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A judge refused to accept a local man’s guilty pleas Thursday in District Court to when he pleaded guilty charges including dragging a woman by the hair before strangling her, throwing a pot of boiling water in her face and kicking her in the teeth. Curtis W. Stanley, born in 1965, pleaded guilty to felony assault with a weapon. Stanley also pleaded guilty to charges of felony assault with a weapon and criminal mischief from a 2015 case that’s still waiting conclusion. District Judge Daniel Boucher refused to accept the pleas...
GREAT FALLS (AP) — Most of the contenders attending Thursday’s judicial candidates’ forum at the Meadow Lark Country Club gave friendly, gentle pitches about why people should vote for them Nov. 8. Dirk Sandefur wasn’t one of them. Sandefur, a candidate for Supreme Court seat No. 3, tore into opponent Kristen Juras, saying she did not have the expertise to be a judge on the high court. Juras and Sandefur, as well as Supreme Court Judges Mike McGrath and James Shea, who are up for re-election and unopposed, along with Distric...
McGruff the Crime Dog will be at the Havre-Hill County Library Wednesday in time for two sessions of Story Time. The library is expecting about 75 kids to show up. Jessica Simms, children's librarian, said that was the approximate number of children who showed up last year when McGruff came to town to visit Story Time. The total number, parents and guardians included, was 102. Story Time happens every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and this week's theme, during...
Havre Daily News reporter Paul Dragu won a first prize for investigative reporting from the Inland Press Association for his series on Sunrise Financial buying properties in Havre. Dragu, who started his first job as a newspaper reporter when he came to work for the Havre Daily last November, said it is "fantastic" to win the award. "I'm ecstatic, less than a year into my journalism career," he said. Havre Daily News publisher Stacy Mantle said Dragu's award is a tribute to...
Republican state Rep. Bruce Meyers, R-Box Elder, pushed back Friday against claims he is against tribal sovereignty, and emphasized the need for better relations between reservations and outlying communities, when he spoke to the Pachyderm Club in the Duck Inn Vineyard Room. Meyers, an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe, is his party's candidate in the race for Senate District 16 this year. He is going up against former State Sen. Frank Smith, D-Poplar, for the seat....
Borst appointed to athletic training board Gov. Steve Bullock announced Friday he appointed Nichole Borst of Havre to the state Board of Athletic Trainers. Borst is the head athletic trainer for Montana State University-Northern. The main qualification for the position is that they person be an athletic trainer, employed with or retired from a postsecondary institution. Alternative voting office set on Rocky Boy Press release Under an agreement reached by the Hill County Election Department and the Chippewa Cree Tribe, an...
