Archive For August 2012
Breaking Sports: Maroons clobber Blue Ponies
August 31st, 2012
The Butte Central Maroons may not be in the Central A anymore, but they took it to the Havre Blue Ponies like it was a conference battle. On Friday night at Blue Pony Stadium, Butte Central spoiled...
Friday's Prep Football? C/J-I edges Chinook
August 31st, 2012
Friday's Scores The Associated Press PREP FOOTBA...
Historic hospital revival
August 31st, 2012
The College Park Plaza has been many things over the years, from a hospital to office space to filled with mold beyond healthy use, but after a few years of revitalization the building is filled ag...
Where’s the beef? On the park
August 31st, 2012
Signs will be in the air — or at least on the ground — Tuesday that it again is time to slow down and use caution when driving through Beaver Creek Park.The day after Labor Day i...
Local GOP leaders tout Romney speech, election chances
August 31st, 2012
The heads of the Republican central committees in Blaine and Hill counties said the speech former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gave Thursday when accepting the Republican presidential nomination...
Havre police look out for drunken drivers
August 31st, 2012
For many, Labor Day weekend is a last hoorah before autumn routine takes back over on the road to winter. For the Havre Police Department this weekend is an opportunity to remind people to make sur...
Ponies' home opener features an old foe
August 31st, 2012
After opening up the season last weekend, with an unfortunate road loss, the Havre High football team will hopefully rebound this weekend, with a win in its home debut. &n...
Havre High spikers start in Livingston, Belgrade
August 31st, 2012
After a long offseason, it seems like an eternity since the Havre High volleyball program last played. But with a very busy weekend ahead of it, the Blue Ponies will waste no time getting some matc...
Friday Night Lights Feature: Not afraid to take the reigns
August 31st, 2012
There isn’t another position in another sport that is under the microscope as much, or as often as a quarterback in the game of football. The quarterback is the lead...
George Ferguson Column: Mariani continues to inspire me
August 31st, 2012
In the sport of football, the term heart is used all the team. In my opinion, it’s often overused. Football players play hard because they love it. Some...
Blue Pony golf teams head back to East Glacier Saturday
August 31st, 2012
The Havre High boys and girls golf teams are getting into the heart of the 2012 season. And this weekend’s Browning Invitational should be a good one for the Blue Ponies, because they should...
Lights working through bye week
August 31st, 2012
It's almost like starting over. The Montana State University-Northern Lights are working through a rare bye week in August after they opened the season last Friday night against Carroll College.
Grizzlies finally ready to play football on Saturday
August 31st, 2012
There’s always high expectations when a Montana Grizzly football season approaches. After two straight decades of winning seasons, almost two decades of FCS playoff appearances and two nation...
Romney asks US to 'turn the page' on Obama
August 31st, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Lifted by a show of Republican unity that once seemed so distant, Mitt Romney plunged into the presidential campaign's final 67 days focused more than ever on jobs and the...
Ex-medical marijuana provider dies in custody
August 30th, 2012
HELENA — A convicted Montana medical marijuana provider with a history of serious illness died Thursday after his transfer to a federal prison that could give him proper medical care was dela...
Montana wildfires burn homes, cause injuries
August 30th, 2012
BILLINGS — Rapidly expanding wildfires across a broad swath of southern Montana have caused injuries and burned homes, buildings and vehicles, authorities said Thursday, as firefighters strug...
GOP's final night is about telling Romney's story
August 30th, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. — When Mitt Romney addresses the Republican convention Thursday night, he'll do it from a stage that puts him a little bit closer to the crowd inside the convention hall. His cam...
Two great Montanans left us recently
August 30th, 2012
Joe Mazurek was a wise and insightful peacemaker. His passing was not unexpected, but his legacy for fairness and gentle persuasion will live on in the memory of all those who ha...
Our View: For those who do the day-to-day work: Thanks
August 30th, 2012
For the cop who works the night shift ... the janitor at Northern ... the conductors on the trains that run on the Hi-Line ... the clerks in the convenience stores ... the...
Recycle, reuse, refuse: A moral tale of bags and rabbits
August 30th, 2012
“Recycle? Are you kidding? I don’t have room to store a bunch of junk. How would I get it to wherever it’s gotta go? It’s too hard.” &n...
With new law, school lunches becoming healthier
August 30th, 2012
The beginning of school year always brings a lot of changes — new classes and classrooms, school supplies and routines — but this year changes are also coming to school lunches.T...
Rocky Boy candidate filing open Tuesday
August 30th, 2012
With five tribal council positions, including the tribal chair, up for election this year, the Chippewa Cree Tribe is opening candidate filing for the positions Tuesday.Along with the chair...
Hill discusses Hi-Line issues: 4 for 2, Amtrak, water system
August 30th, 2012
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Hill talked about some issues specific to the Hi-Line this week in an interview with the Havre Daily News.Hill was in Havre Wednesday in between touri...
Pony spikers could be in for a big season
August 30th, 2012
It is still early, and the Havre High volleyball program has yet to play its first match of a new season, but the Blue Ponies already have very high hopes this season. &nb...
Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Zach Plum, Havre High Football
August 30th, 2012
Sure hands and speed, what more can a quarterback ask for out of one of his top targets? Senior wide receiver Zach Plum has both of those qualities, and is lo...
Skylights face tough teams in Las Vegas
August 30th, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is nine matches into its 2012 season, and already, the Skylights are surging. But Each week since the Sky...
Cats open their season under the lights
August 30th, 2012
The anticipation of college football in Bozeman has been huge this summer. After all, the Montana State Bobcats are the No. 4-ranked FCS team in the country and they have been unanimously picked to...
Havre Daily seeks high school sports results
August 30th, 2012
Every Tuesday throughout the high school sports season, the Havre Daily News will be running its Hi-Line Roundups. The sports staff at the HDN would like to remind area coaches and athletic directo...
M. Vivian Ziemann
August 29th, 2012
M. Vivian Ziemann, 83, of Harlem, a retired nurses aide, passed away Aug. 28, 2012, at Marias Medical Center in Shelby, Mont.Memorial Services will be held Friday, Aug. 31, at 1 p. m., at St...
GOP governor hopeful sees jobs as top priority
August 29th, 2012
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Hill listed some of his top issues in an interview this morning.They include: improving job creation by making Montana more business-friendly, working...
Havre preliminary enrollment released
August 29th, 2012
As students once again fill the halls of Havre Public Schools, the administration is keeping an eye on the number of enrolled students to get an idea of what October’s official count will loo...
Daines: Government doesn’t create jobs
August 29th, 2012
Steve Daines told delegates to the Republican National Committee Tuesday that his great-great grandmother came from Norway to homestead in Montana.She was widowed at a young age and raised s...
Havre, Cottonwood schools come to bus deal
August 29th, 2012
After years of Cottonwood Elementary School sending a bus to pick up students inside Havre, the district now has an agreement that gives them permission.The Havre Public Schools Board of Tru...
