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GREAT FALLS (AP) — A Great Falls judge has set bail at $2 million for a Virginia man who authorities say threw pipe bombs at officers while leading them on a 40-mile chase in a stolen car. AP Photo/Cascade County Sheriff Dept. This photo released by the Cascade County Sheriff Dept. taken Thursday, showing Laurence Stewart II, Stewart is wanted on charges of detonating pipe bombs in Virginia and was arrested in Montana after leading police on a chase in which authorities said he threw several bombs at his pursuers before he w...
PATASKALA, Ohio — Down to a fierce finish, President Barack Obama accused Mitt Romney of scaring voters with lies on Friday, while the Republican challenger warned grimly of political paralysis and another recession if Obama reclaims the White House. Heading into the final weekend, the race's last big report on the economy showed hiring picking up but millions still out of work. "Four more days!" Romney supporters bellowed at his rally in Wisconsin. "Four more years!" Obama backers shouted as the president campaigned in Ohio....
HELENA — Montana campaign finance regulators have released the bank records of a secretive conservative group behind many candidate attack ads and challenges to the state's election laws. Judge Jeffrey Sherlock on Friday ordered the release of the American Tradition Partnership files collected by the state. The records include hundreds of pages of account transactions and copies of checks to consultants and vendors in Montana, Colorado and the Washington, D.C., area. The group launched in 2008 as a tax-exempt social w... Full story
Talk about momentum getting stopped dead in its tracks. That's exactly what happened to the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team in its second-to-last match of the regular season. The Skylights were on a roll heading into their matchup with Rocky Mountain College Thursday night in Billings, but the Battling' Bears' quickly put an end to that roll. Rocky defeated the Skylights in three straight sets, by scores of 25-17, 25-17 and 25-23, dropping Northern out if its...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is in the win column. Thursday night in Rock Springs, Wyo., the Lights beat a tough Western Wyoming squad, 28-19 in a dual meet. Former Havre High state champion Duell Stadel got MSU-N started with a 17-8 major decision win at 125 pounds, while Mickey Cheff also won by major decision at 157 pounds. The Lights also got an 11-1 major decision by Kody Reed at 184 pounds and a 14-0 major decision win by red-shirt freshman Toby...
There comes a time when every football player has to hang up his cleats and pads. For nine Montana State University-Northern Football players, that time is rapidly approaching. Northern senior Matt Reyant makes a tackle during a Frontier Conference football game against Carroll College back in August. The Lights' seniors play their final home game Saturday. And in most cases, there are two very significant games that lead up to the end of an athletic career. A players' final home game is one of those, and that is what lies...
The Big Sandy Pioneers find themselves in a very familiar position this postseason, back in the state Six-Man quarterfinals. But while the position may be familiar, the Pioneers' opponent is not. Saturday, the No. 4 Pioneers out of the North, will be on the road, playing in Grenora, N.D., The Westby/Grenora MonDak Thunder, the No. 1 team out of the East will host the Pioneers at 1 p.m. To get to the quarterfinal Big Sandy's Zach Leader runs for a score during a Six-Man football game last month in Rudyard. The Pioneers travel...
The last time the Northern C Chinook Sugarbeeters ran into Fairview, the Beeters were bounced out of the state playoffs in the semifinals. This time around, the Beeters are looking to be the ones to do the bouncing, as they battle Fairview in the quarterfinals. Saturday at 1 p.m., the No. 1 Warriors will host the No. 5 Northern Beeters in Fairview. The Warriors are coming off of a convincing, 48-28 win over Twin Bridges last weekend in the first round. The game was rematch of last year's state championship game, which Twin... Full story
All season long, the Havre High volleyball team has been looking for consistency. The Blue Ponies have the talent to be successful in the Class A ranks, but after the ups and downs of the regular season, they have to be at their highest level to succeed moving forward. The regular season has come and gone for the Central A Blue Ponies, now the Ponies are moving onto the Central A divisional tournament in Belgrade. The Ponies will compete in Belgrade today and Saturday, fighting for a coveted spot in the Class A state... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team has already played several tough games this season. And though last week's 50-point win over Lethbridge in Northern's home opener wasn't one of them, several of those games will hopefully have prepared the Lights for what they're about to face. Saturday night, the No. 21 Lights will host the Warner-Pacific Knights at the Armory Gymnasium, and the game is sure to resemble a big, Frontier Conference showdown. Tip-off...
After several months of discussion, the Hill County Park Board voted Monday to prohibit Beaver Creek Park cabin owners from pouring concrete at their cabin sites. The board voted, with member Mel Gomke the only dissenter, to limit use of concrete at cabin sites in the future to footings on pilings for cabins. The board also agreed that before anyone makes improvements to their cabin site, they should talk to park Superintendent Chad Edgar, who could bring the changes to the board if he believes that is necessary. The topic...
Northern Montana Hospital is calling up a hot shot health care administrator from the clinic in Chester to run their Care Center. Ronald Gleason, the current CEO of the Liberty Medical Center, will be headed to Havre after a five-year reign in Chester that saw his hospital pull out of a financial slump and into a growing, upgraded and innovative modern health care facility. Born in Kalispell and raised in Ronan, Gleason went to the University of Montana before moving to Spokane, Wash., for a career at a regional public...
