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  • Apology letter to be issued over election mailers

    Updated Oct 28, 2014

    HELENA (AP) — The presidents of Stanford University and Dartmouth College are sending 100,000 letters to Montana residents apologizing for and disavowing election mailers sent by political science researchers. The mailers sent last week rate whether the four nonpartisan Supreme Court candidates in this year's elections are liberal or conservative. Their use of the state seal makes them appear to be official state documents. The letter by Dartmouth president Philip Hanlon and Stanford president John Hennessy dated Tuesday u...

  • New gym, The Garage, gets people tuned up

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Oct 28, 2014

    Amanda Solomon has been a personal trainer for years and decided to open her gym, The Garage, to continue her passion. She and her husband used to be personal trainers in California before they moved to Havre, where her husband is originally from. Her husband now works for the railroad, and she decided to continue her work as a personal trainer. She took on Paula as a client over a year ago and helped her lose 70 pounds. "I really enjoyed doing personal training, so I just...

  • George Ferguson Column: What we saw, what we'll see

    George Ferguson|Updated Oct 28, 2014

    In person, there wasn't a whole lot for fans to see in Havre, or on the Hi-Line this weekend. But what they saw was a couple of dominating wins in football, and a few heated rivalries. At Blue Pony Stadium last Friday night, there was plenty to see, but it went by fast. That's because Havre built up a 40-point lead on Browning in the first half, and from there, the mercy rule was in effect. The mercy rule in football is running clock, and it stops for things like touchdowns,...

  • Carroll rises to No. 2 in NAIA

    George Ferguson|Updated Oct 28, 2014

    The race to the Frontier Conference championship, and berths in the NAIA playoffs is starting to wind down. And there was more movement by Frontier teams in the latest NAIA Coaches Poll. After surviving a scare against Montana Tech last Saturday, Carroll College has now won six straight games, and the Fighting Saints moved up one spot in the new poll. Carroll is now ranked No. 2 behind unbeaten Morningside. Southern Oregon suffered its first loss two weeks ago at Carroll, but...

  • Local woman sews, donates blankets

    Tori Thomas|Updated Oct 28, 2014

    A local Havre woman has a lot of free time, and she chooses to use that time to make a difference in the community. Peggy Kemp, 86, sews blankets for every newborn baby that is born at Northern Montana Hospital. "I have always liked to sew," Kemp said. Helping others comes naturally for Kemp. "I have to have my hands busy - so why not do something that helps the babies?" Kemp said that her blanket-making project is done through 5th Avenue Christian Church. Other women in her...

  • For the Record, October 28, 2014

    Updated Oct 28, 2014

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident Monday at 11:04 a.m. on 4th Street. —— Sheldon Dale Corner, 38, of Havre was arrested Monday at 3:46 p.m. on charges of having a suspended or revoked license and failing to provide proof of insurance. —— Officers investigated a report from Northern Montana Hospital Monday at 4:37 p.m. concerning theft, forgery and fraud. The caller said a female forged a letter. —— Officers investigated a report from 14th Street Monday at 6:41 p.m. concerning v...

  • Obituary - Alice B. (Doney) Pewonka

    Updated Oct 28, 2014

    Alice B. (Doney) Pewonka passed away on October 14, 2014, just one day short of her 91st birthday, at the Northern Montana Care Center in Havre, Montana. A memorial Mass will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, October 31, 2014, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, and will be followed by interment in Highland Cemetery. Alice has requested that memorials be made to St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church or to Bear Paw Hospice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with...

  • Havre celebrates Red Ribbon Week

    Tori Thomas|Updated Oct 28, 2014

    Red Ribbon Week is underway, and many organizations in Havre have embraced the message it conveys. Red Ribbon Week started Sunday and will continue until Friday. According to RedRibbon.org, Red Ribbon Week’s purpose is to raise awareness of illegal drug use and the problems that it brings to communities. This campaign encourages parents, educators, business owners and other community organizations to promote drug-free lifestyles. The red ribbon symbolizes a continuing commitment to encourage communities to adopt drug-free l...

  • All Box Elder students to get iPads

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Oct 28, 2014

    Box Elder Schools will buy iPads for every student as a result of a grant that was announced Monday. iPads and Macbooks will be made available for teachers. In addition, classrooms will have Apple televisions, which can communicate with the iPads. There will be educational software available to help the teachers educate students. “I think our students will be very excited,” said Darin Hannum, Box Elder school superintendent. “ … It will help each kid meet or exceed grade-level expectations.” He said if he had to guess at...

  • MSU-Northern's Lee named Frontier Player of the Week

    George Ferguson|Updated Oct 28, 2014

    For the second time on the young season, a Montana State University-Northern basketball player has been named Frontier Conference Player of the Week. MSU-Northern junior guard Trevail Lee was named Men’s Basketball Player of the Week on Monday. Lee is a 5-9 junior guard from Memphis, Tenn. Northern won two games over the weekend. A 93-87 victory over the University of Lethbridge and won by forfeit over the University of Alberta. In the win over Lethbridge, Lee scored 28 points...

  • Hi-Line Football Roundup: Chinook clinches Northern C title at C/J-I

    Chris Peterson|Updated Oct 28, 2014

    This past weekend was an important one for local area football teams as they tried to finalize their spots in the postseason. Among the Hi-Line teams that had playoff implications on the line, no one stood more to gain than the Chinook Sugarbeeters. The Beeters came into last Saturday’s road game against Chester/J-I needing to beat the Hawks by eight points or more to clinch the top seed in the Northern C division of 8-man football. And they did that and more, defeating the H...

  • Letters to the Editor: Keep our public lands public

    Updated Oct 28, 2014

    Editor: Our public lands are at risk.! In the United States, we have public access to some of the most splendid lands on earth. If certain political interests — local, state, and national — have their way, you and I will lose our rights to our public lands in Montana, and across our nation. As is true of all things, the management of our public lands (state and federal) is not perfect. However, we have our public lands today, in all their magnificence, because of the stewardship of our long established government age...

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Oct 28, 2014

    Dane Warp, Havre High Football Havre High junior quarterback Dane Warp has put up big numbers all season long. He’s had a 400-yard passing game against Glendive, and 300-yard plus games against Miles City and Livingston. But it’s Warp’s body of work that’s made his season, and the last two weeks so special. In wins over Polson and Browning, Warp has thrown eight touchdowns with an off-the-charts completion percentage of over 80 percent. His quarterback rating for the season...

  • Hi-Line Volleyball Roundup: Beeters complete unbeaten regular season

    George Ferguson|Updated Oct 28, 2014

    That’s it and that’s all. The regular season of high school volleyball on the Hi-Line is over. And now teams can focus solely on keeping their season alive as district tournaments will be held later this week. On the last weekend of the regular season, the Chinook Sugarbeeters needed two wins to secure a perfect regular season, and just one to clinch the outright District 6C East championship. Thursday night, the Beeters got that win, thoroughly defeating rival Che...

  • Candidates try to engage Montana voters

    Staff and wire report|Updated Oct 28, 2014

    In the last full week of campaigning, candidates for federal office are all over the Montana map trying to engage voters, including some stops on the Hi-Line. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Daines scheduled events Monday and today for supporters in Harlowton, Livingston, Big Timber, Hardin, Roundup, Columbus and Red Lodge. Today, he’ll host a private 7 p.m. rally in Billings with Dr. Ben Carson, a conservative Republican neurosurgeon who says he may run for president in 2016. Daines will also participate in a c...