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  • Community Christmas Dinner set for Christmas Day

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 19, 2024

    The Havre Eagles Club is again hosting the Annual Community Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day. Eagles Club manager Candace Des said the meal at the club is free, although free-will donations will be accepted. Volunteers are asked to show up at 9:30 a.m. Christmas Day to help with the meal or with meal delivery, Dess said. The meal will be served in the Eagles Club Christmas Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. People can also request delivered meals for homebound people. They should call the North Central Senior Center at 406-265-5464...

  • Havre man killed in car crash in Chouteau County

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 12, 2024

    Montana Highway Patrol reported last Friday that an 85-year-old Havre man was killed in a single-vehicle car crash in Chouteau County Dec. 2. Jerry Dean Frahm was the man killed in the crash, Chouteau County Coroner said. The Highway Patrol report said the man, who was driving the Chevrolet Tahoe that crashed, was driving northbound on U.S. Highway 47 near Mile Marker 47 when he “suffered a medical event that incapacitated him.” The vehicle went off the highway roadside right, and crashed into a tree, the report said. Fra...

  • Havre man killed in car crash in Chouteau County

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 11, 2024

    UPDATE Dec. 11, 2024: Chouteau County Coroner has released the name of the man who died in a crash in Chouteau County Dec. 2. Jerry Dean Frahm of Havre, 85, was killed in the crash. Posted Dec. 6, 2024: Montana Highway Patrol reports an 85-year-old Havre man was killed in a single-vehicle car crash in Chouteau County Dec. 2. The Chouteau County Sheriff’s Office said this morning the name of the fatality has not yet been released. The Highway Patrol report said the man, who was driving the Chevrolet Tahoe that crashed, was d... Full story

  • Holiday season in full swing in area

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 10, 2024

    Editor's note: Anyone who wants their Christmas event in Havre Weekly Chronicle can email Tim Leeds at [email protected] or call 406-265-6795. This version of the article refers to several other events and their stories that were left out of the print vershion The holiday celebrations kicked off last week inducing Thanksgiving community dinners and events through the weekend, with more to come. Along with dinners Thursday, events went on through Black Friday and...

  • MAT puts on 'The Sound of Music' for Christmas

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 5, 2024

    Montana Actor’s Theatre is bringing to the stage a production that has been a Christmas staple since the film version was released in 1965, “The Sound of Music.” The play is based on the true story of the Austrian family the von Trapps: how a young governess, Maria, handles watching over the seven children of the widower Capt. Georg von Trapp, how Maria and he fall in love and are married, and their escape in 1938 from the Nazis during the Anschluss, the German annexation of Austria. The musical, with music and lyrics by le...

  • State money brings St. Mary siphon repairs close to fully funded

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 27, 2024

    An influx of money from the state of Montana has covered the costs to irrigators for repairing the system that brings much of the money to the Milk River each year. The state announced early in November that a deal had been reached with the Milk River Joint Board of Control, the board that oversees the irrigation projects along the Milk River in this part of Montana, to provide at $26 million loan to the board to use in repairing the siphons in the St. Mary Diversion and Conve...

  • Woman admits lying to buy two firearms later used in a double homicide

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 25, 2024

    Editor’s note: This version corrects the date of the double homicide and corrects the spelling of one of the victims from the information in federal court documents to match the spelling in his obituary. GREAT FALLS — A woman admitted on Nov. 13 to lying on a form to buy two firearms that were later used in a double homicide in Box Elder, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said in a press release last Thursday. The defendant, Airian Mariah Russette, 30, pleaded guilty to false statement during a firearms transaction. Russette fac...

  • Cats win in Brawl of the Reading at Sunnyside

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 21, 2024

    Sunnyside Intermediate School students did a preview of the famed Brawl of the Wild MSU Bobcat UM Grizzly football game set for this weekend, with the Cats coming out on top. Sunnyside flew a MSU flag Monday in honor of the victory. Sunnysidede librarian Jade Miller said the school held a reading Brawl of the Wild Challenge using the Accelerated Reader program utilized by the school. In the program, students take a comprehension test an earn points for reading books...

