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Havre School Superintendent Andy Carlson expects to ask the school board at its July meeting to schedule a referendum for this fall on construction proposals for Havre High School and Sunnyside Intermediate School. Carlson told the board Tuesday night that he is working with architects to decide the costs and on final details of the plans. Under the proposal: • New locker rooms would replace the present 50-year-old facilities at the high school. • Wrestling facilities and a weight room would be constructed, enabling the dis...
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A former Missoula County sheriff's deputy who was fired over an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges. KECI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/18u3kKo ) Larry Mitchell Schwindt pleaded guilty Tuesday in Justice Court to official misconduct and attempted unlawful transactions with children. Charging documents say Schwindt put an ad on Craiglist as a female named 'Sarah' promising to have a sexual relationship with the boy if he first met Schwindt for a s...
HELENA (AP) — A state judge is hearing arguments in a lawsuit over physician-assisted suicide in Montana. A group called Montanans Against Assisted Suicide is suing the state Board of Medical Examiners over its policy on complaints filed against a doctor for providing "aid-in-dying." The board considers such complaints on an individual basis and does not pass judgment on the procedure one way or another. The group argues the policy is a backdoor attempt at legalizing assisted suicide. A hearing is scheduled Wednesday b...
GREAT FALLS (AP) — The family of a Great Falls eye doctor who disappeared at Lake Elwell in Liberty County last week is asking authorities to continue to investigate his disappearance, saying it's premature to assume that he drowned. The family of John Kumm, 50, released a statement Tuesday asking that the possibility of foul play not be dismissed, considering the timeline of events and Kumm's fishing routine. "While we agree that it is reasonably possible (that Kumm drowned), there is no conclusive evidence supporting the t...
Lights Basketball Camps Northern head coach Shawn Huse is offering three youth basketball camps this summer. Lights Basketball Camps are open to all interested boys going into grades K through 12. They all take place at the recently renovated MSU-Northern Armory Gymnasium. Print, fill out and send in a brochure to sign up. Contact coach McKeon at 406-691-2724 or go to http://www.msun.edu/athletics. All basic offensive, defensive skills, fundamentals, techniques, drills, games, contests and fun are emphasized. Also, all...
There are plenty of good baseball players to go around in Great Falls, and the Havre North Stars saw that first hand, with the addition of a Senior Babe Ruth squad to the schedule. The Great Falls Hawks may be a Babe Ruth program, but they proved to be a worthy opponent with solid pitching, and lively bats. The Hawks defeated the North Stars 12-7 Tuesday night at Legion field. A doubleheader was scheduled for tonight, but the matchup was moved to Tuesday, and one nine-inning g...
There’s going to be plenty of rodeo excitement over the next few months, especially in and around the Hi-Line. But for several area cowboys and cowgirls, the fun has already started. A pair of Montana State University-Northern rough stock riders are at the College National Finals Rodeo this week in Casper, Wyo. Northern senior saddle bronc rider Robert Wagner and junior bull rider Charlie Mack have both competed in two rounds at the 2013 CNFR. Wagner finished fifth in the f...
I have a confession. This is not easy for me to put into words, but I feel the need to purge my soul. After living with my mother for a few months (after an all-too-brief transplant to San Antonio, which I will elaborate on another day), I seem to have picked up one of her bad habits. At one time or another, I suppose most women fear becoming their mother. For the most part, I had harbored no such fear, as my mom is a pretty swell gal. Or so I thought. Upon learning of this...
Since adoption of Montana’s 1972 constitution our Governors have vetoed 293 bills in 21 legislative sessions. More than half the vetoes, however, 149, have been cast in just the last two sessions. What’s going on? Well, Democrats say the tea party takeover of the Republicans has resulted in passage of a tidal wave of extremist legislation that mainstream governors Schweitzer and Bullock have had to veto to protect the public interest. Republicans will tell you the vetoes have more to do with grandstanding and crass pol...
A Havre man will spend more than five years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine in north-central Montana. Franklin Troy Caplette, 28, previously pleaded guilty to the charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Monday in federal court in Great Falls, Judge Dana L. Christensen sentenced Caplette to 62 months in prison followed by four years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported in a press release issued Tuesday afternoon. Havre police began their investigation of Caplette, w...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a report of a possibly combative shoplifter at a 1st Street business at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday. ——— A caller reported an 11-year-old missing from a 3rd Street residence at 1:14 p.m. Tuesday. Officers investigated. ——— An officer serving a warrant at 4:41 p.m. Tuesday at the police station arrested a 21-year-old Havre woman on a Justice or City court warrant. ——— Officers investigated a missing person reported at the police station Tuesday at 4:42 p.m. ——— During a motor vehicle...
Susan Ann Morris, 62, of Kalispell, passed away early Sunday morning. She was born in Havre, Mont., on Jan. 3, 1951, to the late Frank and Dorthe May. She went through the public school system, and graduated from Havre High School in 1969. During her high school years, she was active in most of the sports offered to girls, and excelled in track and field. Susan enjoyed her high school years with many, many friends, creating entertaining stories that will be told for years to...
Havre’s university has reset a forum to Friday to discuss the results of intensive program review. Montana State University-Northern spokesman Jim Potter said the open forum on program review will begin at 10 a.m. in the Hensler Auditorium in the university’s Applied Technology Center. The forum is intended to present to the public, and take questions about, the results of more than half-a-year of looking at programs. Chancellor Jim Limbaugh initiated the process shortly after he took the helm at the university in Jan...
The H. Earl Clack Museum Board has announced a new manager is taking over at the county museum. In a press release, board chair Judi Dritshulas said retired Havre attorney Jim Spangelo is taking over as the manager of the museum in the Holiday Village Mall. The board did not address the hiring during its public monthly meeting Monday. Dritshulas said this morning that she interviewed Spangelo Tuesday and offered him the position that day. Dritshulas said in the release, in addition to his administration expertise, “Jim w...
Two Havre City Council incumbents have filed for re-election, providing candidates in four of the seven races open in this year’s city elections. Democrat Janet Trethewey filed as a candidate in the race for her four-year seat in Ward 2, while newly appointed Democrat Jay Pyette filed as a candidate for the four-year position now held by Republican Robert Kaftan in Ward 3. Pyette was appointed in April to take the place of Republican Rick Dow, who resigned and has moved to Minnesota. The remaining two years of that seat a...
Young people from around Montana are attending Montana State University-Northern for the week, learning the essentials of diesel technology and welding. The educational summer camp, under the GEAR UP program, is designed to let students know what opportunities exist in these fields, said Andrew Johnson, who teaches welding at Northern. The students will take classes and live in dorms through the week, he said. The program is aimed at letting young people try out diesel...
