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HELENA (AP) — A Havre businessman agreed to plead guilty to bribing a tribal official and conspiring to make false claims in order to take federal stimulus money awarded to the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. Defendant Shad Huston signed the plea deal on Friday, acknowledging that he bribed a Chippewa Cree official and used fake invoices to get paid for work his companies never did on the reservation. The deal must be accepted by U.S. District Judge Brian Morris. A previous plea agreement fell through in March when Huston s...
Max and Kirsti Cederberg, owners of the Hot Rod Ranch of Turner, have been named one of two 2015 Outstanding Agricultural Leaders. The award is presented annually by Montana State University‘s College of Agriculture and the Montana Experiment Stations. Lola Raska, executive vice president of the Montana Grain Growers Association was the other winner. The public is invited to congratulate the recipients at a Montana-made breakfast to be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in MSU’s South Gym of the Marga Hosaeus Fitness Cen...
People jammed into the dining room at the Beaver Creek Golf Course Saturday night for a Crab Boil dinner. It was the first event put on by Jennifer Nebel, the new executive director of the United Way of Hill County, which funds several nonprofits in the county. There was not an empty seat in the place as the wine auction began. Some fine Montana wines were auctioned off, and a variety of other top-notch wines were sold, but the biggest laughter came when auctioneer Greg...
The second in a series of information sessions on the proposed $30 million, 20-year proposal to refurbish Havre streets will be held at city hall after tonight’s City Council meeting. The plan calls for spending $1.5 million a year for the next 20 years to gradually bring the streets up to snuff. City Council members who voted for the project say they have no trouble convincing people that the streets need repairs, but there is tremendous concern over the cost. Council members who support the plan will explain the program, h...
A new building will be added to the Rudyard Depot Museum complex to house a collection antique farm equipment farm. Gov. Steve Bullock announced that the museum will get $30,000 from a fund aimed at enhancing tourism in the state. Lila Redding, an official with the museum, said volunteers will build the building, and the money will be used to buy materials. The antique equipment has been on storage at the site for a long time, Redding said. The equipment was donated to the museum by its seven founders many years ago, she...
The Montana State University- Northern Alumni Association raised a record amount of money during its Northern Alumni Scholarship Auction and Social, held each year to raise money for scholarships given to Northern students. As of 9 a.m. Monday, Foundation Executive Director Jim Bennett and other event organizers were still counting the funds, but Bennett said more than $23,000 had been donated. In 2014, more than $17,000 had been raised. Bennett said about 200 people bought...
Red Cross is holding a blood drive Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 2 to 6 p.m., at Jerry Martin Memorial Hall, 166 Johannes Ave., Big Sandy. Volunteer donors are the only source of blood products for those needing transfusions. Donors with all blood types are needed, especially those with types O-negative, B-negative, A-negative and AB. To make an appointment to donate blood, download the Red Cross Blood Donor App from app stores or text BLOODAPP to 90999 to receive a download link, visit http://redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-RED...
Press release Montana State University-Northern’s 2015-2016 Chancellor’s Lecture Series will present Jill Brody’s “Hidden in Plain Sight” exhibit. This is a collection of photographs and Brody’s most masterful project to date. Brody first began her trips to the Hutterite colonies in 2010 and quickly discovered a new sense of Montana’s cultural diversity that could be observed and photographed. “The Hutterites are a unique community that seeks a certain degree of isolation,” she said. “Yet they need to interact and engage in c...
Havre Police Department Friday at 3:26 p.m. officers investigated a vehicle crash reported at Sunnyside Intermediate School. —— Theresa Ann Wells, 57, of Chinook was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants after officers investigated a vehicle crash reported Friday at 5:04 p.m. —— Officers investigated a 7:39 p.m. Friday report from 2nd Street of $100 stolen from a purse. —— Nicholas Patrick Mader, 18, was issued a summons on a charge of minor in possession at 8:06 p.m. Friday on 6th Street West. —— Officers invest...
DAVIS, CALIF., (AP) - The Montana Grizzlies didn't start off the right way again on the road. But, they found a way to win on the road nonetheless. Chad Chalich overcame a slow start to pass for 265 yards and three touchdowns, leading No. 12 Montana to a 27-13 win over UC Davis on Saturday in Big Sky Conference action. It was UM's first road win under head coach Bob Stitt. "We needed to be able to come here and play with some excitement and have some fun together on the road,"...
While Havre High sports took center stage this past weekend due to homecoming, the Glacier Nationals were also in action, doing battle once again with the Great Falls Americans Friday in the Havre Ice Dome. The Nationals, who were defeated by the Americans 12-1 back on Sept. 18 in the season-opener for both teams, were much more competitive Friday night and were within striking distance before four goals in the third period gave Great Falls a 5-1 win. Glacier, which plays in...
The Havre High golf teams did all they could do at the Class A state tournament this past weekend in Sidney. Unfortunately, golf is a difficult sport, and sometimes, no matter how hard you try, the ball just doesn’t do what you ask it to. And for much of the 2015 Class A state tournament, played Friday and Saturday at the Sidney Country Club, that’s the way it went for the Blue Ponies, especially the HHS boys, who were certainly one of the teams to beat going into the fin...
Perhaps no two volleyball teams in the Frontier Conference needed, and wanted, to win as badly as the two teams that faced off Friday night in Dillon. And fortunately for the Montana State University-Northern Skylights, they were the team that got that win. The Skylights had been so close to winning so many times at home the last two weeks, but in their first conference road match of the season, they finally found the success they had been so close to getting. On Friday...
Every coach is worried about how their team will play on homecoming weekend and whether or not the festivities will turn into a distraction. But, for the Havre High volleyball team, there were no ill effects as the Blue Ponies took care of business. Havre welcomed Browning into the HHS gymnasium Saturday night for a Central A conference battle and despite a sloppy second game, the Ponies cruised to a 3-1 victory by the scores of 25-8, 19-25, 25-15 and 25-4. With the win, HHS...
Leading up to the Havre High football team's homecoming game against Livingston, head coach Mark Samson talked about how good teams show up to play regardless of opponent. Well Friday night, the Blue Ponies showed signs of being a good team as they not only dominated a weaker opponent in Livingston, they also overcame the elements at a rain-soaked Blue Pony Stadium on their way to a 40-0 win. The win over the Rangers was the third straight for Havre and improved the Ponies...
The Havre High cross country teams get one day each season to run on their home course, in front of their hometown fans. And while mother nature made that one day a difficult one, the Blue Ponies made the most out of it. Saturday, Havre hosted the annual 2015 Havre Invitational on what was a cold, windy, and rain-soaked course on the campus of Montana State University-Northern. And though good times were hard to come by, new HHS head coach Josh Holt was very proud of all of...
