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BOZEMAN (AP) — A judge has found Bozeman police intentionally erased a portion of an audio recording made during a welfare check on a man who claims officers used excessive force against him. Soheil Jesse Verdi claims the officers caused him to fall and injure his skull when they used a stun gun against him in 2007. One of the officers was wearing a microphone. Attorneys for U.S. District Judge Richard Anderson agreed with Verdi in a ruling last month the segment was intentionally erased. The judge says he will instruct a j...
MISSOULA (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Pat Williams has defended and repeated his contention that the University of Montana is recruiting "thugs" for its football team. The Democrat, who is now a member of the Board of Regents that oversees the Montana university system, first made his comments in a New York Times story on Thursday. Williams said university football players have been implicated in a spate of sexual assaults, vandalism and beatings. "The university has recruited thugs for its football team and this thuggery has g...
HELENA — A Montana lawmaker told colleagues Friday that students should be allowed to leave their guns locked in cars without fear of expulsion, a proposal opposed by those who argue the weapons have no place on school grounds. Republican Rep. Jerry O'Neil told the House Judiciary Committee that students sometimes inadvertently leave hunting rifles in their vehicles and shouldn't be punished for doing so. The Republican cited the 2010 suspension of a 16-year-old Columbia Falls student who left her hunting rifle in the t...
On House Bill 96: Sen. Greg Jergeson, D-Chinook, voted no. Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D_Box Elder, voted yes. On House Bill 138: Jergeson and Windy Boy voted no. HELENA (AP) — The Senate is backing Republican proposals to reduce taxes on business equipment and energy production. The 3 percent equipment tax would be cut in half on the first $10 million of property under Senate Bill 96. It was endorsed 34-16 on Friday. Supporters say it will help spur economic development by making Montana competitive with other states on tax s...
The Hi-Line's state senators, Greg Jergeson, D-Chinook, and Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, voted for the legislation. HELENA (AP) — School coaches could face more stringent rules when dealing with student athletes who suffer concussions under a new bill that is advancing in the Montana Legislature. The Montana Senate on Friday endorsed, in a 33-17 initial vote, a plan that aims to better protect high school athletes from the dangers of concussions. It has been adopted in 43 other states, supporters said. Senate Bill 112 w...
MISSOULA — More than 150 potential jurors packed a hotel ballroom Friday for the rape trial of a former University of Montana quarterback, as attorneys attempted to seat an impartial panel in a town where Griz football is king. AP photo Jordan Johnson and his defense tea, sit at the defense table awaiting the state iof his rape trial on Friday. Jury selection in the trial of Jordan Johnson took place at the Holiday Inn after District Judge Karen Townsend said no courtroom was large enough to hold the massive jury pool. The h...
BOSTON (AP) — A storm that forecasters warned could be a blizzard for the history books began clobbering the New York-to-Boston corridor Friday, grounding flights, closing workplaces and sending people rushing to get home ahead of a possible 1 to 3 feet of snow. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar A runner runs in the snow in the park along Commonwealth Ave in Boston, Friday. Snow began falling across the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what was predicted to be a huge, possibly historic blizzard and sending residents scurrying to s...
To say the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is red-hot right now would be an understatement. The Skylights captured their fourth straight Frontier Conference win by beating Montana Tech 56-47 Friday night in Butte. Northern won its third straight league road game while holding Tech under 50 points for the second time this season. Nikki Tresch led Northern with 14 points, while Kylee Denham scored 11 and Laci Keller added 10. MSU-N improved to 7-4 in league play and 15-9 overall heading into...
The Havre Blue Ponies made sure their final home game of the season was a good one. The Ponies sent senior Neya Bischoff out with a rousing 49-25 win over Class B Conrad Friday night at the HHS gymnasium. The win sets up Havre's final regular season showdown with Browning next Saturday in Browning. Meanwhile, the Havre High boys exacted some revenge Friday night, crushing the Conrad Cowboys 57-39 on the road. Havre will wrap up the regular season next Saturday when the Ponies host the Browning Indians at Havre Central. Blue...
Chinook's Wyatt Brandell, right, locks up with Choteau's J.J. Werdal during a 130-pound quarterfinal match at the Class B-C state tournament Friday afternoon in Billings. BILLINGS - The Harlem Wildcats advanced three grapplers to Saturday morning's semifinals and are still in the hunt for a trophy after the first day of the Class B-C state wrestling tournament at Rimrock Auto Arena in Billings. Meanwhile, the Chinook Sugarbeeters are one day away from winning their fifth...
BILLINGS - If the goal was to build as big a lead as they could, especially by way of pins and bonus points, the Havre Blue Pony wrestling team accomplished that mission Friday at the Class A state wrestling tournament. The Blue Ponies finished day one inside the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark with 129.5 points, easily good enough for first place. Havre also pushed nine wrestlers into Saturday morning's semifinals, while 15 of 17 Ponies remain alive in the tournament. Havre...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team hasn't played poorly on the road this season. In fact, the Lights have split in both their Frontier Conference road trips thus far, and a road split is always a good thing. However, as the 18th-ranked Lights (7-3, 19-5) embark on this weekend's trip, which includes a visit to surging Montana Tech tonight in Butte, and a stop at struggling Carroll College Saturday night in Helena, veteran MSU-N head coach Shawn Huse...
