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  • Dorothy Dean Muzzy

    Updated Apr 23, 2014

    Dorothy Dean Muzzy, passed away in Kalispell on Monday April 21, 2014, after a brief illness. She was born Dorothy Dean Saville on Feb. 10, 1927, in Sedro-Woolley, Wash., the eldest daughter of Frank and Edith Saville. Later raised in Kelso, Wash., Dorothy excelled at academics and was honored as valedictorian of her high school graduating class. Attending Northern Montana College in Havre, Dorothy would meet and marry local resident Harold Foubert. Settling as farmers, ranche... Full story

  • Marcella Has The Eagle

    Updated Apr 23, 2014

    Marcella Has The Eagle, 50, of Harlem, passed away on Sunday, April 20, 2014, east of Havre due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Wake services will begin at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at the Red Whip Center in Fort Belknap, and will continue until her traditional funeral service, which will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2014, also at the Red Whip Center. Interment will follow in the Buckman Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been... Full story

  • Master violinist performs at Northern

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Apr 23, 2014

    Jack Glatzer, a master violinist, visited Havre to work with the community's string instrument musicians and to perform at the Chancellor's Lecture Series at Montana State University-Northern Tuesday night. Barbara Zuck, the chair of the Chancellor's Lecture Series and a Northern professor, said this is Glatzer's third year coming to Havre. Tuesday morning, Glatzer was busy at a 45-minute outreach at Lincoln-McKinley Primary School to instruct and give pointers to young...

  • Cleanup gives Northern a clean sweep

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Apr 23, 2014

    This year, the campus cleanup at Montana State University-Northern was planned to fall on Earth Day to celebrate the students' effort to keep the campus clean and to do their part to protect the environment Denise Brewer, the director of student activities, said Campus Cleanup is a long-standing tradition at Northern. This year, the Sustainability Club is putting on the cleanup, she said. "The fact that it has been going on for over 30 years says that it's a generational endea... Full story

  • Man arrested after telling agents he had 2 pounds of pot

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Apr 23, 2014
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    U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a 23-year-old U.S. citizen April 17 for possession of marijuana. Ryan Smart, a Kalispell man, is currently in the Hill County Detention Center awaiting charges. According to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol agents boarded the train and immediately recognized the smell of marijuana. As agents spoke with the passengers on the train, one man “freely admitted that he had been smoking marijuana on the train and that he had more marijuana in his possession. ...

  • School board candidate forum Thursday

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Apr 23, 2014

    At 6 p.m. Thursday, a forum will be held for the school board candidates at the Havre Middle School Auditorium. The Havre Education Association is organizing the event and Havre Daily News Senior Journalist Tim Leeds will be moderating the forum. The five candidates for board member of the Havre District School Board are Ericka Everly, Timothy Scheele, Bobbi Teasley and incumbents Curtis Smeby and Cindy Erickson. The community is invited to come listen to the candidates before they vote on who should have the three...

  • Stranded travelers appreciate Havre helpfulness

    Britton and Jude Salois|Updated Apr 23, 2014
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    Recently over the Easter weekend, my wife and I traveled to Harlem, Mont., to attend a birthday celebration for her aunt who had just turned 91 years old. We traveled over on Saturday and returned back to Pablo on Sunday, Easter Day — Rose Gilbert’s birthday. The Gilbert/Bahr families had a great time. We checked out of our room in Chinook early Sunday morning and were heading back to Pablo for Easter dinner with our children, as dinner was at 2 p.m, and lo and behold the inevitable happened, a flat tire. We were then abo... Full story

  • Town Pump fixing watered gas problem

    Tim Leeds|Updated Apr 23, 2014
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    A Town Pump official said Monday that the company was investigating what had caused water to be present in gasoline sold in Havre, and that the company is ready to help pay for any damages caused. “We take full responsibility for this unfortunate accident, and we have been, and will continue to, reimburse customers for their expenses,” Jim Kenneally of Butte, supply and distribution manager for Town Pump, said in a statement sent to the Havre Daily News. Kenneally said that on March 31, one of the Havre store’s unlea... Full story

  • Skylights release 2014 volleyball schedule

    George Ferguson|Updated Apr 23, 2014

    The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is heading toward a new season, and with graduation coming in a week, the Skylights, will have a different look in 2014. But even though the 2013 Frontier Conference regular season champion Skylights are graduating a handful of stars and All-Conference performers, including 2013 Frontier Player of the Year Abby Nicholas, veteran head coach Bill Huebsch will waste little time in testing his new-look squad this fall. Huebsch...

  • Pony track teams out-dual the Bison

    Daniel Horton|Updated Apr 23, 2014

    The Class AA Great Falls High junior varsity track team put up a good fight, but it was the Havre High boys and girls teams that came out on top after the Blue Ponies hosted a dual meet. Tuesday, the two programs met at the Havre Middle School track in Havre. There were some varsity athletes in attendance for the Bison, but most of the competitors make up the junior varsity team. The Blue Pony girls outscored the Bison 96-42, and the Blue Pony boys outscored the Bison 86-57.... Full story

  • Junior hockey team coming to Havre

    George Ferguson|Updated Apr 23, 2014

    Over the last two decades, hockey has become an important part of sports in Havre. And now, the hockey community will have even more to cheer about. On Monday, the Glacier Nationals, a member of the North American Tier 3 Hockey League officially announced the franchise is moving to Havre, beginning in the 2014-15 season. The team will play its home games at the Havre Ice Dome, and signed a three-year contract with the Havre Youth Hockey Association. In a press release, club ge... Full story