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Eight years after he was ousted in a primary challenge, former state Sen. Frank Smith, D-Polar, is looking to make a political comeback and reclaim the seat he once held. Smith, an enrolled Assiniboine and Sioux, is the Democratic candidate for state Senate District 16, which spans from Hill and Chouteau to Roosevelt County and includes parts of Rocky Boy's, Fort Belknap and Fort Peck Indian reservations. The seat is now occupied by Smith's two-time primary rival, termed-out...
After one term representing House District 32, state Rep. Bruce Meyers, R-Box Elder, has set his sights on Montana's upper legislative chamber, Meyers, an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, is the Republican candidate in the race for Senate District 16. The district spans from Hill and Chouteau counties to Roosevelt County and includes parts of Rocky Boy's, Fort Belknap and Fort Peck Indian reservations. The seat is now held by state...
Montana State Univesity-Northern announced it received a major boost to help students attend the university from a family with a long history of supporting students and higher education in Montana. The Haynes Foundation gifted Northern with a $661,000 endowment to the MSU-Northern Alumni Foundation, the university said in a press release. The endowment will be used to provide scholarships to undergraduate students who graduated from a Montana high school. The Haynes Foundation was established in 1958 by Jack Ellis Haynes a...
BILLINGS — A federal jury awarded creditors of a Montana resort for the ultra-rich a $9 million judgment against the wife of the resort’s founder after she was accused of helping conceal assets in the fallout from the club’s bankruptcy. The verdict against Jessica Ferguson was reached Tuesday and released Wednesday by U.S. District Court in Seattle. Ferguson is the wife of Tim Blixseth, who founded the posh Yellowstone Club near Big Sky that went bankrupt in 2008. Creditors represented by the Yellowstone Club Liqui...
Havre High School Key Club members will be going door-to-door in Havre Monday, Oct. 17, starting at 6:30 p.m. collecting money for UNICEF. Nearly 100 million women and their newborns in more than 15 countries need help and protection from the painful and deadly disease of tetanus. The money Key Club members will collecte will be used to help eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. “Every dollar donated protects a mother and newborn,” the club said in a press release. “Thank You Havre for your support of HHS Key Club and t...
Those dratted leaf-cutter ants are at it again, drilling holes, raising mounds of pebbled dirt around their nests. Their chain-saw jaws can strip my hibiscus, roses, oleander and hydrangea in minutes, leaving bare-naked stalks. Unsated, they turn to the rest of my garden. I gently escort spiders out of my house. But when I see fresh ant hills, I show no mercy. We were driving out the Rancho road to the highway, going to Guadalajara to pick up Pam at the airport, when I saw a...
Editor, The election season is a sad affair. We would be tempted to give up on it altogether if it were not for one bright spot — and that is Democrat Jacob Bachmeier who is running for House District 28. Mr. Bachmeier is an energetic, optimistic young man who is destined to make his mark on Montana politics. Jacob has lived here in Havre all of his life. He campaigns with the positive energy of one who embraces public service and hard work. Mr. Bachmeier is committed to protecting Montana’s outdoor spaces, to creating new...
The Hill County Public Cemetery District is asking the residents of Hill County to increase funding to maintain the nine cemeteries in the district by requesting a mill levy increase on the ballot in November. The Cemetery District currently cares for and maintains nine cemeteries located within Hill county. This includes all aspects of landscaping care for cemeteries as far away as Inverness to the west, Spring Coulee to the north, and Box Elder to the south. The district relies heavily upon tax dollars to maintain its...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a complaint after a caller from the Havre Hill County Library reported Wednesday at 2:42 p.m. that there was an intoxicated man in the office that they wanted removed. —— Officers investigated a suspicious activity report after a Jefferson Avenue caller reported Wednesday at 4:19 p.m. that someone had written a weird note on her car and wrote a name in the dust on her car. —— Officers investigated a theft report after a First Street West business caller reported Wednesday at 5:50...
