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Press release ROCKY BOY's INDIAN RESERVATION - The Department of Veterans Affairs is continuing its mission of preventing veteran suicide by working with community organizations across the country, including Great Plains Veterans Services Center, formerly Rocky Boy Veterans Center. Through the Staff Sgt. Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program - SSG Fox SPGP - Great Plains Veterans Services Center received $650,000 from VA to support local veterans. "We look...
The Chinook Sugarbeet Festival is this weekend running all day Saturday with a parade, food and tons of events put on by local businesses, including many new additions. Chinook Area Chamber of Commerce President Daniel Dahl said this is his third year organizing the event, and it's looking to be the biggest festival he's done so far, with a lot of new events put on by business and many more vendors. "We've got some new business owners and they're excited to be doing some new...
In a press conference last week, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., talked on a variety of subjects including how the agricultural season turned out and on legislation he is sponsoring to increase competition in that industry. Tester, the only active farmer in the U.S. Senate, and who farms west of Big Sandy, said the harvest this year wasn't the best, for him and for many other Montana ag producers, but it could have been worse. "Prices are decent," Tester said, adding, "Production,...
Press release Havre resident Katie Kuhr just returned from Bozeman as part of REAL - Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership - Montana. For Kuhr and other members of REAL Montana Class V, this was the first of 10 seminars in their two-year educational program. "REAL Montana is a great opportunity to network with leaders in the agriculture and natural resource industries in Montana and to become more informed of the challenges each industry faces," Kuhr said. "I look...
Carla Jenewein Local Red Cross blood drive coordinator The Chinook Community Red Cross blood drive was held Tuesday Sept. 20, at the Chinook Community Commercial building down at the fairgrounds and was a great success. We had 66 presenting donors and 63 units collected on a goal of 46. We registered seven first-time donors: Sarah Gillett, John Colby, Audrey Turner, Aislinn Handy, Aubree Handy, Paycee Leo and Sandee Leo. Crystal Huckabee reached 4 gallons, Don Ranstrom 17 gallons and Diana Reishus 9 gallons. The people...
It’s not always easy living with me. But my husband, Peter, has to. I know it is not easy, because I live with myself every day, and I feel the bits of anxiety and nervousness and occasional emotional overload escape out of me and flood the house that Peter has to live in. Sometimes, I feel bad for him. The problem I am currently facing is a little too much good news. I am well-conditioned to bad news. I know it is like a physical pain that will pass, often much sooner than I...
Ernestine “Chris” Wipf, 96, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center Friday, September 23, 2022. Cremation has taken place, and a graveside service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 5, 2022, in Highland Cemetery with Deacon Tim Maroney officiating.... Full story
Patricia Feeney, 92, passed very peacefully Sept 14, 2022, in Mountain Home, ID, where she lived with family the past four years. She was a long-time resident of Havre, from 1969 to 2018. She was born Nov 25, 1929, in Greeley, Co., with bright red hair, to parents Harry and Bessie Beair, in the produce business and a nurse, respectively. Growing up she was a very active person, hunting and fishing with her father, riding horses, working cattle on a Texas Panhandle ranch, along... Full story
Havre Daily News Christian Lee Morsette is being held at Hill County Detention Center without bond pending possible felony charges after being arrested on charges of assault with a weapon and no vehicle insurance charges early Monday morning. Havre Police Sgt. Ryan Pearson said a caller reported at 3:05 a.m. Monday that Morsette entered the victim’s residence on the 500 Block of Second Street and held a gun to his face over a claim that the victim had stolen from Morsette. Morsette, a 21-year-old Box Elder man, then left t...
Havre Police Department A dead deer was reported on 10th Street at 6:51 a.m. Monday. -- A caller on U.S. Highway 2 East reported Monday at 4:53 p.m. that structures had been broken into. -- A two-vehicle vehicle crash was reported at 14th Avenue and and Eighth Street Monday at 8:31 p.m. -- An arrest was made after officers were asked to provide assistance at a First Street West establishment at 11:48 p.m. Monday. No details on charges were provided in the dispatch log, but...
After several weeks on the road to start the season, the Montana State University-Northern rodeo teams hosted a rodeo at the Bigger Better Barn at the Great Northern Fairgrounds this past weekend. Collegiate teams from across the Big Sky region gathered over the weekend to compete with several riders demonstrating their skills to local rodeo fans. At the end of the weekend, Montana State University emerged as the victor in both the men's and women's rodeos. In the men's...
With another weekend came another exciting week of high school football on the Hi-Line. Over in Chester, the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks survived a shootout at home against Highwood as the Hawks pulled out the 44-43 victory Friday night. The Hawks struck first in the first quarter with a 38-yard touchdown run from Nate Nelson for an 8-0 lead. But the Mountaineers got on a roll with a pair of scores in the first quarter to take a 16-8 lead. In the second quarter, the Hawks...
Last week marked a milestone in high school volleyball, as the Hi-Line reached the halfway point in the 2022 regular season. The week started with Big Sandy and North Star facing off last Tuesday, while no scorers were reported. The action continued Thursday, as Harlem took down Class C North Country in a non-conference match. In a District 7C match, Highwood defeated Box Elder in three sets, by scores of 25-10, 25-15 and 25-16. Chinook garnered back-to-back wins last week, as...
September is almost over. It’s state golf week, and while the weather is going to hold out a little longer it looks like, the trees are turning colors and the mornings are getting much colder. So all that adds up, I have to put the From Tee to Green away for another long winter ahead. Before I say my goodbyes, though, I want to say good job to the Montana State University-Northern golf teams, who had a strong showing at last week’s Carroll College Invitational. The Lights fini...
TUESDAY High School Volleyball Chinook vs HLP Rocky Boy vs Harlem Fort Benton vs Highwood High School XC Havre at Lewistown Invite College XC MSU-N at Helena WEDNESDAY Skylights vs Providence, 7 p.m THURSDAY High School Football North Star at Sunburst, 5 p.m. High School Volleyball Havre vs Lewistown Chinook vs Big Sandy CJI vs North Star Harlem vs Cuit Bank Box Elder vs Fort Benton FRIDAY High School Football Havre vs Glendive, 6 p.m. Big Sandy vs Box Elder, 7 p.m. CJI at...
Vicki Niederegger and Gloria Tilleman Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club On the corner of Sixth Street and 14th Avenue in Havre is "The Lot," designed by Scott Dion. He took down the older home previously there and recycled as much wood material as he could. He started creating the attractive scene the public can drive or walk by to view at their leisure. He planted 31 young evergreen trees, primarily blue spruce, Jack pines and lumber pines, just inside his new black panel 6-foot...
