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Press release The Havre High School speech and debate team did well at a massive interstate tournament in Bozeman over the weekend. The tournament saw members of 25 teams compete, from schools in the Class C, B, A and AA brackets including a AA team that traveled from Pocatello High School in Idaho. The meet was filled with students, with close to 600 students including the 10 Blue Ponies competing. “This was great experience,” Head Havre High Coach Tim Leeds said. “We have many new competitors on the team along with some...
Press release Before the North Star Knights speech and drama team’s success at the C-J-I tournament last weekend — the Knights won the drama team trophy and took fourth in speech with high placings from team members — the Knights competed at the Glasgow Scottie Meet held Nov. 4 and also saw success there At Glasgow in speech, Ecko Fraser placed second in original oratory while Savannah Schaumloeffel took fourth in that event. Troy Barrett placed third in humorous interp. In drama, Emily Conner took third in dramatic solo...
WWII veteran Sgt. Margaret Petrick celebrated her 103rd birthday last month, and, on Veterans Day, was presented a certificate of appreciation by the American Legion for her service to her country. Petrick, then Margaret Twedt, served in the United States Army Women's Air Corps from February 1943 to January 1946 at Governors Island in New York as a clerk in military intelligence, where she frequently worked with the U.S. Secret Service. She said her memory isn't what it used...
Press release A limited number of tickets are available for the main Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line fundraiser, The Festival of Trees, set for Saturday with the doors at the club opening at 6:30 p.m. The event includes live and silent auctions for trees and donated items. Numerous trees will be auctioned, including an entry from Havre's Optimist Club that has a beanie, scarf/neckerchief, a local-photos 2024 calendar, a tree skirt, a barnwood cross and horseshoe clock letter...
Press release The North Star Knights traveled a bit westward this past Veterans Day, to compete in the C-J-I Invitational speech, drama and debate meet. The team represented North Star well in both speech and drama. In drama, Christin Berton and Aspynn Cramer placed second in dramatic theatre, Joshua Campbell and Cooper Clawson placed second in humorous theatre and Emily Conner took third in dramatic solo, leading North Star to take first in drama sweeps. In speech, Troy Barrett took second in humorous interpretation, Ecko...
A Havre High School teacher who helped students with math for four decades is looking for some help with medical problems. A release from GoFundMe said Mary Wagner, who retired in 2016 after 37 years of teaching math at Havre High, is in St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings as doctors try to treat what appears to be the rare immune system disorder Guillain-Barre Syndrome, which leads to nerve damage and muscle weakness. The release said Wagner is suffering from numbness and...
The preparations for the Havre Community Thanksgiving Dinner are underway and organizers are looking for volunteers. The dinner is set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the St. Jude Thaddeus Parish Center and will include a meal of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, buns, corn, pumpkin pie and all the associated relish options. People who can't go to the dinner but would like a meal delivered can call the North Central Montana Senior Citizens Center to make a reservation, at...
Press release Calendars featuring drawings by Havre artist Don Greytak are available from the Montana 4-H Foundation as a fundraiser to support 4-H youth programs. The Montana 4-H Greytak 2024 calendar features the artist's pencil drawings of agricultural life in Montana and has been a traditional fundraiser for more than 30 years. Calendars cost $15. They are sold by 4-H members and are usually available at Montana State University Extension offices across the state. They...
The postseason is here for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team. As they head into the Frontier Conference Tournament in Great Falls this weekend, the Skylights will look to go on a run and win their conference. The Skylights will begin the tournament today with a match against Montana Western. The Bulldogs are the No. 4 seed in the tournament after going 5-5 in the Frontier Conference with an overall record of 18-6. During the regular season, the Bulldogs...
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497 and the American Legion Post 11 will be holding their yearly Veterans Day Ceremony Saturday at 11 a.m. at the VFW Memorial Wall in Town Square. VFW Post 497 Quartermaster Dale Herd said it will be a similar program to last year, with the ceremony at the wall, with a salute and the national anthem. After that, Herd said, the group will move to the Elks Lodge where they will hear from some guest speakers, including VFW Post 497 Commander Bill Tucker, and a representative from the Elks. The...
St. Jude Thaddeus School student Kenan Kaftan was presented an national award by the American Legion Auxiliary Americanism Project Wednesday, for an essay he wrote on patriotism. The award was presented just after Mass that morning by Americanism Program Havre Chair Marlyn Damson, along with a trophy and a letter from the project's national chair Michele DeGennaro. "It was a privilege for me to read your remarkable essay on 'what does patriotism mean to you?' I found it...
Fort Belknap Indian Community Wednesday released the certified initial results of its tribal council general election held on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation Tuesday. In the race for River Assiniboine district representative, Donald “Duck” Horn won with 178 votes. Felecia Mount Messerly received 162 votes. The Mountain Assiniboine District election had four candidates due to three advancing when they tied for second in the primary. In that race, Randi R. Wing-Fetter won with 82 votes, while Tina R. Bierle received 63,...
