Archive For August 2010
Counterfeit bills appear in Havre area
September 1st, 2010
e Havre Police Department Tuesday received counterfeit $20 bills...
Answered prayers for St. Jude Thaddeus School
September 1st, 2010
Persistent rainfalls flooded and caused damage to parts of the area along the Hi-Line. In some areas, the damage left people praying for a miracle. Yet for St. Jude Thaddeus School, the...
Havre Pride cleanup set for Sept. 11
September 1st, 2010
For about 15 years now, Kim Cripps has led troops out to the streets and sidewalks of Havre each spring and fall to collect trash from the streets.She will be at it again 9 a.m. t...
Islands begin evacuations as Earl approaches
September 1st, 2010
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Powerful Hurricane Earl wheeled toward the East Coast, driving...
Local Sports Schedule
September 1st, 2010
ThursdayHigh School FootballSimms at Chester/J-I, 7 p.mHigh School VolleyballChinook at Havre (Fr./JV), 5 p.m.Friday
Frontier Conference football preview
September 1st, 2010
For two teams, the Frontier Conference football season is already a week old. For the rest, the race for the Frontier championship and a berth in the 2010...
Obama says it's time to turn the page on Iraq
August 31st, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared an end to the U.S. comb...
Obama: End of Iraq combat effort, 'no victory lap'
August 31st, 2010
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Montana drinking and driving culture at crossroads
August 31st, 2010
Montana drinking and driving culture at crossroads
Counterfeit bills hitting Havre
August 31st, 2010
The Havre Police Department said this morning it is investigating a local business receiveing counterfeit $20 bills, and is urging all to carefully check any 20s received.Sgt. And...
Editor's note: Help us honor Iraq era veterans
August 31st, 2010
President Barack Obama will address the nation tonight, formally ending the United States' combat role in Iraq.The president, by all accounts, will be careful not to roll out the "Mis...
City approves $15.7 mil. Preliminary budget
August 31st, 2010
The City of Havre is looking at a $15.7 million budget for the next fiscal year, which its city clerk said is close to the same as it was last year.“The total budget appropriation...
Havre High golfers show improvement
August 31st, 2010
Just before the weather went south, the Havre High boys and girls golf teams got a chance to compete in the third tournament of the high school golf season. &nbs...
Hi-Line Volleyball Roundup
August 31st, 2010
For some area high school volleyball teams, Saturday was a busy first day. Several local teams got plenty of court time at the Malta Invitational, while t...
Hi-Line Football Roundup
August 31st, 2010
It was a light opening weekend for area high school football, but one Hi-Line team certainly made a big splash. In their season-opening game, the Chinook...
George Ferguson Column
August 31st, 2010
If I would have known what was going to transpire last Saturday, I would have loved to have the power to be in two places at once. As I was watching the M...
Breaking news: Council approves $15.7M preliminary budget
August 30th, 2010
The Havre City Council Monday approved a preliminary budget of more than $15,7 mil...
Lights strike in Dillon
August 30th, 2010
DILLON — The Montana State University-Northern football team brought the lightning — literally.
Montana Family Foundation: Traditional family values are under assault
August 30th, 2010
Montana Family Foundation: Traditional fam...
Annexation lawsuit delayed until next year
August 30th, 2010
Annexation lawsuit delayed until next year...
Tim Leeds — City looks at preliminary budget tonight
August 30th, 2010
Tim Leeds — City looks at preliminary budget tonight...
Breaking news: Havre 66 Whitefish 21
August 28th, 2010
Junior Logan Connor had three touchdown receptions to lead the...
Beck says US has 'wandered in darkness' too long
August 28th, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, conservative broadcaster G...
Breaking news: Montana Family Foundation president calls for family va...
August 27th, 2010
The president of the Montana Family Foundation asked a crowd at Havre's Town Squa...
A big change in one year: Mariani adjusting to NFL life
August 27th, 2010
A big change in one year: Mariani adjustin...
