the night before with severe injuries from a fall.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

One slammin' art show

PABLO — Local culture and artistic expression was on full display on May 6 as Two Eagle River students were recognized for excelling in a variety of artforms at the school’s seventh annual Art Slam.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

New trustees join Ronan school board

RONAN — New school board trustees Jim Blow and Robert Jason Starkel were sworn into duty at Monday night’s board of education meeting.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Polson woman pleads guilty to embezzlement

POLSON — A 60-year-old Polson woman pleaded guilty to the charges against her for embezzling more than $5,000 from a local business she was employed by during 2008 in district court last week.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Mission tech team medals at state

ST. IGNATIUS — A team of only four students brought home the hardware to St. Ignatius two weeks back, winning medaling trophies from six different contests at the state Technology Students Association competition April 27-28 in Livingston.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Local agencies receive $97K

LAKE COUNTY — A total of $97,414 in Recovery Act grant money was allocated to three different law enforcement agencies in Lake County.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Burglary string suspect in district court in Polson

POLSON — In four separate cases associated with an extensive local burglary string, Cote Wheeler pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of burglary and one felony count of tampering with physical evidence in an April 29 Lake County District Court arraignment hearing.

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Burglary string suspect in district court in Polson

POLSON — In four separate cases associated with an extensive local burglary string, Cote Wheeler pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of burglary and one felony count of tampering with physical evidence in an April 29 Lake County District Court arraignment hearing.

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Burglary string suspect in district court in Polson

POLSON — In four separate cases associated with an extensive local burglary string, Cote Wheeler pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of burglary and one felony count of tampering with physical evidence in an April 29 Lake County District Court arraignment hearing.

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Burglary string suspect in court

POLSON — In four separate cases associated with an extensive local burglary string, Cote Wheeler pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of burglary and one felony count of tampering with physical evidence in an April 29 Lake County District Court arraignment hearing.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Home of: Edna Wheeler

ST. IGNATIUS — A pioneer, mother, worker, outdoorsman, tough country woman and combater of bears. Edna Wheeler has been a number of things over her 98 plus years of life, 94 of which have been right here in the Mission Valley.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Homeowner saves house from fire

POLSON — When Polson resident Jay Enger picked up free smoke alarms and a fire extinguisher from city hall while paying his water bill last month, he had no idea that in a matter of three weeks’ time those basic fire prevention utensils would save his home from destruction.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Mission board tackles funding

ST. IGNATIUS — What to expect in the way of funding from the Legislature and prioritizing a wish list of summer building maintenance projects affected by stimulus funding were two big items on the agenda at the April 21 St. Ignatius school board meeting.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Acquittal in Polson rape charge

POLSON — A District Court jury acquitted a Washington man of rape while finding him guilty of tampering with evidence in a three-day trial concluding on April 22 at the Lake County Courthouse.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Ronan hopes for funds to improve streets, sewer

RONAN — Ronan city officials are looking to federal stimulus dollars and the Legislature to help fund projects that would improve 3rd Avenue and the city’s sewer lift station.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Lending Earth a hand

Bike path comes alive for Earth Day

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

MIDWEEK UPDATE Earth Day inspires cleanup, learning

The local Boy Scout group was just one of many groups out and about through the week last week, working to clean and learn about the Earth for Earth Day.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Truck crashes on Highway 35 near Flathead Lake

FINLEY POINT — Just over a year from the Highway 35 tanker crash and spill on the East Shore that spurred millions of dollars in cleanup efforts, yet another "truck and pup" flipped off the side of the highway Monday morning.

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Truck crashes on Highway 35 near Flathead Lake

FINLEY POINT — Just over a year from the Highway 35 tanker crash and spill on the East Shore that spurred millions of dollars in cleanup efforts, yet another "truck and pup" flipped off the side of the highway Monday morning.

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Truck crashes on Highway 35 near Flathead Lake

FINLEY POINT — Just over a year from the Highway 35 tanker crash and spill on the East Shore that spurred millions of dollars in cleanup efforts, yet another "truck and pup" flipped off the side of the highway Monday morning.

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Home of: Brenna Hyvonen

CHARLO — From eager student to modest teacher, master pianist to brave wildland firefighter — Lake County native Brenna Mae Hyvonen is ever evolving in her many roles.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

PVFD receives $1,100 grant

POLSON — The Polson Volunteer Fire Department received grant funding to the tune of $1,100 last week from property insurance company FM Global to pay for fire prevention programming.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Gardens against hunger

POLSON — Money may not grow on trees, but it doesn’t take a lot of green to grow some spare greens to help fight hunger in your community this season.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Hwy 35 wreck stirs memories of fuel spill

FINLEY POINT — It wasn’t much more than a year ago that East Shore residents watched a semi truck tanker crash and spill thousands of gallons of fuel on the narrow, two-lane road near their homes, spurring millions of dollars in cleanup efforts.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Two arrested in Drug Force pot raid

ST. IGNATIUS — Two St. Ignatius residents were arrested on April 8 after a Montana Northwest Drug Task Force raid recovered two pounds of marijuana and evidence indicating drug distribution.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

