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For much of their lives, Parker Filius and Jase Stokes have done things together. They have wrestled together, played football together, even played in intramural basketball together. But beyond that, they have even more in common. Both are three-time individual state champions, looking to become the first wrestlers in Havre High history to be the first four-timer. As Stokes said once: "I guess it will come down to who wins it first." As in, which will get the first chance at...
This time last year, Jacob Bachmeier was a senior who walked the halls of Havre High. Now, 18, he walks the halls of the state capitol building in Helena as a freshman Montana lawmaker. Bachmeier, a Democrat, took the oath of office Monday, standing alongside 99 other members of the Montana House of Representatives. It was a moment he later said felt surreal as he made the leap from successful candidate to office holder. “I felt tickled almost that I was finally here, that it was my first day and now the real work b...
A Chinook man who impersonated an IRS agent and stole an estimated $34,500 worth of jewelry was sentenced to three years with the Department of Corrections Wednesday in District Court. Jody Barnes, born in 1964, was sentenced to seven years with four suspended for aggravated burglary and ordered to pay $1,900 in restitution to First National Pawn of Great Falls. The sentence is part of a plea deal that dropped two additional felony charges. Court documents say that a Havre resident let Jody Barnes into his home Sept. 1 after...
U.S Rep. Ryan Zinke voted for a House budgetary rules change Tuesday night that could make it easier for lawmakers to transfer federal public land to states and other entities. Zinke, who was nominated last month by President-elect Donald Trump to be the next U.S. secretary of the interior, voted with 233 other House Republicans for the rules change. All Democrats and three Republicans voted against it. Zinke’s office did not respond before print deadline as to whether Zinke’s vote for the measure, which was included in a b...
Press release Hi-Line United Soccer is seeking middle school and high school aged players for teams for the spring 2017 season. Deadlines are fast approaching and teams must be finalized by Jan. 17. Registrations are due Jan. 13. Forms will be available at Havre High School and Havre Middle School. People also can contact Ann McNight at [email protected] and have forms emailed to them. If people have further questions, they can contact Ann McKnight at 406-945-0734 or Greg Dugdale at [email protected]. Hi-Line...
This past holiday season, Hill County DUI Task Force and Hi-Line Tavern Association teamed up with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to remind all drivers that Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving and to always plan a sober ride before the holiday parties begin. The businesses in Havre really stepped up to promote a safe holiday season! There were eye-catching posters all over town, raising awareness to the issue and problem-solving programs. Gary & Leo’s Fresh Foods, liquor stores and even hotels handed out i...
Routine. My life is routine. I don’t live on the beach, lounging beneath a palapa, tanning my skin into leather, holding a fruit-filled drink, serenaded by mariachi bands. Ha. So, I just returned from two weeks in Mazatlan where I stayed with friends in a high-rise resort hotel on the beach. I never made it to the beach palapa. I had one thoroughly enjoyable beach walk. Mostly, I visited old friends from when I lived in Mazatlan, had medical tests in preparation for cataract surgery later this month and wandered the market i...
Havre Police Department Megan Rae Martin of Havre, 30, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant Wednesday at 8:48 a.m. at a Second Street Northeast address. —— Jessie Leeann Manuel of Havre, 29, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant Wednesday at 9:55 a.m. on First Street Northeast. —— Natasha Lynn Peck of Havre, 27, was arrested on four Justice or City court warrants Wednesday at 9:55 a.m. near a First Street Northeast address. —— Officers investigated a theft report after an 11th Street West caller made a re...
A woman received three years probation Wednesday in state District Court in Havre for stealing her mother’s medication while visiting her for the weekend. Janessa J. Cline, born in 1981, received a three year deferred imposition of sentence for criminal possession of dangerous drugs, a felony. The sentence is under a plea deal that dropped a misdemeanor theft charge. If Cline abides by the conditions of her sentence, she can have the offense wiped from her record. On Jan. 28, a woman called deputies to report that her h...
For the first time in more than two decades, the Hi-Line will be represented by wearing the University of Montana's famed No. 37 jersey. On Wednesday, UM officials announced that graduating senior defensive end Caleb Kidder has handed the jersey off to senior DE Tucker Schye. Getting set to enter his final season as a Griz, Schye has impressed Montana coaches and teammates alike since he was a freshman, earning the defensive "Scout Team Player of the Year" award in 2013....
In a matter of weeks, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has gone from being picked fifth in the Frontier Conference Preseason Coaches Poll, to being ranked inside the Top 15 in the NAIA. The Lights (13-1, 2-0) have put together an impeccable resume during the first half of the 2016-17 season. Now however, the real work begins. Tonight, the No. 15 Lights restart Frontier play when they visit the UGF Argos in Great Falls. And Saturday, MSU-N trips to...
On the final day of 2016, the Glacier Nationals lost to the Helena Bighorns. And in their first game of 2017, the Nationals will have a chance to avenge that loss. Glacier, which has two games on tap for this weekend, will host Helena Friday night at 8 inside the Havre Ice dome, before traveling to Great Falls to take on the Great Falls Americans Saturday. First puck with drop at 7:30 p.m. While the Nationals lost to Helena 4-1 on New Year’s Eve, the game was more c...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights have already played two difficult Frontier Conference opponents on the road. But, when league play resumes this weekend, the Skylights will be out on the road against their two biggest rivals. In a pair of showdowns with fellow ranked opponents, the No. 11 Skylights (11-2, 1-1) restart Frontier play against No. 13 UGF tonight and No. 25 Carroll College Saturday night. "This is a very tough trip against two nationally-ranked...
After taking a couple weeks off for the holidays, the Havre High wrestling team will be back on the mat, starting Friday in Cut Bank. The Blue Ponies, who are making their annual stop in the Cut Bank Invitational, a tournament they have dominated in recent years, will be looking to win their 15h consecutive team championship at the meet. The 2017 version will get underway Friday in Cut Bank at 10 a.m. and will conclude Saturday with championship matches beginning at 4 p.m....
Thursday High School Basketball Box Elder girls vs Big Sandy Box Elder boys vs Big Sandy North Star girls at Havre JV College Basketball Skylights at UGF, 5:30 p.m. Lights at UG, 7:30 p.m. Friday High School Basketball Havre girls vs Fairfield, 6 p.m. Havre boys at Fairfield, 5:30 p.m. North Star girls vs CJI North Star boys vs CJI Box Elder girls vs Ft. Benton Box Elder boys vs Ft. Benton Chinook girls vs Harlem Chinook boys vs Harlem Turner girls vs HLP Turner boys vs HLP...