Game Time: Ponies ready for Bulldogs
August 27th, 2010
(Results of Saturday's game will be post on havredailynews.com at the end of the game.)
(Havre High vs Whitefish
(Blue Pony...
Ranchers differ on benefit of new antitrust rules
August 27th, 2010
Ranchers differ on benefit of new antitrus...
Law clerk Bekker leaving District Court
August 27th, 2010
Law clerk Bekker leaving District Court&nb...
Evacuations ordered after prescribed burn flares
From King to Beck: Big rally at Lincoln Memorial
August 26th, 2010
From King to Beck: Big rally at Lincoln Me...
Schweitzer cooking up new plan for cheap drugs
August 26th, 2010
Schweitzer cooking up new plan for cheap drugs
The coming new wave of suburban pioneers
August 26th, 2010
The coming new wave of suburban pioneers August in Montana. Harvest is in full swing. Hay, neatly compressed and bound, tumbles forth from balers. Combines fill trucks with record...
Napolitano says she's willing to look at 24-hour port of Wild Horse
August 26th, 2010
Napolitano says willing to look at 24-hour...
Frontier/DAC merger talks get serious
August 26th, 2010
If a summit meeting in Dickinson, N.D. is any indication of the future, the Frontier Conference good look a lot different come next year. Several official...
MSU-N Football 2010: Lights offense
August 26th, 2010
One thing which held the Montana State University-Northern football team back last season was getting in the end zone. The Northern offense moved the bal...
Inmate escapes during transfer in Great Falls
August 25th, 2010
Inmate escapes during transfer in Great Fa...
Breaking News: Secretary Napolitano: DHS willing to work with local gr...
August 25th, 2010
Secretary Napolitano: DHS willing to work...
As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to benefit
August 25th, 2010
As GOP civil war rages, Democrats look to...
Magna Carta doesn’t stifle public prayer, criticism of Obama isn...
August 25th, 2010
Magna Carta doesn’t stifle public prayer, criticism of Obama isn’t racism Editor: Upon seeing yet another letter from Dr. Thackeray, my first thought was: Give it a rest, professor.&nbs...
Breaking news: Border station's fate draws Napolitano to Havre
August 25th, 2010
Breaking news: Border station's fate draw...
NCMT celebrates one year, 18,000 passengers
August 25th, 2010
NCMT celebrates one year, 18,000 passengers
School board replaces in-school suspension with detention
August 25th, 2010
School board replaces in-school suspension...
City to give voluntary business licenses another try
August 25th, 2010
City to give voluntary business licenses a...
Schweitzer: Montana budget situation is good
August 25th, 2010
Schweitzer: Montana budget situation is go...
HHS golfers finish strong
August 25th, 2010
Although things don't get any easier on the second day of the Great Falls Invitational golf tournament, the Havre High golfers in attendance made some important strides.&n...
MSU-N Football 2010: Lights defense
August 25th, 2010
For the better part of six years now, the Montana State University-Northern has built solid football seasons around an aggressive, stingy defense. Norther...
Breaking news: Medical marijuana industry to buck more regulation
August 24th, 2010
Medical marijuana industry...
Annexation lawsuit hearing moved to Lewistown
August 24th, 2010
Annexation lawsuit hearing moved to Lewist...
State employees facing med marijuana charges
August 24th, 2010
State employees facing med marijuana charges
Annexation lawsuit hearing moved to Lewistown
August 24th, 2010
Annexation lawsuit hearing moved to Lewist...
Mariani does it all on MNF
August 24th, 2010
Two down, two to go. And so far, so good. Marc Mariani made his ESPN Monday Night Football debut a memorable one, and he did it a little sooner than expec...
No evidence that tainted eggs go beyond 2 farms
August 23rd, 2010
Food and Drug Administration officials said Monday that there is no evidence a massive outbreak of salmonella in eggs has spread beyond two Iowa farms, though a team of investigators is still...
