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HELENA (AP) — Former Montana Sen. Conrad Burns, a former cattle auctioneer whose folksy demeanor and political acumen earned him three terms and the bitter disdain of his opponents, has died. He was 81 Montana Republican Party Chairman Jeff Essmann says Burns died Thursday afternoon of natural causes at his home in Billings. Burns defeated two-term U.S. Sen. John Melcher in 1988 and rose to one of the most influential positions in Washington. The Republican used his influence on the Appropriations Committee to set the c...
Box Elder Public Schools have been closed today because a gun was found in the area of the school. Hill County Sheriff Don Brostrom said the gun was found "somewhere in the area of the school." Chippewa Cree Police, which patrol Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, are looking into the matter, he said. Box Elder junior high school and high school principal Jeremy McDonald said the gun was not found in the school and all he knew was that it was found within tribal jurisdiction. The school is located just outside the boundaries o...
BOZEMAN (AP) - A Bozeman man pleaded guilty Tuesday to breaking into his former girlfriend's house in violation of a restraining order and fatally shooting the Chinook native as she tried to hide in her closet. Anthony Fagiano, 35, pleaded guilty to deliberate homicide, aggravated burglary, theft and violating an order of protection in the March 9 death of Darcy Buhmann, 37. The shooting happened 17 days after he was served with the restraining order. Chief Deputy Gallatin...
James W. White, born in 1995, has admitted to vandalizing business properties to the tune of more than $10,000 in Havre and Rudyard with a BB gun. He is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday at 1 p.m. in state District Court. Charging documents say the incidents, in which a collection of windows in the two towns were shot out, happened between October 2014 and January 2015. Court documents suggest White was in collusion with a juvenile, who had hidden BBs and a CO2 cartridge in his vehicle when deputies found the evidence. Two...
Montana State Auditor and Democratic candidate for Secretary of State Monica Lindeen was in Havre Tuesday, one of 28 stops across the state where she screened a movie and discussed investor fraud with the public. Those at the screening of "Gold Diggers: Investor Fraud in the Treasure State" at the Eagles Club, were also treated to a free prime rib dinner. Lindeen's office said the tour and events were paid for through a grant from the Investor Protection Trust, a nonprofit org...
Jerrid L. Sullivan is accused of touching a woman while she was asleep and then fighting with a man who told him to leave. Sullivan, born in 1988, is charged with aggravated burglary, sexual assault, assault and criminal trespass to property. He is scheduled to appear in state District Court and plead guilty or not guilty to the charges May 16 at 1:30 p.m. He has been released to stay at a Harlem address until further case developments. According to charging documents, Havre Police Department officers responded to a...
MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS — A woman on a Montana American Indian reservation pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder in the alleged beating death of a 13-month-old relative who was under her care, court officials said. Janelle Red Dog, 42, is accused of striking and killing Kenzley Olson, then putting her body in a trash dumpster before reporting the girl missing April 19. Judge Marvin Youpee denied bond for Red Dog and ordered her back into custody pending a May hearing, according to the Fort Peck Tribal Court c...
MATT VOLZ Associated Press BOZEMAN — "Into the Wild" author Jon Krakauer goes to the Montana Supreme Court Wednesday to demand the release of records that could explain whether the state's higher education commissioner reversed a decision to expel a University of Montana quarterback accused of rape. But he hopes to accomplish more than that, Krakauer told The Associated Press Tuesday after arriving for the arguments at Montana State University in Bozeman. He hopes his case will stop universities from using a federal law c...
From My Neighbor in Need The website http://www.myneighborinneed.org/havre provides local citizens a way to ask for help from their community and a way for the community to give back. Current Needs Neighbor in Need — An elderly disabled man is in desperate need of a used, clean loveseat. His current love seat is unusable. The cushions are completely flat and you can see the frame. The only one who is able to use this loveseat is the man’s dog. If you can help, please call us at 406-952-0355. The identification number is: Hav...
Hill County Park Board will meet in the Kiwanis Lodge at Beaver Creek Park May 2 at 5 p.m. for a potluck dinner, followed by the regular monthly meeting. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of minutes 2. Approval of agenda 3. Guests and public comments on agenda items only 4. Cabin business 5. Old business: Lodge repairs discussion: Feasibility Study update; Rules and Regulation Committee update; FEMA close-out update; Stream Health Discussion update; Forestry Stewardship Seminar; Cabin inspections 6. New business: Budget 7....
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
The Hill County Water District meeting will be Wednesday, May 4, at 8 p.m. at the District’s shop/office at 104 2nd St. in Hingham. • Recognition of visitors; public comments, limited to any matter not on this agenda and within the jurisdiction of the District Board — three-minute time limit per speaker. • Call to order and approval of minutes of previous meeting • Old business • Other old business • New business: 1. Employee report 2. Financial report 3. CD renewal • Other new business • Other: 1. Delinquencies 2....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a report of theft or forgery after someone reported it to the police station Tuesday at 1:08 p.m. —— Officers made three arrests after a caller from a 1st Street West establishment reported Tuesday at 5:06 p.m. that a woman in a black hoodie was punching a male and trying to get him into a gray Impala. Jeana Lucero Granados, 24, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant; Roger Anthony Longknife III, 48, of Harlem was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct; and...
Pamella Kay McEwen Ridgway, 67, passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2016, after a long battle with illness. Pam was born on June 11, 1948, in Bozeman, Montana, to Wesley and Iona McEwen, and grew up in Belgrade, Montana. She graduated from Belgrade High School and attended college in Bozeman, Montana. She married her high school sweetheart, and they eventually moved to Greybull, Wyoming. There she was a housewife and mother of four. She would spend her time crocheting and...
One sport that tends to get overlooked in the spring in Montana is soccer Yet, the Hi-Line United soccer teams have been playing for close to a month now and this weekend, both teams will have games right here in Havre. The Hi-Line United soccer program will once again have two teams this year. One will be the U19 team, which is for high-school age kids and the other is a U15 team, which allows age ranges of up to 15. Both teams will play for around two months against...
Three Havre Ice Hawks are traveling for amateur hockey District Evaluations Camp. Trennis Riley (goalie), Connor Moomey and Bridger Staples all advanced out of the Montana Amateur Hockey Association Montana Player Development Camp earlier this month. In all, five Ice Hawks attended the camp, which was a weekend of evaluations and fitness tests. For boys, on-ice and off-ice sessions are broken down by birth year and each player is individually evaluated by coaches from the...
Despite some lingering bad weather, the Havre High softball team and the Browning Indians managed to get a game in for the second time in three weeks. And, just like two weeks ago, the Blue Ponies rolled to an easy victory. After knocking off Browning 19-0 in Havre, the Ponies went on the road and knocked off the Indians 29-0 Tuesday in Browning. With the win, the Ponies are now 2-3 on the season and 2-2 in Central A conference play. Just like in their first meeting, the key t...
MSU-Northern volleyball coach Bill Huebsch has announced the signing of Vaniris Vazquez. Vazquez is a 5-10 setter from Caguas, Puerto Rico, and she becomes the seventh member of the Skylights' 2016 recruiting class. Vazquez was a redshirt at Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Western Nebraska won the Region IX National Junior College Athletic Association title, and placed second at the NJCAA National Tournament. "Vaniris is coming from one of the top...
