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Editor’s note: This version corrects the spelling of the acronym for the race held in the 1980s, and that people who register after Sept. 10 will receive a T-shirt but will not have it for the run. This year during Festival Days, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Hill County — CASA — is hosting for the first time the Fifth Avenue Mile Saturday, Sept. 21, to bring awareness for the non-profit group and encourage people to get involved. “Please run, please register, come one, come all,” CASA Executive Director Chamene P...
From Havre Public Works The City of Havre, along with Havre Sand and Gravel, will be performing some road maintenance - chip sealing - Wednesday, Sept. 4 through Friday, Sept. 6, in the following areas of Havre: Area #1 12th Avenue on 18th and 19th Street 18th Street and 19th Street from 12th Avenue East Area #2 18th Avenue from HWY #2 to 1st Street NE First Street NE from 17th Avenue to US. Highway #2 17th Avenue from 1st Street NE to Alley South of Main Street Area #3...
From Department of Public Health and Human Services Department of Public Health and Human Services officials announced that the 22nd annual Montana Diabetes Professional Conference is slated for Oct. 3-4 at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Helena Colonial. Registration is now open. The cost to attend is $140. A discounted registration fee of $55 is available for students. Fees increase by $20 after Sept. 6. “This conference is not only an excellent way to stay abreast of the newest information on diabetes management, but also s...
Havre Police Department David Paul Patera of Columbia Falls, 55, was arrested on two state District Court warrants at the Hill County attorney's office Friday at 4:18 p.m. -- Amber Rose Kirkaldie of Havre, 36, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, four counts endangering the welfare of children and no vehicle insurance, after a caller at Havre Middle School reported a possibly intoxicated driver. -- Dylan John Hebbelman of Great Falls, 26, was arrested on a...
Two separate fires sent smoke billowing over Havre Monday afternoon, Wildhorse Rural Fire Department Chief Shawn Rismon said, and consumed about 600 acres of cropland and pastures. "I'm glad that everybody came to help," he said Monday. "We couldn't have done it by ourselves." Kremlin Rural Fire Department Chief Kody Peterson said Monday that officials are unsure of what started the fires, although the two fires started around the same time. The first fire, significantly...
Montana Actors’ Theatre’s 11th Annual Death by Chocolate is set for Saturday, Sept. 14, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. at St. Jude Thaddeus School Havre Central Gymnasium. Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and will be prepared by the St. Jude’s Booster Club. Death by Chocolate is the main Montana Actors’ Theatre fundraiser for the year, with a night filled with food, drinks, games, raffles and of course chocolate. “It is a good mix of fundraising and fun activities,” MAT Marketing Director Andi Daniel said. MAT Executive Director Jay...
Grazing season has begun again on Beaver Creek Park south of Havre, and people driving through the park are warned to take care and obey the nighttime speed limit. Local ranchers lease grazing for cattle on the park starting the day after Labor Day each year, and typically run through the end of December depending on weather and grazing conditions. The number of cattle allowed to graze the park each year is set by the Hill County Park Board’s Grazing and Haying Committee depending on conditions in the park. The grazing is a...
Laura Lee Luna Yellow Thunderbird Woman (Ow-sah-o-pe-ah-so-es Kwao), 54, passed away at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls on Sunday, September 1, 2019, after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Wake services will begin at noon today, September 3, 2019, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Rosary services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 4, 2019, and funeral services will take place at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, September 5, 2019, all at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, wit...
Long-time Portland-area resident Dean Vaupel died unexpectedly as a result of natural causes in the early morning of August 21, 2019, at Providence Medical Center in Portland, OR. He was 77 years old. Dean was born in Havre, MT - the North Star of the Hi-Line - on January 6, 1942. He attended Havre Public Schools through his sophomore year of high school, after which his family relocated to Great Falls, MT, where Dean graduated from Great Falls High School in 1960. The...