George Ferguson column: I'm ready, it's almost game time
August 23rd, 2010
George Ferguson column: I'm ready, it's almost game time
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August 23rd, 2010
Margaret Emma Toulouse Margaret Emma Toulouse finished her journey in this life on Aug. 16, 2010. She is now with her Lord and Savior, Jesus.This day is something she looked forwa...
Bone faces hearing on murder parole violation
August 23rd, 2010
Bone faces hearing on murder parole violat...
3 weeks on run, fugitives arrested without fight
August 21st, 2010
ST. JOHNS, Ariz. — The prison escape spurred a three-week manhunt stretching from Arizona to Montana to Arkansas. But it ended not far from where it began.The self-sty...
Breaking news: DHS Secretary..."> Breaking news: DHS Secretary...
August 21st, 2010
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will be in Havre next week as part of a...
Montana ranchers vow to fight national monument idea
August 21st, 2010
Montana ranchers vow to fight national mon...
Ranger who helped nab fugitives hailed as hero
August 20th, 2010
FELICIA FONSECA, JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press Writers
ST. JOHNS...
Baucus, Sebelius plan health care talk in Libby
August 20th, 2010
Baucus, Sebelius plan health care talk in...
Ranger who helped nab fugitives hailed as hero
August 20th, 2010
Ranger who helped nab fugitives hailed as hero...
Tester, Baucus call for wolf management meeting
August 20th, 2010
Tester, Baucus call for wolf management me...
Arson charges pending for Harlem hay fire, vandalism
August 20th, 2010
Arson charges pending for Harlem hay fire,...
Turning on the Spigot in North Havre rural water district
August 20th, 2010
Turning on the Spigot in North Havr...
Mariani moving forward
August 20th, 2010
Marc Mariani has now played in a real NFL football game. But before he finds out if he'll be making any appearances in regular season games for the Tenn...
Skylights open with some success
August 20th, 2010
It may have been the first night of the 2010 NAIA volleyball season, but the Montana State University-Northern Skylights showed they have what it takes to turn things around quic...
Mariani moving forward
August 20th, 2010
Marc Mariani has now played in a real NFL football game. But before he finds out if he'll be making any appearances in regular season games for the Tenn...
Breaking Sports: Skylights split volleyball opener
August 19th, 2010
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team had a successful opening night of the 2010 season. Thursday night in Great Falls, the Skylights beat nationally-ranked Jamestown College in fou...
Honored to support Hansen for state representative
August 19th, 2010
Honored to support Hansen for state rep.
Montana workers' comp overhaul gets green light
August 19th, 2010
Montana workers' comp overhaul gets green...
Roger Clemens indicted for lying to Congress
August 19th, 2010
WASHINGTON — Roger Clemens was vehement: "Let me be clear. I have never taken...
Frontier Conference spotlight: Volleyball 2010
August 19th, 2010
Summer time is about to give way to the volleyball court. And once again, the Frontier Conference should be a premier power in NAIA women's volleyball.
Oregon community develops wind farm without corporate help
August 18th, 2010
Ormand Hilderbrand says he "now knows the real meaning of going for broke'" after spending five years working to launch Oregon's first small, independently developed wind farm."You...
Panel endorses 2 retirement plans for new teachers
August 18th, 2010
HELENA (AP) — An interim committee trying to close a potential $1.5 billion long-term funding gap in the Teachers Retirement System is sending the full Legislature two proposals that wo...
Rehberg: Memo confirms ‘worst-case scenario’ on monuments
August 18th, 2010
U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., said Tuesday that review of the rest of a Department of Interior memo, part of which was leaked in February, confirms his worst fears. &ldq...
City moves to fight tree blight
August 18th, 2010
Havre city officials may soon have more authority to fight diseased and blighted trees on city and private property. The city council's Ordinance C...
