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Ronan City Council accepts conditional loans and grants for $9.7 million wastewater project (opens the original)
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The agenda of the Sept. 21 Ronan City Council meeting presented on completing the steps for the Rural Development grants and loans for the Ronan Wastewater Treatment Facility improvements. Council members met online with Steve Troendle, USDA Montana State Community Facilitator of Water & Environmental. Other personnel from the state office were also in attendance and Ronan city attorney Clif Hayden. The total loan and grant package is $9.7 million, with money from the United States Department Ag
A course, a certificate, a career path: SKC has something for every student (opens the original)
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Salish Kootenai College is in its first week of the fall quarter, and students are finishing enrollment and heading to class. (Berl Tiskus/Leader) Salish Kootenai College began its fall quarter on Sept. 15, although some students are still completing registration. The school usually has between 650 and 700 students. However, this year might be different. Amie Tryon, academic SKC vice-president, and Cammie DuPuis-Pablo, who also works in the president’s office, said there’s a huge increase in inc
Ronan City Council discusses ongoing police coverage dispute (opens the original)
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The Ronan City Council continued discussion on an informal “gentleman’s agreement” put together by the council’s inter-government relations committee, Mayor Ryan Corum, and the Lake County Commissioners. Council member Mark Nelson said the commissioners said the county would cover 25 percent of the time, including when officers are out sick, on vacation or at training. They discussed the time of day as about 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. There was not an agreement; the committee brought back information on w
Horses and guns are shades of the Wild West: Mounted Shooters come to Polson (opens the original)
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Mounted shooters run the course at the Polson Fairgrounds last weekend. Competitors drill out the primer hole and fill their .45 Long Colt shells with black powder, meaning they have to be close to make the shot. (Berl Tiskus/Leader) Last weekend, the Polson fairgrounds were dotted with big, fancy horse trailers and shiny pickups. Those trailers disgorged good-lookin’ horses, and people slipped from the pickups, strapping on holsters filled with single-action .45 long pistols. The cowboy (and co
Ronan theater teacher attends prestigious Shakespeare institute (opens the original)
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2026 Teaching Shakespeare Institute Participants at the Folger Shakespeare Library. (Lloyd Wolf photo) William Shakespeare’s work is a constant in the high school curriculum and sometimes in middle school. Just say the name William Shakespeare to a group of students, and there will be groans and cheers. To turn those groans into cheers, Ronan High School teacher Lauren Feese attended the 2026 Folger Teaching Shakespeare Institute from June 28 through July 17 in Washington, D.C. She didn’t just a
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