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Laurel — Hill County officials, headed by County Commissioner Mark Peterson, are fighting to get Helena’s attention on the problem of flooding along Beaver Creek Park. Attack the federal government all you want, but the Federal Emergency Management Administration has come to the county’s rescue several times in recent years to help alleviate the effects of floods on the creek. But the feds don’t have deep pockets, and they want the county to take some action. The state doesn’t have deep pockets either, but we think the state...
The woman accused of embezzling nearly $50,000 in cash and property from an elderly Hi-Line man pleaded not guilty Thursday in state District Court in Havre to charges of elder abuse and theft. According to records at the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, Lisa L. Cole, born in 1972, of the Troy area was released on bail Jan. 14. Cole was officially charged Dec. 30 with one count of elder abuse and one count of theft. Court documents say Cole had the alleged victim's power of at...
The Havre High girls basketball team has been on a roll of late. The Blue Ponies have won four straight games and are now the fourth-ranked team in Class A. And while that all sounds good, it won’t mean as much if they can’t continue that streak against a pair of conference opponents. Havre enters the weekend sporting a 4-0 record in the Central A conference and a 7-2 record overall. But wins tonight against Belgrade and Saturday against Livingston, would push HHS to 6-0 in...
The new Havre fire chief, Tim Hedges, was sworn in at the Havre City Council meeting Tuesday, officially replacing outgoing chief Dave Sheppard. Tim Hedges, 53, said he is extremely excited to take his new position. He has been a part of the Havre Fire Department for 28 years and has worked at every level, including being a emergency medical technician, a firefighter and, most recently, assistant fire chief. Before he began work at the fire station, he had just graduated from...
HELENA — The state Senate approved two bills Thursday that would update peeping Tom and indecent exposure laws to prohibit committing those crimes through electronic means. Senate Bill 50, sponsored by Sen. Jennifer Fielder, R-Thompson Falls, passed 47-0. It would make it illegal to secretly watch or record another person either in person or by means of a hidden electronic device. The bill also addresses a section of the current law that resulted in the release of a man who was accused in 2012 of secretly videotaping women in...
BILLINGS — Thousands of people in Glendive were told Thursday they can resume using tap water after tests showed no further signs of contamination from a weekend oil spill into a nearby river, and water in Williston, North Dakota, also was deemed safe. The 6,000 residents of Glendive had relied on bottled water since Monday after elevated levels of cancer-causing benzene were found in the public water supply. The chemical came from 40,000 gallons of oil that spilled Saturday from a pipeline breach beneath the Yellowstone R...
St. Jude Thaddeus School is slated to get an upgrade after its boiler called it quits. The Rev. Daniel J. Wathen, the pastor of St. Jude Thaddeus Church and superintendent of the school, said the boiler crashed Wednesday and they expect to begin repairs in the next few days. He said they have been asking local donors and alumni for assistance with the costs of the project. Recently, they raised $15,000, which the alumni matched. “That will help us with some of the repair work,” Wathen said. Until then, the school is get...
I recently took a trip to visit friends, “those” friends, the kind of married friends who get along — even while installing plumbing. It’s sick and a measure of my capacity for tolerance that I like them anyway. When walking through their house and seeing all the remodeling projects they’ve mastered, it’s beyond my comprehension to think of the genuinely reasonable discussion and negotiation skills they demonstrate to complete these projects amicably — without intervention...
Havre Police Department Officers took multiple calls from 10:11 a.m to 12:59 p.m. Thursday about people receiving calls in which someone tried to scam them. —— An officer investigated a report at 10:42 a.m.Thursday at the police department that someone had stolen a license plate off of a vehicle. Hill County Sheriff’s Office A deputy took a call at 10:55 a.m. Thursday in which the caller reported someone had called and tried to scam them. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical technicians responded to one medical call Thurs...
District meeting will be Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the District’s shop/office at 104 2nd St. in Hingham. The meeting agenda is: • Recognition of visitors; public comments, limited to any matter not on this agenda and within the jurisdiction of the District Board — three-minute time limit per speaker. • Call to order and approval of minutes of previous meeting • Old business • Other old business • New business: 1. Employee report 2. Audit report 3. Financial report • Other new business • Other: 1. Delinquencies 2....
Opening day for the Bear Paw Ski Bowl was last weekend and it brought more than 100 skiers and snowboarders to Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation to participate in Havre's yearly tradition. Dave Martens, the mountain manager for Bear Paw Ski Bowl, said that the opening day this year was very good. They had three inches of old snow, three inches of new snow and about an 18- to 36-inch base. It was sunny and calm on opening day Saturday, Jan. 16, until they had to close the lift...
North Central Senior Center, Jan. 26 to Jan. 30 Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Except for medical people have to call in early to make arrangements. Painting at 1 p.m. Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Except for medical people have to call in early to make arrangements. Bingo at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Except for medical people have to call in early to make arrangements. TOPS at 8 a.m. Cards at 1 p.m. Mall shopping at 1:30 p.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9...
