News you can use
Sorted by date Results 1 - 14 of 14
Quite a few congratulations to get to in this column. First, a big congrats to my buddy Chad Spangler. It was only last week I learned he recorded a hole-in-one back on May 12. Spangler aced the par-3 13th hole at Prairie Farms Golf Course with a six-iron. Great job Chad. Congrats also goes out to the winning team at last weekend’s Natalie Patrick Foundation Tournament at Prairie Farms. Erickson Insurance, which included Mike Erickson, Justine Beaudry, Greg Mosness and Scott M...
Editor’s note: This version corrects the spelling of Elise Lowrance. Former Havre City Judge Virginia Seigel and her granddaughter, Elise Lowrance, 6, died Thursday when the plane Seigel was flying en route to a Father's Day event in California crashed in the Deseret Peak Wilderness in Utah. Alexandra Seigel, daughter of Virginia Seigel and mother of Elise, said she found out for certain Sunday. "It's been really hard," she said. "I'm trying to keep going for the rest of my k...
Plans for a powwow and associated events at this year’s Great Northern Fair are beginning to crystalize after a meeting between Great Northern Fairgrounds Manager Frank English and representatives from the Chippewa Cree Tribe and Northern Winz Hotel and Casino, the primary host of the events. After meeting at the fairgrounds and seeing the space they had to work with Loni Taylor of the Chippewa Cree Business Committee said the Thursday of fair week would likely host either a comedy act or a teepee demonstration, but plans s...
Thanks to the good will of the community through donations large and small, Havre's First Lutheran Church refurbished its stained glass windows for the first time since 1950. "They haven't been replaced, they've just been refurbished and this protective coating added. Because of age and the settling of the building over time, they were in danger of, I think, panels falling out, something about the frame, just weathering and becoming weaker," Pastor Megan Hoewisch said. "We...
Bertha "Linda" Bosworth passed away January 30th, 2021, from COVID-19 and respiratory distress in Bismark, N.D. A small funeral service will be held at the Highland Cemetery at the burial only on Friday, June 25th, in Havre, MT, at 3 p.m. A fellowship luncheon will follow at the Oxford Bar. Linda was born July 27, 1957, in Havre, MT, to Lillian Busch and Phillip Johnson. Linda grew up in Havre, MT. She became a truck driver in 1993 and retired truck driving in 2019, when she...
Shirley May (Mangold) Kline passed away on May 7th, 2021. A celebration of her life will be held in Rudyard at K-Line's Family Bowling Center on Sunday, June 27th, 2021, 2 p.m., with a short program, provided barbecue and potluck desserts....
Myrtle Schubert, 89, passed away Friday, June 18, Funeral services are pending. A full obituary will follow....
Havre Police Department A caller at a Second Street business reported Monday at 10:04 a.m. a possible theft from an employee -- An arrest was made after a Monday 11:46 a.m. caller on First Street Northeast reported a man was trespassing and they wanted him removed. No details on the charges were provided. -- An arrest was made during a vehicle stop on 12th Avenue Monday at 5:39 p.m., but no details on the charges were provided. Hill County Sheriff's Office Deputies...
By Carla Jenewein Chinook Red Cross blood drive coordinator Appointments for the July 20 blood drive in Chinook are highly encouraged by the Red Cross. However, the Red Cross does realize that an appointment is not always possible. Due to the difficulty at the past two drives to accommodate walk-ins, there has been communication between myself and the Senior Donor Recruitment Rep at American Red Cross in Great Falls. He has informed me that they have added staff to our blood drive scheduled here in Chinook July 20 so that...
Press release Northwest Farm Credit Services announced it has awarded Turner Public School a $5,000 Rural Community Grant. “These funds will be used to help purchase the necessary tools, equipment and curriculum to restart our vocational-agriculture and FFA programs. We expect increased school engagement by our students who especially benefit from a hands-on learning approach,” Turner Public School Superintendent Tony Warren said. “Our school staff, students and the community are excited to have vocationa...
The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Part-time seasonal deputy park warden position Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Carpet contract Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Courthouse broadband: Multi-purpose cart — audio-visual....
The Montana State University-Northern rodeo team finally finished its season with the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming this past weekend. The best riders in the country participated in the rodeo and MSU-N qualified two riders for the event. Senior Kassidy Williamson finished up her Northern career by placing 52nd in the goat tying competition. Her best round was her second go where she recorded a score of 10.4. She automatically qualified for the CNFR because...
Christian Oberquell, the Montana State University-Northern director of athletics, was selected to serve on the NAIA's National Administrative Council's Executive Committee. He will also chair the Administrative Council's Experience and Enhancement Committee. "I am very humbled and excited to be a part of the NAIA's Administrative Council's Executive Committee," Oberquell said. "This is a great honor to sit on this committee and I'm ready to get going." As a member of the...