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MISSOULA (AP) — The Missoula County attorney is asking a federal judge to decide if the U.S. Department of Justice has the authority to investigate his office. In 2012, the DOJ announced it was opening an investigation into the way the city, University of Montana campus police and the prosecutor's office handled sexual assault cases. The law enforcement agencies reached settlement agreements with the DOJ last year calling for more training and policy changes. However, County Attorney Fred Van Valkenburg has refused to c...
Sixty-nine students from Hill County high schools will take part in the annual Hill County spelling bee at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Havre Middle School. The contestants each won spelling contests at their home schools, said Hill County Schools Superintendent Diane McLean. The public is invited to watch the bee take place, she said. Students from Box Elder, Rocky Boy, Havre, North Star and Gildford Colony School will take part. McLean said she is always impressed with the spelling ability of the students. Seeing the students, she...
Contrary to Mr. Beatty’s opinion (Feb. 3), there is no need for trapping, even for trapping beaver in Beaver Creek Park. Thanks to the installation of beaver deceivers and overflow pipes, more and more ranchers, communities and irrigation districts no longer pay to constantly rig conibear traps in freezing water for flood control. As Mr. Beatty noted, trapping is a short-term solution anyway; his son trapped more than 200 beavers, and in no time “they were back, thick as ever.” A beaver deceiver lets water flow through the da...
Lost in the announcement that Board of Regents Chair Angela McLean will become lieutenant governor, is the fact that Paul Tuss will be the new chair of the Regents. Montana in general and the university system in particular will be well served by Tuss’ promotion to the top job. A graduate of the University of Montana, he is familiar with the needs of the university system and its students. He is executive director of Bear Paw Development Corp., where he has been active in securing funds for Hi-Line communities to undertake a...
David Lee (Deke) Gerstenberger, 67, passed away on Jan. 29, 2014, in Seattle, Wash., after a courageous battle against amyloidosis. He was born Jan. 23, 1947, in Havre, Mont., to Bernard and Violin (Frank) Gerstenberger. He graduated from Havre Central in 1965, attended lab tech training in Minnesota and was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1967, where he served two years. He worked for the Great Northern Railroad starting part time during high school and became full time in Marc...
HAVRE - Nedra Mary Cornell, 80, passed away at her home on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, due to natural causes. Her memorial service will be at 2 p.m. on Monday., Feb. 17, 2014, at the Turner Lutheran Church in Turner, Mont., with Pastor Ellen Ayres officiating. Nedra was born on June 27, 1933, to Otto and Nettie (Simonson) Bengtson at the Turner Hospital in Turner, Mont., and was raised on the family farm east of Turner. She attended school in Turner, graduating in 1951 from Turner...
The Hill County museum in Havre is again seeking its official name. The board of the museum, as part of updating its bylaws and procedures and forms, last month approved stating the official name of the museum, located in the Holiday Village Mall, as the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum, named in memory of a prominent businessman and community leader. At the board’s monthly meeting Monday, members Raela Hulett, who heads the bylaw revision committee, and Val Hickman raised concerns about the choice of the name. Hulett and H...
Michael Morsette, the basketball coach at Rocky Boy High School, has been suspended for undisclosed reasons. Bobbi J. Favel, the personnel director, and Lewis Reese, the principal of Rocky Boy High School, said they were unable to speak about the matter at this time while the investigation of the situation was still being conducted. “We are looking into circumstances to ensure that all rights are protected,” Reese said. “It’s a standard procedure thing … . We’re just following protocol.” Morsette was suspended before the Fe...
It will be a full day of work Monday at the future home of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum. At the monthly meeting of the museum board Monday, board chair Judi Dritshulas said a major work day is planned at the Griggs Printing Building, which the H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Foundation purchased for the museum. Dritshulas said foundation members have been going through the building, which still houses Griggs Printing as well as rental space for Northern...
A broken insulator put power out for a section of north-central Montana’s Hi-Line this morning, with some people waiting just more than 90 minutes for power to be restored. Power went out shortly before 6 a.m., and Butch Larcombe of NorthWestern Energy said power was fully restored by about 7:30 a.m. At the Havre Daily News, the power was restored shortly after 7 a.m. Larcombe said the power outage was reported for most of Havre and some of Chinook and most everyone NorthWestern serves in between. The Havre Daily News h...
Molly Herron, Big Sandy Girls Basketball Big Sandy’s Molly Herron is a girls basketball veteran. A senior, she’s started all four years of her career for the Pioneers, and she’s going out strong. Last weekend, Herron scored 20 points in a win over Hobson and added another 18 points and three 3-pointers in Big Sandy’s narrow loss to 9C rival Chinook. Herron has been on a scoring tear after Christmas break. Since Jan. 1, she’s averaged 15 points per game. Herron is also a vo...
For the second time this season, Montana State University-Northern senior Alfie Miller has earned Frontier Men’s Basketball Player of the Week honors. Miller helped the No. 23 Lights to two dramatic wins this past weekend in Havre. The senior from Seattle scored 15 points and made four 3-pointers in Northern’s overtime win against Montana Tech Friday night, then poured in a game-high 26 points and nailed eight threes in the Lights’ come-from-behind win against Lewis...
Many area basketball teams have just two weeks of competition left in the regular season, and some of those Hi-Line programs were able to continue on the winning path, while others still found themselves sticking close to the loss column. On Thursday, the District 2B Harlem Wildcats dropped another close league game at home. The Glasgow Scotties defeated the Wildcats 47-43 as Harlem was unable to overcome a two-point third quarter. The Wildcats did post 16 points in the...
One week is all that stands between area Class B and C girls basketball teams and district tournament time. And that’s why last week was such a big one up and down the Hi-Line. Chinook locked up at least a share of the District 9C regular season title this past week, starting with a dominating 77-10 win over Hays-Lodge Pole last Thursday night in Hays. The powerful Sugarbeeters scored 42 points in the first quarter against the winless Thunderbirds. Freshman Taylor Neibauer s...
The last time a wrestler steps out on his home mat is special. Senior night is special. But then there’s senior night against your most hated and bitter rival. Now that’s really special. That’s exactly what a pair of Montana State University-Northern wrestlers will get to experience Wednesday night when the Lights host the Great Falls Argos at the Armory Gymnasium. The dual between MSU-N and UGF is special for all the right reasons and the two Northern seniors who will be ho...
