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Festival Days came back to Havre this past weekend, featuring the return of numerous events that were canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and attendees new and returning seemed impressed with the showing. The parade, a centerpiece event for festival days that was absent last year, drew a crowd of people that lined Fifth Avenue as floats and parade participants representing local businesses and and organizations from Montana State University Northern to the North C...
Hill County Health Department reported Friday the county has suffered another COVID-19-related death, bringing the county to 50 deaths since the disease was first confirmed in Montana. The update on the state tracking map this morning reports Montana has seen a total of 1,887 deaths so far. That includes the Hill County total and 24 deaths in Blaine County, seven in Chouteau County and one in Liberty County. The news comes as Pfizer announced this morning that tests have shown that the vaccine it and its German partner...
The 2021 Honor Our Legacy Fashion Show was held at Northern Winz Hotel and Casino Friday, featuring the work of Native American fashion designers and artists. The show featured models displaying clothes designed by Elias Not Afraid, JG Indie, and Sage Mountainflower, all well-known Native American fashion designers who attended the event. The show held raffles, played music and was generally meant to be an upbeat affair, but it was not without solemn moments as well with...
Hill County had one COVID-19-related death and 18 new cases, the Hill County Health Department reported Friday evening. The county had 149 active cases, 6 active hospitalizations and a total of 2,615 cases and 50 deaths. Blaine County Health Department reported Friday evening being notified of 14 new cases, 81 active, no active hospitalizations listed, 1,072 total cases, 24 deaths. Rocky Boy reported Friday evening, also reported on either Chouteau or Hill county numbers, 7 new cases, 59 active, 1 active hospitalization, 982...
Staff and wire report The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana said in a release Friday that two people pleaded not guilty in federal District Court in Great Falls to charges including attempted murder stemming from an incident involving an alleged abduction and firing of a shotgun March 17, 2019, on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. The release said Leon Houle of Box Elder, 47, and Tabitha Gopher, 23, hometown unknown, each pleaded not guilty in federal District Court in Great Falls Sept. 13 to charges of as...
Following the great success of a drive-thru flu clinic last year, Northern Montana Health Care has scheduled another for this week. The clinic is set for Thursday from 4-7 p.m., Friday from 4-7 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the main parking lot at the Third Floor entrance at Northern Montana Hospital. Health providers urge people to get vaccinated for the flu, which is caused by a different virus than COVID-19 and requires a different vaccination, to avoid medical professionals and hospitals having to deal with...
Ron Andrews of Spokane Valley, Washington, born July 13, 1970, died June 18, 2021. Services have been held....
Linda J. Dumas, 78, passed away at Big Sandy Medical Center Sunday, September 19, 2021. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at a later date....
Rosallie E. “Sally” Miller of Helena, age 88, passed away November 21, 2020. A memorial service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 25, 2021, at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home. The service will be livestreamed, accessible through her obituary page at http://www.aswfuneralhome.com . Coffee and cookies will follow the service in the social hall of the funeral home....
Needing a fourth for bridge, God called September 11, 2021, and Lila Lillian (Swan) Pasha answered the call. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, October 16, 2021, at 10:30 a.m. at the Faith Community Church in Highwood, MT; Lunch will follow at the Community Hall. Lila was born in Fort Benton, MT, November 26, 1927, to L.R. and Lillian (Evers) Swan and raised on the family ranch near Highwood. She attended country school and graduated from Highwood High School in...
Our beloved Karen “Kookom” Stiffarm, 47, journeyed to the Sand Hills the afternoon of Thursday, September 16, 2021. Wake services began at 6:00 p.m. Friday, September 17, 2021, and continued until her funeral service at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 18, 2021, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church....
Ronald Dale “Lil Ronnie” Stump Jr., 33, passed away due to natural causes at Benefis Healthcare Friday, September 17, 2021. Wake services began at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 19, 2021, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 21, 2021, all at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Box Elder. Burial will follow in the Morsette Family Cemetery....
