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Editor’s note: This version corrects some incorrect information on the placings in public forum debate. Press release The Havre High School speech and debate team saw success at its first tournament of the season, handily winning the Class A speech sweepstakes trophy at its own invitational at Havre High School Saturday. “This is a great start to the season,” head coach Tim Leeds said. “We have lost a lot of speakers to graduation the last few years but are building back well this season and the kids did a great job Saturda...
Havre Daily News staff The fall weather north-central Montana has been experiencing is expected to turn into wintry weather by the middle of this week. National Weather Service said in a release that after relatively pleasant weather today and Tuesday, conditions will start to turn wintry Tuesday night. “Those working outdoors or with outdoor interests should be prepared for raw and wet conditions for the second half of the work week,” the release said. Weather Service said people can watch its website at htt...
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Montana State University-Nortthern is ranked by a national service as the second-most affordable online four-year degree program in Montana and its online nursing program the fourth-best in the nation. Onlinecolleges.com, a website that offers information about online college education, ranked the programs. The website says the list of affordable online programs was ranked by tuition costs from lowest to highest. The website says more than 250 online nursing programs were rank...
By DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The head of Puerto Rico’s power company said Sunday the agency is cancelling its $300 million contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings amid scrutiny of the tiny Montana company’s role in restoring the island’s power system. The announcement by Ricardo Ramos came hours after Gov. Ricardo Rossello urged the utility to scrap the deal for Whitefish’s help in rebuilding the electrical system from the damage inflicted by Hurricane Maria. “It’s an enormous distraction,...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a Montana State University-Northern caller reported Friday at 12:05 p.m. a two-vehicle, non-injury motor vehicle crash. —— Officers investigated after a First Street business caller asked police Friday at 1:24 p.m about an abandoned camper that was picked up the night before. —— Officers investigated after someone stopped at the police station Friday at 3:02 p.m. with questions for an officer. —— Officers investigated after a Havre High School caller reported Friday at 3:20...
A pursuit that started in Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation Saturday afternoon and reached speeds of more than 100 mph on U.S. Highway 87 before skewing back onto reservation land ended after the driver crashed in a residential area. The pursuit started on Rocky Boy when tribal police tried to pull over a car that was suspected of carrying a woman with a tribal warrant, Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Lewis Johnson said this morning. The male driver refused to pull over the four-door Toyota Camry. Two MHP troopers got involved af...
Press release The Chester-Joplin-Inverness speech team kicked off its 2017-2018 season at the Havre Invitational Saturday. Senior Zak Heimbigner competed in his first speech meet and participated in impromptu speaking. Students competing in impromptu speaking have three minutes to prepare a three-to five-minute speech about a cartoon or quotation. Heimbigner received the highest ranking from all three judges in the finals round to claim the title in his event. Junior Elyssa Tempel, who placed last year at the B-C State Tourna...
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District 4 Human Resources Development Council will be closed Monday, Nov. 6, for the Annual All-Staff Meeting. HRDC will also not be taking phone calls that day. District 4 HRDC will resume normal business hours Tuesday, Nov. 7....
Judy Loendorf and/or Steve Mulonet, service officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. Anyone interested in applying for benefits should bring a copy of their discharge paperwork DD214. Nov. 3 — Rocky Boy Vet Center, 10 a.m. - noon Nov. 16 — Fort Belknap, IHS CHR Conference Room, 1:30 - 3 p.m. If bad weather exists on days of travel, people should stay tuned to the local radio stations for updated inf...
I would like to give an update on what has been happening in my life. As you know, I was appointed to the Senate last December and spent the next four months in Helena at session. A retirement trip for January that I planned had to be put on hold. After my commissioner retirement, my plan was to go south to visit my brothers in Nevada and Oklahoma. So, Judy and I skipped the going south idea and decided instead to plan a trip to visit friends and family in south Germany in September. In the past, my German family and a...
