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Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 7:29 a.m. Wednesday call from 1st Avenue about the calling party’s windshield being busted. ——— Officers investigated a 12:13 p.m. Wednesday call from 4th Street about the calling party receiving a tax return from a different state and suspecting someone used her husband’s Social Security Number. ——— Officers investigated a 12:26 p.m. Wednesday call from 8th Avenue about the calling party’s boyfriend pushing her onto a couch, then kicking her out of an apartment and not...
My friend David died last year. Ah, I miss him. But now and then I channel David. His wife, Vidya, insists David channeled P.T. Barnum. David was an idea man. He was always coming up with a good idea to do this or do that. When we worked in theater, I used to tell him, “Write up your idea and tell us how you intend to carry it out.” That suggestion killed a lot of ideas. But when a super-great one showed up, we instituted it right away. David used to say, “I just throws ’em o...
Delores "Mickey" Johnson, 78, passed away on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 12, 2014, in Highland Cemetery, with Pastor Michael O'Hearn officiating. The family has requested that memorials be made in Mickey's name to the American Diabetes Association, First Lutheran Church, or to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home...
Liam Swanson, 12, of Great Falls smiles at his opponent Wednesday afternoon during drills at Bear Paw Wrestling Camp in Beaver Creek Park at Camp Kiwanis Beaver Lodge. More than 100 wrestlers from across Montana participated in the camp this year, put on by Scott Filius, Havre High School's head wrestling coach. See more in the Sports section of tomorrow's Havre Daily News....
The Montana governor’s project to build a blueprint for job creation and economic development returned to north-central Montana Indian country this week. Lt. Gov. Angela McLean held a Main Street Montana discussion Wednesday at Aaniiih Nakoda College at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, and was scheduled to meet Chippewa Cree Tribe leaders at 11 this morning at Stone Child College on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. The purpose of the meetings was to discuss priorities in economic development in the relationship between the...
Benton Gould, 83, passed away June 23, 2014, at his home in Chinook. At his request, cremation has taken place, and there will be no public services. Arrangements were made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Benton was raised and educated in Havre, Montana. He served in the U.S. Army and returned to Havre after the service. Benton had served the Havre Fire Department for numerous years and served 24 years with the U.S. Customs Service as a U.S. Customs Inspector, from which he retired in 1991. He was a long-time member of...
Montana’s sole U.S. representative joined colleagues from the Dakotas Wednesday in shifting money to regional rural water projects including in north-central Montana. A press release from Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said the congressman joined Reps. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., in sponsoring an amendment to shift $6 million from solar energy programs and another $6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s administrative budget, putting $10 million to water projects and $2 million to deficit reduction. Th...
The Hill County Park Board heard at its monthly meeting this week about a multitude of activity at or planned on Beaver Creek Park, including updates on improvements to camp sites. The board approved a request from Railroad Pagers to move forward with adding electricity to the group’s campground on the park, with retired pager Jack Brady saying the group also would like eventually to pave a path to the bridge at the site to improve access, especially for people with disabilities. Brady said the Pagers would pay for the w...
The Havre North Stars were desperately in need of a breakout performance, and a victory. Havre had lost six straight Northern District games heading into their last homestand of the season. And Wednesday afternoon, under the hot sun at Legion Field, the North Stars got that breakout win. In an American Legion Northern District doubleheader against the Vauxhall Spurs, Havre scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, then held off a Vauxhall rally to earn a 7-6...
College basketball season is still a ways away. But Montana State University-Northern head coach Shawn Huse has inked another standout to help build his 2014-15 Lights’ squad. Huse recently announced the signing of Trevail Lee, a 5-8 point guard from Memphis, Tennessee. Lee comes to Northern from Mid-South Community College and will major in health promotions at MSU-Northern. “On the court, Trevail is a very crafty point guard who can lead a team,” Huse said. “His knack f...