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HELENA (AP) — Authorities say a woman may be headed to South Dakota with her four children who are not in her custody. The Montana Department of Justice issued a Missing/Endangered Person advisory Tuesday at the request of the Helena Police Department. The agency identified the mother as 36-year-old Jennifer Marie Raymond. She is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and 150 pounds. The children are two sets of twins. Melena Marie Frost and Rena Ruth Frost are 7 years old, and each is 4 feet, 1 inch tall and 50 pounds. Therron Joseph F...
LOLO (AP) — Authorities are searching for a man who went berry picking near Lolo Creek just before a wildfire moved into the area. The Missoula County Sheriff's Office says 60-year-old Mark Hannah went with a friend Monday to pick huckleberries off U.S. Highway 12. The Missoulian reports (http://bit.ly/19GYPgr) the men headed back when they noticed increasing smoke, but became separated. Hannah's friend made it to a dirt road that led back to the highway, and a sheriff's d...
GREAT FALLS (AP) — An attorney representing a Blackfeet tribal leader accused of fleeing an officer during a drunken-driving stop has asked a judge to dismiss the charges. Federal prosecutors have charged Blackfeet Tribal Business Council member and state Sen. Shannon Augare with misdemeanor counts of DUI, reckless driving and obstruction of a peace officer. Tribal attorney Joe McKay says in Friday's motion to dismiss that the federal court lacks the jurisdiction to hear the case. The tribe has its own law and order code t...
A group that promotes one of the oldest of mankind’s crafts — making clothes from sheep’s wool — is looking for people to compete in a contest that is just around the corner. The Make It With Wool competition for this region of the state is Nov. 6 in Great Falls, and people interested in competing must submit their entry forms and a $4 fee per swatch of fabric used at least two weeks earlier. Amanda Powell of Havre, co-director of the contest’s District 3 that includes Blaine, Chouteau, Hill and Liberty counties, said the...
Playoff golf is underway in Havre, and soon, league champions will be crowned at courses like Prairie Farms, Beaver Creek and the Chinook Golf Club. But before the men’s league playoffs continue tonight at Prairie Farms, the high school golfers will take to the course today for the 18-hole Havre High Golf Tournament. The tournament will feature 25 Havre High boys and girls, as well as varsity and junior varsity golfers from Browning and Lewistown. Today’s tourney is one of...
Every baseball season can’t be a winning one. And when dealing with a young team, in what could safely be labeled as a rebuilding season, growth and improvement are among the highest goals set out to accomplish. Taking a look at what the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team was able to do in 2013, the growth and improvement was there, but the success didn’t stop there. The North Stars also showed off their potential, proving they could win a few games against stando...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 9:24 a.m. Monday report at the police station about a stolen girl’s bike. ——— Officers investigated a 10:24 a.m. Monday call about a store that was broken into on 2nd Street. ——— Two stolen bikes on 3rd Street were investigated after a call at 10:30 a.m. Monday. ——— Officers responded to a 11:03 a.m. call about a two-vehicle, noninjury crash at a 1st Street business. ——— A 32-year-old Lodge Pole woman was arrested for trespassing in a vehicle on 1st Street after the owner ca...
James M. Limbaugh, the chancellor of Montana State University-Northern, is one of the final candidates being considered for president of Nicholls State University in Louisiana. “It’s an opportunity that I was nominated for, and an opportunity I need to explore,” Limbaugh said this morning. At a Monday meeting in Baton Rouge, the search committee looking at the applicants for the position narrowed their search from 17 candidates to six. The six candidates will be interviewed on campus starting Aug. 26. According to a Louis...
The Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club awarded their “Yard of the Week” honor Suzy Wiken's 615 1st Avenue home....
The potentially deadly West Nile virus spread by mosquito bites continues to spread throughout the state, with mosquitoes carrying the virus now confirmed in Hill County. Hill County Mosquito District Coordinator Terry Turner told the Havre Daily News Monday that the testing lab confirmed the virus in samples sent from Hill County. Last week, the state confirmed the virus first appearing in Montana with positive tests in six counties including Blaine County. That list now includes Hill County, with Lewis and Clark County...
A 5-year-old girl died and a 7-year-old is in critical condition after a 26-year-old Oregon woman lost control of her 1999 Nissan Pathfinder on U.S. Highway 87 near Big Sandy Monday. The names of the victims have not been released. According to the release from the Montana Highway Patrol, the 5- and 7-year-old girls, who were not wearing seatbelts, were ejected from the vehicle. All of the occupants were taken to a Big Sandy medical facility, with the 5-year-old and 7-year-old then flown to a Great Falls hospital. The...
Havre City Council unanimously approved a plan to assign Officer Ryan Pearson to Havre High School and Montana State University-Northern for the coming school year. Northern and the Havre School system will contribute to Pearson’s salary. The idea of the program is to have Pearson interact with students on campus and at the school so they become used to dealing with officers before there is an emergency. The Havre school board has already approved the plan. The council also approved routine measures at its meeting: • It una...
