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Editor’s note: The charges in this case were dismissed Aug. 30, 2016, without the case going to trial. Elias Rene Lovo, 33, of Havre faces multiple felony charges after being accused of with sexual intercourse without consent with a 14-year-old. Lovo was charged with sexual intercourse without consent and sexual assault, which both hold a penalty of no less than four years to no more than 100 years and not more than a $50,000 fine, as well as unlawful restraint, which holds a penalty of a maximum of 6 months in county jail a...
Editor’s note: This case was dismissed Aug. 30, 2016, without going to trial. Elias Rene Lovo, 33, of Havre was charged with raping a 14-year-old in a Great Falls hotel room Monday. Lovo allegedly dragged the 14-year-old into a bathroom and had nonconsensual intercourse with her after her 12-year-old friend left the hotel room, according to statements made by the 14-year-old. According to The Associated Press, Lovo and another man, Frances Benjamin, told officers who had been called that the girls had not been in the room and...
A man working for the government who falsely issued checks to a Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation man was sentenced Tuesday to six months in prison. Larry Ray Denny, a former employee of the United States Bureau of Land Management, is scheduled to be sentenced July 29 at 1:30 p.m. at the Missouri River Federal Courthouse in Great Falls. His former boss, John Grimson Lyon, was sentenced Tuesday at the federal courthouse. He will be staying with the Bureau of Prisons for six months for charges of wire fraud/scheme to defraud the U...
Jason Murri has been the man behind the curtain every Fourth of July for many years and Saturday explained the anatomy of a firework show. A firework show takes dozens of hours of preparation before it is ready to blow and, as evidence by the weather phenomena Saturday, sometimes it does not work out the way it was planned. Read Friday's issue of the Havre Daily News in this week's Hi-Line Living section to see more photographs and to find out what happens behind the scenes...
The names of the two people who died in a rollover motor vehicle crash Monday have been released. Kelsey Ann Cochran, 19, of Hays and Richard Walker Angelbrien, 22, of Rocky Boy, died after the Toyota Camry they were riding in went off the road close to Lodge Pole, rolled over and ejected them. A third person, 21, was in the vehicle and he was taken to Indian Health Services and then to Benefis Hospital in Great Falls. Speed is believed to have been a factor, and no one was wearing a seat belt....
National Weather Service in Great Falls, after sending an investigative team up to the Hi-Line, found that no tornado touched down during the storm Saturday. Radar indicated Saturday night that there were supercell thunderstorms, winds in excess of 60 mph, hail as large as quarters and golf balls, funnel clouds and tornadoes - all of which amounted to structural and agricultural damage across parts of the Hi-Line, a statement from Weather Service reads. Around 9 p.m. Saturday,...
Two people died after a vehicle rolled over on Highway 11, three miles outside of Lodge Pole Monday. The names have not been released yet, but the deceased were 22 and 19 years of age. The third person in the vehicle, 21, was taken to the hospital and his condition is unknown. Montana Highway Patrol was called to the scene around 7:09 p.m. Monday. The Toyota Camry was traveling east on Highway 11 near mile marker 2.5 when it crossed over the road’s center line into the opposing lane and then crossed back over to the e...
A man died in a rollover motor vehicle crash near Beaver Creek Park Saturday morning. Steven Formanack, 52, of Great Falls was driving his Dodge Ram 1500 north on Montana Secondary Highway 234 from Beaver Creek Park when he failed to negotiate a curve. He overcorrected and forced the vehicle across the road. He overcorrected again, causing the vehicle to roll, according to a report from the Montana Highway Patrol. The time was around 7:10 a.m. July 4. Formanack was ejected and pronounced dead on arrival at Northern Montana...
Biscuits and gravy and airplane rides comprised the most important meal of the day for many Havre youth Saturday. Over 100 people got to go out in small airplanes flying out of the Havre City-County Airport Saturday. Hundreds of people came out to enjoy the Air Fair and Fly-In Breakfast, take plane rides and watch expert pilots do what they love. "The pilot community is going gray," said Roger Lincoln, who has been flying airplanes for most of his life. "We need a new crop of...
Ken St. Marks, who has been removed from his position as chairman of the Chippewa Cree Business Committee three times, was elected to the same position for the fourth time since the last general election. The special election was held Tuesday with the polls open until 8 p.m. There were 626 voters who put in their ballots, and St. Marks' wife, Karen, said the whole thing went smoothly. The full list of candidates from this most recent special election was Raymond "Jazz" Parker,...
Justice Brown, 17, who is facing a jury trial in November for at attack of three college students, will now be tried as an adult. "Based on the severity of the crime, I feel that it's very appropriate and I'm glad that the legal system is moving in that direction, especially since he's so close to being 18," wrote Alicia Schneid, one of the victims of the attack of which Brown is accused of committing. Brown pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted deliberate homicide a...
Hundreds of people visited the Havre City-County Airport to take part in the Air Fair and Fly-In Breakfast and take their turn flying in a small plane. The Montana Pilots Association's North-Central Hangar in Havre hosted the event and invited pilots from all over Montana to take part. Roger Lincoln, a long-time pilot of 60 years and co-owner of MRKT Aviation Fuel in Havre, said the event is specifically designed to get younger pilots-in-training. "The pilot community is...
