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Rosetta M. Montes, 69, of Rocky Boy passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Wake services will begin at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rocky Boy, and will continue until her traditional funeral service, which will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct 3, 2014. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Rosetta's online...
Editor’s note: The computer program provided by the Montana state government to print media reports on court actions does not always list all fines assessed. The following cases were resolved in Hill County Justice Court by Judge Audrey Barger in July. ——— John Conrad Rorrer, born in 1993, was fined $200 and sentenced to 180 days in jail, 170 days suspended and three credited, for escape from official detention. ——— Hayley Lee Demontiney, born in 1963, was sentenced to 180 days in jail, 119 days credited, for theft, obtaining...
Stu McIntosh is an avid antique tractor collector, but because he has had trouble working on them, he is selling his 26-piece collection. In Big Sandy, Oct. 18, McIntosh's tractors that have decorated his neighborhood east of the high school, will be up for auction. "We're going to sell all 26 of them," McIntosh said, adding that most of his tractors are from the 1930s and 1940s - four of them from the 1920s. One 1920 model tractor is on steel wheels. Two of the tractors are...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 12:08 p.m. Wednesday call from 4th Street about the calling party’s vehicle being scratched and vandalised sometime the night prior. —— Laura Louise Wheeler, 30, of Havre was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct after officers responded to a 2:34 a.m. call this morning from 13th Street West. Hill County Sheriff’s Office Althea Ahenakew, 51, of Box Elder was arrested on a charge of shoplifting and Francine Rochelle Bacon, 39, of Box Elder was arrested on charges of resisti...
A group organized to help Beaver Creek Park is moving its third annual fundraiser off the park, with "Fall in Love with Beaver Creek Park" starting Saturday afternoon in Havre. Ursula Brese of Friends of Beaver Creek Park said the group decided to hold its fundraiser at the Eagles Club to make it easier to attend the event, which includes a prime rib dinner and live and silent auctions. The first two Friends fundraisers were held at Camp Kiwanis in the park. The local Milk...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking information regarding a whitetail deer doe that was killed two miles north of Kremlin. FWP said that on Sept. 2, a red pickup was seen chasing a deer through stubble and standing crop fields. The deer was killed and dragged for nearly 4.5 miles. Upon reaching a series of grain bins, the deer was discarded and left to waste. People with information on the incident are asked to call 1-800-TIP-MONT or 1-800-847-6668 or call Andy Matakis at 406-262-2407 to be eligible for an FWP $1,000...
Plans are in the works to install gates and lights at a railroad crossing west of Havre, as well as upgrading the crossing, and the Montana Department of Transportation is seeking comments on the proposal. MDT announced in a press release that the plans are a cooperative project between the department, Hill County and BNSF Railway Co. with MDT paying for the signal system - flashing lights and gates - and part of the cost of installing two 32-foot concrete crossing surfaces...
This weeks former tribal council chair’s change-of-plea hearing in federal court in Great Falls was reset, but three Laurel residents pleaded guilty to charges of fraud and corruption related to Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Tammy Leischner, Mark Leischner and Brenden Leischner of Laurel, sister, former brother-in-law and nephew of former Rocky Boy psychologist James Howard Eastlick Jr., entered guilty pleas this week. Bruce Harold Sunchild, who became chair of the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s Business Committee in 2011, now is sc...
Tonight, there will be a bonfire at the Great Northern Fairgrounds, which is yet another Havre High School homecoming tradition being revived this year. “They’re just trying to get the school spirit back at Havre High and let the kids have fun,” said Lisa Kudrna, parent of an HHS student. Pizza Hut and Domino’s Pizza are each donating 15 large pizzas and Kmart is donating beverages. The bonfire used to be held at the football field, but the schools lost the practice years ago. Fairgrounds Manager Tim Solomon agreed to let...
This summer, the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line became the first club in Montana to provide backpack meals to needy members, thanks to concerned community members. The Save Our Souls Committee of Van Orsdel United Methodist Church has been running a food pantry to assist the poor for years. Over the last two years, the church has seen the demand for its services grow significantly. “I don’t think people see or understand the need,” said committee member Sandy Brown. An article in the Great Falls Tribune about child...
