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Auditions for the upcoming production of “The Lieutenant of Inishmore” are tonight and Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Little Theatre in Cowan Hall on Montana State University-Northern. The auditions call for seven men ranging from ages 18 to 50 and one woman aged 18 to 25. Those interested in auditioning are encouraged to have a two-minute comedic monologue prepared, though it isn’t required. The play is about an Irish terrorist who, upon returning home, attempts to find whoever killed his cat and left it dead on the road. “Huma...
How can someone ask for help in a private, dignified way and receive help from the community in that same manner? The answer is a unique website that was created by Great Falls resident, Dave Snuggs. The website, at http://www.myneighborinneed.org, is the fulfillment of an idea that first came about back in the summer of 2001. Now, just before celebrating their third-year anniversary, Snuggs is once again expanding the website’s reach of hope. “I am excited to announce that thanks to efforts of a dedicated group of vol...
Longtime resident and community volunteer Heather Adkins has been hired as the project services director for My Neighbor in Need – Havre. The program, at the website http://www.myneighborinneed.com, was created by Great Falls resident Dave Snuggs and the website was developed by Tom Penwell of Tom’s Web Designs. The project allows for anyone to ask for help with a specific need, in a specific city or area whether the need is for themselves or for someone else in their community and allows for anyone in the world to help ful...
The Havre Trails meeting Monday moved forward to join the Hill County Health Consortium and talk about other plans. Lindsey Bennett, the president of the group, said that she had received an invitation for Havre Trails to work with the Hill County Health Consortium under the “Open Gym” project. Open Gym is in initiative by multiple community groups and members to increase use of the outdoors in the area for the health and well-being of the community. Working with the other groups like Building Active Communities, would joi...
A crowd of nearly 40 people was on hand at Havre City Council Chambers Monday night as city officials tackled the question of whether residents should be allowed to have chickens in their yards. The Council’s Ordinance Committee listened to people on both sides of the issue, although supporters seemed to be in the majority. The committee made no decision at the meeting, but agreed to hold another hearing at 6:30 p.m., Monday, March 9, after gathering more information. Linda Mills, spokeswoman for a newly formed group favoring...
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board, along with the H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Foundation, held a discussion meeting Monday at Montana State University-Northern. A quorum was not present, but those who attended held an informal discussion. Val Hickman, vice chairperson of the museum board, gave the group a tour of the new museum area and storage facilities, which are located in the lower level of Northern’s Vande Bogart Library. “The vast majority of (the storage boxes) came from Aaniiih Nakoda Col...
Around $21,000 for scholarships was raised to bring and keep students to Montana State University-Northern at the We Love Northern Ball Saturday. Jim Bennett, director of Northern's Alumni Association, said the ball was a success. "We were hoping to break $20,000 for scholarships, so we did pretty good there," Bennett said. "I think it was a big success, and I think a lot of that is because we got great support from folks on the ball committee, faculty and staff and people in...
Press release Jim Lyons of Havre, the director of North Central Montana Transit, will take part in a panel discussion Friday in Helena on transportation infrastructure policy. That panel, and a second panel that will discuss economic impacts of transportation infrastructure, will be held as part of a listening session sponsored by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.. Tester wants to hear ideas about upgrading Montana roads, bridges and transit systems. He also wants to hear from people involved in the economic impacts of transportation...
If the city of Havre were to undertake a $1.5 million a year repair project for city street and storm sewers, it would raise taxes about $250 per home. A figure in an earlier Havre Daily News story was incorrect....
A caption to a front-page photo in Monday’s Havre Daily News misreported that the proceeds from the Montana State University-Northern Alumni Foundation We Love Northern Ball are used for projects at Northern. The proceeds all fund scholarships at the university....
Havre Police Department An officer issued a warning after a caller from the Montana State University-Northern Student Union Building at 2:10 p.m. Monday complained about a large white dog running around without a leash. —— An officer investigated a report made at the police station at 5:21 p.m. Monday of someone stealing a credit card. —— An officer provided services after a caller from a 1st Street establishment at 7:13 p.m. Monday requested a woman be removed. —— An officer assisted a caller from Monroe Avenue who said at 1...
ROUNDUP - Buz Harris, 65, passed away Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, after a heroic battle with multiple sclerosis the last 26 years. He was born Robert Rex Harris in Lewistown on March 15, 1949, and was a few weeks shy of 66 years old. Buz graduated from Roundup High School in 1967 and attended Montana State University in Bozeman. He worked in oil field transportation his whole life in the family trucking business in and around Roundup and Havre and had many stories to tell. He saved...
The road leading to the 2015 Class B-C state wrestling tournament is now complete. And the last stop along the way for area teams was Big Sandy. Saturday, Big Sandy played host to the Northern B-C Divisional tournament, where 10 teams battled it out for spots in this weekend’s state tourney. The Conrad Cowboys successfully defended their Northern Division title scoring 168 points. Cut Bank was a distant second with 133, while Class C Chinook was third with 128 points. H...
As district tournaments creep ever closer for teams along the Hi-Line, this past weekend was an important one for boys basketball teams in the area as they tried to improve their position in the standings, while also trying to play their best basketball with the postseason right around the corner. Things started off in Chester last Thursday, when the Chester/J-I Hawks played host to the North Star Knights in a battle of District 9C foes. The Hawks, who are new to the 9C this...
One weekend is all that stands between area Class B and C girls basketball teams and a date with their respective district tournament. And because the regular season has come down to one last weekend, that made last weekend’s games across the Hi-Line ultra-important. In a big District 9C game last Thursday night, which had lasting implications on the 9C standings, the Chester/J-I Hawks took down arch rival North Star 48-34 in Chester. The Hawks trailed the Knights 19-18 at h...
The first nine wins of the 2014-15 boys basketball season won’t be able to count for the Rocky Boy Stars. Void St. Pierre, the superintendent of Rocky Boy schools, told the Havre Daily News Friday that the Rocky Boy high school boys basketball team will have to forfeit all nine wins it has earned due to the participation of an ineligible player. St. Pierre made the following statement in a press release sent to the Havre Daily News Friday morning. “During an internal review of students participating in our boys bas...
Brendan Johnson, Harlem Wrestling The Harlem wrestling team has had a lot of success in recent years. And Brendan Johnson is carrying that torch for the Wildcats into this weekend's Class B-C state wrestling tournament in Billings. Johnson has been ranked No. 1 at 160 pounds all season long, and the 2014 state runner-up is coming off a dominant performance at the Northern B-C divisional tournament this past weekend in Big Sandy. Johnson, who has suffered just two defeats this...
For the fifth time this season alone, the Frontier Conference has honored Montana State University-Northern star A’Jha Edwards. On Monday, Edwards was once again named Frontier Conference Women’s Player of the Week. The 6-5 senior from Tuscon, Arizona, has also earned NAIA National Player of the Week twice this season. This past weekend, Edwards helped lead the Skylights to road wins over Lewis-Clark State and Montana Tech. Edwards averaged 22 points, 15.5 rebounds and 2.5...
