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Marcia Miller of Havre admits that when her son, Josh Miller, bought her a carbon monoxide detector as a gift last Christmas, she wasn’t sure what she was going to do with it. But now she’s sure that the detector saved her life when her furnace malfunctioned. Josh, a Cut Bank police officer, gave his mother the gift out of concern for the colorless, odorless gas that can cause death without warning. Josh was at his mother’s Havre home for a few days earlier this month, and noticed that the detector, which she put on a shelf...
"It was awesome, crazy and awesome again." That was the summation 8-year-old Finnly Wiens offered at the conclusion of her ride through Havre on a horse-drawn wagon Saturday afternoon. She was taking part in the second annual Christmas celebration and hayride in Havre sponsored by the Havre-Hill County Library. Children could visit Santa Claus, eat cookies and other Christmas treats, take part in arts and crafts and enjoy a hayride through Havre in a horse-drawn wagon. The...
Executive Director Trina Crawford sat in the middle of the Salvation Army Emergency Services office Thursday. The place was an organized mess. Bags of Christmas gifts filled the office and spread over the floor. Most were in big sacks. There were clothes, toys and other gifts, headed to young people in poor families throughout Hill County. Since 2005, Trina has held a job that is technically part-time. Throughout the year, she is busy making sure poor families have enough to...
From Montana Community Foundation Montana Community Foundation has more than 50 academic scholarships available for Montana students for the 2016-17 academic year. “Academic opportunity and success for Montana students is key to ensuring our state’s future,” said Mary Rutherford, MCF president and chief executive, “and we are thrilled to be a part of their giving to deserving Montana students.” Last year, MCF awarded more than $365,000 in scholarships to worthy Montana students. These scholarships are made possible by the do...
From American Red Cross In January, during National Blood Donor Month, the American Red Cross encourages people to roll up their sleeves to give blood to help maintain a sufficient blood supply for patients. Since 1970, National Blood Donor Month has been observed in January to honor blood and platelet donors and to help increase donations during the winter months. Maintaining a sufficient blood supply for patients is difficult at this time of year because extreme winter weather and seasonal illnesses often impact donor...
Larry Joseph "L.J." Morsette III, has taken his journey to be with his Heavenly Father, Dec. 19, 2015. Wake services began on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rocky Boy and continued until his funeral Mass, which was at 11 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, also at St. Mary's. Burial followed in Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit L.J.'s online memorial page and leave a message of... Full story
Press release The Havre High School speech and debate team brought home a first-place sweepstakes trophy from the Choteau invitational tournament this weekend, with its students competing against Central A division rivals Fergus County High School from Lewistown and Browning High School, as well as Class A Butte Central High School from the southwest, local Class B and C schools and schools from as far away as Townsend, Three Forks, Boulder and Manhattan and a Class AA squad from Flathead. Havre won the Class A trophy with...
Havre Police Department A 14-year-old was arrested Friday for charges of unauthorized use of motor vehicle, driving without a driver’s license, violations of condition of release and probation violation when a caller from 16th Street West notified officers at 6:09 a.m. the juvenile and a vehicle were missing from the residence. —— A 6th Street caller notified officers Friday at 11:07 a.m. of a chainsaw found in the middle of the road. The phone number on the tag did not work and officers are investigating. —— A 10th Aven...
Celina Eagleman, Sitting Eagle Woman, 56, passed away on Friday, December 18, 2015, of natural causes at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls. Wake services began at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, and continued until her traditional funeral service, held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, all at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Celina's online memorial page and leave a message of... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team has reached the holiday break. But, to get there, the Lights had to travel a great distance, and face some fierce competition. Thursday night, the Montana State University-Northern team traveled to California to take on the Menlo College Oaks in an NAIA dual between nationally ranked rivals. And, the No. 4 Lights prevailed over the No. 12 Oaks, 24-13. The win improved Northern to 6-1 in duals this season, and head coach...
It may have been only the second week of the season, but the Havre High swim teams showed they are in good form — especially the Blue Pony girls. Havre was in Great Falls this weekend for a pair of meets. And Friday, the HHS girls had one of their best showings in years. At the Great Falls PreRelay Meet Friday at the GFH Pool, the Pony girls swam to a second-place finish. HHS scored 276 points in a meet which featured champion CMR, as well as GFH, Whitefish, Hardin and C...
The Havre High wrestling team has never been afraid of a challenge. And this past weekend, the Blue Ponies got one. The Blue Ponies, who traveled to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to take part in the prestigious Tri-State wrestling tournament, more than held their own at the meet, placing seven wrestlers within the top seven in their weight class in the two-day meet that features top wrestlers from Idaho, Washington, Oregon and Montana. In the team competition, the Ponies put t...
The Havre High girls basketball team needed to get itself back on track, and it appears getting the chance to play a pair of conference opponents is exactly what did the trick. The Blue Ponies played impressively on both ends of the floor both Friday night in a 73-58 win over Livingston and Saturday in a 62-36 trouncing of Belgrade at the HHS gymnasium. Havre is now 2-2 on the season and 2-0 in Central A conference after securing the back-to-back wins inside the HHS...
Dane Warp has made a lot of great shots during his Havre High basketball career, but the shot he hit against Belgrade might just top them all. Havre and Belgrade, two Central A rivals, have a penchant for playing exciting games. The two teams played a double-overtime thriller in last season’s divisional championship and played another Saturday night in the HHS gymnasium. Only this time, Warp made sure it was the Blue Ponies that came out on top. With the score tied 58-58 in o...
