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Editor’s note: This corrects that Montana State University-Northern does not have a campus in Great Falls and clarifies that a $10 million shortfall was in the Montana University System and Northern’s portion of that was $1.2 million. Havre's university is continuing to adjust to budget shortfalls stemming from less-than predicted revenue for the state, but its chancellor said he has high hopes for the future. Montana State University Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel said he...
For the first month of summer, Havre sports days and nights have been filled with a lot of baseball, softball, golf, and youth sports camps. This week however, is going to be different. Wednesday marks the start of the 2018 Great Northern Fair, and with it comes a whole slew of exciting fair sports, highlighted by a whole lot of rodeo action. The Great Northern Arena will be busy all week long, including three straight nights of rodeo. Wednesday night, the annual Havre Junior...
Havre Police Department A Second Street business owner reported Monday at 8:30 a.m. having video footage of a break-in. -- Monday at 9:08 a.m., a caller reported a man stole a pickup truck from a First Street Northeast residence. -- A caller reported at 10 a.m. Monday someone had vandalized a picnic table at US Bank Park. -- A 1995 Chevy pickup truck was reported Monday 10:38 a.m. stolen from a Third Street West residence. -- Two speakers and an amp were reported at 10:59...
Bike the U.S. for MS made a stop in Havre Monday on the long Northern Tier section of the ride, which began May 27 in Bar Harbor, Maine, and will end in Seattle, Aug. 4. The ride is in support of multiple sclerosis, or MS, which is a chronic, often disabling disease that affects the central nervous system, the official website for Bike the US for MS says. Symptoms may be mild and cause numbness in the limbs or they may be severe, to the point where it causes paralysis or...
National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for north-central Montana Wednesday including Blaine, Chouteau, Hill and Liberty counties due to dry, hot, windy conditions. Weather Service reports temperatures are expected to be in the 80s and 90s Wednesday, which, combined with west winds from 15 mph to 25 mph and gusts as high as 35 mph and humidity as low as 10 percent, greatly increases the chance of fires. The weather is expected to create critical fire weather conditions Wednesday from noon to the evening...
Who is responsible for tree-branch and brush disposal was a question raised during Monday’s City Council meeting. The city announced that, due to expenses from a blizzard last October and a harsh winter following, it was enforcing city ordinance that requires tree branches and brush to be cut in 4-foot lengths and bundled or property owners would be charged for its removal. During the public comments section at the end of the meeting, Kim Cripps, who said she lives on Lincoln Avenue, asked the council how it would d...
In a schedule of events for the 2018 Great Northern Fair, the Indian Relay that starts Sunday at 2 p.m. in the fairground arena was left out....
The fair schedule printed in the Great Northern Fair special section in today’s paper listed a Speaker Series event on the wrong day. Emily Mayer’s presentation, “Sedition in Hill County,” will be Saturday at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the historic Faber Schoolhouse on the fairgrounds....
Gene Richard Dobrenz Sr., age 88, went to the great roundup in Heaven on July 11th, 2018. Gene was born June 30th, 1930, in Augusta, Wisconsin, to Esther (Livermore) and Henry Dobrenz. He was the only boy and youngest child. Gene came to Montana alone when he was 15 to work with a relative on the Clack ranch. He traveled back and forth between Montana and Wisconsin before settling in the Hi-Line area for good. He said his parents and then sisters and their husbands followed him out here. He always wanted to be a rancher and...
Julianne LaSmith One of the things that makes Havre and the Hi-Line unique is its sense of community. Whether it's a fundraiser for someone who's ill, a children's activity, or a service group, Hi-Line folks step up. They represent. They volunteer and donate. They serve and assist. Jamie Larson is a very busy woman. She has a son, Antwuan, who is 4 years old. She works full-time at Northern Montana Hospital in the Environmental Services Department. In addition to this, Jamie...
The Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats are a mere 40-plus days from the start of the 2018 FCS football season. But, the Big Sky Conference got a head start Monday with the first day of its annual Big Sky Media Kickoff in Spokane. Monday, the Big Sky Preseason Polls, the Big Sky Preseason All-Conference Team and Offensive and Defensive MVP’s were announced. Montana, which is getting ready to open its season against highly ranked Northern Iowa Sept. 1 and is awaiting t...
Whether it’s the Open Championship at Carnoustie or right here at home, tournament golf will be the order of the day this week. At Beaver Creek Golf Course, the annual MSU-Northern Diesel Technology Scramble will be held Saturday. The tournament is a four-person scramble and has quickly become a big hit on the local tourney circuit. Meanwhile, across the pond the Open Championship is being contested this week at Carnoustie, which, many pros are claiming, will be even t...
