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Articles from the June 20, 2022 edition


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  • Montana again dominates all-star series against Wyoming

    Kason Clark|Updated Jun 20, 2022

    This past weekend, several girls basketball players from the Hi-Line competed in the Montana-Wyoming all-star series. On the Montana girls team, Havre's Sadie Filius, Harlem's Taya Trottier and Box Elder's Kyla Momberg represented the Hi-Line as they helped the Montana girls team once again sweep Wyoming in the series. The weekend started with Montana winning the first game, 69-59, in Sheridan, Wyoming. Early on, Wyoming came to play as it took a 20-16 lead to end the first...

  • Quick pics: Catching the big one in the rain

    Updated Jun 19, 2022

  • Is it enough rain to end the drought?

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 19, 2022

    After months of drought, an atmospheric river finally brought some moisture to this part of Montana - too much in the Bear Paw Mountains, leading to restricted access on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation and again flooding parts of Beaver Creek Park. The area had seen a few years of moisture shortages and drought conditions, with some local ranchers selling off stock by the start of May and looking to see if they needed to sell more and some local crop producers saying their...

  • Blaine County reports COVID-19- related death

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 19, 2022

    As case numbers creep up again in Montana, Blaine County Health Department reported Friday the county’s 34th COVID-19-related death. The release said that from June 7 through Friday, the health department was notified of 16 new cases with 30 recoveries. As of Friday, Blaine County had eight active cases and one active hospitalization with 2,534 cases confirmed since coronavirus 2019 first was discovered in Montana in March 2020. The release asked Blaine County residents to “please be vigilant: COVID is not over. Please was...

  • Student from Zurich wins top prize at NASA Lunabotics Competition in Cape Canaveral

    Updated Jun 19, 2022

    Press release Montana Technological University’s Robotic Mining Club, which includes a student from the Hi-Line, took home the top mining award at the NASA Lunabotics Competition at the Kennedy Space Center recently. The competition saw 38 universities competing for the top honors. Chinook High School 2021 graduate Garrett Pruttis of Zurich, a computer science major at Tech, was on the team. The competition involved designing and building a robot to dig through simulated lunar surface to deposit as much gravel simulant as p...

  • Rosgaard named to Gonzaga University Dean's List

    Updated Jun 19, 2022

    Press release SPOKANE, Wash. —Ashlin Rosgaard of Havre was among the students to earned placement on the Gonzaga University Dean’s List for spring semester 2022. Students must earn a 3.5 to 3.84 grade-point average to be listed....

  • From the Courts - Federal District Court: Chinook man sentenced for meth trafficking on Fort Belknap

    Updated Jun 19, 2022

    From the Office of The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana GREAT FALLS - A Chinook man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was sentenced Thursday to six years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said Friday. Kalled Sam Hassen Jaha, 39, pleaded guilty in March to possession with intent to distribute meth. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. In court...

  • Obituary - Patty Jo Klundt

    Updated Jun 19, 2022

    Patty Jo Klundt, born March 7, 1948, met Jesus June 9, 2022. Truly another “Daughter of the Prairie” has finished her course, following her Mother, Gladys and Grandmas Martha and Matilda — all long-suffering, now at last reunited with her beloved father, Elmer. Patty Jo loved family gatherings, holding our babies, remembering birthdays, reporting news, playing cards and marbles, puzzling, attending wee ones worship and praying for people. She made her bed every day, lining it with her favorite stuffers; George being the last... Full story

  • Obituary - Retha Mae Chandler

    Updated Jun 19, 2022

    Retha Mae Chandler, 82, passed away due to natural causes at her residence on Friday, June 17, 2022. Wake services began at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, June 19, 2022. A rosary was recited at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, June 19, 2022, and her funeral service took place at 10:00 a.m. today, June 20, 2022. All services will be held in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Rocky Boy. Burial will follow her funeral service in the Rocky Boy Cemetery.... Full story

  • Obituary - David Skinner

    Updated Jun 19, 2022

    David Skinner, 71, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Cremation has taken place, and no services are planned at this time.... Full story

  • For the Record, June 20, 2022

    Updated Jun 19, 2022

    Havre Police Department A Havre caller reported a sex offense Thursday at 9:43 a.m. -- A caller on 11th Street West reported a deer stuck in the fence at U.S. Bank Park Thursday at 9:05 p.m. -- After a Thursday 10:29 p.m. caller at a First Street West business reported a beer theft, three juveniles were issued summonses: a 15-year-old on charges of shoplifting, minor in possession and curfew violation, a 16-year-old on charges of MIP and juvenile curfew violations and a...

  • Northstars win Harold Gjerde Memorial Tournament

    Kason Clark|Updated Jun 19, 2022

    With the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club in the thick of their summer schedule, they are looking to find that midseason momentum to carry them through the rest of their season. This past weekend in Lewistown, the Northstars may have found that as they went 3-1 and won the Harold Gjerde Memorial Tournament. "I'm proud of the guys. They played their tails off all weekend long," Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger said about the team's performance. "We are starting...

  • West offense runs strong in win in East-West Shrine Game

    Kason Clark|Updated Jun 19, 2022

    On Saturday night at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls, some of the best high school football players in the state once again gathered to compete in the Montana East-West Shrine Game. While the Hi-Line did not have much talent in the 75th edition of this game, many athletes showed out in the West’s 40-21 victory over the East. The West took control on East’s first snap of the game. On East’s first snap on offense, the ball went through the hands of Billings West quart...