News you can use
News you can use
Sorted by date Results 1 - 21 of 21
Press release The Assistance for Business Clinic, or ABC, is set for Wednesday, June 17, at the Hensler Auditorium in the Applied Technology Center at Montana State University-Northern. “If you’re in business, you can’t afford to miss this,” said Debbie Vandeberg of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce. Vandeberg invited people to contact the Chamber at 265-4383 to register for ABC. The clinic is a partnership between the Havre Chamber and the state of Montana, which has brought this workshop to Havre for more than 25 years a...
A man who was accused at attempting to kill a Havre man November pleaded no contest to reduced charges Monday. Doug J. Hopf, at his change of plea hearing Monday in District Court, pleaded no contest to charges of assault with a weapon, criminal endangerment, tampering with witnesses or informants, all felonies. He was previously being tried for deliberate homicide. Hopf, born in 1968, was charged for his crimes Dec. 10 and pleaded not guilty to all three initially. Nov. 29, Hopf shot a firearm at a vehicle which one man...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Havre Middle School....
At the Havre Trails meeting Monday, the group looked forward to the future. Later this month, members will find out whether or not they received the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Recreational Trails grant. They also spoke of looking into identifying possible hiking trail areas on the north side of the Milk River, especially near the rookery. “We’re kind of in this weird spot right now,” said Lindsey Bennett, president of Havre Trails. She added that they are afraid of taking on any bigger projects until they find out if they...
Administrators and managers in the city of Havre will soon be interviewed by members of the Havre Review Commission on what changes should be made in the city’s form of government. Members of the commission formed the questions they want to ask the administrator at a commission meeting Monday night. One of the key questions will be whether the city should adopt a city manager form of government, keep the present mayor-council form or adopt a combination of the two. Managers will be quizzed by commission members on how city g...
ALISON NOON Associated Press HELENA — The Montana Farmers Union launched an initiative this month to educate its 11,000 members about the effects of global warming in Montana, where early signs may be decreasing snowpack and resilient weeds and pests. The union’s move is the first in the state’s agriculture community to link recent farming difficulties to climate change. “It’s great that we’re finally starting to talk about it,” said Anna Jones-Crabtree, who farms a variety of organic crops with her husband, Doug Crabtree...
BILLINGS (AP) — The U.S. government has made offers worth more than $230 million combined to buy fractionated parcels of land on two Montana American Indian reservations and turn them over to tribal governments, Department of Interior officials said. The offers involving almost 12,000 landowners on the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap reservations are part of a nationwide program that aims to buy land parcels owned by multiple individuals so they can be put to beneficial use. Interior officials said Monday they had expanded the e...
From My Neighbor in Need The website http://www.myneighborinneed.org/havre is a website that provides local citizens a way to ask for help from their community and a way for the community to give back. If you are in need of help, please contact My Neighbor in Need at 406-301-3919 or go to http://www.myneighborinneed.org. Recently fulfilled need: “Dear My Neighbor in Need, I am an elderly woman on Social Security and I have some medical issues that require physical therapy, however, it is difficult for me to get to therapy d...
Press release Sounds on the Square, organized by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce, kicks off the summer Wednesday, June 17, with its first concert of the summer at Town Square. China Water Symbol will open the summer concert series. People can make their plans now to relax each Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Sounds on the Square, which continues through Aug. 19. Sounds on the Square is sponsored by NorthWestern Energy, with additional funding from the Sleeter Fund. This...
Press release Artitudes Gallery in Havre presents “Out of My Mind” by Mary Nault during June and July. Nault has experimented with acrylic mediums, building interesting textures in her paintings. She alters between watercolors and acrylics, letting her artistic muse take over to quickly get the paint down and the forms established. With this as the base, she adds details to finish the piece. An Artist Reception will be held June 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Artitudes Gallery on the upper level of the Atrium Mall, 220 3rd Ave...
Editor: Havre Elks Lodge 1201 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks was very proud to be part of the Community Memorial Day service melding our Flag Day tradition with the Memorial Day service, exemplifying the motto “One Nation, Under God” — one community, one nation, honoring our flag, our country and troops. Throughout our American history, the significance of the U.S. flag’s colors has come to correspond with those of the Great Seal of our great country: White: signifying purity and innocence Red: signify...
Editor: Last Tuesday and Wednesday my husband and I were at the Hill County Courthouse in support of our daughter, the defendant, who was served papers for taking money from her grandmother-in-law who lived at Eagles Manor. Our daughter had been helping the grandmother-in-law with grocery shopping, banking issues and doctor appointments. This case was started a year ago in June 2014. The case was to go to trial Jan. 27, 28 and 29. We met that day and there were more important trials, so ours got bumped. Then we were...
ROUNDUP — Buz Harris, 65, passed away Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, after a heroic battle with multiple sclerosis the last 26 years. On Saturday, June 13 at 11 a.m., please gather at the Lewistown City Cemetery, 801 Eighth Ave. N., for a graveside service remembering Buz Harris. After the service, join family and friends for lunch at the Yogo Inn, 211 E. Main St. in Lewistown. to talk about the good old days. Bring a story to tell....
A front-page article in Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News misspelled the first name of federal court defendant Shad Huston....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 1:22 p.m. Monday call from 1st Street about someone going inside a trailer the calling party owns and trashing it. —— A two-vehicle, noninjury motor vehicle crash between a yellow Chevrolet Cobalt and white pickup truck was investigated after a 1:57 p.m. Monday call from 2nd Street. —— Officers investigated a 2:10 p.m. Monday complaint at the police department about a report of a stolen EBT card. —— Officers investigated a 2:27 p.m. Monday call from 4th Street about drug offens...
Press release Originating in Montana, National Garden Week was first celebrated nationwide in 1923 when Alma Higgins and fellow gardeners in Butte persuaded President Harding to sign a proclamation dedication the first week in June. The Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club has joined all garden clubs in promoting the love of gardening, floral design and civic and environmental responsibilities during this year's Garden Week, June 7-13. Garden Clubs in Havre have had a rich tradition and history since 1922. The Bullhook Blossoms...
While the soccer world currently has its attention focused on the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which just got underway over the weekend in Canada, the two Hi-Line United soccer teams were finishing their final preparations for the Montana State Cup this weekend. The U19 team earned a hard-fought split Saturday in Sidney, defeating Miles City by a score of 5-0 in its first match before falling to Sidney 6-1 in the second match. Trey Scofield continued his recent string of s...
For the second straight summer, I had the opportunity to volunteer my time for a special and worthy cause, as I spent last Saturday on the sixth hole at Prairie Farms Golf Course hitting shots for teams in the Golfing for a Cure golf tournament. The tournament, which is put on by the Havre Women’s Golf Association, and which has been going strong for years now, is one of the best times I will have on a golf course all summer long. And last Saturday was no different. While I h...
Most of the college football world, including the Frontier Conference, begins the 2015 football season the first Saturday in September. Not the Montana State University-Northern Lights, however. Instead of playing its originally scheduled season-opener on Sept. 5 against Montana Tech at Blue Pony Stadium, the Lights, and new head coach Aaron Christenson will make their 2015 debut a full two weeks earlier. The Lights recently were able to work out continuing their...
