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The FBI may be taking over a case in which a search warrant was executed Thursday at a private residence in northern Hill County that was triggered by a stolen ATV. The Phillips County Sheriff’s Office worked with the Hill County Sheriff’s Office and the Tri-Agency Safe Trails Task Force as part of an investigation that Phillips County Sheriff Scott Moran said started in January 2012 when a Polaris RZR was stolen in his county. Moran said his department recently got some information about the whereabouts of the missing ATV...
An emotional Mitchell LaMere appeared in Chippewa Cree Tribal Court Monday in a pretrial conference on the charges alleging he started a fire that killed Freddy Bacon. LaMere asked for a reduction in his $50,000 bond. He struggled to hold back tears as he said he hoped the court would grant the request so that he could spend time with his family before he is likely to be brought up on federal charges. Tribal Judge Melody Whitford said after the hearing she would make a decision today whether to reduce his bail. LaMere, 23,...
The Havre Police Department may soon be getting new radar guns and new furniture for the city’s 911 dispatch center. The city hopes to purchase the equipment under a $10,530 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant. City Council authorized Police Chief Gabe Matosich to apply for the grant after a brief public hearing Monday night. Matosich said he is optimistic the city will get the money. Asked by council member Caleb Hutchins how old the existing radar gunswere , the chief just smiled and said, “Very old.” The exist...
The first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland was an eventful one for Havreite and Montana delegate Brad Lotton. “Great day, and the party all came together and unified for a strong front,” Lotton said Tuesday morning in summing up the day. The talk of unity, though, was marred in the afternoon by an unsuccessful bid by some anti-Trump Republicans to deny the billionaire the nomination. Lotton posted on his Facebook page a picture he took of the brief rebellion that was later quelled. J.S. Wardell, a fri...
Four locals will compete for Miss Great Northern Rodeo this week. The four will be interviewed and exhibit their modeling and horse-riding talents at noon Wednesday at the Great Northern Fairgrounds' arena. The candidates are: Sable Swinney, 16, the daughter of Mike and Bobbi Swinney. She is a high school senior and is involved in her community of Gildford by picking up garbage out of the ditches, cleaning the Gildford church, shoveling the snow and wrapping presents at the...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a fraud report after someone told officers Monday at 9:09 a.m. that they’d like to speak to an officer about fraud. —— Officers investigated a theft report after a 10th Street caller reported Monday at 9:13 a.m. that a license plate had been stolen. —— Havre officers assisted another agency Monday at 4:30 p.m. —— Officers investigated a theft report after a 1st Street Northeast caller reported Monday at 6:04 p.m. that she thought someone had entered her apartment while she was...
Reinholt E. Bitz, 93, passed away due to natural causes on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at the Big Sandy Medical Center's Long Term Care Unit. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church in Havre with Pastor Sharon Robertson officiating. Reinholt's family has requested that memorials be made in his name to the Big Sandy Medical Center, Van Orsdel United Methodist Church in Havre, or the Big... Full story
William J. “Bill” Samuelson, 57, of Helena passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016. In honor of Bill, we invite anyone with a classic car or hotrod to drive it to the funeral liturgy. If you are bringing your classic or hotrod we ask everyone to be at the funeral home by 9 a.m. for priority parking to participate in “Bill’s final cruise.” A funeral liturgy will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 23, at Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 3750 N. Montana Ave., Helena. A reception will follow the “final cruise” in the social ha... Full story
By Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club Bear Paw Meats on 5th Avenue has been chosen as the Yard of the Month by the Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club. Ashley Buck, manager of Bear Paw Meats, has bought some outdoor beauty to that area of Havre. She has taken a bare space next to the alley of the store and turned it into a pleasant mix of flowers and vegetables. Tomatoes, peppers, carrots and broccoli are planted in the raised beds. Rhubarb, strawberries and raspberries grow nearby....
Football, baseball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, golf, these are the sports so many people in Havre and on the Hi-Line love dearly. They're also the sports that continue to be played the most, even during the summer months, when school is out. However, for one week each July, those sports take a back seat to sporting events of a different kind – the kind that can only be found at county fairs in places like Havre. And that week, the week where bucking horses and smashed-up...
Real summer weather has seemingly arrived, and it couldn’t come too soon, as I have to admit, I was getting sick of rained on, and blown off the golf course the last month. And, on Monday, there was real summer weather as I visited Old Works Golf Course in Anaconda for the first time in five years. It’s always fun to go back to Old Works, as I consider it one of the absolute crown jewel’s of Montana golf. And, until I got there on Monday morning, I didn’t even realize the cou...
