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Justice Brown has reluctantly pleaded guilty Monday afternoon to attempted murder in the stabbing of three Northern students in May. Brown spoke in barely audible tones and never looked up as he was questioned by District Court Judge Daniel Boucher. Details in Tuesday's Havre Daily News....
Montana State University-Noerthern Dean of Extended University Randy Bachmeier was discriminated against by the university and was retaliated against when he complained to the Montana Human Rights Commission, says the finding released Friday in Helena by the commission. Bachmeier had filed a complaint with the human rights commission nt against the university contending that then-Provost Rosalyn Templeton has repeatedly inappropriately touched him. Friday's ruling overturned a...
Ceremonies honoring veterans will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Havre’s Town Square. There will be brief ceremonies and a 21-gun salute to deceased veterans, said Bill Bilger, the commander of Havre’s Veterans of Foreign Wars. There will be no special guest speaker this year, he said. The ceremonies will take place at the wall on 1st Street and 3rd Avenue honoring deceased veterans. Following the ceremonies at Town Square, proceeding will move to the Elks Club, where Scott Prindleton, the VFW quartermaster, will make a bri...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 7:13 a.m. Friday report that a man had gotten into the caller’s car at a 1st Street West business. —— Officers investigated a request from the Havre area Friday at 8:41 a.m. for help in finding the caller’s son. —— Officers investigated a 9:20 a.m. Friday report of a theft at a 1st Street West business. —— A caller reported Friday at 10:51 a.m. that she found a bike in her yard on Washington Avenue and officers investigated. —— After a person stopped Friday at 12:26 p.m. at th...
When he was at Big Sandy High School, Craig Edwards was kind of quiet and shy. He feared having to speak in public. That was hard at Big Sandy, a small school with a lot of activities. Then somebody suggested he become the yearbook photographer. That was the solution to his problem. He could be involved in all the activities, but he would be behind the camera, not in the public eye. That was the start to Edwards' career in photography. Today he is known all over the Hi-Line...
Havre police say people are getting phone calls from people claiming to be from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. They tell the victims they have a tax warrant filed against they. The scammers tell people they will be arrested unless they pay an amount to them via a wire transfer or a pre-loaded debit card. People are told they will have their assets seized unless they comply with the demand. “This is a scam and should be disregarded as a legitimate call from the IRS,” said Assistant Police Chief Jason Barkus. IRS off...
Some Montana State University-Northern faculty members used a meeting with Montana State University President Waded Cruzado Thursday to express concerns about budget issues, the need to resurrect past programs and a recent sexual harassment complaint. Cruzado and administrators from the four Montana campuses were at Northern for the third annual One MSU Symposium. This year the Northern campus hosted the two-day gathering. Following a day of panel discussions, Cruzado met with several faculty members in the Fireside Room in...
A winter weather advisory has been issued for Havre and Chinook from 8 p.m. today to noon Tuesday. Rain and snow showers will occur this afternoon, turning to snow tonight. A total of 1 to 3 inches of snow will make roads slippery, the National Weather Service predicts. Snow should gradually diminish Tuesday morning. As roads become slick, the visibility will be reduced to less than one mile, the weather service predicts....
For more than a decade, Lee Morse has been trying to improve conditions on Montana Secondary Highway 232 from The Port of Wild Horse on the Canadian border to downtown Havre. He said 10 years ago, he was told funding might be ready by 2014 and 2015. Now, he says, he’s been told the money might be available by 2030. Fighting the battle alone hasn’t worked, so he says he’s now reaching out to the community for support. Morse is calling a community meeting for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov, 18, at Hill County Electric Coope...
Press release Despite again having a team slimmed down due to conflicting events, the Havre High School speech and debate team saw success this weekend at the Simms/Power-Dutton-Brady invitational tournament, with all five competitors placing and scoring points in the Blue Pony’s Class A team victory. Leading the way for the Ponies were veteran competitors Jacob Bachmeier, who earned first place in Lincoln-Douglas debate, Ethan Smith, who won a first-place finish in dramatic oral interpretation, and Trenton Smith, who won t...
Kyle Chase Raining Bird, Me-Gwahn-Ohah-Sis "Feather Boy," 31, quietly passed in his sleep surrounded by his mother, father, son, brother and paternal grandmother, Patsy Raining Bird. Kyle fought a long and courageous battle against glioblastoma multiforme (terminal brain cancer) since December 2010. Wake services began 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015, at Mission Rec Center in Hays. Rosary began at 7 p.m. Sunday. Funeral Mass was at 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, at St. Paul...
