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MSU-Northern's Joe Simpson slams a dunk during the Lights' win over UM-Western Saturday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The first truly big game of NAIA men's basketball took place Saturday night in Havre when the No. 13 MSU-Northern Lights took on the No. 23 UM-Western Bulldogs. Fortunately, the Lights are used to the big stage. Northern scored the last six points of a tight on free throws, holding off the Bulldogs 63-55 at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The game was in...
HELENA (AP) — Authorities said Friday that two men in the Dakotas were being questioned in connection with the death of a Montana math teacher who vanished last weekend when she left her house for a run. Sidney police Chief Frank DiFonzo said a 47-year-old man was in custody in the Williams County jail in North Dakota, while a 22-year-old man was being questioned in Rapid City, S.D. He did not identify them and declined to answer questions about the investigation. AP Photo/The Billings Gazette, Larry Mayer Sidney Police C...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration raised concerns Saturday about efforts in Congress that it said would undermine "the dynamic, innovative global Internet," urging lawmakers to approve measures this year that balance the need to fight piracy and counterfeiting against an open Internet. White House officials said in a blog post that it would not support pending legislation that "reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk" or undermines the global Internet, cautioning the measure could discourage i...
MSU-Northern's Taylor Cummings looks to lass during Saturday night's Frontier Conference women's basketball game at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The MSU-Northern women's basketball team tried to bounce back from Friday night's controversial loss to Montana Tech. The UM-Western Bulldogs wouldn't let it happen however. The Bulldogs ri9pped off runs of 15-6 and 16-2 in the second half to blow by the reeling Skylights, 80-68 in a Frontier Conference lash Saturday night in Havre....
The Havre High girls basketball team continues to impress. Saturday night at the Havre High gymnasium, the Blue Ponies trounced the Class B Conrad Cowgirls 68-38 to improve to 7-3 on the season. The Ponies got 17 points by Peyton Filius. HHS travels to Belgrade and Livingston next weekend. Meanwhile, in Conrad Saturday night, the Havre High boys basketball team dropped its second game of the weekend when the Blue Ponies were stunned by the Class B Conrad Cowboys 35-26. The Pony boys also travel to Belgrade and Livingston...
MSU-Northern's Joe Simpson slams a dunk during the Lights' win over UM-Western Saturday night at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The first truly big game of NAIA men's basketball took place Saturday night in Havre when the No. 13 MSU-Northern Lights took on the No. 23 UM-Western Bulldogs. Fortunately, the Lights are used to the big stage. Northern scored the last six points of a tight on free throws, holding off the Bulldogs 63-55 at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The game was in...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school Friday in a shooting that left 27 people dead, including 18 children, an official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way. The shooting appeared to be the nation's second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. AP Photo/Jessica Hill A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher, following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in N...
NEWTOWN, Conn. — A man opened fire Friday inside two classrooms at the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked as a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in corners and closets and trembled helplessly to the sound of gunfire reverberating through the building. The killer, armed with two handguns, committed suicide at the school and another person was found dead at a second scene, bringing the toll to 28, authorities said. AP Photo/Jessica Hill A sign for a Healing Prayer s...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's top education official urged school leaders Friday to review their emergency plans and procedures in the wake of a Connecticut school shooting that killed 20 children and six adults. Every public school in Montana is required to have a plan to respond to all kinds of emergencies, from an intruder to a fire to a bomb threat. Such a plan is meant to minimize the risk of a tragedy such as the one that unfolded Friday morning in Newtown, Conn. But there is no requirement or set process for M...
The Havre High girls basketball team grabbed its first win of the 2012-13 season by beating Belgrade, 58-46 Friday night in Belgrade. However, the HHS boys slipped to 0-3 after falling to the Panthers 62-60 in overtime Friday night. Both Blue Pony squads will be in action Saturday afternoon in Livingston. For full coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News Friday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Baker 57, Colstrip 36 Belgrade 62, Havre 60, OT Big Timber 53, Townsend 45 Billings Senior 56, Casper Kelly Walsh, Wyo....
The Havre High wrestling team posted a strong opening day at the prestigious CMR Holiday Classic in Great Falls. Havre advanced six grapplers to Saturday morning's semifinal round, while scoring 132 points Friday. The Ponies sit in second place behind Great Falls High, which scored 140 points Friday. The Ponies which will wrestle in the semifinals include, Keegan Kennely (98), Grayson Brenna (105), Dylan Stewart (112), Gilbert Bara (135), Grant Pattison (189) and Tyler Adams (215). The CMR tourney runs through Saturday...
The Havre High boys and girls swim teams are already approaching the Christmas break point of the season – and the Blue Ponies really only got started last Saturday. But there's little to worry about because Havre will certainly get plenty of races in before the two-week break from competition. Today and Saturday, the Havre High's Jackie Martin swims the butterfly during last Saturday's Havre Invitational at the Havre Community Pool. The Blue Ponies travel to Great Falls t...
