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  • Museum buys model of head of T. rex cousin

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 14, 2013

    A new resident is joining the paleontological exhibit at Havre’s county museum, with this new addition a ferocious meat-eater. H. Earl Clack Museum manager Jim Spangelo told the board of the museum during its meeting Monday that, any time after Monday, they can pick up the model of the head of an albertosaurus from the Fort Peck Paleontological Inc. Dinosaur Field Station. The Havre museum purchased the model in an online auction for $551. The Clack Museum funding f...

  • Longsoldier case to cost Hill, Blaine $1.35M

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Aug 13, 2013
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    The death of Allen J. Longsoldier Jr. is now costing Hill and Blaine counties $1.35 million. The Montana Human Rights Commission has ruled that the counties should pay $1.35 million for events that led to the death of Longsoldier, 18, while he was being held at the Hill County Detention Center in 2009. Longsoldier, a former high school basketball phenomenon, was taken into custody by Blaine County officials and was transported to the Hill County facility because Blaine County has no detention center. The state commission...

  • Unsolved death leads to rally for homicide victims

    Updated Aug 13, 2013

    LAME DEER (AP) — The unsolved death of a 21-year-old Lame Deer woman on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana last month prompted a rally in which as many as 200 people marched through Lame Deer and demanded justice for victims of unsolved murders on American Indian reservations nationwide. Hanna Harris went missing early on July 4 and her body was found four days later along Muddy Creek, a few miles from where her car had been found. FBI spokeswoman Patricia Speelman said the agency is awaiting t...

  • Playoff golf begins at Prairie Farms

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 13, 2013

    For men’s league golfers at Prairie Farms Golf Course, and for high school golfers in Havre, this is certainly an exciting week. The 2013 Havre High golf season will begin Thursday afternoon, as the Blue Ponies hold their first practice of the season, and their first under new head coach Brett Gilman. HHS has just a few days to prepare for its Aug. 20 tournament at Prairie Farms. Meanwhile, the men’s league golf season at Prairie Farms has reached the playoffs. Starting ton...

  • Man accused in Sidney teacher's death cuts deal

    Updated Aug 13, 2013
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    SIDNEY (AP) — One of the men accused of killing a Sidney high school teacher has made a deal with prosecutors that would spare him the death penalty in exchange for testifying against his co-defendant. Lester Van Waters Jr., of Colorado, has agreed to plead guilty to deliberate homicide by accountability in the January 2012 slaying of Sidney High School math teacher Sherry Arnold, according to the plea agreement filed in state court Monday. Prosecutors have agreed to drop an attempted kidnapping charge and will recommend a s...

  • Learning soccer from across the pond

    Havre Daily News Lindsay Brown|Updated Aug 13, 2013

    Above: Greyson Brady, 7, works on a drill Friday during the final day of the annual British Soccer camp at the Havre High Soccer Fields. The camp was a week-long event, featuring some of the top youth coaches from England. Below: Havre High's Trey Scofield works the ball away from fellow campers Friday at the annual British Soccer Camp in Havre....

  • Playoff golf begins at Prairie Farms

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 13, 2013

    For men’s league golfers at Prairie Farms Golf Course, and for high school golfers in Havre, this is certainly an exciting week. The 2013 Havre High golf season will begin Thursday afternoon, as the Blue Ponies hold their first practice of the season, and their first under new head coach Brett Gilman. HHS has just a few days to prepare for its Aug. 20 tournament at Prairie Farms. Meanwhile, the men’s league golf season at Prairie Farms has reached the playoffs. Starting ton...

  • Frontier kickers have power, returners have speed

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 13, 2013

    When it comes to special teams on the football field, often times games are won or lost on a big kick, or a sensational kickoff or punt return. It seems to happen time and time again. Special teams also play a key role in field position, whether it’s a punter who can boot it long, or a returner whose speed makes him a threat to take one to the house each time he touches the ball. This coming season, like so many seasons past, the Frontier Conference has those types of s...

  • Growing your own food

    Havre Daily News Lindsay Brown|Updated Aug 13, 2013

    Debbie Lineweaver collects produce from Havre Community Garden near Montana Staet University-Northern. People can lease a plot for $60 a year, where they can grow their own food. The Lineweavers harvested tomatoes, cucumbers and kohlrabi from their plot. Freshly picked tomatoes in the community garden....

  • Foundation fundraiser coming soon

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 13, 2013

    The head of the H. Earl Clack Museum funding foundation said its annual night-golf tournament fundraiser is almost set to go, with the foundation committee members prospecting for sponsorships and competitors. Foundation president Elaine Morse told the museum board members the Shot in the Dark golf tournament is slated for Friday, Aug. 23, at Prairie Farms Golf Course with the theme again a family affair — the teams are supposed to be parents with their children. “Although you can adopt anybody of any age,” Morse added...