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  • For the Record

    Updated May 22, 2018

    Havre Police Department A noninjury vehicle crash was reported at Havre High School Friday at 10:29 a.m. —— Valerie Rose Knoll of Havre, 46, was arrested on a charge of trespass to property after a Third Street caller reported Friday at 8:26 p.m. he wanted a woman removed from his property. —— Charles Glynn Plante of Havre, 40, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a Lincoln Avenue caller asked Friday at 8:31 p.m. for officers to check on a man. —— Letisia Badhawk of Box Elder, 26, was arrested on a Justice or...

  • Quick Picks: Hi-Line shows some talent for Salvation Army fundraiser

    Updated May 21, 2018

  • Wicks campaigns at the North Central Pachyderm Club

    Derek Hann|Updated May 21, 2018

    District 1 Public Service Commission Republican candidate Mike Wicks spoke to the North Central Pachyderm Club Friday, addressing some of the topics of his campaign and answering some questions from the public. He said his unique experience and his education setting him apart from the other candidates. "I will work for both the ratepayers and the utility investor to make equitable decisions," he said on his website. Wicks, who ranches north of Inverness, is no stranger to...

  • Dems host Hillery-Hagener dinner Tuesday

    Tim Leeds|Updated May 21, 2018

    Local Democrats are hosting their spring Pam Hillery-Toni Hagener fundraiser Tuesday at the Havre Eagles Club, with some local candidates to speak on their campaigns. Rep. Jacob Bachmeier, D-Havre, who is facing a challenge from Havre Libertartian Conor Burns in November’s general election, said he and Senate District 14 Democratic candidate Paul Tuss will speak first at the fundraiser, set to start at 6 p.m., then pass the microphone off to Nancy Keenan, executive director of the Montana Democratic Party, Bachmeier said U.S....

  • Comedians hope to bring laughs to support fairgrounds

    Kristen Takeuichi|Updated May 21, 2018

    Local comedians will be giving a performance Saturday, in hopes of supporting and raising some money for the Great Northern Fairgrounds. At 7 p.m. the Community Center at the fairgrounds will play host to Funnies for the Fair, put together by community member Paul Verity. Verity said he was inspired to organize a show after he met James DeRosier, a Chinook man who organized a similar show to support the Blaine County Fair. “He was a major inspiration,” he said. The Great Northern Fair Board at its meeting May 15 reported tha...

  • Corrections: Cottonwood recount

    Updated May 21, 2018

    A story on the front page of Friday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about a recount today on a building reserve levy on Cottonwood School District misreported that a general fund levy in the distirct passed. The general fund levy failed on a 38-46 vote....

  • Alternative voting office set up for Rocky Boy

    Press Release|Updated May 21, 2018

    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 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....

  • Middle School class presents 'Annie Jr.'

    Press Release|Updated May 21, 2018

    Tonight, Havre Middle School is presenting a show put on by a new class offered this year for sixth-grade students, Musical Drama. Two different classes were offered during the year, one presenting the musical “Alice in Wonderland, Jr.” in January. Tonight, the second musical production will feature “Annie, Jr.” Junior musicals are based on the original musicals, but are geared toward younger actors and run for approximately 60 minutes. The musical has 37 students involved combining students from the sixth- grade choir c...

  • Obituary ~ Lola Margaret Kidd Vogel

    Updated May 21, 2018

    Lola Margaret Kidd Vogel, age 95, passed away from natural causes April 18, 2018, in Houston, Texas. She had resided in assisted living near her younger daughter for the past few years. Lola was born to James W. and Lulu M. (Zabel) Kidd, in Havre, Montana March 30, 1923. She lived her school years on a homestead farm near Gildford, MT, where she graduated from high school. From 1942-46, Lola worked at the First National Bank in Havre. In 1947, she married a WWII veteran from...

  • Havre Northstars split at Tri-County

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 21, 2018

    The Havre Northstars American Legion baseball team was busy over the weekend, playing games in both the Montana Baseball League and the Northern A District. The game within the Montana Baseball League came Saturday night at Legion Field, as the Northstars played host to Miles City. Yet the home field advantage wasn’t enough for the Northstars to pull out the win, as they were defeated by a score of 8-2 at Legion Field. Tony Antley was the starting pitcher for the Northstars a...

  • Pony tracksters qualify for state in Glendive

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 21, 2018

    The Havre High track teams both took part in the two-day Eastern A Divisional track meet in Glendive over the weekend and even though the Blue Ponies didn’t make a run at either team title, HHS got some kids on the podium and even more advanced to State A track. In the girls meet, Laurel took home the team championship with 107 points, followed by Belgrade in second with 84 and Glendive in third with 68. Havre finished ninth with 31 points. On the boys side of things, Miles C...

  • Streak Intact: Pony boys win another Central A title

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 21, 2018

    For the better part of three decades now, the Havre High tennis teams have been a stalwart in the Central A Division. And, after two days in Bozeman, the Blue Ponies proved, nothing changed in 2018. Last Wednesday and Thursday, the Ponies qualified eight players for this week’s Class A state tournament, with the HHS boys winning their ninth straight team title, and the Pony girls finishing third. And at the end of it all, HHS head coach George Ferguson was a proud coach. ...

  • Home Turf: Ponies reach state softball tourney with a dramatic Central A win

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 21, 2018

    For the past few years, the Havre High softball team has qualified for the Class A state tournament as the third seed from the Central A. But Saturday, as the host team of the Central A Divisional tournament, the Blue Ponies were determined to change that. And with a 3-0 victory over Lewistown in the semifinals at the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field, the Ponies did. The win got Havre into the Central A championship game against Belgrade, which knocked off the Ponies 11-1 to win...

  • Chinook succeeds at B-C state tennis

    George Ferguson|Updated May 20, 2018

    Behind the strong play of doubles tandem Sierra Swank and Megan Pruttis, the Chinook girls tennis team placed fifth at last weekend's Class B-C state tournament in Great Falls. Swank and Pruttis reached the doubles final before falling to the top team from Fort Benton, by the scores of 7-5, 6-1. Chester-Joplin-Inverness' Kendahl Knapton reached the singles quarterfinals, while the Harlem doubles team of Aria Owens and Taeshon Schaeffer reached the consolation quarterfinals....