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These past few months, the Havre High wrestling team has undoubtedly performed at an extremely high level. But that was the regular season. The Eastern A Divisional comes this Saturday in Glendive, with the Class A state meet to follow next weekend. That means it’s time for the Blue Ponies to take their game to the next level, and there is no question that the four-time defending state champions are ready to do just that. “I think the kids are looking forward to the con...
Press Release As an ongoing effort to close the gender gap, through a grant awarded by the Women’s Foundation of Montana, Montana State University-Northern is holding an informative event Thursday, Feb. 9 from 8.30 a.m to 2.30 p.m. The event, which will highlight traditionally male-dominated professions, is open to women of all ages and all walks of life. The programs that have the lowest female representation are primarily the trades, but also others that necessarily aren’t, such as civil engineering technology and cri...
Havre Daily News staff The Chinook Eagles Club is continuing to operate - boarded up - after a vehicle drove through its windowed front Wednesday morning. Julie Klingaman, a bartender at the Eagles, said this morning the broken windows caused by impact of the sedan have been boarded up. She said no was hurt and the Eagles will be operating with its regular business hours. No one at the Eagles Club was available this morning to provide more information about whether the damage...
Press release The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold a regular meeting Friday, Feb. 10, at 10:30 a.m. at the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Headquarters in Helena. The commission will look at a variety of issues and make final decisions on Future Fisheries Projects, a rule allowing lighted nocks on arrows, and 2017 spring turkey license quotas. Also on the agenda for a final decision from the commission are the approval of waters for commercial bait seining annual rule and the wildlife management area biennial...
Press release North Star High School speech and drama saw success over the weekend at the Class BC state tournament hosted by Chinook High School at Montana State University-Northern in Havre. Hayden Massar brought back a sixth-place medal in humorous oral interpretation of literature, while Aubrey Welch earned an eighth-place medal in spontaneous oral interpretation of literature. Also placing well for North Star were Sammi Watson, who took 12th in spontaneous oral interp, and Janea West, who took 14th in...
Press release North Central Montana Cattle Women and the North Central Montana Stock Growers are again offering a scholarship to high school seniors and college students completing their sophomore year. Interest from a memorial fund honoring the memory of deceased members is contributed to by the Cattle Women. Stock Growers supplies their portion of the scholarship through fundraising efforts and interest from money left from the Livestock Protective Association, a forerunner to the present Stock Grower organization. A high...
Getting big money out of politics is on the minds of many Americans these days. Eighty-five percent of Americans believe in some type of campaign finance reform. Which leads me to Greg Gianforte. Greg is influenced by Americans for Prosperity, a multibillion dollar organization funded by David and Charles Koch. Enriching Mr. Gianforte’s campaign with big money is simply encouraging other big money interests to entrench themselves even deeper into Montana’s electoral system. What’s sad is that Mr. Gianforte has already bowed...
Certainly, I’ve no need to complain about my life. Today is the sum total of all my choices. I accept that. Yet, I like to complain now and then. Grumble brings a certain satisfaction. If only I had done this or that differently, I’m sure I would be rich, famous, beautiful, all the above, fill in the blank. Egads, of course, my life could have gone the other way; I’d be ugly, infamous and living under the bridge in a cardboard box. I also wouldn’t have my children, grandchildren, and second great-granddaughter, born this mo...
Havre Police Department An officer arrested Thomas Matthew Dess of Havre, 61, on charges of criminal contempt and revocation of a suspended or deferred sentence after recording a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation at 8:06 Wednesday at the police station. —— After a caller from a Fourth Avenue location reported at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday that a person was passed out in a parked car, officers arrested Justin James Martin of Havre, 39, on a Justice or City court warrant. —— After receiving a call from a probation and parole officer...
Press release Stockman Asset Management, an independent Registered Investment Advisor and one of the leading providers in Montana of integrated wealth management solutions has changed its name to Stockman Wealth Management. The change was enacted to better describe the company’s stated “client-first” service philosophy, detailed financial planning services and investment management focus. Stockman Wealth Management now offers these services with locations in Billings, Helena, Missoula, and Conrad. “We began in 2002 as a sp...