Celebration set for North Havre rural water system
August 18th, 2010
Local, state and federal officials will gather in Havre Friday morning to celebrate another major achievement in creating a regional water system: The connection of the Nor...
4-H will remain at Great Northern Fair
August 18th, 2010
During a meeting of the Hill County Fair Board, members said they want to quell a rumor apparently going around the county: The board is not planning to kick 4-H out of the fair.“...
Rocky Boy sets nation-to-nation agreement for recovery
August 18th, 2010
For the first time in a six-state region, a Native American tribe has signed an agreement to act as a sovereign nation in administering its own disaster funding. ...
Breaking news: Rocky Boy, U.S. government sign nation-to-nation agreem...
August 17th, 2010
It was a historic moment at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation Tuesday when the chairman of the Chippewa Cree Tribe and the regional director of the Federal Emergency Managemen...
Old-style coal plants are expanding in the West
August 17th, 2010
Utilities across the country are building dozens of old-style coal plants that will cement the industry's standing as the largest industrial source of climate-changing gases for years to come.
Grizzly in maulings was stressed, had parasites
August 17th, 2010
Hunger and internal parasites afflicted a grizzly bear that ma u l e d t h r e e c amp e r s n e a r Yellowstone National Park, but investigators said Monday those factors failed to explain such ag...
Alley runoff stirs political debate at Council meeting
August 17th, 2010
City Council members heard from a resident concerned about alley maintenance during their meeting Monday night."It's a small matter for them; it's a huge matter for me," Vineé...
Only two businesses have signed on with voluntary city registry
August 17th, 2010
A city committee will revisit how to have businesses register with the city for zoning purposes after a voluntary business registry proposal has garnered only two registrations."That'...
The next step: Mariani plays in Seattle
August 16th, 2010
SEATTLE — The game of football has given Marc Mariani a lot of firsts in his young life. From the first time playing tackle football to winning a Class A state champio...
Mariani takes advantage of his NFL debut
August 16th, 2010
His team came up two points shy of a victory, but on Saturday night at Quest Field in Seattle, Marc Mariani left the playing surface all smiles.Mariani made his NFL debut in front of mo...
Lights press on with first scrimmage of 2010
August 16th, 2010
The Montana State University- Northern football team has already been in the weight room and on the field in preparation for the 2010 season. But there was something about the crashing of ful...
Giant fire set pace for Forest Service in West
August 16th, 2010
Each year major wildfires in the West are fought like military battles, with firefighters deploying by ground and air, bombers dropping retardant on flames and incident commanders plotting strategy...
Glacier tourist numbers up
August 16th, 2010
Glacier National Park officials say that, despite a sluggish economy, the park has experienced a significant increase in visitors in July compared to the same time last year.An estimate...
Seidel will represent Dist. 34 very well
August 16th, 2010
About a year ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Dana Sapp Seidel. As I got to know her, thoughts crossed my mind that she would be an excellent representative for this area. I wasn't t...
Goodbye, Havre, and thank you
August 16th, 2010
I have put down more roots in Havre than were probably wise, knowing that a small paper would be a boon of professional growth, but only for so long.I moved nearly 2,000 miles, asking f...
Feds will fully fund Rocky Boy recovery
August 16th, 2010
With a decision made over the weekend to have the federal government pay 100 percent of costs to repair eligible flood damage at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, a ceremony to sign an agreemen...
City looks at regulating trees, pets
August 16th, 2010
A Havre City Council committee will consider two proposed ordinances Tuesday looking at parts of nature: one on regulating pets and one dealing with trees.The Ordinance Committee during...
Breaking news: Obama says feds will pay all eligible Rocky Boy recover...
August 13th, 2010
The federal government will pay all the costs for flood recovery at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. President Barack Obama Friday afternoon ordered...
