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An eastbound Amtrak train collided with a pickup truck near Kremlin Monday afternoon, killing one person and injuring two. The Empire Builder struck the white pickup truck at about 12:50 p.m., Amtrak officials said. The train stopped after the accident, but Amtrak officials released it about two hours later and it continued on its journey. . The names of the people in the truck were not released. The accident took place on a dirt road west of Kremlin that heads north from U....
Two passengers on their way from Spokane, Washington, to Williston, North Dakota, were arrested Tuesday in Havre after Amtrak employees reported they saw a man get off the train in Whitefish and smoke what they believed was marijuana. Seth Mimm and Shayden Salvesen were arrested and are being held on separate but identical complaints of two felony counts of criminal possession with intent to distribute, two felony counts of criminal possession of dangerous drugs, one felony count of use or possession of property subject to...
The H. Earl Clack Museum's annual Dinosaur Christmas was set to begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, but at the starting time there were already large crowds gathering around the tables set up in front of the museum in Holiday Village Mall. Elementary school-age children have an attraction to dinosaurs, and so the program is aimed toward them, said Judi Dritshulas, the museum board's chair. Children had an opportunity to take part in four activities. They could help make dinosaur eggs...
For two hours Saturday night, those traveling along 5th Avenue got a chance to see a re-enactment of the first Christmas, courtesy of parishioners at the Van Orsdel United Methodist Church. Despite heavy fog and cold, people of all ages climbed out of vehicles or made the pilgrimage on foot to catch a glimpse of live actors and animals bringing to life a scene from the gospels. Since it began about 18 years ago, the production has become a yearly ritual for parishioners and a...
A decade-long controversy between Hill County and the city of Havre may be resurfacing. County commissioners have notified the city that they will end the contract under which the county pays $20,000 for the operation of the swimming pool at the city hall complex. Presently, the city pays $160,000 for the pool, the county contributes $20,000 and Havre Public Schools chips in $19,000. Commission Chair Mike Wendland said the county didn’t want to exacerbate the sometimes tense relations with the city government but was f...
John W. Sinclair, 24, of Rocky Boy, was struck and killed Friday night as he was walking near the center line on U.S. Highway 87 south of Havre. Montana Highway Patrol reports Sinclair was hit by a pickup truck and pronounced dead at Northern Montana Hospital. According to a Highway Patrol press release, Sinclair was struck by a Nissan Frontier going northbound sometime after 10:30 p.m. It was very foggy and visibility was poor. The report says speed was not believed to have been a factor Sinclair is believed to have died en...
A Rudyard man, Danny Hansard, 60, was one of two people killed crash near Fort Benton Thursday. John Romain, 88, Great Falls, formerly of Chester and Havre, also died in the accident. Montana Highway Patrol said the southbound car driven by Romain tried to pass a tractor-trailer on U.S. Highway 87 in a no-passing zone. Hansard was driving north at the time and collided with Romain's car. A passenger was thrown from the Hansard vehicle and is in stable condition at a Great Falls hospital....
From Montana State University-Northern Lectures on topics ranging from climate change to the power of music will highlight the spring semester Chancellor’s Lecture Series at Montana State University-Northern. The lecture series is designed to create campus and community-wide conversation. The spring series will feature four talks by distinguished people. Presentations start at 7:30 p.m. at the Hensler Auditorium at Northern’s Applied Technology Center. The spring series includes: • Thursday, Jan. 21 — George Price: “Native...
Press release The Havre high school speech and debate team faced tough competition from all of Montana’s Class AA schools at the two-day Great Falls invitational, but the competitors pulled through and earned a first-place finish in the Class A team sweepstakes competition. “I am happy with how our students did,” said head coach Tim Leeds. “I was hoping more students would advance further — we have the talent to do that — but things didn’t go our way in many rounds. Still, the Havre competitors did well and scored a firs...
Jamie Eagleman, according to legal papers filed in District Court, stabbed a bartender in the back twice, attacked one police officer while carrying a knife she had concealed in her groin area. She lunged at another officer and threw knives at two staffers from the Hill County Detention Center. All of this, legal papers say, was prompted because Town Pump didn't want her to steal a pack of cigarettes and Magic Diamond Casino wouldn't serve her more than two beers although she wasn’t gambling on the machines. Now, the heart o...
Havre Police Department Raistlen Paul Katka, 23, of Havre was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants after an officer served the warrants on Boulevard Avenue Friday at 9:13 a.m. —— An arrest was made after a caller at a 1st Street business reported a theft Friday at 11:07 a.m. No information was provided on the charges. —— Officers investigated a report of a motor vehicle crash at a 1st Street West business at 12:12 p.m. Friday. —— Officers made 11 motor vehicle stops between 12:24 and 3:03 p.m. Friday, issuing a summ...
