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Mark Benjamin, a junior at Montana State University-Northern, walked among the crowd of students Monday surveying some career prospects in the university's Armory Gymnasium. "Looking for something, maybe an internship, job over the summer or something to pay for tuition," said Benjamin, a biology major, who said he was looking for a possible opening with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. He wasn't alone at the fair. With only a half hour remaining, Mary Heller, director of...
The first weekend in February marks the final push to the district tournaments in Hi-Line girls basketball. And, with last weekend's games in the books, there's just one week left in the regular season. Last week started with Chinook trouncing the Harlem Wildcats in a non-conference game Thursday night in Chinook. The Sugarbeeters and Wildcats were once fierce District 2B rivals, but now in Class C, Chinook was still too strong for the Wildcats as they out-scored Harlem 45-17...
Hill County officials Monday met with the Chippewa Cree Business Committee at the tribal council building at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation to discuss the possibility of opening a satellite voting office. The meeting was in response to a Jan. 28 letter from Tribal Chairman Ken St. Marks requesting the establishment of such an office during the 30 days preceding state and federal elections. That would provide late registration and in-person absentee voting services. “Our main intent today was to come out and try to und...
St. Jude Thaddeus School students burned palms Monday from last year's Easter season services. The ashes will be rubbed on the foreheads of the faithful Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, as part of the annual ceremony to remind them of their mortality. The palms are the ones that were distributed on Palm Sunday in 2015....
The Friends of the Havre-Hill County Library will hold their annual Valentine's Day Pie Sale noon to 4 p.m. Friday at the library. It is one of two fundraisers the Friends have each year. Friends and other volunteers make pies and bring them in Friday morning, said Jean Scofield, president of the Friends. Slices of pie with ice cream will be sold throughout the four hour event, she said. If it looks like there will be pies left over, whole pies will be sold starting at 3 p.m. Pumpkin and apple are usually the most donated...
Press release Hi-Line United Soccer is looking for some help to get players to games and tournaments across the state. The nonprofit club relies on player families and the community to fund its operations, and is in the middle of selling tickets for a raffle and organizing two fundraising events. People are invited both to participate in the fundraisers to support local soccer and to volunteer to help with the fundraising events. Sunday, Feb. 21, Hi-Line United, which had more than 200 local players participate last year,...
North Central Montana Transit buses will not run Monday in observance of the Presidents’ Day holiday. The buses will resume their normal schedules Tuesday....
Havre Police Department Christina Mary Converse, 37, of Havre was arrested Monday at 8:08 a.m. at the police station on a charge of criminal contempt in relation to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation. —— Officers investigated a report of vandalism after a caller from a 1st Street business reported Monday at 9:46 a.m. that vehicles had been damaged. —— Officers investigated a report of vandalism to cars and a shop called in Monday at 2:30 p.m. from a 1st Street business. —— Brooke Inez McGillis, 42, of Havre was arrested Mo...
Jesse James Dannels, 18, passed away on Feb. 7, 2016. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Chinook High School Gymnasium. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at http://www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com. Jesse came into this world on Nov. 29, 1997, to Robert and Ruth Dannels of Chinook, Montana. Jesse's motivation and happy spirit impacted everyone he met. His love for sports... Full story
Editor’s note: The computer program provided by the Montana state government to print media reports on court actions does not always list all fines assessed. The following cases were resolved by Havre City Judge Virginia Seigel in August. A woman born in 1990 was fined $100 for minor in possession, under age 18, at the time charged, first offense. In a subsequent case, the woman was fined $100 for MIP, under 18 at the time charged, first offense. A man born in 1991 was fined $100 for MIP, at the time charged, over 18, f...
The Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team had a week off before taking on the Bozeman Ice Dogs this weekend at the Havre Ice Dome. But, the rest didn't stop the Ice Hawks from being able to stop the powerful Bozeman attack. Bozeman beat the Ice Hawks twice this weekend, including a 12-0 shutout Saturday afternoon. Bay Merker started in the net for Havre and he had 15 shots on him and eight saves. Due to an injury Nick Stump took over for Merker in the second period. Stump ha...
Another few days of exciting high school basketball went into this books this past weekend, as teams from across the Hi-Line battled it out in attempts to improve conference position with postseason tournaments right around the corner. Things got started on Thursday, with the Chinook Sugarbeeters playing host to the Harlem Wildcats in a renewal of an old Class B rivalry. And the Beeters, who are now in the ranks of Class C, fell short of a season sweep, falling to the Wildcats...
The Glacier Nationals may not have ended their losing skid this past weekend, but by going toe-to-toe with one of the top teams in the Frontier Division, the Nationals proved they at least have plenty of fight left in them. The Quake, who are in the hunt for the top spot in the Frontier, a division within the North American Tier 3 Hockey League, defeated Glacier in back-to-back games Friday and Saturday inside the Havre Ice Dome — but it wasn’t as easy as expected. The Nat...
For many years now, Havre, Chinook and the entire Hi-Line community has made the week of the All-Class state wrestling tournament pretty much a local holiday. After all, the area always represents some of the best wrestling in the Treasure State, and a large contingent of the state’s most passionate wrestling fans. However, this weekend, as the 2016 All-Class state tournament dawns, it won’t be the same, it won’t be a holiday, nor should it be. And that’s because someone...
Brooke Nicholson, Chinook Basketball Chinook senior basketball player Brooke Nicholson has done a lot of special things in her career. And she did another one last Thursday night when she poured in 30 points in the Sugarbeeters' win over Class B rival Harlem in Chinook. In her last two games, which included a win over Turner, Nicholson averaged 22 points per game. And this season, she is one of the leading scorers in the District 9C. Nicholson, already an All-State basketball...