School boards wait on budgets

POLSON — As the 2009 Montana Legislature winds down in Helena, Polson School Board Trustees and administrators continue to play the waiting game as the budget and stimulus fund allocations are debated.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Home of: Tave Hando

RONAN — Music, as a gift and passion, has played a vital role throughout Tave Hando’s life.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Child gun shot victim released from hospital

PABLO — A 7-year-old girl from the Pablo area recently underwent two surgeries in Spokane after she was the victim of a near-tragic accidental shooting while playing with siblings this past Friday afternoon.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Journey to save a life

POLSON — Traveling over 10,000 miles away from home, across oceans and foreign continents, Andy and Jenny Learns recently made a trip that would change their lives forever. A trip to save another life.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Captain recovering after collision

POLSON — Less than two days after a fatal head-on collision killed a Montana Highway Patrol trooper near Kalispell, Lake County Sheriff’s Captain Luc Mathias was put in the hospital after being rear-ended by a reckless driver at a Polson Hill traffic stop.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

UPDATED Founder, president of SKC to retire

PABLO — In a room that wouldn’t have been without him, surrounded by a campus built by his vision and perseverance, Salish Kootenai College President Joe McDonald announced his retirement last week. The atmosphere was bittersweet in the Three Wolves Cafeteria last Wednesday morning when SKC founder and long-time president …

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Mission High School Internationale

ST. IGNATIUS — The great American poet Maya Angelou said that diversity makes for a rich tapestry. If St. Ignatius High School were a drapery of sorts, there would be none richer as nearly 10 percent of the student body are foreign students from abroad.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

WEB EXTRA SKC hosts Thompson film screening

PABLO — Free public screenings of filmmaker George Sibley’s newest film “Shadows of David Thompson” were hosted by Salish Kootenai College at the Johnny Arlee-Victor Charlo Theatre on March 26.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Ferndale shooter sentenced to 110 years, no parole

POLSON – District Court Judge C.B. McNeil sentenced Ronald Lon Petersen to 110 years in Montana State Prison without parole on Monday for the shooting death of a 24-year-old Ferndale man on New Year's Eve 2007.

WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Ferndale shooter sentenced to 110 years, no parole

POLSON – District Court Judge C.B. McNeil sentenced Ronald Lon Petersen to 110 years in Montana State Prison without parole on Monday for the shooting death of a 24-year-old Ferndale man on New Year's Eve 2007.

BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Ferndale shooter sentenced to 110 years, no parole

POLSON – District Court Judge C.B. McNeil sentenced Ronald Lon Petersen to 110 years in Montana State Prison without parole on Monday for the shooting death of a 24-year-old Ferndale man on New Year's Eve 2007.

HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Woman dies after ATV, car accident

RONAN — A 27-year-old woman from Ronan died Monday morning from injuries sustained in a collision where her ATV hit a car on Terrace Lake Road the night before.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

WEB EXTRA Say it aint so, Joe

PABLO — The atmosphere was bittersweet in the Three Wolves Cafeteria on Wednesday morning when Salish Kootenai College founder and long-time president Joe McDonald announced his plans to retire at the end of the 2010 school year.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Murderer extradited back to Montana

LAKE COUNTY — Convicted Lake County murderer Paul David Gorder appeared in district court last Wednesday, admitting to some of the alleged parole violations that were the cause of his extradition from Alaska back to Montana last month.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

110 years in jail

POLSON – District Court Judge C.B. McNeil sentenced Ronald Lon Petersen to 110 years in Montana State Prison without parole on Monday for the shooting death of a 24-year-old Ferndale man on New Year’s Eve 2007.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Home of: Kathy Klinge

ST. IGNATIUS — With hard times at the doorstep, our newest president spoke to the spirit of giving back and community volunteerism being more important than ever. This is something Kathy Klinge already knows, and a philosophy she has been actively carrying out for years.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

MIDWEEK UPDATE Arlee Tuesday rollover victim identified

ARLEE — A 53-year-old Arlee woman was killed in a rollover accident at approximately 7:37 a.m. Tuesday on US Highway 93.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Two men survive tragic crashFreezing victims identity released

HOT SPRINGS — Authorities have released the name of the 21-year-old Arlee man who was found frozen to death on March 10 and those of the two men who survived the early morning crash and subzero windswept conditions.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Sensational Science

RONAN — The circus rolled into town and made a stop at K. William Harvey Elementary — the Circus of Science that is.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Squads get icy training

LAKE MARY RONAN — Area fire departments and Lake County Search and Rescue tested the freezing cold waters of Lake Mary Ronan this weekend as part of a two-day ice rescue training session.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

MIDWEEK UPDATE Arlee freezing victim identified

HOT SPRINGS — A 21-year-old Arlee man was found frozen to death in a field Tuesday afternoon after he crashed his car in severe winter conditions earlier that morning and went looking for help.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Moto-X park to open this month in Ronan

RONAN — Racers start your engines . . . because the new Tailgater Motorsports Park is slated to get racing starting later this month.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Ronan justices to remain elected: PLUS Ronan BOE update

