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Saturday morning, Havre resident Pam Harada pleaded with the Montana Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to go ahead with a project to transform 40 miles of U.S. Highway 2 from two lanes to four. The MDT will announce the fate of the project on Friday. "I think our area desperately needs four lanes," Harada told the MDT. "Do not throw away the Hi-Line." Harada was joined by more than 40 people residents, state senators and county commissioners in a forum hosted by the MDT at the Triangle...
The Havre High Blue Ponies are tired of losing close games and traveled to Lewistown Saturday night in hopes of ending a four-game losing streak. But in a back-and-forth game, it was the Eagles who finally pulled out the 64-61 victory at the buzzer. Lewistown moved to 8-6 on the season and are currently in fourth place in the Central A division. With the loss, Havre fell to 3-11 and are seventh in the division. The Ponies and the Eagles were tied at 15 at the end of the first quarter, but Lewistown came back to outscore the...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights are back to looking like the Skylights of old with their second straight victory, defeating the Rocky Mountain College Lady Bears 74-50 on Saturday. The Skylights (17-5, 4-3) took an early lead over the Battling Bears in the first half and never squandered it. Northern was also back on track in every offensive category. The Skylights shot 52.7 percent from the field (60.9 percent in the second half), 46.7 percent from three-point range, including a perfect 3 for 3 in the second...
RUDYARD The Blue Sky Eagles overcame a fast start by the KG KouGars and rallied in the second half to defeat the visiting team. Led by the hot shooting of junior guard Casey Crites and the play of forwards Tyler Kapperud and Thomas Marshall, the visiting KouGars jumped out to a 12-point lead in the first quarter. Crites led both teams in scoring with 24 points, scoring 20 in the first half. Kapperud and Thomas added 14 apiece for the game. Kapperud played well despite a sore ankle he sprained in practice on Monday. KG...
Emotional losses are never easy for a team and neither is coming back after such a loss and trying to get a win. The Montana State University-Northern Lights knew that feeling all too well this weekend. The Lights (13-9, 2-4) lost a nailbiter Thursday 83-82 to Carroll College, but responded with an 84-80 win over Rocky Mountain College on Saturday night. With three minutes remaining in the contest, the Lights were down by six and Rocky sensed its chances for an upset. But freshman Jeff Graham took matters into his own hands...
The Havre Midget hockey team played two home games this weekend against a Butte team that was looking for some revenge after two losses earlier in the season. The hunt for revenge was evident in the first game as Butte tied with Havre 2-2. The Ice Hawks struck back in the second game, winning 6-3. The first game with Butte was a league game. The Havre team took a 2-0 lead into the third period, before giving up two goals to Butte, ending the game in a tie. Havre player Garrett Drake said his team expected to get two wins... Full story
The Havre High Blue Ponies faced one of the most difficult and intense dual meets of their season against Conrad Saturday night at the Blue Pony Corral. The Ponies had a lead of 18-6 at one point in the dual meet, but with only one Pony victory in the next six matches, Conrad took a 30-21 lead. Behind wins from Drew Harlow and Chad Hedges, Havre tied the meet at 30 with just one match remaining. Havre's Kyle Lammerding matched up with Conrad's Zach Lockyer at 135 pounds for the decisive meeting of the night. Lockyer made...
