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  • For the Record, Aug. 13, 2019

    Updated Aug 13, 2019

    Havre Police Department A Boulevard Avenue caller reported finding drug-related items in his backyard Monday at 10:06 a.m., and officers removed the hazard. -- A 16-year-old was served a state District Court warrant on Third Street Monday at 10:59 p.m. -- A Monday 12:47 p.m. caller on Lincoln Avenue provided information about a wrong name. -- A scam was reported from Second Street Monday at 2:48 p.m. -- Someone at the water treatment plant on First Street reported Monday at...

  • Obituary - Eva Leona Jones Fox, Oyada Ode, 'Many Nations'

    Updated Aug 13, 2019

    Eva Leona Jones Fox, 82, Assiniboine name, Oyada Ode, "Many Nations," left this earth to be with our loving creator August 11, 2019, of natural causes, surrounded by her family in her home. Wake services will be held Thursday, August 15, 2019, at 7 p.m. at St. Paul's Mission Recreation Center in Hays. Funeral Mass will be held Friday, August 16, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Paul's Mission Church. Arrangements have been made with Wilderness Funeral Home in Chinook. Leona was born...

  • Museum board recounts work on Faber School, Homestead Shack, summer series

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Aug 13, 2019

    During its monthly meeting Monday, H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board discussed an update on improvement at Faber School, the roof on the homestead shack, and reports regarding the summer series 2020 presentations. The museum board discussed on the Summer Series 2020 being held Saturday, June 6, which would present the unveiling of dinosaur Zuul's head. The dinosaur, a 20-foot-long plant eater with spikes on its body and a massive club on its tail, was given the name Zuul -...

  • Obituary - Barbara Lee Friede

    Updated Aug 13, 2019

    Barbara Lee Friede, 63, passed away due to natural causes Sunday, August 11, 2019, in Havre. Her wake began at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, August 12, 2019 with funeral services at 10:00 a.m. today, August 13, 2019, all at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with burial to follow in Highland Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Barbara’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at www...

  • Bullock, tribe celebrate Community Health Aid Program

    Updated Aug 13, 2019

    FORT BELKNAP INDIAN RESERVATION ­- Gov. Steve Bullock and a number of Fort Belknap Indian Reservation tribal members and state legislators spoke Monday at the Community Health Aid Program Celebration at the reservation about the benefits the new program may bring to Indian County across the state. "It's innovation that can lead to ensuring that every single Montanan has the health care they deserve, because when Indian Country succeeds, certainly all of our state succeeds,"...

  • Obituary - Laurel (Stevenson, Preuninger) Knapp

    Updated Aug 13, 2019

    Laurel (Stevenson, Preuninger) Knapp passed away August 7, 2019. She was born in Havre, Montana, in 1927 to Madge (Sailor) and Ben Stevenson. She had a half-brother, Floyd Hamilton, and a brother, Terry Stevenson. She is survived by her brother, Terry (MaryAnn) Stevenson, daughter, Janet (John) Ryan; daughter-in-law, Carrie (Scott) Preuninger; stepsons, Earl (Vonnie) and Allen (Susan) Knapp, six grandsons, two granddaughters, and 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly business meeting

    Updated Aug 13, 2019

    The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 11 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment • Four Tax adjustments Resolutions • 19-2597 Budget Increase CDBG SWIF fund (2940) • 19-2598 Budget Increase for Coroner • 19-2599 Amending Family Planning Budget Contracts Notice to the public for county budget Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs...

  • Letter - Oppose NEPA rule change

    Updated Aug 13, 2019

    Editor, “In the last few years, it has become increasingly clear that soon some president and some Congress must face the inevitable task of deciding whether or not the objective of a quality environment for all Americans is a top-priority national goal which takes precedence over a number of other, often competing, objectives in natural resource management and the use of the environment.” So said Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson in 1968 when explaining the rationale for National Environmental Policy Act ­ — NEPA. Congress a...

  • Editorial - The arsonist in charge of the fire department

    Updated Aug 13, 2019

    Imagine for one unsettling moment what it would mean to Montana if Glacier, Yellowstone, the Bob Marshall, the Beartooth Mountains, and all other lands and waters belonging to the American people were sold off. It would spell the end of our outdoor way of life, including our ability to hike, hunt, fish, mountain bike and snowmobile; send our economy off of a cliff; and ruin the livelihood of our family ranchers. Who in their right mind would advocate for something so destructive as selling off our public lands? Believe it or...

  • Hill County Electric/Triangle Communications displays wonderful grounds

    Updated Aug 13, 2019

    Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club Photos courtesy Karen Vosen Along U.S. Highway 2 on the west side of Havre is a beautifully manicured business. The grounds at Hill County Electric/Triangle Communications are like a park due to the dedicated hard work of Nick Siebrasse and his crew. The trees are well-taken-care-of and some are in memory of former employees who have passed away, Kevin Schultz, 2001, and Jason Huebner, 2004. As people enter the driveway, on the back side of the...

  • Cats name starting QB; Game times set

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 13, 2019

    Speculation about several things involving the Montana State Bobcats and Montana Grizzlies' upcoming football season ended Monday. In Bozeman, MSU head coach Jeff Choate named his starting quarterback for the season, handing the reins over to red-shirt freshman Casey Bauman. An imposing figure, with a strong arm, Bauman seems to have pulled ahead of sophomore Tucker Roving, who started several games for the Cats last season before an ankle injury ended his run in 2018....

  • Local Golf Report: Rotary Youth League wraps up

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 13, 2019

    It's officially time for the local golf leagues to start winding down. In fact, postseason play actually begins this week. Thursday night, the ladies at Prairie Farms Golf Course will get their 2019 playoffs underway. Last Thursday night was the final week of the regular season, with Prairie Farms earning high-team honors with 23.5 points. The team was composed of Sarah Spangler, Alysia Kato, Anna Toner and Theresa Diekhans. Spangler was low gross with a stellar 37, while...

  • 2019 Frontier Conference Football Preview Series: Defensive Backs

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 13, 2019

    The last line of defense in football is the secondary. That goes without saying. But, such an important piece of any college football team is also the hardest to recruit. In other words, good defensive backs don't just grow on trees. And, when you get down to the NAIA level, they're even hard to find. That's why this coming season in the Frontier Conference will be an interesting one, because, all but two of the league's defensive backs that were named All-Conference in 2018...

  • Updated Aug 12, 2019