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Mike Benson is top angler for 2021 Fall Mack Days
November 16, 2021 7:35 a.m.

Mike Benson is top angler for 2021 Fall Mack Days

The Flathead Lake event concluded Sunday with a total of 14,036 lake trout entries.

Fall Mack Days gets going Thursday
September 15, 2022 midnight

Fall Mack Days gets going Thursday

The Fall Mack Days fishing tournament on Flathead Lake begins Sept. 15 and ends Nov. 13. This fall’s event will be the 41st Mack Days tournament sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

February 10, 2005 midnight

Letters to the editor

LOA members

Column: One of the greats signs off
December 3, 2020 1:05 a.m.

Column: One of the greats signs off

Polson resident and Montana radio legend Mick Holien will be greatly missed.

July 15, 2021 12:15 a.m.

Good Old Days to brighten St. Ignatius once again

St. Luke's Buffalo Run begins early Saturday morning.

Fall Mack Days: Anglers weather rain during week six
October 27, 2022 midnight

Fall Mack Days: Anglers weather rain during week six

Lots of rain fell from the dark cloudy skies Friday and Saturday during the sixth weekend of 2022 Fall Mack Days.

February 22, 2024 midnight

Correction (and apology)

Leader editor Kristi Niemeyer goofed up on the front page of last week’s paper, substituting Craig McClure for Craig McCrea in the opening line of a story about McCrea’s conviction on two counts of arson.

November 6, 2019 7:25 p.m.

View from the Library: North Lake Co. Public Library

Okay, what happened to fall? We are not ready for winter, but we have fun things going on at the library to take your mind off of the cold.

June 9, 2010 1:30 p.m.

Glimpses of 1979

Among other things

October 13, 2022 midnight

Fall Mack Days: Tenacious anglers make progress

Week four of the nine-week long Fall Mack Days Fishing Event, sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, ended with a total of 8,489 lake trout entries. Sunny skies were the norm most of the week.

December 13, 2007 midnight

Courting Subscribers

By Ethan Smith A little off the top

Spring Mack Days right around the corner
February 23, 2021 8:05 a.m.

Spring Mack Days right around the corner

2021 Spring Mack Days will run from March 19 to May 16, with up to $225,000 in cash and prizes.

'Bella' still lurks in Fall Mack Days fishing contest
September 29, 2022 midnight

'Bella' still lurks in Fall Mack Days fishing contest

The second week of the 2022 Fall Mack Days fishing event ended with a total of 4,162 lake trout entries, but "Bella" still swims free.

Home of: Polson reads
March 31, 2010 1:01 p.m.

Home of: Polson reads

As a Leader reader, you are very dear to my heart. In the world of print journalism, of course, readers make the world go round.

August 31, 2006 midnight

Won't shop at Super 1 anymore

Editor,

Fall Mack Days: Good weather, new faces
October 12, 2023 midnight

Fall Mack Days: Good weather, new faces

Anglers have almost hit the half way mark of the 2023 Fall Mack Days Fishing Event sponsored by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and sanctioned by Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks.

January 5, 2023 midnight

Match-ups to watch this week

Sports are back after winter break and it couldn’t come at a better time. Things heat up for Mission Valley athletics in a hurry with rivalry match-ups and important conference and league battles that are just a short drive from home.

July 28, 2017 1:13 p.m.

Recent Inter Lake eagle article lacked all of the facts

The Daily Inter Lake published an anti-hunting tirade on its front page recently that was authored by the AP. The sob story mentioned 38 out of 336 bald eagle deaths over a 15 year period in New York were due to lead poisoning blamed on hunters and no other source. A source in Oregon was quoted as having lost two bald eagles so far this year due to lead poisoning. The hit piece goes on to discuss banning lead ammunition.

Ronan Middle School students earn Alaskan trip
June 29, 2023 midnight

Ronan Middle School students earn Alaskan trip

Bill Becker’s fourth period class at Ronan Middle School is called Advanced Academic Elective, a new class offered for the 2022-23 school year. The target is 7th and 8th graders, and Becker’s theme for this class is “It’s okay to be smart.”

July 14, 2022 midnight

CSKT make pitch to bring Big Medicine back home to bison range

When Congress passed and President Donald J. Trump signed into law the legislation that would restore the National Bison Range to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes, it marked a homecoming of sorts as the land, the operations and the bison were returned to tribal management.