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Milo Baiddo Stiffarm, 47, died October 28, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, due to natural causes. Wake services will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, November 2, 2018, at the St. Paul Mission Rec Center with his funeral mass 11 a.m. Saturday, November 3, at the St. Paul Mission. Burial will follow at the Star Hill Cemetery. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Please visit Milo's online memorial at http://www.hollandbonine.com to leave a...
Editor’s note: This corrects the listed time of the report. The Hill County undersheriff said a report of shooting near Box Elder Tuesday that led to several arrests was about target shooting. Undersheriff Stan Martin said today that the office received a call at 12:46 Tuesday reporting shots fired near the Box Elder post office. When deputies arrived, they found the shooter was involved in target practice. “There was no conflict or threat to persons on that,” he said. The investigation did lead to the arrest of six peopl...
Press release Havre Public Works has listed schedule changes on garbage pickups due to holidays. For people who have normal garbage pickup Tuesdays, next Tuesday, Nov. 6, Election Day, it will be picked up Wednesday, Nov. 7. For people who have normal garbage pickup Mondays, Monday, Nov. 12, observance of Veterans Day, it will be picked up Tuesday, Nov. 13, or possibly Wednesday, Nov. 14. For people who have normal garbage pickup Thursdays, Thursday, Nov. 22, Thanksgiving, it will be picked up Wednesday, Nov....
Havre Police Department Two summonses were issued after a First Street West business caller reported Wednesday at 9:15 a.m. the theft of two beers. The two were arrested later after a caller at the same business reported at 2:24 p.m. the same man tried to steal beer again. No details were given on the arrests. —— Desirea Lee Writingbird of Rocky Boy, 38, was arrested on a charge of assault and on a Justice or City court warrant after an intoxicated and aggressive woman was reported Wednesday at 11:07 a.m. at the hos...
Charles "Chuck" L. Williams, 89, passed away due to natural causes on Friday, October 26, 2018, at Northern Montana Care Center. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 3, 2018 in the Grace Chapel at Northern Montana Care Center with Ila McClenahan officiating. His family has suggested memorial donations be made to Havre Youth Baseball/North Stars, MSU-Northern Football, Montana Talking Library, Havre Public School...
Donnarae Marie White Minnick passed away October 24, 2018, at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. Donna was born in Havre on January 29, 1929, to Herb A White and Alta (Stevens) White. She was raised on the family farm in Inverness, just below the cemetery. She quit school in 1944 at age 15 to stay home and help care for her seven siblings when their mother passed away. Donna moved to Havre in 1951 and went to work at the Shanty Bar. She worked there for 20 years and...
The general deer and elk season opened last weekend, and while warmer weather may be an obstacle at times for big game hunters, it's also very welcome to a certain animal that frequents many areas of big game hunting in Montana. Bears, both grizzlies and black, are still out in full force this fall, and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has put together important reminders for hunters who venture out in bear territory. Be bear aware Grizzly bear populations are continuing to...
Deer, elk and moose hunters need to remember the chronic wasting disease check stations on the Hi-Line and the meaning of the transportation restriction zone in northern Liberty County. Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 4 has CWD check stations set up in Chester and just north of Shelby on Interstate 15. Additional CWD check stations are being run in Region 6, as well as in Regions 2, 3 and 5. All hunters are required to stop at all check stations. Because a CWD positive deer...
Last Sunday, Harvest Moon Lanes was privileged to host the State Youth Traveling Tournament. There were many amazing youth bowlers from Helena, Billings, Cut Bank,, Great Falls, Missoula and Havre. I was able to watch some of them practice on the lanes Saturday night, seeing games of 222, 243 and 269, they are awesome young bowlers. The tournament was divided into Major and Junior groups. Everyone bowled six lines, then the top five in each group proceeded with step ladder...
It has been a few years since the Havre High volleyball team has qualified for the Class A state tournament. Yet the last time they did it, the Blue Ponies came into the Eastern A Divisional as the No. 2 seed out of the Central A, which is the exact same position they will enter the tournament again this week. After posting a 4-2 record in conference play, the Ponies will take on Miles City, the third-place team from the Eastern A in a quarterfinal matchup Thursday at 3:45 p.m...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights got their 2018-19 season off to a very good start. Now, the Lights want to keep the momentum going. To do that, however, third-ranked Northern will have to topple a bitter rival tonight inside the Armory Gymnasium when the Lights tangle with junior college powerhouse North Idaho College. The dual is set for 7. “They’re tough,” Northern head coach Tyson Thivierge said of the Cardinals. “They’re always tough. They always give us a...
They flapped a clamor like rain drumming on my roof. The day is sunny and bright. Overhead, a gigantic thundercloud of blackbirds shadowed the sky in annual migration. I like to imagine these are the same blackbirds I see gathering in the wheat fields around Havre in September, eating grain, preparing for the 2,500 mile flight south. I will see these flocks daily until spring, moving between feeding grounds in the valley and night perches in the hills. Jim was here with his...
Press release The Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club held its annual Christmas Turkey Shoot on Sunday, Oct. 14 at the Hill County Sports Shooting Range on River Road west of Havre. Twenty-three shooters participated in the afternoon event with six matches, all five shots each, at various distances and positions. Shooting conditions were excellent most of the afternoon. The winners of the matches were: 25-yard Pistol: 1st Tom Brown, Havre, 48; 2nd Dick Hanson, Havre, 41; 3rd Pete Huesby, Havre, 40. 25-yard Offhand: 1st Dick...
Local food pantries across the state are preparing to receive donations from the Hunters Against Hunger program. The program, a partnership between FWP and the Montana Food Bank Network, allows hunters to donate a portion or all of their legally harvested big game animals to be processed free of charge. The meat is then provided directly to a local food pantry in the area. Since its inception in 2014, over 130,000 pounds of meat has been donated through the program and...