HHS harriers have lots of talent
August 29th, 2012
With two of the other fall sports seasons already underway, the start of a new cross country season has slipped under the radar. But with rosters filled with talented returnees...
Bobcats loaded for 2012
August 29th, 2012
The Montana State Bobcats have shared the last two Big Sky Conference football championships. That is a big step considering where the Cats were when now head coach Rob Ash arrived.
Young, skilled Grizzlies set to put the offseason behind
August 29th, 2012
The Montana Grizzlies made a deep run into the 2011 Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. And even a loss to Sam Houston State in the FCS semifinals couldn’t dampen what was yet another...
Former Attorney General Joe Mazurek dies
August 29th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Former Attorney General Joe Mazurek died Tuesday due to complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was 64.The well-known Democrat was diagnosed with the disease in 2007,...
10 Things to Know Today
August 29th, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):1. ANN ROMNEY TAKES A STAR TURNRomney's wife's speech is the highl...
Republicans nominate Romney, lambaste Obama
August 28th, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney swept to the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night at a storm-delayed national convention, every mention of his name cheere...
Isaac aims at Gulf Coast amid political backdrop
August 28th, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Finally a hurricane, the unwieldy and wobbly Isaac bore down on New Orleans Tuesday, almost seven years to the day that Hurricane Katrina transformed this city and became a symb...
Let’s shop Havre, not the Internet
August 28th, 2012
Zach White's incomplete editorializing in his “Shop the Planet” article in the Havre Daily News on Aug. 7, compels me to write a response. I'm sorry to learn that the local opt...
Havre community orchestra being formed
August 28th, 2012
After four years of performing the score for the Montana Actors’ Theatre’s musical productions, the band is branching out.Montana State University-Northern announced an endeavour...
Wind, low humidity raises fire fears
August 28th, 2012
With the hot weather expected to peak today but high heat with dry and windy conditions expected to continue through the week, National Weather Service has a Red Flag Warning for fire conditions fo...
Man killed while trying to create Bigfoot sighting
August 28th, 2012
KALISPELL (AP) — A man dressed in a military-style "ghillie" suit and apparently trying to provoke reports of a Bigfoot sighting in northwest Montana was struck by two cars and killed...
Our View: Let’s move quickly on annexation
August 28th, 2012
After years of controversy, Havre City Council and people suing the city have agreed to get a fresh start in the annexation process. The city wants to an...
Hi-Line Volleyball Roundup: C/J-I starts strong
August 28th, 2012
HDN seeks sports resultsEvery Tuesday throughout the high school sports season, the Havre Daily Ne...
MSU-Northern's Nagy honored for volleyball
August 28th, 2012
It’s not even September yet, but the Montana State University-Northern athletic’s department has its first Frontier Conference Player of the Week award. &...
10 Things to Know Today
August 28th, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:1. AS ISAAC NEARS, DARK MEMORIES OF KATRINAUneasy residents are assured that New...
Isaac threat to Gulf Coast well beyond New Orleans
August 27th, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With its massive size and ponderous movement, a strengthening Isaac could become a punishing rain machine depending on its power, speed and where it comes ashore along the...
Forecasts may make fire situation worse
August 27th, 2012
BILLINGS (AP) — Fire crews reported progress as they dug in against a wildfire threatening rural houses east of Roundup on Monday. But forecasters warned of windy conditions during the next s...
2 Montanans to appear at GOP convention
August 27th, 2012
Montana will have a real presence at the Republican National Convention that begins in earnest on Tuesday. Former Gov. Tim Babcock will lead the conventi...
Delphia fire grows northeast of Roundup
August 27th, 2012
BILLINGS (AP) — Fire crews are working to contain a wildfire threatening rural houses northeast of Roundup as they brace for several days of hot and windy weather that could fan the fla...
Forget superPACs, the web’s got a bus
August 27th, 2012
One of the only things it appears both parties in this year’s election agree on is that the media has done an awful job of tackling the issues that really matter. And Alex...
Bear Pawlooza showcases Hi-Line musical talent
August 27th, 2012
It’s not often a music fan on the Hi-Line can see country, rock and hip hop acts share one stage. A.J. Briere wanted to fix that with the Bear Pawlooza music festival.Saturday and Sund...
Northern prof recalls day Armstrong landed on moon
August 27th, 2012
Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, moved the world a second time this weekend with his death at the age of 82.Like his history-shaping step more than 43 years ago, Armstrong’s...
Isaac crossing Gulf with New Orleans in crosshairs
August 27th, 2012
KEY WEST, Fla. — Tropical Storm Isaac targeted a broad swath of the Gulf Coast on Monday and had New Orleans in its crosshairs, bearing down just ahead of the seventh anniversary of Hur...
Skylights shine in Spokane
August 26th, 2012
It’s still very early in the 2012 NAIA volleyball season, but if how the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team played at this past weekend’s Cascade/Frontier Challenge, the...
Game Day Notebook: Montelius brothers fight together to the end
August 26th, 2012
Senior MSU-N running back Justin Montelius is one of the most veteran players the Lights have. And when his number was called on Friday night he stepped up in the Montana State University-Northern...
George Ferguson Column: Carroll was Carroll, but these Lights didn't...
August 26th, 2012
There’s no question the Carroll College Fighting Saints sure know how to take the wind out of a home crowd’s sails. They’ve done it game-after-game, in stadium-after-stadium durin...
Bulldogs bite Blue Ponies
August 26th, 2012
With week one now behind them, the Havre High Blue Pony football team was able to get a really good, and up close look at this years’ squad. And with an up and down first outing, it was clear...
Full MSU-Northern/Carroll Box Score
August 26th, 2012
Carroll 7 0 21 3 - 31Northern 0 0 0 6 - 6 First quarter&...
Blue Pony golf teams thrive at East Glacier
August 26th, 2012
Despite some early fall weather, the Havre High boys and girls golf teams turned in some solid scores at the East Glacier Lodge Golf Course over the weekend. The Blue Ponie...
10 Things to Know for Monday
August 26th, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about on Monday. (times EDT):1. ISAAC COULD STRIKE LAND ON KATRINA ANNIVERSARYLouisiana gove...
Judge rules domestic violence law discriminatory
August 26th, 2012
WHITEFISH (AP) — State prosecutors are appealing a Lincoln County justice court judge's ruling that Montana's domestic violence law has a "gross flaw" that discriminates against heterosex...
Tropical Storm Isaac starts lashing Florida Keys
August 26th, 2012
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaac started pelting the Florida Keys with rain and strong winds on Sunday, and it could strengthen into a dangerous hurricane by the time it starts hitt...
Saturday's Prep Football: Ponies fall, Beeters, Hawks roll
August 25th, 2012
PREP FOOTBALLAbsarokee 36, Froid/Medicine Lake/Grenora 22Belgrade 33, Butte Central 20Chester-Joplin-Inverness 40,...
