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Editor’s note: This version updates to an easier URL to register for the Havre Global 6k Walk4Water. Registration is open in an event set to help provide clean drinking water to people around the world. "Every Step You Take is One They Won't Have to," the second annual Havre 6k Walk4Water, is set for Saturday, May 16, starting at Baltrusch Nature Trail at 9 a.m. Havre Walk4Water Team Captain April Taber said the 6k Walk4Water is a global event that was created by World V...
UPDATE: Rocky Boy Schools Superintendent Voyd St. Pierre issued a release this afternoon saying Stone Child College assistant basketball coach Christopher Brown, born in 1988, never coached in any form at Rocky Boy schools A release from the U.S. Attorney Office for the District of Montana and documents filed in federal courts said Brown was an assistant basketball coach at Stone Child College who also helped with basketball at Rocky Boy’s high school and middle school and is accused of having sex with a minor. Brown is a...
Fort Belknap Indian Community officials reported finding a body Monday on the Milk River just within the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Blaine County Undersheriff Chris Adair said this morning the body was identified as Thomasine Walker of Fort Belknap, 33. Fort Belknap law enforcement received a call Monday at 4:27 p.m. about a person who was in the Milk River, a public service announcement from the Fort Belknap Agency said. Officers responded to the call and found Walker lying on the ice and not moving near a dam near...
Budgets and personnel were topics of discussion at a Hill County elected officials training meeting Tuesday. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said he and the commissioners have been in contact with the Montana Association of Counties in discussing the roles and responsibilities of elected officials within the county. MACo Executive Director Eric Bryson started the meeting and asked the county commissioners, "Tell me in a few words, if you can, what you think your budget...
Montana State University-Northern Little River Institute is hosting an open house Thursday beginning at noon, featuring tours and guest speakers. Noon to 1 p.m. is set for welcoming people who attend, and from 1 to 4 p.m. tours will take place. Refreshments will also be served. "The Little River Institute Open House is in celebration of the completion of the renovations that have been in progress through several phases over the past four years," Northern Little River...
Richard Floyd Henderson, better known as Dick, 94, passed away peacefully January 22, 2020, of natural causes at the Northern Montana Care Center, surrounded by his loving family. Cremation has taken place and a private family service will be held at a later date. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Dick's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.com. Richard was born October...
Havre Police Department Two summonses were issued during a vehicle stop on First Street West Tuesday at 3:28 p.m. No details on charges were provided. -- An officer initiated investigation of suspicious activity at Havre Middle School Tuesday at 3:29 p.m. -- A non-injury crash of a vehicle hitting a pole was reported Tuesday at at 6:05 p.m. at a First Street West business. -- Sella Marie Parisian of Havre, 36, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a request...
A story on Page A3 of Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News included incorrect information about the North Star High School speech and drama team’s finish at its divisional tournament Saturday. points were originally misrecorded at the tournament, and after that was corrected North Star earned the third-place trophy for the Class C team drama competition....
Eric Dietrich Montana Free Press HELENA — Standing before reporters at a press event in the Montana Capitol Jan. 15, State Sen. Al Olszewski, R-Kalispell, called a long-negotiated water compact between the state of Montana, the federal government, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes “the most divisive issue in modern Montana history.” While the compact isn’t necessarily a hot-button issue for Montana’s Democrats, that may well be true in Republican circles. The compact, approved by the state Legislature in 2015,...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks By order of the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission, the season for taking bobcats in Trapping District 4 in north-central Montana will close at midnight today. The district includes portions of Hill, Glacier, Chouteau, Toole, Liberty, Pondera, Teton, Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Meagher, Judith Basin, Fergus and Petroleum counties. For more information, visit FWP’s website at http://www.fwp.mt.gov, choose “Hunting,” then “Drawing & Quota Status,” or call the toll-free number at 1-800-711...
My sister learned to whistle at age 2. She was precocious in other ways as well. She knew how to read by the time she started kindergarten. She demonstrated a physical dexterity I never did. She was much more talented at the piano. But it was the whistling that really got to me. I was 6 when she started to whistle and I remember it clearly. She sat in her highchair at my grandparents’ house and started whistling her heart out. She could see, even at 2, that she was creating qu...
Judy Loendorf and or Steve Mulonet, service officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. Veterans interested in applying for benefits, need to bring a copy of their DD214 discharge paperwork. Wednesday, Feb. 5 Shelby, Courthouse, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cut Bank, Glacier County Extension Office, 1:30–3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 Browning, Eagle Shield Building, 9–11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 Glasgow, Glasgow VA Clinic, 1–4...
Press release The National Association of Development Organizations announced that Paul Tuss, executive director of Bear Paw Development Corp., was elected to its board of directors. Tuss was elected through a special election for an unexpired term on the board and will represent NADO's Central Region, which includes Montana and nine other western and midwestern states. NADO provides advocacy, education, research and training for the nation's regional development...
The Havre Wrestling Club's season continued last weekend with a trip to Casper, Wyoming. The HWC had 15 wrestlers competing in Rocky Mountain National Wild West Championships. Results for the HWC are listed below. John Caven - 8U 46 - DNP - 0-2 Brady Boucher - 8U 50 - 6th Place - 4-3 Blayke Fuzesy - 8U 62 - DNP - 2-2 -- Grady Haney - 10U 69 - DNP - 2-2 Huntyn Fuzesy - 10U 73 - DNP - 1-2 Isaiah Otto - 10U 81 - 3rd Place - 3-2 Aden Shandorf - 10U 89 - 2nd Place - 4-1 -- Tucker...
Orion Thivierge, Havre High Wrestling The Havre High wrestling team is approaching the postseason, and sophomore Orion Thivierge appears to be hitting on all cylinders. Thivierge placed an outstanding third at the Rocky Mountain Classic two weeks ago in Missoula, at 170 pounds. Then, last weekend in Lewistown, he went a perfect 8-0 between 170 and 160 pounds for the Ponies at the Class A Duals. Thivierge, who was a Class A All-State performer as a freshman last season, is...
In the history of sports, there have been some great sibling duos on teams. But rarely do we ever see a borther-sister combo play for the same squad, in any sport. That isn't the case when it comes to the Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team, however, because the 2019-2020 team has a dynamic sibling duo just like that. Whenever the Havre Ice Hawks hockey team plays in the Havre Ice Dome, it is certain siblings Bridger and Jocelyn Staples will be ready to wreak havoc -...
We have the Havre City Tournament coming up the week of the Feb. 9-16. Make sure you get your teams and doubles partners set up. Rules are posted at the lanes if you have any questions. We will have the results of the Scotch Doubles Tournament next week. Highs for the week, include men’s game and series, Ed Boucher, 261-608 and women’s game and series, Christy Holden, 208-554. Sunday Keglers: Jayme Seidel, 166, Donna Tilleman, 160, Julie Allee, 150, Janet Robinson, 153, Sue...