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Articles from the June 16, 2022 edition


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  • Work ongoing to repair flooding at Beaver Creek

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 16, 2022

    Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said the park took a pretty hard hit with flooding Wednesday, but he and his crews are out working to get roads and campsites ready for weekend recreation. Edgar said a few small campsites and the Lions B campground were hit very hard, and other sites were flooded as well. He said at least one road is destroyed and others took damage, but the park crews are working on them. He said the culvert to Rotary Pond and the Jaycees...

  • Flooding hits the Bear Paw Mountains again

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 15, 2022

    The past few days' rain overwhelmed the Bear Paw Mountains, leading an agency on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation to close access to some parts of the mountains and leading to flooding on Beaver Creek Park. Comments from Beaver Creek Park staff were not available by printing deadline Wednesday evening. The Chippewa Cree Tribe's Natural Resource Department said in a post on the tribe's official Facebook page that the rainfall had caused a rise in all creeks. Because of that, it...

  • Hopa Mountain seeks applicants for Scholars of Promise, college prep retreat

    Updated Jun 15, 2022

    Press release Hopa Mountain is now accepting applications for their Summer College Prep Retreat that will take place July 17-20 at Montana State University in Bozeman. During this four-day retreat, students will participate in classes to learn about a diverse range of higher education and scholarship opportunities. Students also have the opportunity to live in the MSU dorms, though it is not required if they live in Bozeman or Livingston. The retreat is free-of-charge and meals will be provided for all participants. The...

  • FWP seeks public input on local elk management issues

    Updated Jun 15, 2022

    Press release HELENA — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will be hosting a series of public meetings this summer and fall to gather ideas about local elk management issues and population objectives. Meeting places, times and details are posted on the FWP website, https://fwp.mt.gov, at https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/public-comment-opportunities/elk-plan-scoping . FWP began developing a revised statewide Elk Management Plan in 2020. The first step in the process was to convene a citizen’s group to develop guiding principles for...

  • US Highway 87 final improvements begin June 21

    Updated Jun 15, 2022

    Press release The Montana Department of Transportation and Schellinger Construction will return on Tuesday, June 21, weather permitting, to complete final improvements on the Great Falls North U.S. Highway 87 project, from Dent Bridge Road to Great Bear Avenue. Final construction activities include chip sealing and painting permanent road lines and markings. Drivers should anticipate minor delays and are encouraged to watch for workers, equipment and signage when traveling this stretch of highway. “We thank the community f...

  • Obituary - Neal Alan Clayborn

    Updated Jun 15, 2022

    The world became brighter on December 15, 1955, the day that Neal Alan Clayborn was born. Neal sadly passed on June 11, 2022, after a short battle with lung cancer. To honor Neal's memory, we are holding a celebration of his life June 17, 2022, at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church starting at 11 a.m. The family invites all who attend to share a meal after services. Ashes will be spread at a later date. "I had fun," said Neal Clayborn, a generational farmer of the Bear Paw...

  • Obituary - Conrad Owen Nystrom

    Updated Jun 15, 2022

    Conrad Owen Nystrom, 89, passed away in his home on his ranch south of Havre Thursday, June 9, 2022. His memorial service will be conducted at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at the Havre Seventh Day Adventist Church. Memorial contributions in Conrad's honor may be made to the North American Bluebird Society at http://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/donations-other . At his request, cremation will take place. You may send a card or leave a message of condolence for the family...

  • Obituary - Elijah Blu Eagleman

    Updated Jun 15, 2022

    Elijah Blu Eagleman, 34, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2022, in Los Angeles, CA. Wake services will begin at 5:00 p.m. today, June 16, 2022, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 17, 2022, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the Eagleman Family Cemetery....

  • Obituary - Alois 'Louie' Landinger

    Updated Jun 15, 2022

    Alois “Louie” Landinger, 89, passed away due to natural causes at his residence on Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Arrangements are pending....

  • For the Record, June 16, 2022

    Updated Jun 15, 2022

    Havre Police Department Cheryl Marie Brown of Browning, 47, was arrested on a shoplifting charge after a caller a First Street reported a shoplifter at 9:11 a.m. Tuesday. -- Aimee Lee Montes of Box Elder, 39, was arrested on a shoplifting charge after a caller a First Street reported Tuesday at 11:26 a.m. finding a stolen vehicle from Rocky Boy. -- Trees were reported down and across the road on 11th Street Tuesday at 12:32 p.m. -- Monica Jo Gjesdal of Havre, 27, was issued a...

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Kelton Vielleux, Lights basketball camp

    Kason Clark|Updated Jun 15, 2022

    This week at the Armory Gymnasium, the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has been holding its youth basketball camp. Hoopers from across the area went to the camp looking to improve their game, including Kelton Vielleux who hopes his work at this camp will pay off down the road. "I come to these camps to get better. It just helps me improve my skills," Vielleux said. "I want to get better and hopefully play college ball and get a scholarship." Vielleux...

  • Northstars head to Lewistown for Harold Gjerde Memorial

    Kason Clark|Updated Jun 15, 2022

    With the inclement weather in the state this week, it might not feel like the middle of summer. But for the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club, they are marching through it because they have another midseason tournament with the Harold Gjerde Memorial Tournament this weekend in Lewistown. Some of the best teams in the state will play in the tournament, so Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger believes the Northstars will need to bring their "A" game this weekend....

  • Brock Hanford set to represent the Hi-Line at the Shrine Game

    George Ferguson|Updated Jun 15, 2022

    For football players from the Class of 2022, there’s one last piece of business many of them have to take care of. On Saturday night in Great Falls, athletes from around the Treasure State will play in the annual Montana East-West Shrine Game. The East roster will include a couple of area names again this year, and the head coach is one everybody on the Hi-Line knows well. The East team is being headed by Mark Samson, the former Montana State University-Northern Lights head c...

  • Board holds discussion on proposed county pay scale

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jun 15, 2022

    Hill County officials discussed a proposed change in county employee pay at a meeting of the County Compensation Board Wednesday morning, with county officials expressing a number of concerns about the change proposed by the Hill County Commission. Commissioner Diane McLean said, in an effort to attract more personnel and address complaints regarding the low pay offered at the county, she proposed a new plan that would compress yearly wage increases into a smaller time frame, letting new employees start at higher pay and...

  • Havre school board discusses track resurfacing, program with Boys & Girls Club

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jun 15, 2022

    The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees met Tuesday evening and discussed a number of policy revisions, updates to student handbooks and a project to resurface the middle school’s track. The subject of resurfacing Havre Middle School’s track was one discussed at a planning meeting last month, a project that will cost upwards of $400,000, but one the board seemed to agree was a priority project. HPS superintendent Craig Mueller said he’s come up with a number of different models for how to pay for the project, some of wh...