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Friday College Basketball Skylights at UGF, 6 p.m. Lights at UGF, 8 p.m. High School Basketball Havre boys vs Lewistown, 7 p.m. Havre girls at Lewistown, 7 p.m. Turner vs Box Elder, 6 p.m. Chinook girls vs Big Sandy, 6 p.m. Chinook boys vs Big Sandy, 7:30 Chester/J-I girls at Power, 6 p.m. Chester/J-I boys at Power, 7:30 North Star girls at Sunburst, 6 p.m North Star boys at Sunburst, 7:30 Rocky Boy girls vs Shelby, 6 p.m. Rocky Boy boys vs Shelby, 7:30 Harlem girls at Malta, 6 p.m. Harlem boys at Malta, 7:30 High School... Full story
U.S.B.C. Youth resumes bowling Sunday after a two week vacation. Remember the leagues start at 1:30 p.m., so everyone is asked to be at least 15 minutes early. There will still be time to go up to Holiday Village to get Marc Mariani's autograph as he will be signing from 1-4. The Pepsi Challenge will be Saturday, Jan. 15 and Jan. 22. All information will be in this article next week. Chinook, Rudyard and any other youth program in the area is eligible to bowl in the tournament. TIP OF THE WEEK: Staying behind the ball better...
When it comes to the Frontier Conference season, the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams have similar approaches in preparing for league play. And with their Frontier openers at UGF just two days away, the Lights and Skylights are hoping their philosophy has paid off. Both Northern teams have spent the last two months taking on a rigorous nonconference schedule, mostly built around difficult road and neutral sight games. The hope is, that after the schedule both teams played in November and...
The Hill County Commission is waiting for confirmation that the man elected to Hill County superintendent of schools will not take the position before taking steps to fill the office. Gary Pfister, who won the primary election for the position and was unopposed in November's general election, sent a letter to the commissioners in mid-November saying he would not take the office. The other county officials took their oath of office Monday morning. Commission Chair Mike Wendland said that the superintendent's position is not of...
Trustee board approves HHS roof repair plans The Havre Public School District's Board of Trustees held an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss plans for Havre High School's roof, after last week's collapse. After a half-hour presentation, Superintendent Andy Carlson recommended that the board hire engineers from the Great Falls office of Thomas, Dean & Hoskins to design the roof, repair and update it. He also recommended the board approve approaching Havre's Clausen and Sons to carry out the construction. The board approved...
Things have picked up for the railroad freight company that runs trains through Havre, although a spokesman says the level of shipments is still below pre-recession numbers. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway spokesman Gus Melonas said last week that the number of employees working in Montana has increased in the last two years and is expected to continue to move upward. Melonas said the company added 50 active workers in Montana in 2009 and another 70 in 2010. The company furloughs employees when demand for work decreases...
Half of town loses power during frigid New Year's Eve, damages pool heater A drunken driver on the east edge of Havre didn't hit anyone, but he did black out half of the town and dampened community members' hopes of swimming. According a Montana Highway Patrol report, 10 minutes before midnight, a 20-year-old Havre man was driving down 24th Avenue East, or Roller Coaster Road, toward Clear Creek Road. The driver went through a stop sign and a fence to take out a utility pole and its guy wire. With the guy wire down, NorthWest... Full story
HELENA — State gambling regulators say video gambling revenues have declined over the past two fiscal years, including a 16 percent drop in the most recent reporting period. The Gambling Control Division reported taxes collected from electronic poker and keno machines fell from $62.1 million in fiscal 2009 to $54.2 million in fiscal 2010, which runs from July 2009 through June 2010. The fiscal 2008 taxes were $63.4 million. Gaming Industry Association of Montana executive director Neil Peterson attributed the 2 percent d...