Independence Bank has announced that the bank has promoted Mason Sheppard to ag/commercial lender. Sheppard was born and raised in Havre and graduated from Havre High School. He attended the University of Montana in Missoula, where he received a double major in business administration and business marketing. “We are very pleased to have Mason as a part of our lending team,” said Matt Wertheimer, vice president lending. “His excellent customer service skills, knowledge of the issues facing our borrowers, as well as his famil...
Press release It’s time to start thinking about hunting season again, and getting a new fishing license for the year. Starting Monday, Jan. 23, hunters and anglers can start purchasing licenses for the 2017 year. Anglers are reminded that their 2016 fishing licenses will expire Feb. 28. Hunters are reminded that the deadline for applying for bull and antlerless elk and mule deer buck permits is March 15. The deer and elk permit application packet is available at FWP license providers and online at fwp.mt.g...
The Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team just wrapped up a six-game Frontier Conference home stand. Now, the Lights will be away from the friendly confines of the Armory Gymnasium for the same length of time. Northern (5-5, 16-6) starts a six-game road trip tonight with a rematch against the Rocky Mountain College Battlin’ Bears. The weekend continues with a visit to nationally-ranked UM-Western Saturday night. “I feel like it will be good for us to get o...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights finally got the home sweep they were looking for. It was a grueling two games against UGF and Carroll College last weekend in the Armory Gymnasium, but,the Skylights got both wins. Their reward? A six-game Frontier Conference road trip that starts tonight with a team that beat them the last time out. The No. 11 Skylights (7-3, 17-4) visit Rocky Mountain College tonight in Billings, followed by a trip to nationally ranked UM-Weste...
Across the state of Montana, it's divisional wrestling weekend and for many of the grapplers along the Hi-Line, that means heading to Shelby for the Northern B-C Divisional tournament. The tournament, which features teams from the Hi-Line to Great Falls and beyond, will be hosted at Shelby High School and will get underway in the morning. Local teams that will be in action include Chinook, Harlem, Hays-Lodge Pole and Chester-Joplin-Inverness. Chinook is the prominent local...
If the Glacier Nationals are going to be back into the win column this season, there may be no better chance than the one they will have this weekend in back-to-back games against the Billings Bulls. The Nationals, who haven’t won a game in the North American Tier 3 Hockey League since October, are just 0-29-1 in their last 30 games. But Friday and Saturday night, inside the Havre Ice Dome, Glacier will host Billings, the last team it beat and a club that has also lost 21 stra...
Thursday High School Basketball Big Sandy girls vs Box Elder Big Sandy boys vs Box Elder Harlem girls at Glasgow Harlem boys at Glasgow College Basketball Skylights at RMC, 5:30 p.m. Lights at RMC, 7:30 p.m. College Wrestling Lights at Embry-Riddle Friday High School Basketball Havre boys vs Fairfield, 6 p.m. Havre girls vs Fairfield, 5:30 p.m. CJI girls vs North Star CJI boys vs North Star Ft. Benton girls vs Box Elder Ft. Benton boys vs Box Elder Harlem girls vs Chinook...
Prep Basketball Standings GIRLS Central A Conf. Overall Havre 6-0 10-3 Belgrade 5-2 7-6 Browning 2-3 7-6 Lewistown 1-4 5-8 Livingston 0-5 0-13 Eastern A Conf. Overall Hardin 7-1 12-1 Billings Central 4-1 7-4 Miles City 3-2 8-3 Laurel 2-4 4-7 Glendive 2-5 2-12 Sidney 1-6 1-13 Northwest A Conf. Overall Columbia Falls 4-0 12-1 Frenchtown 3-2 11-2 Polson 1-3 2-11 Whitefish 0-3 0-13 Southwest A Conf. Overall Dillon 4-1 9-3 Corvallis 4-1 8-5 Butte Central 5-2 10-4 Hamilton 1-4 4-9 Stevensville 0-6 2-11 District 9C Conf. Overall...
Sign up for softball leagues Adult slow-pitch softball league teams are forming. If you are interested in playing Men's slow-pitch on Monday nights or COED slow-pitch Wednesday and Thursdays give Brandy Kurtz a call at 406-390-0091, you don't have to have a team, we will find you one. Just looking for able men and woman who want to have a good time during the summer months. League games start in May and run through August. Call today if interested. Sammy Evans named Big Sky Athlete of the Week for a second time Former Havre H...