Miller remembered and honored in Harlem
August 25th, 2012
The gymnasium at Harlem High School was packed to standing-room only as hundreds gathered in a celebration of life of the former mayor and county commissioner of the community, i...
Storm forces GOP to scrap first day of convention
August 25th, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republican officials abruptly announced plans Saturday night to scrap the first day of their national convention, bowing to the threat of Tropical Storm Isaac as it bore do...
Thanks to community support of National Night Out
August 25th, 2012
Editor: On Aug. 8, the people of Havre showed their support for Havre's first National Night Out held at Montana State University-Northern's Student Unio...
Dow should stick to City Council issues
August 25th, 2012
Editor: Have you seen the recent information on TV about texting and driving? Ads tell that there were 145,000 recorded accidents known as a r...
Our View: Pitch in to continue Vic Miller's work
August 25th, 2012
Harlem, Blaine County and all of the Hi-Line lost a dear friend last weekend when Vic Miller succumbed to complications from diabetes. Most recently, Miller wa...
Pirate polite: It's the new business model
August 25th, 2012
Reuters reporter Ben Berkowitz reported Aug. 13 that "Africa's pirates have demands — and letterhead, too." Apparently, professional pirate Jama...
Vic Miller: He loved, he hurt, he was human
August 25th, 2012
This week Victor Miller died. ‘Most everybody in the state knew Vic. He was a former mayor of Harlem, a Blaine County Commissioner at two different times, talented drummer who nearly a...
Neil Armstrong, 1st man on the moon, dies
August 25th, 2012
CINCINNATI — Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step on to the...
Fla. prepares for Isaac on eve of GOP convention
August 25th, 2012
MIAMI — Officials organized shelters and urged vacationers to leave the Florida Keys as Tropical Storm Isaac approached on Saturday, though preparations farther north focused on getting ready...
Remains found in Bob Marshall Wilderness area where vet last seen
August 25th, 2012
KALISPELL (AP) — Human remains have been found in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in northwest Montana, where a team has been searching for an Iraq war veteran who disappeared two years ago...
Univ. of Montana creates sex violence prevention class
August 24th, 2012
MISSOULA — The University of Montana has created a mandatory tutorial aimed at preventing sexual violence in the wake of federal investigations about how the university handles reports of sex...
2 killed, 9 wounded outside Empire State Building
August 24th, 2012
NEW YORK — A laid-off worker fatally shot an executive at his former company outside the Empire State Building on Friday, setting off a chaotic showdown with police in front of one of the wor...
Victor J. Miller obituary
August 24th, 2012
Longtime Blaine County Commissioner and musician Victor Miller passed away on Saturday, Aug, 18, 2012, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls, due to complications from diabetes. He was 58 years old.
Gunman kills 1 at Empire State Building, 9 wounded
August 24th, 2012
NEW YORK — A laid-off women's accessories designer shot a former coworker to death in front of the Empire State Building, causing a chaotic showdown with police Friday in front of one of the...
Lights and Saints, Enough Said
August 24th, 2012
The last time the Montana State University-Northern Lights played a regular season home game, they were ending the 2011 season with a difficult, but exciting game against the Carroll College Fighti...
Blue Ponies kick off in Whitefish
August 24th, 2012
There are always big and important moments in a football season, but there just doesn’t seem to be anything quite like the opening game of the season. Th...
Mariani suffers horrific season-ending injury
August 24th, 2012
Marc Mariani did everything right in the offseason and he came into the 2012 NFL preseason with the Tennessee Titans ready to prove himself worthy of an increased role as a wide receiver.&nb...
George Ferguson Column: Plenty to see tonight at Blue Pony Stadium
August 24th, 2012
When it comes to the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Carroll College Fighting Saints playing each other on the football field, or any venue for that matter, fans don’t really nee...
MSU-N Game Day Feature: Lights are on the verge in 2012
August 24th, 2012
In eight seasons under head coach Mark Samson, the Montana State University-Northern football team has made plenty of history. The Lights have had solid...
Friday Night Lights Feature: Another football season is here
August 24th, 2012
There's never a dull moment when it comes to high school football on the Hi-Line. Last season, five Hi-Line teams qualified for the postseason, with three (Ha...
Pony golfers play in Browning
August 24th, 2012
School hasn’t even started yet, but the Havre High boys and girls golf teams are already getting into the meat of the 2012 season. Today, the Blue Ponies...
Republicans hope for more redistricting changes
August 24th, 2012
HELENA — The redistricting commission that reached a deal late last week on a tentative map for the state's 100 House districts is far from finished redrawing the state's legislative distri...
10 Things to Know for Friday
August 24th, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):1. KILLER OF 77 NORWEGIANS IMPRISONEDThe prison term lets authoritie...
Breaking Sports: Marc Mariani injured in preseason game
August 23rd, 2012
Former Havre Blue Pony great Marc Mariani injured his left leg during a first-quarter punt return in Thursday night's nationally-televised NFL preseason game between the Tennessee Titans and Arizo...
William A. ‘Bill’ Rader
August 23rd, 2012
William A. "Bill" Rader, 82, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Great Falls, Mont., of natural causes.A full obituary will follow. ...
Charles George Barsanti
August 23rd, 2012
Charles George Barsanti, 86, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, at his home of natural causes. His funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, at Holland & Bonine Funeral...
Vance Thackeray Warwick
August 23rd, 2012
Corvallis - Vance Thackeray Warwick, 98, died Aug. 19, 2012. He passed away while a resident of the Aaron Care Home in Corvallis. He died of the complications of Parkinson's and...
Yvonne Dahlin
August 23rd, 2012
Yvonne Dahlin, was called home after her 9-year battle with breast cancer on Sunday, Aug., 19, 2012. She was surrounded by her loving family.
William A. "Bill" Rader
August 23rd, 2012
William A. "Bill" Rader , 82, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, in Great Falls, Mont., of natural causes. A full obituary will foll...
City OKs tentative $17M budget
August 23rd, 2012
It’s time to set the budget for the next year for public organizations everywhere. And the city of Havre wants to know what residents think of their newly proposed $17.3 million plan.H...
Fair board looks at horse boarding during powwow
August 23rd, 2012
The Hill County Fair Board talked about opening the grounds to board potentially hundreds of horses during one of the major events on the Hi-Line, the annual powwow at Rocky Boy’s Indian Rese...
Fairground food question tabled for another month
August 23rd, 2012
The Hill County Fair Board again discussed whether it needs to change how food booths and vendors operate at the Great Northern Fairgrounds, and tabled the issue for another month to allow the fair...
MSU-Northern Football Preview 2012: Lights' offense will be explosive
August 23rd, 2012
The cat’s out of the bag so to speak. In 2011, the Montana State University-Northern football team was really, really good on offense. And as the 2012 se...
