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Jeanne (Big Knife) Hobbs, 77, of Rocky Boy, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2015, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Wake services will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2015, and will continue until her traditional funeral service which will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, all at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Jeanne's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence f...
It was a tumultuous season to say the least for the Rocky Boy boys basketball team. But, when it was all said and done, the Stars still ended up walking away with a trophy from the Class B state tournament. After losing to Huntley Project on Thursday at the Class B state tournament, the Stars were going to need to win three straight games to come back and get third at the state tournament and that’s exactly what they did, capping the run with a 78-76, double overtime win o...
After three days of competitions, displays and various cooking contests, the 66th Annual Montana Seed Show wrapped up Saturday. During the final day of the Seed Show, a banquet was held in Harlem High School's main gym. Paul Rasmussen, chairman of the Seed Show, thanked all who participated in this year's event. "If it wasn't for everybody that's in this room and in the community for helping for 66 years, this thing would have died a long time ago," he said. Winners of the...
NorthWestern Energy crews were at work replacing a power pole that was taken out by a fire this morning in North Havre on 1st Street West. Butch Larcombe, a spokesperson for NorthWestern Energy, said that 150 people were out of power from 5 to around 8:15 a.m. this morning after an equipment failure started a fire on a power pole. "They were able to reroute power to get people back in service," Larcombe said. There was no estimation as to how long the replacement was going to...
Havre Fire Department, U.S. Border Patrol and Canada Border Service Agency-Wild Horse teams took to the ice Friday to throw rocks. The Border Patrol team reigned supreme in the competition after winning three of the four games in the tournament, while the firefighters took second with one win. Melissa Hart, a Border Patrol agent, said the Canadians, in their defense, had two people who had not curled much before. They expect a bigger battle next year, she a...
Editor: State Rep. Stephanie Hess, R-Havre, in her explanation of why she voted against the governor's plan to expand Medicaid to 70,000 deserving Montanans, cited several incorrect statistics. She claimed that in the first year the program would cost Montana $34 million a year and that it eventually would cost the state $250 million a year. The fiscal note by the governor's budget office attached to House Bill 249 says the program would have saved the state $30 million in the first year, $29 million in the second, $14...
This week is Sunshine Week, an annual time designed to encourage openness in governments around the United States. The Society of Professional Journalists and dozens of others groups take part in activities marking the week. Newspapers seem to be especially involved, but many other groups — blogs, libraries, civic groups and educators — highlight the advantages of open government at this time of the year. Montana’s laws concerning open government and public access to records are pretty good. For the most part, the publi...
Paula Joan Brenna, 59, passed away at her residence in Havre March 11, 2015. Service information and a full obituary will follow....
Jack Gist, 83, passed away March 14, in Havre. A public viewing will be held Tuesday, March 17, 2015, from 7 to 9 p.m., at Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at 11 a.m., at Edwards Funeral Home, where arrangements have been made. Condolences may be left for the family at www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com....
MALTA — Donald L. Curley, 83, a Korean War veteran and rancher, died Thursday, March 12, 2015, at his residence at Wagner. He suffered a massive heart attack following an automobile accident. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 17. at Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. The family will receive friends at 7 p.m., Monday, March 16, at the funeral home. Interment will be in Malta Cemetery with military honors. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com....
Havre Police Department Claton John Allery, 20, of Havre was arrested on charges of shoplifting and minor in possession after officers responded to an 11:47 a.m. Friday call from a 1st Street business about a theft of beer. —— A two-vehicle noninjury motor vehicle crash was investigated after officers received an 11:54 a.m. Friday call from 17th Street. —— A vehicular hit-and-run was investigated after officers received a 3:57 p.m. Friday call from 9th Street. —— Paul Robert Barrows, 48, of Havre was arrested on a Justice o...
When the Montana State University-Northern Skylights nearly knocked off eventual NAIA national champion Oklahoma City in the 2014 NAIA Sweet 16 last March, it was a bitter loss, but was also the culmination of an incredible season. Yes, the 2013-14 season was one the Skylights, and throngs of Northern fans would never forget. But it was also going to be hard to top. A year later however, the Skylights have indeed topped their magical run of last season, and they are hoping...
Normally, football is the sport described as a game of inches. But that saying summed up this past weekend perfectly for the Havre High boys basketball team, which was literally inches away from playing for the Class A state championship. Trailing by two points to the Dillon Beavers Friday night in the semifinals of the state tournament, the Blue Ponies had the ball, and with just seconds remaining got it into the hands of Nate Rismon, who got a clean look at a 3-point...
Basketball is a team game. It takes five players playing together at one time, all being on the same page to be successful. But, it sure doesn’t hurt to have a player so dominant, so intimidating and so hard to stop, that she stands above all others. And while the Montana State University-Northern Skylights have been the ultimate team this season, with great chemistry on and off the court, and have been a team that prides itself on disciplined defense and unselfish play on the...
