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Timothy Martin Solem died of complications from multiple sclerosis at his home in Missoula, Montana, Oct. 17, 2014. A vigil will be held Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, at 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church in Chinook. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, at 11 a.m at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church in Chinook. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at http://www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com Tim was... Full story
The Havre Wal-Mart store will reopen today after no explosive device was found on or near the store. A 1:44 p.m. Wednesday, store personnel called 9-1-1 to report that they had received a bomb threat. After speaking with store personnel, Hill County Sheriff's Deputies determined that the threat was legitimate. The store was closed, and customers and employees were promptly evacuated. Officials from Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls were called to assist. Sheriff Don Brostrom said there was a extensive search of the... Full story
SIDNEY — A Colorado man pleaded guilty Wednesday to the murder of a Montana teacher in an oil boom town where residents say their lives were forever altered by the crime. Montana District Judge Richard Simonton accepted Michael Keith Spell's guilty plea on a count of deliberate homicide. A charge of attempted kidnapping was dropped as part of a deal with prosecutors. Spell testified that Sherry Arnold, 43, was killed when he and an accomplice tried to abduct the Sidney High School math teacher while she was out for a p... Full story
Editor: I'd like to thank the Havre Daily News for your front-page coverage of the many important events going on at Montana State University-Northern this past weekend. I was thrilled to see so many community members come out to support us Saturday and Sunday as we kicked off our capital campaign to build the new Auto-Diesel Technology Center. With $4.9 million pledged by the state legislature and $3.15 million in generous corporate donations, we are well on our way to funding an exciting new facility that will bring... Full story
A large audience was on hand for Tuesday’s Great Northern Fair Board meeting, and there was a lengthy discussion concerning the use of the Bigger Better Barn. The barn is leased by the local Barn Users Association through the winter months. Association members were concerned they would lose some of their lease this year, however board members said they were not planning on cancelling the lease. The board also wants to regulate who is using the facilities on the fairgrounds and have everyone on some sort of insurance plan, e... Full story
Sue Nieuwenhuyse, 77, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014, at her residence of natural causes after a long and courageous battle with multiple medical conditions. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, at Fifth Avenue Christian Church with Pastor Frank Donato officiating. Her family has requested that memorials be made in Sue's name to the Havre Girl Scouts, the Montana State University-Northern nursing program or to the charity of the... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a report from a College Road facility Tuesday at 6:55 a.m. concerning vandalism. Windows were shot out. ——— Officers made two arrests on 2nd Street Tuesday at 8:05 a.m. No further details were provided. ——— Officers investigated a report from a 3rd Street business on Tuesday at 11 a.m. concerning theft. ——— Officers were called to assist a citizen at a 1st Street business Tuesday at 12:01 p.m. The caller reported that someone borrowed her bike but did not return it. She did not w... Full story
The restrooms at the Frank DeRosa Railroad Museum are being renovated to recapture a piece of Havre's history. Debbie Paulsen, who is on the museum's board, said firefighters and community members are volunteering to remodel the restrooms to imitate the front of the old Havre train depot, which is depicted in photos around the museum. In addition to the remodeling, those affiliated with the museum are moving some of the exhibits around to install more items that are tucked... Full story
Fawn Patricia Ann Tadios, 52, of Box Elder, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison Tuesday. Tadios, the former chief executive officer of the health clinic at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, was ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution and two years probation. Tadios was convicted after she was discovered to have billed the tribe to pay for at least six trips to visit her husband, Raymond “Jake” Parker, in Yankton, South Dakota, in prison. He was serving a 16-month sentence for embezzling from the tribe while he was t... Full story
The golf clubs are officially put away. The never-ending task of raking leaves has started. Halloween looms. It’s time to start thinking about buying a new snow shovel. The World Series is being played out in Kansas City and San Francisco. Fall is officially here, even if it hasn’t felt like it. And with the arrival of the real fall, the chase for supremacy in high school football and volleyball is here, too. This weekend marks the last weekend of the regular season for Cla... Full story
After 40 years of being in existance as the International Family Tournament it is being replaced by the All American Family Tournament. There are many changes being made but the basic concept is still the same — a handicap doubles tournament involving family memebers. There is four age divisions available, U8, U12, U15 and U17 with the youth’s age as of July 31, 2014. Finals will be held in Chicago in July of 2015. Qualifying may be a league or tournament. Scholarships will be awarded at the national level. For more inf...
Time is a funny thing. Sometimes it seems like it will go on forever and other times it won’t stand still. For high school athletes like Havre’s Jase Kato, four years can go by in a flash, making a high school athletic career nothing but a memory. Thankfully, Kato is not done competing yet and if he has anything to say about it, the two-sport standout will have a few more football games to play before turning his attention to basketball this winter. Kato, who starts at both ti... Full story