HHS Football Preview 2012: Blue Ponies are young, but talented
August 23rd, 2012
Sometimes a team just doesn’t know what a new season has in store until the very first kickoff. That is the case for the defending Central A divisional champion Havre High Blue Pony football...
Skylights travel to Spokane for Cascade tourney
August 23rd, 2012
Montana State University-Northern head volleyball coach Bill Huebsch was plenty happy with how his Skylights opened the season last weekend in Great Falls. Nor...
Juneau to speak at Democratic National Convention
August 23rd, 2012
HELENA — Superintendent of schools Denise Juneau was among 10 women selected Wednesday to speak at next month's Democratic National Convention, a move made as the party continues to make iss...
MSU-Northern has too many bureaucrats
August 22nd, 2012
Editor: Let us rescue our university from the administrators and bureaucrats. Less than one-third of all full-time employees in th...
Radical protesters should concentrate on issues
August 22nd, 2012
Editor: I attended Denny Rehberg’s “Liberate Main Street”...
Our View: State redistricting has some hits, some misses
August 22nd, 2012
One of the most thankless jobs in all of politics is reapportioning legislative district lines to comply with the Census — at least it’s thankless if you hope to do it in a bipar...
Baucus water project bill topic at regional water plant meeting
August 22nd, 2012
A bill written and sponsored by Montana’s U. S. senators to provide money for rural water projects came up in discussion during a meeting presenting plans for a treatment plant that would sup...
Highland Park street closures may cause school problems
August 22nd, 2012
As the new school year gets going, parents who take their students to Highland Park Early Primary School or Havre Middle School may be concerned about navigating the labyrinth of Highland Park unde...
Blaine County commissioner to be selected Sept. 7
August 22nd, 2012
Blaine County Democrats have until Sept. 7 to pick three candidates to take the place of a highly popular county commissioner who died Friday in the middle of his campaign, running unopposed, for h...
Mo. lawmaker still defiant, won't quit Senate race
August 22nd, 2012
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Rep. Todd Akin defied the nation's top Republicans and refused to abandon a Senate bid that has been hobbled by fallout over his comments that women's bodies can...
MSU-Northern Football Preview 2012: Lights looking to be stingy defens...
August 21st, 2012
In 2011, the Montana State University-Northern offense garnered a lot of attention, and rightfully so. The Lights put up some staggering numbers and led the league in a host of offensive categories...
MSU-Northern Football Preview 2012: Northern should excel on special t...
August 21st, 2012
Special teams win football games. Whether it’s the kicking game, a big special teams tackle or a punt return for a score that sparks a squad, there’s no doubt, special team’s play...
Blue Pony golfers play well on Electric City's tough courses
August 21st, 2012
In just the second tournament of the young season, the Havre High Blue Pony golfers are already turning in some impressive scores. After opening the season last week in Hav...
Kathryn E. Pike
August 21st, 2012
Kathryn E. (McClean) Pike, 82, passed away Monday, August 13, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center.She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Mildred McClean; her brother, Raymon...
Yvonne G. Dahlin
August 21st, 2012
Yvonne Dahlin, 72, was called home after her nine-year battle with breast cancer on Sunday, Aug., 19, 2012, she was surrounded by her loving family.Her funeral service will be 11 a. m. Frida...
Havre annexation process to begin anew
August 21st, 2012
The troublesome annexation problem which started several years ago came to an end at Monday night’s Havre City Council meeting, after a few minutes of discussion and a unanimous vote.T...
Grasslands reserve buys 150,000-acre Glasgow area ranch
August 21st, 2012
SUN PRAIRIE — A conservation group said Tuesday it has bought a 150,000-acre Montana ranch in a major step toward its goal of a national park-caliber prairie wildlife preserve that is stoking...
2012 Frontier Conference Football Preview: It's going to be a wild th...
August 21st, 2012
It’s a new era in Frontier Conference football. Two new teams, a new look to the schedule and new rivalries. But will it also be the same-old-same-old th...
Local Golf Report: Sign up for BCGC 27-hole tournament
August 21st, 2012
The high school golf season is underway. Playoffs are going at all local golf courses. And all that must mean golf season is winding down. However, that’...
Swift Montana reaction to candidate's rape comment
August 21st, 2012
HELENA — Political candidates in Montana reacted swiftly Monday to Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin's comments that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies if they are victims...
Deadline intensifies pressure on Mo. congressman
August 21st, 2012
ST. LOUIS — Rep. Todd Akin vowed to fight on in his embattled Senate campaign, but a significant deadline loomed Tuesday that was bound to intensify pressure on the Missouri congressman to ab...
Hill says wolves a priority of his FWP plans
August 20th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Republican Rick Hill says that is he is elected governor he would make sure the state did more to reduce the number of wolves.The former congressman said Monday tha...
Humorist Phyllis Diller dies at 95 in Los Angeles
August 20th, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in her Los An...
Samuel Dellette ‘Sam’ Patton Jr.
August 20th, 2012
Samuel Dellette “Sam” Patton Jr., 68, of Great Falls, a retired supply technician for the Montana National Guard, died on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at a local hospital of complications d...
Annexation battle over, at least for now
August 20th, 2012
A contentious legal battle spanning the past few years may finally be coming to an end tonight, for a while at least.Havre City Council will vote at tonight’s meeting on an out-of-cour...
Box Elder man dies in crash
August 20th, 2012
A motor vehicle crash this weekend left a Box Elder man dead.The 23-year-old driver, Shawn Saddler, was driving on Lower Box Elder Road around 8:30 p. m. Friday night when he entered a left...
Unemployment rate up in state, but down on Hi-Line
August 20th, 2012
The jobless rate on the Hi-Line went down during July, even though it rose statewide.Montana’s unemployment rate increased slightly to 6.4 percent over June's rate, with employment sl...
Remap plan would alter state district lines
August 20th, 2012
Hill County will be divided into four state House districts for the 2014 elections under a plan adopted by a bipartisan state commission late Friday night.Under the proposal, which has yet t...
Water project sets meeting on Tiber treatment plant
August 20th, 2012
The heads of a project designed to provide water to nearly 30,000 people in north-central Montana will present Tuesday the designs for a plant slated for construction at Tiber Dam to treat the wate...
Skylights play well in Great Falls
August 19th, 2012
Season debuts are never easy and nothing is guaranteed. But Montana State University-Northern head volleyball coach Bill Huebsch was pretty pleased with how his Skylights b...
Pony golfers tee it up in Great Falls
August 19th, 2012
After a sharp opening Prairie Farms Golf Course Tournament, the Havre High boys and girls golf teams will take to the road for the first time. Today and Tuesday, the Blue P...
20 years after Ruby Ridge, there's forgiveness
August 19th, 2012
KALISPEL When Sara Weaver saw her father Randy struck in the shoulder by a government sniper's bullet in the Idaho wilderness in August 1992, she began to sprint back to the family's cabin...
