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“Today” is scheduled to broadcast its episode that will feature the Havre Historic Post Office Tuesday. Film crews arrived in Havre to film Drs. Erica Farmer and Marc Whitacre’s story of how they took the dilapidated building on the 300 Block of 3rd Avenue and revitalized it to its present state. Longtime NBC broadcaster Bob Dotson became interested in the story after a Missoulian article featured the couple’s story. “This story fit perfectly in the kind of thing I do,” Dotson said in June during his work in Havre. Dots...
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Hill, Blaine and Chouteau counties for tonight and Tuesday. Rains that have struck the area may mean that small creeks and streams may flood, the weather service said. The heavy rains that are forecast for the area may be too much for the soil to absorb, the weather services said....
It seemed like everything was in place for the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team to advance from the Northern A district tournament to the Montana State A tournament. After all, the North Stars were the top-seeded team in the tournament and even had a first-round bye. But, as they say, that’s why they play the games. After being off Thursday thanks to a first-place finish in the Northern A regular season standings, Havre took on the Vauxhall Spurs, a team that h...
Duane Schlotfeldt, 81, passed away at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls of natural causes. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Duane’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at www.hollandbonine.com....
Bob Mitschke, a 36-year employee of NorthWestern Energy, was killed in an accident last week. He was replacing a damaged transmission structure near Helena Thursday night when the accident happened. He died Friday. Utility workers, just like firefighters and police officers, are the heroes who help restore order when it is lost. Those of us on the Hi-Line are more aware than most of the value of electrical power. Because of various malfunctions we have been plunged into darkness for hours several times in recent years. We...
About 40 people wearing purple Cancer Survivor T-Shirts gathered behind a banner at the Havre High School track Saturday for the annual Relay for Life ceremonies. Music played as survivors slowly walked around the quarter-mile path and crowds cheered them on. The announcer read off the names. Some, feeling the effects of cancer or old age, fell behind. When they finished the course, they got even louder applause. Then they gathered for a butterfly release. As a sign of hope,...
Parents, children and members of the community gathered at Pepin Park Saturday to take part in the sixth annual Kellen Lund Memorial Bike Ride to promote driver awareness and bicycle safety. The event is named after Kellen Lund, a local 9-year-old boy who died in July 2009 when he was struck by a tractor-trailer while walking his bicycle across the viaduct on 1st Street and 7th Avenue. Each year Kellen's mother, Jeri Zorn-Erickson, organizes it. "It gets bigger and bigger...
Havre City Council’s Police and Fire Committee has passed on an opportunity to intervene in a grievance procedure filed by Local 601 International Association of Fire Fighters. At question was a written reprimand against firefighter D.J. Olsen who department officials said was insubordinate. Last Monday, the Police and Fire Committee met separately with union officials and Olsen and then with Chief Tim Hedges and Assistant Chief Norm Paulsen. The issue concerns a Life Pack 15 that Paulsen, then acting chief because Hedges w...
“First do no harm” — that is the physician’s creed. It is their guiding principle that means whatever the advice or procedure, the patient’s well-being is their primary consideration. Shouldn’t that same guiding principle apply to your financial professional? Shouldn’t your financial well-being be their primary consideration? Shouldn’t they have a “fiduciary duty” to you and your family? After all you’re entrusting them with your hard-earned dollars. "Fiduciary duty" may not be a familiar term to many Montanans — but it sh...
Editor: Bullhook Bombshells Havre Roller Derby League would like to let the community know what has been in the works and what we have already accomplished. We were founded in November 2014, and a wild idea fueled by our ambition has become a local sport that has not only found a home, but community support followed by a steady increase in participants. We would like to graciously thank our official sponsor, the Havre Eagles Club 166 for its generous donation of $225 for gear. We were able to suit up a couple more girls and g...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 10:10 a.m. Friday complaint at the police station about juvenile status offenses. —— Officers investigated an 11:19 a.m. Friday call from Assiniboine Avenue about a found bicycle in the calling party’s yard. —— Erica Ann Dion, 33, of Havre was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and criminal contempt after officers responded to a 1:47 p.m. Friday call from 6th Street about a disturbance. —— Officers investigated a 12:08 a.m. Saturday call from 8th Avenue about the cal...
Ernest D. Friede, 85, finally joined the love of his life, Marie (Saddler) Friede, on Thursday, July 23, 2015, at his residence of natural causes. Wake services began at 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2015, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Rocky Boy. Rosary service took place at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 24, 2015, and his funeral Mass was 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 25, 2015, all at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Pete Guthneck officiating. Burial will follow in Kuper Memorial C...
For the last three summers, the breakdown of the top returning quarterbacks in the Frontier Conference always started with Southern Oregon’s Austin Dodge. As a four-year starter for the Raiders, Dodge shattered most of the NAIA and Frontier Conference passing records, and in his senior season, led the Raiders to the 2014 NAIA national championship. Now however, the Raiders and head coach Craig Howard, will have to find out what life is like without the Frontier’s most pro...
