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Havre Area Chamber of Commerce The winning Havre Festival Days button numbers for Sept. 18 are: 197 306 947 754 570 235 GRAND PRIZE #'s 869 326 Winners can bring their buttons to the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce office at 130 5th Avenue to claim their prizes. More winning numbers will be announced each day this week.... Full story
Havre City Council will hold a public information session on the proposed $30 million plan to rebuild streets throughout the city. The session will begin at the end of the City Council meeting at 7 p.m. meetings usually take about one-half hour. A PowerPoint presentation will show the details of the project, said Councilwoman Terry Lilletvedt, a supporter of the plan. The proposal will be explained. The tax rate will increase about $200 annually on a home assessed at $100,000. A total of $1.5 million will be spent for 20...
Montana State University-Northern will be among the area colleges observing American Indian Heritage Week all next week with a series of events. In Montana, the fourth Friday in September is American Indian Heritage Day. However, tribal colleges have broadened that period from one day to a week, with a multitude of activities and lectures. A year ago, Montana State University-Northern began dedicating that week to Native themed activities and lectures as well. “I mean, this is Indian Country. There are four r...
Press release Plant a Seed ... READ!, a local nonprofit which supports early literacy for children through age 5, has presented funds to support registration for 40 children within Hill County through a generous donation of $1,000 from the Havre Kiwanis Club. This gift will enable Plant a Seed ... READ! to fund registrations for these 40 children with 12 age appropriate books per child for a year. Plant a Seed ... READ! is the champion for the Dollywood Foundation's...
The Havre-Hill County Library Board will meet at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, at the library. The meeting agenda: • Minutes • Signing of the budget • Library director’s report • Old business • New business • Personnel issues • Policy review • Correspondence • Public comment • Adjournment Upcoming events at the library: Thursday, Sept. 17-Sunday, Sept. 20: Friends of the Library Book Sale. Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m.: lecture by Ruthann Knudson, “Montana Indians Today.” Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m.: lecture by Richard...
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Havre City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at city hall. The agenda: • Call to Order • Pledge of Allegiance • Roll call • Minutes • Committee reports • Public comment on regular agenda items 1 through 5 only. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments offered here are limited to one minute. • Regular agenda 1. Bear Paw Development — waste water project update and drawdown. 2. Resolution No. 3719 — A resolution assessing a special property tax against certain property...
A front-page story in Wednesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about the sentencing of Jean Grandberg on a charge of embezzlement listed the wrong judge. State District Judge Robert Olson presided over the hearing.... Full story
Havre Police Department A two-vehicle, noninjury motor vehicle crash was investigated after officers responded to a 7:46 a.m. Thursday call from 10th Street West. —— Officers investigated a 12:32 p.m. Thursday complaint at the police station about a credit card fraud. —— Officers investigated a 3:29 p.m. Thursday complaint at the police station about a wallet being taken from the complainant’s residence. —— Officers investigated a 4:54 p.m. Thursday coomplaint at the police station about license plates being stolen. —— Of...
Here are activities planned at North Central Senior Center for the coming week: Would you like to be a volunteer? We at the Senior Center are very thankful for the many volunteers who help daily and also during our special events. If you would be willing to share your time and talents, call 265-5464 or stop at 2 Second St. W.. Having a rummage sale? We would be happy to take any leftover items. Call 265-5464. Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; painting at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m... Full story
Brianna Louise Robertson of Whitewater will marry Jett Francis Anderson of Whitewater in ceremonies Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, at Prairie Farms Golf Course in Havre. The two graduated from high school in 1990 and both attended Montana State University-Northern. Jett runs and owns the family ranch. Brianna is a stay-at-home mom....
Eldon and Donna (Mikkelson) Thorsen, of Bend celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with friends and family. The couple were married July 24, 1965, in Havre. They have two children, Erick (Amanda) Thorsen of Battle Ground, Washington, and Jason Thorsen of Vancouver, Washington; and six grandchildren. Eldon Thorsen worked in mortgage banking for many years and later worked for Safeway. He retired in 2012. He was a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, Toastmasters, the Tualatin Valley Rose Society and a local barbershop quartet. He...
