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The North Star Public School District has announced its upcoming school election will be held Tuesday, May 5. One seat with a two-year term, held by Jared Miller, is up for election and two seats with three-year terms, held by Kodi Peterson and Rory Seidlitz, are up for election. To file for a seat on the North Star School Board, people can contact Business Manager Clerk Kathy Preeshl for candidate forms. The deadline to file is March 26....
The deterioration of Havre's roads are being worsened by the mild winter, and the City of Havre Public Works Department is having difficulty keeping up with repairs. "We're dealing with a lot of roads that have a lot of years in em, and a lack of funding to fix them in the way they need to be fixed," said Public Works Director David Peterson. Peterson sees many factors that make road repair particularly expensive in Havre. But this year the mild winter has made things worse. "...
With the deadline to file as a candidate creeping closer, more people have filed in some major races or have announced their picks for lieutenant governor. Incumbent Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont, filed for re-election Friday, citing his endorsement by President Donald Trump, and Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney filed in his bid for governor, also announcing his pick for lieutenant governor in the race. Cooney announced that state House of Representatives Minority Leader Casey Schreiner, D-Great Falls, who recently dropped out as a...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester D-Mont., announced last Wednesday he will be introducing a new legislation to preserve funding for 2020 Montana rural schools, reversing what he called "a reckless decision" by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy Devos to change eligibility for rural schools receiving funding through the Rural Low-Income Schools program. A release from Tester's office said the change will cause an estimated 65 percent decrease in eligibility in Montana, one of the highest...
Theodore Daniel Lenhardt, 96, passed away at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre MT on February 25, 2020. A funeral service will be held March 4, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at the American Lutheran Church in Chinook MT. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Wilderness Funeral Homes of Chinook. Ted was born May 24, 1923, in Billings, MT, to Conrad and Marie Lenhardt. Ted grew up in Billings and attended the Elder Grove School west of Billings. Ted met the love of his life, Gerry, and...
Shane Arlene Jacobs of Gildford, 80, passed away peacefully of natural causes at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. A funeral service will be held in Gildford at a later date. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Obituary and service information to follow....
Havre Police Department Nathan Pruett of Harlem, 34, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge, after he reported Friday at 11:46 a.m. that a First Street Northeast business refused to give back a vehicle and insurance checks. -- Clinton YoungBear Jr. of Harlem, 58, was arrested on charges of reckless driving, driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license, driving under the influence and (open container in the city,) after a caller on U.S. Highway 2 West reported a...
Choirs from two local high schools are among those featured Tuesday in a statewide broadcast of Montana Public Broadcasting System, with the Big Sandy and Havre High School choirs performing in the “Celebrate America Across Montana” PBS pledge special. Jan. 20-21, 15 high school and middle school choirs traveled to Bozeman, including the Havre and Big Sandy choirs, to tape performances of songs that shaped or lifted the nation, a press release said, shown Tuesday on Montana PBS and streamed worldwide. The performances are...
5,388 Miles • Plus: 22 Days • Plus: Six Airports • Plus: 12 Planes • Plus: 28 Amazing, Awesome Students • Plus: Wonderful Co-worker and Four Astounding Professors • Plus: No Sickness or Illness • Plus: Answered Prayer upon Answered Prayer upon Answered Prayer • Equals: One Old Lady's life that has been changed forever! The above pretty much sums up my recent trip to Myanmar and Hong Kong. Truly my life has been changed. I am so grateful for those who supported me fi...
As the regular season ends, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights basketball team had ambitions to end the tough latter half of the season with some wins over the Carroll College Fighting Saints and the University of Providence Argos last weekend. Unfortunately, the Skylights were swept after losing to the nationally ranked Saints Friday in the Carroll PE Center, 65-39 and then the Argos 82-55 Saturday in the McLaughlin Center in Great Falls. The once-ranked...
With the regular season ending, the Montana State University-Northern Lights basketball team had a chance to host a home playoff game to start off the postseason. All Northern had to do was get through tough Frontier rivals in the Carroll College Fighting Saints and the University of Providence Argos. The task ahead of the Lights was difficult, and Northern put up a big fight over the weekend, losing to the No. 17 Saints Friday in the Carroll PE Center, 61-57 and then beating...
It was quite the crazy weekend for Northern B basketball, especially, for the Hi-Line boys basketball teams Rocky Boy and Harlem. The two teams traveled to Malta to compete in the Northern B Divisionals, where they each aspired to get to the Class B state tournament. The Wildcats fell just short of a chance for a state berth after losing to the Malta Mustangs in the consolation semifinals 59-54 Saturday morning. Meanwhile, the Stars will be heading to state once again after...
GREAT FALLS - The Fort Benton Longhorns and Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds had similar paths to the Northern C girls consolation game Saturday night in Great Falls. But, once there, the only thing familiar to either team was the way the Longhorns dominated. After falling to Belt in Friday night's Northern C semifinals, which was their first loss of the season, the Longhorns were going to have to win twice Saturday, and get some help from the Huskies in order to achieve their...
The Havre High boys basketball team knew they had to win two games to get to the Class A state tournament and after the loss to the Livingston Rangers last Wednesday in Billings, the Blue Ponies had to take the long way around. Havre had to go through Northeast A rival, the Glendive Red Devils, in the consolation quarterfinals Friday morning to get to the consolation semifinals. The Ponies advanced with a win over Glendive 80-68. But the Laurel Locomotives halted Havre’s progr...
After the win over the Park Rangers in the quarterfinals on Thursday of the Eastern A Divisionals, the Havre High girls basketball team did not have plans to meet the Rangers again in the tournament. Yet, after a tough 64-60 overtime loss to the Billings Central Rams Friday in the semifinals, the Blue Ponies would meet the Rangers Saturday in the consolation game, beating Park 46-32, to claim third place in the tournament, as well as punching a ticket back to Billings for the...
GREAT FALLS - For the second year in a row, the Northern C boys championship game was an all District 9C affair, and for the second year in a row, a 9C team won the championship for the first time in school history. This time however, it was the Fort Benton Longhorns' turn, and it's something that had been building for more than five years. Saturday night in the Four Seasons Arena, the Longhorns beat the Big Sandy Pioneers 57-39 in the 2020 Northern C championship game. The...
