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A decades-old tradition and a centuries-old delicacy is returning to the Hi-Line with the 87th Annual First Lutheran Church Swedish Meatball and Norwegian Lutefisk Dinner Saturday at First Lutheran Church at in Havre. “All I can say is that it’s a great fellowship for people to get out and visit,” organizer Jim Griggs said. Serving will begin at noon at the First Lutheran Fellowship Hall, 303 Sixth Ave., and will run to about 5 p.m. Meals can be delivered to people who are not able to make it to the event. People needing deli...
Montana State University Fort Belknap Indian Reservation Extension Agency is organizing the annual Mid-Winter Fair, with events kicking off Wednesday, Feb. 5, in the Bingo Hall on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. MSU Fort Belknap Extension Family and Consumer Science Agent Hillary Maxwell said she is very much looking forward to the event and, this year, the Mid-Winter Fair will include some new and unique things for people to enjoy. “It’s very cool,” she said. She added that this is the Mid-Winter Fair’s 52nd year, and it...
Western Drug Pharmacy has been under the ownership of Dominique Preputin for the past 11 years, and since she took ownership in 2009, she said, she has worked to make Western Drug a place special for Havre and have a role in the community. "We try to have it so that when you walk through the door we know your name, we're able to ask you how that grandbaby is or how your aunt is who was in the hospital," Preputin said. "We try to make it more friendly and family oriented and...
Fort Belknap Indian Community officials reported finding a body Monday on the Milk River just within the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Blaine County Undersheriff Chris Adair said this morning the body was identified as Thomasine Walker of Fort Belknap, 33. Fort Belknap law enforcement received a call Monday at 4:27 p.m. about a person who was in the Milk River, a public service announcement from the Fort Belknap Agency said. Officers responded to the call and found Walker lying on the ice and not moving near a dam near...
Fort Belknap officials reported finding a body Monday on the Milk River near Fort Belknap Agency. A public service announcement from the Fort Belknap Agency said multiple agencies responded and found a person lying on the ice near a dam near the agency. The body has been transported to Billings to the Montana State Crime Lab to determine a cause of death. The incident is being investigated by the Fort Belknap Law Enforcement Services Criminal Investigation Unit and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The area in which the...
A Havre man being held in the Hill County Detention Center is facing charges including 31 felony counts related to engaging in sexual intercourse with a minor. Kristopher Alan Chapman, 33, was being held in the detention center this morning on a total of $177,500 bond on that and other cases A court document says that on or about Dec. 10, a person went to the Havre Police Department and said Chapman had been having sex with a pre-high-school-aged girl. Chapman is on adult...
A candlelight vigil will be held Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Veteran Memorial Park on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation for Lacey Arkinson, a 16-year-old girl who was killed in a hit-and-run crash Dec. 12. “I feel as though nothing is being pursued,” Arkinson’s mother, Violet Arkinson, said, adding that the vigil is being held to try to get more people involved in pursuing justice for her daughter’s death and, hopefully, get some closure for her and her family. “My daughter was a very hard-working student,” Arkinson said. “She wa...
Researchers from Montana State University, cell biology and neuroscience assistant professor Christa Merzdorf and postdoctoral researcher Jennifer Forecki, Monday concluded a research project - in which students at Aaniiih Nakoda College on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation studied the effects substances had on development of zebrafish embryos - with presentations of the research results. "We do this because it is an introduction to research," Merzdorf said. She said doing a...
Havre Youth Hockey Association celebrated its 10th annual Hi-Line Hell Freeze Hockey Tournament last week, kicking off the event Thursday, with this year being the biggest one to date. "This is a huge fundraiser for our program," Havre Youth Hockey Association President Dominique Preputin said. She said that it is great to see the tournament grow and evolve throughout the years and pleased with seeing so many people participating in and coming out to watch the Hell Freeze...
Jaylen Jake Crazboy of Havre, 18, pleaded not guilty Thursday at an arraignment in Montana 12th Judicial District Court in Hill County to 71 felony and misdemeanor counts related to a burglary ring witnesses say he created and spearheaded. Some of the charges include counts from burglaries at the Havre John Deere dealership Northern Ag Solutions and E-1 at Towing that made headlines at the end of January and beginning of February last year and resulted in a number of arrests b...
Havre Fire Department responded to two fire calls, one Wednesday afternoon that destroyed a residence in Smithville and another early this morning. Havre Fire Chief Mel Paulson said that the first was a structure fire which was reported at 4:32 p.m. on the 1600 Block of Smithville Road. Firefighters arrived on the scene at 4:35 p.m. and had the fire controlled about 15 minutes later at 4:50 p.m., he said. He added that the structure fire was in an occupied trailer and the...
Havre Firefighters responded to a fire on the 1600 Block of Smithville Road at approximately 4 p.m. today. The fire is now extinguished and only one home was consumed in the fire. No further information is available at this time. Look for more in tomorrow's edition of the Havre Daily News....
