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Hill County Health Department reported Friday the county has confirmed three more COVID-19-related deaths, bringing the county total to 63. The report Friday said the county had seven new cases of COVID-19 confirmed, with the number of active cases at 69 with 11 active hospitalizations. The report said the next update would be issued today. The county has had 3,299 cases confirmed since the pandemic hit the area in March 2020. Blaine County Health Department reported Saturday...
Volleyball is a game of momentum with teams exchanging runs through the course of a set. The Havre High volleyball team has had nothing but positive momentum the past month as the Blue Ponies had won eight straight matches heading into this past weekend. Momentum stayed with the Ponies as they played strong in their final two matches of the regular season. First, they defeated Livingston, 3-0, on the road Friday night by scores of 25-12, 25-11 and 25-13. Then Saturday...
After last week's win over Eastern Oregon University, the Montana State University-Northern Lights were looking to make it two in a row when they faced Montana Western at Tilleman Field on Saturday. The Lights were also looking to send off their seniors in style with it being senior day and their last home game of the season. However, the Bulldogs came out strong on both sides of the ball as they defeated MSU-N, 63-7. "We just didn't play our game," MSU-N head coach Andrew...
Maureen "Mo" Lue (Gummer) Weatherly of Great Falls, 74, passed away Sunday, October 24, 2021, in Great Falls. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 5, 2021, at Highland Cemetery in Havre. A reception at the Great Northern Inn will follow the service. Maureen was born on November 9, 1946, in Havre to Morris J. Gummer and Lois E. (Swinney) Gummer. She and her husband of 34 years, Ed, made their home in Havre, where she retired from Northern Montana...
The Havre High School Marching Band placed 10th out of 17 in the Washington State University Marching Band Championship in Pullman Saturday, beating both of the other Montana bands at the event, Gallatin High School and Bozeman High School. both Class AA. Havre High placed second in its category. The community celebrated the band’s return to Havre with a parade through town Sunday. Havre High School Band Director Cullen Hinkle said Havre High School placed ahead of the other schools in their class, both with more than t...
County Road 800 just west of Havre will be closed from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. Wednesday Nov. 3. Hill County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Amanda Frickel said the road is being closed so BNSF Railway can do some work on a railroad crossing there....
This part of Montana saw some much-needed precipitation over the weekend that hit the Havre area in the form of the first significant snowfall of the season. National Weather Service says the reporting station at the Havre City-County Airport has recorded .66 inches of precipitation for October, with more than a half-inch of that falling Friday night through Sunday morning. The station recorded 1.9 inches of snow in October, in a storm that hit Friday night and continued into...
Hill County Health Department reported Friday evening 3 new deaths, 7 new casesd, 69 active, 11 active hospitalizations, 3,299 total cases, 63 deaths. Blaine County Health Department reported Saturday evening being notified of 33 new cases from Wednesday through Saturday, 82 active, 3 active hospitalizations, 1,402 total cases, 26 deaths. Rocky Boy — latest data not available. Fort Belknap — latest data not available. Liberty County, reported on the state update this morning, had no new cases, 8 active, 259 total cases, 2 d...
Press release Triangle Telephone Cooperative Association Inc., doing business as Triangle Communications, recently held its 67th Annual Meeting of Members in Havre and Big Timber. The meetings were streamed live on its website. The first part of the meeting was held Saturday, Oct. 9, in Havre. The meeting was recessed in Havre and then called back to order in Big Timber Saturday, Oct. 16. The Havre meeting took place in the Student Union Building on the campus of Montana State University-Northern in Havre. The Big Timber meet...
The governor’s office called last week and asked if I was interested in visiting a couple of locations in my Senate district. It is hard to tell the governor of Montana “no.” Plus, it seemed like a great opportunity to show off our district. This past Wednesday, I met with the governor and his staff at the Liberty County Medical facility. COVID-19 protocol was in place, as a staff person had just been confirmed positive with the virus. The governor asked questions about staffing challenges. The response from the CEO was a nee...
Steve Helmbrecht, age 70, died of complications related to cancer October 21st, 2021, in Seattle, Washington. Steve was born May 5th, 1951, in Havre, Montana, to parents Vernon and Toby Helmbrecht. He graduated from Havre High School and received his BA in journalism from the University of Montana in 1975. In 1973, he was elected to the Montana State House of Representatives from Havre. He also served his country in the Army National Reserve. A lauded and accomplished...
Lola Ann Holst, 93, passed away October 27, 2021, at the Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. At her request, cremation has taken place and a memorial will be held for her in the spring of 2022. Please visit Lola's online memorial page at http://www.hollandbonine.com to send a card or leave a message of condolence for her family. Memorial contributions in Lola's honor may be made to the Havre-Hill County Library. Lola was born April 11, 1928, in Lewistown, Montana, to...
Havre Police Department Travis Dillon Granger of Havre, 32, was issued a summons on charges of forgery and theft after a caller at a Havre bank reported Friday at 2:18 p.m. receiving a letter about a bounced check from an account that was closed years before. -- Feather Main of Havre, 29, was arrested on charges of aggravated driving under the influence, wrong way driving and driving without a driver's license during a 1:52 a.m. Saturday vehicle stop on 14th Avenue. --...
As the lone Hi-Line football team hosting a playoff game this past weekend, the Fort Benton Longhorns had to make sure they satisfied their fans at home. As the Northern's No. 1 seed in the 8-man playoffs, the Longhorns hosted their opening playoff game against Plentywood Saturday afternoon. Against the Eastern No. 4 seed, the Longhorns got on a roll on their way to a 42-22 victory to advance in the playoffs. The Longhorns got their running game going early as Landis Arganbrig...
Thanks to a three-game sweep Saturday in Dillon, it’s safe to say, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is playing at a high level on the road. In its final road match of the Frontier Conference season, the Skylights beat the Montana Western Bulldogs by scores of 27-25, 25-15, and 25-20. The Skylights were up early in the set, until Western went on a 7-1 run to push the game into over points. Northern was able to make three points in a row to take the set. I...
MISSOULA — It was far from the prettiest performance of the season, but Montana did just enough to hold on for a 20-19 win against Southern Utah in the final meeting between the two schools as Big Sky Conference members. The No. 11 Grizzlies struggled with turnovers and penalties all day long, but a strong defensive performance that featured a pick six and a blocked field goal helped lead the Grizzlies to a victory and improve to 6-2 (3-2 BSC) on the season. "That was w...
After a solid showing in their win over Eastern Oregon University last weekend, the Lights had one of their worst games of the season on offense. Against the Bulldogs, the Lights recorded season lows in first downs, passing yards, rushing yards and total offense. The Lights went three-and-out on their first six drives of the game and did not get their first first down of the day until the final moments of the first half. The Lights only recorded five first downs in the game....
Western 21 21 14 7 - 63 MSU-Northern 0 0 0 7 - 7 1st Quarter UMW - Jon Jund 32 pass to Nate Simkins (John Mears kick) Drive: 3 plays, 43 yards UMW - Colten McPhee 9 yd run (Mears kick) Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards UMW - Jund 33 pass to Simkins (Mears kick) Drive: 5 plays, 44 yards 2nd Quarter UMW - Jund 26 pass to McPhee (Mears kick) Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards UMW - Sean Cooney 4 yd run (Mears kick) Drive: 7 plays, 56 yards UMW - Jund 2 pass to Trey Mounts (Mears kick) Drive: 5...