Montana State University-Northern's campus isn't the only thing looking better over the past few months. The enrollment figures have gone up and Chancellor Jim Limbaugh believes its just the beginning. This semester 1,282 students are enrolled at Northern, up nine students from 1,273 this time last year, and full-time equivalent students is up 3.15, from 1055.22 last October to 1058.37 this year. "I am very privileged to have a dedicated group of faculty and staff who have worked very hard to make this enrollment increase a... Full story
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown A view of Liberty County Hospital and Nursing Home last week. Many Hi-Line businesses have had trouble adapting to the area's shrinking population, but the Liberty Medical Center in Chester is no longer one of them. About six years ago, the hospital had too much debt and not nearly enough money coming in. Things were not looking good. Ronald Gleason was hired as the hospital's CEO five years ago, and today, after some reorganization, the hospital is making more money, recruiting more doctors... Full story
BISBEE, Ariz. A Border Patrol agent was shot to death Tuesday in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, the first fatal shooting of an agent since a deadly 2010 firefight with Mexican bandits that spawned congressional probes of a botched government gun-smuggling investigation. The agent, Nicolas Ivie, 30, and a colleague were on patrol in the desert near Naco, Ariz., about 100 miles from Tucson, when shooting broke out shortly before 2 a.m., the Border Patrol said. The second agent was shot in the ankle and buttocks, and was...
HELENA (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester was on the campaign trail Tuesday, with the help of Virginia's Jim Webb, as he buoyed his credentials on veterans' issues and attacked his opponent on lobbyists. Tester is locked in one of the tightest, most watched Senate races in the country as he attempts to fend off a challenge from Republican U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg. AP Photo/Matt Gouras U.S. Sen. Jon Tester speaks at the state Capitol in Helena, Tuesday,while campaigning with help from U.S. Sen. Jim Web of Virginia. Webb complimented T...
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times in EDT): 1. SYRIA CIVIL WAR LOOMS OVER GENERAL ASSEMBLY Over seven days of U.N. speeches, Syria was discussed by countries from Albania to Zambia. 2. WHERE SOCIAL MEDIA IS FUELING VIOLENCE The NYPD is doubling the size of its gang unit to combat teen crime driven by dares and insults traded on Facebook and other online networks. 3. THE THREE-PART PERFORMANCE OF PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES AP's Connie Cass explains the...
This is the third edition of my new column, which chronicles extra tidbits from the weekend's local sports coverage, but, since I took the weekend off, the title really doesn't fit since I didn't actually see anything. What I did see was, personally the lowest of lows and the highest of highs in a 24-hour span. Originally, Pearl Jam (as many of you know by now I am a crazed fan), drew me to take the weekend off. The band played its only non-festival U.S. show of 2012 on...
For the second straight week, the Montana State University-Northern Lights scored big in a win. And for the second straight week, the Lights are earning Frontier Conference honors. But this week, it's two players instead of one. MSU-Northern senior running back Stephen Silva earned Frontier Offensive Player of the Week honors, and freshman defensive back/kicke Montana State University-Northern's Stephen Silva runs for yardage during a Frontier Conference football game against... Full story
There may have only been a handful of local football games over the weekend, but here were still some interesting results. On Friday, the Northern C 6-Man Big Sandy Pioneers put their unbeaten streak alive, but came up with their first loss of the season. It was a tight win by No. 4 Valier, but an upset nonetheless, as Valier defeated the No. 3 Pioneers 46-44 in a high scoring affair. There were not statistics submitted from the Big Sandy loss. The Pioneers have another huge game this Saturday when they travel to North Star....
Last week the North Star Nights grabbed a couple of very impressive wins as the post season is sneaking up very fast on local volleyball teams. And starting off right where they left off, the Knights were in the winning circle again on Thursday. This time hosting the Class B Rocky Boy Stars, the Knights earned a 3-0 win in Rudyard. The Knights won by scores of 25-10, 15-16, and 25-13, in very impressive fashion. Tylynn Rettig grabbed four aces, four kills and two digs to help lead the Knights, while Lisa Carlon had six...
George Lewis Gerky George Lewis Gerky, 86, of Havre, Mont., passed away at Northern Montana Hospital on Sept. 29. He died peacefully surrounded by his loving family. His memorial service will be 11 a. m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at the First Lutheran Church, with Pastor Michael O'Hearn officiating. George was born July 27, 1926, to William and Mary Ann Gerky of the Cottonwood area. He attended the Miller School and spent most of his young life working on their farm and helping on neighboring farms. He also worked on the Havre Radar...
With not much to discuss on the agenda, some Havre City Council members used Monday night's meeting to pass along a few messages from their constituents to city department heads. Council member Andrew Brekke told Parks and Recreation Director Chris Inman that he had been asked by many people why the city's swimming pool was closed for such a long time this fall. Inman explained that she is required to have two lifeguards on duty at any time, which she currently does not have. Inman also said that, because of rules from the...
After a long stretch of mid-summer-like weather, people might, this week, want to bring in the fruits of their gardens and break out the ice scrapers. Some forecasters are predicting the first long stretch of frosty nights this week, with below-freezing lows forecast Wednesday night through Friday night, although others are calling for similar lows to what has come to the area in the last few weeks. National Weather Service reported a low of 31 degrees at its reporting station at the Havre City-County Airport west of town... Full story
HELENA — There are few undecided voters remaining in the big Senate battle between U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and Republican challenger Denny Rehberg — but the campaigns are spending plenty to try and reach them. AP Photo/Michael Albans, File In this June 16, 2011, photo Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., answers a question from an unidentified audience member after the first debate of the 2012 election against Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., in Big Sky. Dale Specht of Great Falls is one of them. The retired school janitor goes to the sam... Full story
