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Andrew Rolin has undertaken a lot of firsts since taking the job as head football coach for Montana State University-Northern, but Tuesday at the Northern practice field, he completed another, as the Lights summer football camp came to a close. In all, Rolin and the Lights hosted a few different camps this week with high school kids participating on Sunday, followed by elementary and middle school players Monday and Tuesday. "It's been great," Rolin said. "We have had a good...
Jerry L. Ward, born in Portland, Oregon, Dec. 4, 1948, to Gerald C. and Margelaine (Olson) Higley, adopted by his stepfather, Burnell Ward, passed away June 9, 2018, in his home in Winthrop, Washington. Jerry graduated from Havre High School in Havre, Montana, in 1967. After high school he served in Vietnam. Upon his return, he married Carolyn McMeans. He attended college in Wenatchee, Washington, graduating with honors and earning a degree in respiratory therapy. He used his...
Havre Police Department Two Lincoln Avenue callers reported Tuesday at 11:40 a.m. that their dogs had been poisoned. -- Christopher Allan Steiner of Havre, 33, was arrested on a federal warrant at the police station Tuesday at 12:20 p.m. -- A summons was issued during a Tuesday 5:41 p.m. vehicle stop on 11th Street West, but no details were provided. -- Wylie James Novak of Havre, 19, was arrested on charges of minor in possession and obstructing a peace officer or other...
A company that has been buying up Montana property including in Hill County without doing anything with some of the property appears to be fixing up a few in Havre. Sunrise Financial Group LLC has started work to renovate a couple of the properties it owns in Havre. That includes the state issuing an electrical permit in January to work on a Sunrise property on the 1200 Block of Washington Avenue in Highland Park and another in April for work on a Sunrise property on the 1300...
During the first school board meeting of the summer, the board heard motions including approving a sports co-op with Box Elder schools, pending state approval, and updated handbooks. Superintendent Andy Carlson and Havre High School Activities Director Dennis Murphy introduced to the board the consideration of the high school entering into a sports co-op with Box Elder for wrestling and softball. Carlson said that Havre High School is now in a co-op with Chinook High School for swimming, and it has proven to be a good program...
The Havre Girls Fastpitch Softball Association is wrapping up its season at the Sixth Avenmue Memorial Field this week and next. Thursday night, the A-League city tournament started earlier this week, and will conclude with the championship game Thursday night at 8:30 p.m. The A-League features teams with players from eighth grade through 12th. Next week, the B-League tournament will be held. The tournament will get underway Tuesday and run through its championship game which...
When Andrew Rolin took over the football program at Montana State University-Northern, he knew that he was going to have his work cut out for him with the 2018 recruiting class. However, as his initial class gets close to 40 players, it appears all of his hard work has paid off. After announcing the majority of the Lights recruiting class back in March, Rolin announced the addition of a dozen more players last month before signing a few more recently. "We still have a couple...
Lawrence "Larry" Lee Kiedrowski, a U.S. Air Force veteran, passed away Jan. 6, 2018, at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, MT, at the age of 71. Larry passed away from natural causes due to heart failure. Arrangements have been entrusted with Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook, MT. Larry will be cremated and buried at the Wing Cemetery in Hogeland, MT, with his parents, Frank and Lorraine Kiedrowski. Larry was born in Havre, MT, July 13, 1946. He is survived by his sons Greg and...
Rita Hagen, 93, passed away peacefully Friday, June 8, 2018, at 5:38 a.m. at Timber Creek Village in Columbia Falls. Services will be held at Buffalo Hills Funeral Home in Kalispell Friday, June 15, 2018, at 10 a.m. with graveside services following at Conrad Memorial Cemetery. Rita Veronica (Kok) Hagen was born March 31, 1925, near Plaza, ND, to Barbara (Thuringer) Kok and Louis Kok. Rita was the fourth born of eight children and grew up on the family farm. She left home at...
