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A meeting with the commissioners about how to manage the Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump, the upcoming annual meeting of the museum foundation and the resumption of work sessions at the Griggs Building to prepare it to house the museum were discussed at Monday's monthly meeting of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board. Members of the Board's Transition Committee are scheduled to meet with the Hill County commissioners at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the commissioners' office to present...
Community health centers in north-central Montana have received $350,000 in federal grants to use in the regional battle against rampant opioid abuse and to help treat people with mental health issues. Bullhook Community Health Center in Havre and Sweet Medical Center in Chinook each received $175,000. The grants are part of $2.8 million in grants to 17 health centers in Montana and $200 million nationwide from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resource and Services Administration. The opioid e...
A Havre couple has joined the race to become Montana's next U.S. senator, with the couple filing on the opposite sides of the ticket and possibly facing each other in the general election. James Dean, 38, a U.S. Air Force veteran and financial adviser, has entered the crowded race in the primary for the Republican nomination to take on Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., in next fall's election. Sarah Dean, 30, a fashion designer who also works at 2nd Street Barista, hopes to unseat...
Havre Daily News staff Treatment in Seattle of an aggressive cancer is going well for a local man, his wife said, and family and friends have set another fundraiser to help the family pay for ongoing costs. Waylon Day Child, 35, is undergoing treatment of an aggressive form of lymphoma. He has insurance and the Rocky Boy Health Department has helped with expenses but costs continue to mount, his family said. Pizza Hut will hold a fundraiser Thursday. If customers say they are...
Members of Havre City Council's Vacant Properties Ad Hoc Committee met Monday evening to discuss research they had collected about 10 other U.S. cities that have implemented ordinances meant to tackle blight caused by derelict vacant properties. The five committee members, who met at the Student Union Building at Montana State University-Northern, presented information about the cities each had looked into. The committee is aiming for another meeting within the next two...
Press release While en route to Washington, D.C., from Montana, the national Christmas tree will be making a stop on the Hi-Line. Every year, a different National Forest is selected to provide a tree to appear on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol for the Christmas season. The Kootenai National Forest in partnership with nonprofit Choose Outdoors will bring this special gift from Montana to Washington, D.C., for the 2017 season, involving more than 15 communities along the way, including Harlem Nov. 17. The tree will be cut...
Press release The Town Pump Charitable Foundation hopes to raise more than $3 million in its 16th annual fundraising campaign for food banks across Montana, including District 4 Human Resources Development Council’s Havre Community Food Bank and the Feed My Sheep Soup Kitchen. About 80 food banks are participating in the statewide “Be A Friend in Deed, Helping Those in Need” campaign this year. The campaign has raised more than $26 million for food banks statewide in 15 years, including about $5 million in matching grant...
From Big Sandy FFA Big Sandy FFA Chapter took 26 members to Judith Basin Fall Districts in Hobson Sept. 26 to compete in Range Agronomy and Livestock Evaluation. Two members from Big Sandy competed in the Senior Range Agronomy competition, grades 10 and older, and four students competed in the Junior Range Agronomy competition. There were also nine competitors in Junior Livestock Evaluation competition from Big Sandy as well as eight competitors in the Senior Livestock Evaluation Team. The Junior Agronomy team took second...
Annette J. Vander Ven, 66, passed away Saturday, October 7, 2017, due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Cremation has taken place, and a memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church with Deacon Timothy Maroney officiating. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Annette’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com....
Michael Louis Zorko of Edmonds, Washington, 65, passed away Sept. 29, 2017. His graveside service will be held Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 at 2 p.m. at Calvary Cemetery with Pastor Curt Curtis officiating. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services. Mike was born April 23, 1952, to Joseph and Esther (Seidel) Zorko in Havre, Montana. He attended Havre Public Schools, graduated from Havre High School in 1970, and went on to college to earn his bachelor’s degrees in math and physics. He enlisted in the armed s...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after an 11th Street West caller reported Monday at 9:33 a.m. that someone hit her Chevrolet Cruze the night before. —— Officers investigated after a College Road West caller reported Monday at 11:55 a.m. that someone had hit a 2008 Blue Ford Focus. —— Alexander Dennis Eakin of Havre, 28, was arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license during a vehicle stop on Third Avenue Monday at 12:40 p.m. Officers assisted a citizen after a Fifth Street...
Katie Donaldson, Havre High Volleyball Havre High senior libero Katie Donaldson has been one of the Blue Ponies' top defenders all season long. And while she doesn't get in on the offensive action much, Donaldson's serving was a huge weapon in the Blue Ponies' sweep of Conrad Saturday night in Havre. Donaldson served an incredible nine aces to go with a team-high seven digs against the Cowgirls. Donaldson also plays varsity tennis at Havre High. Jackson Diemert, CJI Football...
The Fort Benton Longhorns have put together one of their best seasons in years and this past weekend, they got themselves within one win of making the 8-Man playoffs with a blowout win over Rocky Boy. The Longhorns, who hosted the Stars Friday night, scored 41 first-quarter points to make quick work of the Stars, who eventually lost 77-20. Jace Thompson opened the scoring by recovering a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown. Then Landon Taylor added two touchdowns runs...
After a break in their season, the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Skylights' cross country teams resumed action with tough races last Saturday in Billings. MSU-N took part in the Yellowjacket Open, hosted by Montana State-Billings. The meet featured the NCAA Division II Yellowjackets, as well as Black Hills State, Rocky Mountain College and Central Wyoming. Both Northern teams finished fifth in the team races, with the MSU-N women scoring 109 points and the men f...
Occasionally, I like to make a mountain out of a mole hill. That’s what happens sometimes when you’re highly-opinionated, which I readily admit I am. So forgive me if I’m doing it again now, but, as always, there’s a method to my madness. Last week, Carolina Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton made what many considered a sexist remark to a female reporter who, by all accounts, was literally just doing her job. Basically what happened was the reporter asked Newton about one of hi...
The calendar has turned to October, and for area high school volleyball teams, that means the most important stretch of the season has arrived. Last week's action started on Thursday night when Chinook swept Big Sandy in a key District 6C East contest. The Sugarbeeters beat the Pioneers by scores of 23-19, 28-26 and 25-21. Kourtney Hanson had eight kills for the Sugarbeeters, while Sierra Swank finished with one ace, one block and 10 assists. Jaylyn Cline had seven kills for...
It won't count, but the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is about to take the court for the first time this fall. The Skylights travel to Glasgow Saturday for a preseason scrimmage against the University of Williston Lady Tetons. The scrimmage will be held at Glasgow High School at 1 p.m. Admission is free of charge, but donations to the Glasgow Area Basketball Club will be accepted. The donations will be used to fund clinics, games and camps for area...
Youth Dynamics in Havre has experienced such an influx in demand for its services that they recently had to enlarge their staff. “It just seems like these past couple of weeks, it has been busier and busier,” said Briayan Flores, area manager of the Havre office. The Havre office, on the upper floor of the Atrium Mall, has in recent months gone from having an in office staff that fluctuated between one and four and sharing an area manager with their Shelby office, to now having five employees including their own area man...
