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Les Johnson, the commander for the American Legion in Havre, said that the usual remembrances will be held Monday. Monday, Memorial Day, the ceremonies begin at 11 a.m. on the west side of the Hill County Courthouse. The Boy Scouts of America will be performing the flag-raising ceremony. Dena Rudio will sing the national anthem. The names of last year’s deceased veterans from the Hi-Line will be read and wreaths will be placed on the monument dedicated to them at the courthouse. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, American L...
This Saturday, Montana State University-Northern is holding a Fun Run/Walk Benefit and Dinner to raise funds for the three college students who were attacked May 2. Sam Mix, Alicia Schneid and Taylor Woolman were all taken to various hospitals for treatment of wounds they suffered allegedly at the hands of Justice Brown in their apartment early morning May 6. The benefit will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Student Union Building yard on the MSU-Northern campus. The...
Around 4 p.m. Wednesday, the second suspect of the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation kidnapping was arrested. Matthew Joseph Saddler, 31, of Billings was arrested without incident on an outstanding Chouteau County District Court warrant for charges of assault, aggravated assault and robbery by Havre police and agents of the Tri-Agency Drug Task Force at 121 3rd Ave. W. in Havre. He was taken to the Hill County Detention Center and held on a $150,000 bond before he was transferred to Chouteau County. His bond remains the same. S...
During the fair board meeting Tuesday, many topics were discussed in preparation for the upcoming Great Northern Fair. In addition, members announced that two applications have been turned in for the position of fairgrounds manager, a Hill County government position, and they will be interviewing both candidates Tuesday, May 26. A new member of the fair board, Ray Kallenberger, was introduced to the rest of the members and board member and county commissioner Jeff LaVoi said the last empty seat on the board will be filled by...
Two Montana State University-Northern students are trying to pay their way to Louisville, Kentucky, for the annual SkillsUSA national convention, but find themselves short on funds. Joseph Vernon and Connor Schnicke are organizing a fundraiser, asking people to take scrap metal to Pacific Steel and Recycling and to let the company know that it is a donation to the MSU-Northern SkillsUSA Club. SkillsUSA is an organization that focuses on applicable technical sciences and takes high school and college students, trains,...
Shane Johnson, who was accused and arrested in connection to the shooting of his brother in Havre Nov. 9, was sentenced in state District Court Monday to 52 years in prison. Johnson, born in 1968, was sentenced for a lesser charge of negligent homicide. The victim, Travis Johnson, was killed after getting into an argument with Shane in their parents' house, in which they each lived in rooms in the basement. Shane Johnson was accused of taking a pistol he kept in his bedroom...
Auditions for the Montana Actors Theatre youth production of "Dracula" are scheduled to continue today. Many gathered in the Montana State University-Northern Little Theatre Monday to try out for roles from the classic Bram Stoker story. Scenes from the play were given to those trying out, so they could blind read them on stage. Youth ages 13 to 21 may audition from 5:30-7 p.m. today for roles in the play. MAT is looking for 7 to 12 women and five to nine men. They also need...
Around 80 students participated in Jump Rope for Health and raised more than $6,000 for the American Heart Association. In the jump rope competition portion of the event, young students tried their hands and feet at jump roping as long as they could. From the second-grade, Macee May had the longest jump rope time with 9 minutes and 36 seconds. From the third-grade, Maleigha Azure-Fuzesy took first with 36 minutes and 21 seconds straight jump roping. Shyla Solomon was a...
John Michael Merrill was arrested and charged as a suspect of the kidnapping incident last week where two people were beaten and abandoned near Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Another suspect is at large. He has been identified as Matthew Joseph Saddler. KRTV reported that May 6, the two people kidnapped were hitch-hiking on U.S. Highway 87 north of Roundup, where they were picked up by Saddler. Saddler offered a place for the hitch-hikers to stay at a home in Rocky Boy and when they arrived, Merrill followed and was i...
The North Star graduating class of 2015 took their seats Saturday to wrap up their time in secondary education. Flint Rasmussen of Choteau, a former Havre resident and rodeo clown of national renown, spoke to the handful of students sitting in their caps and gowns in the gymnasium in Rudyard Saturday. Rasmussen said he agreed to speak at the graduation four years ago when a father of one of the graduates asked him to. "A lot of my success, a lot of my creativity comes from...
The 2015 Harlem High School graduating class took their diplomas Sunday like a baton into the next leg of their lives. Rhonda Baker, superintendent of Harlem schools, spoke to the graduating class, their friends and family who were gathered in the gymnasium Sunday afternoon. "Today is the first day of a world of opportunities for each of you," Baker said. Brenden Johnson, the salutatorian, and Denton Cornell, the valedictorian, both spoke sentiments of their time through high...
Plain Green LLC, an online loan company owned by the Chippewa Cree Tribe, had a class action lawsuit filed against it in Vermont federal court Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed by two Vermont residents over the company’s high interest rates and alleged illegal practices. Jessica Gingras and Angela Given have taken out multiple loans from the company and allege that Plain Green has misrepresented its loans. “Plain Green, its officers and directors have not been served with a complaint and can not respond to media inquiries at...
