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As of this afternoon, the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball program will get another injection of Havre Blue Pony blue. Skylights head coach Chris Mouat has announced the signing of Havre High senior Peyton Filius to an NAIA national letter of intent. Filius is currently a standout guard on the Blue Ponies where she has been a four-year varsity starter under head coach Dustin Kraske. And being a Havre native with deep ties to the Skylight program, and Northe...
BILLINGS (AP) — A judicial oversight board wants a Montana judge disciplined for saying a 14-year-old rape victim was "older than her chronological age" and sentencing her rapist to just one month in prison. The Montana Judicial Standards Commission filed a formal complaint Monday with the state Supreme Court against District Judge G. Todd Baugh (baw) in Billings. The complaint was released Tuesday. It says the 72-year-old Baugh eroded public confidence in the courts with his statements and the "overly lenient" prison s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sweeping farm bill that Congress sent to President Obama Tuesday has something for almost everyone, from the nation's 47 million food stamp recipients to Southern peanut growers, Midwest corn farmers and the maple syrup industry in the Northeast. After years of setbacks, the Senate on Tuesday sent the nearly $100 billion-a-year measure to President Barack Obama. The White House said the president will sign the bill on Friday in Michigan, the home state of Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow. Th...
The trial of a woman accused of brutally beating an 11-month-old baby to death in October has been moved back two months. Cecilia Rose Gardipee, 22, had been scheduled to go on trial Feb. 11 on charges of assault and second-degree murder in the death of Kaidynce Small, who died Oct. 21, 11 days before his first birthday. Gardipee filed an unopposed motion to delay the trial, saying X-rays associated with an autopsy of the baby had not yet been received. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris reset the trial to April 29 in the...
HELENA (AP) — The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a federal judge's decision that allowed the U.S. Forest Service to renew a 10-year permit for a statue of Jesus that was placed on a northwestern Montana ski hill six decades ago. In its Jan. 28 brief, the group continues its argument that "a permanent Catholic shrine on public land" is prohibited under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits Congress from making any law regarding the e...
HELENA (AP) — The Office of Public Instruction says Montana's high school graduation rate has risen slightly to 84.4 percent. The numbers are from the 2012-2013 school year and marked an improvement from the 83.9 percent graduation rate a year earlier. It is the third consecutive year in which the graduation rate has risen. Superintendent Denise Juneau also said Tuesday that the dropout rate fell from 4.1 percent in the 2011-2012 school year to 3.6 percent last year. Juneau credited the Graduation Matters Montana i...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Foreign Relations committee has easily approved President Barack Obama's nomination of veteran Sen. Max Baucus to become ambassador to China. Baucus is a Montana Democrat and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees trade issues. The 72-year-old was first elected to the Senate in 1978. Baucus has said he wants to help build a better economic relationship with China. The U.S. trade deficit with China is far bigger than it is with any other country, and China is the largest f...
The two days "Winter in the Blood" was shown at the Cottonwood Cinema 4 were so popular, it was decided to extend the showings into next week, Andrew Smith announced at the reception at the Old Post Office. Alex and Andrew Smith talked to actors and community members who came to the reception at the Old Post Office Monday night. Many involved with the production of the film attended the reception, and people got the chance to talk to them face-to-face after seeing them and...
The week of Feb. 10 through Feb. 14 is VA’s National Salute to Veteran Patients Week. Throughout Montana, there are men and women who are serving or have served our country to preserve our way of life and the freedom we enjoy. Many of these veterans come to the Medical Center at Fort Harrison or community based outpatient clinics around the state for their health care. The employees and volunteers who work for VA Montana Health Care System are privileged to provide care to these heroes. During the week of Feb. 10, VA M...
LoraLee Clark, 58, of McLeod, passed away Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, at her home, following a courageous, two-year battle with cancer. LoraLee was born March 6, 1955, to Una and Bill Young in Havre. LoraLee spent most of her time making everyone around her feel welcome, happy and loved. She was very loving, caring and extremely hardworking. She was an incredible mother, wife and cook. LoraLee had a great passion for sewing, quilting and embroidery projects. Her quilts were truly...