Deb E. Porter was born in Havre, Mont., in 1952. Deb is survived by her sister, Jeanne E. Porter Brubaker, and brother, Bob H. Porter, along with several nieces, nephews and great-nieces and -nephews. Debra passed on Dec. 23, 2010, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to the UC San Diego Foundation for the benefit of the Moore's Cancer Center at 9500 Gilman Drive, #0940, La Jolla, CA 92093-0940. Indicate "In memory of Deb Porter" in the memo section of the check. Deb...
Margaret M. Goodian, 81, of Helena, died of natural causes Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011, at St. Peter's Hospital in Helena. She was born on Nov. 19, 1929, in Havre to Christopher J. and Mattie (Miller) Nolan. Margaret was raised in Box Elder and graduated from Box Elder High School in 1947. She married Kenneth Goodian on Sept. 20, 1947, and during their 46-year marriage they raised four children. She retired from Mountain Bell Telephone Co. in 1983 after 29 years of service. Survivors include her son, Kendall (Caryn) of Dayton,...
BILLINGS — Montana's governor said Monday he will not block the relocation of 68 bison to two American Indian reservations. Gov. Brian Schweitzer last week declared that no Yellowstone National Park bison could be moved within Montana. He cited mixed messages from the federal government on whether some quarantined bison could harbor the disease brucellosis. But Schweitzer said Monday the relocations can move forward because an Interior Department researcher said he believes the animals do not have the disease. AP P...
A local organization is trying to get out the word that it is coordinating free services to eligible people to get help preparing tax returns next year, and that it needs people to provide that help. Star Perkins, community development officer at Opportunity Link Inc., said the organization is sharing an $80,000 grant from the U. S. Internal Revenue Service to expand Volunteer Income Tax Assistance across the state, and wants to find people interested in volunteering. "Just as many as we can, " Perkins said this morning....
A man was admitted into the hospital Friday night with a stab wound to the neck received just east of Havre. According to Hill County Sheriff Don Brostrom, 49-year-old Havre man Randall Redeagle, was "going to a residence east of Havre. He went up to the door and was stabbed in the neck. " Redeagle was taken to Northern Montana Hospital, while his alleged assailant, 56-year-old Havre resident Kenneth Piapot, was arrested on charges including aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. The first Hill County Detention Center...
The early planning is again under way for a decades-old tradition in Havre: A turkey dinner with all the trimmings and holiday companionship, served free-of-charge. Jerry Bergren said the holiday meal will be served at the Havre Eagles Club at 202 1st Street from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. Sunday, Dec. 25. The tradition goes back decades, with local resident and former Montana state lawmaker Bob Sivertsen heading the celebration for 17 years before Bergrens took over. They have been organizing the event for some 10 years. The... Full story
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Emcee Doug Kaercher helps sell Triangle Communications' "Frosty's Magical Christmas" tree during the tree auction at the Fourth Annual Festival of Trees Friday evening in the former Bi-Mart location at the Holiday Village Mall. The old Bi-Mart location at Holiday Village Mall was lit with bright holiday decorations. Fourteen Christmas trees were decorated in a variety of creative ways. Food was being served. The Fourth Annual Festival of Trees attracted a sold-out crowd of people who were in a...
Photo/Stephen Chernin, File Andy Rooney leaves the Celebration of Life Memorial ceremony for Walter Cronkite at Avery Fisher Hall in New York on Aug. 9, 2009. CBS says former "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney died Friday at age 92. NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Rooney so dreaded the day he had to end his signature "60 Minutes" commentaries about life's large and small absurdities that he kept going until he was 92 years old. Even then, he said he wasn't retiring. Writers never retire. But his life after the end of "A Few Minutes W... Full story
Big Sandy's Trevor Lackner (right) looks to run during a Class C Six-Man playoff game Saturday in Big Sandy. A pair of Chinook tacklers bring down a Drummond running back during Saturday's Class C 8-man playoff game between the Beeters and Trojans in Chinook. The top-ranked Chinook Sugarbeeters got a fight from the Drummond Trojans, but in the end, the Beeters are back in the Class C 8-man semifinals. Saturday in Chinook, the Beeters outlasted Drummond 48-42 to advance to the semifinal round. Chinook got 171 yards rushing fro...
