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Havre’s Eagle Riders will be out on the streets today, looking for some help sharing Christmas. The motorcycle club is seeking donations of toys and funds for a Christmas toy drive and for Eagles Aerie 166’s other Christmas activities including its children’s Christmas party Sunday at the Eagles Club. Watch for more in today’s Havre Daily News....
Officials say a fire at the Big Equipment shop - the company's second in two years - will be a complete loss. "The building is going to be a complete loss, some of the contents will be able to be salvaged," Havre Fire Chief Mel Paulson said. Paulson says the cause of the fire is still being investigated, but Big Equipment owner Ron Harmon said that when employees arrived at the shop on County Road 860 Northwest off U.S. Highway 2 at 6 a.m. Monday, the boiler room was on fire....
A front-page article in Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about Saturday’s Shop with a Cop misspelled the name of Kaylynn Hawley....
Montana House of Representatives Minority Leader Casey Schreiner, D-Great Falls, was in Havre Saturday at Viszla Brewing, talking to voters about his gubernatorial campaign. Schreiner said Saturday it was his fourth time campaigning in Havre. "It's going great, it's wonderful to be able to go all around Montana, it's a lot of miles, it's 147,000 square miles around this state," he said. "If you want to be governor, it should be a hard job to get, but it's a lot of windshield...
The Hill County coroner released Monday afternoon the name of a 16-year-old girl who was killed during a hit-and-run crash Thursday. Hill County Sheriff Jamie Ross said Lacey Kaide Arkinson of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, 16, died as a result of injuries sustained in the hit-and-run crash that occurred Thursday night at Buttercup and Laredo roads on Rocky Boy. FBI Public Affairs Specialist Sandra Barker said Monday that the investigation is still on-going. Montana Highway Patrol said a vehicle was southbound on Laredo R...
Havre City Council passed the confirmation of Marc Oberweiser as a patrol officer for the Havre Police Department Monday at the council’s monthly meeting. Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich said Oberweiser will be completing his one-year probationary period Tuesday, Dec. 31, and has met all of the necessary requirements for the position of a full-time police officer. “Marc has been doing an exceptional job and has proven to be a very solid and dedicated officer,” Matosich said. “I believe he will be a great asset and additio...
Rep. Kim Dudik, D-Missoula, Democratic candidate for Montana attorney general, was in Havre Sunday at Vizsla Brewing to talk to local voters. "It's so early in the campaign but people are hungry for change in our nation and they want to see a strong state," she said. Dudik faces Gov. Steve Bullock's chief legal counsel, Ralph Graybill, and Kalispell bankruptcy attorney Jim Cossit in the Democratic primary. Dudik said her campaign has been going well and she feels confident...
Winter might seem to be an unlikely time to think about gardening, but Montana State University Hill County Extension Office is hosting free gardening workshops this winter to help prepare people to care for soils, lawns, flowers, vegetables, trees and fruits in the coming growing season. The first workshop is Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Timmons Room on the bottom floor of the Hill County Courthouse. Hill County Extension Agent Tom Allen, who is teaching the four workshops on...
The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Tax adjustments Resolutions Contracts Letter of support for Bear Paw Development Corp. Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Flex plan changes...
Press release Northern Montana Health Care has announced it presented the C.A.R.E. - Compassionately Achieving Remarkable Excellence - Award to Laura Thornton, RN, a member of the case management team at NMHC. Thornton was nominated by one of her co-workers. Her nominator complimented her on the comprehensiveness of her tasks. "Laura works diligently to make sure patient's discharge needs are met and is willing to go the extra mile to meet the needs of our community," was one...
Press release Artitudes Gallery presents "Curiosity," artwork by Garth Volbright, for the months of December 2019 and January 2020. An artist reception will be held Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. on the upper level of the Atrium at 220 Third Ave. Volbright is a native of Havre and a graduate of Havre High School. He said his love of sculpture began when he created an alligator out of paper mache when he was in the fifth grade. When he returned home from the U.S. Army in 1969, his...
