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  • Obituary - Barbara Jean Evans

    Updated Apr 8, 2019

    Barbara Jean Evans passed away on February 25, 2019 Memorial service is April 12 at 2 p.m. at Set Free Church She was preceded in death by her father, Charles Van Vleet, mother, Iona Dickson, and niece Lori Ann Johnson She was a loving and caring mother to Manual Van Vleet from California, Jason and wife Pamela Evans and granddaughter BellaRose of Havre, Joseph Evans from Great Falls; sister to Pat Stangel and Diane Johnson both from Missoula, and aunt to and numerous nieces and nephews. She worked at the TownHouse Inn,...

  • For the Record, April 4, 2019

    Updated Apr 4, 2019

    Havre Police Department Wednesday at 11:58 a.m. someone at the Havre Police Department reported a vehicle accident. -- A caller from Northern Montana Hospital reported a cat bite Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. -- Marie Yvette Boe of Harlem, 55, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants Wednesday at 12:32 p.m. after a vehicle stop on First Street. -- A First Avenue caller reported Wednesday at 12:44 p.m. that a window had been broken out of a vehicle. -- Wednesday at 1:02...

  • Family continues to expand Physical Therapy Down Under

    Derek Hann|Updated Apr 4, 2019

    The Parrotte family has been providing physical therapy that expanded to include a fitness center for almost two decades in Havre. Physical Therapy Down Under and Fitness Center has been owned and operated by Daimon and Kristi Parrotte in Havre for 19 years. "We have been very fortunate," physical therapist Daimon Parrotte said. Parrotte, who graduated from Curtin University in Perth, Australia, in 1989, said he has been a physical therapist for the past 30 years. He said he...

  • Conservation working group identifies natural resources concerns

    Derek Hann|Updated Apr 4, 2019

    A conservation local working group focused on two main issues during a meeting in Havre Wednesday, dealing with saline seep in Hill County and declining acreage in the Conservation Reserve Program. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Hill County Conservation District held the working group meeting in the USDA Service Center on Second Street West. NRCS Biologist Josh Schrecengost spoke to local producers and officials during the...

  • County meetings set for next week on $25 million infrastructure grant proposal

    Tim Leeds|Updated Apr 4, 2019

    The Hill County government is inviting residents to two meetings to discuss what could be done with millions of dollars in federal funding to work on infrastructure in the county Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said in a release that the county is planning to apply for a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or BUILD, Transportation Discretionary Grant program. “This is a huge task to take on, but it is an opportunity we cannot pass up,...

  • Obituary - Paul Stephen Huston

    Updated Apr 4, 2019

    Paul Stephen Huston, 78, died of cancer in Havre Mt., March 31, 2019, at home with his family nearby. Steve was born June 11, 1940 at Colchester, Illinois, to parents Paul and Vivian (Stephens) Huston. After graduating high school in 1958, he then immediately enlisted into the U.S. Navy and served in Morocco until 1961. Steve then enrolled into Western Illinois University and graduated in 1965 with a degree in physical education. That same year, Steve met and married his wife...

  • Obituary - Lloyd David Curfman

    Updated Apr 4, 2019

    Lloyd David Curfman, 95, a lifelong farmer from Gildford, Montana, passed away of natural causes in Havre, MT, Friday, March 15, 2019, with family by his side. A Celebration of Life service will be held at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church, 410 Fifth Ave, Havre, MT, Monday April 8, 2019 at 11:00 AM, with Pastors Eddie Fallo and Mac McGrew officiating. A fellowship luncheon will immediately follow in celebration of his life with the Hi-Line community. Private family interment...

  • Correction - 'Bring the Heat' Cody fundraiser

    Updated Apr 4, 2019

    A story printed on Page A3 in Wednesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about a medical expense fundraiser for Makenna Cody Sunday in the Havre Eagle’s Club misreported the amount of prize money that will be awarded in the chili contest. The prize money will be up to $150, depending on the number of entries....

  • Obituary - Juanita Engebretson

    Updated Apr 4, 2019

    A celebration of life for Juanita Engebretson wil be held April 6, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Four Square Church, formerly the Lutheran Church, in Hingham, Montana. Luncheon will be served at Spencer's Hi-Way Bar and Grill following the celebration....

  • Correction - Mobile veterinary clinic opens

    Updated Apr 4, 2019

    In a front-page story about Cass and Kent Pattison opening a mobile veterinary clinic, Pattison was misspelled in some parts of the story....

