Sally Cook, 85

Sally Deane Bailey Cook of Ronan, born July 18, 1938, passed away May 19, 2024, at the age of 85, in Missoula of natural causes. There will be a celebration of her life July 6, 2024, at Valley View Clubhouse, 40765 Valley View Road, Polson, from noon-4 p.m. The reading of her complete obituary will be at 1 p.m.

Law enforcement and court records - Feb. 20

Legals for October, 15 2020

Ronan Library, city squabble over building ownership

For 49 years the Ronan Library has been located at the corner Main Street and Second Ave. West. Its future there may be in question, though, as the city considers a significant increase the library’s rent payment for the first time in nearly half a century.

Audrey Ann Burton, 85

Audrey Ann Burton, 85, of Polson, passed away on Monday, July 2, 2024, at Providence Hospital of heart failure.

Time Capsule: From the weekly archives

News gleaned from the archives of local weekly newspapers.

Law enoforcement and court records - March 13

Judge Manley presiding

Petition to raise mill levy gains traction

LAKE COUNTY — Signatures are being collected in hope of increasing the mill levy for senior services in Lake County. Advocacy groups hope to get the ballot initiative in the primary election in June by obtaining 500 signatures by March 10.

View from the Library: Egg hunt registration underway

Workshop on self-publishing set for April 26.

Sex offender turns himself in

POLSON — In district court last week, a Pablo man pleaded guilty to sex crimes against a minor — crimes that police were alerted to when the defendant walked into a police station and declared himself a “sexual predator.”

Lake County Justice Court proceedings

Hamann, Robert James, Jr., 34, was fined $300 and sentenced to 365 days in jail (363 suspended) for the amended charge of partner or family member assault (second offense). He was originally charged as a first offense. He was also sentenced to 365 days in jail (364 suspended) for the amended charge of partner or family member assault causing reasonable apprehen of bodily injury (first offense). He was originally charged with partner or family member assault, causing bodily injury (first offense). He was also assessed $85 in court costs.

Survey shows Montana tourism drop-off due to COVID-19

A recent study from the University of Montana’s Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research shows the disparity between traveler spending in Montana from 2019 to 2020.

Polson City Court

No easy answers to oil and gas problems

Earlier this year we published an interview with retired oil industry man Francis Davidson of Polson. He updated those remarks in a talk to the Polson Presbyterian Men's Group last Saturday. Unfortunately, his predictions of several months ago appear to be right on the mark.

Law enforcement and court records - Dec. 26

District Court, Judge Manley presiding

Russell Breton, 85

Russell Breton, age 85, passed away June 7, 2024, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Polson.

County Health Department: Whooping cough cases increasing

By Sarah Leavenworth / Leader staff

Tribes announce fishing, bird hunting changes for 2022-23 season

Comments on proposals being accepted through Dec. 23.

Bill Jones, 85

Bill K. Jones, 85, passed away peacefully at The Surprise Health and Rehabilitation center in Sun City, Ariz., on July 4, 2023. He was born in Norfolk, Neb. on Aug. 29, 1937, to Orlen and Evelyn Jones.

Letters to the editor, July 29

Mission Valley Power consumer’s alert