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A woman incurred minor injuries after she fell asleep and drove into a ditch off U.S. Highway 2 East Sunday morning, vaulting the car over an embankment, Montana Highway Patrol says. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Zach Freeman said the woman’s minor injuries could have been far worse. “She was wearing a seat belt, that played a big role,” he said. Highway Patrol did not release the name of the driver. Havre Daily News requested information Monday, but did not receive any until this morning. The Havre Police dispatch log s...
Students attended a presentation on sexual assault education Monday afternoon in the Student Union Building ballroom of Montana State University-Northern. Independent consultant Alan Berkowitz's "Promoting Consent, Preventing Coercion" presentation, funded by a Rape Prevention and Education Grant, centered on what students can do to prevent sexual assault. "Sexual assault is when one person takes advantage of another person because they're vulnerable," Berkowitz told the room...
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Retired rancher and former state legislator Bob Sivertsen said Monday after a meeting with ranchers, Rocky Boy and Bureau of Indian Affairs officials at Northern Winz Casino that difficulties in battling the East Fork Fire had to do with Montana Department of Natural Resources policy and not a lack of resources and the overwhelming scope of the fire, as a fire supervisor said. He said though communications was an issue, ranchers and volunteers had the means to contain the...
GREAT FALLS (AP) — The Fort Belknap Indian Community of Fort Belknap Indian Reservation returned control of a jail to the Bureau of Indian Affairs after tribal officials say they couldn’t afford to operate it. The federal agency took control of the detention facility on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation last week after tribal officials reached out to the bureau for assistance. Fort Belknap Tribal President Mark Azure said the move wasn’t something either party wanted, but there wasn’t enough funding for the facilit...
Judy Loendorf and/or Steve Mulonet, service officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting Rocky Boy Friday, Oct. 13, at Rocky Boy Vet Center at 10 a.m. to noon to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. Veterans interested in applying for benefits should bring a copy of their discharge paperwork, DD214, with them. If bad weather exists on days of travel, veterans should stay tuned to the local radio stations for updated information regarding the outreach schedule....
Press release Plant a Seed...READ! has had volunteers enrolling 2017 Hill County newborns in the Imagination Library program throughout the year, in an opportunity brought about by the Triangle Community Vitality Grant and an Early Childhood Investment Team grant. Hill County residents who have not had their newborn enrolled can contact the Plant a Seed office by phone or email to enroll their baby now. Forms are also found online at http://www.plantaseedreadmt.org, or contact Lorraine Verploegen, Plant a Seed...READ!, at...
Havre Police Department Officers issued identical summonses to three juveniles, two of them to 13-year-olds and the other to a 14-year-old, for the charge of underage tobacco possession or consumption after a Havre Middle School employee reported Monday at 10:35 a.m. that kids were smoking on the bus. —— Bailey Houston Fiddler of Box Elder, 21, was issued a summons on charges of shoplifting and theft after a U.S. Highway 2 business caller reported Monday at 12:52 p.m. that a chainsaw was stolen Sunday. —— Officers investigate...
The Hill County Water District meeting will be Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the District’s shop/office at 104 Second St. in Hingham. • Recognition of visitors; public comments, limited to any matter not on this agenda and within the jurisdiction of the District Board — three-minute time limit per speaker. • Call to order and approval of minutes of previous meeting • Old business • Other old business • New business: 1. Greg Butts, DEQ — Discuss current water user agreements, consecutive systems and sampling 2. Emp...
Kadia Miller, Havre High Cross Country Running at home is always fun for the Havre High cross country teams. And Blue Pony sophomore Kadia Miller sure seemed like she was having fun Saturday. Miller ran a 20:57.69 to win the girls varsity race at the 2017 Havre Invitational, edging teammate Kaylee Nystrom at the finish line. Miller, who is a returning All-Conference performer for the Ponies, also helped HHS win the girls team title at Saturday's meet, which was held on the...
The high school volleyball season has reached the halfway point, and on the Hi-Line, it’s been an exciting year so far. Last week was packed with local volleyball action, starting with Box Elder’s win over Class B Harlem Tuesday night. The Bears defeated the Wildcats by scores of 22-25, 25-21, 25-15 and 25-10. Lilly Gopher had a huge match with 17 kills, 26 digs and one block, while Eve The Boy had 13 assists and seven aces. Harlem got a combined eight kills from Skylee Dir...
I hate to do it, and my clubs are still in my car, but, from a standpoint of writing about it every week, I’m going to have to say goodbye to another golf season. Yes, this will be the last From Tee to Green for 2017. If you have golf news you want to run in the paper, still send it to me, and I’ll make sure it gets in a sports brief. Before saying goodbye, there are some things I have to do first. First, thank you to every one who helps make this column possible. That inc...
It was another busy weekend of high school football along the Hi-Line and once again, the Fort Benton Longhorns were one of the big storylines as they knocked off Cascade, 48-20 on the road Friday night. Landon Taylor, who has been a driving force behind the Longhorns fast start to the season, was outstanding again, accounting for four total touchdowns. He threw two touchdowns, but also scored a rushing touchdown and also returned a kickoff for a score. Connor Schnabel also...
This past weekend was a big one for the Montana State University-Northern rodeo team. Not just because the Lights and Skylights were competing in a Big Sky Region rodeo, but, because that rodeo was in Havre. It had been some time since Northern had held a collegiate rodeo, but, it returned with a bang last weekend as the MSU-Northern Rodeo took to the Bigger Better Barn in Havre on Friday and Saturday night. As for how the teams fared, the Lights finished seventh with 80 point...
