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A former state and tribal elected official was sentenced to 7½ years in federal prison and ordered to pay$667,183 in restitution for his role in a fraud, bribery and embezzlement scheme at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Tony Belcourt also was ordered to spend 3 years on supervised release following his release from federal prison. His wife, Hailey Belcourt, was sentenced in a relatively short session following her husband’s 3½ hour hearing. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris sentenced Belcourt to 2 months in prison follo... Full story
Mary Jane LaMere, 85, of Rocky Boy, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Wake services will begin at 5 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church, and will continue until her traditional funeral service, which will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014. Burial will follow in the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Mary's online memorial page and leave a message of... Full story
Montana State University-Northern's head football coach resigned Wednesday. Mark Samson was placed on administrative leave with pay Tuesday as the university conducted an investigation into financial issues related to the running of the summer football camp. He put in his resignation Wednesday in everybody's interest, he said in his statement. "The decision to resign was not easy, but I felt it was in the best interest of myself, my family and MSU-Northern," Samson wrote in a... Full story
As you know, I recently resigned my position as the head football coach at Montana State University-Northern. The decision to resign was not easy, but I felt it was in the best interest of myself, my family and MSU-Northern. I want to take this opportunity to thank all of the current members of the MSU-Northern Football team, as well as all of the fans who have shown their support for me during my tenure as head football coach at MSU-Northern. I am both lucky and blessed to... Full story
I attended the Dawson County Fair with my daughter Dee Dee and her family. It was touch and go whether there would even be a Saturday night rodeo. Black clouds had rolled in, covering the sky, temperatures dropped, thunder roared and lightning struck as rain pounded the ground for hours. Too dramatic? Four different storm cells hit in succession and all the above is true. When we got to the fairgrounds the rides had been shut down. Rain aided the Mud-a-palooza, mud volleyball... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 12:07 p.m. Wednesday call from 7th Street about a found set of keys. ——— Officers investigated a 2:14 p.m. Wednesday call from a 1st Street business about a man and woman fighting. ——— Marco Aguilera, 29, of Havre was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to obey a red traffic signal after an officer made a motor vehicle stop at 10:55 p.m. Wednesday on 1st Street Northeast. ——— Robin Jua... Full story
A change of plea hearing in federal court in Great Falls this morning for Shad Huston turned into a trial scheduling hearing. After Huston’s attorney, Michael Sherwood of Missoula, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Carl Rostad told U.S. District Judge Brian Morris they had been unable to come to an agreement with all three cases filed against Huston, Morris set the trial for Sept. 29. Sherwood said he thought more dialogue might resolve the plea agreement disagreement, but due to Rostad’s position decided to go to trial. Ros...
In a tour of Havre's newest medical facility in the midst of National Health Center Week, Lt. Gov. Angela McLean praised the work to get Bullhook Community Health Center up and running. "It's really quite a story of perseverance to make it happen," McLean said Wednesday during the tour. With its ribbon cutting set for Friday, the new facility opened in July, nine years after Bullhook first opened as a part of the Hill County Health Department. After reorganizing as an... Full story
The fall sports season officially got underway Wednesday night as the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team took the floor for its annual Maroon/White game at the Armory Gymnasium. The scrimmage comes ahead of the Skylights first match of the year, which will take place on Aug. 21 when the team travels to Spokane for the Sports Travel Northwest Invitational. The Skylights played a total of three games, two with teams that were equally divided and then a third game... Full story
Offense puts fans in the stands. Defense wins championships. But when it comes to winning college football games, often times, special teams play is where a game is decided. Interestingly, the Frontier Conference has always produced some outstanding special teams players, from speedy return men, to kickers and punters with booming legs, special teams is just as good to watch in the Frontier as it is at any level of football. The Montana State University-Northern Lights return... Full story
