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The trial of former Hill County Probation Officer Stephen Mills will begin this morning in District Court at Havre. Mills, born in 1965, is charged with raping the mother of a juvenile offender who was under his supervision. Jury selection was held Monday, and Judge Katherine Bidegaray of Sidney, who is hearing the case, listened Tuesday to motions from the two sides. Mills was arrested in the early morning hours of Jan. 12, 2014, after Havre Police received a phone call from a woman who said she had been raped. He was...
Staff and Wire report Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., joined a bipartisan group of senators Tuesday in sponsoring a bill to help Native Americans attract tourists to their communities. "In Montana and all throughout the nation, Indian Country offers travelers a rich cultural experience," Tester said in a press release. "This bill will ensure tribes have a seat at the table as the Administration drafts a strategy for increasing tourism, creating jobs, spurring economic growth, and...
The Hill County Fair Board met Tuesday to talk about the final preparations for the fair and the future of the fairgrounds. Hill County Commissioner Jeff LaVoi introduced the new and final member of the board to make it complete: Lori Roberts. LaVoi said there were many good candidates for the position, including Roberts. Roberts is employed by the Havre-Hill County Library and plays a large part in the Havre March of Dimes. Her acceptance onto the board marks the first time in some time that the membership of the board has b...
Havre City Council has approved a $171,000 contract with NCI Engineering of Great Falls to do design work for the major repairs planned for the city's two water towers. The actual refurbishing of the towers will cost about $1 million, Public Works Director Dave Peterson estimated. Work needs to be done at both tanks, Peterson said, but the city is more worried about the east tank where there are signs of rust. Council approved the contract without a dissenting vote, but some c...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 6:13 a.m. Tuesday report of a shoplifter at a 1st Street West business. —— Tia Lorraine St. Marks, 28, of Malta was arrested for sale of dangerous drugs after a drug offense was called in from a 2nd Street location Tuesday at noon. —— Raymond Windyboy, 53, of Rocky Boy was arrested for criminal contempt after a caller reported Tuesday at 1:25 p.m. a man was "trying to bum money off customers" at a 1st Street West business. —— Nicholas Ryan Pyle, 31, of Havre was arrested for sho...
Esther Norma (Warnes) Meldrum, 98, passed of natural causes at the Northern Montana Care Center in Havre on April 17, 2015. A Memorial Service will be held at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church on Friday, June 19, at 11 a.m. with a reception to follow in the church Fellowship Hall. She was born Oct. 16, 1916, to Einar and Nora (Erickson) Warnes in Osnabrock, North Dakota. As a toddler she moved to Chester. where she attended school. She married her sweetheart, Frank Meldrum, and moved to the family farm north of Joplin. Esther w...
From MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University’s College of Agriculture and Montana Agricultural Experiment Station will host a Twitter town hall Monday, June 22, from 11 a.m. to noon. College of Agriculture faculty will participate in the town hall and answer questions regarding soil science, water security, agricultural production and the importance of youth in agriculture. Statewide agriculture-related organizations, industry leaders, and friends and supporters of agriculture are encouraged to join the dis...
From USDA WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday that eligible producers may now formally enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverageprograms for 2014 and 2015. The enrollment period begins June 17 and will end Sept. 30. “The extensive outreach campaign conducted by USDA since the 2014 Farm Bill was enacted, along with extending deadlines, is central to achieving an expected high level of participation,” Vilsack said. “We worked with universities to simplif...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montanans who battle wheat stem sawfly now have a new weapon to consider using. Over the next four years and possibly longer, wheat producers will be able to use a granular insecticide against the No. 1 small grain insect pest in Montana. The insecticide, Thimet 20-G, must be incorporated into the soil at least 85 days before harvest. “This is big news because it’s something that works,” said Montana State University Cropland Entomologist Kevin Wanner. “For the first time, producers will have a pe...
The Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team has a busy weekend ahead of it, but before four conference games at home this weekend, the North Stars played host to the Great Falls Outlaws Tuesday night at Legion Field. It was a hard-fought game between the two non-conference foes, but thanks to a six-run first inning, the Outlaws ended up outlasting the North Stars 10-5. Yet, in spite of the loss, North Stars head coach Dick Fuzesy came away pleased with his team's...
The start of the 2015 Montana State University-Northern volleyball season is not too far off, and the Skylights just got another big boost in their 2015 recruiting class. That boost comes with strong MSU-Northern ties. Northern head coach Bill Huebsch recently announced that Cassie Krueger, a 6-0 outside hitter has signed an NAIA national letter of intent to play for the Skylights this fall. Krueger is transferring to MSU-N from NCAA Division I Montana State University. A nati...
