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  • Obituary - Richard Lee 'Dick' Hamilton

    Updated Nov 8, 2022

    Richard Lee Hamilton, 88 went to join his beloved wife, Florence, in Heaven November 1, 2022. Richard "Dick" passed peacefully at Sweet Memorial Nursing Home. Dick was born December 8, 1933, to Lyle and Lillian (Miller) Hamilton Nace in Havre, MT. He grew up in Hogeland, MT, for the most part. His dad worked in a few different location so Dick attended school in a variety of places. He graduated from Hogeland High School in 1951. After graduation, he began farming in...

  • Obituary - Robert C. Knudsvig

    Updated Nov 8, 2022

    Robert C. Knudsvig, 80, passed away due to natural causes at Benefis Healthcare Sunday, October 30, 2022. Cremation has taken place, and private family memorial services will be held in Washington. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Robert's online memorial page to send a card or leave a message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.com . Robert was born January 24, 1942, in Centralia, WA, to Martin and...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly business meeting

    Updated Nov 8, 2022

    The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Tabled lease between Hill County and Laredo Financial Business and Real Estate LLC Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Tabled Certificate of Survey showing a retracement of the existing flood control County needs Kremlin Railroad Crossing Boulevard Avenue storm...

  • Tester pushes for people to get out and vote

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Nov 7, 2022

    U.S. Senator Jon Tester attended a get out to vote rally with local, state and federal Democratic candidates Friday evening, where he encouraged everyone present not only to vote, but to find others who hadn't voted and get them to the polls. Tester said a great deal was riding on this election, which could potentially be a watershed moment in politics, an election that could provide the Montana Republican Party with the super majority they need to change the state's constitut...

  • Quick pics: Celebrating 50 years of local art

    Updated Nov 7, 2022

  • Crash shuts down US 87 Saturday

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 7, 2022

    A four-car pileup south of Box Elder sent three people to the hospital and shut down U.S. Highway 87 for more than an hour Saturday. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Matt Erickson said the crash, which was reported at 11:56 a.m. Saturday, was due to high levels of dust due to high winds causing low visibility. He said at least three injured people were transported to a Great Falls hospital. The names and conditions of the injured people were not available. Erickson said neither speed nor alcohol were known contributing factors...

  • ACLU says secretary of state still has wrong election information up

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 7, 2022

    ACLU of Montana Thursday accused Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen of still having inaccurate information out about Tuesday’s election, and said in a tweet it demanded she correct polling locations around the state. “Confirm your polling location with your local elections administrator before going out to vote,” the tweet said. The state Democratic party said in a release Friday it conducted an audit on the website of the Secretary of State, the top elections official in Montana, and found numerous inaccuracies and...

  • Havre speech does well at Lockwood

    Updated Nov 7, 2022

    Press release Havre High School speech and debate took a mix of veteran competitors and new speakers to the Billings Central Catholic High School tournament hosted at Lockwood High School Saturday, with a good return from both groups. “This was an excellent showing by our competitors,” head coach Tim Leeds said. “This was a massive tournament, and all of our speakers had good rounds, with four finishes in the top eight.” The tournament saw students from nine Class A schools including Havre, nine Class B schools and...

  • Obituary - Douglas E. Effinger

    Updated Nov 7, 2022

    Douglas E. Effinger, 67, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital Friday, November 4, 2022.  Services are pending....

  • From the Courts - Hill County Justice Court: Former Havre police officer pleads guilty to misdemeanors

    Updated Nov 7, 2022

    Former Havre Police officer Brandon Murnion pleaded guilty in Hill County Justice Court last week to two misdemeanors. Murnion was accused of kicking in two doors July 10, on the 700 Block of Fourth Street and the 200 Block of Eighth Avenue and creating a disturbance by “creating a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate purpose” on the 700 Block of Fourth Avenue. Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich said last Wednesday that Murrnion, who started as a probationary officer with Havre Au...