Land Board shrugs off coal protest's request
August 19th, 2012
HELENA — The weeklong coal protest that wraps up Monday at the Capitol doesn't seem to be having much impact on the state officials in charge of leasing the state's resources for developmen...
Medicare barbs dominate White House race
August 19th, 2012
TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — Showing no signs of letting up, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are doubling down on claims the other would threaten seniors' golden years.Both campaigns sharpene...
Land Board shrugs off coal protest's request
August 19th, 2012
HELENA — The weeklong coal protest at the Capitol doesn't seem to be having much impact on the state officials in charge of leasing the state's resources for development.The proteste...
Bickering over bona fides in Montana Senate race
August 18th, 2012
HELENA — Denny Rehberg often wears cowboy boots while campaigning for the U.S. Senate, telling stories about his ranching background and bashing the "death tax" and "Obamacare," character...
Romney wants running mate to play it safe, for now
August 18th, 2012
GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) — Mitt Romney wants running mate Paul Ryan to play it safe.Ryan, the nation's most controversial budget architect, is often described as the intellectual leader o...
Highway Patrol assigns new troopers to eastern Montana
August 17th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Highway Patrol has assigned seven of the 10 new troopers who graduated from the patrol academy to counties in eastern and northern Montana in response to additional...
Fire evacuees in Wash., California return home
August 17th, 2012
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of people in Washington and California who fled encroaching flames from wildfires were allowed to return to their homes Friday, and in Washington many were to f...
Thanks to Kicks @ 6 organizers
August 17th, 2012
Editor: Oh no ... summer is coming to an end. I want to thank all of the local musicians who entertained, young and old, each week...
A reality check for haze rule
August 17th, 2012
The haze was thick at Colstrip last week when I visited, but it wasn’t because of the 2,200-megawatt coal-burning facility there. It was bec...
Internet anonymity is a valuable tool
August 17th, 2012
There is a lot of chatter on the web. In fact that’s pretty much the point, to have as many people sharing as much information as they want. A lot...
Hi-Line Darts and Laurels
August 17th, 2012
Laurel — There are some inconveniences for motorists on Havre's south side this month, but it is well worth it. Some major thoroughfares have been in depl...
Vernon R. Moog
August 17th, 2012
Vernon R. “Blackie” Moog, 85, an Inverness farmer and U. S. Army veteran of World War II, died Wednesday at Chester Hospital.Vigil prayers will be 7 p. m. Sunday, at Sacred Heart...
Louis F. Bay
August 17th, 2012
Louis “Louie” Bay, born in Havre and a resident of Sparks Nevada, son of Idimo and Josephine, father of Theresa, passed away on Sunday, Aug 12, at age 73. The Bay family established the...
Hot weather expected to return next week
August 17th, 2012
After a temporary respite, with weather dipping into chilly temperatures and some rain falling in the area, weather forecasters are predicting a return to hot temperatures next week.Most of...
Skylights begin spiking today
August 17th, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team has a little over two weeks of practice under its belt so far this summer. And in those practices, the Skylights have looked sharp and ready to...
Blue/White day a big Saturday for Blue Pony teams
August 17th, 2012
The regular season starts for most of the Havre High fall sports programs are still about a week out, but that doesn’t mean the Blue Pony football and volleyball teams can’t face a litt...
Lights sharp on both sides of the ball in second scrimmage
August 17th, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern football team will be playing Carroll College next Friday night under the Lights at Blue Pony Stadium. And the Lights too...
Ecuador grants asylum to WikiLeaks' Assange
August 16th, 2012
LONDON (AP) — He's won asylum in Ecuador, but Julian Assange is no closer to getting there.The dramatic decision by the Latin American nation to identify the WikiLeaks founder as a po...
Bucy: Experience is resonating with Montanans
August 16th, 2012
State Attorney General candidate Pam Bucy was in Havre Wednesday and today during her campaign swing through this part of the state, and in an interview with the Havre Daily News said that touting...
Sherry Winn to speak at MSU-N
August 16th, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team won an NAIA national championship in 1993. Almost two decades
Patricia Bitz
August 15th, 2012
There will be a memorial service for Patricia Bitz Saturday Aug. 18 at 5th Avenue Christian Church at 11 a. m. with a luncheon to follow at the church....
Havre schools OK $13M budget
August 15th, 2012
Just before students head back into the buildings of the Havre Public School districts, the Board of Trustees figured out how to pay the $13 million to educate them through the 2012-2013 school yea...
Several HPS school policies changed
August 15th, 2012
Changes to school policy this year are covering all aspects of how Havre Public Schools run, from the tools students can use to learn, to the compensation for the paraprofessionals who help the sch...
2012 Frontier Conference Football Preview: Special Teams
August 15th, 2012
In football, there’s not two phases of the game, but three, and the third one might be overlooked, but often can be the difference between winning and losing. &...
Ponies tee off the season at Prairie Farms on Thursday
August 15th, 2012
The Havre High boys and girls golf teams have gotten off to hot starts the last couple of years, and with the start of the 2012 season here already, the Blue Ponies are hoping the trend continues.
Romney says Obama just trying to 'hang onto power'
August 15th, 2012
WASHINGTON — Escalating an increasingly acrimonious campaign, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney dug in Wednesday on his charge that President Barack Obama's campaign was being d...
Robert Johnson
August 14th, 2012
Robert D. Johnson, 75, a Miles City businessman who once operated a Havre movie theater, died early Saturday.Bob and his wife, Donna, moved to Havre in the 1950s to manage the theater. He wa...
Eagles Club proceeds despite bankruptcy
August 14th, 2012
Three months into bankruptcy proceedings, the manager of the Havre Eagles Club said the Chapter 11 filing has not affected the club’s operation. Events are still occurring and being planned r...
Reservation schools struggle to meet state standards
August 14th, 2012
When reviewing the Adequate Yearly Progress report that the Montana Office of Public Instruction put out this month, a troubling trend of consistent inadequate progress can be seen in or near the s...
Museum board hears of successful July
August 14th, 2012
At their regular monthly meeting, the Hill County Museum Board heard of successful events held in July, including a significant increase in visitors at the new facilities at the Wahkpa Chu’gn...
Wildfires blaze across West, burning homes
August 14th, 2012
CLE ELUM, Wash. — A fast-moving wildfire burned at least 40 homes across about 23 square miles of central Washington, one several blazes burning Tuesday across the West threatening homes and...
Coal protesters occupy state Capitol
August 14th, 2012
HELENA — Protesters opposed to coal development in Montana occupied the state Capitol Monday, planning a week-long event that aims to convince elected officials to block fu...
Blue Ponies primed to hit the links
August 14th, 2012
As the rest of fall sports across the state continue to really get started, high school golf season is upon us already. Summer has almost come and gone again,...
Local Golf Report: Playoffs begin at all local courses
August 14th, 2012
For many men’s league golf teams, this week marks the start of what they’ve all been playing for all summer long. At both Prairie Farms and beaver Creek Golf Course, the annual playoffs...
