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  • Community Christmas Dinner to be hosted at Havre Eagles Club

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Dec 21, 2022

    The Havre Eagles Club will once again hold their annual Community Christmas Dinner Dec. 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. but they are looking for more volunteers and donations to make the event happen. Havre Eagles Secretary Doug Denny said they are always looking for volunteers and contributions since it takes a lot to make the event happen every year. “It takes quite a few people to deliver close to 400 meals,” Denny said. “ … We’ll find something for them to do.” People can call the club at 406-265-9551 to volunteer. As for the...

  • Shop with a Cop returns after two years away

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Dec 21, 2022

    Editor’s note: This version adds that North Central Montana Transit provided transportation for Shop with a Cop. The Havre Police Protective Association held its Shop with a Cop event Saturday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the U.S., taking local children shopping for Christmas gifts with local officers. During the event Havre Police officers took young children to shop for Christmas gifts at Walmart after treating them to breakfast at Havre City H...

  • Prescribed fire operations starting in the Little Rocky Mountains

    Press release|Updated Dec 20, 2022

    Bureau of Land Management north-central Montana District fuels program staff plan to conduct pile burning, starting today, Dec. 20, on BLM-managed lands at the Camp Creek project area, in the Little Rocky Mountains near Zortman. Burning operations will address about 14 acres of woody hand piles located about 1.5 miles northeast of Zortman and one-quarter mile east of the Camp Creek campground on the northwest slope. Favorable burning conditions are present with on-site snow...

  • Wilson charged with embezzling from fastpitch association

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 19, 2022

    The treasurer of the Havre Girls Fastpitch Association has been charged with embezzling more than $10,000 from the association. Leigh M. Wilson was charged in state District Court in Havre with a felony count of theft by obtaining unauthorized control. Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz has scheduled an arraignment hearing, in which the defendant usually enters an initial plea, for Jan. 30 at 9:30 a.m. According to a court document, the secretary of the Havre Girls Fastpitch Association contacted Havre police April 29, 2021, to report...

  • Quick pics: Cleaning up the winter

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

  • Havre speech competes in Choteau

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

    Press release Havre High School speech and debate took a team depleted by illness and conflicts to compete Saturday at the Choteau High School Tangled Tinsel Tournament, and even with a small team saw success. Havre was the only Class A school at the tournament as Browning had to cancel at the last minute, but the tournament saw teams from all classes of competition, Class C through Class AA. For Havre, senior Sterling Shelton, a second-year Lincoln-Douglas debater, went the...

  • Clack Museum lists holiday hours

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

    Press release The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum will have special holiday hours. The museum will be closed Saturday through Monday, Dec. 24, 25 and 26. It will will be open Dec. 27-30 from noon to 4 p.m. and closed December 31. At its November meeting, the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board voted to close the museum for the month of January....

  • For the Record, Dec. 19, 2022

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a sexual or violent offender registry complaint on Seventh Street Friday at 10:53 a.m. -- A Friday 2:19 p.m. caller asked for assistance removing a person from their residence. -- A two-vehicle, non-injury crash was reported on Fifth Street at 3:31 p.m. Friday. -- Gordon Gray of Havre, 25, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller at an 11th Street West business reported Friday at 11:44 p.m. that a person went...

  • Correction - Havre High School students of the month

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

    The headline to a story on the Society Page of Friday’s edition of Havre Daily News listed McKina Olson and Brooklyn Hansen as November Havre High School students of the month. They are students of the month for December....

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly business meeting

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

    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 — Memorandum of understanding with Logan Health and Rudyard Ambulance Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Tabled — Laredo Financial Business and Real Estate LLC lease agreement: Sheriff’s office capital/inventory requests of equipment Hill Count...

  • Havre girls basketball picks up first wins

    Kason Clark|Updated Dec 19, 2022

    This past weekend on the road, the Havre High girls basketball team finally got in the win column with wins against conference foes Glendive and Sidney. On Friday night, the Blue Ponies defeated Glendive, 63-33, and then picked up a 65-46 win at Sidney Saturday. After an 0-2 start to the season, HHS head Dustin Kraske was happy to see his team play well. "They played really well. We were very pleased," Kraske said. The Ponies opened the weekend on Friday night with their win...

  • Montana State's season comes to an end with loss to Jackrabbits

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

    BROOKINGS, South Dakota - South Dakota State used a balanced offense and a suffocating defense to stymie Montana State 38-19 in an FCS Playoffs Semifinal showdown in snowy Brookings on Saturday. The Jackrabbits scored on every possession in the first half to build a 28-9 lead and cruised to its second national championship game appearance in the last three seasons. SDSU lost to Sam Houston State in the spring of 2021. South Dakota State's FCS leading rush defense put the...

  • Havre boys basketball sweeps conference games on the road

    Kason Clark|Updated Dec 19, 2022

    If this past weekend was any indication, the Havre High boys basketball is set up well to compete in the Northeast A this season. In their first two conference games of the year, the Blue Ponies defeated Glendive, 52-47, Friday and then beat Sidney, 45-36, Saturday. With both wins coming on the road, HHS head coach Walynn Burgess was proud of how the Ponies played. “Just going on road trips in conference play and getting two wins on the road is just really big for the team,” B...

  • Blue Pony wrestling competes at the CMR Holiday Classic

    Kason Clark|Updated Dec 19, 2022

    In their final big tournament of 2022, the Havre High wrestling teams competed hard at the CMR Holiday Classic in Great Falls over the weekend. At the end of the tournament, the HHS boys wrestling team finished 11th while the HHS girls wrestling team took seventh in its tournament. In the boys tournament, the Blue Ponies scored 112.5 points to finish 11th. On the girls side, the Ponies scored 81.5 points to take seventh in its tournament. Several Ponies placed over the weekend...

  • Havre swimming wraps up 2022 with Great Falls relays

    Kason Clark|Updated Dec 19, 2022

    In their second weekend of the season, the Havre High swimming teams competed at the PreRelay Meet and the Relay Meet in Great Falls this past weekend. In the PreRelay Meet Friday, both the HHS boys and girls teams finished fifth in their meets. In the Relay Meet Saturday, the HHS boys team took 8th while the HHS girls team finished 11th. The Blue Ponies had most of their success at the PreRelay Meet Friday. In the boys meet, the Ponies finished fifth with 127 points. Great...