UPDATE: Matter, Hutchens win; streets plan loses

A proposal to raise taxes to fund a $30 million street repair program in Havre was defeated by voters Tuesday.

Voters elected Ed Matter to City Council from Ward 1 and Caleb Hutchens from Ward 3.

The streets plan was rejected 918-1,199, being defeated in all four wards.

Hutchens bested J.D. Cass 334-214. He succeeds Allen "Woody" Woodwick who stepped down after 10 years.

Matter got 441 votes, besting Doug Vance who got 283.

Details in Wednesday's Havre Daily News.