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New details have surfaced concerning the Havre man who is being held on suspicion of attempted murder. Douglas Hopf, 46, of Havre made his initial appearance Tuesday afternoon at the Hill County Detention Center. Hopf was charged with attempted deliberate homicide, criminal endangerment and tampering with witnesses and informants. According to a Havre Police Department press release, officers received a report the night of Sept. 29 at 11:42 p.m. concerning a man who said he had been shot at while driving on the 1600 Block of... Full story
Katie Margaret (Butler) Springer, 90, of Havre, died of natural causes Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, surrounded by family at Northern Montana Care Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Fifth Avenue Christian Church. Katie was born March 14, 1924, on the family homestead, 37 miles north of Havre, Montana. She was the third child of Earl and Bertha (Latimer) Butler. The family farmed and ranched, and her father broke horses. Her mother died from complications... Full story
William Carl Shellenberger, professor-emeritus at Montana State University-Northern, died Saturday from complications arising from pulmonary fibrosis. He was surrounded by family and died peacefully at the age of 84. Carl was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1930, and was known to friends and family as a jack of all trades and a master of many. From farmer to teacher, carpenter to author, mechanic to scientist, Carl prized both practicality and learning. Carl began... Full story
Darla M. Schilling, 66, passed Nov. 28, 2014, in Missoula, Montana. Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at 2 p.m,, at the Assembly of God Church in Chinook Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at www.edwa... Full story
Edelene (Trayford) Ceynar Rucinsky, 88, of Havre passed away on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, of natural causes at her residence. Cremation has taken place, and her memorial Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, at St. Jude Thaddeus Church. Interment of Eddy and Frank's ashes will occur at a later date in Calvary Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Eddy's online memorial page and leave a message of... Full story
Karen M. "Flash" Hinebauch, 72, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Linda Rose officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Karen's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence... Full story
YORK, Pa. - Edward A. Alex, 80, passed away Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, at Hospice & Community Care in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. He was the husband of Peggy A. Alex. The couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on May 11, 2014. A Celebration of Life tribute service will be held on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, at 2 p.m., at Heffner Funeral Chapel & Crematory Inc., 1551 Kenneth Road, York, Pennsylvania, with the Rev. Daniel Mitzel officiating. A viewing will be held from 1-2 p.m.,... Full story
"Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical" will be bringing the trailer park to Montana State University-Northern Friday. Pam Veis, the artistic director of "Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical," said that this show is a sequel to a play the Montana Actors' Theatre performed last year. She said they began working on this play mid-October. "We've been meeting and focusing on the musical aspects and the choreography," Veis said Nov. 3. She said these are the most... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern Alumni Foundation is opening its doors to submissions for the Northern Excellence Award and the athletic Hall of Fame. “The award is given annually to people who are either graduates of Northern, former employees of Northern or community members who are considered supporters of Northern,” said Jim Bennett, the director of the Alumni Foundation. Bennett said the past list of award recipients were inducted for varied reasons, but all for their work to better the university. “It’s a way to...
Alternative schools could be created on Indian reservations to educate students who are having a hard time in traditional schools under a plan introduced by State. Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder. The senator said the plan, which immediately drew fire from MEA-MFT, the union representing most school workers in Montana, would help reduce the dropout rate that is very high on Indian reservations. Windy Boy’s district includes three of Montana’s seven Native reservations. Windy Boy said a superintendent at one of the sch... Full story
Correction A story in the Nov, 4 edition of he Havre Daily News referred to House District 32 as a reservation district. While Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy’s Indians reservations are in the district, it also contains large areas of farm and ranch lands and the city of Harlem....
Correction Perry Atchison is one of three people sworn in Monday to the Havre government review commission. His name was misspelled in a story in Tuesday’s Havre Daily News....
It was another exciting season of Six-man football along the Hi-Line and after it concluded with Geraldine/Highwood winning another Six-Man state title, the selections for Northern C and Class C Six-man All Conference and All State teams were released. Of the three Hi-Line teams that reside in the North Division, North Star, Big Sandy and Box Elder, only North Star managed to get into the postseason following a 6-2 regular season. Likewise, the Knights were the only team to... Full story
It didn’t take long, but the winter sports season is already here. Yes, the football state champions were crowned less than two weeks ago, but now it’s time to crank up the heat inside the gyms and get back to work. Winter sports teams have been practicing since Nov. 20, and while the full start of boys and girls basketball is still a week away, make no mistake, the winter sports season is upon us on the Hi-Line. This weekend marks the official start of the high school wre...
After a three-week lay off due to a complete knee replacement and more doctor's appointments, we will try to play catch up on the bowling scores with highlights only. Shawn Mariani, bowling on the Monday Mixed Straightaway shot his 10th career 300 game. It was his first game of a four-game set, and he followed with a 246, 196 for a 752 for three games and 226 for his fourth game for a 968 total for the evening. Due to lack of entries, very cold weather and lack of people to cover shifts, the Annual Hi Line Lanes Challenge...
A pair of local prep standouts have earned Class C volleyball’s highest honor. The 2014 Class C All-State Team was announced recently and several Hi-Line players made the list. Chinook senior Hannah Weber was named Class C Second-Team All-State for the 2014 season. Weber was among the District 6C leaders in assists this season, but she was also an outstanding hitter and was strong on defense as well. Weber helped the Sugarbeeters to an undefeated regular season and a second s... Full story
In Tuesday's Havre Daily News sports section's story on the 2014 Frontier All-Conference Football Team, Montana State University-Northern tight end John Jansen was inadvertently left out of the article. Jansen received Frontier Second-Team All-Conference honors for the Lights. It was the second straight season in which Jansen was named to the All-Conference list. The senior tight end caught 19 passes for 129 yards this past season for the Lights. Jansen started nine games for...
From Montana Stockgrowers During next week’s 130th Annual Convention of the Montana Stockgrowers Association, ranchers will have the opportunity to attend several Cattlemen’s College education workshops, ranging from animal reproduction and nutrition, estate planning and discussions on current markets and processing plant feasibility. Gov. Steve Bullock is scheduled to speak during Friday’s Opening General Session. All MSGA events will take place at the Holiday Inn Grand Montana, Dec. 11-13 in Billings. “This year we are exc... Full story
