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Articles from the January 27, 2020 edition


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  • Fishermen brave warm weather to ice fish at Fresno

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jan 29, 2020

    Despite the warmer temperatures for this time of year, 25 ice fishermen participated in the third annual Havre Area Chamber of Commerce ice fishing tournament Saturday at Fresno Reservoir. "The tournament went great," Chamber Executive Director Julea Robbins said. "We had a good turnout for fishermen and sold lots of raffle tickets." She said Paul Sura of Big Sandy won the perch category; Tate Thorson, hometown not available, won the northern pike category, the crappie...

  • North Star speech takes third in divisionals, heads on to state

    Updated Jan 29, 2020

    Press release Editor’s note: The original results had the wrong finish for the Class C drama results. This version of the story reports North Star’s third-place finish in drama. North Star High School speech and drama team traveled to Shelby Saturday to compete in the Northern Divisional Tournament, bringing home some divisional champions and team trophies. The Knights came away with six out of seven team members qualifying to compete in the state tournament, being held in...

  • Man faces 31 felony charges related to sex with a minor

    Derek Hann|Updated Jan 29, 2020

    A Havre man being held in the Hill County Detention Center is facing charges including 31 felony counts related to engaging in sexual intercourse with a minor. Kristopher Alan Chapman, 33, was being held in the detention center this morning on a total of $177,500 bond on that and other cases A court document says that on or about Dec. 10, a person went to the Havre Police Department and said Chapman had been having sex with a pre-high-school-aged girl. Chapman is on adult...

  • Triangle Telephone suffering internet attacks

    Updated Jan 27, 2020

    Telephone and internet cooperative Triangle Communications said in a Facebook post that it is suffering malicious attacks on its network. The cooperative said the attacks may cause people to suffer slow internet speeds. Triangle said it has protections services in place to minimize interruptions, but people always should take action to minimize problems and maximize their protection including -- using and updating antivirus software -- keeping their system updated and...

  • Hell freezes again to help fund local hockey

    Derek Hann|Updated Jan 27, 2020

    Havre Youth Hockey Association celebrated its 10th annual Hi-Line Hell Freeze Hockey Tournament last week, kicking off the event Thursday, with this year being the biggest one to date. "This is a huge fundraiser for our program," Havre Youth Hockey Association President Dominique Preputin said. She said that it is great to see the tournament grow and evolve throughout the years and pleased with seeing so many people participating in and coming out to watch the Hell Freeze...

  • Havre speech sending 15 to state

    Updated Jan 27, 2020

    Press release While they didn't bring home any divisional champions, the Havre High School speech and debate team made a strong showing at the Class A Eastern Divisional Tournament in Miles City, qualifying the entire team for state, bringing home 11 sets of divisional medals and just missing bringing home a divisional team trophy. The Blue Ponies were competing against teams from the other 10 eastern Class A schools competing this year, Billings Central High School, Custer Co...

  • CJI speech team wins second-place trophy at divisionals

    Updated Jan 27, 2020

    By Rhonda Petersen CJI speech coach The Chester-Joplin-Inverness speech team traveled to Shelby Saturday to compete at the Northern BC divisional meet. In all 18 schools competed in speech, drama and debate events to determine who would qualify to compete at the State BC Speech, Drama and Debate meet in Bigfork. The top six finishers in each event advanced to the state tournament. Nine class B schools and nine Class C schools attended the divisional meet. The Class B schools were Bigfork, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Great...

  • For the Record, Jan. 27, 2020

    Updated Jan 27, 2020

    Havre Police Department Nelson Travis Alexander of Box Elder, 54, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and probation violation after a caller reported a man passed out on a bench in front of a First Street business at 4:23 p.m. Friday. -- Claudine Chiefstick of Lodge Pole, 56, was arrested on charges of theft and disorderly conduct after a caller at a First Street establishment reported Friday at 5:02 p.m. that a very intoxicated woman refusing to pay her bill. -- A c...

  • Letter to the Editor - Havre could get a makeover!

    Updated Jan 27, 2020

    Editor, HGTV is taking nominations to “spruce up” a small town at no charge to the town. I think Havre could be a strong contender. We are located in the “Last Best Place.” Many people have heard about Montana but never visited and are curious about it. We have a lot to offer. There are several historic buildings i.e. Masonic building, old U.S. post office, the original F.A. Buttrey home, the beautiful “castle” home on Second Street to mention just a few. We are an economically depressed area with few industries to attract...

  • Letter to the Editor - Thanks Havre Youth Hockey

    Updated Jan 27, 2020

    Editor, For two weekends in a row Havre has been treated to some pretty good fun and hockey at the Havre Ice Dome. Parking lot was overflowing with supporters of this awesome game. I am pleased to be a resident of Havre and a supporter of Havre Youth hockey. I was so proud to be sitting in the stands first for the high school game, and then for the 10u and 8u games in which my grand kids play. And then for the Providence vs Montana State University game, which my nephew was playing in, who started his hockey in Havre. And...

  • Lights win big in Dickinson

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 27, 2020

    In their final tournament of the regular season, the Montana State University-Northern Lights were simply dominant. Saturday at the Tyler Plummer Classic in Dickinson, North Dakota, the No. 18 Lights placed 12 wrestlers and had five individual champions. In his return from injury, 197-pound star Isaac Bartel was one of those five champions, going 3-0 in his weight class to claim his third title of the season. At 184, it was an all-Northern final as Carl Hansen beat Cody...

  • Pony boys win key Northeast A rematches

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Jan 27, 2020

    The start to the second half of the Northeast A season was a good one for the Havre High boys. The Blue Ponies earned a sweep of Glendive and Miles City this weekend in the Havre High gymnasium. Havre pulled off the pair of wins, beating Glendive Friday in a 77-73 barn-burner and upsetting Miles City Saturday 56-44. The wins from the weekend moved the Ponies into second place in the Northeast A standings, and also exacted some revenge from losses to both teams in last month...

  • HHS swimmers do more than just compete with GFH, CMR

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Jan 27, 2020

    The Electric City has had some great competitions this season when it comes to swimming and the Havre High swim team has been to Great Falls three times so far this year to compete, including last Friday. The Blue Ponies competed in the 2020 Great Falls-Havre Duals in the Swarthout Pool Friday, taking third and fourth place for both the boys and girls teams. The girls teams took third with 121 points and fourth with 99 points, while the boys teams finished third with 88...

  • Pony grapplers make strides at Class A Duals

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Jan 27, 2020

    Class A wrestling has never been easy. That's because it's loaded with good competition. That was especially the case when it came to the Class A Duals that took place in Lewistown Friday and Saturday, where the Havre High wrestling team looked to make some noise. The Blue Pony grapplers may not have placed as high as they wished with a seventh place finish, but Havre put in some great work and had some wrestlers like Connor Harris, Mick Chagnon and Orion Thivierge finishing...

  • Havre girls throttle Red Devils, Cowgirls

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Jan 27, 2020

    The past two years have been magical for the Havre High girls basketball team, especially within conference play, going undefeated in the last two seasons. The goal to do that once again is hitting home this year and the Blue Ponies looked to keep a conference win streak alive against some Northeast A competition. And Havre did just that with a Friday win over the Glendive Red Devils, 69-36 and the Miles City Cowgirls 75-22 Saturday in the Havre High gymnasium. The matchup ver...