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Dana Pyette, a Havre native, has taken on her new role as CEO for the Sweet Medical Center in Chinook and is excited for the new opportunity. "I have kind of an extensive background in healthcare," Pyette said. "So, I'm excited to be here as a part of their effort to make community health turn around." She served on the board for the Bullhook Community Health Center for many years, she said, and this experience will aid her in her new work. "I have a really good understanding...
The owners of the Havre Historic Post Office have expanded their efforts to revitalize downtown Havre in buying the Masonic Temple across the street. Erica Farmer and Marc Whitacre sat in old green chairs on the fourth floor of the Masonic building and apprehensively said they were excited for the project and laughed. "I think the gist is we felt obligated in some way," Farmer said. "We're sort of dedicated to this downtown thing. I guess it's fair to say that we're a little...
The Fossil Festival started out as being for the Havre class of the '60s, but now all classes of Havre graduates are invited to the Great Northern Fairgrounds this weekend. Cheryl Morse, Leonard and Marge Deppmeier and Kim Wirtzberger are all on the Havre Public Schools Education Foundation and have spearheaded the once-every-five-years event this year. "The people who seem to enjoy it the most are the people who have been out of high school for 30 to 35 years," Morse said....
The Havre High School Key Club is bringing Project Semicolon to the area for the first time. Project Semicolon comes during National Suicide Awareness Week, which begins Monday. National Suicide Awareness Day is Thursday, Sept. 10, and the high school students will be writing semicolons on their wrists and bodies to promote awareness. Hailee Kilgore, a senior at the high school and president of the Key Club, said “essentially, you draw a semicolon on your wrist and it’s to symbolize where a life could have ended but didn’t, l...
The Havre Police Department is joining up with a nationwide program to raise awareness and spread knowledge on child and Internet safety. Gabe Matosich, Havre police chief, said that basically what will happen is the National Child Safety Council will be contacting businesses around town and then asking citizens for donations. NCSC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit group. which makes any donation to them eligible for a tax deduction. “Basically if the businesses donate to this program, it will allow for me to purchase educational m...
Gary Peterson, who pleaded guilty in April to three of 32 counts of sexual abuse of children he was charged with, withdrew his guilty plea at his sentencing Monday. "There may be a reason this may not proceed to sentencing today," said sate District Judge Daniel Boucher, once he sat down at the bench after having an audience with Peterson's attorneys. Kaydee Snipes Ruiz, Peterson's attorney, said Peterson's plea was not taken voluntarily and that he was "coerced" into giving...
As part of the annual tradition firefighters across the nation uphold, the Havre Firefighters Local 601 will be on the streets of Havre Friday to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy Association. D.J. Olson, the president of the Local 601, said they will be out at 3rd Avenue and 1st Street from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with boots in hand. There will also be a barbecue served at 11 a.m. by Big Willy’s BBQ until the food is gone for $5 a plate. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. is donating drinks to the event. The barbecue will be at Town S...
Nicole Marie Brockie was found guilty and sentenced Thursday to three years probation and to pay a restitution of $13,135 for a charge of federal welfare assistance fraud Thursday. The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation resident was originally indicted for two further charges — theft of federally provided welfare benefits by fraud and theft from an Indian tribal organization — but prosecutors agreed to drop the charges. Between or around July 1, 2012, and June 14, 2014, in Billings, Chinook and Harlem, Brockie made false sta...
Montana State University-Northern has opened its doors and welcomed returning and new students into the next phase of their lives. Classes began Monday, and people have been enjoying, or dreading, their school year for a week now. "I am super excited," said James Carden, who is starting his first year at Northern. "It feels awesome. I feel like Northern is a really good opportunity to start again." Carden said one of the things he likes about the institution is the one-on-one...
Havre Trails, which focuses on promoting healthy living through hikes and alternative methods of transportation, has released a schedule of guided walks for autumn. The walks have been in the works for months and span a spectrum of interests, from stars to botany. Most, if not all, the hikes and walks are assisted by an enthusiast in the field of topic or area of hike. The schedule for the fall walk series is: • Aug. 30: Botany in Beaver Creek with Terri Hildebrand • Sept. 12: Mount Otis with Montana State Uni...
Craig Mueller Principal of Havre High School and Assistant Superintendent Havre High School Principal Craig Mueller will be wearing an additional hat this school year as assistant superintendent. Mueller will still be acting as the principal for the high school until the position can be filled and will jump between the two jobs until it is. "The balance there in the first month or so is something I'm going to have to figure out and make adjustments to," Mueller said. He said h...
The annual Havre High School band camp prepares students for the upcoming season of shows and performances. The band camp is almost a week's worth of a full-time job for the students. They go to the high school from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except for Friday, when they get a half day's rest. David Johnke, the high school band director, organizes the event every year to get the students back up to par for the school year. "It is a pretty intense week," Johnke said....
One runway at the Havre City-County Airport is back open and Cape Air will be continuing its regular schedule. Saturday, after being closed for 21 days, Cape Air will resume flights. Terry Knowlton, the airport manager, said both runways should be open Sept. 11, tentatively. “Things went really well,” Knowlton said Wednesday about the construction. “We got really good weather. They’re out there painting lines now.” One runway was totally milled out and asphalt was relaid. Funds were from a city-county match and the federal g...
