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Havre Police Department A Fourth Avenue caller reported Friday at 10:12 p.m. someone had slashed a tire on her car. -- Jasmin Shay Demontiney of Great Falls, 22, was arrested on charges of shoplifting, driving with a suspended or revoked license and driving without vehicle insurance after an 11th Street West business caller reported Friday at 12:59 p.m. someone had stolen beer. -- A caller at a Second Street business reported at 1:20 p.m. Friday a man would not leave. -- An ar...
If you heard a lot of yelling, clapping and cheering coming from the Montana State University-Northern campus Sunday evening, then, you heard the sound of a new era beginning. That new era is the start of the Andrew Rolin era as the Northern football team took to the practice field for the first time in 2018. The nearly 3-hour practice was the first of fall camp ahead of Northern's Aug. 25 season-opener against Mayville State at Blue Pony Stadium. And from the beginning, the...
A Freon container exploded at Gary & Leo’s Fresh Foods Saturday evening, releasing Freon gas into the store, Assistant Havre Fire Chief Kelly Jones said, leading to the evacuation of the store. The fire department sent one ambulance to the store. “One of the employees who was back there was taken, for precautions, up to the hospital,” Jones said. “They aired out the building and then let everyone back in.” The evacuation process took about a half an hour, from 5:29 p.m. to 6:05 p.m., he added. The leak came from a failed self...
Water mains on Washington and Grant avenues broke repeatedly this weekend, despite repairs, although at press time Monday both water mains were repaired and working. “We’re hoping it holds right now,” Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said this morning. “They put in close to 100 feet of pipes into the breaks they had on Washington and Grant on the 1200 Block. They finished about 5 p.m. last night on the one on Washington.” “But they’re just fixes, it’s not replacement,” Peterson said. “The system needs to start repl...
Republican Montana Auditor Matt Rosendale spoke to a crowd of more than 35 people at Stricks Ag office in Chester Saturday about his campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. "We need your help, we need your prayers, because it is a tough battle out there, and if you are inclined, we need your contributions," Rosendale said. Others in attendance included Montana Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester, who will be facing Democratic challenger Paul Tuss of Havre in his bid to keep t...
Thousands attended Rocky Boy's 54th Annual Celebration powwow with more than 800 registered dancers participating in the event. Dancers and visitors from all over the United States as well as from Canada attended the powwow, which had many events and competitions for people to participate in. One of the masters of ceremony was Dale Old Horn from Montana's Crow Agency, who has been a public speaker since 1969 and has attended the Rocky Boy powwow off and on since the its beginn...
Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation saw more than 500 participants in the 27th Annual Sobriety Walk Friday morning, said Tara Top Sky, one of the volunteers at the finish line. She said that during the sign-in they ran out of the 500 bracelets that they had prepared for the walk and that there were many people who still wanted to register for the walk. Top Sky added that this was the largest crowd that they have seen in the past couple of years. The sobriety walk started back in 19...
Patrick Welty of Big Sandy, 84, passed away on August 2, 2018. Services are pending. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Patrick’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.com/....
Havre Daily News Staff Carolyn Shulund got a double surprise gift last week, even though she said it wasn't her birthday. Her son Dale, his wife, Marlene, and their daughter Nicki and her boyfriend, Phil Yoeman, brought more than a pizza to her house - they also brought a collage that included a poem written by Dale and a custom-made fur coat crafted from beaver Dale trapped on a ranch in the Bear Paw Mountains. "Near as I can figure it took about eight months to get it,"...
Press release People are invited to join the Little Shell Chippewa Powwow set for Aug. 25 at the historic First Peoples Buffalo Jump near Ulm. Grand entry will be at 1 p.m. The free event is a traditional Native American powwow featuring drumming, dancing and traditional dress, crafts, children activities, displays, exhibits and food. For more information, call 406-564-2807....
Havre Community Pool has announced it will be closed Saturday, Aug. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. for a special rental. It will be open from 3 to 5 p.m. that day for a “Family Float” swim with inflatable toys in the pool. The pool will close Friday, Aug. 24, for annual fall maintenance. It will reopen in October, with the exact date to be announced later. For more information, call 265-5781....
Four siblings have organized fundraisers this week for their mother, Shannon Larsen of Havre, including a Pizza Hut benefit Thursday and a benefit dinner at the Eagles Saturday. In Dec. 2017, Larsen suffered a stroke and two large brain aneurysms and was Mercy Flown to the Intensive Care Unit in Great Falls, the flyer says. It adds that she underwent surgery in Seattle and will return in September for a second. "This is the beginning of a very long journey," the flyer reads....
You can have all of the spread offenses you want, but in the Frontier Conference, if you can't run the football, you're probably not going to win the Frontier championship. Even Southern Oregon, which has been one of the most prolific passing programs in modern NAIA football history, has had a 1,000-yard rusher in each of the last four seasons. Yes, that's just the way it is in the Frontier - you better be able to run the ball. New Montana State University-Northern head coach...
