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Havre Daily News Staff The Havre area had a near miss with a tornado Tuesday, with trained weather spotter Josh Miller spotting a funnel cloud about 4:30 p.m. while he was tracking a storm. "I stopped at Mile Marker 102 on (U.S.) Highway 87 to get the initial pictures," Miller emailed the Havre Daily News. "That's when I realized the storm was really firing up. I turned around back towards Havre and proceeded north. There was some strong motion within the storm, and eventually...
Co-workers are holding a Pizza Hut fundraiser Thursday for a Havre woman who suffered a stroke in January and has been recovering and unable to work since. Christine Sapp’s co-workers at Bullhook Community Health Center have set up the fundraiser to help her pay for medical bills and make up for lost wages. When people say they are donating to the Christine Sapp fund when paying for a purchase at Pizza Hut Thursday, the restaurant will donate 20 percent of the purchase price to the fund. A Wells Fargo account to which p...
Montana Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, business leaders and public access advocates blasted President Donald Trump’s proposed budget in a telephone press conference Tuesday, saying steep cuts would negatively affect the state’s public lands and outdoor economy. “This budget pays for closing trails, locking up lands and shuttering visitor centers,” Tester said. “This budget takes aim at Montana’s outdoor economy, which is growing by leaps and bounds and is creating thousands of jobs each year.” The Interior Department, w...
Havre Public School employees called the police during Tuesday night’s school board meeting after a woman, who told board members the way the board and district superintendent treated her son earlier in the year was unacceptable, refused to leave. Bob and Teri Jacobson, whose son Dane graduated this spring, said during the open agenda portion of Tuesday night’s meeting at Havre Middle School they didn’t like board member Harvey Capellen saying to their son, in a Feb. 14 closed meeting, that Dane was wasting the board...
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team is starting to get a flare for the dramatic, especially after pulling a second, improbable come-from-behind win in two days. Sunday, the North Stars rallied from an 11-3 deficit to beat Medicine Hat. Tuesday night at Legion Field against Tri-County, the North Stars never got down that much, but trailed 10-7 in the bottom of the seventh inning, before scoring four runs to win the game 11-10. The win completed a sweep of the...
From Girl Scouts of Montana and Wyoming Local Girl Scouts from several troops made a special delivery Monday, presenting cases of the famous Girl Scout cookies to the Hi-Line Sletten Cancer Center in Havre. Armed with 360 boxes of Thin Mints and other varieties, Girl Scouts from multiple troops brought the cookies for cancer survivors. During Girl Scout cookie season, customers had the option to buy cookies for others through the Girl Scout Gift of Caring program. This allows...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a caller near a First Street business reported Tuesday at 9:52 a.m. that she was involved in an accident and was having a headache. —— Officers made two arrests after a Third Street caller reported Tuesday at 10:31 a.m that a drunk man pushed her son and wants him removed. David Taylor Eagleman of Havre, 57, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge and Kathleen Lynn Well Off Man of Havre, 43, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant. —— Officers investigated a thef...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conagra is recalling more than 700,000 pounds of spaghetti and meatball products because they were misbranded and contain milk, an allergen that wasn’t listed on the label. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to eating the products. Among the items in the recall are: • 14.75-oz. cans with “Libby’s spaghetti and meatballs made with pork, chicken and beef in tomato sauce” on the label with package code 2100701200 and Use By Date 01/02/19. • 14.75-oz. cans with “Del Pino’s spaghett...
From Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA – The Agriculture Development Council has extended the deadline for the popular Growth Through Agriculture program from Sept. 15 to Nov. 15. The deadline was extended to allow more time for producers to apply for funding. “It’s important for us to ensure the application process works for everyone, particularly producers busy during harvest,” said Amy Kellogg, chair of the Agriculture Development Council. “Anytime we can encourage more interest and applications, we are doing our...
From Montana Farmers Union GREAT FALLS — The 2018 Farm Bill is set to expire in September of 2018. In anticipation Montana Farmers Union is partnering with key ag organizations and business leaders to hold a Farm Bill session in Great Falls, June 28 at 1:30 p.m. at the Montana Cooperative Development Center, located in the First Interstate Bank building. The organization is focusing on collaboration amongst groups including agribusiness, the Montana Food Bank Network, Farm Service Agency, the Montana Department of L...
It's not every day that a freshman starts for the Havre High football team, but last season, that's exactly what Mason Dionne did. Dionne, who was a starting linebacker and part-time running back for the Blue Ponies a season ago, now looks to take on a bigger role for the team in 2017. Gone is senior Jase Stokes, who took the majority of carries in the backfield and was also the team's leading rusher. Now, Dionne will try to fill that role, not only on offense, where he will...
