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A water ban has been lifted in Joplin after a notice was issued to residents of Joplin Friday urging them not to use their water after a report claimed there was blue-colored water that had a bad odor. Liberty County Commissioner Larry Hendrickson said the ban has since been lifted by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. “It was lifted on Saturday upon chemical analysis of the water which shows no chemicals at harmful levels,” he said. “Everything was mitigated, and everything's fine and the water’s been cleared...
The Hill County Detention Center has been experiencing some staffing issues and must now turn away Blaine County inmates. Blaine County Sheriff Glenn Huestis said he and his office will have to move their inmates out of the Hill County Detention Center March 1. "We're working on taking them to Valley County," Huestis said. Transporting inmates to and from Blaine to Valley County is going to cause some logistical problems for the Blaine County Sheriff's Office. Huestis said...
The 31st annual Havre-Hill County Library Valentine's Day Pie Social offered a wide variety of pies Friday to raise money for the library. Bonnie Williamson, treasurer of the Friends of the Havre-Hill County Library, said $1,755.01 was raised for the library. Jean Scofield, president of the Friends of the Havre-Hill County Library, said more than 50 pies were made by community members for this event. Many different kinds of pies were available at the fundraiser including...
The District 9C Basketball Tournament begins Wednesday and local businesses are gearing up for the high amount of people who travel to Havre for the four-day basketball tournament. Players, coaches, family and friends of the 9C basketball teams will be in Havre this week for the tournament, and Havre's economy is expected to see a rise in numbers. People travel from 9C towns including Chester to Turner, Harlem and Hays and Lodge Pole and south from Box Elder, Big Sandy and Fort Benton to compete in and watch this...
After the Havre Fire Department received a 12:45 p.m. Sunday call about a dog stuck in the river, firefighters responded with cold water suits to the area. The German shepherd was seen holding onto a piece of ice in the river, half in, half out. Fire Chief Tim Hedges said the dog looked like it had been in the water for quite some time and, once they retrieved it from the river, it was taken to a veterinarian for treatment. He said they could not figure out who owned the dog....
A Fort Benton woman is working on finalizing a support group for those grieving the loss of a family member. Gail Allen, the leader of the group, said she is working through the Compassionate Friends support group organization. This organization provides support to families who are experiencing the death of a son, daughter, brother, sister or grandchild. Today, there are more than 650 chapters across the nation. Allen, whose 23-year-old son died in 2012, is working on starting a chapter based in Chouteau County. “In our c...
Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy’s legislation that would have raised the minimum age to $10 a hour was rejected by the State Senate Monday on a party-line vote. The minimum wage proposal was one of three bills the Senate refused to take up. Democrats sought to pull three bills from committees where Republicans had bottled them up. They would have scheduled them for a floor vote for Wednesday, a procedure known in Helena as a “blast.” In all three cases, the bills were defeated on a party-line vote, 29-21. Windy Boy, D-Box Elder...
Press release The American Red Cross will conduct six blood drives on the Hi-Line in coming weeks. They include: • Tuesday, March 3, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in Havre at Montana State University-Norther’s Student Union Building Ballroom. • Wednesday, March 4, 2 to 6 p.m., Jerry Martin Memorial Hall, 166 Johannes Ave., Big Sandy. • Thursday, March 5, 1 to 6 p.m., Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Main and Madison streets, Chester. • Monday, March 9, noon to 5:30 p.m., Havre’s St. Jude Parish Center, 440 7th Ave. • Tuesday, Marc...
Havre Police Department Derek Paul Converse, 30, of Havre was arrested on charges of probation violation and obstructing a peace officer or other public servant after officers investigated a 3:20 p.m. Friday call from 10th Avenue about a stolen vehicle. —— Vanessa Dawna Webb, 29, of Hays was issued a summons on a charge of driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license and a headlamp violation after an officer made a motor vehicle stop at 6:23 p.m. Friday on Montana Avenue. —— Gina Marie Griggs, 20, of Havre was arreste...
A photo caption on Page A2 of Monday's Havre Daily News said Steve Daines was a U.S. representative. He is a U.S. senator....
The Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team honored seniors Gavin Gunderson, Alex Hanson, Kyle Konesky, Caleb McLain and Josh Emge during this weekend's home games at the Havre Ice Dome. But after, the Helena Bighorns proved too strong for the Ice Hawks in a pair of high school hockey games. Helena beat Havre 7-0 Saturday night at the Havre Ice Dome, then returned Sunday morning to down the Ice Hawks 7-2. In Saturday night's game, Emge did all he could between the pipes,...
North Star standout will run track in college, but now right she's excited about the 9C basketball tournament There is nothing more exciting for a high school basketball player than tournament time. And for Tylynn Rettig of the North Star Knights, this next run in the postseason will be her last. Rettig, who excels for the Knights in volleyball and track, as well as basketball, has had a great career for North Star. And even though her senior season has been hampered slightly...
One of the great basketball traditions along the Hi-Line is the District 9C tournament, which is annually held in Havre and played inside the HHS gymnasium. This year, the tradition lives on and so does the excellence of the Box Elder Bears, the defending Class C state champions, who come into the 9C as the prohibitive favorite to win the boys bracket. The Bears, who went undefeated en route to the state title a year ago and were 17-1 this season, will begin their title...
There are a lot of reasons why the entire Hi-Line, and beyond, is excited about the 2015 District 9C girls basketball tournament. But perhaps the biggest reason is — this tournament is going to be action-packed. The 9C girls tourney gets underway Wednesday afternoon at the Havre High gymnasium, and under a new format, will run through Friday night. The boys tournament will run from Thursday to Saturday, and on Thursday and Friday, there will be a total of 16 boys and girls g...
Gunnar Aageson, Havre Wrestling Five Havre Blue Ponies won state wrestling championships this past weekend at the All-Class state tournament in Billings. HHS senior Gunnar Aageson wasn't one of them. But perhaps no one had a more important, or spectacular state tournament than the 145-pound Blue Pony, who also excels in football and track and field. Aageson, a No. 3 seed coming in, pinned three rivals on his way to the 145-pound state championship match, where he ran into top-...
Starting next fall, running will become a part of the Montana State University-Northern athletic family. Last week, MSU-N Athletic Director Christian Oberquell announced that the school is adding men's and women's cross country to its list of varsity sports offered at MSU-N. "We want to help grow our athletics programs and do what we can to help the Frontier Conference," Oberquell said in a press release. For the Frontier Conference to be affiliated with the NAIA in cross...
