Council may extend area for growth policy

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Kalispell council looks at growth policy boundary

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Lorna M. Wilson, 93

Lorna M. Wilson, 93, elementary school teacher and avid bridge player, died May 28, 2007, in Kalispell. She was born Lorna Marian Susan Stark on May 26, 1914, in Poplar. She graduated from Richey High School, Eastern Montana Normal School and the College of Great Falls.

Kalispell Police fielded complaints about people driving badly.

Among them was a black Charger-type vehicle swerving on North Main Street until the driver hit the meridian and wound up in the wrong lane of traffic, a driver who went too fast and displayed too many fingers at the roundabout at Costco, a person who almost caused a head-on accident on West Idaho Street, and drag racers on U.S. 93 near the college.

Icy roads wreak havoc

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Road work transitions to 24-hour schedule

U.S. 93 construction

Schellinger Construction, general contractor for the second phase of the U.S. 93 reconstruction project west of Whitefish – Karrow to Mountainside — will transition to working 24 hours a day, seven days a week starting at midnight on Wednesday, Oct. 1. This schedule will continue through approximately Nov. 10.

Meeting set for U.S. 93 corridor near Whitefish

Land-use consultant Dave DeGrandpre of Land Solutions Inc. will host a community meeting Thursday to discuss the possibility of developing a corridor land-use plan for properties in the 2-mile Whitefish planning jurisdiction — the “doughnut” area — that includes the U.S. 93 corridor south of Whitefish.

Myrtle Sarah White, 93

Myrtle Sarah White, 93, passed away March 20, 2010, in Eureka. Myrtle was born Jan. 23, 1917, to Russell and Dena Ray in Helena. She had one brother, Virgil Ray. She grew up in East Helena, where she attended school and worked at Shodair Hospital. Dec. 14, 1940, she married James Jefferson White. They lived in Helena, later moving to Idaho and then to Kalispell. Over the years she opened her home and heart to many foster children, and later offered care in her home for the elderly. After James retired from the Postal Service, they made their home in Eureka. For the past 12 years, Mountain View Manor has been her home and extended family. Myrtle is preceded in death by her husband, James; and brother, Virgil. She is survived by her son, James and Carla White, of Rexford; daughter, LaZetta and David Krause of Dallesport, Wash.; and five grandchildren, Warren Krause, Stacia Stojanoff, Brandon Krause, Kim Thomson and Zane White. She has five great-grandchildren. Myrtle was a tiny lady with a heart of gold. Johnson-Gloschat Funeral Home is caring for the family.

Accidental shot lands man in hospital

A man was transported to the Kalispell Regional Medical Center after suffering an accidental gunshot wound to his arm.

Wanda Harubin Bears, 93

Wanda H. Bears, 93, of Kalispell passed away Friday, April 29, 2011, at her residence in Kalispell.

Moveable Vietnam Veterans Memorial to arrive in Kalispell

The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., is expected to arrive in Kalispell on June 20.

Ronan man killed in head-on crash south of Pablo

A woman driver speeding away from a Lake County sheriff's deputy on U.S. 93 crossed into oncoming traffic and caused a head-on collision that killed a Ronan man early Friday, officials said.

Celebration marks completion of U.S. 93 bypass interchange

Crews replaced the original roundabout with a full interchange consisting of an overpass and ramps connected to two teardrop-shaped roundabouts.

Road work resumes at Foys Lake interchange

Starting this month, Flathead area drivers will again see road construction crews at the Foys Lake Road and U.S. 93 Alt intersection.

Law roundup: Resident sick of cars ‘bombing down the hill’

Someone on U.S. 93 complained to the Whitefish Police Department about vehicles that “come bombing down the hill,” every day between 11 p.m. and midnight.

SUV crashes through convenience store wall

A Ford Explorer rolled across U.S. 93 in South Kalispell on Thursday morning and crashed through the cinder block west wall of the Zip Trip convenience store.

Crash victim's name released in fatal crash

Authorities have identified the man killed in a collision between a loaded wood-chip truck and a pickup on U.S. 93 Thursday morning.

The Evergreen Fire Department responded to the Conrad Complex area after somebody reported seeing smoke. The only smoke firefighters saw came from a wood burning stove.

Alarms

Whitefish

Whitefish police arrested a 23-year-old man for driving under the influence of alcohol during a traffic stop on Third Street East and Kalispell Avenue.

Whitefish police

Whitefish police arrested a 28-year-old man for felony probation violation and a 31-year-old woman driving on a suspended license, driving without insurance, and having fictitious plates during a traffic stop on U.S. 93. The car was impounded and its third passenger had to walk home.