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Shawn Joseph Parker, "Chief Thunder Child", 37, of Rocky Boy, passed away at his home on May 6, 2015, of natural causes. Wake services will begin at 7 p.m. on May 6, 2015, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Box Elder. A rosary service will be held 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rocky Boy on May 7, 2015, and a funeral Mass will be at 10 a,m on Friday, May 8, 2015. Burial will follow in the Oats Family Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with...
The 17-year-old boy who is charged with stabbing three people in their home Saturday morning was charged with rape in December. Justice Lawrence Brown of Havre was accused of sexual intercourse without consent, a felony, for an event that occurred August 27, 2014. The alleged victim was 13 years old. Brown is in custody at the Cascade County Juvenile Center in Great Falls for three counts of attempted deliberate homicide, one count of aggravated burglary and a state District Court warrant for a felony, which was issued for...
A man accused of burning a child with a lighter pleaded guilty during a change of plea hearing Monday in state District Court in Havre. Patrick R. Schroeder, born in 1991, of Havre, was charged with a felony count of assault with a weapon, or, in the alternative, felony counts of assault on a minor and assault with a weapon or, in the alternative, a felony count of assault on a minor in March. He pleaded guilty Monday to the charge of assault on a minor before District Judge...
The System of Care Project will be hosting the first “My Feelings Are a Work of Art” art show Thursday in honor of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. Annie Kling, project assistant of System of Care, said children and their families are invited to create art at the Old Stone Child College Auditorium/Gymnasium, 8294 Upper Box Elder Road from 5 to 7 p.m. Last week, children and families created paintings during “Family Night.” The artwork was then displayed in an art exhibit at the facility. “We had finger pain...
Havre High School may be changing its policy on whether or not students can leave campus for lunch to a performance-based allowance. School administrators will be bringing to the school board this month a proposal to change the policy, which currently allows all student to leave campus for lunch break, to only allowing those who have been doing well in school to leave. Andy Carlson, superintendent of Havre Public Schools, said that he and local business people, the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce and school administrators are...
School board elections were held Tuesday and those who turned up for the vote chose their prefered candidates. The results are: Chinook Joel Pruttis took the one three-year positions after beating Mark Harshman 135 to 125. A mill levy was voted into existence, 231 to 91. The mill levy is for the general fund, and will be a $26,355.34 or 3.82 mills for proper maintenance and operation of the school programs. Cottonwood Jeremy Couch and Beverly Peterson took the two open three-year position with 62 and 46 votes respectively....
The city of Havre and the union representing police officers have come to terms on a labor contract — just before it is set to expire. The 2014-15 contract was approved unanimously by City Council Monday night. Mayor Tim Solomon said it calls for a 1.5 percent pay hike for officers. The city’s insurance rate went up 4.6 percent last year, and the city will pick up all of the increase, he said. Other than that, there were only minor changes in the contract, the mayor said. Solomon said the contract with the Public Emp...
A Fort Belknap Indian Reservation man who pleaded guilty to strangling his girlfriend was sentenced Monday to 30 months in federal prison. Kyle Young, 33, was sentenced to the Bureau of Prisons for 30 months, two years of supervised release and a $100 court assessment fee. Young is a former law enforcement officer. October 13 2014, a woman told a Fort Belknap investigator and a Federal Bureau of Investigations agent the he strangled her multiple times on separate occasions, according to court documents. One occasion, he...
Press release Havre Middle School has set a choir concert for Thursday, May 14, at 7 p.m., in the assembly room. The theme, “So You Think You Can Dance,” features numerous dances throughout the decades. The seventh/eighth-grade combined choir, sixth-grade choir and all select singing groups will be performing some all-time favorite dance songs, including some Motown, rock ‘n’ roll, rap, country, techno, disco and pop, to name a few. Everyone is welcome to this no-cost event....
