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  • Quick Pics: HHS has open house

    Updated Apr 10, 2018

  • Northern offense takes advantage of a real spring day

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 10, 2018

    The Montana State University-Northern football team has been taking part in spring practice going on three weeks now, only Monday was the first time it actually felt like spring. With warmer temperatures, little wind to speak of and the sun shining bright, the practice field at Northern had a totally different feel than it has all spring. The field was wet and muddy, but the warm weather helped the quarterbacks have their best day of camp so far. "Yeah the weather was great...

  • Districts finalize school board elections

    Alex Ross|Updated Apr 10, 2018

    Several local school districts with uncontested races are not holding elections, while others have listed the final candidates in their board races. Box Elder, Chinook, Harlem, Hays-Lodge Pole, Rocky Boy and Cottonwood Elementary school districts will hold elections May 8. Big Sandy, Chester-Joplin-Inverness, Havre, North Star, Turner and Davey school districts do not have any mill levies or contested trustee races, and their trustees will be elected by acclamation without a vote being held. In North Star, no one filed to...

  • Quilter celebrates Havre's heritage in fundraiser

    Kristen Takeuchi|Updated Apr 10, 2018

    April 28, community members will not only have the opportunity to attend a High Tea to support the H. Earl & Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Foundation, but will also have a chance to win a quilt, showcasing the heritage of Havre. The quilt, which will be raffled off at the tea was made by Karen Vosen. Vosen, who has been quilting for over 20 years and currently has a quilt in the International Quilt Festival, grew up in Minnesota but said she has been living in Havre...

  • Fresno Chapter annual walleye banquet set for Saturday

    Tim Leeds|Updated Apr 10, 2018

    The local chapter of Walleyes Unlimited is again holding its biggest — really, its only — fundraiser to help it in its work of providing improvements to and events providing recreation throughout the region. The Fresno Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited has set its 35th annual banquet — featuring baron of beef as well as its legendary battered walleye, along with a host of games with prizes and a gun raffle — starting at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the Havre Ice Dome. “The support that the chapter receives from the local communiti...

  • Rocky Boy Head Start holds Crunch for a Cause fundraiser

    Alex Ross|Updated Apr 10, 2018

    People will have the chance Thursday to help parents fund a ceremony for children transitioning out of Rocky Boy’s Head Start program when they buy food from Taco Johns. Shana Henry of the 2018 Head Start Transition Class, a group of parents tasked with raising money for the transition ceremony, said a Taco John’s Crunch For a Cause benefit will take place Thursday. Anyone who makes a purchase at Taco John’s between 5 and 7 p.m. can say they are donating to the Rocky Boy Head Start transition class, and 50 percent of the p...

  • Board welcomes museum manager, finalizes tea

    Kristen Takeuchi|Updated Apr 10, 2018

    The board of the H. Earl Clack Museum welcomed a new museum manager, discussed the snow impact at the Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump, finalized plans for its tea fundraiser and shared ideas about future activities during their April meeting Monday. Museum Board Chair Judi Dritshulas said the board was very happy to welcome Emily Mayer back as the manager of the museum. Mayer said she was glad to be involved with the museum and she was very excited about recent donations that the museum had received, including a scrapbook made b...

  • Obituary - Beverly "Bev" Anne Jamieson Rusch

    Updated Apr 10, 2018

    Beverly "Bev" Anne Jamieson Rusch passed away at her home April 3, 2018. Bev was born Aug. 15, 1929, in Park River, North Dakota, to Anne Johnson and James W. R. Jamieson The first 10 years of her life she lived with her family in Hogeland, Montana. She graduated from Chinook High School in 1947. Arthur Eugene Rusch and Beverly were married after he returned from serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. They were married for 56 years. Both Art and Beverly were true...