Athelia "Dilly" Nivens, 95, passed away due to natural causes Friday, August 30, 2019, at the Big Sandy Medical Center. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, September 5, 2019, at Christ Lutheran Church with Pastor Sean Janssen officiating. Dilly's family has suggested memorial donations be made in her name to the Big Sandy Medical Center or the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with...
A cutline to a photo on the front page of Friday’s edition of the Havre Daily News showing cattle in Beaver Creek Park misreported the nighttime speed limit on the park during grazing season. While cattle are on the park, the nighttime speed limit is 35 mph....
The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment One Tax adjustments Resolutions 19-2601 RSID & Lights Resolution for Fiscal Year 2019-202 19-2602 2019-2020 Budget Resolution 9-2603 2019-2020 Salary Resolution Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Insurance for lift stations Discussion and approval of election eq...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks As you are hitting the field this fall, be sure to take a break from scanning the horizon for game and look down at the ground once in a while. Not only will this hopefully help you avoid stepping on a cactus or a rattlesnake, you might also see one of eastern Montana's rarely seen critters...the greater short-horned lizard; and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks would like to know about it. The greater short-horned lizard, Phrynosoma...
The Fort Benton Longhorns started their season off with a bang. The Longhorns would play Ennis in a heavily one-sided game, mowing down the Mustangs 61-12 Friday night. Fort Benton opened the first quarter with six points from a one-yard rushing touchdown by Hayden Axtman but miss the extra point. Fort Benton then took off in the second quarter with a 34-yard touchdown run by Garett Diekhans but fail the conversion. Then, Jace Thompson would make a one-yard run into the...
In the first game Andrew Rolin ever coached, his Montana State University-Northern Lights provided him with a memorable win over Mayville State inside Blue Pony Stadium. Fast forward one year, and the Lights were looking for history to repeat itself, only this time, they were playing a much tougher team in the form of the Arizona Christian Firestorm, and they were playing a long, long way from home. Saturday night, Northern traveled to the desert to face ACU in the...
The Havre Blue Ponies have been working hard to impress in their season opener and despite the loss, they presented a lot of promise going into the rest of the season. Havre opened its season last Friday night with a difficult 18-14 loss to the Sidney Eagles. Losing a season-opener is always tough, but head coach Ryan Gatch was still proud of his team and the effort he saw on the field. “They played a great game,” Gatch said of his Ponies. “Our players fought hard, hard and t...
The Havre Blue Pony volleyball team has worked hard throughout the summer and have been itching to play some sets. The Blue Ponies got their chance at the Eastern A Preseason Tip-Off Tournament last weekend in Laurel. Throughout the tournament, the Blue Ponies showed off some of the talent and skill that makes up the team. In the end, Havre made a great run to make it to the tournament’s championship game against Class A defending champions, the Billings Central Rams. Havre m...
With the start of Frontier Conference play still a few weeks away, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is getting a taste of what life is like on the road. And this past weekend, the Skylights played five matches in three days, all in Phoenix, Arizona. Northern took part in the Arizona Christian Tournament last Friday and Saturday, then had a rematch with Park University Sunday. And when all was said and done, the Skylights went 2-3 on the trip, and bring...
The 2019 high school volleyball season opened with most preseason tournaments around the state last week. However, there was already one big rivalry match. Last Friday night, the Fort Benton Longhorns and Chinook Sugarbeeters hooped up in a season-opening match in Chinook. The two Northern C rivals battled it out for four sets with the Longhorns winning by scores of 21-25, 25-17, 25-18 and 25-15. Fort Benton got 15 kills from Mackenzie Clark, while Hailey Bell had five kills f...
VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA — The Montana Grizzlies watned to set the tone for the 2019 season. And beating an arch rival from the Missourio Valley Conference certainly did the trick. Saturday, the No. 25 Grizzlies opened their 2019 campaign with a 31-17 road win at South Dakota. "I don't really think the score says what a beatdown it was," Montana head coach Bobby Hauck said in his postgame press conference. “We missed a short field goal. We threw a pick on the six, and we too...
