Lakeside News

Good morning; on the Beacon today, American Dream Montana is leveling allegations against the county planning director and his staff, including violation of state open record and meeting laws and misuse of public funds.

Good morning and happy July 4 weekend! On the Beacon today, we raided the Kitchen Guy's recipe stash for a four-course Fourth of July menu .

KALISPELL - A Lakeside man accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend with an ax has been sentenced to 20 years in prison with 10 years suspended.

The poet Robert Burns said it first: The best-laid schemes often go awry, and leave us grief and pain.

Friday 6/26 7:14 a.m. A suspicious vehicle careened recklessly about the downtown Lakeside area, damaging a guardrail alongside the road.

A group of Somers and Lakeside area landowners filed a lawsuit against Flathead County Thursday afternoon, accusing the county of conducting neighborhood planning efforts in each community secretly and in violation of state and local laws.

He was making a valiant effort to enter the home, evidently believing that it was the residence of a friend.

No persons or animals were harmed. 5:53 a.m. A blue vehicle was driving around Back Woods Trailer Court in a suspicious manner.

A handful of citizens have raised questions over a private online forum used by the committee rewriting the Lakeside neighborhood plan, calling it secretive and illegal.

He left in a minivan before authorities could arrive. 7:26 am - Equipment was vandalized at a Bigfork construction site.

6:59 a.m. An intoxicated man reportedly walked up to a house in east Kalispell, yelled things, then left on foot.

Turns out we was a Census worker. 1:32 p.m. An assistant manager at a local box store wouldn't let an older gentlemen send a money order to Canada.

The 49-year-old returned safely - 24 hours later. 9:19 a.m. A dog could not be caught on Shady Lane.

It turns out the house was being painted and the painter was airing it out. 10:19 a.m. A steer broke out and was wandering around the Reserve and Cherry Lynn area.

Sunday's fatal plane crash in Butte ranks as one of the largest air fatalities in Montana's history.

Near the end of an Evergreen community meeting Saturday aimed at gauging public support for a proposed land use advisory committee there, a man walked to the front of the room and held up a sign that read, "FOR." "I'll make this real simple," he said to the crowd of about 60 people.

Good morning and HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY ! The word from my friends in New York City is that the subway is already crawling with tipsy, green-clad Irishmen as of 8 a.m. On the Beacon today, in the wake of the ...

Flathead County Commissioners expressed support Tuesday for a proposal to form a land use advisory committee in the Evergreen area.

The deer came out on the losing end. 9:51 a.m. Stray peacocks were roaming near Smith Lake Road.

A district court judge rejected arguments last month that three Lakeside-area condominium projects totaling about 600 units should be exempt from subdivision review.