  • Cats win in Brawl of the Wild Reading Challenge at Sunnyside

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 19, 2024

    Sunnyside Intermediate School students did a preview of the famed Brawl of the Wild MSU Bobcat UM Grizzly football game set for this weekend, with the Cats coming out on top. Sunnyside flew a MSU flag today in honor of the victory. Sunnysidede librarian Jade Miller said the school held a reading Brawl of the Wild Challenge using the Accelerated Reader program utilized by the school. In the program, students take a comprehension test an earn points for reading books throughout... Full story

  • Democrats dominate in local contested county, legislative elections

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 14, 2024

    While this area pretty well followed the rest of the state in statewide elections, and the state and nation in the presidential elections, Democrats dominated Tuesday in local contested elections, while the area also supported putting the right to choose an abortion in the state Constitution and a Hill Count road mill levy passed and a Liberty County hospital levy passed. The area followed the rest of Montane in re-electing former Republican President Donald Trump to a new term in the office and elected Republicans to the...

  • Democrats dominate in local contested elections

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 11, 2024

    Democrats dominated Tuesday in local contested elections, while the area also supported putting the right to choose an abortion in the state Constitution and a Hill Count road mill levy passed and a Liberty County hospital levy passed. That as the area followed the rest of Montane in re-electing former Republican President Donald Trump to a new term in the office and elected Republicans to the thee open seats in Congress and to all statewide offices. In local Legislative... Full story

  • Havre marching band dominates at Davis Invitational Marching Competition

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 7, 2024

    The Havre High School marching band excelled at an out-of-state invitational competition Saturday, taking top spots in its class. The band traveled to Kaysville, Utah, for the Davis Cup Invitational in Kaysville, Utah, and took first in its class, band director Cullen Hinkle said. The band also received best overall visual, music, colorguard and percussion in its division. Hinkle said the band scored with to 10 points above its competition in every category. Watch for more in upcoming editions of Havre Weekly...

  • Election right around the corner

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 6, 2024

    The polls will be open for people to cast their ballots next Tuesday in person, although mail-in ballots have been out for several weeks. Due to printing deadlines, Havre Weekly Chronicle will not be able to publish a story on the results in next week’s print edition, but people can look for updates and results at www.havredaillynews.com Tuesday night and Wednesday. The election has several hotly contested elections, from the top down to local races. The most visible race is for president, with Republican former president D...

  • Man connected to Arizona teen who had been missing pleads to unrelated charge

    Tim Leeds|Updated Oct 3, 2024

    A man who was living with a young woman in Havre when she notified authorities she was the one who went missing as a child four years earlier in Arizona pleaded guilty in Hill County District Court Monday to an unrelated felony count of sexual abuse of children. Edmund Davis, 37, entered his plea before state District Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz. A second count of sexual abuse of children will be dismissed under a plea agreement. Snipes Ruiz sent the sentencing date for Dec. 16. The state will be asking the court to sentence...

  • Ayres, Lanier face off in Hill County Commission election: Democratic Hill County Commission candidate Bill Lanier

    Tim Leeds|Updated Oct 3, 2024

    Democratic Hill County Commission candidate Bill Lanier said his years in the area and his relationships and ability to communicate, along with his experience in county government, will help him if he is elected commissioner in November. He said the time in his life seems right for him to run and he wants to try to make positive changes. He said he wants to put together all of the connections and relationships he has built and the experiences he has had. "I thought it was...

  • Ayres, Lanier face off in Hill County Commission election: Libertarian Hill County Commission candidate Sam Ayres

    Tim Leeds|Updated Oct 3, 2024

    Libertarian Hill County Commission candidate Sam Ayres said that, while he is not from Montana, he loves the state and wants to protect its values. "I genuinely think Montana is the greatest place on Earth," he said in an interview with Havre Weekly Chronicle. "That's a hill I will die on. .... I'm here because I love the Montana way of life." He said he has roots in the state, with his family settling here in the late 1800s, early 1900s, and though he grew up in California,...

  • Man arrested after high-speed pursuit on multiple charges and felony warrant

    Tim Leeds|Updated Oct 2, 2024

    Hill County Sheriff's Office said in a release today that Kolten T. Demontiney of Billings, homeless, 21 was arrested on multiple charges Tuesday night after a high-speed pursuit. Demontiney was charged with criminal endangerment, motor vehicle theft, obstructing a peace officer or other public servant, resisting arrest, fleeing or eluding a peace officer, reckless driving, speeding, other traffic crime, stop sign violation, operating a motor vehicle without valid...