GILDFORD The Chester Lady Coyotes did everything right Friday night, passing, setting and spiking their way to dominating KG with wins of 15-3, 15-5 and 15-1 at Gildford. The Coyotes and KouGars battled it out in a close first game until Jamie Graham and Michele VanDyke each rallied off three straight serves, giving Chester an 8-2 lead. With a 10-3 lead, senior Maci Tempel served up the next five points, including an ace, giving the game-one victory to Chester. It took the Coyotes five tries to get their first point in the... Full story
BIG SANDY Shirley Simpson, 76, a retired school teacher, died Friday Jan. 25, 2002, at a Big Sandy care facility of natural causes. Funeral Service is 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Christ Lutheran Church with Pastor James Robinson officiating. Burial to follow funeral at the Big Sandy Cemetery. Fellowship to follow at Christ Lutheran Church location. Shirley Elizabeth Wilson, also known as Shirley Ann Wilson, was born Dec. 30, 1925, to Ralph and Bina (Beach) Wilson at Yankton, S.D. She lived in Saco and graduated from high school... Full story
A Veterans Affairs Division service officer will be in the Hi-Line area on the following dates: Monday, Feb. 4 Big Sandy from 10:15 to 11 a.m. at the Wells Fargo Bank; Rocky Boy from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center; Havre from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at the Senior Citizen Center; Tuesday, Feb. 5 Chinook from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Old Armory; Fort Belknap from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Senior Citizen Hall; Malta from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the City Hall. Anyone needing the assistance of the service officer, Mr....
Havre High School improved over its fourth-place finish last year at the state Class ABC speech, debate and drama tournament, taking third place in the Class A competition at the tournament hosted in Havre Friday and Saturday. Havre had the second-highest number of students entered in the tournament, which had 73 schools registered. Havre competed against 23 Class A schools to take the third-place trophy. Columbia Falls High School won Class A and Whitefish High School took second. Havre had 15 competitors who won points in... Full story
State Sen. Greg Jergeson, D-Chinook, has announced his intention to run for a seat on the Montana Public Service Commission in District One for a four-year term. Jergeson has been in the Senate 22 years but cannot run for re-election because of term limits. He said in a press release that he has tried to adhere to principles he learned from the 4-H pledge to his work in the Senate, including thinking clearly, being loyal to constituents, devoting energy to sorting through complex issues facing Montana, and exercising discipli...
Saturday morning, Havre resident Pam Harada pleaded with the Montana Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to go ahead with a project to transform 40 miles of U.S. Highway 2 from two lanes to four. The MDT will announce the fate of the project on Friday. "I think our area desperately needs four lanes," Harada told the MDT. "Do not throw away the Hi-Line." Harada was joined by more than 40 people residents, state senators and county commissioners in a forum hosted by the MDT at the Triangle... Full story
The Havre High Blue Ponies are tired of losing close games and traveled to Lewistown Saturday night in hopes of ending a four-game losing streak. But in a back-and-forth game, it was the Eagles who finally pulled out the 64-61 victory at the buzzer. Lewistown moved to 8-6 on the season and are currently in fourth place in the Central A division. With the loss, Havre fell to 3-11 and are seventh in the division. The Ponies and the Eagles were tied at 15 at the end of the first quarter, but Lewistown came back to outscore the...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights are back to looking like the Skylights of old with their second straight victory, defeating the Rocky Mountain College Lady Bears 74-50 on Saturday. The Skylights (17-5, 4-3) took an early lead over the Battling Bears in the first half and never squandered it. Northern was also back on track in every offensive category. The Skylights shot 52.7 percent from the field (60.9 percent in the second half), 46.7 percent from three-point range, including a perfect 3 for 3 in the second...
RUDYARD The Blue Sky Eagles overcame a fast start by the KG KouGars and rallied in the second half to defeat the visiting team. Led by the hot shooting of junior guard Casey Crites and the play of forwards Tyler Kapperud and Thomas Marshall, the visiting KouGars jumped out to a 12-point lead in the first quarter. Crites led both teams in scoring with 24 points, scoring 20 in the first half. Kapperud and Thomas added 14 apiece for the game. Kapperud played well despite a sore ankle he sprained in practice on Monday. KG...
