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Editor's note: This version corrects the returns from Public Service Commission District 1 and notes that all precincts are not counted. It also adds the results from house districts 27 and 32 and from Blaine County. 8:50 a.m. - With all the precincts counted in Hill County, the unofficial tally shows several incumbents maintaining their seats, the tally throughout the state showing likely victors in some open seats and some races still too close to call. With 100 provisional...
Press release Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has check stations in place across the Hi-Line to sample for chronic wasting disease in deer, elk and moose during the general hunting season. This is part of a planned surveillance effort, and FWP encourages hunters to help by submitting their harvested animals for testing. Last year, FWP discovered CWD in deer south of Billings and north of Chester. This contagious neurological disease can infect deer, elk and moose. It is always fatal and there is no known cure. Last week, a w...
The Relay for Life of North Central Montana Committee is preparing to march in Chinook’s 33rd annual Parade of Lights Nov. 23. The committee held its monthly meeting in the back room of Gram’s Ice Cream and Candy Shoppe in Havre Monday. The area committee is working to organize next year’s American Cancer Society Relay for Life which will be held in Chinook June 28. The Relay for Life is a non-profit event to raise money for cancer research, patient support, prevention, information, education, detection and treatments. Commi...
The Hill County Park Board met in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room Monday night and heard some potential developments in mapping the park and a new activity for the community. Community member Lou Hagener said he spoke with Thomas Welch, professor in Montana State University-Northern’s College of Technical Sciences, regarding improvements for monitoring the park. “He’s kind of our designated person to do the GIS — geographic information system — work and the mapping work and the GPS stuff,” he added. Hagener sho...
Havre City Council moved to accept the resignation of council member and President Andrew Brekke and voted member Terry Lilletvedt as its new president Monday during the council meeting in Havre City Hall. Council member Karen Swenson moved to accept Brekke’s resignation and the motion was passed unanimously by the council. Lilletvedt said losing Brekke on the council is a loss to the city and the council. Information Brekke has shared from his years of experience on the council and his service to the community is i...
A Kremlin resident was in the Hill County Detention Center on $50,000 bond awaiting charges to be filed stemming from reports he had sex with a middle school-aged girl. Jaden Peet, born in 2000, was being held on pending charges of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent and endangering the welfare of a child. According to court documents, parents of a girl contacted law enforcement Oct. 30 to report they had found text messages that implied the girl had snuck out to spend the night with Peet. The alleged victim...
Dakota Houle was sentenced in state District Court in Havre Monday to probation on two separate charges to which he pleaded guilty. Judge Dan Boucher sentenced Houle, born in 1996, to five years, all suspended, on charges stemming from allegations he threatened a man with a pistol March 31, 2017, and stole an assault rifle from him. Boucher also imposed a three-year deferred imposition of sentence on a charge Houle led Rocky Boy police on a high-speed chase in a sports utility...
Nancy Leeann Cline was sentenced Monday in state District Court in Havre to eight years with the state Department of Corrections with all but 18 months suspended for theft from an employer and theft from a person for whom she was giving care. Cline pleaded guilty in October 2017 to theft by common scheme for from AT&T while she was working for the company. She attempted to withdraw from the plea agreement when the Hill County Attorney's Office said it would withdraw from its...
L. Richard Green, 79, passed away due to natural causes on Sunday, November 4, 2018, at the Northern Montana Care Center. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 8, 2018, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Richard’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.com...
On 10/25/2018, James "Jim" Erickson, loving husband and father of two children, passed away on his 95th birthday, making good on his promise to outlive his 94-year-old father. Jim was born on 10/25/1923 in Mankato, MN, to Arvid and Johanna Erickson. On 4/2/1943, Jim enlisted and took his oath as an American soldier, which he said was the proudest moment of his life. Jim served in the 1st Calvary in the Philippine Islands in World War II. Jim was deeply grateful for what the...