When the Frontier Conference announced that it was adding Dickinson State and Southern Oregon to its stable of football programs, just shy of two years ago, everyone knew things would never be the same again. But I'm not sure anyone saw such a drastic first year of expansion coming – like the one we just witnessed this fall. Southern Oregon has always been a highly-respected football NAIA football program, but the Red Raiders blew through the Frontier, wreaking havoc as if the...
For the second straight week, the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team found itself locked in an intense dual with an NAIA powerhouse. But on the road, the Lights couldn't quite get over the hump this time around. In a huge NAIA showdown Thursday night in Ashland, Ore., the No. 4 Lights came up just short against No. 2 Southern Oregon, 25-18 in what was as exciting a dual as there has been in the NAIA this season. The dual pitted several of the top wrestlers in...
Heading into the second week of the season, things aren't getting any easier for the Havre High boys basketball team. Last weekend, the Central A Blue Ponies dropped their first two games of the season, and are 0-2 heading into the first weekend of conference p Havre High's Kody Hickman looks to pass over a CMR defender during last week's high school basketball game in Havre. The Blue Ponies are in Belgrade tonight and Livingston Saturday for Central A battles. lay. Tonight, the Ponies will face the Belgrade Panthers in...
Last season, the Havre High girls basketball team was crowned regular season champions and Central A Divisional champions en route to the Class A state tournament. Now, headed into the first weekend of conference play, the Blue Ponies will try to take steps toward defending their conference crown. A week ago, the Ponies opened the season with nonconference losses to Malta and CMR. But headed into their second weekend of competition, the Ponies are preparing for two conference opponents on the road. HHS will face the Beldrage...
If the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team was road weary after last weekend's foray west to Washington and Oregon, the Skylights sure didn't show it Thursday night. MSU-N put up its highest point total of the season, as well as another staunch defensive effort in defeating Walla Walla University 89-30 in the first day of the Duck Inn Holiday Classic at the Armory Gymnasium. The Skylights used a 15-2 run in the first half, as well as an 11-for-28...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut State Police say they are assisting local police in Newtown amid reports of a shooting at an elementary school. AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., following a reported shooting there Friday The school superintendent's office says the district has locked down schools to ensure the safety of students and staff. The shooting was reported at Sandy Hook E...
HELENA (AP) — A judge on Thursday extended his temporary block of restrictions on medical marijuana providers while he considers whether the state can eliminate access to the drug for some of the most seriously ill patients in the interest of curbing abuse. District Judge James Reynolds did not immediately rule on whether to grant a preliminary injunction that would indefinitely block the state from implementing a ban on compensation for medical marijuana providers or limiting them to distributing marijuana to three p...
NEWTOWN, Conn. — An official with knowledge of the situation says a gunman at the center of a school shooting in Newtown, Conn., has been killed. AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks In this photo provided by the Newtown Bee, Connecticut State Police lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., following a reported shooting there Friday The official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way says the man apparently had two guns. A dispatcher at the Newtown V...
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — An official with knowledge of a shooting at a Connecticut elementary school says 27 people are dead, including 18 children. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way....
Photos by Lindsay Brown Children all over the world are getting excited this month about what toys they'll be getting. Terry Grant, however, thinks it might be time to get rid of his. Grant, a retired teacher and school administrator — he was superintendent of Blue Sky Public Schools when it merged with Kremlin-Gildford schools — was busy this week cataloging his 5,000 Hot Wheels cars, organizing them by rarity in hundreds of boxes across a dozen tables in the Masonic Temple. He's been collecting the miniature cars since 2000...
Alpha Hanson Alpha Hanson, 104, died of natural causes Dec. 11, at Northern Montana Care Center, in Havre, Mont. Funeral services will be held at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home, at 2:30 p. m., Tuesday, Dec. 18, with burial at Highland Cemetery. Memorial donations may be given to Northern Montana Care Center Chapel Fund, P.O. Box 1231, Havre, MT 59501. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Alpha was born May 30, 1908, in Prairie Farm, Wis., to C. K. and Anna Helen Helgeson Hanson. She...
Starting at 5 p. m. Saturday, members of Van Orsdel United Methodist Church will stand at the Living Nativity Scene on 5th Avenue. Quiet Christmas music will be played in the background. Miniature horses, miniature donkeys and alpacas will wonder around the Nativity Scene. Young people will be dressed as angels. Church members will be dressed as shepherds. Mary and Joseph will be there. It will be a portrayal of the birth of Jesus, as told in the gospels. It is a time of quiet solitude on busy 5th Avenue. "Some years we have...
U. S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Thursday that he believes the president and congressional leadership can come to an agreement to avoid falling off the "fiscal cliff, " and that he hopes it can be done in a manner to avoid having to deal with it again in future sessions. "I don't want to spend the next year talking about deficit and debt, " Tester said during a telephonic press conference from Washington. "This is kind of a dance, to be honest, with you, " Tester said. "I think they will come to an agreement, and it will...
