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A large garage and workshop adjacent to the home of Trish and Skip Taylor was gutted by fire on Wednesday afternoon. Two antique cars and three other vehicles were destroyed. Havre, Chinook and Harlem firefighters were on the scene of the blaze, on Highway 2 just east of the Hill-Blaine county line. The workshop was owned by Mike Dolan. Skip Taylor and Dolan lost tools in the fire. Vehicles destroyed included a '60s-era Mustang, a Model T Ford. a camper and a pickup. The fire...
HELENA (AP) — Jefferson County officials say an audit found just over $104,000 missing from the treasurer's office in fiscal year 2013. Sheriff Craig Doolittle told The Montana Standard (http://bit.ly/1krHmy6) he has asked the state Justice Department to investigate. Treasurer Patty O'Neill has resigned. No charges have been filed. Justice Department spokeswoman Anastasia Burton confirmed Wednesday that the Division of Criminal Investigation was asked to investigate and determine if any money was taken. (Details in T...
HELENA (AP) — The state Board of Pardons and Parole is scheduled to meet at the end of the month to consider Barry Beach's application for clemency in the 1979 killing of a Poplar teen. Executive Director Fern Johnson tells the Great Falls Tribune (http://gftrib.com/1qsBRN1 ) the board is scheduled to meet April 29 in Deer Lodge to consider whether to accept Beach's application, which was filed in September. Beach is asking the board to reduce his life prison sentence and make him eligible for parole or a commutation from G...
SkillsUSA had its opening ceremony Monday evening, where students heard from many people involved with the annual competition. The Montana state competition has been held at Montana State University-Northern since it began and brings in students from all over the state. Greg Kegel, the dean of the college of technical sciences at MSU-N, said he has been involved with SkillsUSA in one way or another since 1972. "I came came here as a student and competed for four years," Kegel...
A local farmer and aviator is challenging a Republican representative in the 2014 primary in a district that stretches from the Canadian border to Great Falls. Darrold Hutchinson, who farms north of Hingham, said the spending increases in the last Legislature were, in his mind, far too much and he wants new money coming into the state through natural resource harvesting, including agriculture, forestry, oil and natural gas and mining. "If we're going to grow some wealth in Mon...
Douglas Dean DeLong, long-time professor of mathematics and computer science at Montana State University-Northern, died March 20, 2014, at his home in Havre. Douglas was born in Wagner, S.D., on Sept. 13, 1939, to Thelma Gillette DeLong and Oscar Alvin DeLong. Doug had two older siblings: Darrell and Donna. When Doug was 8, the DeLongs moved to Minot, N.D. Doug's father joined North Dakota's University System, moving the family first to Mayville, where Doug graduated high...
The Hill County Sheriff’s Office, Havre Police Department and U.S. Border Patrol again worked together in a cooperative effort to respond to a local emergency, Border Patrol said in a press release. The three agencies and the Hill County Search and Rescue team searched last Thursday for a runaway juvenile. Avolunteer searcher found the juvenile 10 miles away from his home north of Havre. “Working together during incidents such as this one shows how local and federal agencies are able to coordinate efforts to keep our com...
A giant mural of Long George Francis involved in the process of cattle rustling hangs beneath the main desk at the entrance of the H. Earl Clark Memorial Museum. It's rather odd that the painting graces the museum since, in real life, Long George and Clack were bitter enemies. In the 1910s, Long George was a controversial figure, in Havre, a lawman, colorful cowboy and, later, convicted cattle thief. The massive oil painting shows Long George riding a horse, herding cattle...
The Havre Public School Board of Trustees met Tuesday to take a vote on elections for the school board and to recognize outstanding students. There are five people who are running for the three positions open on the board of trustees. The names of those running are: Ericka Everly, Timothy Scheele, Bobbi Teasley and incumbents Curtis Smeby and Cindy Erickson. Anyone who pays taxes to the school will be able to place their vote May 6 at Havre High School. There will be no mill levy vote this year. The school board voted to...
The acting Havre chief of police said a gunman who shut down downtown Havre for more than 24 hours may have been a resident of Cut Bank. Acting Chief Gabe Matosich said the information had not been confirmed by 8:30 this morning, but “the preliminary information is he was residing in Cut Bank.” Fergus County Coroner R.J. “Dick” Brown is preparing the coroner’s report that will list the cause of death of the man, who apparently shot himself at 7:42 p.m. Monday after a nearly 21-hour standoff with police outside of the US Ba...
Fresh off a third-place finish at the NAIA national tournament, the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team has added two new recruits for next fall. Northern head coach Tyson Thivierge announced the signings of Glendive’s Dillon Tennant and Andrew Bartel of Mason City, Iowa. Tennant, who’s projected to wrestle at either 133 or 141 pounds, won the 2011 Class A state championship, and wrestled in the Class A finals three times in his prep career. He missed his sop...
What is already a star-studded 2014 recruiting class got even more star studded for the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball program this week. MSU-N head coach Chris Mouat recently announced the signing of Belt star Katie Fetterer to an NAIA national letter of intent. Fetterer was recently named the MVP of the Class C state tournament last month, and comes to Northern with a great basketball resume. “Katie is tough and aggressive,” Mouat said. “She has exc...
The Montana State University-Northern rodeo teams opened the spring season in impressive fashion this past weekend. The Lights and Skylights were at the Montana State University Rodeo in Bozeman, where the MSU-N teams placed third overall in both performances. Charlie Mack again had a great weekend winning the short round in the bareback and ending the first rodeo third in the Average. Nick Owens also had a strong showing placing third in the long round and fourth in the avera...
Havre High's Zach Hellegaard is a key member of the Blue Pony tennis team, and so much more There is still time for Zach Hellegaard to leave his mark on Havre Blue Pony tennis. And by the looks of what he has been able to accomplish in the Havre High classroom, Hellegaard should have no problem having another successful season as a senior Blue Pony singles player. Hellegaard is a four-year varsity singles player for the Ponies and head coach George Ferguson. He even tried his...
