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United Way of Hill County is in the middle of its annual three-month fundraising campaign and a spokesperson said the goal this year is to raise more money than last year. "We were really in awe of how well the campaign went last year. We raised $80,000 last year and we'd like to raise a little more this year," United Way board member Kristi Peterson said Monday. United Way raises money annually for 10 local service organization partners. Peterson said those agencies do not...
H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board Chair Judi Dritshulas said at Monday's monthly board meeting that Hill County Auditor Kathy Olson has said the county can handle the payroll of tour guides at Wahkpa Chu'gn Buffalo Jump when the museum takes over management of the bison kill site. The museum will take over the operation of Wahkpa Chu'gn, after longtime managers John and Anna Brumley retired last month and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Dritshulas said Olson wanted board...
Montana Actors' Theatre will host a 24-Hour Play Festival Friday night and Saturday in which five groups selected by drawing will develop and later perform their own short plays. "It's just kind of goofy fun," MAT Artistic Director Jay Pyette said. The process will start Friday 7 p.m. at Triple Dog Brewing Co., when five teams will be created through a drawing. Each team will consist of a writer, director and small cast of actors. Pyette said the actors will be evenly divided...
From Big Sandy FFA Nov. 8-11 the Big Sandy FFA Chapter traveled to Bozeman to take part in the Sixth Annual John Deere Ag Expo. The chapter brought 23 students ranging in grades from seventh through 12th. The John Deere Ag Expo serves as an invitational career competition event for contests like Ag Ed, Farm and Agri Business Management, Extemporaneous Speaking and many more. This successful trip netted a number of high-placing titles. In the Ag Ed CDE, Bailey Gasvoda took...
By Julianne LaSmith Northern Montana Care Center was treated Friday by a visit from the third-graders from Lincoln-McKinley Primary School in Havre in observance of Veterans Day. They serenaded an audience that included the care center's veteran residents. Dale Herd, PA-C, a retired U.S. Army major who works on the orthopedic surgery team at the Northern Montana Specialty Medical Center gave the Tribute of Gratitude at the ceremony. The veterans were presented with an honorary...
Dear Editor: Every fall, United Way of Hill County holds its annual campaign to raise money for its funded partners. Those funded partners are local nonprofit, service organizations that provide services, food, shelter, education, healthcare, and more to people in need. The organizations are chosen through an interview and scoring process. They are held accountable to report back on how they utilize the funding they receive from United Way and they must reapply each year. In turn, they ask for a specific amount of money and...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a Wilson Avenue caller reported Monday at 7:26 a.m. that someone drove into a fence and garage doors and there is no suspect in the area. —— Officers investigated after someone reported at the police station Monday at 9:29 a.m. that someone was behaving inappropriately at a local business. —— Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash after a Fifth Avenue caller reported Monday at 9:56 a.m. that two vehicles collided. —— Officers investigated after someone reported at...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights are excited about making their home debut this week on the wrestling mats. But first, the Lights took care of some business in Wyoming. On Sunday, Northern competed in the Trapper Open, hosted by Northwest College, and MSU-N put forth a strong showing. The Lights took 11 wrestlers into what was their second tournament of the season, and they came away with four championships and seven placers. Brandon Weber (157), Andrew Bartel...
For the second time this season, a Montana State University-Northern player has earned Frontier Conference Women’s Player of the Week honors. Northern junior guard Peyton Filius was named Frontier Player of the Week Monday. Filius, a former Havre Blue Pony standout, averaged 16 points, 3.7 rebounds, three assists and one steal. She was 16 of 35 from the field (46 percent), 12 of 22 3-point field goals (55 percent) and 4 of 4 from the free throw line as the Skylights beat D...
There were a lot of strong teams in District 6C East volleyball this season. That was obvious by how intense and exciting last month’s 6C East Tournament in Chester was. But there weren’t just good teams, there were a lot of really good players in the district as well. Last week, the 6C East released its 2017 All-Conference list, and as expected, many of the top players in Hi-Line volleyball were on it. North Star had three First-Team All-Conference selections, led by jun...
It was a highly competitive season with the 8-Man Northern C and even though no local squads from the 12-team conference were able to make the 8-Man playoffs, there were still plenty of local schools represented when the Northern C All-Conference and Class C All-State teams were released. Of course, with the expansion of the conference, determining who was earned All-State and All-Conference honors was a little different than in year's past. The All-State selections are among...
Fans of both the Montana State Bobcats and Montana Grizzlies are very familiar with the sites and sounds surrounding the annual Brawl of the Wild, every other year when it comes back to Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman. And yet, when future Brawls return to Bozeman, fans may be looking at a completely different Bobcat Stadium, and a completely different setting. Yes, in the era when college football programs are escalating a facilities-improvement race, Montana State is certainly...