Havre High's Justin Jensen hands off to Casey Schaub during Saturday's Class A quarterfinal playoff game at Blue Pony Stadium. The Havre Blue Ponies turned a bad start into a 16-point Class A quarterfinal win Saturday afternoon at Blue Pony Stadium. The Hamilton Broncs blocked a first-quarter Havre punt and returned it for a 7-0 lead, but from there, it was all HHS as the Ponies won 30-14 and advanced to next week's Class A semifinal in Dillon. The win gave Havre its first victory in the playoffs since 2004. Havre High's...
HELENA (AP) — A substitute teacher hired about two weeks ago at Four Georgians Elementary in Helena and who police say downloaded child pornography at home has been charged with felony sexual abuse of children. The Independent Record reports (http://bit.ly/srGYR2) that 34-year-old Jason Lawrence Carrick was taken into custody Thursday by Helena police and the Montana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Police said they searched Carrick's home and seized his computer. According to an FBI affidavit, law enforcement o...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A former defensive coach who was integral for decades to Penn State's football success was accused Saturday of molesting eight boys, and two school administrators were charged with failing to tell police when a witness told them he saw a boy being sexually assaulted in the shower. Former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, 67, was arrested Saturday and released on $100,000 bail after being arraigned on 40 criminal counts, according to the office of the state attorney general, Linda Kelly. She called S...
HELENA — A crowded Republican primary field vying for governor in 2012 is growing even larger, with state Sen. Jeff Essmann and two others joining an already large field. Two others, a science fiction author and an anti-wolf activist, also joined the long list of GOP candidates seeking to replace Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who is leaving office because of term limits. AP file photo/Dylan Brown.Independent Record From left, Sen. Jeffrey Essmann, R-Billings, House Majority Leader Tom McGillvray, R-Billings, and Rep. W...
Thursday High School Football Chester/J-I at Belt, 7 p.m. High School Volleyball North Star vs Dutton-Brady, 6 p.m. High School X-Country Havre at Helena Invite Friday High School Football Havre at Libby, 6 p.m. Harlem at Wolf Point, 7 p.m. Big Sandy at North Star, 7 p.m. High School Volleyball Chester/J-I vs HLP, 6 p.m. Chinook vs Valier, 7 p.m. Saturday High School Football HLP at Wibaux, 1 p.m. High School Volleyball Havre High at Choteau, 2 p.m. Chinook at Chester/J-I, 6 p.m. North Star vs HLP, 6 p.m. High School...
It's been an interesting first half of the Frontier Conference volleyball season. There's been surprises, there's been upsets and there's been great matches all over the league. But as all Frontier squads reached the halfway point last weekend, things have started to shake out a little more like they were expected to. Rocky Mountain College has been dominant from the get-go, but at the midway point, the Battlin' Bears sit tied with three-time defending Montana State...
Former Havre Blue Pony Jeremy Jensen grew up learning the game of golf in Havre. And while he took his talents to Coeur Montana State University-Northern golfer Jeremy Jensen chips towards a green during a Frontier Conference golf tournament last month. Jensen, a Havre High golf product is part of the inaugural men's golf team at Northern. He recently shot a 64 at the Rocky Mountain Invitational in Billings, and is helping to jump-start the MSU-Northern men's program after two... Full story
The U. S. Customs and Border Protection agency is holding a meeting in Havre to present a study on what it could do to upgrade security and promote legal trade on the northern U. S. border. The meeting, set for Thursday from 7 to 9 p. m. at the TownHouse Inns of Havre, comes a little more than a year after the agency held a meeting in Havre to collect comments on effects of CPB actions in the region. The Havre meeting, where the headquarters of a Border Patrol sector that covers more than 450 miles of U. S.-Canadian border...