Van Diest to stay at Carroll
August 14th, 2012
After a confusing weekend of rumors, Carroll College head football coach Mike Van Diest isn't going anywhere and will be on the sidelines when the Saints come to Havre in less than two weeks.
Ex-jailer in court over videotaping allegation
August 13th, 2012
MISSOULA (AP) — A former Missoula County jail officer accused of secretly videotaping women in a changing room at a Missoula pool apparently can't be charged with that offense.M...
Police: 3 dead after shooting near Texas A&M
August 13th, 2012
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A gunman and a law enforcement officer were among three people killed Monday in a shooting near the Texas A&M University campus, police said.A male civilia...
Dog missing after fatal crash spotted, not caught
August 13th, 2012
CLINTON (AP) — A skittish dog that fled after a fatal head-on crash in western Montana has been spotted by residents of the Clinton area, but so far they've been unsuccessful in their...
Texas A&M: Active shooter on campus apprehended
August 13th, 2012
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M University says a shooter has been taken into custody near its campus in College Station.College Station police spokeswoman Rhonda Seaton te...
Vasco R. Bachini
August 13th, 2012
Vasco R. Bachini, 99, died Thursday evening at the Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. A full obituary will follow. ...
Havre man enjoys hard work in the Bakken
August 13th, 2012
The explosion of oil drilling in the Bakken fields has created problems for the people of Williston, N.D., and Sidney, Mont.But it has also created tremendous opportunities for local residen...
Man heads across country for childrens’ education
August 13th, 2012
Greg Hamblock is running and walking through the Utah landscape these days, part of a cross-country tour.He’s asking people he meets along the way to help him raise funds for two child...
2012 Frontier Conference Football Preview: Linebackers
August 12th, 2012
To say there have been some great linebackers who have played their college football in the Frontier Conference would simply not been doing the history of position in the Frontier justice.&n...
Mariani sparkles in Seattle game
August 12th, 2012
It was a true homecoming for Tennessee Titans’ quarterbacks Matt Hasselbeck and Jake Locker, but it was also one of sorts for former Havre Blue Pony and Montana Grizzly Marc Mariani.&n...
US wins gold, beats Spain 107-100 in men's hoops
August 12th, 2012
LONDON (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 30 points, LeBron James added 19 and the U.S. men's basketball team defended its Olympic title, holding off stubborn Spain 107-100 on Sunday for the gold me...
New districts to be drawn amid partisan divide
August 12th, 2012
HELENA — New legislative districts will begin to take shape this week when a redistricting commission starts making tough votes amid partisan divide over proposed boundaries.Republican...
Two-person Montana town up for auction
August 11th, 2012
BILLINGS — A two-person Montana town near Custer's famous "last stand" at Little Bighorn goes up for public auction Wednesday, with bids starting at $250,000 for an eight-acre site on the...
Rehberg supports Romeny's choice of Ryan
August 11th, 2012
Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., was one of four House Republcians to vote agaonst Rep. Paul Ryan's budget. And, ads supporting his candidacy have pointed to that vote as a example...
Rehberg happy with Ryan pick
August 11th, 2012
Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., was one of four House Republcians to vote agaonst Rep. Paul Ryan's budget. And, ads supporting his candidacy have pointed to that vote as a example...
Hill has big fundraising month in governor's race
August 11th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — Republican gubernatorial Rick Hill is reporting a strong month of fundraising, though his Democratic opponent, Steve Bullock, has more than twice as much cash on hand.Fri...
Ryan seen as Romney's bridge across GOP spectrum
August 11th, 2012
JANESVILLE, Wis. — Even before Wisconsin sent Paul Ryan to Congress, he was meticulously carving a path that seemed to point only upward.As a young Capitol Hill staffer, he impressed R...
Supreme Court says tax initiative unconstitutional
August 10th, 2012
HELENA (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that a legislative referendum calling for income-tax credits when there is surplus state revenue is unconstitutional.Friday's 4-3 dec...
Hi-Line Darts and Laurels
August 10th, 2012
Laurel — Enell Inc. and Earl Fisher BioFuels were among nine businesses honored with Gov. Brian Schweitzer's innovative business award. They will be...
This is not a Betty Crocker-endorsed operation
August 10th, 2012
The only simple explanation I can find for my recent 24-hour flurry of homemaking activity is that the high fever I had a month ago must've caused an important part of my brain to melt, and...
Crowds attend service for Sikh murders
August 10th, 2012
OAK CREEK, Wis. — Hundreds of people streamed into a Wisconsin high school Friday to pay their final respects to six worshippers gunned down by a white supremacist at a Sikh temple in suburba...
Frontier Conference Preview: Speed and toughness among DB's
August 10th, 2012
If teams are going to air the ball out, even if great running teams have a back who gets past the line and linebackers, the defensive backs are always a football team’s last line of def...
Legendary Havre coach passes
August 10th, 2012
Throughout the history of the Havre High football program, the Blue Ponies have seen countless players and coaches take the field. There always comes a time to say goodbye to tho...
Mariani makes 2012 NFL debut in Seattle
August 10th, 2012
Marc Mariani played his first real National Football League game on the famed turf of Seahawks Stadium in the summer of 2010. Now he's set to begin his...
Money, meth, guns seized after car search
August 10th, 2012
Details are still scarce, but someone’s bound to be in trouble after a motor vehicle search conducted by the Tri-Agency Safe Trails Task Force on Monday.According to a release from Aar...
Big Sandy woman claims $3,171 lottery win
August 10th, 2012
Kari Johnson of Big Sandy will be off to visit a friend in Denver after winning $3,171 in the "Shake a Day" EZplay Jackpot.Johnson bought the ticket at the Mint Bar and Cafe in Big Sandy.
Rep. Rehberg plans rally in Havre
August 10th, 2012
U. S. Rep. Denny Rehberg will bring his "Liberate Main Street" effort to Havre at 11:30 a. m. Thursday when he holds a rally at Norman's Ranch and Sportswear on 3rd Avenue.Republican Rehb...
Mariani makes 2012 NFL debut in Seattle
August 10th, 2012
Marc Mariani played his first real National Football League game on the famed turf of Seahawks Stadium in the summer of 2010. Now he's set to begin his...
3 US troops killed by man in Afghan uniform
August 10th, 2012
KABUL, Afghanistan — A man in an Afghan uniform shot and killed three American troops Friday morning in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military command said, in the third attack on coalition...
Gary A. Brownrigg
August 9th, 2012
Gary A. Brownrigg, 59, of Cannon Beach, Ore., and Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, died Friday, July 20, 2012, in Cannon Beach.He was born Nov. 16, 1952, in Puyallup, Wash., to Jesse and Dorothy (Bur...
