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State Rep. Mike Lang, R-Malta captured his party’s nomination Tuesday in his primary race for Senate District 17. Lang, a two-term lawmaker, is looking to represent the Senate district now held by the term-limited John Brenden, R-Scobey. The district spans from north of Havre eastward to the North Dakota border in Sheridan County. Final results had Lang soundly defeating his challenger former state Rep. Wayne Stahl, R- Saco, by a margin of 60 percent to 39 percent. After ballots were counted, Lang received a majority of t...
James Bedwell was successful in his effort to get on the ballot as a Democratic candidate for Hill County Commissioner Tuesday. Bedwell, who lives in Havre, announced May 26 that he would seek to get himself on the November ballot through a write-in campaign. Bedwell missed the deadline to file with the Hill County Clerk and Recorder's office to get his name printed on the primary ballot. However, if he was able to get 141 people to write in his name he could get on the November ballot. In the end he eked out a win by...
Eight months after launching his campaign for state representative in House District 28, Democrat Jacob Bachmeier officially captured his party's nomination Tuesday. Bachmeier, 18, who graduated from Havre High School two weeks ago and is vice chair of the Hill County Democratic Party, defeated retired Montana State University-Northern professor Will Rawn 53-45 percent. When results were counted, Bachmeier carried all but one of the nine precincts in Havre, taking 654 votes...
James O’Hara, a former Chouteau County commissioner, won the Republican nomination for the Montana House from District 27, a sprawling district that extends from Wild Horse south into Cascade County. O’Hara beat back an attempt by Darrold Hutchinson from the Hingham area, 1,340-977. O’Hara performed well in the southern part of the district, carrying his home county and Cascade County by a large margin. Hutchinson did well in Hill County and trailed in the others. O’Hara won by a small margin in Liberty County. The race was a...
Frank Smith is one step closer to winning back the Montana state Senate seat he lost eight years ago. Smith, a Poplar resident, defeated two Rocky Boy residents to win the Democratic nomination in Senate District 16, the district that became known in Helena as the weasel district because of its odd shape. Smith topped LeAnn Montes, the attorney general for the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, and Bobbi Jo Favel, also a Rocky Boy resident. The final figures last night showed Smith with 657 votes, M...
Havre Police Department After a caller from a 1st Street West business said at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday that a man was passed out, an officer arrested James Allen Gardipee, 45, of Box Elder on a charge of disorderly conduct and on two Justice or City court warrants. —— After a caller from a 4th Street park reported at 10:44 p.m. Tuesday that underage people were drinking while playing basketball, officers made two arrests. No details were available in the call log. Hill County Sheriff’s Office Deputies investigated after a calle...
In the front page story “Montana primary election set for Tuesday” in Monday’s Havre Daily News, it was misreported that absentee ballots were available May 15. They were available May 9....
Essie R. Gebhardt, 84, passed away due to natural causes on Monday, June 6, 2016, at her Billings residence. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 10, 2016, in Calvary Cemetery. Essie's family has requested that memorial donations be made in her name to the American Cancer Society or to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Essie's online memorial page and leave a...
Dorothy “Dode” Pray Morrison, 94 of Malta died May 31, 2016, at the Tender Nest Assisted Living Home in Billings. She had lived in Billings for the past seven years. Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Saturday at Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. Interment will be in the Malta Cemetery. Everyone is invited to the Tin Cup for fellowship and lunch with the family following the graveside service. Condolences for the family may be left at http://www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com....
Cynthia May Schmockel of Havre, Montana, a member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Monday June 6, 2016. Cynthia was born May 18, 1957 in Fort Belknap to Richard Schmockel and Theresa Small. She was raised and attended schools in Havre. As one of the younger children of a family of seven she was a fierce protector of her family and stood up for what she believed in. She learned from her father to be independent, self-sufficient, and to...
Joseph Stuker, 93, passed away June 4, 2016, at Northern Montana Care Center. Services will be held at the LDS Church in Havre, Montana, at 3 p.m., on Saturday, June 11, 2016. He was born to John and Sophie (Rausch) Stuker near Rexburg, Idaho, Nov. 21, 1922. His family moved to the Harlem area in 1924. He was the oldest of five children. During World War II, Joseph served his country in the European Theater, earning the rank of corporal in the 994th Special Services Co and...
Jeanne Payne Perry, 87, of Malta passed away June 4, 2016, after a lengthy illness. Her funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday, June 10, 2016, at Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. Condolences for the family may be left at http://ww...
Press release WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture announced May 31 that farmers and ranchers filing crop acreage reports with the Farm Service Agency and participating insurance providers approved by the Risk Management Agency now can provide the common information from their acreage reports at one office and the information will be electronically shared with the other location. This new process is part of the USDA Acreage Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative. This interagency collaboration also includes p...
By Carol Schmidt MSU News Service BOZEMAN — A scientist raised near the area in Turkey where wheat was first domesticated nearly 10,000 years ago is bringing the newest contemporary technologies to Montana State University to strengthen the vitality of Montana wheat. Hikmet Budak, MSU’s first Montana Plant Sciences Endowed Chair, arrived in Bozeman from Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey. The focus of his work will be using cutting edge research to help the university develop wheat that will stand up to the four tra...
Montana State University-Northern head volleyball coach Bill Huebsch wasn’t done with his 2016 recruiting class. On Monday, Huebsch announced the signing of Kalispell’s Timi Severson. Severson is a 6-foot middle blocker/outside hitter from Flathead High School in Kalispell. Severson was a four year varsity starter who helped lead her team to the state tournament all four years. She played club for Montana Volleyball Academy, and she received all-state honorable mention as a s...
Football camps have turned into a summer tradition as strong as baseball or a trip to Dairy Queen. And this week, the Montana State University-Northern football program got the summer underway with its annual youth football camp. The camp is put on by the MSU-N coaching staff, which is led by head coach Aaron Christensen and defensive coordinator Jake Eldridge. The camp, which features an array of kids, from grades K-7, started Monday at the Lights practice fields and will...
