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Articles from the March 24, 2014 edition


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  • Havre man held on suspicion of murder

    Updated Mar 24, 2014
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    A 25-year-old Havre man is in the Hill County jail while local law enforcement investigate a suspected murder. Jordan Carlson, 25, was in the jail this morning held without bond on pending charges of deliberate homicide and parole violation. The Havre Police Department this afternoon faxed the Havre Daily News a release saying officers were dispatched Sunday about 8 p.m. to the 600 Block of 1st Avenue in response to a report of a disturbance. Officers and emergency medical responders found an “unresponsive” woman at the sce...

  • Havre grads return to show films

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Mar 24, 2014

    The Hi-Line Documentary and Film Festival Friday brought two special guests to show their works - former Havre High students now graduated from college who have pursued a career in film. Laura Lovo recently graduated with bachelor's degrees in business marketing and media art at the University of Montana. She attended Havre High School and was first put to work making films with Vicki Proctor, a teacher at Havre High. "She's the one who got me started with it ... " Lovo said....

  • Billy Joe Owens

    Updated Mar 24, 2014

    Billy Joe Owens, 83, of Havre, passed away on Friday, March 21, 2014, at Northern Montana Hospital of complications from surgery for a broken hip. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. on today, March 24, 2014, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel with Dan Whitaker officiating. Interment will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Highland Cemetery in Glasgow. The family has requested that memorials be made to the Alzheimer’s Unit at the Northern Montana Care Center in Havre. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been e...

  • Catherine Halver

    Updated Mar 24, 2014

    CHINOOK — Catherine C. Halver, 84, a woman activist and homemaker, died Friday, March 21, 2014 at the home in Chinook on natural causes. Wake services started at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 23 at the Chief Nosey Center in Lodge Pole. Funeral services were 10 a.m., Monday, March 24, at the center. Interment will be in Fort Harrison Nation Cemetery at 3 p.m., on Wednesday, March 26. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com....

  • Jay W. Heilbrun

    Updated Mar 24, 2014

    Jay W. Heilbrun, 68, a Pennsylvania native who has lived in the Hi-Line since 2002, died at his home from congestive heart failure on March 17. There will be no services per his wishes. Cremation with burial of ashes in the Joplin Cemetery. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel, Chester....

  • Stewart 'Stewball' Bert Snyder

    Updated Mar 24, 2014

    Stewart “Stewball” Bert Snyder, "Stew," 79, of Montrose, Colo., went to Heaven’s Gate on March 20, 2014, at Valley Manor Nursing Home in Montrose. He was born Aug. 8, 1934, in Havre, Mont., to Bert and Alma “Pat” Snyder. He had a younger sister, Sharon, who he teased endlessly. He met the love of his life in seventh grade, and they were known as “Romeo and Juliet.” He married Juliet (Mary Richards) at 17 years old, had four children and lost one. They divorced several years later but remained good friends and participated...

  • Douglas DeLong

    Updated Mar 24, 2014

    Douglas DeLong, retired, long-time professor of mathematics and computer science at Montana State University-Northern, died on March 20, 2014, at his home in Havre. A full obituary and service information will be forthcoming at a later date. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements....

  • Michael Dale Ricky Freier

    Updated Mar 24, 2014

    Michael Dale Ricky Freier, better known as "Uncle Mike" to family and friends, died March 20, 2014, at his residence in Havre. Services are planned for Friday, March 28, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel at 11 a.m. Uncle Mike was born Sept. 27, 1959, in Havre, the ninth of 10 children born to Emil and Catherine Freier. He grew up mostly in Montana but also spent time in Washington state following the divorce of his parents. Later, Mike resided in Butte, Mont., for a number...

  • For the Record, March 24, 2014

    Updated Mar 24, 2014

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated an 11:07 a.m. Friday call from 3rd Street about a white Blazer that tore a cable cord off a house. ——— Rainee Raylynn Wright, 21, of Box Elder was issued a summons on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia after a drug offense at 1:48 p.m. Friday at the police department. ——— Officers investigated a two-vehicle, noninjury motor vehicle crash between a black Acadia and red Cougar after receiving a 2:06 p.m. Friday call from 11th Street and Lincoln Avenue. ——— Officers investi...

  • NorthWestern dam purchase reviewed

    Tim Leeds|Updated Mar 24, 2014

    Local residents in April have a chance to comment on a proposed purchase that could affect energy prices, in the short term and in the long term, for many Montanans: NorthWestern Energy’s $900 million purchase of 11 dams from PPL. “These meetings are an important opportunity for the public to learn, ask questions and voice opinions about a transaction that could affect the energy landscape in Montana for decades to come,” Great Falls Republican Public Service Commissioner Travis Kavulla, who represents this region on the P...

  • Farm Bill meeting set Wednesday for Havre

    Tim Leeds|Updated Mar 24, 2014

    A state agricultural group is discussing in Havre Wednesday a two-year past-due federal policy with major impacts on north-central Montana’s major economic driver: Agriculture. Montana Grain Growers Association is holding a meeting at the Northern Agricultural Research Center at Fort Assinniboine six miles southwest of Havre from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, the latest of a series of meetings on the 2014 Farm Bill. The meetings are being held by agencies that include MGGA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Although it will be...

  • Sports Photo: Groseclose tourney always a hit...

    Daniel Horton|Updated Mar 24, 2014

    Drew Lesnik of State Farm of Chester, right, looks for a shot during a Jason Groseclose Memorial Basketball Tournament game Sunday in Rudyard. The annual tournament, which attracts men's basketball teams from all over Montana, ran Thursday-Sunday....

  • Six Blue Pony girls earn Central A honors

    Daniel Horton|Updated Mar 24, 2014

    After winning the Class A girls state tournament earlier this month, it should come as no surprise that six Havre High Blue Pony athletes, including all five starters, were honored with postseason awards. Both Peyton Filius and Brandy Lambourne led the Pony efforts this season as seniors. Both are also playing for Montana State University-Northern next season, and both were also named Class A All-State and Central A All-Conference First Team in their final season of high...

  • George Ferguson Column: The last month has been a whirlwind of hoops

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 24, 2014

    And just like that, there were none. Yes, the NCAA tournament is still going and the NBA Finals are still months away, but when time ran out on the Montana State University-Northern Skylights last Friday in Frankfort, Ky., the local basketball season ended too. The end to the Skylights’ NAIA Sweet 16 game against the Oklahoma City University Stars was a heartbreaker, but in essence, the way the Skylights played for two games at the national tournament summed up an amazing f...

  • So Close: Skylights fall to Stars

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 24, 2014

    All season long, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights were out to prove they could play with the big girls. And time and time again, they did just that. In the Sweet 16 of the NAIA national tournament, the Skylights nearly knocked off another giant of NAIA women’s basketball. Almost. Friday morning, at the Frankfort Civic Center in Frankfort, KY., the No. 21 Skylights lost a heartbreaking 58-55 game to the No. 5 Oklahoma City University Stars. The game came right d...