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MATTHEW BROWN AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS — A police officer shot and killed a 32-year-old Wyoming man in a hotel in Montana’s largest city early Thursday after he allegedly turned on officers while holding a handgun, Billings Police Chief Rich St. John said. It was the seventh fatal shooting by law enforcement officers since 2012 in Billings, which has about 110,000 people. All the prior shootings were ruled justified following coroner’s inquests. In five cases, autopsies found methamphetamine in the victi...
WHITEWATER — Arnold “Ike” Hellie, 95, passed away Oct. 25, 2016, at the Phillips County Hospital of natural causes. The family will receive friends Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, from 5 to 7 p.m. with sharing of stories at 6 p.m. at the Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. Funeral Service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, at Kirkwood Memorial Chapel. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com....
Funeral services will be held for Ted Pappas Nov. 1, 2016, at 10 a.m. in the First Lutheran Church in Havre. Mr. Pappas passed away of natural causes Oct. 23, 2016. Burial will be in the Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook at 1:30 p.m. Edwards Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Condolences for the family may be left at edwardsfuneralhomemt.com....
Editor, Let me be clear. Nasty slanting of the issues and the distorting of a person’s picture is wrong and disgusting. Saying that you would not personally do it is not enough. As a candidate for the state Legislature, I strongly condemn all ads that attempt to vilify. Both parties and individual issue groups have filled this district race with fog. Cut through that fog and look at the candidates for who they are, not what others say about them. Jacob Bachmeier Havre...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a complaint after a Knob Road caller reported Thursday at 10:42 a.m. that the neighbor was outside, yelling and cursing while there were children around. —— Officers investigated a shoplifting report after a First Street West establishment caller reported Thursday at 11:21 a.m. that they had video showing someone stealing vodka from the store. —— Kevin Ignatius Fuller of Great Falls, 55, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant Thursday at 12:03 p.m. on the 500 Block betwee...
Monday 9 a.m. — Payroll approval 10 a.m. — Built Wright Homes 1:30 p.m. — Claims approval Tuesday 9 a.m. — Extension Office — Gray 10:30 a.m. — Road Supervisor — Hanson Wednesday 1 p.m. — Cabin tours Thursday 10 a.m. — Business meeting • Manual claims • Employment review • Resolutions • Tax adjustments • County Permit approval • Subdivision/survey approval • Contracts • Time for comments from the public Friday Office hours...
A woman was sentenced to two years probation for forging about $1,500 in checks and being caught with marijuana and methamphetamine at the train station. Rebecca L. Allery, born in 1992, received two years, suspended, for forgery by common scheme, a felony. Allery was also sentenced for misdemeanor theft to six months suspended. Allery, home town not available, was also sentenced as per the recommendation in presentence investigation for earlier offenses for charges of forgery by common scheme, a felony, and a misdemeanor...
MISSOULA (AP) — The former chief financial officer of Vann’s Inc. was sentenced Thursday to 14 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to conspiring to defraud the employee-owned electronics and appliance retailer, causing it to file for bankruptcy in 2012. Paul Lyn Nisbet and former CEO George Leslie Manlove were charged last year with more than 200 federal counts. According to prosecutors, the two created shell corporations and had Vann’s lease property from them without the permission from the rest of the board...
Arcilia Talamantez, 75, went home to be with the Lord Oct. 26, 2016. Memorial services will be today, Friday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m. at the Hi-Line Funeral Services in Havre. Condolences for the family maybe left at www.hi-linefuneralservices.com Memorials may be given to ones choice. Arcilia, known as "Archie" to all, was born Dec. 15, 1940, to Ramon and Felisidad (Charo) Castillo. In 1959, she married Augustin Talamantez and they made their home in Dallas, Texas, before moving...
Emma Faus has had a passion for repairing vehicles since she was a child. When she was growing up and all throughout her teenage years in Witchita, Kansas, Faus would build or do maintenance on jeeps and motorcycles with her father and brother. A self-described gearhead, Faus said that while her interest in auto mechanics delighted her father, it irked her mother. "She didn't think I should be turning wrenches or anything like that, she wanted no part of that for me," said...
Members of the Havre Art Association and other area artists have been planning their display areas, selecting their silent auction pieces, baking cookies and are putting the finishing touches on their artwork for the show set for Nov. 5-6. The Annual Art Association Show and Sale will run at the Van Orsdel United Methodist Church, at 410 Fifth Ave., Saturday, Nov. 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 6, noon to 5 p.m. The public will be encouraged to vote for the...
I remember parts of my ordination ceremony 20 years ago. Pastor Dan, brothers in the Lord, local pastors, elders of the Ark Church, and members of the congregation attended the ceremony. The impact of the laying on of hands and separating one for service in the kingdom is significant. The ordination confirms that you and others have heard the Lord and obeyed Him. Not everyone will be happy that you are being set in as a pastor. Carnal Christians and those with their own agenda may boycott, protest, or attempt to draw...
In Your Holy Word, Lord, we read: "Death and life are in the power of the tongue ... " (Proverbs 18:21). We need to be more careful of what we say and how we say it. Children forever wear the bruises of words carelessly spoken by playmates, peers, parents and teachers. How they understand those words could possibly determine their attitudes and actions throughout their whole life. We surely know young or older folks who have come from a background like that, or are still in...
