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Coaches always stress just how important postseason baseball tournaments are. Records get thrown out the window, and every team has a shot at the title. Just ask the newly crowned Havre Youth Baseball Association Babe Ruth champions — Northern Montana Hospital. Monday night at Legion field in Havre, the Northern Montana Hospital squad completed an outstanding postseason run. After going winless during the regular season, NMH went 3-0 over the weekend, including a 7-4 win o...
National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for the region, including Blaine, Chouteau, Hill and Liberty counties, as showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop along the Rocky Mountain Front this afternoon and move east. The storms are expected to bring large hail, severe winds and heavy rainfall, potentially leading to flash flooding. People are urged to have a plan of action in place and to monitor local forecasts and warnings, and to take immediate action if flash flood warnings occur. Weather...
The participants in the Montana 500 Model T competition stopped at KFC in Havre Monday, part of the first-day run from Fort Benton to Havre to Chester and back. As other customers and spectators came to the parking lot, they all stopped and marveled at the antique Model Ts, some nearly a century old. That’s not unusual, said Mike Cuffe, president of the group that sponsors the prestigious competition. “When you park at an A&W or something, it takes a pretty sad person not to s...
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 News, when further information has become available. Tadios is charged with two count...
BILLINGS — Defense attorneys for one of two men charged in the killing of a Montana high school teacher said Tuesday that their client should be ruled ineligible for the death penalty because he is mentally disabled. Twenty-four-year-old Michael Keith Spell faces charges including deliberate homicide in the January 2012 kidnapping and murder of Sherry Arnold, a popular teacher in the small Bakken oil patch town of Sidney. Spell and Lester Van Waters Jr., both of Colorado have pleaded not guilty to charges they grabbed A...
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. Birth dates were redacted from this month's report by the City Court. The following cases were resolved by Havre City Judge Margaret A. Hencz in March. ——— Verlas Reylnne Chiefstick was fined $250 and sentenced to 10 days in jail, nine days suspended and one credited, for failing to carry proof of vehicle insurance, first offense. ——— Mattiah Jane Hutchins was fined $100...
The golf week started off with more bad weather, but it sure ended on a good note. Saturday, the tournament season at Prairie Farms kicked into high gear with the annual Natalie Patrick Foundation Scramble at Prairie Farms. The tournament, which is a four-person, 18-hole scramble, had a full field of over 96 players and was played under sunny, warm and breezy conditions on a challenging Prairie Farms layout. As usual, a good time was had by all. The Natalie Patrick Foundation...
It may not have ended up being a three-peat for the Hi-Line United U19 soccer team, but they did end the season with another great run at the title. Friday through Sunday, the United were in Great Falls for the Montana State Cup soccer tournament. And after claiming the title the last two seasons, the United finished up with a 1-2 record on the weekend. But the weekend started off with a bang. Friday, the United defeated No. 1 ranked Big Timber team 1-0. But then United suffered a tough 2-0 loss to Laurel Friday, as well as...
Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of both on- and off-the-job injuries, costing employers billions of dollars annually in medical care, legal expenses, property damage and lost productivity. The average crash costs an employer $16,500. When a worker has an on-the-job crash that results in an injury, the cost to their employer is $74,000. Costs can exceed $500,000 when a fatality is involved. Off-the-job crashes are costly to employers as well. No organization can afford to ignore a major problem that has such a...
Havre Police Department Officers serving a warrant Friday at 12:30 p.m. at the police department arrested a 23-year-old Havre woman on a Justice or City court warrant. ——— An officer serving a warrant on 15th Avenue Friday at 1:42 p.m. arrested a 30-year-old Havre man on a Justice or City court warrant. ——— During a motor vehicle stop on 3rd Street at 2:18 p.m Friday, an officer arrested a 29-year-old Rocky Boy woman for driving without a driver's license and on a state District Court warrant. ——— Officers were called to pi...
Flora Marie Vercruyssen Paulsen, 85, passed away at Northern Montana Care Center on Friday, June 14, 2013, of natural causes. At her request, cremation has taken place, and no services will be held. Arrangements are by Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Flora was born Oct. 1, 1927, eldest of four daughters to Gus and Marion (Kearful) Vercruyssen. She attended Ada school, two years at Great Falls Ursuline Academy, and graduated from Havre High School in 1945. During high school...
Dorothy J. Doll, 81, of Havre, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2013. Dorothy was born on November 18, 1931, in Havre, to Oscar and Marie (Bjorgo) Hoiseth. She was raised in Gildford, and she married Adrian Doll in June of 1950. Their union was blessed with two children. Adrian and Dorothy built and operated the Circle Inn Motel for seven years. Later, she worked at First National Bank as a teller for many years. After her retirement, Dorothy remained active, volunteering at the hospital gift shop. She also traveled a lot,...
Mary K. Ehry, 62, passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Private family services will be held at a later date. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Condolences and memories may be left at www. hollandbonine.com....
Janice L. Dorcheus, 80, passed away Monday June 17, 2013 at her home in Havre. Her graveside service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Highland Cemetery with burial to follow. She is survived by her children: Kathleen Olver, Cindy (Ed) Foy and son Gary Walson. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements....
Angela Seiler was born on Nov. 22, 1968, and died on June 15, 2013 at the age of 44 in Peace Hospice in Great Falls, Mont. Her cancer finally won the battle. Angela was a very special person to everyone she met. She lived in Havre, Mont., with her two children Charity and Hope (her cats) and her friend and roommate Lindsey. You never really saw the two of them apart, they were always together. She worked at the AmericInn, where she was a maid and a weekend shift supervisor....
A local state representative, the chair of the House Education Committee, had high praise for Havre’s university taking the initiative in revamping and refocusing its programs. “I want to congratulate the university, all of you guys, on this, because you are so far leading the state, leading all other campuses,” Rep. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, said Friday during a public forum on Montana State University-Northern’s program prioritization and review. The forum was held to discuss...
At the end of every school year, Kirk Miller, the executive director of School Administrators of Montana, hands out awards to distinguished educators who have been cited by their own professional organizations. The teacher of the year, administrator of the year, Indian educator of the year and so forth are honored at the annual banquet. This year, Miller had one award that was special to him. In February, Karla Wohlwend, the director of personnel and special education at...
The city of Havre has renewed its contract with the law firm of Bosch, Kuhr, Dugdale, Martin & Kaze to do the city’s civil legal work, and Tamara Barkus to handle prosecutorial duties. City Councilman Allen “Woody” Woodwick, the chair of council’s Finance Committee, said the council received other proposals for the civil work, but opted to retain the Bosch Kuhr firm because it has performed well for the city. The firm will get $54,000 annually. Because the firm is larger, Woodwick said, the committee felt it would have mo...
