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  • Darrell Duane Black Wolf

    Updated Aug 12, 2015

    Darrell Duane Black Wolf (WAPI KIHIW AWASIS- White Eagle Child) – (WAMBLI SKA- White Eagle), 47, of Hays, passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, in Fort Belknap, surrounded by family and friends. Wake services began at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at St. Paul’s Mission Rec Center in Hays, and will continue until his funeral, which will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 14 2015, at St. Paul’s Mission Church. Burial will follow at St. Paul’s Mission Center Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with service...

  • Vaccination rules affect 500 in Havre

    Updated Aug 12, 2015

    As many as 500 Havre students have not been immunized against chickenpox and are therefore at risk of not being able to attend Montana schools after Oct. 1, according to Andy Carlson, superintendent of Havre Public Schools. Carlson brought up the topic of the new vaccine requirements at Tuesday's school board meeting. Under the new regulations passed and signed into law during the 2015 state legislative session, children must receive two doses of varicella, the vaccine that...

  • Gary Wilson

    Updated Aug 12, 2015

    Gary A. Wilson, 74, passed away on Monday, Aug. 10. 2015, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2015, at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Linda Rose officiating. Gary's family has requested that memorials be made in his name to First Lutheran Church, Fort Assiniboine Preservation Aassociation, or to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Gary's...

  • 4-H raffle sculpture traveling around Havre

    Updated Aug 12, 2015

    Special to the Daily News A sculpture by a local artist will be on display around Havre along with the opportunity to buy tickets to win the artwork. The raffle for the metal sculpture of stalks of wheat created by local artist Willard Vaughn will be held Sunday, Sept. 20, at Holiday Village Mall during Festival Days. Vaughn donated the sculpture to raise money for Hill County 4-H's project to rebuild the Chuckwagon building at the Great Northern Fairgrounds. The sculpture...

  • Masons install elected officers

    Updated Aug 12, 2015

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  • MAT sets youth theater fundraising breakfast

    Updated Aug 12, 2015

    Press release People have an opportunity to eat a full breakfast while supporting local youth theater program. Sunday, Montana Actors' Theatre is offering a free-will pancake breakfast at the Eagles Club in Havre from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The breakfast is for one specific purpose: to raise funds to continue to support KidsMAT, the acting troupe's summer theater camps for local children, and Young Professionals, the intern program which is completing its first year. While the...

  • Quick picks: Playing in the park

    Updated Aug 12, 2015

    The music continued this week with The Other Brothers band continuing its summer-long Kicks @ 6 series in Pepin Park on the 400 Block of 6th Avenue Tuesday. The music continues tonight with Sounds on the Square at Town Square on the 300 Block of 1st Street. Both programs continue next week with the final performance in each series, Kicks @ 6 Tuesday in Pepin Park and Sounds on the Square Wednesday at Town Square....

  • Havre eyes job fair Sept. 30

    John Kelleher|Updated Aug 12, 2015

    The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a job fair on Wednesday, Sept. 30, and is looking for ideas on what it should include. The Chamber is looking to find out how many businesses would be interested in participating, said Debbie Vandeberg, the Chamber's executive director. She stressed that it will be a job fair, not a career fair. She said the job fair will provide businesses with: • Access to candidates in a one-stop environment • Increased public awareness • An opportunity to meet with non-traditional workf...

  • For the Record, Aug. 12, 2015

    Updated Aug 12, 2015

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 9:27 a.m. Tuesday complaint at the police station about the complainant being given someone else’s prescription. —— Officers investigated a 9:37 a.m. Tuesday call from Hill County Courthouse about a woman in the office causing problems. —— A 17-year-old was arrested on charges of criminal endangerment, resisting arrest, obstructing a peace officer and assault after officers responded to a 10:29 a.m. Tuesday call from a 3rd Avenue business about a fight in the business between a...

  • Obituary - Clo Grace (Sisson) Faechner

    Updated Aug 12, 2015

    Clo Grace (Sisson) Faechner, 84, passed into the arms of our Heavenly Father on Aug. 8, 2015. Services will be held on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at Fifth Avenue Christian Church in Havre, Montana. A luncheon will follow the graveside service at Fifth Avenue Christian Church. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at http://www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com. She was born on Jan. 1, 1931, in Havre, Montana,...

  • Obituary - Doris L. Mist

    Updated Aug 12, 2015

    Doris L. Mist, 87, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, at Northern Montana Care Center of natural causes. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church with Pastor Linda Rose officiating. To carry on Doris' legacy, memorials should be made to St. Mark's Episcopal Church, the Havre Fire Department, the Police Protective Association or to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine...

  • New barley variety available for licensing

    Updated Aug 12, 2015

    MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Agricultural researchers with Montana State University have announced a new variety of forage barley, and that technology is now available for licensing. Licensing proposals must be submitted by Sept. 1. The variety, called MT981427 (427), was developed for use as hay or forage. With good drought tolerance, high sugar content and high digestibility, forage barley is popular for grazing, full plant silage, hay, cover crop and can be mixed with other crops such as legumes. Forage barley is better s...

  • Four regional NAP Farm Bill meetings scheduled

    Updated Aug 12, 2015

    From Montana FSA BOZEMAN — USDA Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Bruce Nelson announces a series of four regional producer meetings scheduled in September to highlight important changes to the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program authorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014 — the 2014 Farm Bill. The meetings consist of presentations covering FSA’s NAP program and the new buy-up coverage provisions. NAP provides financial assistance to producers of noninsurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory or pr...

  • Lights making progress in the heat

    Chris Peterson|Updated Aug 12, 2015

    The 2015 season is coming up quickly for the Montana State University-Northern football team and with just 10 days before their season-opener, every practice is critical. That's why, despite the unforgiving heat, the Lights were back at work Tuesday, twice. Northern, which has been practicing two times a day to prepare for its opening game at Dickinson State Aug. 22, possesses a young roster, and it has taken time for things to gel under the direction of first-year head coach...

  • SOU tops NAIA Coaches Poll

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 12, 2015

    The Southern Oregon Raiders finished the 2014 season as the top-ranked team in NAIA football, and of course, national champions. And the Raiders remained atop the NAIA in the first NAIA Coaches Poll of 2015. SOU is tied with Marion of Indiana for the top spot in the 2015 NAIA Preseason Coaches Poll, released Tuesday afternoon. The Raiders are one of three Frontier Conference schools to be ranked in the poll, and one of two league teams in the Top 5. As usual, Carroll College...

  • Youth tennis is thriving on the Hi-Line

    Chris Peterson|Updated Aug 12, 2015

    Havre and the rest of the Hi-Line have a strong tradition of excellence in sports. But, one sport that may get overshadowed when talking about achievements and popularity is tennis, which is thriving not only in Havre, but across the area. The Havre Blue Ponies have long been one of the premier tennis programs in Class A. Meanwhile, led by individual state champion Mariah Swank, the Chinook girls tennis team won the second of back-to-back Class B-C state championships this...