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 community members to give back to those in need. If you are in need of help, please contact My Neighbor in Need at 406-301-3919 or go to http://www.myneighborinneed.org. Current Needs Neighbor in Need — Young unemployed woman working toward her GED is in need of a used/clean queen size bed — mattress and box spring. Currently she is borrowing a very old bed from a fam...
In the run-up to the 2015 legislative session, expectations were low. Montanans expected this session to be more about politics and less about performance. Four months later, I’m pleased to report that the 64th legislative session has been anything but. Where previous sessions were dominated by partisan bickering at the expense of real benefits for Montanans, this year we saw a bipartisan group of legislators joining me in working to find common ground on some of the biggest issues facing our state. Montanans should be p...
The Havre Police Department reports that due to an error in its records, the For the Record section in Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News misreported that Justin Ray Melby, 35, was issued a ticket for partner or family member assault early Sunday morning. The Police Department says Melby was not issued that ticket....
Havre Police Department A 15-year-old was issued a summons on a charge of underage tobacco possession or consumption after officers investigated a 7:13 a.m. Tuesday call from 3rd Avenue. —— Officers investigated a 1:12 p.m. Tuesday complaint at the police station about someone who wanted to talk to an officer about someone who is not supposed to be at her residence showing up that day. —— Officers investigated a 3:45 p.m. Tuesday call from Carpenter Park about the calling party’s granddaughter being assaulted on a bus. —— A...
Tristan Wayne Billmayer, 18, of Hogeland passed away Saturday, May 2, 2015, at the family home. Rosary services will be held Thursday, ay 7, 2015, at 7 p.m., at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Hogeland. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 8, 2015, at 11:30 a.m. at Turner High School Gymnasium. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com Tristan was born in Havre,...
Mary Odden, 79, of Hingham went to be with the Lord on May 4, 2015. Please visit Holland & Bonine Funeral Home’s website for Mary’s online memorial page at www.hollandbonine.com and leave a message of condolence for the family....
Edward J. Schweitzer, 74, who worked at the Rudyard elevator for many years and enjoyed fishing and camping, died from cardiovascular disease on April 30, 2015, at Liberty Medical Center in Chester. A memorial Mass will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 8, 2015, at Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Church in Hingham. Following burial of his ashes at Rudyard Cemetery, a reception will be held at the Rudyard Catholic Youth Center. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel, Chester. Ed is...
From Montana Stockgrowers Association Montana Stockgrowers Association is celebrating 131 years at the organization’s MidYear Meeting June 4-6 in Bozeman. This year’s MidYear event will be highlighted by Cattlemen’s College workshops, a tour of area businesses and live music with Ringling 5 and Crazy Mountain Express. Mid-Year is one of two major meetings MSGA holds annually where members will gather to discuss the issues facing Montana ranching families and set interim policy to guide the association through the rest of th...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University researchers have produced two new varieties of spineless safflower, an oilseed crop that can also be used as a cover crop, as well as for livestock grazing and wildlife forage. These technologies — a spineless red and a spineless white — are now available for licensing. Bid submission forms are due April 28. Besides being drought-tolerant and capable of withstanding hailstorms, the spineless red variety, known as Rubis red, showed high seed yield and oil content, while...
When it comes to athletics and life in general, Morgan and Tori Mazurkiewicz have always been inseparable. That's why it shouldn't shock anyone that the talented twins have decided to pursue their careers of college basketball how they have many other things - together. That's because after successful stints playing girls basketball for the Havre Blue Ponies, both Morgan and Tori Mazurkiewicz signed NAIA national letters of intent to play for Rocky Mountain College of the...
Following his older brother's lead, Shane Ketchum has become one of the top distance runners in Class C For Shane Ketchum, playing sports is a part of life. He has played football and basketball at the varsity level for the Box Elder Bears and while he loves those sports — he loves running just as much, maybe even more. That’s because being a runner isn’t just something he does, it’s who he is and something that runs in the family. Not everyone is made to be a runner. In fact...
