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Havre Daily News staff The Hill County Commission is seeking applicants for two county boards. Press releases say the commission is seeking to fill a position on the Hill County Park Board held by Dave Wilson, who is resigning from the board. He started on the board in 1998. It also is seeking to fill a slot on the Great Northern Fair Board formerly held by Missy Boucher, who joined the board in 2009. The Park Board position would run through May 1, 2019, and the Fair Board seat through Jan. 1, 2020. The Park Board oversees...
Garrick Allan Ferguson was arrested Tuesday afternoon and is accused of breaking into a Beaver Creek Park cabin and stealing a flat screen TV and a miter saw. Ferguson is charged with felony burglary, felony theft and misdemeanor criminal mischief. Court charging documents say a deputy with the Hill County Sheriff’s Office responded Dec. 8 to a burglary call of a Beaver Creek Park cabin. The callers said they had surveillance video of a man breaking into the cabin. The deputy watched the video and believed the man to be F...
Jesse A. Salmonson of Havre was sentenced to five years probation Monday in state District Court in Havre for stabbing his brother during a 2015 New Year's Eve fight. State District Judge Dan Boucher imposed on Salmonson a five-year deferred imposition of sentence for a felony charge of assault with a weapon and ordered him to pay $500 on assigned counsel within three years. If Salmonson, born in 1988, abides by the conditions of his sentence, he can have the conviction struck off his record. Salmonson pleaded guilty in a...
Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson said this morning that he is optimistic that by the end of the month a day care for school district employees will be up and running full swing. Only one major roadblock remains in the way. “We’re just waiting on approval from the state,” Carlson said. He said the facility, which will be at Sunnyside Intermediate School, is ready to go and waiting to be inspected. During a board of trustees meeting Tuesday night, a motion to charge for day care services was approved. One of th...
Several activities including a reading program, community feed and a presentation by a civil rights activist will take place in Havre later this week to commemorate the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. ahead of what would have been his 88th birthday Sunday. Students in grades kindergarten through six will learn about King today and Thursday through Read for Peace, a program by the Montana Campus Compact and AmeriCorps in which volunteers visit schools in Havre and throughout the state to read age-appropriate books...
Daryl Wright II narrowly prevailed over eight challengers in Tuesday’s special election on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation for an open seat on the Chippewa Cree Business Committee. Official election results certified by the tribe, show that Wright won with 64 votes, while Michael “Big Mike” Corcoran came in second with 60 votes. Dustin Whitford and Russell Standing Rock tied for third place with 59 votes each. Jolene Crebs received 56 votes, and Melvin “Junior” Morsette and Laurie Sun Child each received 46 votes. Candidates...
Little more than a week into the 2017 legislative session, area lawmakers touched on issues and fielded questions from local residents during Legislative Conversations, a weekly discussion between north-central Montana legislators and their constituents. Though the event at the Robins Administration Building is billed as a video conference, technical difficulties forced participants to gather around the smart phone of Montana State University-Northern Alumni Foundation...
Havre Daily News staff With very cold weather — especially with alternating warmer weather — coming into north-central Montana this winter, people have been, and likely will continue to, experience water main breaks in the area. Havre Public Works provided some information to explain what happens in a water main break, what people might notice and who they should contact if their main breaks: What is a water main break? A water main is an underground pipe that delivers water to the customer’s service pipe. In resid...
Due to editing errors, a story on the front page of Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about Jamie Eagleman being sentenced in state District Court in Havre misstated that Eagleman was sentenced to Deer Lodge, the men’s prison in Montana, when she was turned over to the supervision of the state Department of Public Health and Human Services. The article also misstated the first name of state District Judge Dan Boucher....
Buses stopping for Martin Luther King day North Central Montana buses will not run Monday, Jan. 16, for Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. HRDC closed Monday for Martin Luther King Day District 4 Human Resources Development Council will be closed Monday, Jan. 16, to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day. District 4 HRDC will resume normal business hours Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 8 a.m....
Montana’s Constitution requires state government to provide public legal defense to individuals who cannot afford their own legal counsel when they are charged with crimes involving imprisonment, facing involuntary commitment because of a mental disorder placing them or another at risk, or facing loss of parental rights. During the last four years, we served together on the Montana legislative subcommittee in charge of overseeing the budget for the Office of the State Public Defender. During this time, we became concerned r...
Donna F. Brien of Havre, 77, passed away due to complications from Parkinson's disease Jan. 9, 2017 at Northern Montana Care Center. A Rosary will be recited Thursday Jan. 12, at 7 p.m. at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home in Havre. A funeral Mass will be held Friday Jan. 13, at 11 a.m. at St. Jude's Catholic Church in Havre. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Donna's...
Barbara L. Abbott, 81, passed away due to natural causes Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, at Northern Montana Hospital. Vigil services were Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, and her funeral Mass took take place at 11 a.m. today. Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, all at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery. Barbara's family has requested that memorial donations be made in her name to St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, St. Jude Catholic School, or to the charity of the...
HAYS — Patricia Eagleman, 63, passed away in Billings Jan. 7. Wake services will be held at Enemy Kill Center in Hays at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12. Funeral services are Friday, Jan. 13, at 11 a.m. at Enemy Kill Center. Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook is in charge of arrangements....
Havre Police Department Eugene James Walls of Box Elder, 43, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and on charges of possession of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia after a First Street West business caller reported Tuesday at 8:34 a.m. finding a methamphetamine pipe. —— A 13-year-old was issued a summons on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia after a Havre Middle School employee reported a drug offense Tuesday at 3 p.m. —— Officers investigated a theft report after a Second Street...
It was a pretty quiet week at the lanes. I think everyone felt the same as we did. The holiday’s are over and we can kick back and relax a bit. Our next event at Harvest Moon Lanes is the Challenge Tournament. It is scheduled for Jan. 21. If you have never bowled this tournament, you need to try it. You bowl one game across six sets of lanes that are dressed with a different oil pattern, which makes things very interesting, hence the challenge. It’s a very fun tournament everyone can enjoy. It’s scratch scores, but each...
We, as Havreites, may be buried in snow, but it’s going to be awfully hot inside the Armory Gymnasium this weekend. That’s because all three of the Montana State University-Northern’s nationally ranked winter sports teams will be in action. Fans, get your popcorn ready because your Lights and Skylights are on the national stage now. Obviously, having both Northern basketball teams and the wrestling team ranked at the same time has happened before. In fact, it happened as re...
Tyler Chandler knows good basketball when he sees it. He saw it every day when he played for Northwest Community College, and he saw it during his recruitment to Montana State University-Northern. Now, Chandler is once again seeing it every day, because, as a Light, he’s a part of it. The senior guard from Evanston, Wyoming, came to Northern last fall, after playing for former Light Brian Erickson at Northwest for two seasons. “Coach Erickson being a former Light, he pla...
Thursday High School Basketball Turner girls vs Box Elder Turner boys vs Box Elder Ft. Benton girls vs CJI Ft. Benton boys vs CJI North Star girls vs HHS JV High School Wrestling Havre at GFH College Wrestling Lights vs DSU, 7 p.m. Friday High School Basketball Havre girls vs Browning, 7 p.m. Havre boys at Browning, 7 p.m. Turner girls vs Big Sandy Turner boys vs Big Sandy North Star girls vs Chinook North Star boys vs Chinook CJI girls vs Cut Bank CJI boys vs Cut Bank HLP...
