Polson News

The Lake County Youth Home Festival of Trees will be held at 6 p.m. on Saturday, December 5 at the KwaTaqNuk Best Western Resort in Polson.

Two Polson residents were sentenced in U.S. District Court by in Missoula by Judge Donald Molloy for their roles in carrying out Food Stamp Fraud.

Lake County voters had a variety races and issues before them. The results for Polson Mayor show that Pat Devries bet incumbent Mayor Lou Marchello, 812-312. Meanwhile, the Polson Resort Tax has failed with 84% of Polson voters saying no to the 3% tax that would have been charged to specified goods and services for the purpose of reducing property ...

RONAN - Ronan police say a 20-year-old Polson man has been arrested in connection with the beating of a dog.

RONAN, Mont. -- Enforcement of Montana's Clean Air Act appears to be a little hazy on Indian reservations.

Last s pring, students at Polson High School decided they wanted to recognize a classmate.

POLSON - Lake County officials have arrested a 33-year-old St. Ignatius woman on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed several times.

The Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribe will hold its primary election for the Tribal Council on Saturday, and then 10 days later folks in Polson, Ronan, St.

The unofficial election results are in the races for five seats on the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Council.

POLSON - The Montana Department of Transportation has scheduled a public meeting to discuss safety issues related to Highway 35.

MTBoat Crash,0135 Judge accepts Barkus case, sets arraignment Eds: APNewsNow. KALISPELL, Mont.

If not for the quick work of a nearby home owner and a passerby, a chip truck driver probably would have suffered serious burns after the tractor-trailer he was driving went off the north side of the road on Highway 35 about five miles from Polson.

A total of 1,833 lake trout have been turned in the first two weekends of the 2009 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.

Twenty-five candidates have filed for Tribal Council and only the top two vote getters from each of the districts from Arlee, St.

High fatality rates and low seat-belt-use rates among teens continue to reach distressing levels year after year, a trend the Polson Fire Department is working to reverse.

HELENA - An 18-year-old Helena -area man has been charged with felony aggravated cruelty to animals after an 8-week-old puppy was beaten so badly that it had to be euthanized.

We're high on "Butt Huts" and low on Michael Hilton in our weekly index of what's up, down and in between ... HIGH "BUTT HUTS" - In the wake of the smoking ban, two enterprising Missoula men are building small dugouts for businesses to accommodate smokers without violating the law.

Big Productions, a fundraising adventure of the Lake County Youth Home, is celebrating its 22nd Season with a new seven concert lineup.

Wal-Mart re-evluates Polson store Eds: APNewsNow. POLSON, Mont. Wal-Mart is re-evaluating its plans to build a supercenter store in Polson even though it recently won a protracted court battle over the proposed store.

The state and a court-appointed receiver continue to inventory the assets of two Polson men and their companies as they seek to recover money for those who invested in what the state calls a $14 million Ponzi scheme.