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Northern Agricultural Research Center will be continuing its centennial celebration during Festival Days and giving the public a chance to see up close, and own, a special part of that milestone. "When we celebrated our 100-year anniversary, we commissioned Don Greytak to do a historical representation of 100 years of agricultural research," said Darrin Boss, superintendent of the research center, which is part of the College of Agriculture at Montana State University in...
Festival Days, the annual celebration of Havre community life, officially starts Friday. But the four-day book sale at the Havre-Hill County Library started this morning at the library. People can buy a bag of book for a buck. Activities start in earnest Friday and come to a highlight with Saturday's parade down 5th Avenue starting at 10 a.m. Here is the schedule of events for the weekend: Friday, Sept. 18 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. - Friends of the Library Book Sale - Library meeting r...
It was the afternoon the lights went out in Havre Wednesday, when all business temporarily ceased and people in much of western Havre were without power as much as two hours. NorthWestern Energy said it first received word of the outage shortly before 1 p.m., leaving roughly 540 customers without power including Walmart, Kmart and stores in the Holiday Village Mall. Power was restored gradually, and all power was back by 3 p.m. At first, the outage was thought to be caused by...
As they had six weeks ago, local Republicans and other observers gathered in the Vineyard Room of the Duck Inn Wednesday night for dinner, to munch on nachos and watch the second debate between the party's leading candidates for president. The three-hour prime-time debate hosted by CNN and held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, featured the party's 11 leading primary candidates as determined by polling. The dynamics of the race have changed...
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce The winning Havre Festival Days button numbers for Sept. 17 are: 522 81 462 353 648 841 Winners can bring their buttons to the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce office at 130 5th Avenue to claim their prizes. More winning numbers will be announced each day this week....
Hill County, along with 15 others, has been chosen to receive a grant that will allow Hill County Detention Center inmates to seek out mental health resources while incarcerated. Hill County will receive $70,350 from the state to continue its mental health program at the detention center. Michelle Hill, the rural director of services with the Center for Mental Health, said this is the second year the county has received the grant. “It basically gives them funding to contract mental health services in the community so that w...
Fire restrictions have been lifted on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Burn permits are still required in all counties for any debris or agricultural burning and may have additional limits, according to the federal Bureau of Land Management. Restrictions have been lifted slowly in other municipalities over the last two weeks as temperatures dropped and it started raining more. Rocky Boy was the last municipality to be freed of the restrictions. BLM asked people to check with the sheriff’s office or fire department for inf...
Press release Havre Main Streets Revitalization — a community group dedicated to improving and enlivening Havre’s downtown area and beyond — hosted a contest this month to bring more public art to Havre. The group reports the first “call for designs” to decorate the traffic control boxes located through town was a success with more than 50 pieces of art submitted, including photography and original art. Several local artists submitted creative designs that capture the spirit of Havre and its surrounding area, a represent...
Press release Lori Borth is the new project director for Veterans' Upward Bound, a Department of Education program assisting veterans in preparing for and enrolling in college or another training program. An offer to teach for Veterans' Upward Bound in 1996 marked the beginning of 19 years of working with veterans, first as an instructor and academic adviser, then as the coordinator of free instruction offered at colleges across the state. Many veterans may not see themselves...
Havre Police Department Two people were issued summonses after officers responded to a 3:19 p.m. Wednesday call from Havre Middle School about a fight. — Someone was arrested after officers responded to a 3:28 p.m. Wednesday call from Highland Park School about a found child. — Officers investigated an 11:38 p.m. report from a residence of a sexual offense. Hill County Sheriff’s Office A 14-year-old from Gildford and a 15-year-old from Hingham were each issued a summons on a charge of underage tobacco possession or consu...
Christopher McGee, 52, passed away of natural causes on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, at Northern Montana Hospital. Cremation has taken place, and no memorials services are planned at this time. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Chris’ online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.com....
Now it's official. Montana State University-Northern running back Zach McKinley is indeed Northern's all-time leading rusher. Last Saturday, McKinley rushed for 103 yards against the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears, and when he reached the 85-yard mark in the game at Herb Klindt Field in Billings, he officially became Northern's all-time leading rusher. McKinley now has 350 yards in three games this season, which gives him 2,875 yards in his career. That mark surpasses f...
After a promising start to the 2015 volleyball season, the Havre Blue Ponies are flying high and will look to continue their winning ways this Saturday in Lewistown. However, the Ponies, who normally travel to Lewistown to play their Central A rivals, will actually be playing in a pair of non-conference match ups against Laurel and Hardin. Yet, even though the matches are technically not conference matches, both Laurel and Hardin could be part of the Eastern A divisional,...
When it comes to celebrations, at least in Havre, it doesn’t get much bigger or better than the annual Festival Days celebration. It’s one of Havre’s oldest and proudest traditions. And while there’s plenty of different things to do, see, and participate in each year during Festival Days, one of the big attractions is local sporting events. And this year’s version of Festival Days will be jam-packed with sports. Especially football. On Friday night during Festival Days, the...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team knows all about bus trips. And the Skylights are experts on hotel accommodations, too. That's what four straight weeks of road matches will get you. But, it will also bring a team together, and it will also prepare a team for the really important part of the season - conference play. Tonight, the Skylights are going to put that theory to the test when they make their home and Frontier Conference debut. MSU-N's (8-8) long-aw...
Prep Football Standings Central A Conf. Overall Havre 0-0 1-2 Browning 0-0 0-2 Lewistown 0-0 0-2 Belgrade 0-0 0-3 Livingston 0-0 0-3 Southwestern A Conf. Overall Butte Central 0-0 3-0 Hamilton 0-0 3-0 Dillon 0-0 2-0 Stevensville 0-0 1-2 Corvallis 0-0 0-2 Northwestern A Conf. Overall Frenchtown 0-0 2-1 Whitefish 0-0 2-1 Columbia Falls 0-0 1-1 Polson 0-0 1-1 Eastern A Conf. Overall Miles City 0-0 3-0 Sidney 0-0 3-0 Glendive 0-0 2-0 Laurel 0-0 2-0 Billings Central 0-0 1-1 Hardin 0-0 0-2 District 1B Conf. Overall Fairfield 0-0...