Franklin "Frank" Glunz, 77, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, in Irmo S.C. Frank was born in Glasgow, Mont. in 1936, son of the late Robert I. and Lula V. (Waagen) Gluz. The family moved to Havre in 1942. He graduated from Havre Central High School in 1955 and shortly thereafter enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. While stationed in Japan in the early '60s, he met and married Shizuko (Endo) Glunz. Frank retired from the Air Force as a master sergeant in 1979. After the Air...
Havre Police Department Jeremy Lee Borst, 34, of Havre was arrested on charges of driving without a driver’s license, failure to carry or produce proof of insurance, failure to yield right of way exiting a private driveway and on two Justice or City court warrants after officers responded to a 9:37 a.m. Monday call from an alley between 1st Street West and 2nd Street West about a noninjury motor vehicle crash between a white Toyota Camry and an Altima. ——— Officers investigated a 12:51 p.m. Monday complaint at the police...
Later this week or early next week, representatives of Great West Engineering of Billings will be walking along the Bullhook to survey how structurally sound the infrastructure is. Engineers will make recommendations to city of Havre officials by the end of March on what repairs need to be made to ensure that the creek is safe. City Council Monday night unanimously approved spending $35,000 — $20,000 from state grants and $15,000 from city coffers — to conduct the engineering study. Concern was raised after a portion of the 5...
The director of the local busing service said in an emailed announcement this morning that, due to the frigid arctic air blasting into north-central Montana, the in-town routes will run free of charge through Friday. “Enjoy a warm, comfortable safe ride to your medical, shopping and many other destinations identified on the schedule,” North Central Montana Transit Director Jim Lyons said in the release. “Please contact 265-4762 with any questions you may have.” National Weather Service predicts lows from minus 17 tonight...
A Havre woman facing charges including threatening or trying to shoot her husband with his own gun remains in Hill County jail this morning on $50,000 bond for breaking probation and another $50,000 on pending drug charges after a judge denied a motion to reduce that bond. Cindy Stidham, born in 1966, was arrested Jan. 24 while out on bond on charges including assault with a weapon. Stidham admitted in a hearing in state District Court in Havre Monday to drinking in a bar in violation of conditions of her release on bond and...
Shauna Albrecht has resigned as executive director of the Montana State University-Northern Alumni Foundation. Damon Bricker, campaign co-chair of the foundation, said Albrecht resigned Friday, but did not know the details of why she resigned. “The board accepted her resignation, and we’ve started a national search for a new director,” Bricker said. Albrecht said she was waiting to speak to her lawyer before saying anything about the situation, but agreed to go on record that she had resigned. Alumni Association Direc...
Haley Harmon, C/J-I Basketball It was supposed to be a more difficult season for the Chester/J-I girls basketball team. But so far, it’s been business as usual for the Hawks, as well as senior Haley Harmon. Harmon averaged 17 points in wins over Valier and Dutton-Brady this past weekend. In the win over the Panthers Friday night, she scored 23 points and nailed five 3-pointers. For the season, Harmon is averaging 16 points and three steals per game for the Hawks. Justin M...
After another week of prep boys basketball games, district tournaments are now just three weeks away. Last Thursday night, the third-place District 9C Chinook Sugarbeeters captured a dominating win, defeating Dodson 81-29 in Chinook. The Beeters' 25 first-quarter points and 27 second-quarter points propelled them into a huge lead they never gave up. Layne Seymour scored a game-high 21 points. Zach Molyneaux also scored 14, followed by Jacob MacLean’s 12. But local action reall...
Now it’s February. In just three short weeks, area girls basketball teams will take to the hardwood in district tournaments, where every team starts fresh and dreams of state championships start. And that’s what makes the next three weeks on the Hi-Line so vital. This crucial past week got started Thursday night as the Chinook Sugarbeeters easily won their nonconference showdown with Dodson, 79-44 in Chinook. Emily Dennis led four Beeters in double figures with 14 points. Mak...
