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Havre Trails met Monday to discuss the successes of their 5K Walk/Run and talk about future projects. Erin Bradshaw, the treasurer of the group, said the event drew more than 100 community members out to the Bill Baltrusch Nature Trail to participate in the event and, all told, it raised more than $1,000 for the group’s community projects, after the overhead was paid. The group also spoke of the hike they are taking out to Saddle Butte Sunday and the possibility of travelling around Montana to other events and other s...
The 2015 graduating class of Stone Child College walked the stage Friday and stepped off with new degrees with which they may pursue their careers. A drum circle called the graduates, speakers and college board into the Little Bear Gymnasium Friday afternoon to celebrate the completion of college work by the students. The keynote speaker, Father Peter Guthneck, spoke to the class about the trials and tribulations of life being overcome through sheer hard work and...
Wade Christopher Colliflower, the former president of the Bear Paw Indian Rodeo Association, was given a prison sentence of six months and six months of house arrest for embezzling funds from the reservation. Thursday at the Missouri River Federal Courthouse in Great Falls, Judge Brian Morris also ordered Colliflower to pay restitution of $44,750, jointly or severally. In December 2014, Colliflower agreed to plead guilty on one count of theft and one count of aiding and abetting theft. Prosecutors were seeking an 18-month...
Debbie McCormick, the owner of Debbie's Day Care, has been in business for 28 years and her love for the children who walk through the day care doors is unwavering. She is typical of providers through the area who are honored today - National Provider Appreciation day. McCormick said she began her business because she had two kids of her own and wanted to stay home with them. Starting a day care business was the perfect way to do that. "Now, they're graduated from college and...
A former Chippewa Cree Rodeo Association director was sentenced to a year and a day today. Wade Colliflower was pleaded guilty to one count of theft and one count of aiding and abetting theft in December Six months of his sentenced will be served in prison. The other six will be in home confinement. He also was ordered to pay $44,750 jointly or severally. More information will be available in Friday’s issue of the Havre Daily News....
In a meeting with community members this morning, Havre High School principal Craig Mueller presented a proposal for disallowing academically at-risk students to leave the campus for lunch. If accepted by the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees, the change would be put into effect next school year for incoming freshmen students. Those who have been attending the high school this year will not be affected by the change in policy, if it is accepted. In order to qualify for th...
A student-produced, student-directed production will open its curtains tonight at Havre High school. Three one-act plays that were chosen by Angela Pratt, the oftentimes director of high school productions, will entertain audiences Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The plays are "Sunday Dinner," which is a comedy, "Asylum," a serious work, and "Red Herrings," a comedic murder-mystery story. Pratt said she picked the three plays because she thought they would showcase the...
The 17-year-old boy who is charged with stabbing three people in their home Saturday morning was charged with rape in December. Justice Lawrence Brown of Havre was accused of sexual intercourse without consent, a felony, for an event that occurred August 27, 2014. The alleged victim was 13 years old. Brown is in custody at the Cascade County Juvenile Center in Great Falls for three counts of attempted deliberate homicide, one count of aggravated burglary and a state District Court warrant for a felony, which was issued for...
Havre High School may be changing its policy on whether or not students can leave campus for lunch to a performance-based allowance. School administrators will be bringing to the school board this month a proposal to change the policy, which currently allows all student to leave campus for lunch break, to only allowing those who have been doing well in school to leave. Andy Carlson, superintendent of Havre Public Schools, said that he and local business people, the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce and school administrators are...
School board elections were held Tuesday and those who turned up for the vote chose their prefered candidates. The results are: Chinook Joel Pruttis took the one three-year positions after beating Mark Harshman 135 to 125. A mill levy was voted into existence, 231 to 91. The mill levy is for the general fund, and will be a $26,355.34 or 3.82 mills for proper maintenance and operation of the school programs. Cottonwood Jeremy Couch and Beverly Peterson took the two open three-year position with 62 and 46 votes respectively....
A Fort Belknap Indian Reservation man who pleaded guilty to strangling his girlfriend was sentenced Monday to 30 months in federal prison. Kyle Young, 33, was sentenced to the Bureau of Prisons for 30 months, two years of supervised release and a $100 court assessment fee. Young is a former law enforcement officer. October 13 2014, a woman told a Fort Belknap investigator and a Federal Bureau of Investigations agent the he strangled her multiple times on separate occasions, according to court documents. One occasion, he...
Authorities have released the name of the 17-year-old who is accused of breaking into a Havre apartment complex and stabbing and injuring three Montana State University-Northern students: Justice Lawrence Brown. Brown is from Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation and had a hearing in juvenile court Monday with Hill County Justice of the Peace Audrey Barger. He is charged with three counts of attempted homicide and one count of aggravated burglary and on a federal state District...