Front-page stories in the Thursday and Friday editions of the Havre Daily News misreported that Jamie Eagleman had been charged in connection with her being arrested Wednesday. The charges against Eagleman were pending....
John Dominic Romain was born south of Chester at the family homestead March 25, 1927, the last of eight children born to Josepha Kaufmann Romain and Frederick Romain. He died on Dec. 10, 2015. He lived the last few decades in Great Falls, Montana. He graduated from Chester High School in 1944, served in the U.S. Army, 1951-1953, married Meradel Wolf Vaughan in 1952, and had Angela and Wayne while living south of Chester and moved to Havre, where Rick was born. They lived in...
Olive M. Sheppard, 87, passed away due to natural causes on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, at Northern Montana Hospital. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015, at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Tanner Howard officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Her family has requested that memorials be made in Olive’s name to the ALS Association Evergreen Chapter in Spokane, http://webwa.alsa.org. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and a...
John Winter Hawk Sinclair, Standing Strong Bear Zoongi-Ga-Bo-Wi Muckwa. passed away on Dec. 11, 2015. John was born in Havre to Gilbert Sinclair and Debra Johnson. He was raised in Rocky Boy and Fisher River, Manitoba, Canada. He graduated from Rocky Boy High School and attended Stone Child College. John enjoyed playing his guitars and loved his music. He was a player on his Xbox 1 game. John loved the sport of MMA and traveled to various parts of the USA competing. He loved...
Norma V. (Peterson) Strandberg, 81, passed away Dec. 9, 2015, with her family by her side. Norma was born in Rugby, North Dakota, to Ole and Ruth (Ormbreck) Peterson, the eighth of 10 children. She grew up in Berwick, North Dakota. She met and married Robert. D. Strandberg May 16, 1953, and was married for 61 years before Robert passed away in 2014. They moved from Minot, North Dakota to Havre, Montana, in 1954. She and Robert had five children. She was a loving wife, mother...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights haven’t stepped onto the Armory Gymnasium floor for a game in over a month, but that all changes tonight. Tonight, the third-ranked Skylights (8-1) return home for a non-conference tilt with the Northern New Mexico Eagles (2-8), in what will be MSU-N’s last home game before the new year. “We've had a good week of practice and I know our kids are very excited to play at home again,” said MSU-N head coach Chris Mouat. And while t...
The Havre High boys basketball team was looking to get in the win column for the first time this season Saturday at Class AA rival CMR. And with a much-improved performance from its season-opener, that's exactly what the Blue Ponies did. Thanks in large part to a 20-point fourth quarter, and a number of clutch shots from 3-point range, Havre beat the Rustlers 55-43 for their second straight win over CMR in Great Falls at the CMR Fieldhouse. The win improved HHS to 1-1 on the...
The Glacier Nationals had the unfortunate task of taking on two of the best teams in the Frontier Division of the North American Tier 3 Hockey League this past weekend and the result was a pair of road losses. Friday, the Nationals traveled to Great Falls, where they took on the first-place Americans. The 10-0 victory for Great Falls improved their perfect record on the year against Glacier to 6-0. Then Saturday, the Nationals traveled to Helena, where they did battle with...
The Havre Blue Ponies were hoping that playing at home would jumpstart them in the 2015-16 girls basketball season, but unfortunately for HHS, the hoop was no kinder the HHS gymnasium. For the second straight game, the Havre girls basketball struggled to score and Saturday night against CMR, they really struggled in the second half when the Ponies managed just 13 points, compared to 28 for the Lady Rustlers, who defeated Havre 48-37. The key point in the game came midway...
It was only the beginning, but the first meet of the 2015-16 season sure meant a lot to the Havre High boys and girls swimming teams. The Blue Ponies made a splash in their season debut as they took on CMR and Great Falls High in the annual Havre Invitational Saturday afternoon the Havre Community Pool. In the triangular meet, the Blue Pony girls finished an outstanding second with 156 points, while the HHS boys finished third with 123 points. CMR dominated the meet on both si...
The Mining City Duals are always highly competitive, especially with every Class AA wrestling team in attendance. But once again, the Havre Blue Ponies made it look easy as they won their third consecutive championship in Butte. During the two-day tournament in Butte, Havre posted a perfect 7-0 record and won all six of its matchups with Class AA schools. HHS locked up the title, its sixth overall in the event, by knocking off Billings Skyview in the championship round 49-21...
