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Havre City Council unanimously approved the mayor issuing a proclamation declaring the week of Feb. 9-15 as National Scouts BSA week. "The Boy Scouts of America has served American youth since 1910, and the aims of the scouting program are fitness, character development and citizenship, Scout BSA Troop 1438 member Jackson Siemens said. "... The Havre units consistently contribute hundreds of service hours each year throughout a variety of projects." Siemens asked the council...
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock's chief legal counsel Raph Graybill of Helena, who is running as a Democratic candidate in the state attorney general race, spoke in Chinook Monday about his campaign and some of the issues facing Montana. "Right now, we have an attorney general that, often times, when the stakes are highest, won't get involved and won't go to court to fight for us, and as I look at the attorney general's job, the most important thing the attorney general can do as...
Hill County Park Board met Monday and discussed beaver management options and beaver trapping reports, as well as group reports. Fran Buell of Gildford provided a beaver damage control report for the board. “The trappers are now going to concentrate on new areas where they feel, through observation of current beaver activities — i.e. lodge building, dam building, cut down trees and scent mounds — indicate the need to remove the beaveer before more extensive damage is done,” a report presented by Buell said. Buell said th...
A Republican member of the Montana House of Representatives is reported to refuse his party leadership’s call for his resignation after inflammatory remarks, saying socialists in the United States can be jailed or shot, and is continuing his run for the state Senate. Rep. Rodney Garcia, R-Billings, made comments Friday at a Republican gathering in Helena, saying the U.S. Constitution allows socialists to be jailed or shot. A release from the office of Speaker of the House Greg Hetz, R-Polson, Speaker Pro Tempore E. Wylie G...
From the Office of The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Havre man convicted of domestic assault after breaking his girlfriend’s nose during an argument on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was sentenced today to 54 months in prison and three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. James John Russell McConnell, 44, pleaded guilty in September to domestic assault by habitual offender. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided and ordered the 54-month sentence be served con...
January 22, 2020, Carra Johnson lost her life to a battle with cancer in Annandale, Virginia. Carra battled and won her first two but her last battle was one she could not overcome. Born December 15,1946, to Norton and Mary Johnson of Kremlin, Montana, she graduated from Kremlin High School and went on to college from there. She moved to Annadale, Virginia, in 1974 and lived her entire life there. After a short marriage that ended early, she spent the next 25 years of her...
Randy Anderson was born July 8th, 1951, in Havre, Montana. He passed away from an accidental fall January 27th, 2020. He was the second of five boys born to Richard “Bud” Anderson and Phyllis VanWechel. They resided in the town of Joplin, Montana. Randy’s parents were wheat farmers and instilled an amazing work ethic into all of their sons, which took Randy far in life. He excelled in football, track, and basketball during his school years and graduated high school in 1970. He...
Jennifer Rose Windy Boy, Chief Woman, O-gi-mow E-skwa-wuh, and Gourd Woman, Si-si-gwon E-skwa-wuh, 34, passed away due to natural causes at Billings Clinic Saturday, February 1, 2020. Wake services began at 5:00 p.m. Monday, February 3, 2020, and continued until her funeral service at 11:00 a.m. today, February 4, 2020, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial followed in the Windy Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with a...
From U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A jury Friday convicted a Fort Belknap man accused of assaulting and strangling a woman in Lodge Pole on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation last year, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. The jury found Jordan Alexander Werk, 32, guilty of assault by striking, beating or wounding and of strangulation. The jury acquitted Werk of assault of a dating partner resulting in substantial bodily injury. Werk faces a maximum 10 years, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised relea...
Havre Police Department Albert Lee Goldsmith of Harlem, 51, was issued a summons on a shoplifting charge, after a Monday 10:29 a.m. caller at a First Street business reported a theft that occurred Sunday. -- James Thomas Block of Havre, 49, was arrested on a charge of failing to register as a sexual or violent offender, after officers initiated investigation of suspicious activity Monday at 2:59 p.m. -- Sherman Dean Alexander Sr. of Box Elder, 57, was arrested on a disorderly...
The agenda for the Hill County Commission business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items: Public comments on agenda items: Claims Employment Resolutions Ordinances Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Bear Paw Development Corp. Fiscal Year 2020 fees County needs: Clerk and recorder equipment purchase for records preservation Rate adjustments to Rudyard ambulance....
The Hill County Water District Board will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the district’s shop and office at 104 Second St. in Hingham. The meeting agenda is: Recognition of visitors Public comment limited to matters not on the agenda and within the jurisdiction of the board with a three-minuted time limit per speaker. Call to order and approval of minutes of previous meeting Old business Other old business New business 1. Employee Report 2. Financial Report Other new business Other 1. Delinquencies 2. Bills Next regular m...
From Montana Historical Society The Montana Historical Society is accepting applications for the Centennial Farm and Ranch program. New inductees will receive a framed certificate signed by the governor, recognition at the “Ag Day” ceremony in the state Capitol during the 2021 legislative session, the ranch/farm history printed online and in the periodic Centennial Farm and Ranch yearbook and a durable roadside sign. The 24-inch by 36-inch UV-coated metal roadside signs are a new addition to the program this year, with sup...
Earlier this month, the Montana High School Association announced a big addition to the sports landscape in the state. The MHSA board passed the addition of girls wrestling as its own sport, starting next season. With the All-Class State Wrestling Tournament just a week away now, it will be the last state tournament without a girls division inside the First Interstate Bank Arena in Billings. Girls wrestling will be a winter sport. Female wrestlers will be able to compete again...
It was an interesting first weekend in February, and it's actually not over yet. Big 9C games, and cancellations due to wind were the stories this past weekend in girls basketball on the Hi-Line, but moving forward, the story is, the district tournaments are less than three weeks away. Last week started on Thursday with a big rematch between Rocky Boy and Harlem. The Wildcats beat the Morning Stars to start the new year, and, in Rocky Boy Thursday night, they did it again, as...
When the Montana State University-Northern Skylights and Montana Western Bulldogs hook up Thursday night in Dillon, the game is going to be a tale of two very different experiences so far this season. Make no mistake, both the Skylights and Bulldogs have found plenty of success at times in the Frontier thus far, but, in much different ways. Northern started strong, including beating the Bulldogs back in December in Havre. However, throughout the Skylights' first 10 games in...
The end of the basketball regular season is right around the corner for the District 9C teams, and the Class B squads along the Hi-Line. Some teams sit atop their conference, while others are still fighting for a higher spot. There was one Thursday game last week, with Class B rivals the Rocky Boy Northern Stars and the Harlem Wildcats facing off for the second time this season. Last time, Rocky Boy upset Harlem on the road, but this time around, the Wildcats got revenge on...
TUESDAY High School Basketball CJI girls at Chinook THURSDAY High School Basketball Fort Benton girls vs DGS Fort Benton boys vs DGS Harlem girls at Glasgow Harlem boys at Glasgow College Basketball Skylights at Western, 5:30 p.m. Lights at Western, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY High School Basketball Turner girls vs HLP Turner boys vs HLP Big Sandy girls vs Box Elder Big Sandy boys vs Box Elder CJI girls vs North Star CJI boys vs North Star Harlem girls vs Chinook Harlem boys vs Chinook...
