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2:12 p.m. With all votes except some outstanding provisional ballots counted, the unofficial results show Sheri Williams winning the Hill County Commission race, Paul Tuss winning the race in House District 28, and, in Hill County votes, Russ Tempel retaining his seat in Senate District 14. In Hill County, incumbent Republican Tempel 2,726 votes to Democrat Dave Brewer's 1,310. Tuss took 1,785 votes while incumbent Rep. Ed Hill, R-Havre, took 1,477. And in the county commission race, Democrat Williams won a narrow victory...
The Hill County Park Board discussed the possibility of putting up a cross fence in the southern part of Beaver Creek Park to reduce overgrazing in the southern pasture at their monthly meeting, where they received a petition from grazers in the area, most of whom oppose the fence. Keith Raty, one of the ranchers in that area, said of the six ranchers that graze that area, five had either signed the petition or had announced their intention to. The petition said the ranchers do not believe the fence would do anything except...
Winter weather returned to the region with a vengeance Monday, with plummeting temperatures and heavy snow at times. Snow is expected to continue through Wednesday, with unseasonably cold temperatures expected at least through Saturday. At its recording station at the Havre City-County Airport, National Weather Service reported an inch of snow falling through midnight with the low hitting minus 1 degrees. A Weather Service post updated at 9:03 p.m. Monday said the next...
At a meeting of the Havre City Council Monday, Mayor Doug Kaercher said the city’s deer management plan, including bow hunting in parts of the city, has been approved by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission, and the plan is to announce a special hunt Dec. 1 through Feb. 15. Kaercher said a public service announcement will be going out through local media with further details and he asked that any property owners in the city interested in letting their land be used for bow hunting get in contact with the city. The urban d...
Press release Hill County resident Katie Kuhr just returned from three days in Billings as part of REAL - Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership - Montana. For Kuhr and other members of REAL Montana Class V, the Oct. 27-29 was the second seminar in their two-year educational program. The focus of the seminar was media and communications. While in Billings, class members received individual training on vocal control and how to effectively communicate in a media...
Press release Hi-Line United Soccer traveling teams for high school and middle school age youth will hold an informational gathering for the Spring 2023 season Thursday, 5:30-6:30 p.m., at Havre Middle School. The gathering will be held in the foyer and will coincide with parent-teacher conferences in an effort to minimize parental evening commitments. Contact [email protected] for more information....
I am delighted to report that my mother has come around. I have been lobbying my mother for months to take pity on a little red squirrel who had acquired a great fondness for her, demonstrating his devotion by digging up all her flowerpots and gazing at her for minutes at a time through the window. My mother spent the summer shooing him off the deck and telling him to “scram” when she saw him through the window. “He loves you, Mom.” “I don’t love him!” The little squirr...
Wallace Arthur Beck, 80, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on November 5, 2022. Services will be held at the Turner Gymnasium at 11 a.m Friday, November 11, 2022. A meal will be served in the gym after the service and burial will follow at the Silverbow Cemetery in Hogeland. All wishing to attend are welcome. The visitation will be held at the American Lutheran Church in Hogeland from 3-5 p.m. Thursday, November 10, 2022. Wallace "Wally" was born August 29,...
Dorothy Gail Rader passed away October 10, 2022, in Havre, Montana. Her memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 12, 2022 at the St. Jude Parish Center with Deacon Timothy Maroney officiating. Memorial contributions in Gail’s honor may be made to the MSU-Northern Foundation....
The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Tabled lease between Hill County and Laredo Financial Business and Real Estate LLC Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Tabled Certificate of Survey showing a retracement of the existing flood control County needs Kremlin Railroad Crossing Boulevard Avenue storm...
Havre Police Department A Boulevard Avenue caller Monday at 9:30 a.m. reported a vehicle window was vandalized. -- A two-vehicle, non-injury crash involving a Nissan Frontier and a a Toyota Rav was reported on 13th Street West at 9:46 a.m. Monday. -- A bad check was reported at a First Street business Monday at 10:35 a.m. -- A Lincoln Avenue caller reported a stolen snow plow Monday at 4:51 p.m. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a caller on 11th Street West...
Molly Huse was just a sophomore when her mom, Stephanie, was hired as the new head coach of the Havre High volleyball team. Molly had just finished her year on C-squad and was hoping to make the jump to varsity. But with her mother now coaching the team, she had more nerves trying out than she expected. "The entire tryout, I was freaking out and trying to impress her because I didn't want her to put me on junior varsity," Molly, now a senior Blue Pony setter said. Molly did no...
The Six-Man Football Playoffs continued this past weekend as the Big Sandy and Chester-Joplin-Inverness football teams competed in the quarterfinals. Both teams looked to advance to the semifinals, but tough opponents stood in front of both of them this past Saturday. On Saturday in Big Sandy, the Big Sandy Pioneers pulled out a 25-20 victory over Custer-Hysham-Melstone to advance to this weekend’s semifinals. The Pioneers were tested by the Rebels as this was by far the c...
The Chinook Sugarbeeters have a very talented volleyball team this season, and it showed with how they played at the Northern C Divisional tournament last weekend. Home court advantage didn't hurt, either. Chinook reached the Northern C championship Saturday afternoon in Chinook, where the Beeters fell to Belt, 3-0, but still advanced to the Class C state tournament. In the finale, Belt won by scores of 25-21, 25-15 and 25-21, with Bree Swanson and Rilee Molyneaux tallying 10...
WEDNESDAY College Wrestling Lights at Argos, 7 p.m. THURSDAY High School Volleyball Havre at State A in Bozeman Chinook at State C in Bozeman College Basketball Skylights vs Augustana, 5 p.m. Lights vs Augustana, 7 p.m. FRIDAY High School Volleyball Havre at State A in Bozeman Chinook at State C in Bozeman College Basketball Skylights vs Campbellsville, 5:30 p.m. College Volleyball Skylights at Frontier Tournament in Butte SATURDAY High School Football Big Sandy vs Bridger, 1...
It all comes down to one Saturday in the Frontier Conference, and really, one game in Caldwell, Idaho. After College of Idaho and Carroll College both won last Saturday, the showdown is set for the Frontier championships as C of I meets the Fighting Saints at home. A Yotes' win will lock up the regular season championship alone, while a Carroll win would give the Saints a share of the Frontier championship, and the Saints would likely punch a ticket to the playoffs as well. C...