Ralph Walter Anderson, 90, died Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, of natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center. A celebration of life will be held 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, at the Havre Eagles Club. Everyone is invited to attend. Burial of his ashes will be at a later date with immediate family. Ralph was born Aug. 16, 1927, in Dodson, Montana, the oldest of five children to Ralph J. Anderson and Abbie W. (Walker) Anderson. He attended school north of Chinook and in Chinoo... Full story
Gladys B. "Minnie" Pancake, age 95, died of natural causes at her home in Boise surrounded by her family Aug. 21, 2017. She was born Oct. 9, 1922, to George and Harriett L. Watson in Rosemary, Alberta, Canada, where her parents homesteaded after leaving their home near St. Anthony, Idaho. The family eventually moved to Charlo, MT, and later to Harlem, MT, where Gladys attended high school. While working at the movie theatre in Harlem she met her future husband, Stanley W.... Full story
James "Jim" Kiefer, 80, passed away on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at a Great Falls hospital. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017, at O'Connor Memorial Chapel, 2425 Eighth Ave. North, Great Falls, MT. Arrangements are in the care of O'Connor Funeral Home. Jim was born April 11, 1937, to Joseph and Marie Kiefer. Jim graduated from Chinook High in 1955. He married Carol, his high school sweetheart, in 1957 and raised his two daughters in Havre. Jim... Full story
Carroll 21 7 24 7 - 59 MSU-Northern 0 0 7 0 - 7 1st Quarter CC: Major Ali 2 run (Dylan Torgerson kick) Drive: 7 Plays, 34 Yards CC: Shane Sipes 8 pass from Troy Arnston (Torgerson kick) Drive: 3 Plays, 75 Yards CC: Sipes 44 pass from Reese Hiibel (Torgerson kick) Drive: 5 Plays, 53 Yards 2nd Quarter CC: Hiibel 13 run (Torgerson kick) Drive: 8 Plays, 71 Yards 3rd Quarter CC: Ali 24 run (Torgerson kick) Drive: 7 Plays, 50 Yards CC: Sipes 18 pass from Hiibel (Torgerson kick)...
Late in the first quarter of Saturday's Frontier Conference game between the Montana State University-Northern Lights and Carroll College Fighting Saints it was clear, the Lights were not going to repeat last September's magical win over the Saints inside Blue Pony Stadium. But something else was pretty clear, too - for all that the Lights have went through in the last seven days, they weren't going to lay down either. No, from the time Northern came out of the tunnel, and...
BOZEMAN (AP) — Chris Murray threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, Mac Bignell had a pick-six, and Montana State beat Idaho State 28-14 on Saturday. Montana State (4-4, 4-2 Big Sky) jumped to a 14-0 first-quarter lead on Murray's 1-yard TD toss to Mitchell Herbert on the opening drive and on Murray's 28-yard scoring run. But the Bengals (4-5, 2-4) snapped back with a pair of second-quarter touchdowns, including James Madison's 4-yard run to cap a 96-yard drive, to t...
The Havre High volleyball team traveled to Lewistown last Friday in search of its first conference win in the final match of the regular season. However, on the road, against a talented Lewistown team, the odds were stacked against the Blue Ponies. And when all was said and done, the Eagles easily dispatched the Ponies in straight sets by the scores of 25-15, 25-23 and 25-11. The loss dropped the Ponies overall record to 6-11 and their mark in the Central A to 0-6. Alijah...
The last three matches of the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team’s Frontier Conference season are being played away from the Armory Gymnasium. And the first stop on the road trip didn’t go well for the Skylights. On Friday night, Northern visited Helena to square off with Carroll College, and the Fighting Saints were tough hosts, as they swept the Skylights by scores of 25-20, 25-16 and 25-13. The loss was Northern’s third straight in Frontier play, dropp...
The start to the 2017-18 season didn't go as planned for the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team. But the Skylights sure turned things around in a hurry. Friday, Northern was back in the Armory Gymnasium, and the No. 21 Skylights dominated the Dickinson State Blue Hawks from start-to-finish, winning in blowout fashion, 74-48. "Proud of our kids," Northern head coach Chris Mouat said. "They were disappointed with what was an ugly game against Lethbridge....
BIG SANDY - After a 7-2 season, the Big Sandy Pioneers earned the right to host their first Six-Man playoff game in five years and Saturday, against Richey-Lambert, the Pioneers were determined to take advantage of the opportunity. And thanks to a dominating rushing attack, that racked up eight rushing touchdowns, Big Sandy was able to do just that. The Pioneers, who trailed 26-21 at the half, stormed back in the second half, outscoring third-seeded Richey-Lambert of the...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights finally returned to some sense of normalcy Saturday - meaning, they were playing football. Unfortunately for the Lights, on the field, Carroll College made it more of the same. Three days removed from head coach Aaron Christensen's decision to step down, the Lights returned to Blue pony Stadium, but ran into a buzz saw in Carroll, in what turned out to be a 59-7 Frontier Conference loss to the Fighting Saints. Still, with all that...
