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Irene M. Sunchild, 44, passed away due to natural causes Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls. Wake services will begin at 3 p.m. today, Thursday, March 30, 2017, and will continue until her traditional funeral service, which will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 31, 2017, all at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial will follow in the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern football team is into its second week of spring workouts and after getting five practices in, head coach Aaron Christensen said his team is showing progress. The Lights, who were back on the practice field Wednesday night, also practiced Monday after practicing three times last week at the Northern practice fields. “It’s going well and it’s competitive,” Christensen said. “There are a lot of guys that are competing for spots. The guys...
Sixteen-year-old Brallam Ramirez of Havre said the Montana Youth Challenge Academy transformed him from a failing high school student to a certified nursing assistant on the verge of college and a possible military career. Ramirez said he was into drama - "fighting" - he was skipping school and shy and afraid of talking to people. But all that was before 22 intensive weeks at the academy. MYCA Marketing Coordinator Ron Carroll said from July to December of 2016, Ramirez...
The Havre High softball team has put together a good run the past few years, making three consecutive state tournaments. Now the goal for the Blue Ponies is to keep it going. But after losing some key players from last year’s team, Havre will need to rely on a mixture of veteran experience and young talent to get back to state in the second year under head coach Whitney McNally. “We don’t have a lot of seniors this year,” McNally said. “But we have some good leadershi...
As home to some of our nation’s largest coal reserves, Montana plays a key role in the future of our nation’s energy economy. Unfortunately, Montana coal production has declined significantly in recent years — by as much as a third. This decline took a toll not only on jobs across the state but on essential state tax revenue too. On the campaign trail, President Trump guaranteed he would “bring the coal industry back 100 percent.” Montanans, and people across America who depend on the reliable and affordable energy produced...
Editor, The recent budget proposal from the White House included a shocker: The president wants to eliminate the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative, the main federal funding stream for afterschool programs. More astonishing was the rationale the White House offered: The budget chief said there’s “no demonstrable evidence” that afterschool works. He is flat wrong about that. Study after study has provided evidence that afterschool programs work. They help improve students’ grades and test scores, and they al...
It is not domestic, but rather foreign policy, which has consumed the days and nights of most American presidents. Since World War II, our leader has been watchmen on freedom’s wall and although most of those presidents were brilliant, experienced and surrounded by well-seasoned advisors they discovered, each in turn, the great difficulty of guiding our international affairs. As we learned during the past year, President Trump’s foreign policy experience is limited to the building of hotels and golf courses in far-away pla...
Havre Police Department Jesse Shane Valdez of Havre, 21, was arrested on a partner or family member assault charge after a 15th Avenue caller made a domestic disturbance report Wednesday at 9:08 a.m. —— Officers arrested two people after a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business caller made a shoplifting report Wednesday at 11:20 a.m. Alfred C. Morsette of Box Elder, 29, was arrested on charges of shoplifting, driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license and obstructing a peace officer, as well as on a Justice or City...
A Havre man received five years probation Monday in District Court in Havre for driving drunk and reaching speeds of up to 80 miles an hour. Gary A. Gladeau, born in 1965, was sentenced to five years, all suspended. After hearing a report of a possible forced entry May 24, 2105, a Montana Highway Patrol trooper eventually pulled over someone in a vehicle matching the description of the vehicle that had reportedly left the scene, a court document says. The vehicle had been traveling at 80 miles per house in a 55 mph zone and,...
Stella Marie (Pankratz) Breitmeier went home to be with her Lord March 26, 2017, at the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook, Montana with family and friends holding her hands and singing her favorite hymns. A celebration of her life will be held at the Harlem United Methodist Church in Harlem, Montana, at 11 a..m. March 31, 2017, with Pastor Jack Mattingly officiating. Burial will be at the Harlem Cemetery. Stella Marie was born on the farm near Vida, Montana, to Elizabeth... Full story
Shirley D. Houle, 76, passed away March 26, 2017, at Benefis Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 1, 2017, at the River of Hope Church. Please visit Shirley’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at www.hollandbonine.com.... Full story