  • Obituary - Daniel Joseph Conway

    Updated Apr 10, 2018

    Daniel Joseph Conway was born on Feb. 6. 1939, in Livingston, Montana, to Phillip Earl Conway and Lucie M. (Theo) Crevier. He died April 8, 2018, at the Community Medical Center Hilda Room surrounded by his family. As a young man, he helped on the family ranch on the Ninth Street Island and the five-acre tracts and loved to race his Harley. Dan was an Eagle Scout, which instilled an early desire to serve. He graduated from Park County High School in 1957 and attended Eastern...

  • For the Record, April 10, 2018

    Updated Apr 10, 2018

    Havre Police Department Monday at 6:54 a.m. at the Havre Police Department, a summons was issued on a charge relating to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation. —— Brint Weston Mack of Havre, 26, was arrested on charges of criminal mischief and possession of drug paraphernalia after a caller reported a disturbance with her brother Monday at 11:58 a.m. on Third Street. —— Monday at 12:46 p.m. on Second Street officers investigated a vehicle crash after the caller reported a hit and run happened during the night. —— Tara Alice...

  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield's Healthy Kids, Healthy Families application window closes May 15

    Updated Apr 10, 2018

    Press release HELENA — Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Families initiative is a centerpiece of its charitable giving, and the 2017 grant application process is open from April 1 through May 15. Entering its fifth year, the HKHF initiative has already contributed $650,000 to programs benefiting the state’s youth and families, such as a $50,000 grant to Rocky Boy schools last year. This year, BCBSMT will again award four $50,000 grants — one in each of the following Montana regions: western...

  • Northern lists Founders' Excellence Award recipients

    Updated Apr 10, 2018

    Montana State University-Northern Alumni Foundation The Montana State University-Northern Alumni Foundation is excited to announce the 2018 Founders' Excellence Award recipients: Patricia Kinsella Holman and William Crandall. A special ceremony will be held May 4, 2018, on MSU-Northern's campus. Patricia Holman was raised on a cattle ranch south of Havre. She graduated from Havre Central High School and enrolled at Northern to pursue an associate's degree as a legal...

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Apr 10, 2018

    Martin Wilkie, Havre Wrestling Havre High junior Martin Wilkie had a fantastic wrestling season, which concluded with a third straight Class A state championship. But February wasn't the end for Wilkie. Last Saturday-Sunday, Wilkie competed at the Flo Reno Worlds in Reno, Nevada, and brought home the 132-pound championship. Wilkie defeated the Washington 4A state champion in the final bout, and next year he'll look to become Havre's third four-time state champion in the...

  • Sports Photos: Rodeo is back on the Hi-Line...

    Updated Apr 10, 2018

  • MSU-N announces Athletes of the Year

    George Ferguson|Updated Apr 10, 2018

    Montana State University-Northern athletics recently held their annual sports banquet, while also announcing their Male and Female Athletes of the Year. At last Saturday's Spring Fling, Northern senior Ryan Reeves was honored as the MSU-N Male Athlete of the Year, while senior Peyton Filius was named Female Athlete of the Year. Reeves, a 6-10 forward for the MSU-N men's basketball team, finished his career at Northern as the all-time leader in blocked shots, while also being...

  • Havre's Wilkie wins prestigious Reno title

    George Ferguson|Updated Apr 10, 2018

    For the second time in a month, Havre High junior Martin Wilkie was on one of amatuer wrestling's biggest stages at the high school level. And this past weekend, he brought home the gold. Sunday in Reno, Nevada, Wilkie won the 132-pound high school championship at the Flo Reno Worlds. The event is one of the top amatuer, youth wrestling tournaments in the country, and Wilkie, who has won three consecutive Class A state champions for Havre, went through the draw perfect. In...

  • Northern Montana Care Center employee wins award

    Updated Apr 10, 2018

    Press release Judy Solomon, admissions coordinator at the Northern Montana Care Center was recently awarded the Montana Health Care Association 2018 Commitment to Caring Award for Ancillary Service. She was presented with this award at the spring conference of the association. "Judy was recognized for her contribution to the quality of care and the quality of life of the residents in our facility." said Christen Obresley, vice president of regulatory and community services...