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Articles from the May 1, 2018 edition


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  • Red-Hot Blue Ponies thump Scotties

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 4, 2018

    The Havre High softball team continued its winning ways Monday night, winning their fourth game in a row thanks to a 15-5 win over the Glasgow Scotties. The two teams met in Havre at the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field in a makeup of a game that was postponed due to weather earlier in the season. It was the second win in five days for Havre over Glasgow, as the Blue Ponies also beat the Scotties 11-3 on the road last Thursday. Havre is now 7-3 overall, as well as 3-3 in the...

  • Second-graders celebrate Arbor Day in Havre

    Alex Ross|Updated May 3, 2018

    Editor's note: This version corrects the name of Lincoln-McKinley second-grader Gage Pulse. For a little while Monday morning Simon Pepin Memorial Park was the classroom for second-graders from several area schools who gathered to plant and learn about trees. Second-graders from Lincoln-McKinley Primary School and St. Jude Thaddeus School in Havre and Box Elder and Rocky Boy schools gathered at the park for the city's annual Arbor Day celebration. The celebration is organized...

  • Lt. gov. awards HHS class for recycling projects

    Alex Ross|Updated May 1, 2018

    Montana's lieutenant governor was at Havre High School Monday to reward a class for its work in environmentalism. Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney presented a $1,000 check to juniors and seniors in an environmental science class of Havre High teacher Rebecca Reno. The class was one of 13 in the state to receive a grant from the SMART - Saving Money and Resources Today - Schools Challenge. Reno's class was one of four in the state given the award in the SMART Recycling Challenge category,...

  • Counties talk flood damage in meeting with Cooney

    Alex Ross|Updated May 1, 2018

    The needs of Blaine, Hill and Liberty counties in the wake of massive flooding was discussed Monday in a meeting between Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney, officials from all three counties and the Montana Department of Emergency Services in the Timmons Room of the Hill County Courthouse. Representatives of the counties listed some extensive damage caused by the flooding, with Liberty County Commissioner Maureen Wicks saying one bridge south of Chester was estimated by a construction company to have sustained $1 million in damages. “So i...

  • Chamber seeks nominees for awards at NARC field day banquet

    Kristen Takeuchi|Updated May 1, 2018

    The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee and the Northern Agricultural Research Center are looking for nominations of people in the agriculture industry to be awarded at the NARC Field Day and Ag Appreciation Banquet June 21 at the research center at Fort Assiniboine. The Chamber again is partnering with Montana State University and NARC to hold the field day and banquet to celebrate the history of agriculture in the area and the breakthroughs in agriculture research the center has made, a press release...

  • Correction - Police Log

    Updated May 1, 2018

    The Police Log printed on Page A2 in Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News misreported that Virginia Marie McConnell was arrested Saturday on a charge of permitting an unauthorized minor to drive. McConnell was issued a ticket....

  • For the Record, May 1, 2018

    Updated May 1, 2018

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a Monday 3;44 p.m. report of a tent set up on the north side of the water tower near the cemetery. —— Kyle Jay Rummel of Missoula, 29, was issued summonses Monday at 4:48 p.m. at the police department for two charges of criminal contempt in relation to 24/7 Sobriety Program violations. —— Rebecca Lynne Lightfoot of Havre, 43, was arrested on a state District Court warrant after a complaint from a Second Street caller Monday at 7:37 p.m. Hill County Sheriff’s Office Nichole A...

  • Obituary - Robert "Robby" Lucke

    Updated May 1, 2018

    Robert Lucke died very peacefully April 21, 2018, after a long battle with cancer. Robby, as he wanted to be called, was born Jan. 10, 1941, in Havre to Louis Lucke Jr., known as "Bee," and Virginia Stuart Lucke. Robby graduated from Northern Montana College in 1959 with a teaching degree. He taught English and history in Glasgow as well as coached their speech and debate team from 1964-1974. In 1970, he attended the master's program at University of Montana, earning his...

  • Obituary - Cynthia Schmidt Sanguins

    Updated May 1, 2018

    FRENCHTOWN — Cynthia Schmidt Sanguins of Frenchtown, 63, died Saturday, April 28, 2018, at her residence. Sunset Memorial Funeral Home is in care of arrangements....

  • Obituary - Robert Jendro

    Updated May 1, 2018

    Robert Jendro, 69, Passed away at Northern Montana Hospital April 26, 2018. A celebration of life will be held May 4, 2018, at 4 p.m. at Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook, MT....

  • Letter to the Editor - Fight losing Amtrak ticket office with a vengeance

    Updated May 1, 2018

    Dear Editor: I am writing from Vermont but subscribe to a news service carrying Amtrak news, therefore have read the article in your paper about the pending ticlet office closure. I am also a member of the National Association of Railroad Passengers, or NARP. I do appreciate the train service and I have been a passenger aboard the Empire Builder plus other long-distance trains. The reason I am writing is to just recommend that perhaps your mayor or other city officials connect with Amtrak and strongly argue about what they...

  • Local News - Alternative voting office set up for Rocky Boy

    Updated May 1, 2018

    Press release The Hill County Election Department and the Chippewa Cree Tribe have reached an agreement for an alternative voting office for the 2018 Federal Primary Election. Hill County will have an alternative voting office open Wednesdays, May 16, 23 and 30. It will be in the Kenawash Building at the New Stone Child College, 8294 Upper Box Elder Road. The hours will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This will be open for all Hill County residents to come in for late registration and absentee voting....

  • Why - The Salvation Army

    Updated May 1, 2018

    Press release In 1865, London, England, a man named William Booth became the first general in The Salvation Army. Booth, a minister, wanted to reach the down and out of the streets with the love of God. These were people who could not attend the churches of the day because they had no money to pay for the price of a pew. He started preaching on the street corners and in tents. Many heard the word of God for the first time. In dealing with the people he saw the need to help change the way they lived. He saw children going...

  • Area thinclads busy right now

    George Ferguson|Updated May 1, 2018

    It took some time, but the local track season is finally in full swing. Hi-Line teams took advantage of good weather last week, competing at meets in Havre, Lewistown and Glasgow. And this week, the action will continue. Havre, and most of the rest of the area track and field teams are in Glasgow today for the Glasgow Top 10 Meet, while many of the same teams will gather in Havre Saturday for the Lions Havre Invitational. The track season continued Monday as well, with the...

  • Local Golf Report: Jensen shines at Frontier tourney

    George Ferguson|Updated May 1, 2018

    While flooding has been the talk of the start of the local golf season, temperatures have also finally warmed, and, area golf courses were full of golfers over the last weekend. And that's great news, after a long, hard winter. However, for the Montana State University-Northern golf teams, they traveled a long distance to finish their 2018-18 season. The Lights and Skylights of head coach Dave Boles, were in Phoenix, Arizona, last week for the 2018 Frontier Conference...

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Apr 30, 2018

    L'Tia Lawrence, Harlem Track Harlem's L'Tia Lawrence is having a big sophomore year. First, it was an All-State nod in cross country in the fall, then an All-State season on the hardwood this winter. Now, Lawrence is starring on the track for the Wildcats. At last week's Cal Wearley Invitational, Lawrence swept the mile and two-mile races, finishing the 1,600 in 5:51.7 and the 3,200 in 12:40.2. Lawrence is one of the top distance runners on the Hi-Line, and she should be a...

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