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A recreation area considered by many to be a hidden gem of the region turns 100 today. Sept. 7, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the bill that turned part of the military reservation of Fort Assinniboine into a recreation area that would become Hill County's Beaver Creek Park. The creation of that area was tacked on to a bill more decades in the making - the creation of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation also using part of the military reservation of the fort, which...
During her four-year tenure as a dispatcher for the Havre Police Department, Nichole Anderson, 25, had never had to help deliver a baby - until Saturday. In a long-standing tradition of dispatchers, fellow dispatcher Brenda Kadrmas presented Anderson with a baby girl stork pin Tuesday after she came on shift. Kadrmas said in her 12 years of dispatching, this is the first delivery by a dispatcher she has seen. Saturday morning, between 5 and 6, just before she was scheduled to...
Construction work on the lot between Walmart and Kmart on U.S. Highway 2 is going to create a main access road which is scheduled to be completed on or before September 2017. The access road, property owner Ron Harmon said, is meant to be a direct road from U.S. Highway 2 to the Timber Creek Village Assisted Living complex. Part of the project is to also add a frontage road, a direct road so people can get from the assisted living complex to Kmart without having to go onto...
Havre's long-held plans to annex properties west of the city limits took a small step forward Tuesday. City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution of intention to annex 15 properties west of the city limits. Properties to be annexed under the proposal include the Holiday Village Mall, Triangle Communications and Hill County Electric, the Super 8 Motel, Havre Ford, G&B Toyota, My Canvas Auto and AmericInn. A public hearing on the proposed annexation is set for Monday,...
Montana State University-Northern’s Office of Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Programs invites those on campus and in the broader Havre community to a barbeque. Christina Estrada Underwood, director of the office, said the barbecue is meant to welcome back LGBT members of the campus and those who support them. She said that her office works to be an “LGBT Safe Zone,” a place where those who identify as LGBT can go for support and develop alliances with those who don’t. Underwood said that in the event of rain, the bar...
Havre Daily News staff A group trying to create a center to fight poverty in off-reservation Native Americans and all north-central Montanans is holding a fundraiser Saturday. The group is holding a spaghetti dinner, including salad and garlic bread, Saturday from 4-8 p.m. at Havre Eagles Club to help pay the startup costs for the North Central Montana’s First Nation’s Center of H.O.P.E, Helping Others Through Prevention and Education. Admission to the fundraising dinner is $7 per person or $20 for a family of four. The gro...
Editor, I have been a high school math teacher in Butte for the last eight years. I am also a trustee for the Southwestern Montana Central Labor Council, a candidate for House District 74, and the National Education Association director for Montana. Out of all of these positions, the most important is that of teacher. My colleagues and I teach Montana’s future. That’s why I care so much about who is elected Superintendent of Public Instruction. That’s why I strongly support Melissa Romano. Nothing matters more than our child...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash at Fourth Street and Second Avenue after a caller reported Tuesday at 8:09 a.m. that two vehicles were involved. —— Officers investigated a theft report after a Third Street caller reported Tuesday at 1:26 p.m. that a lawnmower had been stolen. —— Sharon Lee Parsons of Havre, 29, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant Tuesday at 2:36 p.m. on First Avenue. —— Officers investigated a suspicious activity report at Sixth Avenue and Second Street Tues...
Hill County Park Board meeting is in the Timmons Room, Hill County Courthouse, at 5:30 p.m. Monday. The agenda is: 1. Approval of minutes 2. Approval of agenda 3. Guests and public comments on agenda items only 4. Cabin business 5. Old business: Lodge repairs discussion: Feasibility Study update FEMA close-out update Stream health discussion update Havre Trails fun run/bike ride Re-assessing park fees Park apparel at Farmstock/Festival Days Committee structure Forestry Stewardship seminar update 6. New business: Dale...
Rudy Arriola, 81, passed away Sept. 1, 2016, in Sandy, Utah. A full obituary will follow.... Full story
Mauricette H. “Connie” Klabunde, 98, passed away due to natural causes Monday, Sept. 5, 2016, at the Northern Montana Care Center. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, with a private family committal service to be held later. Her family has requested that memorial donations be made in Connie’s name to St. Jude Parish or School, PO Box 407, Havre, Montana 59501, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, Tennessee, 38105, or to the charity of the donor’s choice. H... Full story
Editor’s note: The computer program provided by the Montana state government to print media reports on court actions does not always list all fines assessed. The following cases were resolved in Hill County Justice Court by Judge Audrey Barger July 19-26. Craig Azure, born in 1965, was fined $100 for truancy. —— Sandy Azure, born in 1976, was fined $100 for truancy. —— Ray Paul Helgeson, born in 1977, was given a deferred imposition of sentence and fined $100 for refusal to exhibit certification of inspection. —— Michae...
Kadia Miller, Havre High Cross Country Talk about making a splash. Havre High freshman Kadia Miller wasted little time in making her presence felt on the Blue Pony cross country team. Last Friday, Miller, competing in her first high school meet, finished 14th in the Cut Bank Time Trials, a meet that features Class AA GFH and CMR, as well as Class A powerhouse Browning, among others. Miller finished the race in 20:46, an outstanding time. She and the Blue Ponies travel to...
The last two seasons, the Havre High football team hasn’t had to wait long to play in front of its hometown fans at Blue Pony Stadium. In both 2014 and 2015, the Ponies hosted the season opener, and last year, HHS had its first two games at home before hitting the road for the first time. This year, things have been different for Havre, with its first two games coming on the road. But on Friday, Havre will finally make its home debut at Blue Pony Stadium, when HHS will b...
I’ll start my final From Tee to Green for the 2016 golf season with an apology. Well, only a little bit of one anyway. If you were wondering why there was no golf column last week, it was because I traded in golf balls for tennis balls. I took an exciting vacation to New York City for the U.S. Open tennis tournament (more on that in a different column), hence, there was no golf column last week. But, now that I’ve returned, so has the golf column, only this one, I’m sorry...