  • Three children returned to Fort Belknap 135 years after dying in Pennsylvania

    Tim Leeds|Updated Sep 29, 2024

    Three Gros Ventre, or Aaniiih, children have returned to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation nearly 135 years after they were sent to one of the first Native American boarding schools in the country, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Alameda Heavy Hair, Bishop Shields and John Bull — all of those names are Americanized versions given at the boarding school — were recovered two weeks ago by a group from the Fort Belknap Indian Community, brought back to Montana and given a wake last Thursday, funeral and burial Friday on Fort Bel...

  • New MHP campus in Boulder named in honor of Hansen

    Tim Leeds|Updated Sep 19, 2024

    A brand-new location for the Montana Highway Patrol headquarters has been named in honor of a former Hill County attorney and state senator who represented Havre. The Kris Hansen Campus in Boulder was dedicated to the late Kris Hansen Sept. 4. Hansen spearheaded the creation of the location while serving as chief deputy state attorney general, a position she took in 2021. The Highway Patrol office was spread out in multiple offices and storage locations, and Hansen suggested...

  • More money comes into St. Mary Diversion repairs

    Tim Leeds|Updated Sep 5, 2024

    Sen. Jon Tester announced last Thursday that he had secured another $2 million to repair the catastrophic failure of two siphons in the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works that shut down the water being diverted to the Milk River. "It is critically important for irrigators who rely on the Milk River Project that we get water flowing as soon as possible," said Tester. "I'm glad to see that significant progress is already being made, but we've got to keep this project fully...

  • Racicot, Brown expound on reasons endorsing Democrats

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 25, 2024

    When prominent former Montana Republican elected officials Marc Racicot and Bob Brown and other members of Republicans for Tester recently endorsed Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont, in the 2024 election, they drew a scathing rejoinder from the campaign of his opponent. "'Republicans for Tester' makes about as much sense as a jumbo shrimp - 'Two-Faced Tester' has made a career of serving at the pleasure of New York's Chuck Schumer to advance their 'Montana Last' agenda while pretending...

  • Hill - Running for a third time for the same reason as the first

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 22, 2024

    Former Rep. Ed Hill, R-Havre, said he is back in the ring to try for a seat in the Montana Legislature basically for the same reason he first ran in 2020 - He sees a need for his candidacy. "The reason I I ran again, I guess just just to just the need, and realizing that, well, it is a thankless job and nobody else was chomping at the bit and wanting to do it," he said. Hill won the election in 2020 to represent Havre in the Legislature, but lost to Democrat Paul Tuss in the...

  • Republicans endorse Tuss, Tester

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 18, 2024

    Editors note: This version includes a comment from Tim Sheehy campaign spokesperson Jackie O’Brien that was received after the printing deadline for this edition. Watch for more in next week’s Havre Weekly Chronicle. Two local politicians have received unusual endorsements, endorsements from major Montana Republicans. Former Montana Gov., Attorney General and Republican National Committee Chair Marc Racicot has endorsed Rep. Paul Tuss, D-Havre, in his race to retain his seat in a race against Republican former Rep. Ed Hil...

  • Havre's National Night Out set for Aug. 27

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 15, 2024

    Havre’s law enforcement agencies are again bringing a night of socialization and entertainment to people in the community with Havre’s National Night Out set for Tuesday, Aug. 27. The night, running from 6-8 p.m. on the Montana University-Northern SUB drive, is hosted by Havre Police Department in conjunction with Hill County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Border Patrol Havre Sector, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Havre Station, Hill County Search and Rescue, Havre Fire Department/Emergency Medical Services, the FBI, Bear Paw V...

  • Man sought in connection with shooting death on Rocky Boy

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Rocky Boy Police are looking for a man they want to speak to about a shooting death on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation early Monday morning. The Rocky Boy Police Department posted an official release on their Facebook Page last Thursday that said the department is looking for Gordon Denny Jr., 29, to talk to about the shooting. The name of the shooting victim was not listed in the press release. No one was available to talk to the Havre Weekly Chronicle in calls starting July...

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