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  • Police chief: Solution is to lock your cars

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Jun 11, 2015

    In light of a recent increase in vehicle, break-ins, acting police chief Gabe Matosich has some advice for people to use in avoiding the same fate. Lock your doors. Matosich said that 100 percent of the 31 cases of trespassing into a vehicle since the beginning of the year could have been avoided if people simply locked their doors. No vehicle has has been forcibly entered through damaging the vehicle of those reported to police. Those looking to trespass into vehicle will sometimes walk down streets and check door handles...

  • Enjoying the weather

    Tim Leeds|Updated Jun 10, 2015

    While more record highs are not expected for Havre in the near future, plenty of summer-like weather remains in the forecast for the next week. Sunday's high of 96 was hottest in the state and tied a Havre record set in 1890. Forecasts call for plenty of sunshine and temperatures hitting highs of 70s and 80s through the weekend and into next week, with no precipitation other than some chances of scattered thunderstorms in the predictions. For a full forecast, see Page...

  • Correction - Assistance for Business Clinic

    Updated Jun 10, 2015

    A story about the Assistance for Business Clinic being planned by the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce and the state of Montana incorrectly listed the cost of the seminar. It is $30....

  • For the Record, June 10, 2015

    Updated Jun 10, 2015

    Havre Fire Department Joshua Daniel Kaupang, 32, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after officers served a warrant on 1st Street West at 2:51 p.m. Tuesday. —— Officers investigated a 5:31 p.m. Tuesday call from 2nd Street and 10th Avenue about a noninjury motor vehicle crash between a Chevrolet Equinox and Pontiac Grand Prix. —— Mitchell Carl Grant, 26, of Hays was arrested on a charge of violation of a protective order after officers investigated a 6:13 p.m. Tuesday call from 1st Street Northea...

  • Obituary - Margery Mae (Sten) Melby

    Updated Jun 10, 2015

    Margery Mae (Sten) Melby, 89, went home to join her Lord on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, surrounded by family. Services were held Tuesday, June 9, at 1 p.m. Pondera Valley Lutheran Church. A reception at the church followed interment in Hillside Cemetery. Margery "Marge" was born Nov. 16, 1925, to Albert and Ada (Nelson) Sten in Webster, South Dakota. She grew up in the Waubay, South Dakota, area and graduated from Waubay High School in 1944. Marge attended college in Aberdeen, Sout...

  • FSA committee election nominations open next week

    Updated Jun 10, 2015

    U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that the nomination period for local Farm Service Agency county committees begins Monday, June 15. “Through the county committees, farmers and ranchers have a voice. Their opinions and ideas get to be heard on federal farm programs,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “It is important for county committees to reflect America’s diversity, so I encourage all eligible farmers and ranchers, including beginning farmers, to get in...

  • USDA renewable energy biomass crop assistance restarted

    Updated Jun 10, 2015

    U.S Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced June 1 that incentives will resume this summer for farmers, ranchers and forest landowners interested in growing and harvesting biomass for renewable energy. The support comes through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, which was reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. BCAP provides financial assistance to establish and maintain new crops of energy biomass, or for the harvest and delivery of forest or agricultural residues to a qualifying ene...

  • Vendor display space available for NARC Field Day

    Pam Burke|Updated Jun 10, 2015

    Havre Area Chamber of Commerce’s Agri-Business Committee is sponsoring an ag-vendor display during Northern Agricultural Research Center’s centennial Field Day, and proceeds will help area agriculture students. For the past 17 years, the Chamber’s Ag Appreciation Banquet has hosted record crowds in one of the largest ag appreciation banquets in the state, said a press release from the committee. The purpose of the banquet is to recognize and thank the people in agric...

  • Lights football camp is fundamentally fun

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jun 10, 2015

    It might be a little hot outside for football, but that hasn't stopped around 100 youngsters from taking over the Montana State University-Northern practice field for Lights football camp this week. The grades of the kids attending range from kindergarten all the way up to sixth grade. The kids are split into two groups, K-3 and 4-6. There are no pads and no hitting, except for the tackling dummy and basically the camp is a three-day lesson on fundamentals. It is also the...

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Trey Scofield, Hi-Line United Soccer

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jun 10, 2015

    Many people out there call soccer the beautiful game. Among those is Trey Scofield, the recent Havre High graduate and star of the Hi-line United U19 team. Soccer is his sport and it’s the world’s, too. Over the years, soccer has grown more popular in the United States, which has led to an increase in the number of kids who play soccer. Scofield, who said he was not big enough to play football, turned to soccer, which is a sport he called “running with a purpose.” This se...