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Hundreds of coaches, judges and students from all over Montana took over Montana State University-Northern's campus Friday and Saturday for the annual Class BC State Speech, Drama and Debate Tournament, hosted at Northern by Chinook High School. The event took place one week after Havre High School hosted the Class A eastern divisional at Northern to qualify students for the Class A tourney in Laurel. See related story on Page A3 Last weekend's event in Havre brought students...
A federally funded roundabout proposed for the intersection of Montana Highway 200 and U.S. Highway 87 at Grass Range — opposed by some state lawmakers and seven county commissions — has been put on hold, Lori Ryan, a public affairs officer with the Montana Department of Transportation, said Friday. “The project is not moving forward,” Ryan said during a telephone interview. She said the $3.2 million proposed project would not be let for bid by contractors Feb. 9 as had been scheduled, The decision to not go forward with the...
Fifteen participants volunteered to take Friday's mental health first aid training course in a packed Jon Tester Room at Bullhook Community Health Center. The training session, instructor and Montana State University-Northern Professor Curtis Smeby said, is like teaching first aid but to help people psychologically or emotionally injured. "The whole focus is that mental health first aid is just like regular first aid," he said. "You intervene until you're able to guide to...
Press release The Havre High School speech and debate team saw success at the Class A speech, drama and debate tournament in Laurel over the weekend, with senior Ethan Smith bringing home a second-place medal in dramatic oral interpretation of literature. Eastern divisional champion Smith dominated the first six rounds of the event, with five preliminary judges and two of the three judges in the semifinals rounds giving him perfect marks, first-place rankings and the top speaker point ranking, 30 out of 30. One semifinals...
Editor’s note: A front-page article in the Jan. 23 edition of the Havre Daily News misreported that Havre High School required 24 credits to graduate rather than the actual requirement of 22.5 credits. —— This is something I believe requires clarification. I have been asked now by multiple people including current students of Havre High School whether the graduation requirements have been increased to 24 credits. The number of credits required to graduate from Havre High School has not changed. The credit requirements for gra...
A front-page story in the Jan. 23 edition of the Havre Daily News titled “Parent opposes HPS attendance policy” misreported the number of credits a student needs to earn to graduate from Havre High School. The number of credits required is 22.5....
Jane Pehrson of Chinook, 95, passed away Jan. 25, 2017, at her home. Cremation has taken place and services will be held in the spring. Edwards Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements....
Robert F. "Bob" Rinehart of Kremlin, 93, passed away due to natural causes Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, at Big Sandy Medical Center. A viewing will be held Jan. 31, 2017, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. At his request, a graveside service with military honors will be held Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Highland Cemetery in Havre. A fellowship luncheon will be held immediately following the service at the First Lutheran Church in Havre. Memorials may be...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash near Fifth Avenue and First Street after it was reported Friday at 9:41 a.m. —— Joshua Kay Blatter of Havre, 27, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and revocation of suspended or deferred sentence after a Second Street caller reported a domestic disturbance Friday at 10:23 a.m. —— Officers made an arrest after serving a warrant on Second Street Friday at 11:08 a.m. —— Officers assisted a citizen after a Sixth Street caller reported Friday at 1...
For much of the 2016-17 NA3HL season, the Glacier Nationals have been plagued by a struggling offense. And this past weekend, the Nationals offense had issues again, scoring once in two games, as Glacier lost twice to the Missoula Jr. Bruins. Missoula hosted Glacier both Friday and Saturday, and easily defeated the Nationals both nights by the scores of 8-0 and 7-1. The Nationals, who have twice been shut out by Missoula this season, are averaging just 1.2 goals per game and...
In its final regular season meet before the Eastern A Divisional, the Havre High wrestling team took part in the Malta Invitational and with a team that was less than full strength, the Blue Ponies took third. After a highly productive season, HHS head coach Scott Filius gave a few of his stalwarts the day off, including defending individual state champions Parker Filius and Jase Stokes, as well as fellow senior Dane Flammond. Yet even without three of its top individuals,...
After four straight wins, the Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team ran into a juggernaut this weekend in Billings. Havre faced off against the No. 2-ranked Billings Bulls Saturday and Sunday, and the Bulls came away with two wins. In Friday's game, Billings' defense was outstanding, as the Bulls shut out the Ice Hawks 10-0. Havre managed just 15 shots on goal for the game, while on the other end, Havre goalie Kinzee Peterson saved 32-of-42 Billings shots. The Ice Hawks...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights have two big duals left in the 2016-17 wrestling season. But before the Lights get to those, they had one last tournament to take care of. On Saturday, the No. 3 Lights took part in the Tyler Plummer Classic at Dickinson State University, and while no team scores were kept, and the Lights rested some of their big guns, the day proved to be a successful one. The Lights had four individual champions, with Ben Stroh winning at 184...
After beating Malta earlier in the season, the Havre High boys basketball team was out for the sweep. However, the short-handed Blue Ponies just didn’t have enough to hang with the Mustangs. Malta, which has lost just once since the two teams met in December, suffocated Havre defensively, allowing HHS to score just 11 first-half points in a 57-42 victory Saturday night inside the HHS gymnasium. With the loss, HHS is now 3-11 on the season. “I think when you only have thr...
When the Havre High girls basketball team and Malta get together, there is always plenty of hype, only Saturday inside the HHS gymnasium, it was the M-Ettes, not the Blue Ponies who lived up to it. Malta came into Saturday’s game with a six-game winning streak over Havre and after a 44-35 win over the Ponies, it's now extended to seven for the two-time defending Class B state champions. “I thought that defensively we had a pretty good game plan, especially in the first hal...
The Carroll College Fighting Saints were hot, the Montana State University-Northern Lights were not. That pretty much sums up what happened to the Lights Friday night, in their final game of a six-game Frontier Conference home stand. The No. 13 Fighting Saints shot an incredible 69 percent from the field in a 64-48 win over the Lights in front of a big crowd at the Armory Gymnasium. The loss dropped the Lights to 5-5 in the Frontier, and ended their six-game run at 3-3. And...
When her four years as a basketball player at Montana State University-Northern are over, Natalee Faupel is going to have a lifetime worth of memories. There’s been incredible games, incredible friendships, trips to the NAIA national tournament, and incredible achievements — achievements like being named the Frontier Conference MVP and a First-Team NAIA All-American. But when Faupel, a native of Butte, settles into the next chapter of her life, when playing basketball col...
Talk about making the last day count. On Saturday, the Havre High swim teams competed in the Havre Community Pool for the final time this season, and also wrapped up the 2016-17 regular season in the process. And the Blue Ponies went out in style, sweeping the team titles in a meet which included Hardin, Columbia Falls and Whitefish. The HHS girls won seven different events and scored 199 team points, while the Pony boys were even stronger in the team score, racking up 203.5...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights put a lot of effort and emotion into Thursday night’s gritty home win over the UGF Argos. The question then was, would the Skylights have enough left in the tank to beat Carroll College? The answer came with a resounding yes Friday night in the Armory as the No. 11 Skylights once again overcame a second-half deficit, beating the Saints 47-43. In a wild finish, Natalee Faupel hit a jumper with 1:09 to play, grabbed a rebound on t...
