News you can use
News you can use
Sorted by date Results 1 - 15 of 15
"Damn Yankees" hits the stage Thursday to start its four-show run at Havre High School. The musical is a spin on "Faust," following a middle-aged man as he makes an agreement with a mysterious fast-talking man to become a young, hard-hitting baseball player for the Washington Senators. The song and dance features recognizable classics like "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets" and is entirely sung by the Havre High School and Havre Middle School student actors with live music...
James Howard Eastlick Jr. was sentenced to six years of prison today for charges of bribery, tax evasion and theft from an Indian tribal organization. Judge Brian Morris at the Missouri River Federal Courthouse gave Eastlick a break from what could have been a 108-month sentence for cooperating with the U.S. government with investigations into corruption at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Eastlick must also pay $484,800 in restitution jointly with co-defendants in the investigation. Personally, he is responsible for $...
Republican lawmakers who oppose Gov. Steve Bullock's plan to expand Medicaid to serve an estimated 70,000 people got a grilling from Havre Democrats who favor the plan. Former State Rep. John Musgrove and Lynn Hamilton, a former member of the Montana Board of Regents, were sharply critical of comments made by House member Stephanie Hess, R-Havre, a member of the House Human Services Committee, after she voted to kill Medicaid expansion. They made the comments at a weekly...
The Great Northern Fair Board welcomed a new member and heard updates concerning the condition of the fairgrounds at its monthly meeting Tuesday. Paul McCann attended his first meeting as a board member, taking the place of Chad Murnin. “There’s a lot of things in motion right now, so I just have to get familiar with everything,” McCann said after the meeting. “(My goal is) to help if I can in the manner that everybody brings a perspective to the board meetings.” Scott Doney, a board member, expressed his concerns about the c...
Former Chippewa Cree Business Committee chairman Bruce Sunchild Sr. was sentenced Tuesday at the Missouri River Federal Courthouse in Great Falls to almost three years in federal prison. Sunchild, 69, was sentenced to 34 months in prison and three years of supervised release for charges of theft, accepting bribes and tax evasion. He must also pay $70,088 in restitution for which he is solely responsible for paying to the tribe and Internal Revenue Service, as well as being...
The 66th Annual Montana Seed Show is set to take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Harlem High School. Rodney Becker, a person involved with the event, said the Seed Show started as a potato show. Over the years, the event expanded, adding several new features such as a car show and a quilt show. “There’s pie baking, bread baking — several divisions, there’s whole wheat, white and bread machine…,” Becker added. Becker also said commercial booths will be set up throughout the three-day event. “The big gym will be full...
The Hi-Line Regional Science and Engineering Fair had more than 100 hypotheses proven valid or incorrect at Montana State University-Northern Tuesday. Madison Reichelt took first overall in the science fair. Caleb and Julia Meisdalen took second and Gabriella Blatt took third. Reichelt and the Meisdalens won all-expense paid trips to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Philadelphia May 10-15. Many schools and towns brought their fiftth- to 12th-graders,...
Department of Health and Human Services The Department of Public Health and Human Services wants to honor Montana centenarians this spring at the 47th annual Governor’s Conference on Aging slated for May 12-14 in Helena at the Red Lion Colonial Hotel. DPHHS is asking people to submit names of Montanans who will turn age 100 or older as of Dec. 31. The centenarians will be honored at a noon luncheon on May 12. DPHHS Director Richard Opper said the noon centenarian luncheon brings together some of Montana’s finest citizens. “We...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 3:51 p.m. Monday call from the Havre area about a stolen buffalo skin. —— A warrant was served to someone and they were arrested at 11:48 a.m. Tuesday on 9th Avenue. No other information was given. —— Officers investigated a 7:28 p.m. Tuesday call from Main Street about a two-vehicle, noninjury motor vehicle crash. Hill County Sheriff’s Office Deputies investigated a 1:48 p.m. Monday call from Old Hingham School about someone throwing a rock through the window of a 2000 Cadi...
Leroy Olyn Wolery was born Feb. 29, 1940, in Havre, Montana, to Olyn and Bernece Wolery. He passed away March 9, 2015, at his home in Great Falls,with his loving family by his side. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at 11 a.m., at Northwest Family Fellowship Church, 300 23rd Ave. NE, Great Falls, MT 59404. His love of horses began at an early age on the farm. He rode a horse to elementary school at Grassy Butte, and as they grew older, Leroy and his...
Three Montana State University-Northern men's basketball players were honored for their season following Tuesday night's Frontier Conference championship game in Lewiston, Idaho. The league released its 2014-15 All-Conference Team and postseason awards Tuesday night, and Northern's Corbin Pearson, Warren Edmonson and Trevail Lee all made the list. Pearson earned All-Conference honors for the third year in a row, and in his senior season, was named Second Team. This season,...
Nate Rismon making the most out of his basketball season after missing the fall with a leg injury There is no shortage of multi-sport athletes at Havre High School. And one of them, who happens to star on the football field, basketball court and on the track, is junior Nate Rismon. Coming into his junior season on the gridiron, the future seemed as bright as ever for Rismon, who earned second team All-Conference honors as a sophomore. He also caught a touchdown in the Blue Pon...
In just a little over 24 hours, the Havre High boys basketball team will play in its second straight Class A state tournament. And when the Ponies finally take the floor Thursday night at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman, the field will look much the same as it did a year ago. However, as Havre prepares to take on Billings Central in the opening round of the 2015 state tourney at 8 p.m. Thursday, one thing about the tourney, and the Ponies is very different. This time...
The past month or so has been a whirlwind for the Rocky Boy boys basketball program and nothing would make that ride end on a higher note than by finishing the season strong at the Class B state tournament. The Stars’ issues have been well documented and after a team that was 9-4 had to start over at 0-13 following the determination that a player being used was ineligible, the Stars could have let their season tailspin out of control. But, they refused to let that happen a...
Morgan Mazurkiewicz, Havre Basketball Havre senior Morgan Mazurkiewicz certainly made sure her last high school basketball season was a good one. And she did the same with her last Class A state tournament. In three games last weekend, Mazurkiewicz averaged 19.3 ppg and shot better than 90 percent from the free-throw line. In Havre's win over Hardin last Thursday, the three-sport standout made an incredible 19-of-21 foul shots and scored a game-high 26 points. Mazurkiewicz,...