Daily News staff The Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump archeaological site behind the Holiday Village Mall last weekend again brought people together to compete with weapons from ancient times. The site each year holds a competition with atlatls, a weapon that uses a short handle to throw a javelin, or dart. The bison kill site was used by people in the area starting about 2,100 years ago to kill bison, which were driven off the bluff and killed and butchered below. At the annual...
Students are participating in events this week at Montana State University-Northern and getting fired up for the university’s homecoming games. That included students representing clubs and organizations painting the Hello Walk from the Student Union Building up the hill to Cowan Hall Thursday. The games are set for Saturday, with the Lights football team facing the UM-Western Bulldogs at 1 p.m. and the Skylights volleyball team matching up against Rocky Mountain Colllege a...
There is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne titled “Earth Holocaust.” People decide to destroy all objects of temptation to purge the world of evil by burning these objects in a huge bonfire. As the smoke cloud rises higher and higher into the night sky, a group of men who have made their living selling some of the very things people are burning are standing there, dispirited, because there will no longer be a market for their products. As they discuss and lament what is happening, a dark stranger with glowing eyes...
Now in the Synagogue there was a man with an unclean spirit. Immediately he began to shout hysterically, "What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are - you are the Holy One of God!" Jesus spoke sternly to the spirit, "Be silent and come out of him!" The unclean spirit began to convulse within the man and with a great shriek, it came out of him. The people in the Synagogue were dumbfounded at this and began asking each other,...
Bye weeks came early for both the Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats. But both teams return to action in a big, big way this weekend. And both face their first road tests of the young season. For the No. 11 Bobcats (1-0), Saturday will be like starting over. Following a long training camp, MSU opened its season with an easy win over NCAA Division II Fort Lewis back on Sept. 3. Now, however, things get anything but easy as the Cats pay a visit to Cheney, Washington,...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights and the UM-Western Bulldogs are heading in opposite directions right now. But on a given day, that can change in a hurry. And that’s exactly what the Lights (0-2, 0-3) are looking to do when they host the No. 19 Bulldogs (2-0, 2-0) homecoming Saturday afternoon. Kickoff for the Frontier Conference clash is set for 1 p.m. inside Blue Pony Stadium, and Northern is looking to turn around a rough start to the season, and the Aaron C...
When it comes to cross country meets in the state of Montana, there are few, if any, that can compare to the Mountain West Classic. The annul meet, which is held in Missoula, not only features a number of great teams and runners from Montana, but it also features teams from Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Wyoming, proving that it's not just a prestigious meet in Montana, but one of the most prestigious in the entire Northwest. "Our kids are really pumped up about it," HHS head...
It's homecoming weekend at Montana State University-Northern. But, it is also a true homecoming for the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team, which spent the first four weeks of the new season on the road. And, inside the Armory Gymnasium Thursday night, the atmosphere was festive and raucous for the Skylights' home opener. However, the Lewis-Clark State Warriors decided to spoil the party. In the first Frontier Conference match of 2015, the Warriors reeled off...
When the Havre High football team takes the field tonight against the Sidney Eagles, it will not only be looking to win a football game — it will also be looking to win back some respect. That's because the 2015 season has started unexpectedly rough for the Blue Ponies. First, HHS was soundly defeated at home by Whitefish, then after squeaking out a home win against Hardin, the Ponies were again dominated last week in Miles City, losing 54-28. So now, as the Sidney Eagles, a...
There is nothing better than watching two great football teams go at it on a Friday night. And this week at Blue Pony Stadium, football fans will see yet another great battle between two traditional Class A powers in Havre and Sidney. There is plenty of history that exists between the Ponies and the Eagles. Since the early 2000s, Havre and Sidney have regularly met in non-conference play, and the two teams will do so again tonight at 7 p.m. Sidney is one of the most...
Zach McKinley never thought about setting records, not in high school or college. In fact, there was a time when all McKinley wanted to do was be handed the football as a starting running back. Now however, three games into his junior season at Montana State University-Northern, McKinley doesn't have to worry about getting the ball. He totes it plenty as MSU-N's starting tailback for the third straight season. And while records still aren't foremost on his mind, or his goal...
