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
Water tower would address storage shortage in south Whitefish
Construction of a water tower in Whitefish appears to be the solution to a properly functioning system along U.S. 93 South by increasing storage.
Whitefish looks at garbage rate increase
Whitefish City Council on Monday is finally set to discuss an increase in garbage collection fees after a previous Council meeting with the item was canceled.
Traveling back in time – Railroad display models historic Flathead Valley in miniature
Trains once chugged through the center of Kalispell, making the community a railroad hub and helping it to thrive as a commercial center. A spur line connecting the city with Somers provided a connection point to a sawmill on the north shore of Flathead Lake.
County picks construction firm for jail design process
Flathead County commissioners have selected Martel Construction as its construction manager to begin work on plans for a potential new county detention facility.
Rate increase for garbage collection on Whitefish Council agenda
Garbage rates in Whitefish are set to increase by about 18%.
Flathead County Planning Board looks at subdivisions
Three small subdivisions go before the Flathead County Planning Board on Wednesday.
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.
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.
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.