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Articles from the July 13, 2016 edition


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  • Tribal council member faces drug charges

    Alex Ross|Updated Jul 18, 2016

    Chippewa Cree Business Committee member Ted Demontiney pleaded not guilty to three drug-related charges when he appeared in tribal court Tuesday. Demontiney, a first-term member of the Business Committee, pleaded not guilty to criminal distribution and sale of prescription and dangerous drugs, criminal distribution and negligently endangering another person. Demontiney also pleaded not guilty to a charge of criminal possession of prescription and dangerous drugs. However, Chippewa Cree Tribal Judge Melody Whitford, who...

  • Kalispell woman wins Chamber's Havre Stay-cation

    Updated Jul 13, 2016

    Havre Daily News staff Breanna Leake of Kalispell won the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Havre Stay-cation, with her prizes including a stay in a Havre hotel, tickets to several local attractions and prizes from Havre businesses for her and her family. When told she had won the Havre Chamber’s Tourism Committee contest, which requires a family of four visit at least two of five local attractions through June 30, Lake said she was excited, a Chamber press release says. “We were there for Living History weekend, and i...

  • Playing with a pro

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jul 13, 2016

    Professional athletes are kind of rare in Havre, especially homegrown ones. So when Marc Mariani of the Chicago Bears returned home to host a Play 60 event at Pepin Park Tuesday afternoon, the turnout and the excitement was expectedly high. When it was all said and done, around 270 kids came out to participate in the event and to meet their hometown hero in Mariani, who was participating in the National Football League's Play 60 program, which encourages kids to get out and...

  • Bank gives 4-H Chuckwagon a $50,000 boost

    John Kelleher|Updated Jul 13, 2016

    The effort to raise $400,000 for a new 4-H Chuckwagon for the Great Northern Fairgrounds is three-quarters of the way home thanks to a donation Tuesday. Independence Bank contributed $50,000 in the form of an oversized check to the cause in a brief ceremony outside the bank. Independence Bank President Miles Hamilton presented the check to a crowd of 4-H members and leaders. The check was symbolic. The bank has already donated $25,000 and promised another $25,000 at...

  • Council panel favors scaled-back streets program

    John Kelleher|Updated Jul 13, 2016

    A Havre City Council committee has proposed that voters be asked to pay $15 million over 20 years to improve city streets. That is one-half the amount that was rejected by voters in November 2015. But under the proposal adopted by the Streets and Sidewalks Committee Tuesday night, the plan would not be on the ballot until 2017. That would avoid overloading voters with referendums this fall when the Havre Government Study Commission is planning to submit a proposal to overhaul city government by adopting a city manager form...

  • Buffalo Jump slates moonlight tour

    John Kelleher|Updated Jul 13, 2016

    The public is invited to a moonlight tour of the Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump Friday night. The tour will be conducted with glow sticks and candles. People will be given the chance to practice with an atlatl, an ancient throwing weapon. “People have always asked us to do something like this,” said Anna Brumley, manager of the buffalo jump. The event starts at 9:30 p.m. at the interpretive center at the top of the jump, directly behind Holiday Village Mall. Guests will take a tour and dine on buffalo meat, Brumley said. After...

  • Guest column: Finding common ground – the Montana way

    Updated Jul 13, 2016

    Now that the primaries are over, many folks are taking the temperature of Montana’s political climate. It feels “hot” or divisive, and many believe it will only get hotter as the political season advances. They may also agree that the November election results will have major implications for Montana. Many even believe we are at a critical juncture in our state’s history. We certainly see this, at One Montana, where we are trying to create a vibrant Montana through common ground. The general campaign will tell us where t...

  • For the Record, July 13, 2016

    Updated Jul 13, 2016

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a theft report after a 1st Street caller reported Tuesday at 12:43 p.m. that her son stole something from a flea market. —— Officers investigated a theft report after callers from a 1st Street business told police Tuesday at 1:21 p.m. that they’d like to speak to an officer about a theft. —— Officers investigated a found property report after a caller from Northern Montana Hospital reported Tuesday at 1:46 p.m. that a bike was found near the second floor entrance. —— Office...

  • Obituary - Kenneth H. Jensen

    Updated Jul 13, 2016

    MALTA — Kenneth H. Jensen, 87, a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II and retired farmer, died of natural causes Monday, July 11, at the Phillips County Hospital. Rosary will be 7 p.m., Friday, July 15, 2016, at the Kirkwood Memorial Chapel, Mass will be 10 a.m. Saturday, July 16, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Malta. Interment with military honors will be in Hillside Cemetery at Dodson. Condolences for the family may be left at http://ww.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com....

  • New MSU spring wheat variety licensed to Montana company

    Updated Jul 13, 2016

    By Anne Cantrell MSU News Service BOZEMAN - Montana State University has completed an agreement to license a new variety of hard red spring wheat to Montana-based Northern Seed LLC. Licensing the variety to Northern Seed means that the the Montana-based research company will lead the market development, data collection and production plans for this new Clearfield line. "Northern Seed is a respected agribusiness that at every turn works to improve commercial seed by benefiting...

  • A Powerful Homecoming

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 13, 2016

    From the time Marc Mariani was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in 2010, he's given back to his home town in a variety of ways. The former Havre High great has signed autograph upon autograph, helped raise money for worthy causes like the Boys and Girls Club of the Hi-Line, St. Judes School and many others. On top of all that, he's become a shining example of what it means to truly be a role model. But, on Tuesday afternoon at Pepin Park, Mariani, even in the midst of a...

  • One last home game for North Star trio

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jul 13, 2016

    It's hard to believe that the American Legion baseball season will soon be coming to a close, but in truth, the end will be here before we know it. Yet, for three members of the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team, tonight is the beginning of the end, as Jeff Miller, Dylan Carpenter and Jerod Boles will play at Legion Field for the final time against the Scobey Blues in the team's last home game of the season. The first pitch goes out tonight at 5. "Those seniors...