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Articles from the January 15, 2024 edition


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  • Cold grips US as Havre sets new record low

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jan 15, 2024

    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...

  • Cropping seminar draws crowd despite cold

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jan 15, 2024

    Despite the cold, almost 70 agriculture producers from across the area attended this year's Golden Triangle Cropping Seminar at the 4-H Chuckwagon Friday where they got up to date on a number of subjects from vertebrate pest control to crop rotation. Producers heard from a number of experts including Tim Seipel, a Montana State University Extension Cropland Weed Specialist who talked about the emergence of pesticide-resistant cropland weeds and the work being done to combat...

  • Obituary - Webster K. Thackeray

    Updated Jan 15, 2024

    SIDNEY - Webster K. Thackeray, 97, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 6, 2024, at the Sidney Health Center Extended Care Facility in Sidney, MT, with family by his side. Celebration of Life Services will be Monday, January 22, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the Fulkerson Stevenson Memorial Chapel in Sidney, MT, with Pastor Tim Tharp officiating. There will be a gathering at the funeral home after the service for desserts and coffee. Webster and Charlotte will be laid to rest at...

  • For the Record, Jan. 15, 2023

    Updated Jan 15, 2024

    Havre Police Department Due to the holiday, the Havre Police dispatch log was not made available today. Hill County Sheriff's Office Due to the holiday, the Hill County Sheriff's dispatch log was not made available today. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical technicians responded to four calls Friday, at least one call Saturday and at least four calls Sunday. A call log for Saturday morning through Sunday morning was not received by print deadline and no one was made...

  • Blue Ponies wrestle in Missoula

    Kason Clark|Updated Jan 15, 2024

    As the Havre High wrestling teams gear up for the postseason, they were hoping to use the Rocky Mountain Classic and the Hellgate Invitational in Missoula this past weekend as a warmup. At the end of the tournaments, the HHS boys wrestling team finished fourth in the Rocky Mountain Classic while the HHS girls team took fifth in the Hellgate Invitational. In the Rocky Mountain Classic, the HHS boys wrestling team scored 159.5 total points to finish fourth. Mead won the...

  • Lights, Skylights win at nationally ranked Rocky

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 15, 2024

    Both Montana State University-Northern basketball teams have seen their share of drama-filled games this season. But Saturday afternoon in Billings, they were part of nail biters on the same day. The Skylights saw Shyan Krass drill a shot at the buzzer as they upended No. 12 Rocky Mountain College by a score of 76-75 in Billings. The Skylights came out on fire scoring 27 points in the first quarter to Rocky's 14. The Battlin' Bears turned around and outscore the Skylights...