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Articles from the May 1, 2017 edition


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  • Quick Pics - Havre Public Schools salute seniors citizens

    Updated May 2, 2017

  • Quick Pics - Talent of the Hi-Line shines for Salvation Army

    Updated May 1, 2017

    Local talent performed Sunday at Havre High School in the Talent of the Hi-Line talent show, an annual fundraiser that raises money for the operations of the local Salvation Army....

  • Quick Pics - Clack holds formal tea saluting Havre's historic women

    Updated May 1, 2017

  • Hill County employees express frustration with health insurance premium increases

    Paul Dragu|Updated May 1, 2017

    Several Hill County employees expressed frustration Thursday morning while meeting with the Hill County commissioners after learning that rates for county employees who have others on their insurance health plan will spike by 11.8 percent starting July. The commissioners voted 3-0 to adopt Option 9 that would raise that increase. Effective July 1, county employees who choose to have others on their employee benefits package will be required to pay the increased rate for...

  • MAT gives preview of 'The Wind in the Willows'

    Updated May 1, 2017

    Havre Daily News staff The local acting troupe showed some grade school students a preview of a classic children's tale Montana Actors' Theatre is bringing to life this weekend. Cast members of MAT's production of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" performed selections from the play Friday in Sunnyside Intermediate School and Lincoln-McKinley Primary School. The play is an adaptation of the 1908 novel that tells the story of Mole, Rat, Mr. Toad and their friends as th...

  • Havre Daily unable to contact all Harlem school board candidates

    Updated May 1, 2017

    Havre Daily News staff The Havre Daily News attempted to contact all of the candidates in the Harlem School board election that runs Tuesday but was unable to interview all candidates. As the missing candidate would not be able to respond to comments from other candidates, the Havre Daily will not run a story on that election Polls open Tuesday and the school election officials must receive any absentee ballots by close of the election Tuesday for the ballots to count in the elections....

  • Dems honor Hillery in spring fundraising dinner

    Alex Ross|Updated May 1, 2017

    Local Democrats flocked to the Eagle’s Club Saturday night for a dinner honoring former Hill County Democratic Party leader and to hear the son of the party’s candidate in the special election for Montana’s lone U.S House seat to rally the party faithful. Havre actors Pam Veis and Darcy Zook also performed in a short play written by local playwright Martin Holt about former congresswoman and suffragette Jeannette Rankin This year the party’s annual spring dinner was rebranded the Pam Hillery Spring Dinner, in honor of the for...

  • Viaduct project paused Friday - waiting on BNSF

    Paul Dragu|Updated May 1, 2017

    While no one was working on the project to improve Havre’s Seventh Avenue viaduct and John Wodarz Bridge over the Milk River in North Havre Friday, the project manager said construction could resume as soon as BNSF approves “a piece of information.” Construction has resumed as of this morning. Project Manager Ashley Davis of Dick Anderson Construction— the company that was awarded the $1.4-million multi-phase rehabilitation project — said there is no conflict, no issue, between BNSF and construction crews. Conflict is not th...

  • Living History set for Saturday, June 3

    Updated May 1, 2017

    From Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Havre Area Chamber of Commerce’s Tourism Committee is offering people the opportunity to learn about Havre’s history by experiencing it. Havre locals will bring historical attractions to life for its fourth annual Living History Saturday, June 3. People can tour the grandest and once largest military post in Montana and one of the largest in the U.S., Fort Assinniboine, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., including a display of hides and guns. Each hour a cannon will be fired by the Bullhook Bot...

  • Correction: Chinook school elections

    Updated May 1, 2017

    In the front page story in Friday’s edition of the Havre Daily News titled “Chinook school election sees three candidates, mill levies,” the name of Justin Simenson was misspelled....

  • For the Record, May 1, 2017

    Updated May 1, 2017

    Havre Police Department Anthony Azzio Moreni of Harlem, 22, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant Friday at 12:18 p.m. on First Street West. —— Officers investigated a complaint after a Seventh Street caller reported Friday at 3:44 p.m. that he woke up and found an unknown male in his roommate’s bedroom. —— Officers investigated a complaint after a First Street West business caller made a report Friday at 7:10 p.m. —— Officers issued summonses during a motor vehicle stop on Second Street Friday at 9:20 p.m. One 17-y...

  • Local Sports Briefs

    Updated May 1, 2017

    United drop road matches The Hi-Line United U19 soccer team was back in action over the weekend, hitting the road for a pair of games. The United took on Sidney in their first game Saturday in Livingston and dropped a close game 6-5, before falling in another tight game to Miles City by the score of 3-1. In the opening game Saturday against Sidney, the United built a 5-3 lead thanks to a hat trick from Justin Rolf. Max Olson and Jacob Van Wagner also scored goals in the loss. Sidney scored on a penalty kick late in the game...

  • Havre, area thinclads perform well in Great Falls

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 1, 2017

    Taking advantage of the good weather, the Havre High track teams were in Great Falls this past weekend for the Belt-Fairfield All Comers meet. The meet was held Saturday and featured a total of 28 teams, most of them coming from the ranks of Class B and Class C. The Havre girls finished second in the team competition on their side with 66 points, well behind Fort Benton, which won the girls meet with 104 points. The boys team from Havre, also did well, placing fifth with 28 po...

  • Ponies come up aces in Glendive

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 1, 2017

    The postseason is just around the corner for the Havre High tennis teams. And that’s why, this weekend’s long trip to Glendive was so worth it for the Blue Ponies. Havre was in Glendive for Friday and Saturday’s Elk’s Invitational, and HHS head coach George Ferguson said the meet was key for his team’s progress, especially with the Central A Divisional so close now. “This is our second year of going down to Glendive, and it’s such a great tournament,” Ferguson said. “We got t...

  • Lights competed from start to finish this spring

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 1, 2017

    After close to a month of football, the Montana State University-Northern football team wrapped up its spring practice April 22. For the second straight season, the Lights had a young team on the field. A large class of redshirt-freshmen took part in spring practice for the first time and by the time spring football had concluded, head coach Aaron Christensen felt that this team had improved. “For some teams, some years, you use it as a learning tool,” Christensen said. “I...

  • Ponies split in Livingston

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 1, 2017

    The Havre High softball team was on the road this past Saturday for two important games against Livingston and the Blue Ponies did what all teams want to do on the road — get a split. Havre won the first game between the two teams by the score of 10-6, but failed to complete the sweep, as Livingston rallied to win the second game 5-1. Havre is 4-4-1 on the season and 3-4 in the Central A conference. “Coming in, we only had a couple of conference wins,” HHS head coach Whitn...

  • Huebsch resigns his post with Skylights

    George Ferguson|Updated May 1, 2017

    When the Montana State University-Northern Skylights hit the volleyball court late in the summer, they won’t have Bill Huebsch leading the way any longer. Northern announced Friday afternoon that Huebsch has resigned as head volleyball coach after nine seasons at the helm. The former Havre High head coach, who led the Blue Ponies to multiple state championships at the Class A level, was hired as Northern's head coach in 2009. "I am thankful for the opportunity I got to c...

  • Updated Apr 19, 2017