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Rosemary L. "Roses" Crebs, O-gi-mah-ki-hew-skwe, "Chief Eagle Woman," 32, passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at Northern Montana Hospital. Wake services will begin at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, in Little Sun Field in Rocky Boy, and will continue until her traditional funeral, which will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2015, also in Little Sun Field. Burial will follow in Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements....
Elizabeth "Betty" Mae Springer, 76, who lived in the Kremlin area for 55 years, passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at Northern Montana Care Center. At her request, cremation has taken place. Graveside services for family will take place on Friday, July 24, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Highland Cemetery with Ila McClenahan officiating. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Betty's online memorial page and leave a message of...
A fire fully took a residence's garage and two vehicles parked outside it around 5:30 this morning. Firefighters received a call at 5:33 a.m. from the 600 Block of 2nd Avenue about a fire that had begun in a garage. When the fire was extinguished, the garage was a total loss. Fire Chief Tim Hedges said there was about $30,000 worth of damage to the structure and $20,000 worth of damage to two vehicles parked next to the garage. It took 10 firefighters to battle the blaze, he...
Special to the Havre Daily News The Havre/Hill County Preservation Commission selected Fort Assinniboine and the Northern Agricultural Research Center for its annual historic Christmas ornament this year. NARC celebrated its 100th anniversary July 1. The research center, part of the Montana State University College of Agriculture, was created using part of the land and some of the buildings of Fort Assinniboine, first garrisoned in 1879 and decommissioned in 1911. Part of the...
City says underused parks divert resources Havre voters may get a chance this fall to sell off five city parks that city officials say are under-used. Mayor Tim Solomon said city attorneys are preparing legal papers that would authorize the city to sell the parks. Solomon said the parks department is anxious to sell the parks and concentrate resources on parks that city residents enjoy in large numbers. Once the paperwork is completed, he said, City Council will decide whether to place the matter on the fall election ballot....
Havre police officers will be getting eight new files that will be in their patrol cars. The 14 MR KeyMod 5.56 caliber rifles will replace outdated rifles — some of which date back 30 years. Police Chief Gabe Matosich told Havre City Council Monday night that the city has a variety of rifles in its patrol cars now. In addition to the age of the rifles, he said, problems can develop if the officers have a different rifle every night based on which patrol car they are assigned to. With the purchase of the new firearms, ...
Staff and wire report Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has hailed the news that Triangle Telephone Cooperative will receive a $30 million loan from USDA to upgrade its system to increase speed and service quality in central Montana: “Triangle does a great job providing reliable service to folks in central Montana. Continued investment in broadband will keep Montana small businesses connected to the global economy and ensure that families can more quickly access the information they need.” The loan to Triangle Telephone Coo...
From My Neighbor in Need The website http://www.myneighborinneed.org/havre is a website that provides local citizens a way to ask for help from their community and a way for the community to give back. Current Needs Neighbor in Need — An older lady who is new in town is in need of a used or new coffee table. She is currently using a cardboard box. If you can help please call My Neighbor in Need-Havre at 406-301-3919. The need identification number is: Havre127. Thank you. Neighbor in Need — A community-minded woman seeking em...
Signup for the 3-on-3 Team Redskins Basketball Jamboree is this week until Friday at the end of the business day. The tournament will take place July 31 and Aug. 1 at the Stone Child College parking lot. Entries are limited to eight teams in each division — junior high boys and girls, high school boys and girls, 18-22 men and women, and 45 and older men. Entry fee is $25. For more information, or to enter, call the Chippewa Cree Tribal Resource Department at 395-4225....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 10:14 a.m. Monday call from 1st Avenue about a woman whose bike was stolen. —— Eric Walter Ward Jr., 33, of Vallejo, California, and Michael Jerome Powell II, 31, of Havre were both arrested on state District Court warrants at Hill County Justice Court at 1:48 p.m. Monday. —— Officers investigated an 8:41 p.m. Monday call from a 1st Street business about a man in a running Lincoln who appeared to be sleeping. —— Oscar Dean Gray, 29, of Box Elder was arrested on a charge of d...
A front-page story in Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News mispelled the name of Jason Boggess, regional manager of the Montana Department of Revenue....
Editor’s note: The computer program provided by the Montana state government to print media reports on court actions does not always list all fines assessed. The following cases were resolved in Hill County Justice Court by Judge Audrey Barger in April. Carlton Sven Hogness, born in 1987, was fined $100 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, all days suspended for each of seven counts of issuing a bad check and was ordered to pay $198.76 restitution on the case. In a later case, Hogness was fined $250 and sentenced to 10 days i...
From DPHHS In Montana, arthritis impacts the lives of thousands of adults. Recent statistics show this condition currently impacts 27 percent, or 215,000 Montana adults. Additionally, 31 percent of adults with arthritis report they are not physically active. The Department of Public and Health and Human Services offers programs that help people with arthritis become more active. “People living with arthritis and other chronic conditions need to know that there are resources available to them to help lessen their pain and i...
From DPHHS It’s that time of year again to get outside and enjoy Montana’s beautiful summer. But with that comes some precautions to consider. Montana can get very hot and dry so take measures to keep cool, remain hydrated and stay informed. Getting too hot can cause sickness. According to Department of Public Health and Human Services statistics, from 2010 to 2013, hot weather in the summer months caused 390 emergency department visits due to hyperthermia in Montana. “Heat-related illnesses are preventable and taking steps t...
By Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club This week the Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club is featuring the Eagles Manor Retirement Home as Garden of the Week. Eagles Manor is an independent living apartment that is very much a home to those who live there. As people enter Eagles Manor they are welcomed by a profusion of flowers, purchased, placed and cared for by resident Ed Lipp. Ed has returned to the Havre area after an amazing journey traveling and living in some picturesque places,...
The Havre Youth Baseball season is winding down, and it did so for one of Havre’s all-star teams this past weekend. The Havre Babe Ruth 15U team competed at the Babe Ruth State Tournament this past weekend in Conrad, and the squad went 1-3 and fell short of reaching Sunday’s bracket play. Havre opened the tourney with a 14-0 loss to Kalispell, with Noah Brown’s triple the only hit for the Havre squad. The team then came back to beat Helena 15-2 on the second day. The Havre...
Man, golf can be riveting — at least for golf junkies like myself. Even without Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy as major players, this golf season has certainly been riveting, especially for me. Just a month after I covered the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, I was equally as captivated by last week’s Open Championship, held at the home of golf, St. Andrews. And though I had to settle for being captivated by staying up all night and watching from my couch, it was thr...
On the same day the University of Montana sold out of tickets in record time for college football’s first official game of the 2015 season, Big Sky Conference coaches and players were busy at the Big Sky Kickoff in Park City, Utah. And on the opening day of the three-day media event for the Big Sky Conference, the league announced its 2015 Preseason honors. Five Montana State Bobcats and four Montana Grizzlies were honored with spots on the preseason All-Big Sky Conference f...