Special to the Daily News Fred Smiley, recently promoted to the rank of full professor of education by Montana State University-Northern, has received a national award, He has been nominated for the Edward C. Pomeroy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teacher Education, named after the former director of the American Association for Teacher Education. The annual award recognizes distinguished service for the development and promotion of outstanding practices at the collegiate, state or national level, and it will be...
By Dr. Frank Miller A community member has donated a four-disc set of DVDs from The Teaching Company. This addition to our collection of educational courses is “Medical School for Everyone: Grand Rounds Cases.” These are 24 presentations of common (and some fairly uncommon) medical illnesses and conditions. They are presented to the viewer just as cases in medical school and university hospitals, starting with chief complaint, history of present illness, past history, family history, social history, and physical and rad...
Press release The poets and pickers have frozen out, and organizers think their audiences might welcome a change, as well, with the 21st Annual Western Heritage Roundup of the Montana Country Poets & Pickers being held in April this year rather than early February. Running Friday, April 10, through Sunday, April 12, the roundup will feature about 30 performers in shows Friday and Saturday nights. Free jam sessions, with many of the performers, will be held after each show and most of the day Saturday. Cowboy Church will...
Montana State University-Northern The Associated Students of Montana State University -Northern are proud to presents singer/songwriter James Hersch Thursday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Building Ballroom. Hersch will be in Havre for two days providing his outreach music to various venues, including Northern Montana Care Center, St. Jude Thaddeus School, the Eagles Manor, Highland Park Elementary School, select Northern classrooms and working with Northern student leadership groups. Hersch is dedicated to...
Editor’s note: The computer program provided by the Montana state government to print media reports on court actions does not always list all fines assessed. The following cases were resolved in Hill County Justice Court by Judge Audrey Barger in September. Joseph Wetsit, born in 1994, was fined $100 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, 178 days suspended and two credited, for criminal trespass to vehicles. —— Colyn St. Pierre, no date of birth provided, was sentenced to 180 days in jail, all days suspended, and ordered to pa...
Although only four short weeks ago, Christmas and the the holiday are a distant memory. Now comes the rest of winter. What’s in store for you as 2015 unfolds? Success and happiness? Unexpected loss, family strife, a call from the doctor that begins with “I have some bad news for you ... ”? In terms of the future, you don’t know much. Despite your plans, you really have no idea what’s going to happen to you tomorrow; as a matter of fact, the rest of today is still up for grabs. What does the future hold? What will happen to...
By Brother John and Goliath Out our way, anyone who rides and gets to know a horse learns to read ears. A horse doesn't offer a lot of expressions, but the ears tell you a lot. They not only hear everything, but they also say everything Take old Goliath, he communicates pretty well with those things. I sometimes kid him that they are extra long because I think he is part mule, and then he just sort of turns his ears back at me in a lazy manner indicating he's heard that joke...
Four-game losing streaks don’t happen to the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball program often. Neither do 0-4 starts to league play. And snapping that skid against one of the top team’s in the country doesn’t makes things any easier. And that’s exactly what the MSU-Northern Lights are facing as they take on the No. 9 UM-Western Bulldogs (15-3, 3-0) tonight at 8 inside the Armory Gymnasium. Northern will then conclude its most recent home stand with a battle ag...
One of the hardest things to do in sports is stopping a losing streak, especially on the road. And after dropping four consecutive games that is exactly what the Glacier Nationals will try to do this weekend against the Yellowstone Quake. Last weekend, the Nationals, who compete in the Frontier Division of the North American Tier 3 Hockey league, had a baptism by fire, dropping three straight games to Great Falls, Billings and Helena, the top three teams in the Frontier, by a...
The Havre High boys basketball team is coming off consecutive losses for the first time this season and how the Blue Ponies respond this weekend against a pair of conference opponents will go a long way toward defining their season. The Ponies, who are the fourth-ranked team in Class A, are 3-1 in the Central A conference and 7-3 overall. After cruising to a 7-1 start, HHS suffered back-to-back defeats at the hands of Browning and Rocky Boy last weekend. Now, Havre will look...
The 2015 recruiting class is growing for Montana State University-Northern volleyball head coach Bill Huebsch. Add he added his second transfer from Spokane Falls Community College. Huebsch recently announced signing Spokane Falls’ Jacy Vining to an NAIA letter of intent. Vining comes to Northern with two years of eligibility remaining. She’s originally from Colville, Washington. Vining is a 5-7 outside hitter who also excels on defense. Among Vining’s accomplishments at SF...
Here we go again. That’s what the Montana State University-Northern Skylights are thinking, because for the third straight week, they have a huge, nationally ranked showdown, and for the second time this season, that showdown happens inside the Armory Gymnasium. But before the No. 10 Skylights (4-0, 19-1) take on the No. 4 Westminster Griffins (2-1, 12-2) Saturday night, they must put all their efforts into the UM-Western Bulldogs. The Bulldogs (0-3, 8-11) invade the Armory t...
