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Marjorie E. (Bailey Durkee) Spinler, known to family and friends as "Marjie", passed away peacefully in December 2024 at the age of 84. Cremation has taken place, and a Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, January 10, 2025, at New Beginnings Lutheran Church in Rudyard, Montana. Marjie's family has suggested memorial donations be made in her memory to any local charitable organizations in the community. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with...
Press release Havre High School's small speech and debate team did well at the Class A eastern Montana speech, debate and drama divisional tournament in Sidney Friday and Saturday, with three of the five competitors qualifying for Class A state by placing in the top 12 in their event and the last two qualifying as alternate competitors. First-year policy debate team Malachi Morris and Ishaan Vickas, both freshmen, brought home divisional medals, taking fourth place in their ev...
Natasha Monique St. Pierre, Eagle Woman (Kiiew Iskwew), 39, began her next journey, leaving us January 12, 2024. She was born October 21, 1984, in Bozeman, Montana, to Nathaniel and Melvina (Hinckley) St. Pierre. At the time of her passing, Natasha was living and employed in Las Vegas working as a concierge. Natasha was preceded in death by her father Nathaniel, the greatest joy of her life, grandmother Gloria Fisher, and grandfather Roger St. Pierre, Sr. Natasha graduated...
As the Havre High boys wrestling team gets ready for the postseason, it will be looking to use its last few competitions of the regular season to prepare. In Butte this past weekend, the Blue Ponies competed against some of the schools they will face in the postseason. Against this competition, the Ponies finished eighth in the dual tournament. The Ponies began the weekend in pool play, which they opened with a 48-24 dual victory over Bigfork. After falling behind 18-0,...
Natasha Monique St. Pierre, Eagle Woman [Kiiew Iskwew], 39, began her next journey, leaving us January 12, 2024. She was born on October 21, 1984, in Bozeman, Montana, to Nathaniel and Melvina [Hinckley] St. Pierre. At the time of her passing, Natasha was living and employed in Las Vegas working as a concierge. Natasha was preceded in death by her father Nathaniel, the greatest joy of her life, grandmother Gloria Fisher, and grandfather Roger St. Pierre, Sr. Natasha graduated...
The local acting troupe is bringing their acting knowledge to the youth of Havre. Montana Actors' Theatre Youth Activities directors Angela Pratt and Tylyn Turner, as well as other MAT volunteers, are traveling to schools around Havre to teach children some basic acting skills. The first session was Wednesday. "We are just doing small acting workshops with the K-3 graders," Pratt said. "Workshops are free to the participants. We started last week and will continue through the...
Sharon Kae LaBuda passed away December 26, 2023, in Lacey, Washington. She was born June 30, 1951, to Mike and Evelin (Ophus) LaBuda in Big Sandy, Montana, where she lived until 1969. She also resided in Havre, Montana (1970-1986), and Olympia, Washington (1987-2023). Sharon attended and graduated high school in the Big Sandy Public School District. She earned a B.S. of Secondary Education from Northern Montana College in Havre (1974), followed by an M.Ed. of Career Guidance...
Schools across Montana, including in Big Sandy, Chester, Chinook, Harlem and Havre received bomb threats overnight, causing many, including those in Havre, to delay classes while law enforcement investigates. "HPS will be working with the Havre Police Department to ensure adequate safety measures are in place," Havre Public Schools Superintendent Brian Gum said in a press release. "... If our situation changes we will immediately send a followup message." Just before 10 a.m. t...
Havre Police Department Officers assisted at a vehicle fire on Third Street at 6:46 a.m. Tuesday. -- A two-vehicle, non-injury crash involving a Dodge Durango and a Ford Taurus was reported on Third Street at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, with two wrecker services attending at the scene. -- Two summonses were issued after officers were called to Havre High School Tuesday at 12:36 p.m. and 12:56 p.m. for juveniles with vape pens. No details on charges were provided. -- A 7:02 p.m. Tuesda...
Havre hit a record low of -44 last night, surpassing the previous record of -43 set more than a century ago in 1907, and while temperatures are poised to rise somewhat as the week progresses, it looks like a winter storm is on the way Tuesday night. The cold this weekend was so extreme that it caused Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation to declare a state of emergency just after 2 p.m. Saturday and tribal officials set up an incident command center to coordinate service in emergency situations. Ten hours later Rocky Boy Health C...
Most local schools that were planning to be open today announced they would have late starts with several altering or canceling morning buses. The North Star School District with high school in Rudyard and the elementary in Gildford announced Sunday that it would have a late start today, with classes at 10 a.m., and announced this morning that no morning buses would run. The district said in a release Sunday that, due to the extreme cold temperatures and prioritizing the health and safety of students and staff the North Star...
By Emily Mayer It was reported 100 years ago in this week’s Havre Daily Promoter that after several individuals and local civic groups worked hard to petition the Hill County Commissioners to create and fund a county agent position, the commissioners approved the measure. The Jan. 10, 1924, issue stated: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL EMPLOY COUNTY AGENT Provision Is Made to Secure Most Competent Man Possible and to Give Him Every Assistance The members of the board of county commissioners in conference with r...
