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Paul and Vicki (Seaman) Niederegger have been on a life adventure for 50 years together from Oct. 21 1971-2021. Living on a ranch supporting domestic livestock and wildlife equally well is as close to God's wonderful creation and nature as one can get. Everyday is exciting and presents new challenges. Paul came over to the United States and America as a teenager from Matrei, E. Tirol, Austria speaking German language but soon learned English very well. He came from skiing...
Local health care has seen a great deal of change in the last year as vaccination for COVID-19 continues throughout the community and booster shots roll out while the system is strained by the latest surge of COVID-19. Northern Montana Health Care Director of Infection Prevention Alysia Mosness has spearheaded much of hospital's efforts to vaccinate as much of the community as possible, and in that respect it has been a very unusual and ever-shifting year of work....
Two separate power outages impacted the region Thursday night, with many NorthWestern Energy customers impacted by both outages. NorthWestern Energy spokesperson Jo Dee Black said this morning that an issues with a piece of equipment on a transmission line was identified as the reason for the outages. Crews worked last night to restore service and have been working since daylight to make the necessary repairs, Black said. The first power outage impacted NorthWestern Energy electric customers from Joplin to Nashua and south...
With the unofficial returns tallied on the election this week, some new faces are in some of the offices. In Blaine County, retired sheriff Glenn Heustis upset incumbent Keith Hanson in the race for mayor. Huestis received 222 votes to Hanson’s 179. Robert Smith won the race for councilperson in Ward 1 in Chinook, defeating Michal Radovich 121-86. Shannon Sattleen won the race to represent Ward 2 in the Chinook City Council race. Sattleen received 140 votes while Mitch Haider received 41. In Harlem, Kim Hansen won a close r...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 681 new cases, 8,705 active cases, 343 hospitalizations and 2,415 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 180,452 cases. Blaine County reported on the state update this morning, had 5 new cases. The data on the map did not match the county’s last update, which reported Tuesday night 82 active cases with one active hospitalization at that time, Blaine County has had 27 deaths. Hill County Health Department reported Thursday evening that 5 new cases... Full story
by Emily Mayer Local news was mixed in the Havre Daily Promoter 100 years ago. Let’s start with the bad news. HUGE FIRE REDUCES COUNTRY CLUB TO ASHES Fire, originating from an unknown cause, reduced the log building of the Country Club three miles west of the city, yesterday morning to a heap of ashes, aggregating a total loss of about $5,000. The building was owned by Mrs. Sam Spaulding, who leased it to Messrs More and Peak for a country club house, which had been open for the past six weeks. The building was partly c...
Press release Wyatt Antonich is a Havre High School Student of the Month for October 2021. He is the son of Matt and Johnna Antonich and has four younger siblings, Zeke, Soren, Jed and Avery. Wyatt is a senior who is active in choir and is a boys' basketball manager. He is employed by the Montana State University-Northern football team as a filmer and also works for Antonich Drywall. Tyler Kropf, who nominated Wyatt, said he is "polite and hardworking in both the classroom...
Carla Jenewein Chinook Red Cross blood drive coordinator Thankful for your good health? Pass it on! Make your appointment to give blood with the Red Cross at our blood drive Tuesday, Nov. 9, from noon to 6 p.m. at Wallner Hall in Chinook, 330 Ohio behind the Methodist Church. Currently, the American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage and donations are needed immediately. Your help is vital in filling the empty appointment slots. Healthy individuals are strongly urged to donate now to help patients counting...
Kenneth Howard Kihara, 67, left this world on August 1, 2021, at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, UT. Ken came into this world May 23, 1954, at his grandmother's home in Pocatello, Idaho, and was the first of five children born to Junior Tsuneaki and Millicent Myers Kihara. Baptized and later confirmed in the First Congregational Church in Pocatello. An Eagle Scout that proudly represented Idaho in the International Jamboree, Japan. Athletic trainer in both... Full story
On October 26, 2021, Neil Scott Patrick passed away at age 68 due to natural causes. Scott was born September 1, 1953, in Havre, MT, to Clarence and Ruth (Golberg) Patrick. He attended elementary school in Rudyard and graduated from Hellgate HS in Missoula. In 1983, he married Susan Malsam. They raised two children together, Jessica and Kenneth, with their early years spent on the family farm. Scott spent most of his life farming north of Rudyard and could do math in his head... Full story
Genevieve Velma Paulson (Hansen) of Chinook, MT, went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 2, 2021, at the age of 102. Gen was born November 6, 1918, to John and Emma Hansen in Egeland, ND, and moved to Montana when she was six years old. She was third in a family of seven children, Robert, Lucille Reihl, John J, Dona Mae Hanson, Billy D and Emma Gene Gross. Genevieve was raised in Havre, MT, attended school there, and worked at the Deaconess Hospital. She married LeRoy... Full story
Press release District 4 Human Resources Development Council will be closed Thursday, Nov. 11, and Friday, Nov. 12, in observance of Veterans Day. District 4 HRDC will resume normal business hours Monday, Nov. 15, at 8 a.m....