Breaking news: Warden, security chief resign after prison escape
August 13th, 2010
KINGMAN, Ariz. (AP) — A warden and a security official have resigned their posts at an Arizona state prison where three inmates escaped last month, setting off a nationwide sea...
Jason Michael Carroll brings energy to Ice Dome
August 13th, 2010
"Happy Birthday" might not be a song that Jason Michael Carroll has recorded, but the country music star good-naturedly sang it to several fans during his concert at the Havre Ice Dome Thursday.
Brownfields Program moves forward to assess properties
August 13th, 2010
A recently established program to identify contaminated properties in the first step toward getting them cleaned up and back into use is moving forward.Bear Paw Development Corp. is now...
HHS golf sees a promising season ahead
August 13th, 2010
When it comes to getting a new season started, the Central A Havre High boys and girls golf teams are wasting no time.Thursday at the Prairie Farms Golf Course in Havre, the Blue Ponies...
Man gets life term in daughter’s beating death
August 13th, 2010
A 34-year-old Lame Deer man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for a lengthy beating that led to the death of his 6-year-old daughter.U. S. District Judge Richard Cebull sentenced...
Karma rocks the universe
August 13th, 2010
Lately, I've had cause to wade in the deeper end of the intellectual puddle.Despite my preference for shallower thoughts, I've been contemplating more philosophical and theological to...
Letters to the Editor
August 13th, 2010
Last Friday, Mr. Thackeray provided us with yet another letter to the editor regarding the graduation prayer at Montana State University-Northern. In it he trotted out the tired notion that p...
Denham signs with Skylights
August 12th, 2010
A lot of good athletes have joined the Montana State University-Northern Skylights basketball program over the off-season, and as another signing was announced this week, the talent pool continues...
Five women and the bears
August 12th, 2010
Donna and Linda from Lincoln invited Karen, who is from Floweree, and me to pick huckleberries. I had important business in Malta Saturday morning, so I took the long route, but that is anoth...
Research hunts weighed for Northern Rockies wolves
August 12th, 2010
Wildlife officials in the Northern Rockies said Wednesday they are considering hunting gray wolves in the name of research to get around a recent court ruling that restored federal protections for...
Manhunt for fugitives reaches Arkansas
August 12th, 2010
Law enforcement officers descended on back roads and densely wooded terrain in northwest Arkansas, following a lead that apparently took them nowhere. Word had spread that a local beauty salo...
Larson fails in bid for Republican treasurer nomination
August 12th, 2010
In a shor t special meet ing Wednesday, the Hill County Republican Central Committee nixed Deputy Hill County Treasurer Wanda Larson’s bid for its nomination as the Republican candidate in th...
Many maids a milking in one Oregon family
August 11th, 2010
Tin pail of milk-replacer in tow, Robin Baggenstos and her daughter walk down the dirt road past the cow barn and a field of Queen Anne's lace to feed the wobbly-legged calves."'Moo...
MSU-Northern Lights football is hard at work in the off season
August 11th, 2010
The Montana State University- Northern Lights football team has been hard at work this off season.And now, smack dab in the midst of two-a-day practices, the Lights look to be well on t...
The Kellen memorial should stay
August 11th, 2010
Just recently my sister and I were driving into Havre to visit our family and friends with a heavy sadness, I have to say, that for the past year there has been a significant intersection that will...
Northern border fortified in search for Ariz. Escapee
August 11th, 2010
Border agents stopped vehicles leaving theU. S. and police beefed up their patrols in the small towns near Glacier National Park as author i t ies focused thei r search for an escaped c...
Court Oks horse roundup on Calif.-Nevada border
August 11th, 2010
A federal appeals court on Tuesday cleared the way for the roundup of more than 2,000 wild horses in California and Nevada, rejecting critics' claims that the free-roaming mustangs have a legal ri...
County sued over landfill access road
August 11th, 2010
The Unified Disposal Board is facing another obstacle over the new landfill being constructed just east of Havre — a lawsuit saying Hill County does not have the right to build the road it pl...