A national protest about the quality of work of the United State Postal Service was held Thursday, but Havre’s postal workers say they are too sparsely staffed for them to have partaken in any of it. Gary Philippe, the president of Montana Postal Workers Union that oversees Montana’s smaller post offices, oversees Havre’s smaller post offices including in Havre. Havre is actually the largest post office he oversees. “I just don’t have the whereabouts and the means to organize something to get the people,” Philippe sa...
Nicole Marie Brockie pleaded guilty to federal welfare assistance fraud Thursday at the Missouri River Federal Courthouse in Great Falls. The two other charges she was being tried for were theft from an Indian tribal organization and theft of federally provided welfare benefits by fraud. The charge she pleaded guilty to carries a maximum sentence of five year imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. From around July 1, 2012 to around June 17, 2014, at Billings, Chinook and Harlem, Brockie made...
Justice Lawrence Brown, 17, of Havre pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted deliberate homicide and one count of attempted burglary Wednesday morning. Brown had his arraignment in Hill County Judicial District court at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. A transfer and omnibus hearing is scheduled for June 29 at 10:30 a.m. Brown's council said they will request to have the defendant transported to Havre for the hearing. The transfer hearing is to determine whether or not he...
"The Lieutenant of Inishmore," a dark comedy set in Ireland, has much renown inthe theater world. Bethany Mason said she read the play in college and Montana Actors' Theatre's Jay Pyette gave her the opportunity to direct a production of it. "It's a dark, dark comedy," Mason said. "It's kind of like BBC meets 'Reservoir Dogs.'" She said that, though the play is fun, it's pretty bloody. "Essentially, it's a farce," she said. The play is about how far people will go to justify...
Plain Green LLC, a Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation-based company that offers loans online, partnered with Strive for College, a nonprofit that aims to help qualified high school students get into college, and the two organizations toured Rocky Boy High School and Box Elder School to visit with upperclassmen. Plain Green administrators said they are going to give $200 to Rocky Boy and Box Elder students who show them a letter of acceptance from a college. The money will help...
Randy Bachmeier, the dean of the extended university at Montana State University-Northern, has been awarded $75,000 from the university after the Human Rights Bureau ruled in his favor in his complaint. Bachmeier filed a complaint of sexual harassment against former MSU-Northern provost Rosalyn Templeton, and then filed a complaint with the HRB that he had been retaliated against for doing so. HRB hearing officer Terry Spear made judgments in favor of both parties - that...
Sheila Forshee, the realtor who was in charge of the Rails Inn, and the owners of the Rails Inn, Jim and Sharon Dewitt, came to an agreement at their hearing Wednesday as to what to do about the late payments of rent and utilities of the building. April 27, tenants found notes on their doors that informed them that since rent and insurance had not been paid on the building, they had 72 hours to vacate. While that was canceled, tenants were told Wednesday they now have 30 days to vacate. As of last week, about 35 tenants were...
Randy Bachmeier, a Montana State University-Northern dean, was awarded $75,000 in the Bachmeier v. MSU-Northern sexual harassment and retaliation case. The Montana Human Rights Bureau ruled Wednesday in favor of Bachmeier in that MSU-Northern,as the employer of former provost Rosalyn Templeton, retaliated against him the day after he asked her to stop touching him. MSU-Northern was also found to have retaliated against him when former Chancellor James Limbaugh told others that Bachmeier was not eligible for the new provost...
Havre Public Schools trustees meeting at the middle school Tuesday, voted for the change in policy that allows Havre High School students to leave campus for lunch. “It’s going to help students graduate on time,” said Havre High School vice principal Kipp Lewis. “They can always turn it back the next semester.” The change will be in effect for next school year’s freshmen and will follow them through their high school career. In four school years, all classes will be under the policy. The change will not affect those alrea...
Justice Lawrence Brown, 17, of Havre pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted deliberate homicide and one count of attempted burglary Wednesday morning. Brown had his arraignment in Hill County Judicial District court at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. A transfer and omnibus hearing is scheduled for June 29, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. Brown's council said they will request to have the Defendant transported to Havre for the hearing. Brown is being held in Cascade County Juvenile Center. Read more on the case in Thursday's issue...
The Havre Public School board voted Monday to put the Mat Corner building up for sale for an asking price of $185,000. The estimated value of the property at 137 2nd St. was listed at $150,000 to $180,000. The building was used to house wrestling practices for the middle school and high school. Since the new wrestling room was erected at the high school this year, the slightly dilapidated building stands empty. "We no longer need it," said Andy Carlson, superintendent of Havre...
Justice Lawrence Brown, 17, of Havre pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted deliberate homicide and one count of attempted burglary Wednesday morning. Brown had his arraignment in Hill County Judicial District court at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. A transfer and omnibus hearing is scheduled for June 29, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. Brown's council said they will request to have the Defendant transported to Havre for the hearing. Brown is being held in Cascade County Juvenile Center. Read more on the case in Thursday's issue...
The Havre Pride Celebration ceremony May 4 recognized employees of the district for outstanding work in the Havre Public Schools. The 2015 Havre Public Schools teacher of the year is David Johnke, the band teacher at Havre High School. The 2015 classified employee of the year is Melony Steckel, a bus driver for the district. Each year, employees are nominated by their peers and then voted on. Classified employees vote for classified nominees and teachers vote for teachers....