RONAN — The Ronan City Council decided to keep the selection process for city justices an electoral one, shooting down an opportunity for the council’s authority to bypass elections and appoint local judges at Monday night’s meeting.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Crews break ground on fire hall in Arlee

ARLEE — Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes officials joined together with Arlee Fire District board members for last Friday’s groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the Arlee Volunteer Fire Department’s new fire hall.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Search crews respond to 911 call

SWAN VALLEY — Several search and rescue squads spent Saturday night and all day Sunday responding to a series of five 911 call hangups they received Saturday night from an isolated area on the border between Lake and Flathead counties.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Home of: Dave Edington

RONAN — Long-time educator, wrestling coach, and local volunteer David Edington was recently recognized at the Ronan Chamber of Commerce Banquet with the Lifetime Community Service Award.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Critic's Corner

Want to know which movies to see?

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pablo man killed in high-speed crash

PABLO — A 20-year-old Pablo man was killed in a high-speed vehicle crash on Skyline Road on Saturday afternoon, as he was apparently being chased by a man in another vehicle.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Mission man killed in skidder rollover

POLSON — A 28-year-old man from St. Ignatius died on the job last Thursday afternoon as the result of injuries sustained from an industrial equipment rollover accident.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Inside look at the 911 Dispatch Center

POLSON — Deep in the heart of the Lake County Courthouse, behind unmarked closed doors, lies one of the county’s greatest assets — the high-powered, high-tech 911 Dispatch Center.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Meth bust in Blue Bay area

BLUE BAY — Lake County Sheriff’s deputies made a significant drug bust that led to three arrests on Feb. 9, recovering methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia from a pair of motor homes in the Blue Bay area.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Police dog takes his job seriously

POLSON — What I remember most is the pure, raw feeling of unadulterated intimidation followed by … “Crunch!”

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Human remains found in area

WOODS BAY — On the afternoon of Feb. 12, skeletal remains dating back to before World War II were probably the last thing that crews putting in new water lines near Woods Bay expected to come across.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

HWY 93 accident kills Dixon man

CHARLO — One local man was killed and two others were injured and transported to St. Luke Hospital after a four vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 93 Friday afternoon.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Ronan board approves three new buses

RONAN — The Ronan School District Board of Trustees approved the purchase of three new school buses, along with personnel hiring for spring sports and two field trip requests at Monday night’s school board meeting.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Alternative progress: New Mission school gains students

ST. IGNATIUS — With 33 students already enrolled and in session, St. Ignatius School District’s new alternative school is off the ground and rolling through its first full semester.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

UPDATED Man hacks brother

Lake County Sheriff’s officers and Tribal Police responded to an incident in the Jette Meadows subdivision involving a 37-year-old Polson man allegedly hitting his older brother twice with a hatchet on last Wednesday afternoon.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Levy funds put to use

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office recently hired four patrol officers, two detention officers and purchased three vehicles with funds from last year’s $988,960 Public Safety Mill Levy.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

WEB EXTRA Ronan and Polson Speech and Dramam results

BUTTE — Polson’s Drama Team came in second place out of 22 schools, while Ronan’s Danny Beavers was the state champion in Pantomime at the State Class-A Speech, Debate and Drama Tournament in Butte on Jan. 30-31.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Grant allotts funds for new officer

RONAN — Last month the Ronan Police Department received a grant worth $58,069 in federal highway safety dollars for 2009 to hire on a new Highway Traffic Safety Officer for the department.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

MIDWEEK UPDATE Man hacks brother with hatchet

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Ronan robots wired right

Robotics teams from Ronan High School and Ronan Middle School put forth good showings last weekend at the “FIRST” State Tournament at Montana State University in Bozeman.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Burglary string unraveling

Lake County Sheriff’s Office detectives now believe that local burglary suspects Jonathan Morton and Cote Wheeler are linked to at least 22 break-ins and associated thefts in Lake County, on top of break-ins and arson charges in Missoula and Flathead counties.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Police arrest alleged burglars

Lake County Sheriff’s Office detectives collaborated with Polson Police and the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office using a GPS device planted on a suspect’s truck to bring in two local men suspected of committing a string of burglaries stretching over two months.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Hot meal service expands

A group of Christian churches throughout the city have banded together in a ecumenical effort known informally as The Family Table and Friday Night Meals to provide freshly prepared, hot meals to the hungry in the community on Friday evenings from 5-7 p.m.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Ronan man stabbed

A truck driver from Ronan was brutally stabbed with a knife at a rest area in Moorhead, Minn., on Sunday afternoon.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Main street adapting with times

Cold weather and a heavy snowfall may have played a key role in making the holiday shopping season a success on Polsons Main Street, even in the face of widespread economic adversity.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Jeeps goes wrong way, flips

Three Polson area residents were transported to St. Joseph Medical Center after a bad wrong way collision near the stoplight at the junction of U.S. Highway 93 and Montana Highway 35 Friday afternoon.

LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 15 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO