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NorthWestern Energy announced this morning that it is donating $125,000 to Montana State University-Northern’s new automotive and diesel technologies building. Officials from NorthWestern are going to meet with MSU-Northern officials at interim Chancellor Greg Kegel’s house at 4:30 p.m. today. The donation is part of $300,000 in donations NorthWestern Energy gave to five Montana recipients, which include the Butte YMCA, the Montana Historical Society, the City of Thompson Falls and Energy Share of Montana. “These are uniqu...
A piece of Hi-Line history has been hanging in one of the conference rooms of the Havre Public Schools Robins Administration Building, but not much is known about it. School Superintendent Andy Carlson said that the curtain, which depicts advertisements for many old and current businesses, was discovered in the boiler room of Havre High School about two years ago. Carlson took it from the school and kept it in his office for safe-keeping for some time until the conference room...
The We Love Northern Ball is around the corner and will employ a new theme this year. The ball is one of Montana State University-Northern’s premier fundraising events and all the money gained at the ball will go to scholarships for future and current Northern students. The theme is “The Roaring ’20s,” said Jim Bennett, the Alumni Foundation director and one of the organizers of the event. He and Rachel Dean, the secretary to the chancellor, put together the theme and events planning for the Feb. 5 evening. “I’m getting a lot...
A Havre native and a Shelby resident were assaulted in New Zealand within 48 hours of landing in the country. Jacob Ulgenes, 22, of Havre and Scott Kelleher, 23,of Shelby graduated December from Montana Tech in Butte and were visiting New Zealand as a vacation. They were with other travellers at 3 a.m. Saturday New Zealand’s time when a vehicle pulled up to where they were standing, The New Zealand Herald reported. Jacob Ulgenes’ father, former Havre pastor Brad Ulgenes, said that he is out of the hospital now. He had sur...
Don Greytak, a local artist who is well-known in Montana, especially eastern Montana, and parts of the nation, spent decades perfecting his art, though he would modestly argue that "perfect" is not the word for it. He creates many pieces in the span of a year, and every year, he has work that is accepted into the C.M. Russell Museum annual art auction. He has joined the ranks of a group of artists who recreate the history of the nation through their respective mediums....
The last of three Havreites who were charged in a federal meth-ring bust pleaded guilty Wednesday. Justin Roland Turner was the last of the three men from Havre to plead guilty after a federal investigation of methamphetamine trafficking from California to North Dakota, named “Operation Highline Crystal Highway,” was conducted. The investigation resulted in the prosecution of 20 defendants from along the drug traffick route and legal documents name Belt, Butte, Great Falls, Havre and Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation as being...
Don Greytak has been producing his detailed pencil drawing for over 35 years and has become a staple in Montana art. His depictions are often, if not in most cases, of rural Montana landscapes and farm and ranch life. The walls of the Old Library Gallery are lined with his originals - rodeos, tractors, airplanes and Montanans of days gone by. Greytak said he only draws what he knows. Each piece on the wall has a backstory to it and each scene was experienced by the artist in...
The election committee of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation is scheduling an election to fill the chairman and another seat on the Chippewa Cree Business Committee. The Feb. 3 election will replace elected chairman Kenneth Blatt St. Marks and John “Chance” Houle’s former positions on the committee. “Those two position are crucial to everyday government activity decision making,” said Dustin Whitford, who sits on the normally nine-person Business Committee. The chairman seat has been in contention since St. Marks was elected to t...
One of the people indicted during the Guardians Project investigation of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was scheduled to be sentenced today, but the hearing has been moved to March. Shad James Huston, who lives in Havre and is a former Havre Public School District Board of Trustees chair, has had his sentencing pushed back to March 12. Huston pleaded guilty Aug. 25 to three charges: theft from an Indian tribal organization, failure to file currency transaction reports and bribery of a tribal official. He and others i...
The Sunnyside Geography Bee, which is part of program created by the National Geographic Society, was held Tuesday at Havre High School's auditorium. Stephanie Padget is the 2015 champion from Sunnyside Intermediate School and may be competing at the state level soon. After a grueling tie-breaker series of questions between Padget and runner-up Brooklyn Kallenberger, Padget was crowned victorious. The tie-breaker consisted of questions that were read to both of them. They...
Amber Nicole Wells, one of the three women who were charged with felonies for stealing from a Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation casino, pleaded guilty Tuesday. She, along with Maria Rose Newton and Melinda Marie Descharm, on or around Jan. 20, 2013, stole more than $1,000 from the casino, her indictment reads. Wells pleaded guilty at her 2:30 p.m. hearing Tuesday at Missouri River Federal Courthouse in Great Falls. Wells’ sentencing is set for April 15 at 2:30 p.m., where she faces a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment wit...
“Winter in the Blood,” which was filmed on the Hi-Line, is now available through Netflix and other Internet services. The film is now available on Netflix, Amazon, Vudu and iTunes. It was made available on Netflix Jan. 1. On the Internet Movie Database, a popular movie review website, users gave the movie an average rating of 7.1 out of 10. The movie is based on a James Welch novel of the same name. Welch is a well-known Montana author of several books that take place in various places around the state. “Winter in the Blood...
Havre Police Department officers got more than they bargained for when they impounded a vehicle Friday. A section of the police station’s parking lot was taped off after officers found what appears to be a possible explosive device in the vehicle. After the Tri-Agency Safe Trails Task Force used a search warrant to get into the vehicle and found the device, they called and waited for the Great Falls Malmstrom bomb squad to arrive in Havre to investigate the possible explosive device and dispose of it properly if it turns out...
Havre has an unbalanced number of bars, according to the state, and knows how to use them. Officials at the Montana Department of Revenue say Havre is supposed to be issued nine liquor licenses, based on its size and population. Since many of the establishments and licenses in Havre were established before the laws changed to limit the number of licenses an area may have, many of the licenses are grandfathered in. Havre has 21 liquor licenses within its city limits - or 12 mor...
Havre High School students got the chance Tuesday at Vande Bogart Library to ask former schoolmates who are now attending universities about their collegiate experiences. Representatives from the admissions office at Montana State University-Northern organized a question-and-answer session between former Havre High School students who are now in various colleges around the state and one from New York City and current Havre High students who are about to graduate. Kristi Peters...
The Montana Youth Academy in Dillon offers opportunities for at-risk Montana children to help them through hard times and get their lives back in focus. Caleb Denny, a 17-year-old Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation youth, just finished his stint at the academy and said that he was glad he went. Before he went to the academy, he said, he was drinking, smoking, "carrying-on," going to jail and such. But, now things are different. "It helped me control my anger and gave me...
Northern Montana Hospital scored the worst in the state for hospital-caused illnesses and injuries in a recent study and will be penalized as a result. The Havre hospital is one of 721 in the nation that are being penalized for having too many hospital-induced ailments. Dave Henry, president and CEO of Northern Montana Health Care, said that this penalty will amount to $14,000 a year. “We give more than that every day in charity care,” Henry said, adding that the loss of money will make no difference at the hospital. “Ho...
Dave Sheppard, who has been serving the City of Havre for 30 years at the fire station, 13 of which he served as fire chief, is retiring at the end of the year. "I'm excited for a change," Sheppard said. "I'm going to obviously miss my co-workers." Sheppard took his current position in Aug. 1, 2001, after working as a firefighter and emergency medical technician for 17 years. He started working at the Havre Fire Department Nov. 15, 1984. Before working at the station, he...
Tilleman Motor Company of Havre bought North Star Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler Friday, narrowing the dealership count in town to three. Craig Tilleman said customers can expect the same customer service they receive at Tilleman’s Chevrolet dealership, but the other changes that will be apparent to the customers include the new employees the Tillemans will bring into their new business and the change of the name. He said they will be changing it to Tilleman Motor Company to simplify the distinction. “We’ll have a good sales team...
Hill, Blaine and Liberty counties are clear of weather advisories for the moment, but the counties surrounding them around the state are expecting winter weather. Havre is forecast to have snow showers of less than one inch today with a high of 35 degrees and a low of 21 degrees. For Christmas, Havreites can expect a chance of morning snow, partly cloudy skies with a high of 24 degrees and a low of 14 degrees. Those traveling to Great Falls can expect an 80 percent chance of snow in the day with a 100 percent chance at...
Town Pump is selling regular gas at a price of $2.25 a gallon, making it the cheapest in town currently, according to reports from www.montanagasprices.com. Sinclair, Conoco and Holiday come in second with $2.29 a gallon. Montana's average price is $2.358. The cheapest gas in the state is in Billings at $2.05 and $2.07 a gallon, and Lame Deer comes in third with $2.11 a gallon. The U.S. average has been dropping since July of this year, from an average of $3.65 down to $2.36....
The recent court decision ordering a new election at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation has been appealed, and the new Chippewa Cree Business Committee members will have to wait to be seated. Lynn Fagen, the attorney representing the election board against Jonathan Windy Boy, said she filed for the appeal Friday, and it should be accepted in the tribal appellate court soon. Once the request is accepted, she and the head of the election board, Cecilia Parker, will have a maximum of 30 days to file a brief. Windy Boy and his attorn...
Rocky Boy Elementary School students got a surprise Friday when Santa Claus showed up to give them presents. Every student at the school received a gift this year through a community project that was started by Rocky Boy High School teacher and adviser Kristi Mylorett three years ago. This is the first year they have been able to give a gift to every student at the elementary school. "We are bringing presents to these wonderful kids," said Isiah Murie, a senior at the high...
The results of the latest elections for the four new members of the Chippewa Cree Business Committee were thrown out Thursday morning. Melody Whitford, the judge who oversaw the Jonathan Windy Boy v. Election Board hearing Tuesday, released her decision in favor of Windy Boy. Windy Boy, who was a candidate and lost the election, filed a complaint against the way the election was conducted because an honorary tribal member voted. Only a candidate in the election can file a complaint against the results. Father Pete Guthneck,...
The Havre Historic Post Office has come a long, long way since Erica Farmer and Marc Whitacre bought it in 2012, and the work continues, though the end of major projects is in sight. They were recently announced to be the recipients of the 2015 Montana Historic Preservation Award from the Montana Historical Society for their work on the building, which has included a near-complete make over and countless hours of work. "We are honored," Farmer said. " ... We're proud to have...