  • For the Record, Nov. 7, 2022

    Updated Nov 7, 2022

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a report made at 12:04 p.m. Friday from First Avenue of a lawnmower being stolen. -- Officers assisting another agency Friday at 3:26 p.m. on the 10 Block of Second Street arrested Steeven Andrew Avolad of Havre, 52, at 6:34 p.m. on a charge of negligent endangerment. -- After receiving a complaint from a local hospital at 6:51 p.m. Friday, officers arrested Lana Belgarde Saddler of Rocky Boy, 52, on a charge of disorderly...

  • Wisdom and Grace: Wisdom & Grace: Halloween opinions – past and present

    Ila McClenahan|Updated Nov 7, 2022

    As I write this, today is Halloween, Oct. 31. I realize this won't be published until Nov. 7, but I have some things that I've been thinking quite a bit about and thought I would "put pen to paper." As a kid, I can't remember going Trick or Treating very much. One year my brother and I dressed up in some antique clothes that mom had been given. Dad drove our friends Cindi and Calvin Couch, my brother and I around to the neighbors: Draegers, Springers and Rismons. We happily...

  • Blue Ponies take second at Eastern A Divisionals

    Kason Clark|Updated Nov 7, 2022

    It was an up-and-down weekend for the Havre High volleyball team at the Eastern A Divisionals in Sidney. After a tough loss to Hardin early in the tournament, the Blue Ponies won three straight matches to qualify for the state tournament. The Ponies wound up in the championship match where they once again faced Hardin. Hardin defeated Havre in three sets (25-17, 25-23, 27-25) to win the Eastern A Divisional title, but HHS head coach Stephanie Huse liked how her team responded...

  • On a stormy day, the Lights fall to Rocky Mountain College

    Kason Clark|Updated Nov 7, 2022

    On a rainy and windy Saturday afternoon at Tilleman Field, the Montana State University-Northern football team played in a messy game against Rocky Mountain College. Through the wind and the rain, neither team scored in the first half. But in the second half, the Battlin’ Bears broke through to leave Havre with a 9-0 win over the Lights. While it was a loss, it was the closest game for the Lights this year. As the Lights begin building a program under MSU-N head coach...

  • Northern matmen dominate Trapper Open

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 7, 2022

    After a phenomenal start to the dual season, the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team got the tournament schedule off to an equally impressive start. At the Trapper Open last Saturday in Powell, Wyoming, the Lights crowned a pair of champions, advanced four to the finals and sent nine grapplers to the podium in what was a dominant performance. Leading the way for the No. 18 Lights was Martin Wilkie, who won the 149-pound devision with a fall over Wyatt McDermott...

  • MSU-N runners compete in Frontier Conference Championship

    Kason Clark|Updated Nov 7, 2022

    This past Friday in Helena, the Montana State University-Northern cross country teams competed in the Frontier Conference Championship meets. In the men’s 8,000-race, the MSU-N team finished fifth. In the women’s 5,000-race, the MSU-N team failed to place. In the men’s meet, the Lights scored 151 points as a team to finish fifth. Carroll College won the men’s race with a team score of 37 with Montana Western coming in second and Montana Tech coming in third. Carroll...

  • Skylights lose tough road matches to end the regular season

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 7, 2022

    The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team was hoping to build some steam before the start of postseason play later this week. Instead, Northern lost its final two matches of the volleyball regular season. The Skylights opened the final weekend of Frontier Conference play with a weep at the hands of No. 18 Montana Tech Friday night in Butte. The Skylights lost in three sets (21-25, 13-25, and 12-25.). Montana Tech got up early in the first set. The Skylights...

  • Cat-Griz Report: Cats survive at NAU, Griz crush Mustangs

    Updated Nov 7, 2022

    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., — Most of Tommy Mellott's work came via his legs Saturday. But when the Bobcats needed him the most, he used his arm. Mellott found Taco Dowler behind the NAU secondary in the game's final 30 seconds, then Blake Glessner nailed a 25 yard field goal as time expired to hand No 3 Montana state a 41-38 win at Northern Arizona on Saturday. It was Glessner's first career walk-off winner. That game-winner was set up by Mellott's calculated heave to Dowler. Under...

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