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A former Chippewa Cree Rodeo Association director was sentenced to a year and a day today. Wade Colliflower was pleaded guilty to one count of theft and one count of aiding and abetting theft in December Six months of his sentenced will be served in prison. The other six will be in home confinement. He also was ordered to pay $44,750 jointly or severally. More information will be available in Friday’s issue of the Havre Daily News....
Shawn Joseph Parker, "Chief Thunder Child," 37, of Rocky Boy passed away at his home on May 6, 2015, of natural causes. Wake services began 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 today, 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...
In a meeting with community members this morning, Havre High School principal Craig Mueller presented a proposal for disallowing academically at-risk students to leave the campus for lunch. If accepted by the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees, the change would be put into effect next school year for incoming freshmen students. Those who have been attending the high school this year will not be affected by the change in policy, if it is accepted. In order to qualify for th...
A student-produced, student-directed production will open its curtains tonight at Havre High school. Three one-act plays that were chosen by Angela Pratt, the oftentimes director of high school productions, will entertain audiences Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The plays are "Sunday Dinner," which is a comedy, "Asylum," a serious work, and "Red Herrings," a comedic murder-mystery story. Pratt said she picked the three plays because she thought they would showcase the...
May is National Preservation Month. Established in 1973 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, many events are planned by local preservation groups to promote historic places and to show the social and economic benefits of historic preservation. The Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission is celebrating National Preservation Month with some activities. Becki Miller, historic preservation officer of the Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission,...
Some of the finest talent on the Hi-Line will be featured at the annual benefit concert for the Salvation Army. The show will be 7 p.m. Saturday at Havre High School. The annual event is always fun to put on, said Trina Crawford, the director of the Salvation Army’s Havre Service Center. There are few repeat performances from earlier concerts, she said. “We have so much talent on the Hi-Line we can showcase new people every year.” Tickets are $5 a person in advance and $10 the night of the show, she said. For that, peopl...
LISA BAUMANN Associated Press HELENA - Montana's governor signed bills Wednesday aimed at encouraging schools to develop American Indian language immersion programs and preserving Indian languages. Gov. Steve Bullock signed the bills at the Capitol, after a tribal prayer and song and after bill sponsors Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, and Rep. George Kipp, D-Heart Butte, presented Bullock with an eagle feather and braided sweetgrass in appreciation. "Montana is leading t...
By Jennifer Kenck Hill County Conservation district Nine students from across Hill County participated in the National Association of Conservation District's Annual Poster Contest. The grade levels of contestants ranged from kindergarten to ninth grade. Judging was completed by the Hill County Conservation District Board of Supervisors at the April 15 board meeting. First-place winners in each category will go on to compete in the state competition held in Helena this coming...
Press release The Hill County Conservation District, Montana State University Extension and Peter Kolb, Ph.D, are hosting a Shelterbelt Health and Maintenance Educational Seminar and Tour June 4. An indoor seminar by Kolb will be held at the Hi-Way Bar Meeting Room in Hingham, 9 to 11 a.m. Tree Health and Maintenance Evaluation of Hingham City Park Trees will be held 11 a.m. to noon. A free buffet lunch will be provided at the Hi-Way Bar. A tour of shelterbelts and plantings will be offered the Larry Johnson Farm from 1 to 4...
Press release The time has come to celebrate the area’s history of agriculture, the many years of break-throughs in ag research and the continuing agriculture education through partnerships with Montana State University–Northern and Montana State University’s Northern Agricultural Research Center. The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Agribusiness Committee will join the research center July 1 to celebrate NARC’s 100th anniversary. The center was established at the former Fort Assinniboine southwest of Havre in 1915. This year’s...
Editor: As the recycling educator for Recycle Montana, I have spent the past five months speaking with students all across the state. During that time I’ve had the pleasure of reaching more than 1,500 students through 35 presentations at 14 schools. I’d like to thank the students, teachers and administrators in Billings, Laurel, Lockwood, Columbus, Missoula, Deer Lodge, Helena, Kalispell, Ronan and Pablo for inviting Recycle Montana to help reduce waste in their schools and making these events successful. I’d also like to th...
