BERL TISKUS
Reporter Berl Tiskus joined the Lake County Leader team in early March, and covers Ronan City Council, schools, ag and business. Berl grew up on a ranch in Wyoming and earned a degree in English education from MSU-Billings and a degree in elementary education from the University of Montana. Since moving to Polson three decades ago, she’s worked as a substitute teacher, a reporter for the Valley Journal and a secretary for Lake County Extension. Contact her at btiskus@leaderadvertiser.com or 406-883-4343.
Recent Stories
The Warming Center: Keeping people warm and safe
A tidy white house and a long bunkhouse on 5th Ave. E. in Pablo welcome guests to the Warming Center on chilly nights.
Switch flipped on Lights Under the Big Sky
Airplanes flying over the Mission Valley must have wondered what was happening in Ronan Friday evening to illuminate the night sky. The answer is Lights Under the Big Sky at the fairgrounds.
Time Capsule: From the archives of local weeklies
Articles harvested from the Flathead Courier, Dec. 26, 1974
Parade of Lights brightens Main Street
The Ronan Parade of Lights was a one-horse parade, but that one horse was worth seeing with lights in his tail and a rider in a beautiful Pendleton jacket, accompanying a float raising awareness of No More Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
Time Capsule: From the archives of local weeklies
Stories from 1924 gleaned from the pages of the Flathead Courier.
Agency on Aging breaks ground on new transit center
Western Montana Transit broke ground on its new building in Ronan Nov. 19. Located on Hwy. 93 across from Town Pump, the new structure will provide a central location for the department’s vehicles to be under cover, as well as a large community center room and five offices.
Polson dinner a giant exercise in generosity
Last Thursday morning in Polson, a line of cars with community members coming to pick up their Thanksgiving feast reached from the Mission Valley Elks down the right side of Main Street to Hwy. 93.
Tree-lighting launches holiday countdown
It was a countdown to 6 p.m. Saturday evening when the Polson Christmas tree's lights first blinked on, spreading light around the lawn at the Lake County Courthouse.
Ronan's Thanksgiving dinner has family feel
Those attending the Ronan Community Thanksgiving Dinner last week were greeted at the door by a smiling Diane and Phil Grant, wishing them “Happy Thanksgiving.”
Whitefish bus burns at Ronan High School speech meet
The competition at speech and debate meets can get heated, but not as hot as the Whitefish bus did last Saturday.