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Tadios pleads not guilty in Great Falls court to four felony counts by Tim Leeds The federal government has indicted another Chippewa Cree Tribe official from Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation on allegations of theft. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Montana announced in a press release this morning that Fawn Hahn Tadios, 41, pleaded not guilty in federal District Court in Great Falls to four felony charges. She is released on special conditions. Look for a full story on the charges in Wednesday’s Havre Daily...
At a relatively low-attended forum Friday, the chancellor of Montana State University-Northern presented his decisions on a lengthy process used to review and evaluate programs at the university. Chancellor Jim Limbaugh, talking to about 40 or 50 people in Hensler Auditorium in the university’s Applied Technology Center, said his decisions are based on the “glorious” past of Northern, but are intended to transform and improve the university. “This is part of an overarc...
DEER LODGE (AP) — Montana State Prison inmate Barry Beach says he will continue to fight to prove his innocence in the 1979 killing of Kim Nees of Poplar, but he'll have to carry on those efforts from behind bars. Beach was released from prison in December 2011 after a state judge ordered a new trial in his case. Last month, the Montana Supreme Court overturned that decision and Beach was returned to prison to serve his 100-year sentence without the possibility of parole. Beach, 51, has asked the Supreme Court to r...
The Havre Havre Daily News’ advertising department and the news department each took home a first-place award in the Better Newspaper Contest this weekend at the annual Montana Newspaper Association contest in Missoula. Page designer Caleb Hutchins won first place in the headline category in the division for small daily newspapers and large weeklies. He won the award for a for a series of headlines. “Best headlines across all subdivisions of this contest. Congratulations!!!,” wrote a judge from the North Dakota Newsp...
The men’s basketball program at Montana State University-Northern hosted their annual Team Shooting Camp on the campus of MSU-Northern Thursday-Saturday. The camp consisted of individual and team instruction by Lights staff and players, as well as competition in 5-on-5 settings. In the 5-on-5 Situational Tournament, the Havre I squad won the 3-point Tournament (First team to 3 wins). The Out-Under Tournament went to the Havre II team. In the Side-Out Tourney, North Star won t...
Every so often, even a young baseball team puts together a great outing on the diamond, earning a win and showing just what kind of potential they have, and how dangerous they can be. That was the case Saturday at Legion Field in Havre, when the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball club earned a home split with the district rival Fort Macleod Royals. In the first game of the evening, the North Stars defeated the Royals 12-1 in five innings. But in the nightcap, the...
As far as golf courses go, Prairie Farms Golf Course, located just east of Havre, is a baby. The course opened for play back in 2007 — not too long ago for courses. However, the course, is built on land on which residence dates back to the days before Montana was even a state, land that has been in the Baltrusch family for generations. And it’s that land which makes Prairie Farms a beautiful and unique setting for a golf. Prairie Farms, owned and operated by brothers Greg and...
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 in March. ——— Jessica L. Matonich, born in 1987, was fined $200, ordered to pay $20 restitution and given a deferred imposition of sentence for isuing a bad check. ——— Carol Gean Duran, born in 1988, was fined $100, ordered to pay $363.78 restitution and sentenced to 180 days in jai...
My household has received some amazing calls in the last few weeks offering help with problems I am told have infiltrated my computer’s Microsoft Windows operating system. These salespeople, claiming to be Microsoft-certified technicians, have lied to me, insulted me and threatened me in an attempt to persuade me to let them access my computer remotely to remove problems. They are, of course, scammers. Imagine my surprise when the salesman 1) asked me if my last name was “Obama” because I said I can get help from the Micro...
The arrival of summer means a variety of activities and one that has become increasingly popular and anticipated is the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce's summer music series Sounds on the Square at Town Square. Last summer marked a change in Sounds on the Square music format by featuring a variety of local bands. That successful format will continue starting June 19 with the kick off to summer evening of music with Blind Luck. This year’s roster of local bands performing at Sounds on the Square include: • Stone Buddah Blu...
John "Jack" Hanson, 85, of Stevensville, passed away peacefully at his home in Stevensville from complications due to prostate cancer. He was born in Havre to Sylvia and Jack Hanson on Nov. 4, 1927. Upon graduation from Havre High School in 1945, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. After receiving his honorable discharge, he attended Northern Montana College for two years then went on to earn a BS-BA degree at Denver University. On July 21, 1951, Jack was married to Marjorie...
William Leroy Mathers, 89, died Saturday, June 15, in Fargo, N.D., surrounded by his daughters. Bill was born Sept. 29, 1923, in Mobeetie, Tesxas, to Violet Rees Mathers and George Benjamin Mathers. He was raised in Canadian, Texas, where he graduated from Canadian High School in 1940. He graduated from the New Mexico Military Institute in 1942 and attended the University Of Texas School Of Law. In January 1943, he entered the U.S. Army. He served as a ball turret gunner on a...