James Melvin Fleury Jr., Assiniboine name Shooter, 53, of Fort Belknap, passed away at his home of natural causes Tuesday morning, May 5, 2015. Wake services began today, Thursday, May 7, at 5 p.m. at St. Paul’s Mission Recreation Center in Hays with rosary being said at 6 p.m. Funeral service, will be held 11 a.m on Friday, May 8, 2015, at St. Paul’s Mission. Burial, with military honors will be held following the funeral at Pony Hill Cemetery, Fort Belknap Agency. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of...
Amber Spring Sara Bragg Today is Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, with the entire month of May being Mental Health Awareness Month. There are many topics that can be identified when discussing children’s mental health. However it is important to address those that are most relevant to Hill County and Montana. Based on the 2013 Montana Youth Risk Behavior Survey, depression and suicide are a real risk to Montana youth. In 2013, 25.3 percent of students statewide experienced depression for more than two weeks severe eno...
What is life but shifting tidbits of sensory experiences tossed into a basket of scraps? After weeks of stitching together metaphorical pastel scraps, when friends from British Columbia, who dropped on my doorstep unexpected, I felt bombarded with a galloping array of primary colors. My days didn’t change drastically, yet, the colors seemed more intense, the patterns more interesting. Kathy and Richard are long-time friends. Most of the swatches we dropped into or picked o...
Ronald J. Berger, 61, passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2015, at his residence of natural causes. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 11, 2015, at the Havre Eagles Club. The family has suggested that memorial donations be made to Kitty Keepers or the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit http://www.holandbonine.com to leave a message of condolance for the...
Havre Police Department Kenneth Francis Blackcrow Sr., 41, of Hays was arrested on charges of trespassing and criminal mischief and Aloysius Dexter Doney, 49, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after officers responded to a 9:49 a.m. Wednesday call from a 9th Avenue business about a man who busted into a room and passed out the night prior — after being kicked out of the business’ room. —— Tysha Michelle Williams, 40, of Havre was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants after an officer served the...
Press release Local meat processors were among the representatives of about 38 processing plants from Montana and Wyoming attending the 28th annual Montana Meat Processors Association Convention and Trade Show April 23-16 at Big Horn Resort in Billings. Jim Dumas of Big Sandy Meat Shop, who attended with Wendy and Sebastian Dumas and Richard and Christie Corby, was re-elected to a two-year term to the association’s board. Also attending from this area were Donald and Alvina Bjornstad of Barney’s Meat Processing in Jop...
The Chinook girls track team has been a force to be reckoned with all season long and that was the case again Wednesday at the 9C District meet, where the Beeters came away with the team championship. The Sugarbeeters didn’t run away with the team title at the Havre Middle School Track, but they did score 157 points, nine more than second-place North Star’s 148 to take home team honors. Fort Benton earned itself a trophy by finishing third with 116 points, while fourth went to...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team, and the MSU-N men's golf team just got better. And with just one high school recruit. On Thursday, Northern head men's coach Shawn Huse, and Lights' golf coach Dave Boles announced that Missoula Hellgate standout Devin Bray has signed to play both sports at MSU-N. Bray, a 5-9 guard is a Second-Team All-Conference performer this past season, scoring 7.7 points per game and dishing out 3.7 assists per game, which was...
On another windy day at the Havre Middle School Track, the boys track and field teams of the District 9C competed for the district championship. And when it was all said and done, it was the North Star boys who came away victorious. The Knights scored 109 points Wednesday to beat out a competitive field that saw Chester/J-I finish second in its first 9C meet with 97 points. Chinook finished third with 89 points and the Box Elder Bears came in a close fourth with 86 points....
The Hi-Line United U14 team was back in action this past weekend, but this time the United hit the road, traveling to Big Timber for a pair of soccer matches Saturday. The first match pitted the United up against the host team Big Timber and despite a solid effort the United fell 7-4. Following that match, the United took on Polson to close out the day and were shutout in another loss to Polson. There were still positives to take away for the United, particularly against Big...
Havre High is producing plenty of college athletes again this year, and Blue Pony senior Wyatt Lindbloom is among them. Miles Community College head golf coach Chase Tait recently announced that Lindbloom has committed to play for the Pioneers next fall. Lindbloom has been a three-sport standout at HHS since arriving in Havre for his sophomore year of school. He played two years of varsity golf for head coach Brett Gilman. In 2013 and 2014, Lindbloom helped his golf team...