Graveside interment services will be held for Brice E. “Swede” Cederberg at 1 p.m. June 16, 2018, at the Turner cemetery. A reception and remembrance of Swede’s life will be held at the Turner Legion Hall immediately following the graveside services....
Charles M. Nissen, 63, passed away at his Havre residence due to natural causes Saturday, June 9, 2018. Cremation has taken place and a funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday June 15, 2018, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Memorials in Charles' name may be made to the Havre Animal Shelter or the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Charles' online memorial page at http://www.hollandbonine.com...
Ronald “Ron” Youso, 61, passed away due to natural causes at his residence Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 23, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Ross’ Reservoir. Meet at the Lower Lake entrance sign in Beaver Creek Park at 2:30 p.m. to be led in. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Ron’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.com....
The Havre Police Department reminded people in a public service announcement that it is illegal to post signs — including yard sale and garage sale signs — on public property including poles, electrical boxes and traffic lights. The announcement cites Havre city ordinance on the topic: “5-1-7: Posting of Bills: ‘No person shall, within the limits of the city, post, paint, or distribute any advertisements upon any private wall, door, gate or fence, or upon any curbstone, flagging, gutterstone, sidewalk, lamppost gateway...
Press release HELENA — With hailstorms picking up throughout the state, the Montana Department of Agriculture is reminding producers to get covered through the State Hail Insurance Program. Montana producers can conveniently access and fill out applications for state hail insurance online by going to http://agr.mt.gov/Topics/Hail-Insurance/. Producers can insure crops against hail damage at the maximum coverage rate of $75 per acre for dryland and $114 per acre for irrigated land. Rates charged are a percentage of the i...
Press release Summer Reading signup starts today from 9 a.m. to close. Kids can pick up their home reading record, sign up for a prize, paint a rock or draw on the walk. This summers theme is Libraries Rock. Treats provided by the Friends of the Library while they last. Story Time will take place as scheduled. Wear a musical T-shirt to earn an extra raffle entry from today until June 19 while turning in minutes. • Thursday, Lego Time, 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Earn a Summer Reading Raffle ticket just for showing up from June 14 to...
Press Release Hill County Electric held its 73rd Annual Meeting of Members Saturday, May 12. Nearly 200 individuals attended the meeting including members, their families and other guests. Subject matter discussed during the business meeting included the cost of transmission and running power lines across a large service area with less than one member per mile. Through on-going maintenance and improved technology, HCE is able to reduce the number of outages that occur as well...
Hello folks who love the outdoors as much as I do. My name is George Ferguson and I am the sports editor here at the Havre Daily News. I am writing this column to tell you all about some changes/additions we are making with our Outdoors page here at the HDN. For many newspapers, and especially those in Montana, sports and outdoors seem to go hand-in-hand. I've always thought so, too. So I am announcing that we are now making our Outdoors section, in essence, an extension of...
For the foreseeable future anyway, winter is finally in Havre and Hi-Line's rearview mirror. But the effects of the record-breaking winter of 2017-18 are still being felt, and all of them are not known yet. That holds especially true for the local wildlife population, especially deer and antelope. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Wildlife Biologist Scott Hemmer of the FWP's Havre office said that this past winter was a rough one for local deer and antelope populations, but...
The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee released its version of the 2018 Farm Bill June 8, presenting an opportunity for the Senate to reaffirm our national commitment to reducing hunger. Montana Food Bank Network applauds Montana’s Sen. Steve Daines and the rest of the Senate Agriculture Committee for developing a bipartisan bill that recognizes the importance and effectiveness of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Unlike the House Farm Bill, which made harsh and indiscriminate cuts to SNAP, the Senate A...
Editor, On Aug. 3, 1949, President Harry S. Truman singed the following into law: “The 14th day of June of each year is hereby designated as ‘Flag Day,’ and the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation calling upon officials of the government to display the flag of the United States on all government buildings on such day and urging the people to observe the day as the anniversary of the adoption on June 14 1777, by the Continental Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the o...