Republican gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Al Olszewski, R-Kalispell, is the first to file in the Montana governor’s race, filing Tuesday, and he has selected state Rep. Ken Bogner, R-Miles City, as his lieutenant governor. Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock cannot run for re-election due to term limits, leaving the seat of Montana governor open for the election in 2020. Since last year, several people have declared for Montana governor. On the Republican side of the ballot, Montana Attorney General Tim Fox, who cannot run f...
At the Havre City Council meeting Tuesday, Public Works Director Dave Peterson recognized the wastewater treatment facility employees for innovative improvements made to the Havre Wastewater Treatment Plant that led to the city receiving a national award. "The city of Havre received recognition from the Environmental Protection Agency for our Wastewater Treatment Plant," Peterson said. "It was given to the city, but I wanted to give a little recognition to our Wastewater...
Someone who has experience covering elections is moving to the other side of the coverage. Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Marketing and Events Director Krystal Steinmetz of Havre, a former news reporter, news director, graphic designer and freelance writer, has filed as a Democratic candidate for House District 28. Steinmetz said her desire to help people and her community is what led her to journalism and to run for office. "I am hoping I'm a unifier and a consensus...
Hill County Democratic Party Chair and State Representative for House District 28 Jacob Bachmeier announced Sunday at the Hill County Democratic Central Committee meeting his resignation as the chair of the Central Committee and that he will not file this year for re-election. "It's bittersweet," he said in an interview after the meeting. "I have loved serving in the Legislature. It has been the highlight of my life. "It has been an honor getting to know my constituents,...
Editor's note: This version corrects the title of Bill Lanier and the age of Severin Heimbigner in a photograph caption. Scouts from all across the state gathered Saturday at Montana State University-Northern for the Eighth Annual Hi-Line Merit Badge College program, where scouts can work and earn merit badges while working with a number of different instructors. Event organizer Bill Lanier said that it was the first year they have had the event entirely at the university. He...
Editor’s note: This version corrects some information about the history of College Park Plaza. Havre Fire Department responded to a fire at the College Park Plaza on 100 Block of 11th Street West which was reported at 12:54 a.m. Sunday morning. Havre Fire Department Chief Mel Paulson said this morning that the fire department dispatched three fire trucks, one ambulance and a total of 13 personnel to respond to the fire. Firefighters arrived on the scene at about 1:01 a.m. He a...
Montana Farmers Union held a summit in Great Falls Tuesday for local producers to discuss what is next for Montana’s hemp industry, and members of Montana Hemp Cooperative, a hemp co-op based in Blaine County, said they spoke at the summit with several members of Farmers Union and other hemp processors on what the next step should be for the co-op. “The main takeaway is, for me, ’cause where we are at, there’s just nobody really, other than the co-op, there is nobody looking at how to process fiber right now on a mass sc...
A number of candidates across the state have filed in state and county elections this morning, although a number of races for the upcoming election still have had no one file as of print deadline this morning. In Hill County, a number of offices are open for election in 2020, including Hill County clerk of court, for which incumbent Kathie Vigliotti has filed for re-election. As of print deadline this morning, no one had filed for Hill County commissioner district 1, including incumbent Mike Wendland; superintendent of...
A fire at the College Park Plaza on 11th Street West was reported to the Havre Fire Department early Sunday morning. No details of the fire were available at this time. The building, on 11th Street West and Kennedy Avenue across from Deaconess Park near Montana State University-Northern, was the former Deaconess Hospital and was converted into office buildings and apartments after Northern Montana Hospital opened in the 1970s. Look for more in Monday's edition of the Havre...
The Havre Lions Swim Team is seeing a resurgence in its decades-old tradition of training swimmers and competing, including qualifying two swimmers for out-of-state competitions Former Lions Swim Team and Havre High School Swim Team head coach Chris Inman said the Lions started in 1958, as a member of the Amateur Athletic Union — AAU — Association. Lions Swim Team Head Coach Hayley Coursey, who took over last January, said the program has grown phenomenaly in the last year. Th...
J. M. Donoven Designs in Fine Jewelry is approaching its 25th year in operation, with the owner and her family serving the community for it's full history. "Without the community we wouldn't have made it here, we wouldn't have made it 25 years," owner and jeweler Janine Donoven said. Donoven said that she was born and raised in the Havre community. Prior to opening her own business, she worked in the jewelry indstry for 11 years. She first got involved in business while she...
State Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre, who is working for Big Sky 55+ as a political and advocacy organizer, held a presentation Tuesday for Big Sky 55+ at the Chester Senior Center to discuss some of the facts and misconceptions people may have about the Social Security system and what they should keep in mind when thinking about Social Security. "I want people to walk away knowing that Social Security is something they have earned and that the Social Security system is much...
In the midst of an investigation of a fatal crash and a shooting on New Year’s Day on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, Blaine county officials have released the name of the crash victim. Blaine County Undersheriff and Deputy Coroner Chris Adair said Leah Fox, 30, died from the injuries sustained in the ATV crash Jan. 1. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and tribal police are investigating a shooting the same morning which injured two people at a residence in Lodge Pole on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, FBI P...