A Fort Belknap Indian Reservation woman who has been helping others deal with illness has received another honor from national news broadcaster CNN, and could be voted on by the public for CNN's Hero of the Year. Tescha Hawley, founder and executive director of Day Eagle Hope Project, has been announced by CNN as one of its Top 10 CNN Heroes. People worldwide can vote at https://www.cnn.com/world/heroes on which of the Top 10 Heroes should be the Hero of the Year, with the...
Press release Northern Lights 4H-Club members said they would like to thank the community for its support during the club's fundraiser on Halloween "We enjoyed seeing everyone with their costumes, and handing out candy," Northern Lights 4-H Club reporter Ayden Owens said in a press release. "The funds raised will be used for our annual Christmas Party and buying gifts for an Angel Tree in support of our community." "Our club did a community service project for our Nov. 5...
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy made a campaign stop in Havre Tuesday, meeting with members of the Hill County Commission as well as a small group of local residents at Beaver Creek Perk early that morning. Sheehy, running in the primary to face longtime Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, only drew a few people to the meet and greet, a turnout he didn't seem to mind. "When it comes to events like this, the smaller the better," he said. During the meeting he talked about...
Some structures are being torn down off of Fifth Avenue in preparation for Bullhook Community Health Center to expand its facility and parking. The clinic has been planning to expand for more than two years now, having cut down trees in the area just over a month ago. This clearing will make way for an expanded facility, a parking garage for their mobile unit and new parking lots, an expansion the clinic's leadership has said has been a long time coming. The first parking lot...
Press release HELENA — The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission will hold a special meeting to conduct a court-mandated training for commissioners Wednesday, Dec. 13, at 6 p.m. The training will focus on the open meeting process. The meeting will be streamed live on FWP’s website at https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/commission/december-2023-special-meeting and on FWP’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@MontanaFWP . The commission will not be conducting any official business and there will be no opportunity for public comme...
Havre City Council discussed matters regarding Fresno Dam and St. Mary's Diversion and Water Conveyance projects during its monthly meeting Monday in Havre City Hall, and to review other items on the agenda. Following roll call and the Pledge of Allegiance, Resolution No. 3895 to Adopt a Custodial Fund for the Historic Preservation Commission was approved. Noah Schagunn and Aubree Erickson were recommended and approved as probationary police officers for the Havre Police...
Hill County Park Board members argued about their board's transparency in a heated meeting Monday evening, where they also discussed park fees and grant funding, and approved a preliminary design for the Camp Kiwanis Beaver Lodge. Hill County Park Board member Lou Hagener has been arguing for months that the board needs to do more to keep the public informed about their activities and boost public knowledge and engagement. At Monday's meeting Hagener made a motion to have the...
Aaniiih Nakoda College will be marking its 40th anniversary as an institution Tuesday, with a celebration at 10 a.m. in front of the Ekib Tsah Ah Tsik Cultural Center. The college, chartered in 1983, was originally known as Fort Belknap Community College, and has served the Aaniinen and Nakoda nations at Fort Belknap for decades as a public, non-profit college, offering degrees in the fields of business, sociology, education, science and health care. Before receiving its charter from the tribes, the campus was Fort Belknap...
After some precipitation going into the weekend, the Havre area will see temperatures bounce between above and below freezing for the next few days. National Weather Service reports Havre had received by Sunday .17 inches of precipitation at its recording station at the Havre City-County Airport, nearly double the normal amount of .09 inches by Nov. 5. The area also saw a spurt of early winter weather in the past two weeks with snowfall and a stretch of days with highs below...
Press release Havre High School's speech and debate team again fielded a small group of competitors over the weekend, but the team of four did well enough in competition that the Ponies still almost won the team trophy. Havre just missed beating Class A rival Sidney by four points, taking second at the Scotties Speech and Drama tournament. "This was really close, and our kids did well," head coach Tim Leeds said. "We lost some competitors to illness and conflicting...
Press release ’Tis the season for helping others! Donating blood is an incredible way to help those in need, and with the holiday season fast approaching, what better way is there to help those in need than with the gift of blood donation? According to the American Red Cross, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. While blood donations are needed all year long, unfortunately, demand for blood during the holidays coincides with lower availability of donors due to vacations and holiday activities, seasonal illness,...
A fire Thursday in the Havre Walmart was contained to a small area with no injuries, and the store is open for business this morning, but with some services limited. Havre Fire responded with one engine and one ambulance at 5:39 p.m. Thursday to a report of a fire at the Walmart on the 3500 Block of U.S. Highway 2 West. Fire Chief Nathan Courtnage said when Havre Fire arrived people were being evacuated from the store. The fire, he added, had started in a section of shelving...
