HEIDI DESCH
Heidi Desch is features editor and covers Flathead County for the Daily Inter Lake. She previously served as managing editor of the Whitefish Pilot, spending 10 years at the newspaper and earning honors as best weekly newspaper in Montana. She was a reporter for the Hungry Horse News and has served as interim editor for The Western News and Bigfork Eagle. She is a graduate of the University of Montana. She can be reached at hdesch@dailyinterlake.com or 406-758-4421.
Recent Stories
Flathead County Planning Board looks at subdivisions
Three small subdivisions go before the Flathead County Planning Board on Wednesday.
Columbia Falls quilter has spent lifetime sewing
When Therese Stempin recalls how she first began sewing, she pauses and then from another room produces a small hard-sided case with a handle.
Whitefish aims to rezone land for apartment project
Whitefish plans to rezone a property on U.S. 93 approved in 2019 for an apartment development that never came to fruition.
Settlement paves way for prerelease center in Evergreen
A 90-bed prerelease center is on track to open in Evergreen following the settlement of a lawsuit regarding the denial of the center last year.
Prerelease center lawsuit settlement goes before county board
A settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by the state against Flathead County for rejecting the opening of prerelease center in Evergreen will be considered by a county board.
Former Inter Lake journalist Lynnette Hintze remembered for commitment to telling community’s stories
On more than one occasion, journalist Lynnette Hintze took notes by flashlight from a windowless newsroom at the Daily Inter Lake.
Whitefish looks to move forward on viaduct project
Improvements to the viaduct in Whitefish over the BNSF Railway tracks have long been identified as a way to improve the link between the north side of Whitefish and downtown.
County planning board looks at zone change in Evergreen
The Flathead County Planning Board on Wednesday will consider a zone change for a roughly 7-acre property in Evergreen.
Whitefish looks to rezone Central Avenue property
A lot that had been planned for a hotel on Central Avenue in Whitefish is set to be rezoned after the hotel never came to fruition.
Pianist returns to Flathead Valley sharing music with students
Jordan Neiman has been waiting roughly two decades to play the Yamaha grand piano that now sits to the back of his music studio.