AYP scores below the mark
August 11th, 2010
A complete report will be given in September, but according to preliminary reports, Havre schools again failed to make the grade under annual yearly progress benchmarks for No Child Left Behind.
Flight attendant could get prison for grand exit
August 10th, 2010
NEW YORK — No fed-up worker has ever said "I've had it" quite like Steven Slater. Prosecutors say the JetBlue flight attendant flipped out...
Frontier has great players in the trenches
August 10th, 2010
With so many good quarterbacks and running backs in the Frontier Conference, a key to staying competitive in football games is having a good defensive line.Last season, the Montana Stat...
Will a leader step forward at City Hall
August 10th, 2010
Harry S. Truman defined leadership as “men making history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courage...
Search for fugitive, fiancee focuses on Glacier
August 10th, 2010
A fugitive and his suspected female accomplice who have been tracked across the West — from Arizona to New Mexico to Wyoming — have apparently fled to an area ne a r Montana ' s Gl a c...
Woman gets prison for exploiting elderly man
August 10th, 2010
A 63-yearold Helena woman convicted of exploiting an elderly man and living off of his income until he was nearly destitute has been sentenced to three years in prison and must pay $100,000 in rest...
Boys and girls add some color to public transit
August 10th, 2010
Behind the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line, kids were standing and hurling gobs of paint. They weren't aiming for each other, though. The North Central Montana Transit bus that ha...
Ground work begins on Havre East highway project
August 10th, 2010
To an improved two-lane configuration began in earnest this week, with heavy equipment moving dirt south of the road.Lori Ryan, Montana Department of Transportation public information s...
The summer of Beaver Creek Golf Course
August 9th, 2010
Mother Nature does its share of controlling the game of golf. Weather, no matter if its rain, wind, cold, heat or snow, it can all get in the way of a golfer’s plans, and it most certai...
The lesson we learned from Afghan war logs
August 9th, 2010
The war logs, thousands of secret documents released to the public, don't reveal much new information about the war in Afghanistan.But the whole episode reveals a great deal about mode...
Breaking news: Escaped killer caught in Wyo., says he's relieved
August 9th, 2010
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — An escaped killer with a handgun and a hitchhiking sign expressed relief at his capture on Monday after 10 days on the run, while authorit...
Wolf ruling ends plan to hold talks
August 9th, 2010
A judge's ruling to restore federal protections for the Rocky Mountain gray wolf has scuttled settlement talks between the parties involved in the lawsuit that had been scheduled for next week.
Russia’s wheat woes could help Montana farmers
August 9th, 2010
While the initial news of Russia’s plan to ban further exportation of wheat this year had the markets in a buzz and farmers looking at increasing prices with an exceptional yield, what the lo...
Bike riders remember Kellen Lund
August 9th, 2010
On Saturday morning at Pepin Park, more than 200 community members gathered to show their support in remembrance of young Kellen Lund, who died last year in a fatal bicycle accident.Acc...
Recycling efforts kick off
August 6th, 2010
Five hundred ninety pounds of office paper, newspaper and cardboard were carted from the District IV Human Resources Development Council office Thursday to Pacific Steel & Recycling.
110 already signed up for Saturday’s Kellen Lund bike ride
August 6th, 2010
The memorial bike ride for Kellen Lund, which started as a small idea, has had a big response; 110 advance registration forms have been turned in already, and at leas t 10 0 people have RSVP'd on...
Warburton backs jobs and responsible state spending
August 6th, 2010
I’m honored to serve you in the Montana Legislature. Today, I’d like to highlight some key votes and issues.Pro-life, pro-family values. I fought for pro-life, p...
Pamville News roundup: hot summer crime
August 6th, 2010
Pamville News reporters have scoured the latest news to shine a light on recent criminal activities and torture every last drop of fiction from the events.Robbery to go A masked robber...
