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It’s not the type of headlines you expect to have blowing up the internet: “Controversy over the advertising of sex toys at curling Olympic qualifier cancels televised coverage in U.S.” I would like to think that you have at least heard of the sport of curling, but in case you’re in the dark, curling is that team sport played on ice with a 42-pound polished granite stone. One person, with a push maneuver, kind of launches the stone down a 150-foot lane. The teammates frantical...
It's been a rough year for Havre Public Schools, with the complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior prank that lead to over $1,000 in property damage and a pair of shooting threats just last week. However, perhaps the biggest story of the year was one that happened in the closing months of 2021, when Havre High School Principal Ed Norman resigned. The resignation came after complaints about the handling of an incident involving a Halloween costume at Havre High S...
And just like that, the first month of high school basketball on the Hi-Line is over. Tuesday and Wednesday, area girls teams finished up the December portion of their schedule, including the Chinook Sugarbeeters, who knocked off Hays-Lodge Pole 52-43 Tuesday night. Chinook outscored HLP 23-5 in the third quarter to pull away for the win. In a non-conference game Tuesday night, the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks crushed Valier 69-48 to finish 2021 strong. The high-scoring...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 264 new cases, 1,652 active cases, 113 hospitalizations and 2,895 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 195,669 cases. Hill County Health Department did not provide an update Wednesday. The state tracking map update today listed 3 new cases and 10 active cases. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Wednesday that it was notified of no new cases and 2 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 1 active case in the county and 2...
Earl Sluggett of Big Sandy, 83, passed away Dec. 8, 2021. Service is Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021, at 10 a.m. at Big Sandy Church of God....
Eric C. Holmes, 54, passed away due to natural causes at his residence on Wednesday, December 22, 2021....
Margaret R. Webb, 97, passed away at Northern Montana Hospital due to natural causes on Wednesday, December 22, 2021....
Monday Regular business hours Tuesday 9 a.m. — Oath of office for deputy clerk and recorder 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in commissioers’ office Wednesday 9 a.m. — DNRC zoom call in commissioers’ office 10 a.m. — Insurance committee meeting in the Timmons Room Thursday 8 a.m. — Claims and payroll 10 a.m. — Weekly commissioers’ business meeting in commissioers’ office Friday Courthouse closed for observance of New Year’s holiday....
Havre Police Department A caller at a U.S. Highway 2 East business asked officers Wednesday at 12:20 p.m. to check whether a vehicle that had been left in the parking lot for more than a month was stolen. -- A caller at a First Street business reported Wednesday at 2:36 p.m. possible drugs found. -- A caller at a Fourth Street facility asked for assistance at 3:18 p.m. Wednesday. Hill County Sheriff's Office A caller on Crowe Lane reported a theft, forgery or fraud Wednesday a...
North Central Senior Citizens Center Dec. 27–31 Menu Monday — Chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, carrots, cookies Tuesday — Applesauce, roast pork, mashed potatoes with gravy, broccoli Normandy, rolls, Cake Wednesday — Open-face hamburger steak sandwich, coleslaw, dessert Thursday — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Friday — Closed for New Year’s Eve Day Keeping Up with the Pandemic: As of Dec. 22 there were three new COVID-19 case. They reported nine active cases. Total Cases for all of Hill County 3,538. Deaths a...
from U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, visited New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut, to meet with small business owners and to promote how the recently passed bipartisan infrastructure law will bring communities together to build a better America. Administrator Guzman kicked off her visit with New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker at Atticus Book Store and Café and later met with Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont at Meriden Sewage Treatment Plant....
The Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team is going through some growing pains right now. It happens to a young team. And the Skylights experienced some more of the highs and lows this week in Phoenix. Northern was in the desert for three games against quality NAIA opponents, starting with a game against Cascade Conference Bushnell University Monday, a game in which the Skylights fell in 67-64. The Skylights jumped on the Beacons in the first half (...
After competing in several tournaments to start the season, the Havre High wrestling team got the chance to compete in a dual against Cut Bank Tuesday at the Havre High Gymnasium. In their first dual of the season, HHS head coach Beau LaSalle believes the Blue Ponies wrestled well to win the dual, 36-24. "We wrestled well. They gave us a good match like we thought they would," Beau LaSalle said. "They're a tough team, one of the better teams in Class B and I thought we...
from U.S. Department of Agriculture The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended the deadline for agricultural producers who are certified organic, or transitioning to organic, to apply for the Organic and Transitional Education and Certification Program. The program provides pandemic assistance to cover certification and education expenses. The deadline to apply for 2020 and 2021 eligible expenses is now Feb. 4, 2022, rather than the original deadline of Jan. 7, 2022. “We listened to feedback from our stakeholders and a...
by Ila McClenahan Foundation board member Havre and the Hi-Line's very own H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum will soon be taking up a new permanent residence at No. 2 Fifth Ave. in Havre. The building was previously known as the Griggs Printing building and before that as Anderson Wholesale. The journey to the museum's new location has had its ups and downs with some twists and turns along the way. Today the consensus of board members and community leaders is "Full speed ahead!"...
Press release BATON ROUGE, La. — Louise Doney of Harlem, Montana, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Doney was initiated at University of Montana. Doney is among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of jun...
Out our way, great scenes of beauty are common if one opens their eyes to it. One of the things I most loved was getting out of town to go camping and getting away from all the lights. In the darkness of the big open the sky lights up with a million stars. I am amazed by the sight and often would just stare in wonder. I am told the Christmas tree we all hold so dear in America came from Germany and from Martin Luther. According to the story, he was out one dark night in...
We have finally reached that point in the season. It's crunch time for gift selection, wrapping, and Christmas dinner grocery shopping. If your family or company Christmas party hasn't taken place already it will very soon, and don't forget a gag gift for the gift exchange game. With all of the holiday preparation at full speed and the anticipation of mass unboxings on Christmas morning, memories of past Christmases are sure to cross our minds. Among them will be memories of...
Lord, just sharing. Author and date are unknown. "Our Inn was at the edge of town - we heard the noisy throng move down, and as they came, I saw Pa frown. We heard a tired 'Hello!' call; a woman on a donkey small, the man adjusted her wool shawl. 'We've traveled many miles this day; have you a room for us to stay? All Inns are full on this Tax Day.' "My Papa looked so sad at him. 'We have no room and day grows dim.' The man turned 'way with look so grim. The woman - no a...
Class B-C Wrestling Poll Teams: Class B: 1. Huntley Project, 2. Glasgow, 3. Cut Bank, 4. Jefferson, 5. Whitehall, 6. Three Forks, 7. Thompson Falls, 8. Columbus/Absarokee, 9. Anaconda, 10. Colstrip. Class C: 1. Circle, 2. Simms, 3. Chinook, 4. Fort Benton, 5. Cascade. 103: Nathan Blodnik, Anaconda; Cole Rogers, Three Forks; Richard Schmidt, Cut Bank; Baylor Burton, Huntley Project; Traic Fainter, Bigfork; Blake Lancaster, Eureka. 113: Brayden Linville, Three Forks; Leo...