Next Year Country: fried grasshoppers and chokecherries
August 9th, 2012
When I moved back to Harlem, what was supposed to be my lawn looked to me to be a 40-acre grass-infested weed patch. In reality, huge as it seemed, my house sits on a mere two city lots with a larg...
Montana politics, Havre photography
August 9th, 2012
Politico, the website that is the go-to place for political junkies looking for their fix, has been paying a lot of attention to Montana in recent days.Every month, Politico lists the top 10...
Our View: Goodbye Bonnie
August 9th, 2012
Bonnie Williamson is stepping down as the director of the Havre-Hill County Library today, ending a 30-year career that has seen the library move from the Stone Age to the 21st century.To ma...
Dow is just seeking attention
August 9th, 2012
Editor:I was very disturbed to read the story in Tuesday's edition of the Havre Daily News about the recent City Council meeting where councilman Rick Dow asked the rest of...
Hutterites want apology for NatGeo television show
August 9th, 2012
HELENA — Leaders of a Hutterite colony are demanding an apology from the National Geographic Society and a pledge that it never again broadcast a television show they say misrepresented their...
Two Hi-Line businesses among innovative award winners
August 9th, 2012
A Havre sports bra business and a Chester biofuel factory were among nine Montana businesses honored by Gov. Brian Schweitzer with an innovative business award.The awards will be presented a...
Rock quarry expansion proposed near Chinook
August 9th, 2012
BILLINGS (AP) — State regulators are asking for public comment on a proposal to expand a rock quarry near Chinook.The Montana Department of Environmental Quality said the proposal woul...
Skylights begin working hard
August 8th, 2012
It's been a hot summer in Havre. And it's looking like things will continue to stay that way for a while. But the heat is also on inside the Hav...
MSU-N names Lewis top women's assitant
August 8th, 2012
When the 2012-13 NAIA women’s basketball season begins, the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team will have a new face on the bench. &...
A Reminder to Area Coaches
August 8th, 2012
The Havre Daily News will once again be putting out its annual Area Fall Sports High School Preview later this month, and the HDN sports department is seeking the help from area coaches and athleti...
Ad about woman's death causes campaign furor
August 8th, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney's campaign fiercely protested a searing attack ad aired by allies of President Barack Obama on Wednesday, but drew expressions of dismay from conservatives when...
Hutterites want apology for NatGeo television show
August 8th, 2012
HELENA — Leaders of a Hutterite colony are demanding an apology from the National Geographic Society and a pledge that it never again broadcast a television show they say misrepresented...
400 show up for Night Out
August 8th, 2012
About 400 people were on hand for the first Night Out program at Montana State University-Northern Tuesday night.A festive atmosphere prevailed.• Young people gathered around the...
Retiring St. Jude principal looks back at ‘fulfilling’ career
August 8th, 2012
Big changes are occurring to St. Jude Thaddeus, from the demolition of the old rectory building to the city of Havre’s possible upcoming relinquishment of the alley that bisects the campus, b...
Community pitches in to recycle
August 8th, 2012
Pam Renaker was up bright and early Saturday morning, delivering e-waste, cardboard and paper collected at a Rudyard school to the Recycle Hi-Line collection center at 1st Street and 5th Avenue Sat...
Work continues in busy season at Beaver Creek Park
August 8th, 2012
The Hill County Park Board heard an update on activities and improvements at Beaver Creek County Park during its monthly meeting Monday, including that people have been using the park nonstop this...
Fire in Bear Paws, another near Box Elder
August 8th, 2012
Two fires in the area were reported Tuesday, with one small prairie blaze extinguished and no current information available on another in the Bear Paw Mountains in southern Blaine County.Bla...
2012 Frontier Conference Football Preview: Defensive line
August 8th, 2012
The Frontier Conference has long been known for its offensive prowess. It’s been a pass-happy league at times, and at others, it’s been a run-oriented league. &...
Gallery Lounge wins state fastpitch
August 8th, 2012
Men’s fastpitch softball teams have brought a lot of hardware back to Havre — for seemingly decades now. Some Havre teams have even wont t
Skylights picked sixth in Frontier Coaches Poll
August 8th, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team had one of its most successful seasons in nearly a decade a year ago. And the Skylights, under fourth-yea...
Marjorie ‘Winnie’ Daniels
August 7th, 2012
Marjorie “Winnie” Daniels, 77, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at her home in Alliance, Neb., with her family by her side.She was born Oct. 10, 1934 in Bishop’s Stortford, Engla...
Paul E. Chase
August 7th, 2012
Paul E. Chase of Havre passed away on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes.Services are pending, and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Boni...
Kenneth D. ‘Kenny’ Roberts
August 7th, 2012
Kenneth D. "Kenny" Roberts, 59, passed away July 29, at his home in Anderson Calif., surrounded by his family.He is the youngest son of longtime residents Albert (Bill) and Myrtle Roberts....
Council GOP invites Chick-fil-A to Havre
August 7th, 2012
Following weeks of national controversy surrounding Chick-fil-A restaurants and its CEO’s political views, city councilman Rick Dow and the rest of Havre City Council’s Republicans offe...
Wild Horse backers ask city for money
August 7th, 2012
Update: In an earlier edition of this story, Councilman Rick Dow, in his discussion with former Councilman Bob Kaul, was quoted as ask ""Why are you here?" An audio tape of the meeting showe...
Park board talks need to up involvement, planning
August 7th, 2012
The Hill County Park Board discussed several Beaver Creek Park issues at its meeting Monday that all came back to the same basic theme: The board needs to be actively involved in the general activi...
Sprinkler malfunction brings fire truck to Atrium
August 7th, 2012
A sprinkler malfunction brought the Havre Fire Department to the Atrium Mall this morning, but the Havre fire chief reports no flames or heat were involved.Chief Dave Sheppard said a faulty...
Former Griz quarterback denies rape charge
August 7th, 2012
MISSOULA (AP) — Suspended University of Montana quarterback Jordan Johnson has pleaded not guilty to raping a woman earlier this year.KECI-TV reports Johnson's attorney filed a...
Composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68 in Los Angeles
August 7th, 2012
Marvin Hamlisch, who composed or arranged the scores for dozens of movies including "The Sting" and the Broadway smash "A Chorus Line," has died in Los Angeles. He was 68.Hamlisch collap...
Blue Pony sports set to heat up
August 7th, 2012
Havre High School student-athletes will start getting very busy over the next week. Important upcoming dates include Thursday when the Havre High golf team sta...
Two North Stars honored
August 7th, 2012
It was a successful summer for the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team, and a pair of North Stars have been reward for the season. Both Havre...
Local Golf Report: Jensen goes real low at Prairie Farms
August 7th, 2012
The summer is winding down and golf leagues and golf tournaments are heating up with the weather. At Prairie Farms Golf Course, there is just one week left in...
Lights ranked No. 27
August 7th, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern football team received high marks in the Frontier Conference Preseason Coaches Poll. The Lights are also getting attentio...
