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Havre and Rocky Boy police are looking for a 17-year-old boy who is suspected of leading police on a high-speed chase that began in Havre and ended with a crash on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Havre City Police Lt. Aaron Wittmer said the GMC pickup truck driven by the suspect reached speeds of 100 miles per hour on State Secondary Highway 234 — Beaver Creek Highway— as the driver sped toward Rocky Boy. Wittmer said they know the suspect’s identity and are working to locate him. The chase began at 12:14 a.m. today after a...
Havre Daily News staff The Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line announced Wednesday that it is in the running to win a national contest — and receive a substantial grant — but it needs some online help. The club submitted a video and funding request to the Gannett Foundation through USA Today rewarding its Health and Lifeskills programs. The program encourages kids to exercise and play, teaches them healthy eating habits and cooking skills, and teaches them to make good decisions about alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, the tex...
Big Sky Pride President Kev Hamm spoke at Montana State University-Northern Wednesday evening - his second talk of the day in Havre - about his experience growing up gay in Helena, his work organizing gay pride events and issues facing the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. Hamm said growing up in Helena, especially during his high school years, was difficult. As a teenager in the 1980s, he said, he remembers how posters from the Centers for Disease...
Montana's Fish, Wildlife and Parks had a consistent message during a meeting in Havre about efforts to stop the spread of invasive mussels in the state: It will take more than efforts by state agencies to stop it. "It's up to all of us to take that step," FWP Regional Supervisor Gary Burtolotti said during Wednesday's meeting at The Great Northern Inn. The state has implemented a disaster plan to stop the spread of invasive mussels - FWP Region 6 Fisheries Manager Steve...
Easter weekend will be filled with many opportunities for children to scramble about and search out dyed eggs, as several clubs and organizations in the area are hosting Easter Egg hunts. The Easter festivities began Sunday at 2 p.m., with the Second Annual Key Club March of Dimes Easter Egg Hunt, which was held on the practice field at Havre High School. The Key Club collected free-will donations, money that is intended to be divided between March of Dimes and the CASA Foster...
Eight years after the death of high school basketball standout Allen “A.J” Long Soldier Jr. in the Hill County jail, the Montana Supreme Court ruled this week that Hill and Blaine county law enforcement did not discriminate against Long Soldier in the events leading to his death. Long Soldier, who led the Hays-Lodge Pole team to a Class C championship in 2007, died from alcohol withdrawal Nov. 23, 2009, at age 18, four days after he was arrested for violating probation on juvenile charges. In a lengthy series of filings, fin...
by Havre Daily News staff A hoard of Havre High School band and choir students earned superior scores in the District 7 Music Festival held in Havre last weekend. Students earning superiors in eligible performances can advance to the Western State Solo and Ensemble Festival, held May 5-6 in Missoula. In band, the Havre High students and groups earning superiors were: Abby Niedert, marimba solo Aria Pratt, marimba solo Eric Stump, clarinet solo HHS Flute Choir HHS Jazz Ensemble I HHS Percussion Ensemble HHS Saxophone Triad...
This morning when I opened my eyes, I saw a bird sitting on the roof of the bodega outside my bedroom window — a beautiful yellow-headed, yellow-breasted, shrill-voiced gray bird with a long curved beak, the beak for, I imagine, digging bugs from bark. “Hello, Bird. Hoy es mi cumpleanos,” I told him in approximately adequate Espanol. Today is my birthday. I want for nothing more than this peaceful day. Several hibiscus are gaudy with bloom. My five “dead” trees are in full l...
Hill County Mosquito Control District Board will meet Monday at 5:15 p.m. at the Hill Co. Weed & Mosquito Control District Office, Road and Weed Shop Complex, 1405 W. Second St., Havre The meeting agenda is: 1. Review Minutes from Previous Meeting 2. Correspondence 3. New Business a) Purchase Order Approval b) Mosquito Awareness Week — June 25th to July 1st, 2017 c) MMVCA Meeting Report d) New Education Door Hangers 4. Unfinished Business a) Budget Update b) Larvicide Applications 5. Announcements — Nonaction Items) a) Rec...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a vandalism report after a 16th Street caller reported Wednesday at 7:26 a.m. that it appeared someone drove by her pickup truck and smashed her mirror with or bat or something similar. —— Officers made two arrests Wednesday at 1:48 p.m. during a motor vehicle stop on Seventh Avenue. No further information has been provided. —— Officers conducted a building check after a Boulevard Avenue caller made a house check request Wednesday at 3:06 p.m. Hill County Sheriff’s Office Deputies...
From D.A. Davidson GREAT FALL - D.A. Davidson & Co. Investment Banker Tom Hayes, a Havre native, has been ranked among the nation's top 2016 dealmakers who work for bank and thrift sector clients. S&P Global, a leading publication covering the bank and thrift sector, ranked Hayes as No. 14 among the nation's financial services-focused bankers when ranked by number of deals an-nounced. This marks the third year out of the past four that Hayes has been ranked as a top dealmaker...
From Stockman Bank of Montana Doug Kallenberger has been promoted to vice president, ag loan officer for Stockman Bank Havre. His responsibilities include developing and servicing agricultural and commercial loans and assisting clients with their lending needs. Kallenberger brings more than 10 years of banking experience to the position and has been with Stockman Bank since 2009. His vast knowledge of agriculture continues to be an asset to Stockman Bank and the community. A...
After five years of shooting in Havre's VFW Bear Paw Junior Rifle Club, 17-year old Jaison Adams earned the Distinguished Expert Rifleman Award March 28, the highest award given out by the National Rifle Association. Adams, said he boosted his attendance at the range to twice a week to attain his Distinguished Rifleman award. Adams had to earn 14 lower ratings and shoot hundreds of targets and get the highest ratings to achieve the award, club coach Laura Martin said. Pulling...
According to Havre High head tennis coach George Ferguson, things are going to start moving really fast for his Blue Ponies. And it starts this weekend in Cut Bank. Havre is five weeks into the season, and now, the Blue Ponies hit their heart of their schedule, with competitive dual meets like the Class A Duals Friday and Saturday in Cut Bank. "The Havre Invite always marks the end of the first part of our season," Ferguson said. "From a competition standpoint, things really...
The Havre High track team has been busy these past couple weeks, but with Easter on the horizon, the Blue Ponies have just one meet left, before getting a bit of a break. Yet, before that much-needed break of almost 10 days comes, both Pony teams will head to Cut Bank today for the Pre-Easter Cut Bank Invitational. The meet will get underway this afternoon. "Right now we just have a lot of tired legs and a lot of little injuries," HHS head coach John Ita said. "We don't have a...
The Havre High softball team is still without its first win in the 2017 season, but that is something that Blue Ponies are hoping to change tonight, in their home opener. Havre, which is officialy 0-1 on the season, after losing last Saturday in Lewistown, will look to even its overall and conference records tonight with a win over Central A rival Browning. The first pitch is set for tonight at approximately 5, at the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field. "Browning, they were a lot...
