Articles from the June 2, 2003 edition

CONRAD - Daniel J. Schaub, 67, former Havre resident, died Tuesday, May 27, 2003, in Conrad of natural causes. A service was scheduled for 11 a.m. today at the Pondera Funeral Home in Conrad, followed by graveside service at the Hillside Cemetery. He was born in 1935 in Belle Fourche, S.D. He attended school in Fairview. He married Edna DeBoer in Great Falls in 1967. He worked as a brakeman for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway in Havre. Survivors include his wife, Edna of Conrad; sons, Gary and Dennis Schaub of Havre...

HARLEM - Joshua Thomas Raven Chief (Kuxi Hunpa) Rutherford, 28, a Blaine County deputy sheriff, died on Thursday, May 29, 2003, after responding to a domestic disturbance. A wake and rosary was Sunday at the Fort Belknap Agency in the Red Whip Recreation Center. A funeral Mass was this morning at the Harlem High School gymnasium with the Rev. Joseph Retzel, S.J., officiating. Joshua was born on Aug. 16, 1974, in Denver, Colo. He was educated at Edgewater Elementary School, Wheat Ridge Junior High School and Harlem High...

Howard Glenn Olson, 79, retired railroader, died Friday, May 30, 2003, at a Great Falls Hospital of natural causes. A funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the First Lutheran Church in Havre with the Revs. Catherine Card and Brad Ulgenes officiating. The committal service will be held at the Highland Cemetery in Havre following the funeral services. There will be a fellowship reception at the church following the committal rite. Howard was born March 9, 1924, to Halvor and Gunda (Aamot) Olson in Havre. He was raised and... Full story

A Harlem man has been charged with murder in the Thursday shooting death of a Blaine County Sheriff's deputy. Laurence Dean Jackson Jr. , 25, was charged Saturday with one count of deliberate homicide and one count of attempted deliberate homicide, Blaine County Sheriff Glenn Huestis said Sunday. Jackson, who was convicted of aggravated assault in 1999, made an initial appearance before Blaine County Justice of the Peace Perry Miller, Huestis said. During the hearing, Miller appointed Jackson a public defender and denied...

The members of the Montana Board of Regents who lost their leadership positions said they intend to continue their work on the board. Richard Roehm of Bozeman, who was removed as chair of the board Friday on a 4-3 vote, was not available for comment today. His wife, Carol Roehm, said he intends to serve out the remainder of his seven-year term, through 2005. "He's not quitting," she said this morning. "He plans to stick it out." Richard Roehm left Saturday morning for an Alaskan vacation that had been planned for several... Full story