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Articles from the June 6, 2022 edition


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  • Havre Chamber aims to help members find workers

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 5, 2022

    With employers in the Havre area — and across the state and nation — having problems finding workers for open positions, the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce is stepping in to help its member businesses. The Chamber is holding a job fair in Havre Tuesday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Havre’s Holiday Village Mall for Chamber members to recruit workers. Chamber Executive Director Jessica Faggerbakke said many Chamber members are frequently putting out posts looking for workers, so the Chamber figured it should try to help...

  • Inman shows off complete Stickney engine collection

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jun 5, 2022

    After more than 20 years of work, local pilot Charlie Inman has completed a collection of Stickney engines, the only complete collection in the world and one he showed off at this year's North Central Montana Everything Antique Show at the Great Northern Fairgrounds this past weekend. Inman's collection of unique gas engines, manufactured in the early 1910s, began life in 2000 when the largest of the engines in the collection, a 20 horsepower engine, was dug out of the Milk...

  • Quick pics: Living some history in Havre

    Updated Jun 5, 2022

  • Hill County polling places for Tuesday's primary election listed

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jun 5, 2022

    Montana’s Primary Election will be held Tuesday, June 7, and Hill County has set up polling places across the county where people can vote in person, or bring their absentee ballots. Hill County Clerk and Recorder Sue Armstrong said people who have already filled out their ballots can bring them to any polling place they want, as well as the Hill County Courthouse, but if they intend to vote in person they need to go to the polling place designated for their precinct. People who live in precincts 1, 7, 8 and 9 can go to the H...

  • Obituary - Dorothy (Schaller) Carbone

    Updated Jun 5, 2022

    Dorothy (Schaller) Carbone, 98, passed away due to natural causes January 12, 2022, in Seattle, WA. Cremation has taken place, and a memorial Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 24, 2022, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Calvary Cemetery. Dorothy's family has suggested memorial donations be made in her memory to Northhaven Assisted Living, Attn. Judie Smith, 11045 8th Ave. N.E., Seattle, WA 98125. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has... Full story

  • Obituary - Inga Goebel

    Updated Jun 5, 2022

    Inga Goebel departed from this life May 24, 2022, to rest with the love of her life, John, for eternity. Inga's first nine years were in Sudetenland, the home of her ancestors for over 1,000 years. At the end of WWII all German speaking people were driven out or killed as the Russians took over the country. Our family was blessed and survived enduring many hardships along the way, ending as refugees in Bavaria. Inga spent her early teenage years with the Franciscan nuns at... Full story

  • Obituary - Sharon Marlene Counsell Shepherd

    Updated Jun 5, 2022

    "Her kindness knew no bounds" was one of the many beautiful sentiments expressed to her family upon Sharon's passing in Kalispell on February 3, 2022. Sharon was born June 17, 1947, the middle child of Clarence and Helen Counsell. Growing up in a hard-working family, she learned the art of keeping a welcoming home ... cooking, cleaning, sewing, decorating and gardening. Baptized a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Sharon graduated from Flathead High School and the... Full story

  • Obituary - Regina A. Stump

    Updated Jun 5, 2022

    Regina A. Stump, 52, passed away due to natural causes at Benefis Healthcare Friday, June 3, 2022. Wake services began at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, June 5, 2022, and will continue until her funeral service, which will be at 11:00 a.m. today, June 6, 2022, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the cemetery at her home.... Full story

  • Obituary - Danny Perez Winters

    Updated Jun 5, 2022

    Danny Perez Winters of Havre, MT, 50, passed away peacefully in his home on May 28th 2022. Danny is survived by his daughters Delayna "Danielle" Winters, Kelsie "Suzanne" Felix, Fancee "Rozita" Starr Oldperson, and his sons Danny "Christian" Winters, Guil Felix, Danny "Roman" Winters, his sister Lilly "Rosella" Silakhom, his brother Robert "Wendell" Winters, Roosevelt Winters Jr., as well as his extended adopted family and friends from Havre, MT. Danny was a loving brother,... Full story

  • Wisdom and Grace: Growing up in the saddle – Part 1

    Updated Jun 5, 2022

    To My Dear Grandchildren, Most of the time when I share my childhood memories with you, your reaction is "That couldn't be true" or "So what, no big deal." You've been trained well not to say something like that out loud but I can sense it. So, I am writing this letter so that in 20, 30 or 40 years you just might like to know what your Grandma Ila's childhood really was like. I grew up in the saddle. From a very early age until I got married, I helped my father herd and check...

  • A beautiful run through the Paws, again

    George Ferguson|Updated Jun 5, 2022

    For the second straight year, the Bear Paw Marathon was worth the wait. Saturday, 264 runners competed in three different races during the 2nd Annual Bear Paw Marathon. The event featured a full marathon, a half marathon and a 5K race, which was open to males and females of all ages. The full marathon started at scenic Sucker Creek Road and wound 26.2 miles until it wound up at the official finish line at Montana State University-Northern. On the women's side, Mallory Peterson...

  • Livestock disaster planning workshop set for June 9

    Updated Jun 5, 2022

    Press release Montana State University Extension, Hill County will be hosting an interactive workshop on preparing for a livestock disaster event. Jeanne Rankin, DVM and MSU associate extension specialist will be the featured speaker June 9, 2022 from 6 - 9 p.m. at the 4-H Chuckwagon in Great Northern Fairgrounds in Havre. Topics will include how to create livestock care, sheltering and evacuation plans in preparation for disasters such as fire, flood, animal and zoonotic disease and other threats. The program will be widely...

  • Northstars battle tough teams, rain at own jamboree

    George Ferguson|Updated Jun 5, 2022

    The Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club has one of the top facilities in the state of Montana. And Legion Field was on display this past weekend as the annual Havre Jamboree took center stage. The Northstars hosted teams from Miles City, Glendive and Calgary, as well as the defending Class A state champion Gallatin Valley Outlaws from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. Havre opened the tournament with a tough, 11-7 loss to the Miles City Mavericks on Friday night. Th...