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  • Bullock files as candidate in Senate race

    Tim Leeds|Updated Mar 9, 2020

    Editor’s note This version adds Montana secretary of state candidate Rep. Forrest Mandeville, R-Columbus, and that Mike Knoles has announced he is dropping out of the U.S. Senate race and corrects that Steve Bullock is a former attorney general. Some new filings are changing the tone of several races in the 2020 election, including Montana's governor stepping into the race for U.S. Senate after months of calls from the Democratic Party. Gov. Steve Bullock has joined a c...

  • Andrew McKean to give talk about landscape conservation Wednesday

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 9, 2020

    Andrew McKean, editor of Outdoor Life Magazine and a Glasgow resident, will be giving a presentation on local landscape conservation at 6:30 p.m. at Vizsla Brewing Wednesday. "I call it a landscape appreciation day," McKean said. "... What I want to do is basically say, 'Here are the benefits of some designations of land protection.'" The talk will be part of a wider six-part speaking tour that began last week in Billings and will end in Lewistown this Friday. McKean said...

  • HRDC decorates doors for Women's History Month

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 9, 2020

    District 4 Human Resources Development Council in Havre is celebrating Women's History Month by covering its office's doors with decorations celebrating famous women of past and present. "March is Women's History Month, and we just wanted to do something fun that would include the whole agency," Abuse Program Renae Miller Shelter Manager and Volunteer Coordinator for the Domestic said. Miller said her department proposed the idea about a month ago and she is satisfied by how...

  • Correction - Borstad benefit

    Updated Mar 9, 2020

    An article on the front page of Thursday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about a benefit for Michelle Borstad, who played basketball for Montana State University-Northern, left out the fact that Borstad worked as a physical therapy technician at Northern Montana Hospital before going to work at Pacific Medical Inc. as a supply clerk....

  • For the Record, March 9, 2020

    Updated Mar 9, 2020

    Havre Police Department A Sixth Street caller asked Friday at 7:41 a.m. to speak with an officer about some issues. -- Russell Lee Doney Sr. of Hays, 35, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, expired vehicle registration, no vehicle insurance, possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, and criminal child endangerment, two counts, and Clarence A. Blackcrow of Hays, 51, was arrested on possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug...

  • Obituary - Shane Arlene Jacobs (Hanson-Indahl)

    Updated Mar 9, 2020

    Shane Arlene Jacobs (Hanson-Indahl) joined her parents in heaven on February 28, 2020. Shane Arlene was born July 20, 1939, at the old Deaconess Hospital in Havre, MT. She grew up in Gildford, attending Gildford Public Schools, and graduated high school in 1957. While in high school, she often accompanied the church choir and soloists on the piano. Early on, she developed a strong fondness for horses, enjoying riding on the prairie. She tamed her favorite horse Baldy, a draft...

  • Davey, Cottonwood, announce school board elections

    Updated Mar 9, 2020

    Davey Elementary School District #12 Press release The Davey School District has announced the upcoming school election will be held Tuesday, May 5. One trustee position is up for election for a three-year term. The seat is held by Fred Davey. To file for a seat on the Davey Elementary School Board, contact District Clerk Serena Dawson for candidate forms. The deadline to file is March 26. Cottonwood Elementary School District #57 The Cottonwood School District has announced the upcoming school election will be held Tuesday,...

  • Keep Montana Green announces northeastern Montana regional contest winners

    Updated Mar 9, 2020

    Press release LEWISTOWN - Scenes of wildlife, people and wildfire coupled with creative slogans illustrate the importance of wildfire prevention in the 2020 Keep Montana Green art contest. "We had some exceptional entries that demonstrate just how creative and artistic Montana youth can be,'" said Clive Rooney, Area Manager of the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Northeastern Land Office, NELO, in Lewistown, where the posters were judged. "For this year's...

  • Early Childhood Screening set in Big Sandy

    Updated Mar 9, 2020

    Press release Parents of preschool children in the Big Sandy Community who would like to have their children participate in a free Early Childhood Screening, are being informed that a screening has been set for Friday, March 20, at F.E. Miley Elementary School from 9 a.m. to noon. People can, call Cinda at 378-2406 to make appointments. The screening is sponsored by the Bear Paw Cooperative....

  • SHINING BRIGHT: Nick Kunz is Northern's newest NAIA national champion

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 9, 2020

    No matter how a season goes, no matter what the conference championships produce, under the guidance of Montana State University-Northern head coach Tyson Thivierge, the Lights’ wrestling team always seems to strike gold at the NAIA national tournament. And the 2020 NAIA national championships, which wrapped up Saturday night in Wichita, Kansas, were no different, as Northern crowned a new national champion in Nick Kunz, and saw Isaac Bartel reach the 197-pound title match f...

  • Harlem girls go back to state

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Mar 9, 2020

    More basketball teams compete on many different courts, but along the Hi-Line, the 2020 Northern B Divisional girls tournament was going down in the Shelby High School Gymnasium in Shelby last weekend. There, the Harlem Wildcats and the Rocky Boy Morning Stars looked to continue the postseason push. In the case of the Wildcats and Harlem head coach Marlin Lawrence, they punched their ticket to the 2020 State Class B girls tournament set for Thursday through Saturday in the...

  • Lights fall in semis at LC State

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 9, 2020

    It was a great run. In the end, however, the Lewis-Clark State Warriors were just too much for the Montana State University-Northern Lights. Friday night in Lewiston, Idaho, the Lights fell to the No. 7 Warriors 73-68 in the Frontier Conference semifinals. It was just Northern’s third loss in its last 12 games, and it ended the Lights’ season, for now, with a 21-12 overall record. Now, the Lights will wait to see if they earn an at-large berth to the NAIA national tou...