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  • Snipes Ruiz appointed district judge

    Updated Jan 8, 2019

    Havre Daily News staff The office of Gov. Steve Bullock announced Monday afternoon that Bullock appointed Regional Deputy Public Defender Kaydee Snipes Ruiz as the judge in the 12th Judicial District that includes Chouteau, Hill and Liberty counties. Snipes Ruiz, whose appointment must be confirmed by the state Senate this legislative session, takes the place of Judge Dan Boucher, who retired in November. Havre attorney Randy Randolph, Big Sandy Attorney Thomas Sheehy and...

  • Tech workshop helps seniors to better understand their smartphones

    Stephen Real|Updated Jan 8, 2019

    Many senior citzens attended a technology workshop sponsored by the Montana Association for the Blind Monday afternoon with questions regarding their smartphones or regular cellphones and many left saying they felt more comfortable than when they came in. The workshop, held inside the North Central Senior Center, was led by Jerry West. West teaches a technology class in the summers for the Montana Association for the Blind that focuses on helping those visually impaired with...

  • City Council still taking judge applications

    Derek Hann|Updated Jan 8, 2019

    Havre Mayor Tim Solomon told Havre City Council during its meeting Monday that the city is accepting applications to fill the vacancy of city judge, through Friday, adding the city council then will schedule a special meeting to review applications and appoint someone to this position. City Judge Virginia Seigel announced in November her resignation effective Jan. 21. Siegel is taking a position with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Finance Director and City Clerk Doug Kaercher said that so far there has been one...

  • Park board reviews haying policy and sends it back to committee

    Stephen Real|Updated Jan 8, 2019

    Hill County Park Board was asked by its Haying and Grazing Committee to review an item in the Haying Policy at the board’s meeting Monday night in the Timmons Room of the Hill County Courthouse. Aubrey Williams, assistant to Beaver Creek Park superintendent, said that the issue that was being presented to the park board was people who have paid to harvest hay being able to resell whatever was not used. Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said the policy was initially written that hayers could not resell the hay and i...

  • For the Record, Jan. 8 2019

    Updated Jan 8, 2019

    Havre Police Department A caller at a Montana State University-Northern residence hall reported Monday at 7:19 a.m. a pickup truck was broken into and a sound system and laptop stolen. -- A caller on 19th Avenue West reported a hit and run between a semitractor-trailer and a car at 12:44 p.m. Monday. -- A caller at a Third Street business reported Monday at 3:21 p.m. someone was rummaging around in her vehicle and had taken some change. -- Monday at 4:59 p.m. a gold Chevrolet...

  • Obituary - Steven Dennis Norby

    Updated Jan 8, 2019

    Steven Dennis Norby, 56, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on December 30, 2018, from heart disease. Steve was born on May 17, 1962, in Great Falls to Dennis and Billie Norby. He began working in the oilfields at age 16 in Sidney, MT. At age 19, he met the love of his life and soulmate, Carolyn, in Malta. They then moved to Great Falls until Steve enlisted in the U.S. Army. The couple resided in Colorado Springs, CO, where their first son, Russell Steven,...

  • Local News - Havre Ballers set Pizza Hut fundraiser

    Updated Jan 8, 2019

    Havre Daily News staff Fifth-grade traveling girls basketball team Havre Ballers is having a fundraiser at Pizza Hut Thursday. Funds will go to help pay for the team’s traveling expenses. The team, which is looking at participating in tournaments into April, had its first tournament in December in Helena. It took second last weekend at a tournament in Great Falls. Thursday, when people say they are contributing to the Havre Ballers when paying for dine-in or carry-out orders at Pizza Hut, the restaurant will donate 20 p...

  • Local News - Lil' Pony Cheer Camp set for Jan. 26

    Updated Jan 8, 2019

    Press release Lil’ Pony Cheer Camp 2019 for boys and girls ages kindergarten through fifth grade is set for Saturday, Jan. 26 from 8:15 to 11:15 a.m. at Havre High School’s cafeteria. The camp attendees will give a performance during halftime of the Havre girls basketball game vs. Malta at 4 p.m. that day. Registration forms are available at the local elementary schools, Crossroads Hair & Design, or by contacting cheer coach Stephanie Borst 945-2447 or assistant Taylor Stokes....

  • Frontier Notebook: Ranked rivals nothing new for Lights, Skylights

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 8, 2019

    The Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams are getting awfully used to their Frontier Conference games being against rivals ranked in the NAIA Top 25. Already this season, all four of the Skylight's league games have been against Top 25 teams, while three of the Light's four have, as well. And nothing will change tonight for Northern, which travels to Great Falls to face the University of Providence Argos. Both Providence teams hold Top 25...

  • Hi-Line Girls: Bears top Longhorns in round one

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 8, 2019

    With teams rested and ready to go, the 2019 Hi-Line girls basketball season began in Ernest last week. And now, with Christmas break over, the race to the postseason is underway. The return to basketball started last Thursday with the Class B Harlem Wildcats thrashing Class C rival Chinook, 73-48. Harlem scored 41 points in the first 16 months and never looked back, as L'Tia Lawrence scored 23 points, Skylee Dirden added 19 and Taya Potter scored 17. The Sugarbeeters got 14...

  • Hi-Line Boys: Big Sandy sweeps District 9C games

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jan 8, 2019

    After taking a couple of weeks off for the holidays, local boys basketball teams were back in action this past week and there were a number of important games on the docket. The action got underway Tuesday when Chinook traveled to Harlem to take on the Wildcats in the renewal of an old Class B rivalry. However, it was the Sugarbeeters that came out on top by the final score of 79-45. While Chinook opened its week with a non-conference tilt against Harlem, the rest of the...

  • Havre's Lane Paulson inks with MSU-N

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 8, 2019

    Lane Paulson has always had dreams of wrestling in college. Now, not only will he fulfill that dream, he’ll do it in his hometown. Monday, Montana State University-Northern head wrestling coach Tyson Thivierge announced that Paulson, a senior at Havre High, has signed an NAIA national letter of intent to continue his career with the Lights. Paulson is currently in the final season of an outstanding career at HHS. He’s ranked second in Class A at 138 pounds, and is also a two-t...

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Jan 8, 2019

    Jacob Miller, Havre High Swimming Havre High’s Jacob Miller wasn’t going to let his last home meet of the 2018-19 season go without making a splash. The Blue Pony standout swimmer instead won the 200 IM with a time of 2:34.41, while finishing second in the 100 butterfly at Saturday’s Class A Meet inside the Havre Community Pool. Miller also swam on the Pony relay teams, while helping HHS to a second-place finish in the meet against Hardin and Billings Central. L'Tia Lawre...

  • Sports Photos: Ice Hawks in the Havre Ice Dome...

    Updated Jan 7, 2019