Emotional losses are never easy for a team and neither is coming back after such a loss and trying to get a win. The Montana State University-Northern Lights knew that feeling all too well this weekend. The Lights (13-9, 2-4) lost a nailbiter Thursday 83-82 to Carroll College, but responded with an 84-80 win over Rocky Mountain College on Saturday night. With three minutes remaining in the contest, the Lights were down by six and Rocky sensed its chances for an upset. But freshman Jeff Graham took matters into his own hands... Full story
The Havre Midget hockey team played two home games this weekend against a Butte team that was looking for some revenge after two losses earlier in the season. The hunt for revenge was evident in the first game as Butte tied with Havre 2-2. The Ice Hawks struck back in the second game, winning 6-3. The first game with Butte was a league game. The Havre team took a 2-0 lead into the third period, before giving up two goals to Butte, ending the game in a tie. Havre player Garrett Drake said his team expected to get two wins...
The Havre High Blue Ponies faced one of the most difficult and intense dual meets of their season against Conrad Saturday night at the Blue Pony Corral. The Ponies had a lead of 18-6 at one point in the dual meet, but with only one Pony victory in the next six matches, Conrad took a 30-21 lead. Behind wins from Drew Harlow and Chad Hedges, Havre tied the meet at 30 with just one match remaining. Havre's Kyle Lammerding matched up with Conrad's Zach Lockyer at 135 pounds for the decisive meeting of the night. Lockyer made...
GILDFORD The Chester Lady Coyotes did everything right Friday night, passing, setting and spiking their way to dominating KG with wins of 15-3, 15-5 and 15-1 at Gildford. The Coyotes and KouGars battled it out in a close first game until Jamie Graham and Michele VanDyke each rallied off three straight serves, giving Chester an 8-2 lead. With a 10-3 lead, senior Maci Tempel served up the next five points, including an ace, giving the game-one victory to Chester. It took the Coyotes five tries to get their first point in the...
BIG SANDY Shirley Simpson, 76, a retired school teacher, died Friday Jan. 25, 2002, at a Big Sandy care facility of natural causes. Funeral Service is 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Christ Lutheran Church with Pastor James Robinson officiating. Burial to follow funeral at the Big Sandy Cemetery. Fellowship to follow at Christ Lutheran Church location. Shirley Elizabeth Wilson, also known as Shirley Ann Wilson, was born Dec. 30, 1925, to Ralph and Bina (Beach) Wilson at Yankton, S.D. She lived in Saco and graduated from high school...
A Veterans Affairs Division service officer will be in the Hi-Line area on the following dates: Monday, Feb. 4 Big Sandy from 10:15 to 11 a.m. at the Wells Fargo Bank; Rocky Boy from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center; Havre from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at the Senior Citizen Center; Tuesday, Feb. 5 Chinook from 8 to 9 a.m. at the Old Armory; Fort Belknap from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Senior Citizen Hall; Malta from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the City Hall. Anyone needing the assistance of the service officer, Mr....
Havre High School improved over its fourth-place finish last year at the state Class ABC speech, debate and drama tournament, taking third place in the Class A competition at the tournament hosted in Havre Friday and Saturday. Havre had the second-highest number of students entered in the tournament, which had 73 schools registered. Havre competed against 23 Class A schools to take the third-place trophy. Columbia Falls High School won Class A and Whitefish High School took second. Havre had 15 competitors who won points in...
State Sen. Greg Jergeson, D-Chinook, has announced his intention to run for a seat on the Montana Public Service Commission in District One for a four-year term. Jergeson has been in the Senate 22 years but cannot run for re-election because of term limits. He said in a press release that he has tried to adhere to principles he learned from the 4-H pledge to his work in the Senate, including thinking clearly, being loyal to constituents, devoting energy to sorting through complex issues facing Montana, and exercising discipli... Full story
Saturday morning, Havre resident Pam Harada pleaded with the Montana Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to go ahead with a project to transform 40 miles of U.S. Highway 2 from two lanes to four. The MDT will announce the fate of the project on Friday. "I think our area desperately needs four lanes," Harada told the MDT. "Do not throw away the Hi-Line." Harada was joined by more than 40 people residents, state senators and county commissioners in a forum hosted by the MDT at the Triangle...