Arthur Edward Odden, 79 passed away on Nov. 3, 2015, due to natural causes at his Hingham residence. Cremation has taken place, and, at Arthur’s request, no services will be held. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Arthur’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at www.hollandbonine.com....
Leading up to Havre's Class A quarterfinal playoff game with Columbia Falls, head coach Mark Samson talked about how his team needed to play four good quarters of football. Well, when it was all said and done Saturday, it's safe to say Havre did exactly that. On a warm, blustery day at Blue Pony Stadium, the Central A champions demolished Columbia Falls 47-13 in quite possibly the team's best performance of the season. HHS dominated in all three phases of a game that was...
The Havre Blue Ponies didn’t just beat Columbia Falls in the quarterfinals of the Class A state playoffs — they dominated them, and in the process, made a statement about the standing of Havre football. And that statement rang loud throughout Blue Pony Stadium Saturday — Havre football is back. Of course, I realize the Ponies have more in front of them. They face the daunting task this Saturday of trying to knock off defending state champion Dillon, a team that just dismantled...
The Glacier Nationals of the North American Tier 3 Hockey League, were hoping to end their four-game losing skid this past weekend. But, unfortunately, they ran into a buzz saw in Cody, Wyoming in the form of the Yellowstone Quake. The Quake, who came into the weekend in second place in the Frontier Division, manhandled the Nationals in back-to-back games by the scores of 7-0 and 7-2. Glacier has now lost six consecutive games and sit at 2-12-1 on the season. The Nationals...
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — JR Nelson pounced on a bad snap in overtime and tossed the ball to Eric Johnson, who raced 40 yards for the winning touchdown as Montana escaped Idaho State with a 33-27 win Saturday. Montana (5-4, 4-2 Big Sky) held a 24-13 lead after three quarters, but Idaho State rallied with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to take a 27-24 lead. Daniel Sullivan tied the game at 27-27 with 5:43 left with a 26-yard field goal to send the game into overtime. M...
It was only the second weekend of the 2015-16 season, but it was a big one competition-wise for the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team. Northern was in Laramie, Wyoming, Saturday for the prestigious Cowboy Open, hosted by the University of Wyoming, and while the competition was fierce, with a number of NCAA Division I teams in attendance, head coach Tyson Thivierge's team had some impressive results. A handful of Lights competed in the Elite Division, which was...
There have a been a lot of rough days for the Montana State University-Northern Lights football team this season and, now, one rough night, too. Under the lights of Vigilante Stadium Saturday night in Dillon, Northern was sent to its 10th straight loss as the Lights were dominated by No. 13 UM-Western, 52-6. The loss dropped MSU-N to 0-9 in the Frontier Conference, while Western kept its hopes of sharing the Frontier title alive. A difficult start once again doomed the Lights...
The Dickinson State Blue Hawks have been a long-standing thorn in the side of both Montana State University-Northern basketball teams. And, in their most recent trip to the Armory Gymnasium, the Blue Hawks made things exciting again. But in the end, the Northern men and women made it a clean sweep Saturday afternoon at the Armory Gymnasium, as the Skylights beat DSU in a thriller, while the Lights pulled away from the Blue Hawks late, as both Northern teams remained...
Following a win Thursday at the Eastern A Divisional, the Havre High volleyball team was just one win away from qualifying for the state tournament. And even though HHS fell short of its larger goal of winning the divisional championship, the Blue Ponies did punch their ticket to state. After knocking off Miles City in straight sets last Thursday, Havre beat Billings Central, in an exciting five-set match by the scores of 25-21, 19-25, 12-25, 25-22 and 15-6 Friday in...
Volleyball is a sport of momentum and emotion. And, in their final home match of the season, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights ran the gamut of those emotions. However, at the end of a long, intense night in the Armory Gymnasium, it was the UGF Argos who left on a high note. On Northern's senior night Saturday night, the Skylights and Argos waged another epic battle in their long-standing rivalry, but it was UGF which came away with a 3-2 win. The Argos downed...
It's been a rough season thus far for the Chicago Bears. But, they'll be on the NFL's big stage tonight. And on that stage with the Bears will be former Havre High great Marc Mariani, as Chicago takes on San Diego in tonight's ESPN Monday Night Football matchup. Mariani is having yet another outstanding season returning kicks, but he's also been much more involved in the offense than at any other point in his NFL career. And tonight, Mariani, who caught a pass in last week's...