Kelly R. Schafer of Schafer Insurance in Havre recently attended the Western Region PIA Annual Insurance convention. During the Final Night Banquet he was completely taken by surprise and very honored to be awarded "Agent of the Year." In the introduction the master of ceremony announcing the "Agent of the Year" said, "How does this guy do it? He works full time for the city of Havre as well as running the agency, among other commitments." Schafer has worked with his father,...
The owner of a hair salon on 3rd Avenue in Havre held an open house Friday night. Bethany Lynn Ward-Holzworth, a licensed cosmetologist and the owner of Hi-Line Hair was serving up wine and refreshments for patrons and members of the community in the two-room space on the third floor of the 305 Building. Ward-Holzworth is originally from Havre but lived in Bozeman until moving back with her husband about a year ago. “I just wanted to work for myself,” said Ward-Holzworth, who has no employees. Hi-Line Hair is her first bus...
Earl Lewis Kainz of Billings, Montana, 83 died Oct. 12, 2016, at Billings Clinic. Services will be held Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, at 3 p.m. at The Evangelical United Methodist Church, 345 Broadwater Ave., Billings, Montana, with viewing at the church before the service from 2 to 3 p.m....
The Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club held its annual Christmas Turkey Shoot Sunday, Oct. 9 at the Hill County Sports Shooting Range on River Road west of Havre. Twenty shooters participated in the afternoon event with six matches, all five shots each at various distances and positions. Shooting conditions were cool and breezy most of the afternoon. The winners of the matches were: 25-yard Pistol: 1st Pete Huseby, Havre, 39; 2nd Randy Owens, Havre, 36; 3rd Cameron Griggs, Havre, 32. 25-yard Offhand: 1st Cliff Plum, Havre,...
There were two monumental games in the Frontier Conference last weekend. And one thing was made abundantly clear at the end of each. The two teams picked to vie for the Frontier title this season, are on a collision course to do just that. In the game that was billed as the NAIA Game of the Week, the Montana Tech Orediggers dominated the UM-Western Bulldogs in a showdown last Saturday in Butte. The win was Tech's fourth straight after it lost its season-opener at Carroll...
The Havre High cross country teams are seeing their season wind down. But like any sport, that means the most important events are on the horizon, which is true for each Blue Pony team as they will compete in the Central A Divisional meet Saturday in Belgrade. Certainly, both Pony teams are looking ahead to the All-Class state meet in Kalispell Oct. 22, but before that, each will have the chance to test their skills against the rest of the Central A and take a shot at a...
Chris Peterson Havre Daily News [email protected] Believe it or not, there are just two weeks left in the high school football season and that means that playoffs, for Class A, Class B and Class C, are right around the corner. Locally, there are a handful of teams that have put themselves in playoff position and while things are still up in the air, Havre High, Chester-Joplin-Inverness and North Star all have good chances of playing in the postseason. When it comes...
Prep Football Standings Central A Conf. Overall Belgrade 2-0 4-2 Havre 2-1 5-2 Lewistown 1-1 4-2 Livingston 1-2 1-6 Browning 0-2 0-7 Eastern A Conf. Overall Sidney 3-0 6-1 Billings Central 2-1 4-2 Laurel 2-1 4-2 Miles City 1-2 3-4 Hardin 1-2 3-4 Glendive 0-3 1-5 Northwest A Conf. Overall Polson 2-0 5-1 Columbia Falls 1-0 6-0 Frenchtown 0-1 2-5 Whitefish 0-2 2-5 Southwest A Conf. Overall Butte Central 2-0 4-3 Dillon 2-0 5-1 Hamilton 2-1 4-3 Stevensville 0-2 2-5 Corvallis 0-3 2-5 1B Conf. Overall Fairfield 3-0 6-0 Shelby 3-0...
On Tuesday, the top returning players in Frontier Conference basketball were announced. On Wednesday, the league announced its 2016-17 Frontier Preseason Coaches Polls. As expected, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights were picked high in the preseason poll, as the Skylights came in second with 27 points and one first-place vote. Northern finished in a tie for third, going 11-7 last season, while advancing to the Frontier semifinals, and earning a third straight...