  • MSU Wonderlust to offer April 18 wildlife biologist discussion in Livingston

    Updated Apr 4, 2019

    MSU News Service MSU Wonderust will host a discussion with wildlife biologist Mike Vivion on April 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Livingston Park County Library. The talk, “Flights on the Wild Side: A Biologist/Pilot’s Tour of Duty in Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuge,” is a free event and open to the public. Vivion will address his 30 years as a wildlife biologist and as a pilot assigned to Alaska’s Izembek, Kodiak and Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuges. Vivion will also cover the wildlife research projects he did in those...

  • MSU Wonderlust to host April 12 forum on active citizenship

    Updated Apr 4, 2019

    MSU News Service BOZEMAN — MSU Wonderlust will host a forum on understanding local governments and community initiatives on Friday, April 12. “The Role of Active Citizenship in Thriving Communities” is a free event open to the public and will be held at noon in the Bozeman Public Library. City, county and community leaders who attend this forum will examine these questions: • How do our local governments work? • Where does local tax money come from and where does it go? • How can we act to improve our communities in the Gall...

  • Be a lifesaver: Give blood with the Red Cross this spring

    Updated Apr 4, 2019

    From American Red Cross HELENA — Eligible blood donors of all blood types – especially type O – are urged to give blood through the American Red Cross now to help ensure a sufficient supply for hospital patients this spring. By giving blood, donors may be helping someone like 5-year-old Emery Twehues, who was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia last spring. During her intense cancer treatments, Emery has needed both blood and platelets. Cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma, and certain types of chemotherapy drugs and...

  • HRDC, Havre Public Schools offering summer meal programs

    Updated Apr 4, 2019

    Havre Public Schools has announced the sponsorship of the Simplified Summer Food Program for children, with meals served at the District 4 Human Resources Development Council. Havre Public Schools also is offering summer meals at two sites. The program runs from June 10 through Aug. 9. Meals will be made available at HRDC at no charge to attending children 18 years of age and younger who have enrolled in the program. Children who are members of Supplemental Nutrition...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Tempus fugit

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Apr 4, 2019

    Time flies and the older I get, the faster it fugits. As I contemplate yet another birthday, that mean ol’ tempus is fugiting at the speed of light. To add injury to insult, this weekend we will set the clocks ahead in Mexico. I know, you up north are already over the shock of change. In a few days I will struggle to remember what time it really is, whatever that means, since “time” is but an arbitrary measure. Before I wax too philosophical, let me change directions and n...

  • Business classes set at Rocky Boy

    Derek Hann|Updated Apr 4, 2019

    The first of a series of classes focused on how businesses can gain government contracts is set for next week at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Rocky Boy’s Small Business Alliance and the Procurement Technical Assistance Center hosted by Billings-based Native American Development Corp. are hosting the four-part series of presentations for business training. The first class, Business 101, is scheduled for Thursday, April 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Stone Child College. Fort-Belknap-based PTAC Procurement Specialist Mar...

  • Snow Dance Ski Association winds down

    Derek Hann|Updated Apr 4, 2019

    With the warmer weather comes the end of another winter on the Hi-Line and the Snow Dance Ski Association is winding down its operation and getting ready for the summer months. In December, the Snow Dance Ski Association opened a snowboard and ski shop in Havre, renting them to the community. “The ski shop was a great success for Bear Paw,” Snow Dance Ski Association President Claire Stoner said. The association opened the store shortly after the Bear Paw Ski Bowl was donated 200 sets of skis, boots and poles from Bri...

  • Larsen promoted at Independence Bank

    Updated Apr 4, 2019

    Independence Bank announced it has promoted Meagan Larsen to compliance officer. She joined the bank in 2014 and worked as an assistant compliance officer prior to her promotion. In 2016, she received her ICBA Certified Compliance Officer designation. In her new position, Larsen will perform all types of compliance audits. She will also aid in monitoring new regulations and assisting with procedural development. "We are pleased to see Meagan move into this next phase of her...

  • Local Golf Report: Welcome back area golfers

    George Ferguson|Updated Apr 4, 2019

    Spring came in like a lion, that’s for sure. And after a brutal February, followed by a nasty first half of March, it might have seemed like golf on the Hi-Line was still a long, long ways off. Yet, here we are, the first week of April, and, the local golf season has arrived. Last weekend, both Prairie Farms Golf Course and Beaver Creek Golf Course opened for business, and both courses did it a full three weeks earlier than they did last spring. So, since golfers are back a...

  • Cal Wearley meet a success once again

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 4, 2019

    While the sun shined for most of the day, the rain clouds came storming in late during the Cal Wearley Invitational Track Meet Wednesday but it was too late to disturb a pretty picturesque day for spring track in Montana. A full 28 schools from across the Hi-Line converged upon the Havre Middle School track for the annual meet Wednesday and when it was all said and done, the Havre High girls went home with first place in the girls competition, besting Fort Benton 85 points to...

  • Updated Mar 20, 2019