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Editor’s note: This version corrects that Jody Olson is a former Havre Area Chamber of Commerce executive director. Julea Robbins took over as director Sept. 1. The chair of a steering committee working to add Havre as an affiliate of Montana Main Street Program said the the community could greatly benefit if it grabs a hold of the opportunity. "There is energy here and it needs to be harnessed and focus," Chair Steve Helmbrecht said. The proposal drafted by the committee s...
It's been a long journey to get here, but now is finally the time for volleyball teams across the Frontier Conference to get down to business. Starting this week, it's conference play from here on out, and it will be an interesting season in the Frontier to say the least. With non-conference play wrapped up now, all but one team in the Frontier finished the last month's worth of matches at .500 our better, and that one team, Montana State University-Northern, is just one game...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Tuesday during his monthly rural conference call that the issues surrounding gun violence, the on-going trade war with China and the government's stance on climate change are issues in need of debate moving forward into the fall congressional session. One of the top issues on the minds of many people of Montana is the uncertainty with agricultural prices and the Trump Administration's ongoing trade war with China, he said. "The price of...
Sweet Medical Center will be hosting its premier Diabetes Beat Down Race Oct. 19 at the Blaine County Fairgrounds and is looking for donations, volunteers and sponsors for the event. Event organizer and Sweet Medical Center Nurse Practitioner Lindsay Rucinsky said Type 1 and 2 diabetes in Montana are a big issue and the event is to promote awareness as well as support fighting diabetes. She added that Montana has about 96,000 people with diabetes, approximately 10.9 percent of the adult population in the state, predominantly...
The Stone Child College Library received a $90,130 grant Tuesday from the Institute of Library and Museum Services through the work of the Chippewa Cree Tribe and RJS and Associates. RJS CEO Jim Swan said that the grant is for two parts of the library, to increase public access to cultural archival materials and community records and increase community programming and cultural events to attract more people to the library. “In this case, it’s actually not even so much the college as it is the community,” Swan said. “Ston...
The Great Northern Fair Board chair said Tuesday the 2019 fair went well, with hopes for increases in attendance next year. Audience member Bob Kaul asked the fair board during the public comment section for a report on this summer’s fair. Board Chair Tyler Smith said this year’s fair was similar to last year’s fair, with numbers relatively unchanged. He added that even on numbers regarding parking are almost identical. He said if Blaine County moves its fair to later in the year — its fair board is considering holding its fa...
Press release The nonprofit Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument is seeking volunteers for a Missouri River cleanup on National Public Lands Day. The event will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, at the Chouteau County Fairgrounds canoe launch in Fort Benton, and end by 5 p.m. at the Wood Bottom Recreation Area in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument near Loma. Volunteers will paddle 20 miles between Fort Benton and Wood Bottom, picking up articles of trash along the way. The last time the Friends hosted a ri...
Press release HELENA — Running for office is not an easy feat. No one can predict the range of obstacles candidates may face, but learning from local and national cooperative professionals can guide you to a winning campaign. That’s what the 2019 nonpartisan Co-op Campaign Academy offers to prospective candidates and campaign workers. Montana’s Credit Unions, Montana Electric Cooperatives’ Association and their national counterparts the Credit Union National Association, and National Rural Electric Cooperative Associa...
Peter was up before anyone else - as he often is. My husband, Peter, gets up early in order to have enough time to brood before busybodies like me expect him to engage in cheerful conversation. But this morning we were staying at my parents' cabin and there was a glitch in the plans. The coffee jar was empty. Obviously, a person can't brood without coffee. Peter quietly opened one cupboard after another. No coffee. My parents are great planners so there was no chance they...
Havre Police Department Everett Dale Windyboy of Havre, 66, was arrested on charges of shoplifting and trespass to property, after a caller at a First Street West business reported Tuesday at 11:15 a.m. a man stole two beers and left the store headed east. -- A caller on First Street reported a vehicle crash between a Corvette and a GMC sport utility vehicle Tuesday at 1:36 p.m. -- Milo Montgomery Moore of Havre, 27, was arrested on a partner or family member assault charge,...
A front-page story in Monday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about the Chinook Sugarbeet Festival misidentified who dinosaurs in the festival parade represented. The dinosaurs were from Finley’s Food Farm....
Caden Rettig, North Star Football It's been a tough start to the 2019 football season for the North Star Knights, but senior Caden Rettig is doing all he can. Rettig accounted for six touchdowns in North Star's close loss to Valier last Saturday. Rettig scored on rushing TDs of 40, 52, 12 and seven, while also catching a TD and throwing for one more. Rettig was also a monster for the Knights, who fell 47-44, on defense. Rettig is also a standout basketball and track and field...
The Montana State University-Northern cross country teams competed in their second meet of the 2019 season last week. Northern traveled to Billings for the Frontier Conference Preview Meet, hosted by Rocky Mountain College. The Skylights took sixth place. There were 66 individuals running at the meet. Allison Tigert led the Skylights, as she crossed the finish line in 12th place with a time of 20:28.76. Rachel David came in 28th place with a time of 21:15.33. Ashley...
After their first rodeo of the season was canceled, the Montana State University Northern Lights and Skylights finally got their Big Sky Region fall season started this past weekend. Northern was in Glendive Friday and Saturday for the Dawson Community College Rodeo, where the Lights took sixth place, while the Skylights didn’t have a team score. Northern’s Liam Marshall had a great ride in the bareback riding, finishing second with a score of 58 to lead the Lights. Jer...
From Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA — The Montana Department of Agriculture is reminding Montana’s commercial and hobbyist beekeepers of the change in apiary registration fees as a result of the passage of House Bill 443 during the 2019 legislative session. Following the passing of HB 443, the department met with the board of the Montana Beekeeper’s Association and determined that the fee structure needed to be revised in order to encourage hobbyist beekeeper registration and provide additional support for comme...
From Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA — The Montana Potato Advisory Committee is seeking proposals for the Montana Potato Research and Market Development Program. Proposals should relate to demonstration projects, applied research and market development projects designed to address needs and opportunities for the Montana potato industry. The committee has established the following research priorities for the 2019-2020 funding cycle: 1. Management of potato viruses and their vectors; 2. Stem and tuber diseases c...
From Montana Farm Bureau Federation The Montana Farm Bureau is urging Congress to ratify the U.S. Mexico-Canada Trade agreement. The trade relationship with Canada and Mexico is critical to American farmers. In 2018, food and agricultural exports to Canada were $20.6 billion, and $19 billion to Mexico. This makes Canada and Mexico the top two food and agricultural export markets for the United States. “President Trump and his Administration have done a great job updating the North American Free Trade Agreement to be b...
Prep Football Standins Class A Eastern Division Northeast Conf. Overall Miles City 3-0 3-0 Sidney 2-1 2-1 Lewistown 1-1 1-1 Havre 2-1 2-1 Glendive 1-2 1-2 Southeast Conf. Overall Billings Central 3-0 3-0 Laurel 1-1 1-1 Hardin 0-3 0-3 Livingston 0-3 0-3 Western Division Southwest Conf. Overall Frenchtown 3-0 3-0 Hamilton 3-0 3-0 Dillon 2-1 2-1 Corvallis 1-2 1-2 Butte Central 0-3 0-3 Stevensville 0-3 0-3 Northwest Conf. Overall Libby 3-0 3-0 Polson 2-1 2-1 Whitefish 2-1 2-1 Browning 1-2 1-2 Columbia Falls 1-2 1-2 Ronan 0-3 0-3...
