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GREAT FALLS — Six people who oversaw a Blackfeet program for troubled youth were arraigned Thursday on charges they embezzled from the $9.3 million project and doctored invoices to embellish the tribal contributions needed to keep the federal money flowing. The indictments kept under seal until Thursday include the two former leaders of the Po'Ka Project, director Francis Onstad, 60, and assistant director Delyle "Shanny" Augare, 57. Po'Ka means "child" in the Blackfeet native language Augare is the father of Blackfeet T...
Dr. Nate St. Pierre has been named president of Stone Child College. The Stone Child College Board of Regents has selected St. Pierre to succeed Melody Henry as president starting Sept. 1. According to a press release from the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s website, Henry said the reason she has decided to resign is to focus on her family. “My decision to leave SCC was very difficult and thought out for the past year,” Henry said in the press release. “I need to spend more time with my family and assist with raising my grandchildren....
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is just a little over a week away from opening its season in Great Falls. And just before training camp opened, the Skylights and head coach Bill Huebsch added a bit more size to the an already talented 2013 recruiting class. Huebsch recently announced the signing of 6-2 outside hitter Alexis Nelson, who hails from Saskatchewan, Canada. Nelson received several athletic awards while attending Michael A. Riffel High School, w...
A men’s fastpitch softball team based out of Havre continues to be the cream of the crop in the state of Montana. For the second straight year, and the fourth time in the last five, the Gallery Lounge fastpitch softball team claimed the Montana ASA State Tournament. The state tournament was held last weekend in Missoula, the Gallery Lounge went unbeaten, including an 9-0 shutout win over the Press Box of Missoula in Sunday’s championship game. The Gallery opened the state tour...
Summer is nowhere near over. But area high school athletes will begin counting the days until the new fall sports season officially begins. And those important dates are now just mere days away. First up are the Havre High golfers, who will begin practicing Aug. 15, in preparation for the Havre Golf Tournament which ia Aug. 20 at Prairie Farms Golf Course. The Blue Pony golf teams have a new staff, with Brett Gilman replacing McKinsey Rodriguez as head coach, and former Class...
Havre Police Officer Ryan Pearson hands off $593.27 and some dry goods to Havre Food Bank director Lorna Bjerga Wednesday afternoon. Pearson collected the donations during Tuesday night's National Night Out to pass on to the food bank....
I was at Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods Aug. 2, doing my weekly shopping. I could not find a certain item. There was another lady customer in the same aisle as I. I asked her if she knew where this item was. She said, "It should be here. I'll go look." I said, no need. I was in another aisle, and a few minutes later this wonderful lady came over to me and said she'd found my item, and she was not going to give up until she found it for me. I thanked her many times and never asked her name because I could not believe this special...
I take care of patients whose kidneys do not work. As a result, they rely on a dialysis machine to clean their blood. The treatments they receive three times a week for four hours at a time help them stay healthy. Because of the care they receive, they are able to have careers and enjoy time with family. Now, these lifesaving treatments are being threatened. Recent cuts to Medicare proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would cut reimbursement for dialysis by over 9 percent. Kidney failure patients, like...
I am a reasonably tolerant and lazy gardener. When an unsolicited seed shows up in my backyard, sprouts, shoots, flowers and flourishes, I’m open to letting it stick around. Unless the newcomer is a noxious weed. My work-free gardening philosophy has evolved over time. My Washington home sat perched on the crest of a hill, surrounded by two acres of dips and doodles, ups and downs, populated by trees, berries and shrubs galore. Natural landscaping was a breeze. I could spit a...
Havre Police Department Officers issued a summons 6:20 a.m. Wednesday to a Havre girl after being charged with minor in possession, assault, criminal mischief or vandalism and endangering the welfare of children. ——— A request to speak to an officer was investigated at 9:21 a.m. Wednesday. No further information was provided. ——— At 12:48 p.m. Wednesday, officers investigated a slashed vehicle tire on 1st Street. ——— Officers investigated a call about a found bicycle at 3:27 p.m. Wednesday, reported to have been laying on 5t...
North-central Montana retirees who were afraid they might lose the care they had received for their feet may not need to worry. A Great Falls nurse says she has picked up some of the traveling foot care clinics that were canceled, and Northern Montana Hospital now saying its clinics are being restructured. Rachelle Harp, a registered nurse and owner of Montana Foot Care Nurse, said she was coming to the Hi-Line today and Friday to provide foot care clinics in Harlem and has another scheduled in Chester Aug. 20. Harp said she...
The head of Havre’s university said Wednesday he is reconsidering plans to cancel the programs teaching prospective high school teachers. “We have listened to community leaders and school representatives from across the Hi-Line with regard to Northern's secondary education program,” James Limbaugh, chancellor of Montana State University-Northern said in a press release. “Based on comments and suggestions received from community members all across the Hi-line and after a great deal of re-evaluation, I have decided to recomme...
The first of two Havre sisters accused of illegally selling marijuana while licensed medical marijuana caregivers was sentenced to three years probation with the chance to clear her record. Judge David Cybulski sentenced Delaine Fitzpatrick, born in 1977, in state District Court in Havre Wednesday, imposing a three-year deferred imposition of sentence as recommended in the plea agreement Fitzpatrick signed. If she does not violate her conditions of release, after the three years she can request the felonies to which she...
