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MISSOULA (AP) — Missoula County commissioners on Tuesday approved spending $50,000 to hire an outside attorney to challenge the authority of the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the way the county attorney's office handles sexual assault cases. The Justice Department announced in May 2012 that it was investigating the way the city of Missoula, University of Montana campus police, and the county attorney's office handle reported rape cases. County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg refused to cooperate, saying the federal agen...
A group has created a Facebook page - with 1,470 likes as of this morning - calling for justice in the death of 11-month-old Kaidynce Small and listing plans to picket future court proceedings in the murder investigation of the infant's death. Small died Oct. 21, 11 days before his first birthday, after sustaining brutal injuries on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. Garrett "Kirby" Lafromboise, 21, pleaded guilty Jan. 21 in federal District Court in Great Falls to assaulting...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's choice to become U.S. ambassador to China embraced several criticisms of that country Tuesday, agreeing that China wants to dominate Asia and is a regular violator of human rights. Speaking at his Senate confirmation hearing, Sen. Max Baucus said he wants to help the U.S. build a more equitable economic relationship with China while encouraging the Asian giant to act responsibly as it emerges as a global power. "I have become a firm believer that a strong geopolitical relationship can b...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 10:19 a.m. Monday call from Head Start School about someone smearing “poop” all over their bus and putting a bunch of rocks in their parking lot. ——— A motor vehicle crash between a Ford truck and a Buick on 3rd Street was investigated at 11:18 a.m. Monday. ——— Officers investigated a 12:16 p.m. Monday call from 8th Avenue about the calling party going to get her children to go to school and her ex-husband thrwoing her against a wall and her son threatening to beat her up. ...
With the battle for top seeding heading into the postseason still going strong, many local boys basketball teams happened to cross paths this weekend in league and nonleague play. Last Tuesday the District 1B Rocky Boy Stars defeated the 2B Harlem Wildcats 98-69 in Rocky Boy. It was a big nonleague win for the Stars to start a busy week of hoops. Thursday night, the 9C North Star Knights faced off against the 9C Big Sandy Pioneers in Rudyard. The fourth-place Knights defeated...
John F. Doney, "Wath-Nii'iih" meaning Good Knife, 58, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, at Fort Belknap Health Services of natural causes. The wake will begin at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, at Hays Christian Alliance Church, and will continue until Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, when he will be moved to the Mission Rec Center. Rosary services will be at St. Paul Mission at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, and the funeral will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30,...
HAVRE - Michael Gerrard Spinler, 51, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. His funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 at New Beginnings Church of the Nazarene with Pastor John Powell officiating. Memorials in Michael's name may be made to his children in care of Nicole Spinler, 907 4th Street, Havre, MT 59501. You may also express your memories and condolences online at www.hollandbonine.com. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with...
Cindy Roberts Stidham, charged with trying to shoot her husband, is back in jail this morning, charged with violating the terms of her release. Police say she they caught her in a bar drinking with the husband she is charged with trying to shoot. They allege she had meth in her possession. Stidham, born in 1966, is being held on $50,000 bond for violating conditions of release and $50,000 bond on pending charges of possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Havre police say an officer found a bindle...
A Havre man will spend three years with the state Department of Corrections followed by five years probation for violating probation on a previous assault charge. Jacob G. Spang, born in 1981, admitted in December to violating conditions of his release on a suspended sentence for a felony count of partner or family member assault to which he pleaded guilty in 2011. One of those conditions was registering as a violent offender. In December, he pleaded guilty to a felony count of failing to register as required when he moved...
Two pit bulls who got out of their backyard were shot with a shotgun near their home in North Havre. Ashlee Keeling, the owner of the two dogs, Loki and Kilo, said she and her family were getting ready to leave their house on 5th Street North when they heard someone at the door. A neighbor had come to her door with the two dogs, bleeding. "Loki was bleeding profusely out of the mouth ... ," Keeling said. "I was freaking out. I thought he was dying." Her neighbor said she and...
It’s been a few months, but the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team now has a Frontier Conference Player of the week. Northern junior A’Jha Edwards earned the honor after she scored 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in MSU-N’s 71-61 win over the University of Great Falls Friday night in Havre. Edwards, a 6-5 center from Sierra Vista, Ariz., went 11-for-17 from the field and also pulled down six offensive boards. It was her eighth double-double of the sea...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights wrestling team continues to have holes in its lineup, but the Lights also continue to press on. Northern captured two road dual wins this past weekend, wrapping up its regular season road schedule in the process. Friday night, the No. 3 Lights beat NJCAA power Northwest College for the second time this season, then the Lights took down Western Wyoming for the second time in seven days. Friday night in Powell, Wyo., neither the...
Megan Smith, Havre High Swimming The competition was fierce for the Havre High swim teams this past weekend, but that didn’t seem to bother Blue Pony Megan Smith. Swimming against almost all Class AA competition, Smith had one of her best weekends of the season. She finished an outstanding fourth in 100-yard freestyle in Friday’s dual at GFH and CMR, while also finishing 13th in the 100 breaststroke. Saturday, Smith placed a stellar 12th in the 50 free with a blazing time of 2...
It was another busy weekend of wrestling on the Hi-Line. Area teams squared off in matches at the Chinook Mixer Friday night, then they competed at the Harlem Invitational Saturday in Harlem. As expected, the Class B Wildcats came out on top at home, scoring 145 points to win the team title. Chinook was fourth with 80 points, while Chester/J-I scored 31. For the third straight week, Harlem’s Shay Snider and Teague Jones captured individual titles. Snider, named the t...
Another week of girls basketball on the Hi-Line down, and with it, teams are one step closer to the stretch run. February marks the beginning of the end to the basketball season, and teams will begin to peak. Some teams are trying to peak now, and this past week saw plenty of that, as well as some unexpected upsets. Last Tuesday night saw Rocky Boy and Harlem renew its Class B rivalry in Harlem. But it was the visiting Morning Stars who came away with a thrilling 59-57 win....
