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In Blaine County District Court Monday, Jasper Wendland was sentenced to pay thousands of dollars in restitution for destroying nearly half a million dollars in farming equipment in a drunken rampage in 2022, but no jail time, with a six year deferred imposition of sentence. Judge Olivia Rieger said Wendland must pay nearly $40,000 to the Gasvoda family of Lone Tree Cattle Company, and $3,700 to Blaine County for the night of destruction, though she did not impose restitution...
Dear Editor, Feb. 22, 2024, the 57th Annual Hill County Spelling Bee was held at Havre Middle School. This event brings together all of the best student (grades 4-8) spellers in Hill County to determine who will represent our area at the state competition in Bozeman on March 9, 2024. Crucial financial support for this event was provided by Independence Bank in the form of Chamber of Commerce gift certificates for the top three finishers: $50, $35 and $20. Medals were provided by the Hill County Superintendent of Schools...
Press release Editor’s note: Watch for more on the Montana Seed Show in upcoming editions of Havre Daily News. Spring is just around the corner, so the Montana Seed Show in Harlem will be coming soon. March 7-9 mark the dates for this annual event, which will be held at Harlem High School. Entry date and time for the Bread Show is Friday, March 8, between 8 and 9:30 a.m. at the school’s big gym. Categories (both youth and adult) are: white bread, 100% whole wheat bread, machine white bread and machine 50% combination who...
My husband, Peter, and I were surprised that two plates were missing. We stay in our little apartment in Mexico and, while we’re gone, all our dishes and glasses remain in the cupboards. We pack away most of our spices, but we leave the vegetable steamer and the pressure cooker and all the art on the walls. We leave it all in the apartment which, we assume, is rented out to other people while we are gone, although it is hard to know for sure because everything is always r...
James "Jim" Phillip Greytak, 74, was born Aug. 17, 1949, in Kalispell to Rosemary (Lowe) and Phillip Greytak of Bigfork, formerly of Havre. Jim passed away Feb. 4, 2024, after a valiant battle with cancer. Jim graduated from Bigfork High School in 1967 and attended Carroll College, graduating with a degree in history in 1971. He met his wife, Kathy Thoma, in 1974, and they got married in 1976. They had two children, Erin and Michael. Jim and his family spent their entire life...
These past few weeks have been interesting. As the Local Government Interim Committee, we had planned to look into the property tax and appraisals issues. At least that’s what I thought and what made sense to me; that the Tax Interim Committee would address these issues alongside input from folks in local government. Then, as had also happened during and after this year’s legislative session, the administration got involved in place of letting the Legislature do our job. The administration created a special property tax adv...
Havre Police Department A Monday 9:28 p.m. caller reported a boy, who was underdressed for the weather, walking down Washington Avenue, and responding officers provided transportation to Havre Public Schools. -- Officers assisted another agency with an 11:14 a.m. Monday call in Havre. -- A possible temporary restraining order violation was reported at 2:14 p.m. in Havre. -- A First Street Northeast caller asked officers Monday at 3:47 p.m. for assistance with a girl who hid...
This past weekend at the Northern B Divisional Boys Basketball Tournament in Malta, the Chinook boys basketball team was looking to go on a run in order to qualify for the Class B State Tournament in a few weeks. Instead, the Sugarbeeters went 1-2 and failed to qualify for state, putting an end to their season. The Sugarbeeters began the tournament Thursday with an 87-43 loss to the Malta Mustangs. Malta took control early as it raced out to a 26-15 lead in the first quarter....
Editor’s note: The Hill County Commission sent an amended agenda this morning for its business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. The full agenda follows. The public may participate in the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday, Feb. 19, 2024, at 10 a.m. in the Commission Office online at https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87670806969?pwd=3D2AtxALo3jBtpEbOZlUCaH7VcZQQm.1 The agenda for the meeting is: Meeting called to order Approval of last week’s minutes Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda ite...
The Montana Amateur Hockey Association postseason has arrived and last weekend, the Havre Ice Hawks 19U girls team played at their state tournament. The tournament took place in Glasgow, where the Ice Hawks went 0-3 in pool play, before going 1-1 in the bracket round. Havre opened the tournament with a 6-0 loss to Missoula Friday. The Ice Hawks also fell to Bozeman 4-2 Friday, as Jersi Morse scored a pair of goals for Havre, while Paisley Branden stopped 53 shots. On Saturday,...
The Big Sandy Pioneers are going to state for the first time in more than two decades. After finishing third in the District 9C two weeks ago in Havre, the Pioneers capped off a thrilling run in the Northern C with a challenge game win over DGS on Monday night in Great Falls. DGS had lost in the championship game Saturday night, while the Pioneers beat 9C rival CJI in the consolation game. That set up the challenge game Monday night. The Pioneers trailed 10-9 after the first...
