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Kevin David McGovern of Billings and former Chippewa Cree Tribal Business Committee member Brian Kelly Eagleman are the latest to be accused of being involved in the convoluted Rocky Boy embezzlement scandals that have already landed several people in federal prison. Both men pleaded not guilty to all charges Tuesday at U.S. District Court in Great Falls. The indictment filed in District Court says that McGovern plotted with influential members of Chippewa Cree Tribe to sell to the tribe an asphalt mixer the tribe didn’t n...
HELENA (AP) — Montana’s Chippewa Cree Tribe has settled a lawsuit against a former partner accused of siphoning millions of dollars from a lucrative online lending company through hidden agreements with a handful of tribal officials. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris dismissed the lawsuit Tuesday after he agreed to enforce the settlement through September 2017. The terms of the settlement were not released. The tribe had accused four men who ran a Henderson, Nevada-based company called Encore Services of making side deals wit...
Volunteers will take a few hours of their time Saturday to help spruce up Havre’s downtown area. The Mayor’s Day Clean-Up will begin at 10 a.m. on Town Square. Participants will meet there before fanning out to prune shrubs and pick up trash scattered along 1st Street. The cleanup is being organized to mark Mayor and County Recognition Day for National Service, which honors community service. AmeriCorps, a federal service and learning program that engages on issues of education in high-risk areas, environmental ste...
The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce and Havre Pride Committee will have its annual community cleanup Saturday, April 16. People are being asked to donate some time between 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. to clean up. “The long winter has taken a toll on our community,” said Shawn Holden, Chamber board president. “Can you help? You bet. Just an hour of your time can make a big difference.” The Chamber teams up with the city of Havre, Montana Department of Transportation and community volunteers to put on the event. Business people and com...
The man who cut his throat and walked into the Holiday Stationstores convenience store and gas station Tuesday morning has been transported to Great Falls Benefis Hospital due to the severity of his injuries. Havre Police Department Chief Gabe Matosich said officers responded at 7:13 a.m. to a “report of a male who was cutting his own throat with a knife.” Matosich said the identity of the man is unknown and the age has been updated to 56, not 46 as was first reported. He also believed the man was from Rocky Boy. Mat...
Havre Police Department Christina Mary Converse, 37, of Havre was arrested on a charge of criminal contempt in relation to a 24/7 Sobriety Program Tuesday at 8:40 a.m. at the police station. —— Officers investigated a trespass report after a caller from a 3rd Street service provider reported Tuesday at 8:53 a.m. that a man who has been asked not to come in continued to come in. —— Officers investigated a theft report after a caller reported Tuesday at 12:27 p.m. stolen medication. —— Officers investigated a fraud report afte...
We lost Zane Wymore on March 19, in Great Falls. He was born Oct. 21, 1971, in Chester. He was a loving son who cared about his family. He had been fighting illness for the last couple of years. He will be truly missed by all who knew him. Rest in peace, Zane. Your days of suffering are over. He is preceded in death by his father, James Wymore; his brother, David Wymore; his grandparents, Elmer and Eva Grossen and Carlos and Pay Wymore; and two nephews. He is survived by his...
From MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University College of Education, Health and Human Development, College of Agriculture and Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems program will host national sustainable food systems specialist Laura Lengnick Tuesday and Wednesday, April 5-6, for free public seminars, a book signing and an informal roundtable discussion on climate change and agriculture. Lengnick has spent more than 30 years working in the area of agriculture and food system sustainability and resilience as a r...
Staff and wire report A perfect example of cooperation, community spirit and good stewardship are this year's winners of the Montana Neighbor Award presented by The Nature Conservancy, including ranchers Buddy and Sheila Walsh of Dodson. Founding members of the The Nature Conservancy's Matador Grassbank, both are active with a long list of other groups, from the Fort Belknap Livestock Marketing Cooperative to the Ranchers Stewardship Alliance, where Sheila serves as...
There are a lot of places where the Montana State University-Northern football team needs to be better this coming season, and one of those places is at quarterback. Last season, the Lights offense was a work in progress, with youth and inexperience everywhere. Quarterback Jess Krahn, who was in his first full season as a starter, was one of those inexperienced players and at times last season, it showed. For the season, Krahn completed just 45 percent of his passes. He also...
Blue Pony senior third baseman Payton Howard excited for her final year on the diamond There are a number of talented multi-sport athletes walking the halls at Havre High School and one them is Payton Howard, who will soon be wrapping up her Blue Pony athletic career. Howard, a senior, has played both golf and softball for Havre at the varsity level and is getting ready for her final season on the diamond for HHS. Howard has been a member of the varsity team for the past...
