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The Montana Arts Council will hold an "arts conversation" at 5:15 p.m. Friday to discuss the state of the arts in Montana. The session will take place at the Best Western Plus Havre Inn and Suites. Four top officials of the Arts Council will be on hand to discuss agency programs, arts-driven economic development and "the state of the arts in Montana," a press release said. Jay Pyette, who is on the arts council and is a Havre City Council member, said the session is designed...
Jerry Otto, 62, is retiring after 38 years at the Hill County Road and Bridge Department and is looking forward to tending to his cows, visiting with family and even trying his hand at gold panning in Alaska. Otto has been the Road Department Supervisor for the last 24 years, position he earned after 14 years of working his way up the old-fashioned way. "I started as a heavy equipment operator," he said. "The first day on the job they gave me a hammer, and I worked for two wee...
Gary Cohen of Salem, Oregon, was beaten and shot after he interrupted a burglar in his home Dec. 10. He said the incident wouldn't have happened if state District Judge Daniel Boucher had not been lenient with the shooter, Uriel Osornio Jr., when Osornio went through his court. Boucher said in a phone interview that the sentence Osornio received was standard for a drug offense conviction, and "pursuant to a plea agreement with the state," adding there was no way for anyone to...
Sink? Swim? Tread water? — Jump in the deep end. I’m not much of a swimmer. Those who tried to teach me gave up. My first husband said if ever I was in trouble in the water, he’d swim the other way for fear I’d drag him under. That episode didn’t raise my confidence. But I can’t think of a better analogy for what I’ve been doing the last three or four or five years than treading water. All my life I’ve had a premonition that I would live half of forever, not unrealistic given the history of the women in my family, most of...
Editor: Spring rains came at the right time this year, and our Town Square is looking great. The reason for this letter is to personally thank the Havre Chamber Town Square Committee members for more than 16 years of dedication in this project. Havre … did you know that this committee of people mow, clean and maintain our community square each week? A big thank-you goes out to David Clausen, Tracy Job, Rick Sedahl, Garrett Edmonds, John Mclain, Jennifer Kinsella, Tim Callahan and Debbie Vandeberg. Havre … did you know that fo...
Havre Police Department Michael Joseph Welch, 18, of Havre was arrested on five Justice or City court warrants Wednesday at 3:46 p.m. on 5th Street. —— Officers investigated an assault charge after a 4th Street caller reported Wednesday at 4:13 p.m. that a woman tried to run over a man with a car. —— Michael Jay Stump Jr., 18, of Havre was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants Wednesday at 4:20 p.m. at the police station. —— Rebecca Jean Miller, 40, of Havre was issued a summons on charges of having a vicious dog...
Editor’s note: The computer program provided by the Montana state government to print media reports on court actions does not always list all fines assessed. The following cases were resolved in Hill County Justice Court by Judge Audrey Barger May 24-31. Udell Michael Cly, born in 1988, was fined $200 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, 176 days suspended and four credited, for driving while privilege to do so is suspended or revoked; was fined $100 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, 170 days suspended and 10 credited, for o...
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team traveled to Great Falls Wednesday for a doubleheader against the Great Falls Chargers. And thanks to a solid team effort, the North Stars came away with a two-game sweep. In back-to-back games within the Northern A District, the Havre North Stars took two games from the Great Falls Chargers, defeating them 7-3 and 5-4. In the first game, Dylan Carpenter was on the mound for Havre and he earned the victory after limiting...
When looking back at the high school basketball season, there is no doubt that it was a special one along the Hi-Line, with a number of great players and teams emerging. That's why it should come as no surprise that the teams headed to the Montana-Wyoming All-Star basketball game, have a heavy Hi-Line feel to them. The annual series, which features two games between both the girls and boys all-star teams will get underway at 5:30 p.m., Friday in Sheridan, Wyoming. Then, the...