Back on Jan. 19, the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team posted one of the all-time great defensive efforts, holding Montana Tech to just 41 points in a 54-41 win in Havre. In fact, for much of the year, the Skylights have been one of the top defensive teams in the NAIA, so that result should have come as a surprise to no one. Now, Northern (6-4, 14-8), brings a three-game Frontier Conference winning streak into tonight's rematch with the Orediggers in...
For the better part of the last decade, I've woke up early on the second Friday of February in a Billings' hotel, my stomach full of Red Lobster and aching to drive myself through the usually cold and snowy streets of the Magic City to the Rimrock Auto Arena. I drive myself there early on that Friday morning, preparing to spend over 24 hours on the floor of the Metra, watching the state's best high school wrestlers take their shot at immortality. And while I'm driving myself...
Both the Havre High boys and girls basketball teams will take on their final non-conference opponents of the season this weekend. And with the Central A basketball tournament just around the corner, both Blue Pony squads are looking to keep improving, as well as hopefully grab another win. Tonight the HHS girls (6-1/9-7) will host the Class B Conrad Cowgirls at the Havre High gymnasium at 7. And the HHS boys (2-5/4-12) will also face the Class B Cowboys tonight, but will do so on the road in Conrad at 7:30. Havre's Neya...
Senior swimmer Desmond Fialkosky will give it all he has in Hardin Desmond Fialkosky may not always be in the spotlight, but he has garnered his share of attention over the last four years while at Havre High. And Fialkosky has almost done a little bit of everything as a Blue Pony. Havre High senior Desmond Fialkosky has found success in many different ways as a student-athlete at Havre. But swimming is something he holds near and dear to his heart. Fialkosky will race in the final meet of his career today and Saturday in...
Over the course of the winter, the Havre High boys and girls swim teams work very hard. Countless laps in the pool, day after day. Swimming is a grueling sport. However, the payoff comes this weekend for the Blue Ponies and for the rest of the high school swimmers around the state of Montana as they converge on Hardin for the 2013 Montana State Swimming Championships. The meet gets under way this afternoon and runs through Saturday afternoon at the Hardin Community Activity...
Havre High senior Grant Pattison and Chinook senior Rob Klingaman have plenty in common. They are both wrestlers, they are both very good at wrestling, they are Hi-Line products and they are smart and productive student-athletes. And heading into today's All-Class State Wrestling Tournament inside the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark in Billings, the duo's commonalties and ultimately, their goals run much deeper. Both Pattison and Klingaman ar Havre High senior Grant Pattison,...
The Havre Daily News will publish a print edition today. The staff went to work on finihsing the newspaper as soon as the power was restored. Power was out in Havre for about five hours because of a problem at the Fort Assinniboine substation otuside of town....
Updated at 8:15 p.m.: The Havre Blue Ponies finished the first day of the 2013 Class A state tournament with a big lead and 15 of 17 wrestlers still alive. In Friday night's second round of consolation matches, Havre lost only two matches. The Blue Ponies scored a total of 129.5 points, while Sidney is a distant second with 95. Here are Havre's Results from Friday night's second-round consolation matches: 135 - Gilbert Bara (HAV) def Easton Albert (HAM), Fall 4:59; 145 - Wyatt Lott (COR) def Gunnar Aageson (HAV), T-Fall...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Sue Markley talks about the items from the Giveaway House recovered from garbage bins at the Havre landfill. Markley, vice president of the Giveaway House's board, said she and others are looking at finding a new location for the Giveaway House, but another faction of the board has other plans. What we know • The Giveaway House, located in North Havre, is closed. • Sue Markley and others are working to acquire the old Salvation Army location on 3rd Avenue to open a new charity organization there...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown A police man directs traffic Friday morning during the power outage. A massive power outage left Havre and much of the Hi-Line without electricity this morning to early afternoon. A wide swath of territory from Glasgow to Chester and as far south as Big Sandy was affected by the outage, which was apparently caused by a malfunction at the Fort Assinniboine substation just outside of Havre. While power was restored in Glasgow and Malta within a few minutes, power in Havre was out for almost five...
The obituary had already been written. ——— Pamville Recliner, age at least 20, died of natural causes Sunday, Feb. 3. He had remained firm-seated and hardy until the very end. Recliner's manufacture date is unknown, but his first years after the showroom floor were spent with a nice retired lady. When she decided that he wasn't a good fit for her after all, he came to Pamville in the North 40 and became the beloved companion of Pam Burke. Pam Burke Recliner and Pam spent...
Editor: With much anticipation, we are pleased to announce the opening or Ruth Ann's on 2nd Street in the old Radio Shack building. Ruth Ann's is going to be a second-hand store with lots of clothes, furniture, kitchen appliances, homemade quilts and rugs along with many other items to come. Many of these items that Ruth Ann's sells will be coming from the surplus of donations that are received at the Giveaway House. The Giveaway House is under new, responsible, fun-loving, caring individuals. Please be patient as the volunte...
James Arthur Hammer, born Sept. 27, 1923, in New Rockford, N.D., passed away on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, while living at the Columbia Falls Veterans' Home with the many tender hands of those who cared for him. He came to call it "home" and loved the beauty of the mountains, tall trees and green meadows as he walked the grounds. His sense of humor was accepted by everyone and he truly felt loved by the caring staff. He was preceded in death by his parents, G. Peter and Rose Mary; brothers, Joseph, George, Thomas, Leslie and Peter...
