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  • Feds tell tribe to pay St. Marks

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Apr 29, 2015
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    The U.S. Interior Department has ordered the Chippewa Cree Tribe to pay former, elected business committee chairman Ken St. Marks a total of $648,430.35, but he doesn't get his job back. The tribal government has 60 days to appeal to the department. In addition to this payment, the department has also ordered the Chippewa Cree Tribe to stop any further reprisals against St. Marks related to his work with the department or any investigative authorities who are looking into...

  • Quick Picks: Romance and comedy at St. Jude's theater

    Updated Apr 29, 2015

  • Quick Pick: Springtime biking in Havre

    Updated Apr 29, 2015

  • Havre event set for National Day of Prayer May 7

    Tori Thomas|Updated Apr 29, 2015

    Havre will observe the 64th Annual National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 7, at noon at Town Square. This year’s theme is “Lord, Hear Our Cry,” which is inspired by I Kings 8:28: “Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day.” Edroy Curtis, president of the Greater Havre Area Ministerial Association and lead pastor of Havre’s Assembly of God Church, said this is a free event that anyone can attend. “We basically pray for our country,” he said. “Usually for about the half-hour prior w...

  • Harada memorial benefit set for Saturday

    Tori Thomas|Updated Apr 29, 2015

    After battling stage 4 metastatic cholangiocarcinoma and stage four mantle cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, local civic leader Janine Harada, 59, died April 25. Nichole Artis, Harada's daughter, said the chili dinner and silent auction that was going to help pay for Harada's medical expenses is still set to take place Saturday. "The benefit will still take place, but it will be a celebration of her life as well," she said. "She didn't want a funeral, so there won't be a funeral."...

  • HHS junior tapped as Dems vice chair

    John Kelleher|Updated Apr 29, 2015

    A 17-year-old Havre High School junior is now No. 2 in the Hill County Democratic party's hierarchy. Jacob Bachmeier, who is active in speech and debate, student council and Leadership High School, was tapped to be vice chair of Hill County Democrats at the annual convention Tuesday night. Party officials said they'd bet he was the youngest party official in Montana. Chair Brenda Skornogoski, who was unanimously re-elected Tuesday night, praised Bachmeier for his eagerness...

  • Quick Pick: Singing and learning in Havre

    Updated Apr 29, 2015

  • Quick Picks: Working in Havre to help the needy

    Updated Apr 29, 2015

  • Eastern Star presenting Americanism Program Saturday to public in Havre

    Updated Apr 29, 2015

    Press release Worthy Matron Peggy Wenger of Havre Chapter 30, Order of Eastern Star, is inviting the public to take part in their Americanism Program which will be given at the Masonic Temple fifth floor dining hall beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday. The Temple is located at 305 3rd Ave. The program will be presented by Star member David Sageser, followed by an old-fashioned family dinner consisting of Yankee beef stew and including American apple pie for dessert. Fellowship and games will follow the meal. Eastern Star members...

  • Havre Police Academy enrollment open

    Updated Apr 29, 2015

    Press release The Havre Police Department is seeking applicants for its 2015 Citizens Police Academy. The police academy is a nine-week program — one day a week, a few evening hours a day. The program is taught by police officers. The academy gives those in the public an inside look at what police work is like. The program is tentatively scheduled to begin in late July and run through August. Topics include current laws and regulations, crime scene investigations, firearms instructions and many other aspects of police o...

  • For the Record, April 29, 2015

    Updated Apr 29, 2015

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated an 8:09 a.m. Tuesday complaint at the police department about an illegal bus pass and someone was issued a summons or arrested. —— Officers investigated a 1:37 p.m. Tuesday call from a 3rd Avenue business about the calling party’s Toyota Sienna van being hit. —— Officers investigated a 3:36 p.m. Tuesday call from 3rd Avenue about an abandoned bicycle on the calling party’s lawn. —— Christopher Michael Hansen, 33, of Havre was issued a summons on charges of nuisance dog or...

  • Obituary - Janine Ann Harada

    Updated Apr 29, 2015

    Janine Ann Harada, 59, passed away peacefully on April 25, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family, after a courageous battle with cancer. At the request of Janine, no funeral will be held. A celebration of her life will be held in conjunction with her medical benefit on Saturday, May 2, 2015, at the Havre HRDC Building, 3 to 7 p.m. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com. Janin...

  • Wool pool set to collect

    Updated Apr 29, 2015

    Press release The Hi-Line Wool Pool will be collecting wool on May 9, from 7 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Malta City Shop, located south of Malta. Producers who have questions about delivery or preparation requirements can contact Marko Manoukian, Phillips County Extension agent, at 654-2543 or Ben Hauptman, Blaine County Extension agent, at 357-3200 prior to May 7. All new producers are welcome....

  • Ponies do well at Glasgow Top 10 meet

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 29, 2015

    There is something a little extra special about competing at the Glasgow Top 10 meet for the Havre High track teams and when they performed at the meet Tuesday in Glasgow, the Blue Ponies seemed to take their level of performance to another level. The meet, which is made up of the Top 10 performers at each event from schools around the area, is held annually at the Glasgow track and was again this year as a number of Pony boys and girls athletes were in attendance. "I thought...

  • New Griz coach right at home in Montana

    George Ferguson|Updated Apr 29, 2015

    University of Montana head football coach Bob Stitt may be new to the Grizzlies, he may be new to Missoula and to Montana, but he sure seemed to feel right at home when he visited Havre for the first time. Stitt, and UM Athletic Director Kent Haslam were in Havre Tuesday, at a luncheon at Tilleman Motors to talk Grizzly football and UM athletics, and right away, Stitt made mention of the fact that it hasn’t taken him long to grow accustomed to Montana life. “I’m really excit...

  • Jason Groseclose Memorial track meet results

    Updated Apr 29, 2015

    Jason Groseclose Memorial In Rudyard BOYS North Star 111, Box Elder 87, Sunburst 58.5, Turner 38, Big Sandy 36, Chester-Joplin-Inverness 33.5, Hays Lodgpole 22, Rocky Boy 10 100: 1, Strutz, Kyle, Big Sandy, 13.21. 2, Helmbrecht, Matt, North Star, 13.56. 3, Cullen, Trever, North Toole, 13.68. 4, Omdahl, Quintin, North Toole, 13.73. 5, Omdahl, Ulan, North Toole, 13.94. 6, Spinler, Gavin, North Star, 14.09. 200: 1, Strutz, Kyle, Big Sandy, 26.09. 2, Peterson, Payton, North Star, 26.89. 3, Omdahl, Ulan, North Toole, 28.50. 4,...