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Havre City Council member Andrew Brekke said Monday during a meeting of Havre City Council’s Streets and Sidewalks Committee that he would be against a two-cent per gallon countywide gas tax on domestic gasoline to help cover the cost of repairing the city’s streets, saying the cost would be paid more by locals than by tourists. “Let’s not lull ourselves into a false sense of hope that tourists pay all the taxes. You probably buy most of your gas if not all of your gas here,” Brekke said at a meeting of the City Council’s...
Beaver Creek Park board members decided Monday night that park fees will be left as they are until at least this time next year. “It’s not necessary as of yet to raise the fees,” park superintendent Chad Edgar said. Park board members agreed there’s no point discussing the issue any further until a finance committee that can assess park needs has been assembled — there isn’t sufficient data to determine what, if anything, should be done with the fees “Let’s leave the fees alone until this time next year, until the commi...
The Havre City Council during its meeting Monday unanimously approved a franchise agreement with Bresnan Communications LLC, which owns Charter Communications, while criticizing a recent decision to close Charter's Havre office. Doug Kaercher, Havre finance director and city clerk, said that in recent years the agreement was merely renewed, but a new agreement had been reached between the city and Bresnan. The text of the agreement said it will last 10 years and will...
A man who was arrested at the Amtrak station for bringing marijuana and hashish into Havre with the intent to distribute was sentenced to six years of probation. Seth J. Mimm received a six-year deferred imposition of sentence for a felony count of criminal possession of dangerous drugs with intent to distribute and another six-year deferred imposition of sentence for a felony count of use or possession of property subject to criminal forfeiture, all pursuant to a plea deal. District Judge Dan Boucher ordered the sentences...
Havre Daily News staff The Chinook Rod & Gun Club is hosting its fourth annual Gun and Antique Show this weekend. The show starts Friday at 6 p.m. in the Commercial Building at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. It continues Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. People can pay $5 to gain admission for all three days. Children 12 and younger accompanied by an adult gain free admission. The show offers concessions each day....
Havre Daily News staff The Chinook Rod & Gun Club is hosting its fourth annual Gun and Antique Show this weekend. The show starts Friday at 6 p.m. in the Commercial Building at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. It continues Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. People can pay $5 to gain admission for all three days. Children 12 and younger accompanied by an adult gain free admission. The show offers concessions each day....
Havre Police Department Roger John Brough of Havre, 56, was issued a summons for violating a protective order and stalking after someone came to the police department Monday at 1:46 p.m. to report a complaint. —— Officers assisted Probation and Parole Monday at 2:43 p.m. on Fifth Avenue. —— Laurencine Eashoppie of Hays, 58, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a First Street business caller asked for a welfare check on a woman Monday at 2:46 p.m. —— Jacob Gary Spang of Rocky Boy, 35, was arrested on a pick u...
Mosquito Control District board meeting will be Oct. 17 at 5:15 p.m. at the Hill County Weed and Mosquito Control District office in the Road and Weed Shop complex, 1405 W. 2nd St.. The agenda is: Review minutes from previous meeting Correspondence New business a. Meeting dates for 2016 b. Purchase Order approval c. Contract with Weed District Unfinished business a. Budget update b. Larvicide applications c. Fogging applications Announcements — non-action items Public comment Adjourn...
Richard “Dick” Edwin Tyler was born on the family farm, May 29, 1934. He left this world for the next one on the same farm Sept. 30, 2016. He was 82 years old. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, at the Big Sandy Church of God with Pastor Erik Sietsema officiating. Dick’s family has requested that memorial donations be made to the Big Sandy Volunteer Fire Department, the Big Sandy Medical Center, or to the charity of the donor’s choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral... Full story
Myron Michael Lee Bishop passed away Sept. 27, 2016, in a car accident in Minnesota. He was born Oct. 16, 1976, in Glendive, Montana, to Myron Lee Bishop and Debra Ann Caperton. He attended schools in Glendive and moved with his family in 1992 to Havre, Montana. He graduated from Havre High School in 1995. He went on to move to Dickinson, North Dakota, where he started working in the oil field. At the time of his death he was traveling home from his job in Pennsylvania as a... Full story
There’s now one month left in the high school volleyball season. And on the Hi-Line, the regular season doesn’t even have that much time left. And that’s why every match, including many last week, are so important. The week of volleyball started off with the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks sweeping Valier Thursday night. The match was between old 6C West rivals, but the Panthers were really no match for the Hawks, which won by scores of 25-19. 25-19 and 25-23. Khloe Kamer...
With the weather taking a turn for the worse, it's almost time to get off the golf course. And the Montana State University-Northern golf teams wrapped up the fall season the last two days in Billings. Northern played in the season-ending Rocky Mountain College Invitational Sunday through Monday. The tournament was held at Peter Yegen Golf Course. The Lights finished last in the field, which was composed of all Frontier Conference teams, as well as MSU-Billings. Northern...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team earned a huge road win last Saturday night, beating perennial Frontier Conference powerhouse Lewis-Clark State. And overall, the weekend was a good road trip for the Skylights and for freshman Timi Severson, who was named Frontier Conference Attacker of the Week. Northern went 1-1 for their weekend matches losing 1-3 at Montana Tech 3-0 and upsetting No. 25 Lewis-Clark State 3-0 on the road. Severson, a 6-0 outside hitter...
It was another exciting weekend of high school football along the Hi-Line and no game was more exciting than the one between Harlem and Poplar last Friday night. The two teams combined for 76 points, including 36 in the fourth quarter, as the Wildcats held off a late rally at home for a 46-30 win, their second of the season. At the start of the game, it was all Wildcats, as Damon Adams rushed for three first half touchdowns that covered 43, 77 and 33 yards. Tevin Messerly...
Kinzee Peterson, Havre High Golf Havre High sophomore Kinzee Peterson shot a personal best round of 103 in the second round of the Class A state golf tournament at the Hamilton Golf Club. But she also got a highlight that few golfers ever get. Peterson recorded a hole-in-one at the Par-3 eighth hole in Hamilton Saturday, something not only rarely happens for any golfer, but is even more rare when it occurs at the state tourney. Peterson also helped the Pony girls to an excelle...