GOP hopeful of big gains this fall
August 6th, 2010
With Demo c r a t s o n d e f e n s e, Republicans expressed cautious confidence of big gains in the fall elections — particularly in governor's races — though they acknowledged that t...
Business as usual: Mariani competes
August 6th, 2010
The last few years, former Havre High and University of Montana star Marc Mariani would know exactly what to expect when fall training camp with the Montana Grizzlies began.But after a...
Bill Vaughey tourney on tap Saturday
August 6th, 2010
Havre's longest-running community tennis tournament will take place this weekend.The annual Bill Vaughey Memorial Tennis Tournament will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Bill Vaughey...
MSU slammed for using stimulus $ for China trip
August 6th, 2010
A report by two U.S. senators is criticizing 100 federally funded "stimulus" projects — including one at Montana State University and another in Helena — saying the projects have neit...
Frontier Conference loaded with signal callers
August 5th, 2010
There is no doubt, the 2010 Frontier Conference football season will feature a league loaded with individual talent.But perhaps no position in the league is more talented from top to bo...
The dangerous job of harvesting raspberries
August 5th, 2010
Raspberry jam on toast — a treat to the tongue; raspberry jelly — a ruby jewel; raspberry syrup drizzled on pancakes — perfection; raspberry pie — divine.At the...
Water conflict ebbs as Missouri River rises
August 5th, 2010
Recreational boaters are back and the fish are biting in the u p p e r r e a c h e s o f t h e Mi s s o u r i Ri ve r sys t em.Hundreds of miles downstream, fully laden barges are again...
Frank Filicetti
August 5th, 2010
Frank Adam (Edamo) Filicetti was born Aug. 4, 1927, in Havre, Mont., the youngest son of Rosario and Luigina Filicetti.He passed away after a longterm illness at Hillcrest Manor in Sunn...
William Norman Koepke Jr.
August 5th, 2010
William Norman Koepke Jr., 67, died Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010, at Northern Montana Care Center, of complications from progressive supranuclear palsy.Cremation has taken place, and at his re...
Med pot applicants will need Montana ID
August 5th, 2010
Medical marijuana applicants wi l l h ave t o prove they are Montana resid e n t s b e fo r e t h ey c a n b e added to the patient registry after health officials turned up several applications fr...
New landfill expected to be operating by spring
August 5th, 2010
With the first pit to hold trash nearly completed and a contractor selected to build facilities at the site, the new landfill east of Havre is expected to be open by next spring, Hill County Sanita...
Republicans table vote on potential treasurer candidate
August 5th, 2010
After hearing from Wanda Larson, a potential Republican candidate for Hill County treasurer and assessor, the Hill County Republican Central Committee voted 8 to 1, to table her selection as the pa...
After 378 years, N.H. family farm goes up for sale
August 4th, 2010
In 1632, John Tut t le arrived from England to a settlement near the Maine-New Hampshire border, using a small land grant from King Charles I to start a farm.Eleven generations and 378...
Lights getting ready
August 4th, 2010
The time for the Montana State University- Northern football team to begin preparations for a new season is drawing very near.MSU-N players will report to fall camp Saturday and after a...
Farmers markets are good for everyone
August 4th, 2010
What is a farmers market?Farmers markets vary from hundreds of food producers across a regional food system to just a few farmers collecting in a town square every month. Each mar...
Poll shows Wyo. Among most conservative states
August 4th, 2010
More people in Wyoming describe themselves as conservative than in nearly any other state, a new Gallup poll shows.Fi f ty- three percent of Wyomingites polled said they consider themse...
Poplar police chief arrested on drug charges
August 4th, 2010
Roosevelt County officials arrested the Poplar police chief Tuesday for allegedly growing marijuana plants in a barn near his rural Culbertson home.Chad A. Hilde faces a felony charge o...