Mark 9: 32-37 Out our way, we sometimes think that next to sheep, cows are the dumbest critters on earth. I recall a round up in which we were driving a goodly sized herd into the holding pen and things were going smooth enough - until two cows tried to go through at the same time and momentarily got stuck. Kicking, bellowing and pushing at each other, neither could move an inch. One of the Hutterite helpers inside the pen came over and smacked one cow on the nose so she...
North Central Senior Center Oct. 31 through Nov 4 A great big thank you to all of you who supported our annual fundraiser. With your help we made it a great success again, and we appreciat it very much. We hope you enjoyed the cinnamon rolls and Indian tacos. A special thank you goes out to all the volunteers who helped put this all together again this year. People can refresh their driving skills with the AARP Smart Driver Course. The course teaches: • Defensive Driving • Proven safety strategies • New traffic laws and r...
Havre school board Vice President Harvey Capellen is stepping down from a top school board association's presidency to serve as the immediate past president. Capellan passed the gavel to incoming Montana School Board Association President Carole Jones at the MTSBA Annual Membership Meeting, the association said in a press release. Capellen was first elected to the Havre Board in 2009 and elected vice chair in 2012. He was elected to the MTSBA Board of Directors in 2010....
Kollin Nystrom has been chosen as one of Havre High School's students of the month for October. Kollin is the son Shawn and Heidi Nystrom. His siblings are Kaleb, 23, Kody, 21, Kaitlin, 20, and Kaylee, 17. Kollin is a sophomore in high school and wrestles for the Havre Blue Ponies. He contributes to his family's ranch and helps with the Baltrusch Land and Cattle Co. in the fall. Kollin was nominated by Janice Skillman for his attitude and work ethic in the classroom. Kollin...
Right now, there are 32 Class C football teams in the state of Montana with state championship dreams still alive. This Saturday, those 32 teams will put their dreams on the line, including local teams Chester-Joplin-Inverness and North Star. The Hawks of CJI, who play in the 8-Man football division and the Knights, who play Six-Man football, are both going to be big underdogs on the road this week, but that isn't dampening their enthusiasm. CJI, which finished 5-4, will make...
There have been many seasons when the Montana State University-Northern Skylights have played the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns twice. But not like this one. On Saturday afternoon, the No. 16 Skylights (2-0) will face the Pronghorns inside the Armory Gymnasium. And not only will it be the second time Northern has played Lethbridge this season, but it is also the second game of a back-to-back against the Pronghorns in Havre. Last Friday night, Northern beat Lethbridge...
Montana head coach Bob Stitt said he could see that his team was in trouble the minute it stepped foot onto the field at Northern Arizona’s Walkup Skydome last Saturday. He said his team wasn’t ready to play, and he certainly wasn’t wrong as the Grizzlies got shellacked by the Lumberjacks. Fast forward just one week, and the No. 16 Griz (2-2, 5-2) have no choice but to be ready because they have an even bigger road test than that of last week’s trip to NAU. And if the Griz are...
Over the course of a college football season, things will change. And it's only in the unique scheduling of the Frontier Conference where those changes clash between two teams who have already played each other. And that will certainly be the case Saturday when the Montana State University-Northern Lights (1-6, 1-6) and Carroll College Fighting Saints (3-4, 3-4) kick off in Helena at 1 p.m. Because things have changed aplenty for the Lights and Saints since Northern shocked...
The Frontier Division of the North American Tier 3 Hockey League can be a challenge. There are a number of programs with a strong junior hockey tradition and, this weekend, the Glacier Nationals will take on one of those teams in the Yellowstone Quake. The Quake, who will welcome the Nationals to Cody, Wyoming, for back-to-back games Friday and Saturday night, currently sit atop the Frontier standings. The Nationals, on the other hand, are sitting in last among the eight...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights and UGF Argos have a big rivalry on the volleyball court. And the series is so intense that it’s rare that one team sweeps the season. The Skylights, however, pulled off that exact feat Thursday night in Great Falls. Northern thumped the Argos last month in Havre, then went to UGF’s McLaughlin Center on Thursday night and beat the Argos yet again, this time by scores of 25-22, 15-25, 25-23 and 25-19. The victory upped Northern’s...
The Havre High volleyball team needs two wins this week to avoid a play-in match for the Eastern A Divisional, and Thursday night inside the HHS gymnasium, the Blue Ponies got the first thanks to a win over Browning in four sets. The Indians, who are winless in the Central A this year, actually won the first game of the match. Browning even threatened to win the second, but some key points by senior Naomi Terry allowed Havre to rally. The Ponies won that game and the match by...
The only opponents the Montana State University-Northern Lights have tangled with so far this fall were also wearing Northern singlets. However, that all changes Saturday night. The Northern wrestling team, led by veteran head coach Tyson Thivierge and ranked fourth in the NAIA Preseason Coaches Poll, will make its season debut Saturday night when the Lights host junior college powerhouse North Idaho College inside the Armory Gymnasium. The dual is an annual season-opening...