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7:15 p.m. Havre Public Schools announced this evening that,after a shooting threat found written on the wall of Havre Middle School led to the evacuation of the school and a temporary lockdown, the school will run as normally scheduled Wednesday and all bus routes will be running as normal. The district announced via phone and text messages and on its website this afternoon that the school had been evacuated and school district administrators were conducting a sweep of the building. Havre Police Department Capt. Bill...
Editor's note: This corrects the time of the meeting Friday. Hill County Weed Board will meet Friday, March 23, at 11 a.m. at the Hill County Shop. • Call to order: Minutes • Public comment • Correspondence • Unfinished business • New business: Budget; purchase orders; grants; spring coordinator training; board vacancy; crew training; burdock classes....
March 12, the Havre High tennis teams started their season. It just wasn't in the way the Blue Ponies were used to. The first day of Havre High's 2018 season, and, possibly many more like it, was spent on the gym floor inside Sunnyside School. Havre was inside because winter hasn't even come close to loosening its grip on Havre or the Hi-Line, and because of that, HHS head coach George Ferguson says, spring sports are likely to not have a normal season, at least for a while...
A resolution recognizing the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce as the city’s Convention and Visitors Bureau was passed 7-0 by the City Council at their Monday night meeting, making the Chamber eligible to receive state funds to promote the city as a tourist destination. Council member Sarah McKinney was excused. Passage of the resolution recognizes the Chamber as the local nonprofit that will receive and spend money from the state’s 4 percent accommodation tax on hotel, motel and campground occupancy. The funding will be use...
A young Chinook boy has had a good prognosis on his battle with cancer, but the battle continues, as do fundraisers to help his family pay the costs of his treatment. Wacee Simenson, 7, is transferring this week from a hospital in Denver to continue treatment, and a fundraiser is set Thursday at Pizza Hut to help with the ongoing costs. Whenever anyone making a purchase at Pizza Hut that day says they are donating to Wacee’s account, 20 percent of the purchase price will go to his fundraiser. His family and friends also h...
The general manager of Island Mountain Development Group said the collapse of the former Buttrey’s building in Harlem has solved one question for the development company, whether to keep the historic building and refurbish it to house new stores or to tear it down and build new. “With the collapse, it’s kind of decided,” Terry Brockie said this morning. Brockie said the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation-based development group has owned the building that collapsed Saturday, likely due to an accumulation of snow on its roof, f...
The Snowdance Ski Association, the nonprofit that operates Bear Paw Ski Bowl, will host it’s 2018 Hi-Line Winter Brewfest Saturday at the Havre Ice Dome 4 to 9 p.m. Dave Martens Jr., one of the event’s organizers, said representatives from nine Montana breweries, including Havre’s Triple Dog Brewing Co. and Old Station Brewing Co., which is close to opening in Havre, will be serving beer. Other breweries that will be at the brewfest will include Red Lodge Ales from Red Lodge; Bozeman Brewing of Bozeman and Busted Knuck...
Editor, In early December, my wife and I decided to go to the first game of the season for the Havre High School basketball team. We had such a good time, we went back the next night to watch them play again. After the second game we were hooked. We watched a collection of young women play a very good brand of basketball. They not only were very talented but also played as a team that really enjoyed the game and playing together. They were feisty when they needed to be and they were tough when they had to be. They were good...
Editor, The North Central Montana chapter of Pheasants Forever has been a hub of conservation along the Hi-Line for over 30 years. Thanks to generous support from local communities and hunters, the chapter has funded many projects to benefit wildlife, youth outreach, and hunter access over that time. With funds raised at the 2017 annual banquet, the chapter contributed $20,000 to the acquisition and management of a parcel located along the Teton River near Dutton. This previously private 279 acres is now open to the public...
Congressman Gianforte is proposing two bills in Congress that amount to the largest reversal of public lands protection in Montana’s history. From the Upper Missouri River Breaks to the most remote corner of the Bitterroot Mountains, Gianforte seeks to open the door for mineral, oil, and gas exploration in 28 wild and remote places where many Montana families now hike, hunt, float, fish, and camp. Our lone congressman is not only assaulting public lands, he’s also assaulting public process and our way of life. Taken as a who...
I support all the students in Montana and across the country who are voicing their concerns about gun violence. The walkouts and March for Our Lives deserve our respect and recognition. We should be embarrassed that teenagers are showing the courage it takes to stand up to groups like the National Rifle Association and demand policies that prevent gun violence in our schools. We need to ask ourselves, how many innocent lives are lost before we do something meaningful? Have shootings at schools become normal, acceptable? When...
