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A man who is accused of cutting his father with a box cutter and running from police officers is scheduled to appear in state District Court Friday at 1 p.m. Kevin D. Trumble is charged with assault with a weapon, second offense partner or family member assault and obstructing a police officer. Trumble is being held in the Hill County Detention Center on $20,000 bond. Court documents say a man called 911 April 2 and reported that he’d been beaten up by his son. After entering the house, officers noticed several cuts on the m...
Staff and wire report Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.3 percent in March. Labor Director Pam Bucy said wage growth is enticing more workers into the labor market. Payroll employment added 400 jobs in March, while the labor force expanded by 654 workers. The Bureau of Economic Analysis says personal income in Montana rose by 4.4 percent in 2015. Nationally, the March unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a point to 5 percent. Along the Hi-Line, the jobless...
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Service Director Richard Opper defended the state's decision Wednesday to use nearly half of the funds allocated for American Indian youth suicide prevention to hire a contractor. The contractor would be tasked with pulling together a coalition of tribal health care officials and others selected by the tribes, to construct a comprehensive plan to curb the high rate of suicide among young American Indians both on reservations and in...
Staff and wire report Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.3 percent in March. Labor Director Pam Bucy said wage growth is enticing more workers into the labor market. Payroll employment added 400 jobs in March, while the labor force expanded by 654 workers. The Bureau of Economic Analysis says personal income in Montana rose by 4.4 percent in 2015. Nationally, the March unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a point to 5 percent. Along the Hi-Line, the jobless...
The city of Havre and the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce may be close to an agreement that will allow people to bring alcohol to Sounds on the Square, the weekly concert held at Town Square during the summer. A proposal discussed at Wednesday night’s Ordinance Committee meeting calls for the Chamber to get a permit that would inform the city who is in charge of the event and what time the events are being held. Controversy flared last year after city police charged an attendee at the event with violating the city’s open con...
The Eagles Club was jam packed Saturday night. Lines of chairs, decorated by volunteers, sat on display for bidders before being auctioned off. Head Start students proudly touted the chairs they had made People dined on Indian tacos. As the auction began, people were involved in aggressive bidding for the chairs, some items going for as much as $300. The event was A Seat at the Table, a gathering designed to raise funds for the Northern Montana Child Development Center. The...
A front-page story in Wednesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about Thomas M. Mohar being charged with abusing a client of Havre Day Activity Center who has developmental disabilities misreported that the woman was described in court documents as elderly and left out Mohar’s first name....
Special to the Daily News Friends of Music is inviting the community to Taste of Jazz at the Havre High School gymnasium Monday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. This is a long-standing tradition for the HHS Music Department and Friends of Music, with all profits going to music scholarships for band and choir students. People are invited to come and have pie and other refreshments while listening to the HHS choir and jazz ensembles. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for students and children....
Staff report The Hill County FSA Office says it is hearing reports of wheat streak mosaic in local winter wheat, adding that finding the disease is not uncommon after an area receiving severe hailstorms as occurred last year. FSA is advising local producers that they must notify crop insurance agent and the FSA office prior to destroying crops or they would lose eligibility for various programs. —— Online: North Dakota State University: Wheat Streak Mosaic: http://bit.ly/1NmjevE....
I walked around my coffee bush, checking out the blossoms and emerging beans. Actually, although I lust after it, the bush belongs to the neighboring property, now sitting empty. It doesn’t sooth me that this towering bush is dead ahead in my line of vision when I sit at my keyboard, looking out my window at my lilies and geraniums, my view framed by the bougainvillea on my left and the grapefruit on my right, orange trees in the distance. About three weeks ago when b...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a Lincoln Avenue caller reported Wednesday at 6:43 a.m. that their pickup truck was not in the garage. —— Officers investigated after someone came to the police station Wednesday at 7:50 a.m. to report a stolen check. —— An officer issued two summons Wednesday at 12:04 p.m. on 2nd Street. A 16-year-old received a summons on a charge of driving without a driver’s license, and Zack Lee Ambler, 20, of Havre was issued a summons for driving without insurance and permitting an un...
Austin Henry Nivens, 91, passed away April 18, 2016, surrounded by his family at his home in Havre. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2016, at 11 a.m. at the Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at http://www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com. Austin was born Dec. 4, 1924, in Alton, Missouri, to Bonnie and Walter Nivens, one of six children. Austin served in...
Martin C. Springer, 83, passed away of natural causes on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, at Big Sandy Medical Center. Cremation has taken place, and rosary services will be held at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 24, 2016, at St. Mary Margaret's Catholic Church in Big Sandy. Memorial Mass will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 25, 2016, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church in Havre with Father Pete Guthneck officiating. Martin's family has requested that memorial donations be made in his name t...
Amanda Rehon Havre Daily News Growing up, Amy Jones and her mother, Lin Deutscher, dreamed of opening their own shop together, filled with the crafts and sewing projects that they collaborated on. Inside Coffee Crafts at 324 2nd St. Suite B, people can see their dream has not only come to fruition but evolved into something even greater. The owner of Coffee Crafts, Amy Jones, has been a Havre resident since 1994. She is a full-time nurse, wife, mother of two and self-proclaime...
Sometimes, it seems like good athletes run in the family and when it comes to the Gunderson family in Chinook, that certainly seems to be true. For the past few years, the Gunderson’s have had talented athletes don the orange and black of the Sugarbeeters, and whether it was Gavin or Cortney, they have found success. Gavin was an All-State football player, who also played American Legion Baseball for the Havre North Stars. Gavin is gone and graduated, leaving his younger s...
The Montana State University-Northern football team has been hard at work this spring and few players have had to put in as much work this past month as Mario Gobbato. Gobbato is one of the Lights’ veteran players. He has excelled out of the backfield for the past three seasons, backing up starter Zach McKinley. But now, Gobbato’s career is possibly taking a new course, one that leads to the wide receiver position. Northern is just days away from playing its spring foo...
