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A winter storm warning is in effect until 11 p.m. Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service, widespread accumulating snow is expected to continue through Tuesday evening with the heaviest amounts accumulating today. A total of 10 to 18 inches of snow are expected throughout the plains and valleys, with two to three feet in the mountains. High winds are expected to rise today and decrease by tonight. These winds will cause cold wind chills with a low of minus 16, as...
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...
HELENA — Montana lawmakers said at the opening of the legislative session Monday that they will work together and show respect for one another during the 2015 legislative session after a contentious session in 2013. House Republicans and Democrats elected as the new House speaker Rep. Austin Knudsen, a 33-year-old lawyer from Culbertson. Knudsen said he looks forward to a productive session. "We here in this body can disagree without being disagreeable," he said. Knudson also told members of the House his role is not one o...
The American Red Cross blood drive today at St. Jude's Parish Center is cancelled because of snows. The blood drive Tuesday at Northern Montana Hospital is also called off. Any other postponements or cancellations, please let us know at [email protected]. Any other cancellations due to weather? Let us know at [email protected]....
E-1 Towing has been given the go-ahead for its motor vehicle wrecking facility located just east of Havre. Hill County Commissioners Mike Wendland, Jeff LaVoi and Mark Peterson unanimously passed the resolution last Monday. Clay Vincent, the county's junk vehicle administrator, said that commissioners approved the licensing, but that the zoning conditions set forth by the zoning board must be met. Vincent also said that Erickson wants to expand his facility. "He wants to go...
Special to the Havre Daily News HELENA — Between shouts of excitements and tears of joy, Richard Hentschel of Havre, was able to claim his $100,000 Montana Millionaire ticket. Richard purchased his ticket at Markus Foods in Whitefish. Hentschel came in to the lottery office in Helena Thursday with his father, wife and son in tow, ecstatic over their recent win with a ticket that Richard purchased on his birthday. Avid Player’s Club participants, Richard’s wife had already entered all their bonus play codes online and pract...
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Registrations are being taken for the Fresno Ice Fishing Derby to be held at Fresno Reservoir, a walleye hotspot just 12 miles west of Havre, Jan. 24 and 25. The Havre Chamber Ag Committee’s fishing derby is designed to let participants win cash and at the same time protect the fishery, raise scholarship funds for Montana State University-Northern and have fun. Entry fee is $25 per day per contestant or $50 or two days. Spear fishing will be permitted. Registration deadline is Jan. 23. C...
Havre Police Department An officer investigated a report made at 11:13 a.m. Friday from Assiniboine Avenue that someone had shot out a window of a Volkswagon Super Beetle with a BB gun. —— After the dispatcher received a call from 16th Street West at 1:41 p.m. Friday, an officer arrested Paul Dan Root, 20,of Havre on a charge of partner or family member assault. —— After a caller from 5th Avenue at 4:20 p.m. reported an erratic driver, an officer at 4:22 p.m. Friday pulled over Fernando Hermisto Bautista, 21, of Havre a...
Daniel James Stanley, 72, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at his residence of natural causes. Wake services began at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, and continued until his traditional funeral, at 10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015, also at Our Savior's Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the Parker Family Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Daniel's online memorial page and leave a...
The last time fans saw the Montana State University-Northern Lights at home was Oct. 17 and the season was just getting started. The next time Northern fans will see the Lights in the Armory Gymnasium will be this Friday night when they begin Frontier Conference play against Montana Tech. In between, Northern was on the road for 10 different games, stretching over two months. But just before the Lights start league play, they got to kick off the new year with three home games...
Chester Lee Covington passed away Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, at Big Sky Senior Living in Butte. He was born in New Raymer, Colorado, Sept. 6, 1925, to Chester Melvin and Vera Mary (Speed) Covington. Lee served in the United States Navy and Air Corp during World War II, went to inactive service in 1945 and was honorably discharged in June 1947. On Sept. 14 of that same year he married his high school sweetheart, Bonita "Bonnie" Marie Kilzner. Lee graduated from the University of...
The Glacier Nationals knew going into their two-game set against the Bozeman Ice Dogs that they had a golden opportunity to get some points in the Frontier Division standings. And after bringing a three-game losing streak into the weekend, the Nationals came through with points in back-to-back games in Bozeman. Friday night, in the Nationals' first game since Dec. 20, Glacier earned a come-from-behind road victory over the Ice Dogs as they defeated Bozeman 4-3 in overtime....
March. That was the last time anyone on the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball roster tasted defeat. But after a 14-0 start to the 2014-15 season, the Skylights finally ran into the taste of defeat, just before the year ended. Last Tuesday afternoon in West Palm Beach, Florida, the No. 17 Skylights saw their 14-game winning streak come to an end as they lost an overtime heartbreaker to NAIA DII power Northwestern College, 63-58. But MSU-N didn’t let the tas...
If defense wins championships, then the Havre High girls basketball team is well on its way to contending for another Class A state title. Especially if it keeps playing defense the way it did against Great Falls High. The Blue Ponies, who hosted Great Falls Friday night at the HHS gymnasium in the first of two non-conference games this past weekend, cruised to a 49-35 victory over the Bison thanks in large part to the dominant defense that is the trademark of Havre...
Despite some mixed results, it would be hard to call the past weekend anything but a success for the Havre High boys basketball team. While the Blue Ponies did lose their first game of the season, they also earned a road win and proved they can compete with one of the top teams that Class AA has to offer. In the first of two games over the weekend, Havre went on the road to take on Great Falls High Friday night. And for four quarters, the Ponies gave the favored Bison all...
