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DeeAnn Brese, 77, passed away Tuesday morning, August 9, 2022, at the Great Falls Clinic Hospital. Cremation has taken place and her memorial service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, August 13, 2022, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel with Ila McClenahan officiating. Her burial will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions in DeeAnn’s honor may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Please visit DeeAnn’s online memorial page to send a card or leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com . DeeAn...
Sondra Lee (Dowen) Pepin, 84, passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at Northern Montana Care Center. Memorial services will begin at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Megan Hoewisch officiating. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Sondra's online memorial page to send a card or leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com . Sondra was born in Havre in 1938 to...
Nine Aaniiih and Nakoda high school students in the Fort Belknap area just finished their first year of the Pathway to Nursing, Public Health and STEM program at Aaniiih Nakoda College, a seven-week summer course meant to get local students into health care fields. The course is funded through the National Institutes of Health in partnership with the college and the tribes and Program Director Bobby Pourier said it looks to have been a very successful first year. The program consists of seven weeks themed around a different...
The Blaine County Fair is set to start this week at the Blaine County Fairgrounds in Chinook with a pile of activities, events, food, vendors and children’s activities. “It looks like it’s all coming together,” fair manager Debbie Ramberg said Monday. The fairgrounds arena is set with double events most nights, with the main events followed by concerts Thursday through Saturday. The only evening without a musical show is Wednesday, when the Kids Rodeo starts at 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday each have PRCA rodeo action in the...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Daily News did not have a print edition Monday, and will be online only Wednesday and Thursday due to printer issues, but the full editions for those days will be available online and all local content will be on the website at no charge. The Havre Daily News’ press broke down several months ago and the paper has been contracting with the Independent Record to print the daily Havre Daily edition. Problems at Independent Record means it will not be able to print Havre Daily News this week, but L...
Press release Milk River Gobblers held its Third Annual Youth Day at the Havre Trap Club Saturday, Aug. 6. The weather was beautiful with little wind allowing for a whole lot of balloon busting. The event had a good turnout with kids from around the community turning out to have their faces painted, make plaster of Paris animal tracks, and, of course, shoot balloons. Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks brought its TIP-MONT trailer to talk about and show the folks...
They call the impossibly complicated screen I am looking at a “dashboard,” which I do not find reassuring at all. It would be nice not to associate my ignorance of technology with crashing some out-of-control machine into a ravine, although, as I think about it, that is very much how it feels. Learning new technology is a bear. I don’t care what they say. I understand the need to play with it, get familiar with the functions and learn in a less-than-linear fashion. But less-than-straightforward learning often leads me to tr...
Generation after generation, Americans have gone to war, backed by the promise that their country would take care of them when they came home. Yet for years, our government failed those in uniform who returned home only to face a different kind of battle: the battle of cobbling together their earned care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Sgt. 1st Class Heath Robinson was one of those veterans. Heath’s story is, unfortunately, far too familiar among our military men and women. Like many Americans, h...
I am proud to have served as a Republican all my life. I have been the vice-chairman of the Montana State Republican Party. I served two terms as a Republican county commissioner here in Yellowstone County. I worked 10 plus years for Republican Sen. Conrad Burns as his state director. I was appointed Montana U.S. Marshal by a Republican president. I also forgot to mention a ran as a Republican for the U.S. Congress, but I came up short. I remember being so proud of this country and now I fear for our grandkid’s future. T...
Rosella Marie (Jones) Skones, 86, passed away August 2, 2022, at the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home. Her husband of over 65 years, Russel, was by her side. Rosella was born December 1, 1935, to Laura and Arthur Jones. She was born and raised in Turner, Montana, where she attended school and graduated from Turner High School. She was baptized and confirmed in the Turner Lutheran Church. Rosella attended Northern Montana College in Havre where she got a two-year degree as a legal...
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 Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Resolution No. 22-2699 Showing the line items in which the disbursement of monies will go from the ARPA Fund Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Notice of Public Hearing for 3% Marijuana tax Budget Notice Quit claim deeds...
While most high school graduates have already signed with colleges to continue their athletic careers, some athletes are still making that choice for where they want to play for the next few years. Just recently, Havre High graduate Jade Wendland decided to sign with Mile Community College to play volleyball and basketball. As she was making her decision, Wendland spoke to Montana State University-Northern women's basketball coach Chris Mouat who helped her send out the...
Montana State University-Northern women's basketball coach Chris Mouat has announced the signing of Briaunna McCollough to join the Skylight program this fall. McCollough, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania native, is a 5-6 guard. She played her first two seasons at Lackawanna Community College in Scranton, Pennsylvania. As a freshman, she was the Eastern Panhandle Athletic Conference Player of the Year and was named All Region XIX. She averaged 12.4 points and 5.1 rebounds per game....
Tournament season is winding down across the Hi-Line, and there were two big ones last weekend. At Prairie Farms Golf Course last Saturday and Sunday, the annual Duel on the Prairie Member/Guest, hosted by Waddell & Reed took place. The tournament featured a two-person alternate shot format Saturday, followed by two-man best ball Sunday. The overall low gross winner was the team of Kyle Miller and Matt Hedstrom, while the overall low net winner was the duo of Bill and Abby...
