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The graveside service scheduled for today at noon for Ernest Sheldon "Ternie" Taylor, 92, have been canceled due to the weather conditions. Ternie passed away with his family by his side October 13, 2019, at River Stone Hospice Home in Billings MT. Graveside services had been scheduled at Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook with a reception at 1 p.m. Services will be rescheduled at a later date. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Wilderness Funeral Homes of Chinook....
For the first time in three seasons, the Montana State University-Northern Lights have a Frontier All-Conference performer, as the league announced its All-Conference teams and postseason honors Monday afternoon. Northern senior Darius Alexander-Jones II was named First-Team All-Conference on the offensive line. Alexander-Jones has been the Lights' starting center the past two seasons, after transferring to MSU-N from Minot State. MSU-N sophomore tight end Jared Eisenbarth...
The fall sports season has come to an end and many teams have been crowned champions. The Havre High football team finished their year with a 5-4 regular season record and a postseason win to make it into the Class A quarterfinals. Tuesday, the Class A Eastern A and Class A All-State lists were released, with many from the Blue Pony squad being recognized. Havre High head coach Ryan Gatch is proud of his team for the work they put in this year to be honored among the Class A s...
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony taking place at Town Square Saturday beginning at 5 p.m. Santa will be arriving that afternoon around 5 to 5:30 p.m. depending on the speed of his sleigh, Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Julea Robbins said. Before the tree lighting, the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors annual Cookies and Milk with Santa event starts at the Havre Eagles Club at 4:30 p.m. “They get to eat cookies and drink milk with Santa and there is a book g...
A group working to build a community center on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation is holding fundraisers while it is working to finalize its organization and non-profit status. Chippewa Cree Tribe Eagle Core Community Organization is raffling off two tickets to the Native American Classic Basketball game in Great Falls next month. The raffle is open to anyone who is interested and tickets are $5, Eagle Core Secretary Rebekah Jarvey said. The Native American Classic is an annual event at the beginning of the basketball season, w...
The Havre City Council Streets and Sidewalks Committee met Monday to hold a follow-up discussion about how the city could utilize special improvement districts, and to review the information given by Montana State University Extension Local Government Center Director Dan Clark last month. “I am hopeful,” committee member Denise Brewer said. “I know we’ve tried other things and I think having Dan Clark come here was a really positive way for us to maybe look at some new ways of doing things.” She said that a number of the ro...
A snowstorm hit Havre Tuesday, leading to multiple crashes in the area and Havre police requesting people to stay of the streets if possible. Snow started falling mid-afternoon and fell heavily at times through the evening. After several crashes occurred on Hospital Hill, 13th Street from Fifth Avenue to Highland Park and Northern Montana Hospital, that route was closed and remained closed this morning. The snow had stopped as of this morning, but more is in the forecast...
Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line has highlighted more of the trees donated for the Festival of Trees fundraiser in the Boys & Girls Club Saturday, Nov. 30. starting at 7 p.m. Local people, groups, organizations and businesses decorate and donate the trees to be auctioned off at the festival. Other fundraising events will also be held that night, and hors douevres and beverages will be served. Tickets, which are $25 each, can be purchased by calling the club at 265-6206 or by...
Harold "Kent" Lybeck of Chinook, MT, 66, passed away at Peace Hospice November 23, 2019, after an unexpected, yet short, battle with cancer. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, November 30, 2019, at 1 p.m. at the American Lutheran Church in Chinook with burial to follow at Kuper Memorial Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Blaine County Fairgrounds. Blaine County Funeral Chapel has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Kent's online...
Our beloved Louella Fox Stiffarm, whose Indian name was "Big Mountain Woman," 71, peacefully went to be with the angels November 24, 2019. Lou was born to George and Ella (Bradley) Fox Sr. January 4, 1948, in Fort Belknap, MT. She was raised in Hays, MT and graduated from St. Paul Mission High School in 1967. After high school, she moved with the relocation program to Los Angeles, CA, where she attended George Washington High Nursing School, receiving her LPN license. Lou...
Mary Margaret Kucera, 89, passed away November 14, 2019, at her residence. Vigil service will be 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, followed by her funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 5, 2019. Burial will be at Highland Cemetery. Memorial donations in Margaret's name may be made to the St. Jude School Scholarship Aid Fund, or to one of your personal choice. Please visit Margaret's online memorial page at www.hollandbonine.c...
Havre Police Department A caller at a First Street West business asked Tuesday at 10:35 a.m. to speak with an officer. -- A non-injury crash between an F-150 and a Dodge Avenger at Lincoln Avenue and 13th Street West was reported Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. -- A three-vehicle crash was reported on the hill on 13th Street at 4:28 p.m. Tuesday. -- Multiple vehicles were reported stuck on U.S. Highway 2 West mall hill at 4:55 p.m. -- A crash involving a school bus and a car was...
Good afternoon, this is not Sondra. After calling my mom for several days, and impatiently wondering where she has gotten up to without alerting me to her travels, I found out her phone and internet lines have been cut. Leaving her all out on her own, with only her friends and local animals to talk to. She does have a Mexican cell phone which costs about $13, so you know how great it works. I never call it unless I know she’s traveling, so this wasn’t my first thought. Whe...
I lost a feather the other day and I understand this does not qualify as news. But I want to say — for the record — that this was a really nice feather. I paid good money for it and pinned it to my favorite blue hat. I wore that hat out for a walk, one evening, when it was chilly. This was the last night that my husband, Peter, and I were in Frigiliana, a little town in the south of Spain. I walked to the top of the very steep hill where, 400 years ago, a Moorish castle sto...
High scores for the last week were. Brandon Berreth and Shawn Mariani each with a 237 game. Series went to Chris Owens with a 662. Ladies high game and series were 203 and 552, by Dana Seidel. Split pickers for last week were: Donna Tilleman, 4-10, Brian Anderson, 5-10, Bill Arvin, 5-7, Jackie Mayer, 6-7-10, Patti Soloman, 5-10, Lynn Crossler, 5-6-10. Sunday Keglers: Donna Tilleman, 156,168, Brandy Kurtz, 158, Michele Denny, 186, Julie Allee, 156, Janet Robinson, 174, Cori Win...
It has been an exciting year for fall sports. The Havre High volleyball team took fourth place at state, which was a great ending to a great season. And now, the Blue Pony volleyball team will have another player joining the college ranks. Tuesday, in the Havre High Gymnasium, senior Sam Oliver signed with the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears, where she'll continue her volleyball career. Oliver is Havre's second star player that has signed with a Frontier Conference...
Press release Montana State University Extension will host a free seminar Feb. 11 in Great Falls where speakers will discuss hemp research use of pesticides with hemp, and update on hemp grown in Montana. Jan Slaski, PhD, PaG is a principle researcher with InnoTech Alberta has been leading research aimed at introduction and breeding of hemp varieties that suit the needs of the fiber and food industries for over the last 17 years. Dr. Slaski will discuss hemp breeding, agronomy, fiber processing, and product development. Dr....
Press release Montana Cattlemen’s Association will host its 18th annual Cattlemen’s Day Saturday, Dec. 7, at the YOGO Inn in Lewistown beginning at 9 a.m. Starting off the program, Jim Larson will discuss the Montana State Fund Safety Program. Morning speakers include a panel discussion of the Phillips County Bison Ordinance Variance with representatives from the American Prairie Reserve, Phillips County Conservation District, and the Phillips County Grazing Herd District. Following the panel debate, Karoline Rose of KRose Ca...
