Legals for January, 1 2025

Legals for December, 25 2024

Theodore Stoughton Stiles, 88

Theodore Stoughton Stiles, 88, was born Jan. 6, 1936, at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Polson to parents Roy Frank Stiles and Lela Arline Stoughton Stiles. He passed away on April 6 at the Hot Springs Health and Rehab in Hot Springs.

Legals for January, 2 2025

Keeping political power in check

My favorite father-in-law (yes, there have been more than one) once told me that if I ever went fishing make sure that I took two ministers with me.

Legals for December, 26 2024

Spring Mack Days nears conclusion with 32,000 fish

With only one weekend left in the 2024 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event on Flathead Lake, anglers have entered 32,683 lake trout since the contest began March 14. The 2019 spring event holds the record fish count at 40,357.

Pharmacy in the Family: Ernie Ratzburg inspires great niece

Newly minted pharmacist Madeline Hellinger recently worked side by side with her great uncle, Ernie Ratzburg – the longest-working pharmacist in Montana with 60 years beneath his crisp white jacket.

Time Capsule: From the archives of local weeklies

Stories harvested from the Mission Valley News, April 4, 1984

Albert James Knutson, 91

Albert James Knutson of Polson began his life April 11, 1932, filling his 91-plus years with much adventure, love and hard work. He passed away Jan. 18, 2024, at St. Luke Extended Care in Ronan.

Let's bring out our best for ’2025

Let’s greet ’25 with a nod and a grin. Let’s bring out our best and lift up the rest

PEO chapter awards memorial scholarships

Chapter AI of Polson PEO (Philanthropic Education Organization for women) presented a bouquet of Marguerite daisies and a certificate of achievement to two AI Memorial Scholarship winners during Senior Signing Day, May 20 at Polson High School. Isabel Seeley and Hannah Simpson were each awarded a $1,000 academic scholarship.

McCrea sentenced to 60 years on arson charges

A Ronan man, and son of one of the most experienced and respected wildland firefighters in the country, was sentenced in Polson District Court May 10 to the Montana State Prison for a total of 60 years with 30 years suspended.

Lake Monsters make a splash at Kalispell meet

The Lake Monsters swim team of Polson came in third as a whole and had several outstanding performances at the sanctioned meet in Kalispell on Jan. 26.

Subsidizing healthcare or billionaires

It looks like the only way Congress can pay for tax cuts for billionaires is to cut spending on Medicaid and Medicare. Why? It’s like the bank robber Willie Sutton said when someone asked him why he robbed banks, “That’s where the money is.”

The never-ending story: Marvin Camel inducted into Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame

In his office, Marvin Camel's career in boxing is on full display in the form of memorabilia and championship belts, a book on his life, "Warrior in the Ring," and large notebooks full of articles about his exploits. The southpaw was introduced into the Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Aug. 9-10, and traveled there with his family to celebrate.

Bipartisanship at its finest

It was 2011. I was travelling on business and I was travelling fast and comfortably in my 1976 Olds 98 with the Olds 455 engine. Coming down from Browning along the Eastern Front on a beautiful late spring afternoon. Zoom!

Thanks to life-saving intervention, I still have a son

My son celebrated his 31st birthday recently. I wrote an “I'm so proud of you” message on Facebook telling of his senior graduation party night where they went up North Crow to party and my son ended up getting so drunk he passed out and aspirated on his vomit.

From adversity to achievement: UM Law grad lands tribal judgeship

“You know, five years ago if they told me I would be a graduate of the University of Montana law school, I wouldn’t have believed them,” said Bryan Dupuis Sr. “If they told me I could potentially be the next chief judge of the Blackfeet Tribe, I would have never believed them.”

Busse paints positive picture of Montana's future

Thunder boomed as a deluge of rain fell outside, setting the stage for a powerful presentation by Ryan Busse at a gathering of Montanans. Running for governor, he painted a positive picture of the future with articulate skill, humor and warmth.