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Havre can once again rest easy after a pig seen wandering loose in a neighborhood Monday was apprehended by local authorities. The teacup pig that reportedly goes by the name Wilbur, had been walking along Sunset Avenue unattended and straying into nearby yards. Eventually, a neighbor, who wouldn't give her name, said she called the city's animal control officer on the grunting loiterer owned by David and Leann Johnson. "I just can't have a pig," said the neighbor. "I have my...
Discussion about two people being charged for violation of Havre’s open container law during last week’s Sounds on the Square program prompted a flare-up at Monday night's City Council meeting. Joe Ross and Shawn Holden, president of the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce, appeared before council asking that the city allow use of open containers for the three remaining sessions of Sounds on the Square this season. Chamber officials were upset about the sudden crackdown on the open container law violations. The weekly con...
Opportunity Link Inc. was selected to receive $100,000 for “a creative placemaking project to support vibrant rural and tribal communities in Northcentral Montana with the arts at their core.” The money will be used to create an art trail and for the commissioning of public art along the Hi-Line. “It’s going to be for making an arts trail on the Hi-Line, getting communities together, finding out where the arts’ location are, hopefully creating a mobile app that will help tourists and residents find those art-related things th...
A Montana nonprofit is awarding $8,000 to $10,000 to help filmmakers tell stories of life in Montana. Ken Egan, the executive director of Humanities Montana, said they have been giving out the grant for 30 years. Some of the bigger humanities movies to gain assistance from the grant are “Indian Relay,” which covers relay races in reservations and “Class C,” which is about women’s basketball in Class C towns in Montana. Egan said the list continues. “It’s a beautiful study of life in Montana,” Egan said of “Class C.” “Wha...
Melinda Barnes, the executive director of Bike Walk Montana, an organization that urges governments to accept resolutions or ordinances that keep in mind the safety of bikers and appearances of towns, gave a presentation at the Havre City Council meeting Monday. Barnes maintained at the meeting that there is a large push in the nation for people who choose to use alternate modes of transportation than personal vehicles. “Nearly one-third of our population does not drive,” Barnes said. The number is from a national sur...
Press release Hill County children will have a chance to catch up on their back-to-school immunizations while attending a carnival Friday, Aug. 14, at the Hill County Health Department offices at 302 4th Ave. in downtown Havre. Streets will be blocked off so children can take part in face paintings, an obstacle course, bean bag toss, jewelry making, snow cones and much more. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana Care Van will be there. The clinic will last all day. The carnival will run 9 a.m. to noon. The health...
Press release Artitudes Gallery in the Atrium Mall will host an artist’s reception Friday, Aug. 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. for featured artist Walter Bryan. Bryan, the featured artist for August and September, works in acrylics, pencil and colored pencil to paint and draw from memory the places he has been and experienced. The reception will include hors d’oeuvres, live music and a chance to meet and talk with Bryan....
Havre Police Department Gerald Alex Belgarde Jr., 32, of Havre was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants at 8:36 a.m. Monday at the Hill County Courthouse. —— Officers investigated a 10:09 a.m. Monday call from Montana State University-Northern about a 1984 Ford F150’s window being broken into, but the calling party wasn’t sure if anything was stolen. —— Gladys Jean Flatlip, 44, of Box Elder was arrested on a charge of criminal contempt after officers responded to a 10:40 a.m. Monday call from a 2nd Street busi...
Nancy M. Waltari, 69, of Havre passed away of natural causes on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, at her residence. Funeral services in Havre will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, at the Havre Assembly of God with Pastor Curt Curtis officiating. A second service will be held in Great Falls at 11 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, at Victory Church with Pastor Gary Hart officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery in Great Falls. Nancy's family has requested that memorials be m...
Katie A. Waldner, 87, of Hilldale Colony, passed away of natural causes on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at noon. on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, at Hilldale Colony. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Katie’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com. Katie was born on Sept. 2, 1927, in Magrath, Alberta, Canada, to Jacob and Sarah (Entz) Waldner. She was raised in Magrath, and moved t...
Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club The discerning eye will agree that the yard of Sharlyn Bakken at 1022 Boulevard Ave., Havre, was the perfect choice for Bullhook Bottoms Garden Club as Yard of the Week. A well-manicured lawn is the foreground for a display of myriad color. Large pots overflow with burgundy, purple and pale pink Supertunias. White pots with bright red geraniums agree with a large welcome flag hanging from the eaves. An old creamer is filled with a variety of...
It’s been a successful year for the Havre Lions swim team. And it was an especially successful summer for one of its top swimmers. Natalie Padgett, 10, recently competed at the Montana State Long Course Championship Swim Meet in Bozeman. The meet, which was held July 24-25, which also happened to be over Padgett’s birthday, featured over 100 swimmers and is one of the top club swim meets in the state each year. Padgett was the only member of the Lions swim team to com...
League golf is starting to build toward the end of another season. But for Havre’s youth, things are just starting to get interesting. The Havre High golf team, headed by Brett Gilman, is just over a week away from taking to the course for the start of the 2015 season. The Blue Ponies will begin practice Aug. 13 in preparation for the season-opening Great Falls Invitational Aug. 17-18. A quick reminder, all players planning on participating in high school golf must have a s...
It's been a great summer of sports along Havre and the Hi-Line. And with the Men's Fastpitch state softball tournament in town this weekend, it's not over yet. But, the fall sports season is just around the corner and for those who love high school athletics, the start can't get here fast enough. Thankfully, for those fans, and of course, the student-athletes, the wait won't be much longer. That's because the start of the fall sports season is just weeks away and that means...
