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The dual between MSU-Northern and Western Wyoming has been cancelled. A snowy, cold Tuesday night might not be a night when wrestling fans get hyped up about a dual. But, fans of the Montana State University-Northern Lights absolutely won’t want to miss this one. Tonight, inside the Armory Gymnasium, the Lights will wrestle their last home dual of the 2014-15 season. That means it’s senior night. But it’s not just any senior night at Northern. No, tonight, two of the all-t...
The Havre High football team will have a new head coach in 2015. Jason Christenson, speaking with the Havre Daily News Monday night, confirmed that he had submitted his letter of resignation and will not return to lead the team next season. “As a head football coach, there are a lot of intangible things that you have to do and take care of. And there were some areas where I wasn’t doing such a great job in and wasn’t improving,” Christenson said. “It wasn’t necessarily the X’s and O’s part of it. I think I still have a lot to...
A heavy snowfall hit Havre last night and a winter storm warning is in effect until 11 p.m. today. Jim Brusda, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Great Falls, said Havre received about two inches of snow yesterday and an inch overnight. "The report is taken out at the airport - that is about 3-3.5 miles away from town. It is possible that parts of town could have received a little bit higher snow amounts," he said. "With some blowing and drifting of the snow, it...
Havre City Council has qualms about a state proposal to eliminate flashing lights on both sides of the traffic lights leading into Holiday Village Mall. Montana Department of Transportation wants to remove the flashing lights contending they are no longer needed. MDT asked the city to sign off on the proposal, but council members think the lights provide additional safety and voted unanimously Monday night against the idea. Mayor Tim Solomon said Monday night the ultimate decision is up to MDT, and he’s uncertain if the c...
Kenneth Kampf, 73, passed away on Friday, Jan. 2, 2015, at his residence of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Ken's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at www.hollandbonine.com. Ken was born on March 4, 1941, in Havre to Samuel and...
Winter is a time when many people are looking for things to do to pass the time due to frigid temperatures. Montana State University's Hill County Extension and Montana State University-Northern will present the Cabin Fever program, which offers classes on various topics These classes will take place today through Jan. 31 and are open to the community. Lea Ann Larson, family and consumer science agent at Hill County Extension Office, said that the cabin fever program has been...
An area behind Havre High School has looked like it is in the school’s parking lot, but it actually was an extension of the city of Havre’s 20th Street. Now, with the construction taking place at the school, Havre Public Schools would like to reconfigure that parking lot. City council has agreed to a school district request that the city abandon the street and give it to the district. “We’d just as soon they take it over,” said Public Works Director Dave Peterson. Council members agreed that the transfer was good for both...
The Hill County Park Board held lengthy discussions concerning weeds invading Beaver Creek Park and a new website dedicated to the park and Beaver Lodge. Conrad Nystrom of the Hill County Conservation District expressed to the board that he has noticed a lot of weeds such as houndstongue growing in abundance in Beaver Creek Park. He proposed that his group be allowed to remove the weeds. “It’s really become an issue the last few years. There have been several weeds that have been imported,” he said. “It’s an ongoing p...
(AP) — The winter storm that moved through Montana Sunday and Monday continued to cause trouble today. An avalanche temporarily closed U.S. Highway 2 about 10 miles west of Essex just before 6 a.m. The Daily Inter Lake reports highway crews had one lane open less than an hour later. Road crews had cleared smaller slides overnight. The avalanche danger remained high today in mountain ranges across western and in southwestern Montana. The National Weather Service issued a w...
Editor: The “Home Free” service provided on New Year’s Eve is a critically important part of our holiday Sober & Safe Campaign. This was our 19th year, and we are very grateful to those who make it all possible. This year, approximately 330 people were provided safe rides on New Year’s Eve, thus removing a significant number of alcohol-impaired drivers from the roads and making the whole community safer. A special word of appreciation, once again, goes to Havre Ford for dispatching the calls and providing the drivers, cars an...
Randolph Virgil Christofferson, 90, passed away on Jan. 2, 2015, in Havre. His funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at the First Lutheran Church Viewing will be Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home from 2 to 7 p.m. A full obituary will follow....
Robert Christeck, 73, passed away in Reno, Nevada, Jan. 3, 2015. A rosary will be Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at 7 p.m. at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. A funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. A full obituary will follow....
Havre Police Department An officer investigated a crash between a Jeep Liberty and a Dodge pickup truck reported from 5th Avenue and 10th Street at 2:22 p.m. Monday. —— After a person came into the police department at 2:40 p.m. Monday to speak with an officer about suspicions of someone abusing a child, an arrest was made but no details were available on the call log this morning. —— After a man came into the police department and reported that a mower and snow blower had been stolen from a 4th Avenue church, an officer...
Jai-Lynne Day Child, Rocky Boy Basketball The Rocky Boy Morning Stars are off to their best start since moving up to Class B basketball. And a big reason why is junior Jai-Lynne Day Child. The sharp shooter is averaging nearly 15 points per game for the Morning Stars, and she scored a game-high 18 points as Rocky Boy nearly upset top-ranked Fairfield last Friday night in Fairfield. Day Child is also the top rebounder for the Morning Stars, and she is in her second season of st...
For the third time this season, Montana State University-Northern senior A’Jha Edwards has earned the Frontier Conference Women’s Player of the Week award. Edwards, a senior from Tucson, Arizona, was named Women’s Player of the Week on Monday afternoon. The Skylights split their weekend in Florida, beating Northwood College 79-59 and losing to Northwestern (Iowa) 58-63. Edwards averaged 18 points and 20 rebounds. She made 16-of-28 field goals and 4-of-9 free throws. Again...
Legendary Harlem High School wrestling coach Lyle Faulkinberry is now coaching his final season on the mat. Faulkinberry will retire at the end of the 2014-15 season, which will conclude with the All-Class State Wrestling Tournament, Feb. 13-14 in Billings. Faulkinberry has been Harlem’s wrestling coach since 1987. In his tenure he has coached seven Class B-C state champions, including just last year when Seth Adams won the 220-pound Class B-C title. He’s guided 43 Class B-C...
As the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end. And for the Box Elder Bears, last Friday against Highwood was the time for their 30-game winning streak to finally come to a halt. The Bears, who came into the weekend 4-0 on the 2014-15 season, were bombarded in the opening quarter on the road against Highwood Friday 22-8. Box Elder actually outscored Highwood the rest of the way but simply could not come back from its slow start to win the game. Highwood went on...
After a short break, girls high school basketball returned to the Hi-Line this past weekend, along with the return of winter. Despite some nasty new year’s weather, all the games in our area went on as scheduled. The first games of 2015 took place Friday night, and though the Rocky Boy Morning Stars lost, they put a major scare into the dynasty that is the Fairfield Eagles. In Fairfield Friday night, Rocky Boy nearly brought an end to the Eagles’ massive 109-game winning str...