The Great Northern Fair Board will meet Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 5:30 p.m. in the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center. The meeting agenda is: Call meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendees Approve minutes Public comment. Anything brought up here will be added to next month’s new business to be discussed and voted on. Fairgrounds manager’s report Civic groups report Donated hours report Committee reports Buildings and grounds Campground winterization Price for winter camping Outdoor and...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a Friday 10:45 a.m. report that a pickup truck on 12th Street was egged during the night. -- Davis William Cravens of Havre, 24, was arrested on three counts of vandalism and a charges of false reports to law enforcement authorities, driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and driving without proof of vehicle insurance, and Vincent Matthew Morin of Havre, 27, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant during a...
For many of us, one of our fondest memories is going to our high school or college homecoming. If you look up the definition of the term, homecoming means “an instance of returning home” and “a high school, or university game, dance or other social event to which alumni are invited.” We want to extend that invitation to all Montana State University-Northern alumni to join us Sept. 22-25 to celebrate our wonderful 92 years of Northern. When I started at the MSU-Northern Foundation in the fall of 2019, it was only six weeks p...
The Montana State University-Northern football team is looking to make a jump this season but so far this fall, mistakes such as turnovers have held them back. This past Saturday afternoon in Dillon against University of Montana Western, turnovers again put the Lights in a hole that put them down 28-0 at halftime. The Lights did battle back in the second half but UMW held on to win 42-28. While MSU-N head coach Andrew Rolin was proud of his team for battling back, he knows...
BOZEMAN - Montana State took the lead on the opening drive of the game and controlled its entire contest against San Diego as the No. 11 Bobcats rolled to a 52-10 non-conference football win over the Toreros Saturday in front of 19,107 fans at Bobcat Stadium. MSU's first three offensive drives led to touchdowns. A 7-yard TD pass from Matthew McKay to Derryk Snell opened the scoring, McKay's 65-yard connection with Elijah Elliott broke the game open, and Isaiah Ifanse's 9-yard...
The Havre High and Billings Central football teams entered the 2021 season on different trajectories. The Blue Ponies were coming off a losing season while the Rams were coming off a year where they made it all the way to the state title game. When the Ponies and Rams played Friday night at Herb Klindt Field in Billings, Billings Central continued to look like a strong program as they took advantage of several Havre miscues to win 37-7. "Anytime you get a chance to go down the...
After a solid showing at the Havre Invite, the Havre High cross country teams were looking to carry that over to the Mountain West Classic in Missoula this past Saturday. However, they competed against over 80 teams at the meet and over 300 runners in each meet. With that many competitors, Havre finished in the middle of the pack as the boys team finished 39th and the girls team finished 37th. The boys team took 39th with 1,136 points. Idaho Falls won the meet with 100 points....
The Havre Blue Pony golf teams are ready for divisionals. But before the Ponies go there, they played two tough golf courses to wrap up the regular season. On Thursday, Havre took part in the Billings Central Invitational at Peter Yemen Golf Club, where the HHS boys finished fifth, though they shot a stellar 337. Theron Peterson paced Havre with a 79, which got him a Top-10 finish overall. Caleb Spangler fired an 81, while Kale Reno shot 86, and Matt Huse and Shane Patascil...
Coming into the season, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team hoped to make a jump in the Frontier Conference. While they have not begun their conference schedule yet, the Skylights got the chance to compete in the Preseason Frontier Conference Tournament at Armory Gymnasium this past weekend. While the matches in the tournament did not go toward the season standings, it did give the Skylights the opportunity to show what they have this fall, as well as see...
Coming off their first loss of the season, the Havre High volleyball team’s schedule did not get any easier with a two-match roadtrip this past weekend. On Friday night, the Blue Ponies defeated Sidney, 3-0, by scores of 25-16, 25-18 and 25-15. They then faced a battle Saturday at Glendive but they prevailed with a 3-2 win by scores of 25-20, 23-25, 22-25, 25-17 and 15-9. “It was a great weekend for us. I thought against Sidney, we controlled the match the entire time,” HHS h...
