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Anthony "Tony" Michael Brandon, 42, passed away Thursday, July 20, 2017, at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls. Cremation will take place and services will be held at Fifth Avenue Christian Church Thursday, July 27, 2017, at 2 p.m. Tony was born in Havre April 29, 1975, to Michael and Shelley (Nelson) Brandon. Tony grew up in Havre and was a graduate of Havre High School. Tony had many accomplishments in sports and was a three-time state wrestling champion. Tony also...
Havre Daily News Staff In the midst of holding KidsMAT children acting camps, the interns putting on the Montana Actors' Theatre summer productions are bringing a story about a county spelling bee from Broadway to Havre. One of the directing interns, Vinnessa Lundstrom, praised both the show, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," and the cast and crew. "This is an amazing show that this cast has worked so hard on," she said. "Not only is it really funny, but it can...
Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said in a telephone press conference Tuesday that he looks forward to the senate debate on possible legislation to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, a debate he voted to start hours earlier. The vote Tuesday on a motion to proceed allowed debate to begin on amendments that would compose a Republican alternative to President Barack Obama's signature health care law. Despite...
Stu and Carolyn McIntosh will have more homegrown sweet corn by next month than they will know what to do with. They will try, Stu McIntosh said Tuesday during a tour of his Havre property, to find a home for the entire acre of corn. They will donate some to the food bank, they will sell a good chunk of it at Saturday Market, and other markets, and they will eat their share, too, he said. The McIntoshes are retired farmers. They went from being the owners of two Hill County...
Staff and wire The Garfield County Sheriff’s Office has lifted an evacuation order for 50 homes threatened by four fires that have burned 390 square miles of farmland and public land in eastern Montana. Authorities said in a statement that the area north of Montana Highway 200 is open only to local traffic. They are also asking landowners to report any losses of livestock, pasture, hay and fences. The four fires have burned at least 16 homes since lightning ignited them last Wednesday. More than 600 firefighters are b...
Members of the Great Northern Fair board and fairgoers alike gave good reviews for this year’s fair this past weekend, despite some frustrations with Dreamland Amusement which provided this year’s carnival, people at the fair board meeting said Tuesday. Fairboard member Scott Doney, who has been on the board for four years, said he has heard more positive comments about this year’s fair than he had in the past. “I do believe we are headed in a positive direction both for the board, which means a lot to us because it is a lo...
Judy Loendorf or Steve Mulonet, service officers for Montana Veterans Affairs, or both will be at the Rocky Boy Vet Center on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation Friday, Aug. 4, from 10 a.m. to noon to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. Poeple who are interested in applying for benefits, are asked to bring a copy of their discharge paperwork, DD214, with them. If bad weather exists on days of travel, please stay tuned to the local radio stations for updated information regarding the outreach s...
Press release Aaniiih Nakoda College at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation announced it has joined Achieving the Dream, a network of more than 220 colleges in 39 states dedicated to improving student success. “We are very enthused to be a part of Achieving the Dream,” said Aaniiih Nakoda College President Carole Falcon-Chandler. “It is the focus of ANC to capitalize on Achieving the Dream projects that will provide additional support to our students and strengthen ANC’s institutional capacity now and into the future. ANC is...
From Hill County Extension After intense competition during the Great Northern Fair between the Hill County 4-H clubs, the winner of the Herdsmanship Award for the Large Club Herdsmanship Award is Mountain View 4-H Club, and the winner for the Small Club Herdshmanship Award is the Bear Paw Beavers 4-H Club. Mountain View won a Havre Area Chamber of Commerce gift certificate in the amount of $75 and Bear Paw Beavers won a Chamber gift certificate in the amount of $50. The...
Two core values that Montanans share make our state great: a deep respect for private property rights as well as a dedication to public land. Defending both of these values is essential to our way of life. Montana is blessed with 28 million acres of public land that supports hunting, hiking, camping, and countless other outdoor pursuits. However, the majority of Montana’s land is in private ownership. Unlike some Western states that are a majority public land, and Eastern states that are all private, Montana enjoys a mix. T...
I have a response for Greg Jergeson’s Havre Daily News editorial of Tuesday, July 18. Mr. Jergeson’s account of the Highway 2 Association’s mission, “Enhancing Economic Development in the Highway 2 Corridor by Constructing an Adequate Highway, 4 For 2, which is the Prerequisite to Economic Development,” is misleading. Stating it bluntly, in the first place, Greg doesn’t support an adequate highway, which is essential in growing northern Montana’s stagnant economy. Mr. Jergeson is a political appointee by Gov. (Steve) Bullo...
Havre Police Department Jennifer Jean Longknife of Box Elder, 26, was arrested on charges of theft and criminal trespass to property after a First Street business caller reported Tuesday at 11 a.m. that a female took deli items. —— Officers investigated after a Second Street caller reported Tuesday at 2:07 p.m. that their dad was going to hurt them. —— Officers investigated after someone at the police station asked to speak to an officer Tuesday at 4:37 p.m. about trespass and theft. —— Officers investigated after a Sec...
Anthony Michael "Tony" Brandon was born April 29, 1975, in Havre to Michael and Shelley Brandon. Tony loved to hunt, fish, camp, wrestle, drive fast, ride motorcycles, barbecue and have fun. From the time he was little, Tony had a special bond with his sister, Tanya, and his wrestling buddy and partner in crime, little brother J.D. He spent many days and nights beside his hero dad hunting deer and fishing. He spent his school years wrestling in which he won many medals and cha...
Havre's Parker Filius is about to begin his collegiate wrestling career at NCAA Division I Purdue University. Filius had one big junior tournament left before he becomes a full-time Big Ten wrestler. Earlier this month, Filius competed in the 2017 USMC/USAW Junior Freestyle Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota, where he finished third place at 138 pounds. Filius went into the tourney as the No. 2 overall seed and won three straight matches before losing a heartbreaking decision...
Defensive linemen can certainly anchor whether or not a Frontier Conference defensive unit will be dominant or not. And this coming season, around the league, there are certainly some chances for new faces to emerge in the defensive trenches. As a whole, the league graduated six of the eight D-linemen from the 2016 Frontier All-Conference Team. Included in that was one of the best defensive ends to ever play at Montana State University-Northern in four-year starter and...
