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Rena Ann Gardipee, 74, passed away Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 at Benefis Hosptial in Great Falls, Montana of natural causes. Her wake service will begin Saturday at the Old Senior Center and continue Sunday afternoon at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Rocky Boy. Her funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Rocky Boy. Her burial will follow at the Gardipee Family Plot on Laredo Road. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Hol... Full story
A coalition of health care providers is asking Hill County residents to help prepare a plan to improve the health of county residents. The groups drafting the Hill County Health Improvement Plan have invited people to a forum Thursday, Aug. 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. to discuss the 2013 Hill County Community Health Needs Assessment Report and help identify the top three priorities in health needs to be addressed in a community health improvement plan. The forum is sponsored... Full story
HELENA — More than two years after an audit that showed nearly a quarter of the sexual and violent offenders were unaccounted for on the state registry things have improved — but the whereabouts for about one in eight are still unverified despite increased focus and campaign promises. The Associated Press analyzed a copy of the registry database, received in a public records request. It found that about 13 percent of the 5,432 offenders on the registry as of early August were past due with their address verification, com... Full story
BILLINGS (AP) — Police in Billings have arrested a man in connection with two home-invasion robberies in which three elderly women were assaulted, including two nuns. Officers say Christopher Pine of Billings is believed to have been involved in the late-night break-ins this week. Pine, 32, was arrested Friday on suspicion of aggravated burglary and robbery, The Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/19y4bL9) reported. Yellowstone County jail records indicate Pine was being held on $2,000 bond on a motion to revoke a suspended or d... Full story
BILLINGS (AP) — The director of the Crow Tribe's business development department hopes creating a tribal currency will spur tribal members to spend money on the reservation and encourage the creation of more businesses. The tribe is minting copper, silver and gold coins called "scouts" to serve as its sovereign currency, The Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/13qhIl6) reported Friday. Ceivert LaForge, director of the tribe's LLC Department, has been working on the project since March with Eddie Allen, director of the D... Full story
HELENA (AP) — Planned Parenthood and two other groups have been awarded a combined $738,000 in federal grants to help uninsured Montanans sign up for new subsidized, private coverage under the health care overhaul law. At the same time, the state's insurance commissioner is warning residents to watch out for scammers trying to sell fake insurance or bogus identity cards under the guise of the Affordable Care Act. Planned Parenthood of Montana will receive $295,000 to hire and train "navigators" to tell people their options fo... Full story
Keith J. Doll Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission This is part 1 of 2 parts. Oct. 14, 1892, Judge Dudley DuBose for the state of Montana, sold lots 19 and 20 in Block 20 in the Original Townsite of Havre for $28. These lots are where Helmbrecht Studio at 224 4th Ave., Credit Bureau of Havre at 228 4th Ave., the IOOF — Independent Order of Odd Fellows — building at 230 4th Ave. and Kostelecky Chiropractic Clinic at 236 4th Ave. are today. After selling a couple more times, they were bought by the trustees of... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern football team has been hard at work since Sunday morning, preparing to begin the 2013 season. And by the end of today, the Lights will have already gotten in 12 full practices, including going live-hitting for the first time Tuesday. But Saturday marks the first real test for the Lights as they conduct their first scrimmage of fall camp. And though the scrimmage won’t be a game-type scrimmage, as it’s still early, and the Lights have a way... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team has been together since the beginning of August. The Skylights, who are coming off their best season in a decade, have been through two-a-day practices, conditioning and hard work. They’ve been through an intra-squad scrimmage and a team retreat. Today in Great Falls, however, the Skylights get to try something new in 2013 — they get to play a match against a real opponent. Northern opens its season today against Mid... Full story
There’s a lot of history when it comes to Frontier Conference football. Great players, great teams, national championships, memorable games and, of course, historic campuses around the Treasure State. Adding to the history, the Frontier houses some of the most unique, and nicest football venues in all of the NAIA. And that fact only adds to the lore of the premier football conference in the west. For the Montana State University-Northern Lights, Blue Pony Stadium has been home... Full story
Emily Mayer In last week’s article, I mentioned the Silver Panic of 1893. One of the reasons behind the economic disaster was the government repealing the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890, which flooded the market with silver; however, when the Act was repealed this caused the value of silver to plummet. Many tried to switch their silver notes to gold; however, there wasn’t as much gold as was silver and that helped the economy to collapse. So, the reference in last week’s article should have been “changing the monetar... Full story
If you are really squeamish about icky boo-boos, you should just skip to the heartwarming ending in the last paragraph right now. If you’re only kind of squeamish, you should know that the finger isn’t actually dead, part of it simply feels that way ... and anybody disturbed by that little description ought to jump to the heartwarming ending as well. Just saying. The rest of you can know, now, that I smashed the end of my index finger. It’s the type of injury that natur... Full story
Iris C. White, 94, well-known Hi-Line pianist/organist and former Inverness postmistress, 1971-92, died Wednesday in Great Falls. Rosary prayers will be 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Inverness. Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart. Following burial at Inverness Cemetery, a reception will be held at the church. Arrangements are by Rockman Funeral Chapel, Chester.... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 12:29 p.m. Thursday complaint at the police station about money that was sent to Billings for a deposit on an apartment that received no response. ——— Officers investigated a 5:32 p.m. Thursday call reporting a car crash on 1st Street. ——— A summons was issued at a 6:16 p.m. Thursday motor vehicle stop on 11th West Street. ——— Officers issued a summons to a shoplifter after a 6:28 p.m. Thursday call from a 1st Street business. ——— Officers investigated a 7:04 p.m. Thursday call... Full story
The state government has confirmed that West Nile season has hit the state, with the virus found in six counties, including Blaine County, although no human infections have yet been detected. Hill County Mosquito District Coordinator Terry Turner said today that the virus has not been found in Hill County yet, but with confirmed cases so close, people need to be cautious. “So far so good. … So far we have tested negative, so no positive cases so far, but we’re pretty much surrounded,” Turner said. “I caution everybody to make... Full story
The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Agri-business Committee is looking for possible nominees for the 14th Annual Ag Producer and Advocate Awards. They will give the awards to the winners at the Agriculture Appreciation Banquet Sept. 28 at the Havre Ice Dome. Last year, the banquet took place Sept. 15 during Festival Days, but this day fell within harvest season. The committee pushed back the date of the banquet this year in order to avoid this same problem. “Over 50 Chamber of Commerce member businesses sponsor tickets each y... Full story