The Havre Art Association 44th Annual Art Show and Sale will feature special guest artist Monte Yellowbird Sr. at this year's show on Nov. 1 and 2. Yellowbird is famous worldwide for his paintings and Native ledger artwork of the Plains Indians, as well as his vibrant use of color. Applications are still being accepted from Artists wanting to participate in the show until Oct. 19 and are available at Artitudes Gallery & Frame Shop in the Atrium Mall. Space is limited. For...
MISSOULA — The ALS Association Evergreen Chapter’s 8th annual Missoula Walk to Defeat ALS will take place at McCormick Park in Missoula on Saturday. Pam Hillery and Brendan Brady, two Havre people with ALS, will be participating with their families and friends. Registration for the walk starts at 10 a.m. with the opening ceremony beginning at 10:45 a.m. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord....
Halfway back from my morning walk, I reached into my pockets, all four pockets. One at a time, naturally. I’d forgotten my keys. The last thing I do when I leave my apartment is turn the lock in the doorknob. In a flash of memory I could see my keys — in the bottom of my bag — in the house. I felt a combination of desperation plus an urge to throw up. Over-reaction? Certainly. My mind was pre-occupied. A friend is hospitalized and the family is gathering. But still ... still, I felt like a fool, a silly sort of fool (rath...
There a lot of scenic and beautiful golf courses in Montana. But the Montana High School Association would be hard pressed to find one as beautiful and as majestic to use as the setting for a state golf tournament as the one that’s hosting the Class A state tournament this weekend. The Hamilton Country Club is set in the beautiful Bitterroot Valley, and the Bitterroot Mountains play a big role in the backdrop of the course, and also with the greens. The course, an 18-hole d...
It has been a challenging season thus far for the Havre High volleyball team and not just because the team has managed to get just a single win under its belt. HHS has played a daunting schedule and unfortunately for the Blue Ponies, it’s not about to get any easier. The Ponies, who are now 1-10 overall and 1-3 in Central A conference play, will welcome Great Falls High into the HHS gymnasium tonight at in a battle of long-time rivals. The match is set to begin at 5:30. The B...
For the next two days, or the next 36 holes, nine members of the Havre High golf teams will be at the pinnacle of their season, and for that matter their young golfing careers. Simply put, these nine HHS golfers have reached the top. And now it’s all about what they do while they’re there. The nine Blue Pony boys and girls who qualified will play in the 2014 Class A state golf tournament Friday and Saturday at the Hamilton Country Club. The Pony boys will be competing onl...
The Montana State University-Northern football team left everything they had on the field last Saturday against the No. 7 Southern Oregon Raiders. And while the Raiders escaped Havre with a 45-24 win, MSU-N played one of its best games of the season, in spite of what the scoreboard said. Still, Northern enters its only bye week of the 2014 season at a frustrating 1-4 overall and 0-4 in the Frontier Conference. The bye week comes at a good time for the Lights, who have been goi...
Prep Football Standings Central A Conf. Overall Belgrade 1-0 4-1 Havre 1-0 2-3 Browning 0-0 0-4 Lewistown 0-1 3-2 Livingston 0-1 0-5 Eastern A Conf. Overall Miles City 1-0 4-1 Laurel 1-0 4-1 Billings Central 1-0 3-1 Sidney 0-1 3-2 Glendive 0-1 0-4 Hardin 0-1 0-4 Southwest A Conf. Overall Butte Central 1-0 4-1 Hamilton 1-0 4-1 Dillon 1-0 3-1 Corvallis 0-1 3-1 Anaconda 0-1 2-2 Stevensville 0-1 1-3 Northwest A Conf. Overall Whitefish 1-0 3-2 Frenchtown 1-0 2-3 Libby 0-0 2-3 Columbia Falls 0-1 4-1 Polson 0-1 2-3 1B Conf. Overall...