As foul weather crisscrosses the country with more on the way, the National Weather Service has put out a wind chill advisory for Hill and northern Blaine counties which will last until 5 p.m. tonight, and a much more serious wind chill warning for the area between then and 5 p.m. Sunday, as temperatures are predicted to plummet further as the week continues. An advisory indicates that conditions will likely cause significant inconvenience or danger without precaution, and a...
Havre Police Department Two summonses were issued after two students were reported with vape pens Wednesday at 8:49 a.m. at Havre High School. No details were provided on charges. -- A caller at a Second Street business said Wednesday at 9:41 a.m. they had video for officers. -- Someone stopped at the police station at 1:46 p.m. Wednesday asking for assistance. -- Zale Helios Thomas of Havre, 18, was issued a summons on a charge of no driver's license and a 15-year-old boy was...
Havre Police Department A written or verbal warning was issued after a Ninth Avenue caller reported a barking dog complaint Tuesday at 10:31 a.m. -- A summons was issued after a student with a vape was reported at Havre High School at 10:37 a.m. Tuesday. No details were provided on charges. -- Two summonses were issued after two students with vapes were reported Tuesday at 3:13 p.m. at Havre High School. No details were provided on charges. -- A Tuesday 4:35 p.m. caller on...
At their monthly meeting Tuesday, the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees was updated on voting items at an upcoming meeting of the Montana High School Association, as well as presentations and updates on a number of other issues. HPS Superintendent Brian Gum said he and Havre High School Activities Director Mark Irvin will be going to the MHSA meeting later this week and they wanted to bring the board up to speed on the voting items they will be looking at. Irvin said...
My nephew, Beau, keeps me on my toes. Keeping on my toes is a good way to develop balance and agility. It is also a good way to fall on my face and embarrass myself. But since I don’t spend a lot of time with teenagers — and not nearly enough with Beau — I am trying. Right now, he’s trying to convince me that I need a mechanical keyboard for my computer. I am old enough to remember typing class in high school. The “thunk, thunk, thunk!” sound of hitting keys is not a pleas...
The Havre High swim teams kicked off the new year with the first of two straight weeks of meets inside the warm waters of the Havre Community Pool. Last Saturday, the Blue Ponies hosted their annual Havre Invitational, which is a triangular meet with Class AA rivals Great Falls High and CMR. In the team scores, the Bison swept the meet, with 216.5 points in the girls meet, with Havre second with 171.5. And on the boys side, the Bison scored 232, while the Ponies were second wi...
Press release Havre High School took a small team of speakers and debaters to a tournament at Shelby Saturday, with the Havre team performing well and winning the Class A team trophy. Havre won with 29 points, while Bigfork High School took second with 15 points and Browning came in third with 9. Sophomore Lyvia Little led the way for the Blue Ponies with a perfect 3-0 record and a first-place finish in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Teammate Trinity Olsen was just behind in...
With the postseason just a month away, the Havre High wrestling teams are looking to get rolling and be at their best. So in their first tournament of 2024, both the HHS boys and girls wrestling teams finished first in the Cut Bank Invite this past weekend. The HHS boys team finished first in its tournament as it scored 259 total points. Conrad came in second with 179 points and Lincoln County took third with 169 points. The Blue Ponies were led to their first-place finish thanks to the performances of several wrestlers. In...
James Edward "Big Jim" Inman earned his angel wings January 1, 2024. Jim was born to Bob and Nancy Inman at Sacred Heart Hospital in Havre June 12, 1949, joining his older brother, Joe, at the family home in Chinook. Jim was the second-oldest of 10 siblings. He was very proud of his wild and crazy family! Having lived his entire life in Chinook he was a great Sugarbeeter fan! His life-long love of sports began at an early age when he played Little League baseball then as...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Presentation and display a. Pony Pride Award, presented by Bob Newbauer b. MTSS presentation by Lisa Passon 5. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. Unanimous consent agenda C. Old business 1. Safe Return To Schools and Continuity of Services Plan D. New business...
7 was a year full of stories, good and bad, and a new year of news is on the horizon. Here is a roundup of some of the biggest stories the Havre Daily News covered this in 2023, as the year draws to a close. Suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down Early this year an apparent Chinese spy balloon was spotted over Montana, and later shot down off the coast of South Carolina, prompting outcry from local, state and national officials, directed at China and the federal government which some say didn’t act fast enough. The Pentag...
Norbert B. Van Dessel was born in Alma, Montana, July 5, 1926. He had two brothers and two sisters. He attended grade school (first through eighth) at North Tindahl School and then finished high school in Joplin, graduating in 1944. He married his high school sweetheart, Virginia Carmichael, November 16, 1946. They completed their family with two sons, Barry, born in 1950, and Larry, born in 1953. Norbert began a lifetime of farming first working for neighbors Emil Nelson and...
What year isn't memorable when it comes to sports on the Hi-Line? And 2023 was as memorable as ever. Local teams brought home state championships and individual accolades. Havre played host to some huge events, and all-in-all, it was another incredible year for sports. Here's a look back at some of the top sports moments from the last 12 months. Havre girls 3-peat, again Favored, not favored, it just doesn't seem to matter when it comes to Blue Pony girls basketball. Back in...
