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Havre Special Olympics, scheduled for Wednesday at Havre Middle School, has been postponed until Monday. Special Olympics spokeswoman Mandy Hanson said the event was called off because of snow. The program will begin at 9 a.m. Monday, with the traditional parade around the middle school track. Track events will take place in the morning followed by lunch and bowling, After that, awards will be presented. The public is invited to watch.... Full story
The FBI and Rocky Boy Police are investigating a break-in at the Chippewa Cree Health Center Pharmacy. Two intruders allegedly broke into the health clinic and stole several medications over the weekend. The police could not be reached for comment, but Misty Denny, chief information officer with the Rocky Boy Health Board, said that the break-in occurred between 1:30 and 4:30 a.m. Saturday. Surveillance cameras on the property captured images of two figures wearing masks in...
Hill County has received $322,000 in insurance payments for damage that county properties incurred during last July’s hailstorm, including $250,000 of which will go toward making repairs to buildings on the Great Northern Fairgrounds. The amount was revealed by Hill County Commissioner Jeff LaVoi at the fair board’s monthly meeting April 19. He disclosed additional details Monday in an interview with the Havre Daily News. The payments come 10 months after communities along the Hi-Line were hit by a major hail storm last yea...
For Jeff Carlson and Justin Konesky Wednesday is one of the high points of their year. They are two of more than 20 Special Olympians who will take part in activities Wednesday at Havre Middle School. They both will compete in a variety of events, including running and throwing events as well as bowling. Both are proud of their athletic prowess and look forward to success Wednesday. If they do well, it will be off to Missoula for the state championship games at the University of Missoula. That pleases Jeff, a fan of the UM Gr...
American Indian culture will be on display this weekend, as Montana State University-Northern hosts its 40th annual Sweetgrass Society Powwow Friday and Saturday. Festivities will take place in the campus’s Armory Gymnasium, opening with a grand entry at 7 p.m. Friday. Two more grand entries will follow at noon and 7 p.m. Saturday. For four decades the event has heralded the beginning of the local powwow season. Erica McKeon-Hanson, associate director of the Little River Institute, which will be hosting an education c...
Press release The Hi-Line Wool Pool will be collecting wool Saturday, May 7, from 7 to 11:30 a.m. at the Malta City Shop, located south of Malta. People with questions about delivery or preparation requirements can contact Phillips County Extension Agent Marko Manoukian at 654-2543 or Blaine County Extension Agent Ben Hauptman at 357-3200 before May 5. All new producers are welcome....
Press release Six students from North Star High School in Rudyard earned their way at the District 7 Music Festival in Shelby April 16 to perform at the State Music Festival, set May 6-7 in Helena. Students who were awarded superior ratings by the adjudicators at the district festival qualify to perform at the state festival. North Star students earning superiors were Cade Chvilicek in piano; Chvilicek and Nathanial Pederson in trumpet duet; Katelyn Hansen, Samantha Pester and Sheridan Spicher in a soprano trio performance,...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a two-vehicle motor vehicle accident on 7th Street after a caller reported it Monday at 7:53 a.m. A tow truck was called in, but no injuries were reported. —— Officers investigated a two-vehicle crash on 12th Avenue reported Monday at 8 a.m. No injuries were reported —— Officers investigated a burglary on 3rd Street after a caller reported Monday at 12:40 p.m. that the house was broken into and “trashed.” —— John Morious Damson, 42, of Havre was arrested on a State District...
Angela Kay O'Neil, 55, of Malta passed away after a short illness on April 22, 2016, at Billings Health and Rehabilitation. Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 30, 2016, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Malta. Father Garrett Nelson of St. Mary's Catholic Church will be officiating. Angela was born in Havre, Montana, on Oct. 16, 1960. She attended Davey Country School through eighth grade and then graduated from Havre High School. On Sept. 5, 1981,... Full story
In a tree pruning workshop at Montana State University's Northern Agricultural Research Center March 19, Research Associate Roger Hybner offered tips on pruning practices for healthy trees. Trees and shrubs are pruned for safety, plant health and aesthetic reasons, Hybner said. In other words, sometimes branches are trimmed to keep them from damaging property or people, or blocking a path or view. Sometimes the plant itself needs the help because a branch is growing in a...
Brooke Nicholson, Chinook Tennis Chinook's Brooke Nicholson has already had an incredible senior season, earning All-State honors in both volleyball and basketball. But, she might be saving her best for last. Nicholson went a perfect 6-0 last week as Chinook's No. 1 singles player, winning two matches against the Havre Blue Ponies and four matches at last weekend's Fort Benton Invitational. Nicholson placed third in Class B-C singles a year ago, and she's considered one of...
With near perfect weather, the 2016 golf season really took off last week. But, perhaps the most important rounds were played a long, long way away from Havre and the Hi-Line. Last week saw the Montana State University-Northern men’s and women’s golf teams compete in the 2016 Frontier Conference Championships in Phoenix, Arizona, and the Lights and Skylights, coached by Dave Boles, did quite well. The Northern men were led by Devin Bray, who fired rounds of 80, 77 and 81 to...
Montana State University-Northern head football coach Aaron Christensen has said all spring that his team needed to create more big plays offensively. Well if the Northern spring game is any indication, it looks like it will do just that. In a scrimmage that lasted close to two hours, the Lights offense and defense went at each other in live 11-on-11 action on Saturday. In all, there was a total of 14 possessions, with the ball started at different spots on the field. The...
