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HELENA (AP) — Three leaders of an online lending company owned by Montana's Chippewa Cree Tribe are claiming tribal immunity in asking a Vermont judge to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges they are predatory lenders who are breaking federal and state laws. Plain Green CEO Joel Rosette and board members Ted Whitford and Tim McInerney said in their request filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Vermont that the judge should order the case to arbitration if he decides not to dismiss it outright. Plain Green is one of a growing n...
Hill County officials say they will work on improving the ways residents are warned about impending weather disasters in light of some problems that surfaced during last weekend’s storms. County officials spoke at a community meeting held by National Weather Service at Havre City Hall Tuesday night. Weather Service officials went through a minute-by-minute account of what happened Saturday night and explained their belief that the extensive damage sustained along the Hi-Line was caused by hail and straight winds that r...
Graveside services will be held for Betty Lou Beatty Boadle on Saturday, July 18, at 1 pm at the Highland Cemetery in Havre, Montana...
Wednesday, July 15 5 p.m. — Junior Rodeo in the arena 6 p.m. — 4-H Exhibit Buildings close 9:30 p.m. — BBB concessions close Midnight — Carnival closes All Day — Penelope the Clown walk around All Day — Exotic Animals Display 3 Shows Daily, T.B.D. — Paul Isaak, the Funny Juggler performs Thursday, July 16 7 a.m. — Market animal weigh scale open 11 a.m. — Market animal weigh scale closes 11 a.m. — Chuckwagon open Noon — 4-H Fair superintendents meeting Food Booths and Commercial Exhibits open Open class and school exhibits ope...
Hill County 4-H will be raffling off a sculpture by a local artist at this week's Great Northern Fair, part of an ongoing effort by the group to raise money for a new Chuckwagon. Willard Vaughn, a wheat farmer who lives about 24 miles northwest of Havre, made the 10 1/2 foot replica of wheat stalks from mild steel. "I thought about making a wheat plant for about the past three years but didn't know what to make the kernels out of," said Vaughn. Then one night, he thought of...
Vander Swensen, 15, a Boy Scout of America looking for his Eagle Scout status, is going to replace the mock train at Rotary Park in order to give back to the community. Every Eagle Scout candidate embarks on a projects to receive that top rank, and they have to be projects where the youth works with others to improve a community. Swensen chose the train. "What we're doing is, there's a wooden train there for kids to play on and it's all beat up - there's broken boards...
Interview Day winners from the Great Northern Fair 4-H: Beef Level 1 Grand — Michael (Mick) Chagnon Reserve — Paij Peterson Level 2 Grand — Cole Schlotfeldt Reserve — Payton Peterson Level 3 Grand —Sarah Malone Cat Level 2 Reserve — Laine Shettel Level 3 Grand — Jasmine Powell Reserve — Jasmine Powell Dog Level 1: Educational Display Grand — Kadyn Nash Horse Junior Educational Display Grand — Madison Motichka Senior Educational Display Grand — Travis Mackmer Pocket Pets Level 1 Reserve — Natalie Verploegen Rabbit Level...
Havre Police Department An officer arrested Monte Dean Fox Sr., 54, of Hays on a Justice or City court warrant at 7:32 a.m. Tuesday at a 2nd Street location. A caller from 6th Street reported at 7:57 a.m. Tuesday that his vehicle was vandalized. A caller from 4th Street reported at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday that someone had damaged a mirror on her vehicle. A caller from 6th Avenue reported at 8:51 a.m. Tuesday that someone had damaged her Officers investigated a call at 10:59 a.m. from 1st Street reporting a non-injury vehicle...
Havre City-County Airport Board will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday at the airport terminal. The agenda: 1. Approval of June 18 minutes. 2. Correspondence. A) Montana Aeronautics B) KLJ Fencing and Wildlife Assessment Project closing documents 3. Reports: A) Manager B) Inspection C) Finance 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business A) Fencing project B) Big hangar 6. New business A) FY 2016 budget. B) Anderson Zurmuehlen audit engagement letter C) Montana Aeronautics loan/grant 7. Approval of July claims....
The Havre-Hilll County Library Board will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday at the library. The agenda is: Minutes Signing of the budget Library director’s report • Elizabeth Pilar Old business Budget Hometown Humanities: program ideas? New business MLA renewal (form attached) Fundraising Policy review Review pages 16-20 Correspondence Public comment Adjournment Schedule: • Thursday, Aug. 20, at 3 p.m., next regular board meeting • Saturday, July 18, at 1 p.m., author visit from B.J. Daniels • Saturday, July 25, at 3 p.m:, Lewis & C...
by Montana FSA Montana Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Bruce Nelson announced today that seven Montana counties have been authorized for emergency haying and grazing use of Conservation Reserve Program acres due to drought. The following counties approved this week for emergency CRP grazing and haying: Glacier, Lake, Lewis & Clark, Liberty, Pondera, Teton and Toole. The CRP emergency haying and grazing authorization for 2015 is effective July 16. Haying must be completed by Aug. 31, 2015 and grazing livestock...
By MSU Extension BOZEMAN — Farmers in Montana finished selecting Agriculture Act of 2014 safety net options in April. Now the Farm Service Agency has provided a summary of landowner and operator farm bill decisions on Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc. Of the 21 covered commodities listed in the Agriculture Act of 2014, or Farm Bill, 16 have base acreage in Montana. Base acreage is a measure of acres planted historically to a certain crop and is part of FSA records. F...
Before the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team sets it sights on getting to the 2015 Montana Class A state baseball tournament, it must first take care of business in the Northern A district. And taking care of business in the district means defeating the Vauxhall Spurs. The North Stars, who will pay a visit to Vauxhall Friday to close out the regular season, are in the midst of a three-team battle for first place that includes not only Vauxhall, but Lethbridge as...
It’s tournament time for Havre’s All-Star baseball team, and the Havre 15U All-Star team is heading to the biggest tournament of the summer. Starting Thursday night in Conrad, Havre will take part in the 2015 15U Babe Ruth State Tournament. Havre will play four pool play games before playing in a double-elimination bracket Sunday. The state tournament starts for Havre with a game against Kalispell at 6 p.m. Thursday. Havre’s second game will take place at 6 p.m. Friday in He...
There’s no question, Havre is a sports kind of town. A town where, football, basketball, wrestling and baseball seem to be big attractions. But once every summer, sports in Havre shift gears. And the gear shift starts tonight as a week’s worth of sports action gets underway at the Great Northern Fair. First, it’s three straight nights of rodeo in the Great Northern Fairgrounds Arena, starting with tonight’s Havre Junior Rodeo. The junior rodeo always kicks off the fair, and wi...