Chinook cancer survivor celebrates first Relay for Life
August 6th, 2012
A crowd of about 30 people paraded around the track at Hoon Field in Chinook Friday night, attired in purple T-shirts that read “Survivor. ”Friends and relatives cheered them as...
Motive sought after 6 slain at Wis. Sikh temple
August 6th, 2012
OAK CREEK, Wis. — As worshippers prayed and meditated at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Sunday morning, about a dozen women were preparing food in the temple kitchen for a post-service...
2012 Frontier Conference Football Preview: Running backs
August 5th, 2012
Sometimes it’s the quarterbacks who get all the attention. Sometimes it’s the wide receivers. But right now, in the Frontier Conference, running backs certainly are stealing the show.
Lights picked second by league coaches
August 5th, 2012
Coming into the 2011 Frontier Conference football season, the Montana State University-Northern football team wasn’t picked to contend for a conference championship in the preseason coa...
Police: 7 dead in Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting
August 5th, 2012
OAK CREEK, Wis. — A gunman opened fire Sunday and killed six people at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee before he was killed in an exchange of gunfire with one of the first officers to resp...
Drought conditions may be eased by shorter days
August 5th, 2012
HELENA — Fishing restrictions due to drought will remain in place on three Montana trout streams for the foreseeable future, but state fisheries officials are cautiously optimistic that they...
Police: 7 dead in shooting at Sikh temple in Wis.
August 5th, 2012
OAK CREEK, Wis. — At least six people were killed Sunday when a gunman opened fire at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, and the suspected shooter later died in an exchange of gunfire with p...
Duane M. Meyers
August 5th, 2012
Duane M. Meyers, 48, of Rocky Boy, Indian name, Oke – mao Pemotayo “Chief Walker,” passed away on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, at his residence. Wake services will begin Sunday...
MSU basketball player dismissed from team
August 4th, 2012
BOZEMAN (AP) — Montana State men's basketball coach Brad Huse has dismissed one player and imposed disciplinary sanctions on another after the two were arrested last weekend and charged with...
Phelps collects 18th gold medal in final race
August 4th, 2012
LONDON — As if 22 medal ceremonies over the last three Olympics weren't enough, Michael Phelps was summoned back to the pool deck for one more accolade.
Sheriff: Don't stop dog fights with a gun
August 4th, 2012
BUTTE (AP) — Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff John Walsh says Butte residents should find alternatives to firearms when it comes to breaking up dog fights.Walsh tells the Montana Standar...
Late Sen. Byrd's FBI files reveal CIA leak uproar
August 4th, 2012
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd obtained secret FBI documents about the civil rights movement that were leaked by the CIA and triggered an angry confrontation between the two age...
Donald A. Engleson
August 3rd, 2012
Donald A. Engleson, 81, of Havre, died Wednesday morning, Aug. 1, 2012, at his home of natural causes. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home.&nbs...
Rehberg, Tester bash each other as Congress recesses
August 3rd, 2012
Sparks are flying between one of Montana’s U. S. senators and its sole member of the House of Representatives as Congress leaves work behind and goes into August recess.The campaigns o...
Frontier Conference Football Preview 2012: Offensive Linemen
August 3rd, 2012
In football, if teams want to score points, if teams want to move the ball, then a top-notch offensive line is paramount. The Frontier Conference is no different. &nb...
George Ferguson Column: For me, and for local sports, summer is windin...
August 3rd, 2012
When reflecting on a summer that isn’t over just yet, two words are pretty common: Hot and Dry. But there’s been plenty more than that too look bac...
Havre 's Aageson to
compete in national
Hershey track meet
August 3rd, 2012
There are just five youngsters from Montana competing in this weekend’s Hershey’s Track and Field Games North American Final in Hershey, PA. And one of them is from right here in Havre....
US economy adds 163K jobs, rate rises to 8.3 percent
August 3rd, 2012
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 163,000 jobs in July, a hopeful sign after three months of sluggish hiring.The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 per...
CRP haying, grazing OK’d; cooler weather expected
August 2nd, 2012
As drought conditions continue to worsen across the nation, the U. S. Department of Agriculture has added Hill County to the list of counties where haying and grazing of land in the Conservation Re...
HPD plans farewell party for crime
August 2nd, 2012
National Night Out has become a celebration in more than 15,000 communities throughout the United States, and next week it will be coming to Havre.The community gathering will feature a barb...
Rocky Boy Sobriety Walk wants people sober, safe and happy for powwow
August 2nd, 2012
On Friday, starting at 9 a. m., a large crowd will walk from the Rocky Boy Agency to the powwow grounds and back — a total of three miles.The Sobriety Walk will be good exercise, a key...
Standing Rock set to be a Light
August 2nd, 2012
The Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team is reloading the cupboard for the upcoming 2012-13 NAIA basketball season. And the Lights jus...
Lights hit the field Sunday
August 2nd, 2012
As of today, the Montana State University-Northern football team has exactly 22 days to prepare for its season-opening game against mighty Carroll College. The...
Chinook Junior Rodeo a rousing success for youth cowboys and cowgirls
August 2nd, 2012
By Havre Daily Staff Here are the results from the 2012 Blaine County Kids Rodeo, held last month during the 2012 Blaine County Fair in Chinook.
Malta woman sentenced for bank fraud
August 1st, 2012
GREAT FALLS (AP) — The U.S. Attorney's Office says a 48-year-old Malta woman has been sentenced to just over two years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $950,000 in restitution for d...
Vandals are ruining Fresno Reservoir
August 1st, 2012
Editor: Fresno Reservoir is a popular recreation site with an increasing problem — litter and vandalism. Evidently, a few people are intent on...
Sunchild testifies in DC on water project
August 1st, 2012
The chair of a local Native American tribe was in Washington Tuesday to urge support for a bill Montana’s U. S. senators wrote to provide money for rural water projects.“If I cou...
Dry weather leads to 50-acre Hi-Line fire
August 1st, 2012
When the sustained high temperatures meet a lack of moisture in the ground and share a bit of those Hi-Line winds, that’s fire weather. And on Tuesday evening, it began to show.Around...
Wine company gives grant for Sunnyside art
August 1st, 2012
Wine and art usually only meet at gallery show openings, but this summer they’ve come together in Sunnyside Intermediate School.The artists of Sunnyside’s classrooms have inspire...
Frontier Conference Football Preview 2012: Tight ends
August 1st, 2012
On offense, the tight end position can be a forgotten one at times. But it isn’t ever forgotten to coaches and players, as it’s one of the most vital and unsung positions in football.
Local Golf Report: Rotary Club puts on a Blast
August 1st, 2012
There was plenty of excitement at Prairie Farms Golf Course this past week as the Rotary Club put on two of the biggest golf events of the summer. Last week sa...
10 Things to Know for Wednesday
August 1st, 2012
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today (times EDT):1. LIFE RETURNS TO NORMAL IN INDIANow that power has been restored,...
