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Havre High School’s headcount of students has been dwindling for years and saw another drop this school year. “It’s just a trend we’ve been seeing,” said Andy Carlson. The elementary school’s numbers are looking pretty good, he added, but the high school is continuing to decrease. For the 2014-2015 school year, the school district has 1,904 students, which is 57 fewer than the previous school year. Ten of those left the area or graduated from their 12th year of high school... Full story
Havre Fire Department Chantel Loehner, 34, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant Monday on 2nd Street West at 1:47 p.m. —— Officers responded to a report Monday at 6:24 p.m. of a man shoplifting at a 1st Street business and made an arrest, but no further details were provided. —— Ace Dean Bigknife, 36, of Box Elder was arrested on charges of parole violation and failure to register as a sexual or violent offender, after officers were called to assist another agency at a 2nd Street business Monday at 7:01... Full story
Sylvia Kafka, 81, passed away Oct. 9, 2014, in Chinook. A private funeral service will be held at a later date. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com.... Full story
Anna Goll, 82, passed away Oct. 13, 2014, in Great Falls. Memorial services will be Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, at Ulm Bible Church at 3 P.M., In Ulm, Montana. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2014. at 1 p.m., at Turner Cemetery in Turner.... Full story
Judy A. Litzinger, 55, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at Benefis Medical Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and the rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Memorial Mass will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church with Father Daniel Wathen officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery. The family has requested that memorials be made in Judy's name to St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church or to the ch... Full story
Donald E. Kuszmaul, 62, of Great Falls, died on Oct. 6, 2014. Donald Eugene Kuszmaul - aka "Don" or "Kuzie," from the day he was born on Aug. 24, 1952, struggled to breathe. On that day his mother and father made a promise to God that if His will and Don's will was to live on earth they would raise him to know Jesus, and they fulfilled it. He married Shaune (Ereaux) Kuszmaul on May 22, 1976. Kuzie attended schools in Fort Peck and Glasgow (where he was born). He worked constru... Full story
Adrienne C. Bostic, 89, passed away on Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and private family graveside services will be held in the immediate future. The family has requested that memorials be made in Adrienne's name to the Havre Senior Center or to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Adrienne's online memorial page and leave a... Full story
The Boy Scouts of America soon may be joining a Hill County museum to preserve and present history. The board of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Monday approved a proposal by board member Thomas Huether, also the Boy Scouts of America Hi-Line district executive, to start the process of the museum sponsoring a Venture Troop. Huether told the board that Venture Troops are for young men and women, age 14-21 or 13 if they have graduated eighth grade. The troops were established in 1998 as a youth development program. “It a... Full story
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board heard an update Monday on the move to a new location, with items now in storage at the Griggs Building on the 100 Block of 5th Avenue and plans to move its board meetings there in a few months. Board President Judi Dritshulas and H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Foundation President Elaine Morse described during the board’s monthly meeting work completed in the past few weeks. Dritshulas said the museum actually opening in the Griggs Building, which still requires c... Full story
Havre Daily News reporter Tim Leeds has won a third-place prize in the investigative journalism award from the Inland Press Association, a national organization of newspapers. The prize was for his coverage of the bribery and theft scandals centered at Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation. On the day former State Rep. Tony Belcourt pleaded guilty to several charges, Leeds did a complete sidebar story, based on federal court records, on the how the complex embezzlement scheme... Full story
There will be an event Sunday that we hope will be well-attended. The community is invited to a special barbecue at Montana State University-Northern. There will be games for kids, as well as balloons. There will be campus tours for all involved. People can be driven around campus on the special bus that Northern uses for the annual Festival Days parade. Tours will be offered of the major buildings on campus. Visitors will be able to see where biodiesel is manufactured and all kinds of special activities are offered for... Full story
The high school volleyball season is hitting the stretch run. And though most area teams will take a break this week, with the Montana Teacher’s Convention taking place this weekend, the race to the postseason is in high gear. Last week’s action on the Hi-Line got started Tuesday when the Chinook Sugarbeeters stepped out of district play, and beat the Malta M-Ettes in a five-set thriller. Chinook and Malta were once District 1B rivals, and though the Beeters have dropped to...
It was another exciting weekend of high school football along the Hi-Line and the marquee game centered on the Chinook Sugarbeeters, who traveled to Belt for a critical game in the Northern C Division of 8-Man football. The Beeters, who came into the game with a 4-1 record overall and, in conference play, were tied for first place, while Belt at 3-2, was one game back. The battle between the two playoff hopefuls was a classic that saw Belt rally and score a late touchdown plus... Full story
Justin May, C/J-I Football Chester/J-I junior Justin May is known as one of the best running backs in Class C football. But what May has done the last two weeks has been nothing short of spectacular. In a win over Great Falls Central Oct. 3, May rushed for 288 yards and scored seven total touchdowns. May rushed for six TDs and scored once on a pass reception in the game against the Mustangs. And last Friday night, he rushed for 188 yards and three more scores as C/J-I trounced... Full story
Just one week into the 2014-15 NAIA basketball season, the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team already has a Frontier Conference Player of the Week. Northern sophomore Natalee Faupel earned the honor following the Skylights’ wins over Concordia-Alberta and King’s University last weekend in Edmonton, Alberta. Faupel, a Butte native, averaged 16 points, six rebounds, 5.5 assists, one steal and one block in Northern’s two wins. Faupel was 12-of-18 from th...
In absolutely dominating fashion, the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team picked up right where it left off last season. Northern finished the 2013-14 season with a run to the NAIA Sweet 16, and the Skylights opened their 2014-15 campaign with two impressive victories over the weekend. The Skylights were in Edmonton, Alberta, where they defeated Concordia-Alberta 78-39 last Friday night, and King’s University 94-17 on Saturday afternoon. “It went well,... Full story