Press release Cottonwood Schools Board November regular and quarterly safety meetings will be Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m. at West School. People can contact the district clerk at 265-6970 to attend via electronics....
The Hill County Conservation District Board of Directors will meet Thursday, Nov. 11, at 5 p.m. in the Board Room at Havre Inn and Suites, 1425 U.S. Highway 2 Northwest....
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Presentation and display • Recruitment video presentation 5. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. Unanimous consent agenda C. Old business D. New business 1. Consideration of revised and new policies on first reading: 2170 and 2170P, Digital Academy Classes; 2332, Relig...
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board will meet Monday, Nov. 8, in the Board Room of Havre Inn and Suites, 1425 U.S. Highway 2 Northwest. The meeting agenda is: 1. Call to order 2. Roll call of members 3. Reading and approval of minutes 4. Museum Report — Emily Mayer 5. Wahkpa Chu’gn Report — Emily Mayer 6. The Foundation Report — Elaine Morse 7. Committee reports a. Budget and Finance 8. Unfinished business a. Gussenhoven piano status b. Machinery move c. Dinosaur Christmas d. Work at the History Center 9. New busines...
Monday 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in commissioners’ office Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in commissioners’ office 10:30 a.m. — Hill County Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting at the Hill County Detention Center 1:30 p.m. — 911 meeting at City Hall 5 p.m. — District 4 Human Resources Development Council budget and finance meeting at HRDC, 2229 Fifth Ave. Wednesday 9 a.m. — Safety Committee meeting in the Timmons Room 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting in the commissioners’ office 2 p.m. — Hil...
Havre Police Department A caller in the Seventh Street area reported Thursday at 8:21 a.m. finding a ring. -- Marvin Daniel Flying of Havre, 55, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a caller reported Thursday at 8:48 a.m. that had man come by a First Street West construction site again, yelling obscenities. -- Darrien R. Denny of Box Elder, 26, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant after a caller on 10th Avenue asked...
Sometimes it feels good to know that in a variety of odd little ways people are doing the best they can with whatever resources they have available. A bus tour business in Hong Kong called ulu travel needed to ramp up income hit hard by lack of tourism. In response the company’s marketing and business development manager, Kenneth Kong capitalized on an idea from a social media post by a friend who said he was stressed out and couldn’t sleep at night, but he could always fal...
The Havre High volleyball team has been on a tear over the past month to end the regular season and the Blue Ponies' start to the postseason was no different. The Ponies began the Eastern A Divisional Volleyball Tournament in Laurel on Thursday with a match against Livingston. The Ponies won the match, 3-0, by scores of 25-14, 25-15 and 25-11, so HHS head coach Stephanie Huse was happy with the performance to open the postseason. "The girls did a good job," Huse said. "We...
As the Montana State University-Northern volleyball season starts to come to an end, so too do the careers of the team's seniors. While their careers are nearing completion, the MSU-N seniors will get to play at Armory Gymnasium two more times. The Skylights will play Montana Tech tonight and Carroll College Saturday afternoon. With the regular season coming to an end, MSU-N head coach Jerry Wagner expects his team to play well. "We're going to give them everything we possibly...
The past couple of weeks have been up and down for the Montana State University-Northern Lights. After breaking through to defeat Eastern Oregon University in five overtimes for their first conference win in five years, the Lights lost to Montana Western, 63-7, last weekend. The Lights will look for the former result when they head on the road to Billings to face Rocky Mountain College this Saturday. The Lights have played well against the Bears recently but MSU-N head coach A...
Postseason football chugs along in Montana and the Hi-Line is still represented in the playoffs. Both Fort Benton and Big Sandy won their opening games of the postseason last weekend and will look to win this weekend to advance to the semifinals. However, the road only gets harder from here. The Longhorns will host St. Ignatius in the 8-Man quarterfinals Saturday afternoon.. The Longhorns have had a stellar season so far with a 7-1 record and a 42-22 win over Plentywood to...
There have been a lot of big games in Montana State football history. But, in the last few years, none will have been bigger than Saturday's foray into "The Inferno." And while games between Eastern Washington and MSU are always important, there hasn't been one like this, maybe ever. First, the fact that MSU is ranked No. 4, and riding a seven-game winning streak, while EWU sits at No. 5 and is also 7-1, that alone makes this game huge. But beyond that, there are the stakes....