In 2018, we are at a crossroads for women’s rights and reproductive health. Who we select in the election for the U.S. House will have immense consequences for women in Montana and across the country. We have been here before. Forty-six years ago this very month, I was serving my first term in the Montana House of Representatives. I was a 23 year-old political rookie — the only woman in the chamber — with a head full of issues affecting our beautiful state that I thought needed addressing. At the top of that list was women...
Havre Police Department Sommer Ann Dodson of Havre, 36, was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license and failure to carry proof of vehicle insurance, during a vehicle stop on 17th Street West Monday at 7:57 a.m. —— Officers investigated a Monday 9:11 a.m. report from Sixth Street of a hit and run on a camper. —— Janet Lynn Gallagher of Cut Bank, 43, was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license and failure to carry proof of vehicle insurance, during a ve...
Wanda O’Donnell of Havre, 80, passed away March 17, 2018. Private family services in Havre are pending....
Dorothy A. Solomon, 87, passed away due to natural causes at her residence Sunday, March 18, 2018. A viewing will be held Thursday from 2 until 6:30 p.m. at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. The Rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2018, and funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 23, 2018, all at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Dorothy’s family has suggested memorial donations be made in her name to St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, 440 Seventh Ave., H...
Rhonda L. Olson, 63, passed away at her residence due to natural causes Thursday, March 15, 2018. Cremation has taken place, and a private graveside service has been held. A celebration of Rhonda's life will be held in mid-July 2018. Her family has requested that memorial donations be made in Rhonda's name to the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line, 500 First Ave., Havre. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Rhonda's online memorial pag...
A local man received six months in the county jail for stealing several items from a local ranch. Brett Matkovich, born in 1982, was sentenced last week in state District Court in Havre to six months in the county jail for the misdemeanor offense of criminal mischief, and five years, all suspended, to the Department of Corrections, for felony theft. Matkovich’s sentence is part of a plea agreement. Matkovich also has a 2014 conviction in Cascade County for criminal endangerment. Hill County Sheriff’s deputies responded July 1...
A local man received seven years probation Monday in District Court in Havre for being found impaired and in illegal possession of a pistol and prescription medication. Eric William Brewer of Havre, born in 1993, was sentenced to seven years with the Department of Corrections, all suspended, for the felony offense of unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted person; three years with the DOC, all suspended, for the felony offense of criminal possession of dangerous drugs; and six months in the county jail for...
New Montana State University-Northern head football coach Andrew Rolin won't coach his first game for the Lights for more than five months now. But now he knows the schedule of games he'll have in his first season at the helm. Northern recently released its 2018 football schedule, and for the second straight year, the Lights will play an 11-game slate. Northern will play the usual 10 Frontier Conference games, while also taking on Mayville State in a non-conference affair for...
The Harlem girls basketball team had a big season, a historic season, and its not over yet. The District 2B released its all-conference all-state teams recently, and three Harlem girls were honored. Sophomore L'Tia Lawrence earned Class B All-State honors, while also making First-Team All-Conference for the second straight season. Junior Skylee Dirden was also named First-Team All-Conference, while senior Mystic Striker earned Second-Team honors for head coach Laramie...
Press release The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame is seeking nominations for the 2018 Hall of Fame induction round. Every year, the MCHF honors living and historical figures that have made notable contributions to Montana’s western heritage. “We invite people from across Montana to identify those in their communities who are most deserving of inclusion in the hall of fame,” said Bill Galt, board president. “Nominations are open and welcome from the public at large.” 2018 marks the eleventh year of honoring inductees. The Board...
Press release www.myneighborinneed.org, a proprietary website system that provides local citizens a way to ask for help from their community and a way for the community to give back is celebrating its 6-year anniversary. Created by Great Falls resident Dave Snuggs and launched March 20, 2012, My Neighbor in Need has completed almost 11,000 need fulfillments. “Today we once again celebrate the power of kindness and generosity that is alive and well in our backyard! And today, we remind people that if you give today, we can h...
Havre Daily News staff The Eagles Under 35 Club is sponsoring a show with a prime rib dinner Saturday, March 24. A $25 ticket buys a prime rib dinner starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Eagles Club followed by a rock and roll comedy performance by Doug Willhite at 7 p.m. Tickets for just Willhite’s show are $5....
Press release The Havre High School Key Club will host its third annual March of Dimes Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 31, at 1 p.m. The event will be held on the athletic fields around Havre High School —whichever ones melt off first or the most by March 31. The cost is a free-will donation that will be contributed to the March of Dimes Foundation. Three age groups are invited to come and hunt eggs – 0-3, 4-7 and 8 and up. For more information people may contact John Ita or Heather Haney at Havre High Sch...