The 17-year-old boy who is accused of breaking into a Havre apartment complex and stabbing and injuring three people is Justice Brown. Brown lives in Havre and is originally from Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. He had a hearing in juvenile court today. He is charged with three counts of attempted homicide and one count of aggravated burglary and was picked up on a federal state District Court warrant. More information will be in Tuesday’s issue of the Havre Daily News....
Havre police officers arrested a 17-year-old boy on charges that around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, he broke into a residence and stabbed three people, Havre police said this morning. Havre police have not released the name of the suspect. Officers arrested the youth on three charges of attempted homicide, one charge of aggravated burglary and on a state District Court felony warrant. He was transported to Cascade County Juvenile Center to be held until he is tried. Officers for the Division of Criminal Investigations finished...
The 2015 graduates of the nursing program at Montana State University-Northern crowded with their friends and family into the 5th Avenue Christian Church for the annual nursing pinning ceremony. At the pinning ceremony, each graduate was given a pin to commemorate the hard work and time they have put into acquiring their degrees. Current nursing program director Janice Starr, former nursing program director Lisa O'Neil and guest speaker Raeanne Wall spoke at the ceremony to...
The 2015 Montana State University-Northern graduates walked across the stage to receive their diploma in the Armory Gymnasium Saturday. MSU-Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel, Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and Student Senate President Andrew Potter spoke to the hundreds of former students, their family members and friends gathered in the gym about the future of the graduates. Kegel said he still remembers sitting years before where the graduates were that day. "I hope that your...
In a special meeting with Montana State University system president Waded Cruzado, many testimonials were given in favor of the work Montana State University-Northern interim chancellor has done, but further discussion will be had. The Hensler Auditorium in the Applied Technology Building at MSU-Northern had a full house, although Kegel himself did not attend. Staff, faculty and community members were standing in the aisles for lack of seating. Cruzado visited the university...
Local school boards in the area are having their annual elections Tuesday. Read up on what you will be voting on in your area here. Big Sandy Big Sandy school will not be having an election this year. Box Elder Box Elder school will not be having an election. Chinook One three-year trustee position is up for election, and Joel Pruttis and Mark Harshman are running for it. There will also be a mil levy on the ballot. For the general fund, a $26,355.34 or 3.82 mils for proper maintenance and operation of the school programs...
The U.S. Interior Department has ordered the Chippewa Cree Tribe to pay former, elected business committee chairman Ken St. Marks a total of $648,430.35, but he doesn't get his job back. The tribal government has 60 days to appeal to the department. In addition to this payment, the department has also ordered the Chippewa Cree Tribe to stop any further reprisals against St. Marks related to his work with the department or any investigative authorities who are looking into...
The first-ever Havre Trails 5K Run/Walk saw around 100 members of the community hit the Bill Baltrusch Nature Trail. Participants of all ages, people with baby strollers, families with dogs and more participated in the event. Lindsey Bennett, the president of Havre Trails, said "this was Havre Trails' first 5K event and we look forward to organizing similar events in the future based on the awesome community support and enthusiasm we received this last weekend." The winners...
Monday morning, Lincoln-McKinley Primary School students gathered in Pepin Park for the annual handout of saplings in honor of Arbor Day. Havre Mayor Tim Solomon and many other volunteers from the Havre Garden Club, other organizations and the community, helped the students, who were given a cut milk jug and helped to fill their containers with soil and plant their trees in it. The students could choose between four species of trees which they could transplant wherever they...
The Montana State University-Northern Sweetgrass Society Powwow kicked off Friday bringing participants from all around North America to dance in the celebrations. Dancers of all ages and styles showcased their skills, dandcing for those who cannot and to celebrate the joining together of people through friendship and spirit. See Friday's issue of the Havre Daily News for a Hi-Line Living special on the powwow, with more photos and information....
Kelly Cunningham hasn't been in business with AMP'D Fitness for a year yet but has seen some very quick success. AMP'D offers Oula, Oula Power, Junior Oula, belly dancing, pilates and piyo classes. "Oula is a high-energy, high-octane group fitness dance class," Cunningham said. Oula takes its name from Missoula, where it was created. "We get loud, we get crazy, we get big and wild - we're all sweating for one whole hour," she said, laughing. Oula Power is 45-minutes long and i...
At Montana State University-Northern's annual TekNoXpo, Kiewit Corp. announced they are giving $250,000 to the university's planned Automotive-Diesel Technology Center. Keith Sasich, the vice president of Kiewit, spoke at a press conference Thursday. "We're really excited about the new facility you're building for the auto-diesel technology group," Sasich said. "In our industry, we see a lot of opportunity for folks in that area and we think this is going to be a great...
The 39th annual Sweetgrass Society Powwow’s grand entry begins tonight at the Montana State University-Northern Armory Gymnasium. The adviser for the Sweetgrass Society, Jamie Underwood, said this is the biggest event of the year for the club and one of the biggest for the university. “This has been an ongoing tradition at Northern for a long time,” Underwood said. The Sweetgrass Society is a Native American club at Northern that has roots back to the 1960s and has been a force on campus for just as long. “We win the most po...
