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Articles from the June 1, 2023 edition


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  • Petition to allow urban chickens gains more support

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jun 2, 2023

    Editor's note: This version corrects that the proposed chicken ordinance in 2015 did not pass. Havre resident Al Garver is continuing his efforts to push the city to make owning chickens legal in Havre, gathering more than 450 signatures for a petition for the city to allow it. In 2015, the city proposed allowing people to own chickens provided they meet a number of requirements, but one of those requirements was to have all neighbors with adjoining properties approve it, which Garver said he considers a “poison pill.” Gar...

  • Quick pics: Rain hits Havre hard

    Updated Jun 1, 2023

  • Salvation Army treating first responders on Donut Day

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 1, 2023

    Havre's Salvation Army will be out visiting first responders Friday in an old tradition, Director Trina Crawford said, taking them donuts on Donut Day. The Salvation Army website reports that the first-ever National Donut Day was celebrated in 1938 in Chicago, a tribute to the women who brought supplies to the troops in Word War I. The Salvation Army's Donut Lassies were sent to France in 1917 to establish field bases near the front lines, the site says. "In makeshift huts,...

  • Obituary - Lilly R. Kretchmer

    Updated Jun 1, 2023

    Lilly R. Kretchmer, 101, passed away due to natural causes on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at Northern Montana Hospital. Services are pending....

  • For the Record, June 1, 2023

    Updated Jun 1, 2023

    Havre Police Department Officers and Havre Fire Department emergency medical technicians responded Wednesday at 7:51 a.m. to a vehicle crash involving a semitractor-trailer and a Jeep on First Street West at the base of the hill. Four people were treated on the scene, but no one was transported to the hospital. -- A Wednesday 7:59 a.m. caller on Lincoln Avenue reported that their vehicle had been hit by a school bus and the bus left the scene. -- Angel Rose Gilead of Havre,...

  • Havre Jamboree returns to the Hi-Line

    Kason Clark|Updated Jun 1, 2023

    After several weeks away from the diamond, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club will return in style with the Havre Jamboree this weekend. At Legion Field, the Northstars will play four games to begin the summer while plenty of other teams will play as well. As the Northstars compete in their first tournament of the season, Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger looks forward to the competition. "It'll be fun to get into tournament play for the first time. We'll get...

  • Skylights ready to compete at College National Finals Rodeo

    Kason Clark|Updated Jun 1, 2023

    While most college sports seasons have come to an end, the college rodeo season will finally come to an end with the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming, this month. The Montana State University-Northern women’s rodeo team will be one of many teams competing at the CNFR to cap off the season. Northern’s Brittney Cox will compete at the CNFR after finishing the season atop the Big Sky standings in barrel racing. Cox competed in the CNFR last year as a freshman, so MSU-N head coach Doug Kallenberger expects her to...

  • Chinook girls take second at Class B-C State Tennis Meet

    George Ferguson|Updated Jun 1, 2023

    The Chinook girls tennis team has always been a power in Class B-C tennis. But this season was above and beyond. Led by a Class B-C state championship from Mya Berreth, the Sugarbeeters took second at last weekend’s state tournament in Great Falls. Berreth beat a top player from Fairfield in the state championship match, to finish off an incredible run. Berreth won five matches on her way to the state championship. Chinook’s finish of 32 points was just three shy of Sim...