Margaret M. Grubb, 90, passed away due to natural causes at Big Sandy Nursing Home on Friday, November 2, 2018. Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 9, 2018, at St. Margaret Mary’s Catholic Church in Big Sandy, with burial to follow in the Big Sandy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Margaret’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com/....
Victor F. Winchell, resident of Havre, MT, died Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at the Northern Montana Care Center after a battle with cancer. Cremation has taken place. Victor was born in Havre to Pauline and Charles (Ed) Winchell January 6, 1943. He attended Havre Public Schools and Havre High School. Victor married Beverly Bretzke in 1968 and had two sons, William (Billy Joe) and Brian. Victor worked at Vita Rich Dairy in Havre for more than 20 years until the dairy closed. He...
Evelyne V. Paugh, 98, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center on Wednesday, October 31, 2018. Cremation has taken place, and memorial graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 24, 2018, at Highland Cemetery. Memorial donations in Evelyne's name may be made to the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangement. Please visit Evelyne's online memorial page and leave a message of...
The agenda for the business meeting of the Hill County Commission scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday includes: • Chamber dues • Reservation Counties dues • Health Department PHEP Amendment • COA Contract • COA — Bill Nault Estimate...
Havre Police Department Monday at 5:37 p.m. a First Street caller reported someone had slashed their tire. Hill County Sheriff's Office Timothy Allen McDowell of Great Falls, 32, was arrested on the charges of driving with no insurance and operating a motor vehicle without valid registration and three Justice or City court warrants after a caller in the Rotary Pond area reported suspicious activity Monday at 3:29 p.m. The Havre Daily News did not receive a Hill County Sheriff'...
Havre Daily News staff A family is holding a Pizza Hut fundraiser Thursday to help pay for expenses for a 2-year-old girl to received treatment for a rare fatal disease. Amari Ahenakew was diagnosed with pyruvate carboxylase deficiency type A on June 19, 2017, her father, Lyle, said. The National Organization for Rare Disorders describes PC deficiency as a genetic disorder that inhibits the body's ability to produce the necessary fuel for energy and neurotransmitters...
Kourtney Hanson, Chinook Volleyball The 2018 volleyball season is now in the books for the Chinook Sugarbeeters, who finished third at last weekend’s Northern C tournament in Belt. And what a season it was for Kourtney Hanson. In the last month of the season, Hanson averaged an incredible 15 kills and four blocks per match. She had 20-plus kills in seven different matches and had a match-high 31 last month against Malta. Hanson is a three-sport star in Chinook, also playing b...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights are 2-0 in duals so far this season, but Saturday, the Lights got their first taste of tournament action. Northern was in Laramie, Wyoming, for the University of Wyoming's Cowboy Open, a tourney that features plenty of NCAA and NAIA talent. As expected, several Lights shined bright. In the Elite Division, Northern got a pair of second-place finishes from the Bartel brothers. At 165 pounds, Andrew Bartel won three times, including a...
The 2018 volleyball season was on the line for the three District 6C East teams that made it to the Northern C Divisional tournament. And two of those teams came extremely close to making it to the final weekend of the year in Bozeman. The Northern C ran last Thursday through Saturday in Belt, where the Chinook Sugarbeeters finished third and the North Star Knights took fourth. Chinook came the closest to reaching this week's state tournament in Bozeman, but the Beeters were...
The 2018 cross country season came to a close for the Montana State University-Northern cross country teams as the Lights and Skylights ran in the Frontier Conference Championships in Great Falls. Both Northern teams finished in fifth place, and each team had a Top 15 finish as well. On the women’s side, Northern’s Rachel David, who qualified for the 2017 NAIA national championships, finished in 12th place with a time of 19:53.16. On the men’s side, Northern freshman, and f...
It's hard to fathom, but when the sun sets on Havre this Saturday afternoon, the Frontier Conference football season will be over. In fact, it will be that way all across Montana and beyond as the league has reached its final weekend. Saturday will also be the sunset for the Northern senior class, a group that has endured as many as three different head coaches, and as few as four wins in their entire careers. And yet, these Lights should be more than honored before Saturday's...
