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One of the oldest traditions on the Hi-Line returned to Harlem this weekend as agriculture, art and more took center stage at the Montana Seed Show Thursday through Saturday at Harlem High School. For 70 years, the event has drawn participants and attendees from the far corners of Montana to share in the culture of rural living. Seed Show chairman Paul Rasmussen said the event has evolved dramatically since 1949 when it was a humble congregation of local potato growers, and...
Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre, said Friday at the weekly legislative videoconference that the House of Representatives will hear this week the state general appropriations act, House Bill 2 introduced by Rep. Nancy Ballance. He said the bill also will include some infrastructure projects. He added that House Bill 652, introduced by Rep. Mike Hopkins, R-Missoula, passed through the House and will now be heard in the Senate. Bachmeier said the bill would secure $80 million in...
From Montana Office of Public Instruction HELENA — The Office of Public Instruction announced today that nomination and application forms are available for the 2020 Montana Teacher of the Year Program. Members of the public can fill out a form to nominate a teacher. Teachers can self-nominate by filling out an application. All actively teaching Montanans are encouraged to apply. If nominated, the OPI will reach out to the nominated teacher and ask them to fill out an application. Nomination forms are due back to the OPI by M...
A letter to the editor printed on the opinion page in Friday’s edition of the Havre Daily News left out the home town of letter-writer Sue Smith. She lives in Shelby....
Riley Jane Bear was lost to us on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, March 22, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Parrish Hall in Dodson with burial to follow at the Bear-Matte Family Cemetery on Route 8. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Riley Jane's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com/. Riley Jane you will always be our little...
Nicole D. Alex, 39, passed away at her Columbia Falls residence on Friday, March 9, 2019. A Celebration of Nicole's Life will be Wednesday, March 20, 1:00 pm at Fifth Avenue Christian Church, 2015 Fifth Ave., Havre. Her service will be followed by her burial and a reception at the Beaver Creek Golf Course. Memorials to Nicole Alex Children's College Fund, c/o Independence Bank, 435 Third St., Havre, MT 59501. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and... Full story
Lloyd D. Curfman of Gildford, age 95, passed away with family by his side on Friday, March 15, 2019, due to natural causes. Cremation has taken place and a service will be announced soon. Memorial’s in Lloyd’s name may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Lloyd’s online memorial page at http://www.hollandbonine.com/.... Full story
June M. Skillman of Havre, age 92, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2019, at her home with family by her side. Cremation has taken place and services are pending. Memorial in June’s name may be made to the Montana Association of the Blind, Fifth Avenue Christian Church or the charity of the donor’s choice. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit June’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.co... Full story
Havre Daily News staff Gov. Steve Bullock announced he appointed Chippewa Cree Business Council member Joe Demontiney Jr. to the Montana Invasive Species Council as a representative of the Chippewa Cree Tribe. Montana Invasive Species Council is a statewide partnership working to protect Montana’s economy, natural resources, and public health through a coordinated approach to combat invasive species, a Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation webpage about the council said....
Havre Police Department A student at Havre Middle School asked Friday at 10:07 a.m. to speak with an officer. -- Joshua Kay Blatter of Havre, 29, was arrested on three Justice or City court warrants at the police station at 2:19 p.m. Friday. -- Edward James Lewis of Havre, 67, was issues a summons on charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and violation of conditions of release after a caller at a Third Avenue business reported at 4:48 p.m. Friday...
In 1947, thousands of WW II veterans eligible for G.I. Bill higher education benefits were overwhelming the Montana University System. The feeling in Montana and the rest of the country was that nobody was entitled to a living, but that everybody should be entitled to a fair chance to earn one. Education makes opportunity possible. Those who benefit from it can take advantage of opportunities, and create them for others. Those without an education are often left behind. This, in today’s increasingly technical world, is e...
Editor, I am writing a letter to the editor expressing my grief over two cases of senior citizen abuses by the tribal entities here in Rocky Boy. It should be three, but I did receive one tiny load of wood that lasted two days. A disgruntled roads worker ran over my mail box on purpose last summer. Since I caught the person doing it, I made the roads department fix it or was signing a complaint. It got fixed but not without having to threaten to file a complaint. The roads department also plowed out everyone around here but...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University’s Academic Technology and Outreach will partner with the Montana Learning Center and the Montana Office of Public Instruction to host a NASA robotics competition that is open to teams of Montana high school students. The competition is in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings. Each team will build a replica of the Apollo lunar module and use a remote-controlled drone to land it on a map of the moon’s surface. Students will then modify and program a Lego...
What a year it was in girls high school basketball on the Hi-Line. Havre High and Box Elder repeated as state champions, Harlem went to its first-ever state tournament and won two championships, the Turner Tornadoes came within a shot of making the Class C state tournament, and the District 9C was once again the best district in all of Class C girls basketball. So with all that team success, it would stand to reason that, there were a lot of really good individual players in...
For the second year in a row, the Montana men's basketball team completed an epic comeback against the Eastern Washington Eagles in the Big Sky Conference championship game. And that's not the only thing that happened to the Grizzlies for the second year in a row. With their second straight Big Sky title in hand, Montana earned an automatic bid into the 2019 NCAA men's basketball tournament, and there, the Griz will face the Michigan Wolverines for the second straight year....