Enid Lois Keene O’Leary
August 4th, 2010
Enid Lois Keene O’Leary was born April 19, 1919, in Silverhill, Ala., to Archibald and Gretchen (Ray) Keene. She was raised in several communities in the Mobile area and graduated from...
No Strings Attached: Pinocchio’s Real Boys and Girls
August 4th, 2010
A young girl sits in the empty rows of chairs, watching the stage.Siena Walter is all bottled energy.She answers questions politely, but her face is beaming.The...
County weighs options on Beaver Creek Dam repair
August 4th, 2010
Hill County officials are in a quandary about what to do with a problem at Beaver Creek Dam — the gate to the drain system is malfunctioning and the county has no way to regulate additional w...
Congratulations to GED graduates
August 3rd, 2010
I would like to address the recent GED recipients, who have achieved their first educational goal and have made their futures so much brighter. I taught Adult Basic and Literacy Education at...
Important high school dates approaching
August 3rd, 2010
The weather is getting hot. The dog days of August are here. But it won't be long before high school athletes are taking to the practice fields and the gymnasiums around Montana and on...
Police say gunman among dead in Conn. Shooting
August 3rd, 2010
A warehouse driver who was asked to resign his job at a beer distributor refused, then opened fire this morning, a company executive said. Police said the gunman and several other people were...
Mont. Cracks down on tax cheats, recovers $80M
August 3rd, 2010
Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Monday that efforts to track down tax cheats is leading to a big increase in audit collections at the Department of Revenue.Schweitzer said audit collections...
City moves forward on business registry
August 3rd, 2010
The Havre City Council Monday night discussed a new idea to create a voluntary business registry to let the city track what businesses are operating to help it in planning and in making any zoning...
City of Havre honored for safety record
August 3rd, 2010
Havre City Council member Bob Kaul told the council Monday that the safety record of city employees nearly earned the city a major award this year.Kaul said the city received a letter f...
Mariani shining early on
August 2nd, 2010
Marc Mariani is already making himself feel right at home on the Tennessee Titan's practice fields at Baptist Sports Park in Nashville.Just two days into Titan's training camp, Marian...
Miniature horses brighten care facility
August 2nd, 2010
A "very bright light" came into the lives of the senior citizens at Friendship Villas at La Cholla recently.And that light clopped along on eight hooves.The assisted-livin...
Charlie Fraser
August 2nd, 2010
Charles Robert Fraser, 75, a Joplin-area farmer and independent painter and handyman, who enjoyed the daily news, gardening, antiques and loved his family, died from complications of scleroderma at...
Antoinette Michele Gervais
August 2nd, 2010
Antoinette (Toni) (Toad) Michele Gervais, 48, was taken by our Lord on July 30, 2010, in Kalispel Regional Hospital, with complications from lupus, which she had been struggling with for more than...
LeAnn Rae Bennett
August 2nd, 2010
LeAnn Rae Bennett, 58, peacefully passed away in her home with family and friends, Thursday, July 29, 2010, from complications of breast cancer.Memorial funeral services will be Tuesday...
Warburton serves constituents well
August 2nd, 2010
While serving in the Navy, I heard a new noun: blivot. Just a word description by my shipmates seemed funny, but Professor Thackeray's recent letter to the editor gives a much fuller explana...
Governor decries inaction on energy bill
August 2nd, 2010
Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Friday that Congress' failure to move energy legislation will slow investment in all types of coal projects — clean or dirty — but won't slow mining for the...
County holds meetings on Beaver Creek Reservoir
August 2nd, 2010
Hill County officials have set three meetings Tuesday about an issue at Beaver Creek Reservoir that Hill County Commission Chair Mike Wendland said this morning was at least a byproduct of recent f...
GOP to interview county treasurer candidate Wednesday
August 2nd, 2010
The Hill County Republican Central Committee has scheduled a meeting Wednesday to look at finding a new party candidate for the Hill County treasurer and assessor position up for election in Novemb...