The Bureau of Reclamation is going to conduct geotechnical investigations at Fresno Dam from later this month to early October. According to a press release from BOR, the investigation is part of their Safety of Dams Program, which is designed "to help determine embankment and foundation characteristics for use in verifying the continued safe operation of the facility." When the investigations are conducted, they will drill several "exploratory" holes into the dam embankment...
A tribal jury found Chippewa Cree Business Committee Chairman Ken St. Marks not liable for the charges the committee has accused him of, a press release from St. Marks' attorneys has announced The Chippewa Cree jury also found the tribe is liable for more than $200,000 that the tribal government did not pay him. The plaintiffs, Rocky Boy's Reservation of Montana and the Chippewa Cree Construction Corp., claimed St. Marks and his company defrauded the tribe of $2.9 million for...
The Havre City Ordinance Committee held a meeting prior to the City Council meeting Monday to discuss instating an ordinance or resolution that could change street accessibility. A group of community members and leaders gathered to discuss with the committee the possibility of voting in an ordinance that would mandate that every time a street is to be redone, the feasibility of instating a bike lane, fixing up sidewalks, creating a walking trail - options that would increase a...
Students of the Havre Police Department's Citizen's Police Academy went out Saturday morning to the law enforcement gun range off 5th Avenue to shoot Glocks, shotguns and AR-15s. The police academy runs interested participants through what it's like to be a police officer. The course is every Wednesday, until Sept. 9. In it, everyday people run through mock situations and learn a little bit about what it takes to be a Havre Police Department officer....
A Rolling Stones-recognized, worldwide-touring music artist will be playing in Havre Saturday. Jonny Fritz, 31, will be bringing his brand of folky country to the Havre Eagles Aerie #166 Saturday at 8 p.m. His show, "The Big Dance," will also feature The Best Westerns and Scrapyard Lullaby out of Missoula. Fritz has been touring nonstop for 13 years. Last year alone, he played in India, Philippines, Australia twice, Tokyo, and London twice as well as extensively touring...
Stan Wall makes mandolins from scratch. Or, he used to. He made his last complete mandolin in 2005. After that, a myriad of medical problems led him to put down his wood-working tools until further notice. A half-made mandolin sits in his workshop, waiting for him to give it life. It will be purple when it's finished, as commissioned by his young granddaughter, who played in small cowboy boots in the yard. Stan said the first mandolin took him 400 hours to make. Toward the end...
Havre will be getting a new, Havreite-owned home-cooking sandwich restaurant in about three weeks or so. Spud's Grub Hut is being remodeled in the upcoming weeks in the building on 5th Avenue near the high school where Full Throttle used to be. Ryan "Spud" Sorensen and his wife, Jessica, are bringing something new to Havre, he said Monday while working on remodelling the old restaurant. "There's only so many things in life you can do and feel proud of," Sorensen said....
A semitractor-trailer had to cut its haul short after the hay bales it was carrying were ignited. Havre Fire Chief Tim Hedges said that after a preliminary investigation, they believe the fire was caused by the exhaust on the semi igniting the top of the bales. Havre Fire Department trucks were dispatched about 4.5 miles west on U.S. Highway 2 at 4:19 p.m. and were there until 3:30 a.m. today making sure the fire was fully extinguished. Firefighters doused the hay bales to...
Havre Trails is gearing up for a full series of lecture walks and hikes this fall. A schedule of events will be released later in the month of August and will tentatively include a hike in the Sweetgrass Hills, a fall foliage photography walk hosted by Steve Helmbrecht, a stargazing walk in the Bear Paw Mountains, a botany walk hosted by Terri Hildebrand and more. The first hike of the series will be Aug. 29. Havre Trails officials said the groups’ Facebook page will be updated with information about each hike before it h...
A group of college-aged men and women will be traveling through Havre today on their bicycles on their way to help communities in need. Bike and Build is a program that rounds up people to travel as a group on routes around America. They work with grants and travel to communities they have approved as a recipient of their grant money to do things like build shelter homes, clinics and such. The 24 riders stayed in Chinook Sunday night and were set to ride through Havre today. Saturday night, they called St. Mary’s Catholic C...
A former president of Stone Child College and her husband, who was the head grounds manager at the college, were both sentenced to five months in federal prison Thursday. Melody and Frank Henry will also have to pay a restitution of $47,301 jointly and severally for the charges of tax evasion they admitted guilty to. Melody Henry, in 2012 filed a false return on her taxes. She and her husband claimed $135,146 on their 2012 tax return, with a business loss of $10,609, “then and there well knowing that they had not incurred b...
A water main break under 3rd Avenue in front of the Masonic Temple on the 300 Block burst caused damage to the street and building Thursday. Water gushed through a sizable hole in the eastern half of the street and cracks in the sidewalk. The water main break was to a water supply line to a fire suppression system in the Masonic Temple and flooded the building's basement. The owners and building manager of the Havre Historic Post Office, directly across the street, were the...