Havre broke its own record for hot June 28s with a recorded high of 103 Sunday. The old record was 100 set in 2006. Keith Jaszka, a meteorologist at the Great Falls office of the National Weather Service Forecast, said that it has been hotter than usual lately. “High temperatures as of late have been record highs,” Jaszka said. “So, they have been unusual for this time of year.” Great Falls is slated to break its record today. Missoula, Kalispell and Butte also broke record alongside Havre with recorded highs on a June 28...
NBC News' "Today" show visited Havre Thursday to showcase the seemingly ordinary work of a local couple. Erica Farmer and Marc Whitacre's work on the Havre Historic Post Office was featured in a Missoulian article that went in-depth about the married couple's story. From there, it was picked up by the Bozeman Chronicle and eventually caught the eye of someone at the "Today" show. Someone who lives in Havre called the "Today" show and asked if they had seen the article. "This...
As of last Friday, Big Sandy officially has another claim to fame to its name: Kracklin' Kamut. Kracklin' Kamut is a small-scale snack operation that is putting organic snack made of ancient grains on store shelves. As of now, the snack is only available in Big Sandy, at a health food store in Helena and at 2J's in Great Falls, but the marketing push is coming soon. Caleb Kaiser, 27, is ship, captain and crew of the facility. He is a Florida watermelon farmer who went to Brigh...
An ex-Marine and parson who is walking from Washington state to Washington D.C. to raise funds to fight pulmonary hypertension stepped foot in Havre Wednesday. Don Stevenson, 79, walks 30 miles a day. He has been walking since 1998 and has accumulated over 50,000 miles under his belt through walking for different causes. He goes by "The Pacing Parson" and raises money for various causes that have affected someone he knows. He has been walking for this current trip since June...
In February, officials from Hill County and the sheriff met to discuss the problematic situation of the Hill County Detention Center and are now seeing results. The detention center staff was having a hard time getting employees to stay and an even more difficult time getting people to apply for the positions. Blaine County Sheriff’s Office was told to send their inmates elsewhere due to the Hill County Detention Center’s waning work force and inability to handle as many inmates as before. Hill County Sheriff and Coroner Don...
A benefactor of Montana State University-Northern left $570,000 to the Northern Alumni Foundation — one of the largest gifts the foundation has received. Florence Buckley passed away in 2014 and listed the foundation in her will. She was born in Havre, but was not a student of Northern. She grew up in Havre, and later moved to Fort Peck for work. When she retired, she lived in California for some time, but did not lose her affinity for Havre. “(The foundation) has received some other gifts in the past, but I think this is...
After filing and retracting a guilty plea and losing an attorney, accused Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation embezzler Shad Huston's jury trial scheduled for today has been pushed back to October. Huston, a Havre businessman and former Havre School Board of Trustees chairman, is now scheduled to go though his second jury trial Oct. 19 at 8:30 a.m. at the Missouri River Federal Courthouse. The accused previously pleaded guilty to bribery, conspiracy to embezzle monies belonging to...
Montana State University-Northern held a series of science classes for children throughout this week and last to teach them some of the scientific principles they use to research alternative fuels and also some reactionary chemistry. Though similar programs as these have been held at the tribal colleges at Rocky Boy's and Fort Belknap Indian reservations, this is the first year Northern was able to host them in Havre. There were classes available for multiple age groups from...
The Hill County Fair Board met Tuesday to talk about the final preparations for the fair and the future of the fairgrounds. Hill County Commissioner Jeff LaVoi introduced the new and final member of the board to make it complete: Lori Roberts. LaVoi said there were many good candidates for the position, including Roberts. Roberts is employed by the Havre-Hill County Library and plays a large part in the Havre March of Dimes. Her acceptance onto the board marks the first time in some time that the membership of the board has b...
Shad Huston, whose attorney was recently removed due to a judge's ruling he had a conflict of interest after representing someone who was to testify at Huston's trial, now has a federal defender to represent him. Michael Sherwood, Huston's former attorney, also represented John "Chance" Houle, who has pleaded guilty to embezzling from the tribe as well. June 9, a hearing was conducted for the court to appoint counsel for Huston. "Huston has shown by a preponderance of the...
A special election for the chairman position on the Chippewa Cree Business Committee at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation will be held to fill the position that has been vacant since 2012. The polls will open for people with tribal membership at Rocky Boy on June 30, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Old Stone Child College building. The official list of candidates that will be voted on are Raymond “Jazz” Parker, Ken St. Marks, Warren Paul Small and Ted Whitford Sr.. This is the third special election to fill the position, the term f...
Saturday, dozens of classic and modern vehicles rolled onto the lot at the Great Northern Fairgrounds for people to inspect. Modified, untouched and restored vehicles from many states and provinces lined up with hoods propped for automobile afficionados to be better able to ogle the inner workings. In addition to the car show organized by the Hi-Line Cruz'n Association as part of its 29th Annual Rod Run, the Havre Jaycees held a bump'n'run race. Chelby Gooch, the president of...
Montana State University-Northern is bringing its secondary education program out of moratorium after two years. The program was taken out during former chancellor James Limbaugh’s term in 2013 and was brought back to begin the upcoming fall semester. According to Director of University Relations Jim Potter, the program was put into moratorium because the graduation rates for general science were very low. “We have listened to the community leaders and school representatives from across the Hi-Line with regard to sec...