BILLINGS - Betty Jean "B.J." Geda Olson passed away Dec. 11, 2019, at Powers Cottage in Billings, holding her grandson Jordon's hand. Betty Jean was born in Camas, Washington, to Earl and Mabel Clemons, April 26, 1934. She received her BA degree from Central Washington College of Education and her master's degree from Northern Montana College - now Montana State University-Northern - in Havre, and started her dream of "making a difference in the lives of children." She taught...
Virginia Mae Edmonds, 82, passed away at the Timber Creek Village in Havre Sunday, December 8, 2019. Cremation has taken place and a private family service will be held. Memorials may be sent to Marlys Myers at P.O. Box 567, Big Sandy, MT 59520. Funds will go toward crafts at Timber Creek Village or a charity of one's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Virginia's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for...
Havre Police Department Officers were asked Monday at 8:59 a.m. for assistance at Havre Middle School. -- A summons was issued during a vehicle stop on First Street West Monday at 12:30 p.m. No details on charges were provided. -- A dog bite was reported by the hospital Monday at 4:57 p.m. Hill County Sheriff's Office Darrian Rae Healy of Fort Belknap, 22, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants issued at Hill County Detention Center Monday at 1:04 p.m. Havre Fire...
WEDNESDAY College Basketball Skylights vs N. New Mexico In Phoenix, 2 p.m. THURSDAY College Basketball Skylights vs Bethel In Phoenix, 2 p.m. FRIDAY High School Basketball Havre boys at Glendive, 6 p.m. Havre girls at Glendive, 7:30 Turner girls at Ft. Benton Turner boys at Ft. Benton Big Sandy girls at Chinook Big Sandy boys at Chinook Box Elder girls at CJI Box Elder boys at CJI North Star girls at HLP North Star boys at HLP Rocky Boy boys vs GFCC Rocky Boy girls vs GFCC...
Dear Area coaches and athletic directors, As you can see, we received very few box scores from last weekend’s high school basketball games in our coverage area. Obviously, we can find most of your scores, but scores don’t tell us about the games, or the performances of your players, therefore, without that information your teams cannot be highlighted much beyond a score in our weekly Hi-Line Roundup. So, we are asking once again, please take the time to send us you box sco...
There was quite a handful of games across the 9C and Class districts this past Friday and Saturday, with team like Big Sandy, Chinook, Chester-Joplin-Inverness, Fort Benton, Harlem and North Star making some moves early on in the boys basketball season. Friday's games had many highlights. The Big Sandy High boys throttled Dutton-Brady 61-28 in a road-game. The Pioneers defense shattered the Diamondbacks with 40 defensive rebounds, nine steals and nine points off of turnovers....
Every time they meet on the mat, the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Eastern Oregon Mountaineers are going to know each other well. After all, EOU head coach Dustyn Azure is a former Light, who also mentored under veteran Northern head coach Tyson Thivierge. So, with that in mind, it’s no wonder that last Friday’s Cascade Conference dual between the No. 17 Lights and the Mounties went down to the wire, with Northern pulling out a 20-18 win. The dual was wrestled o...
What a start its been for the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team. With the new year almost here, the No. 14 Skylights are unbeaten on the season, and are just off of a perfect start to Frontier Conference play. Yes, life is good inside the Armory Gymnasium right now. And yet, Northern head coach Chris Mouat knows, things just Never get easier, and that includes this week's trip to sunny Phoenix for the Phoenix Frontier Challenge. In Arizona, the...
It was a busy second weekend of high school girls basketball on the Hi-Line. Many area teams opened their new seasons at preseason tournaments across Montana and on the Hi-Line. At the Dutton-Brady Tournament, held Friday and Saturday, the North Star Knights started the season by going 2-0. Friday night, North Star beat the Augusta Elks 55-50 in an exciting game, while the Knights throttled the host Dutton-Brady Diamondbacks 54-10 Saturday. The Big Sandy Pioneers were also in...
Hill County Health Department employees work hard to provide quality public health services to all of Hill County. If we are doing a good job, the effort often goes unnoticed because the majority of work done is preventing issues from occurring in our community. The constant surveillance of communicable diseases, investigations, inspections and prevention of these diseases spreading throughout the community is just one example of what is done on a day to day basis in our...
