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Articles from the December 28, 2015 edition


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  • Obituary: Gerald Cody Four Colors Jr.

    Updated Dec 29, 2015

    Gerald Cody Four Colors Jr., 25, of Rocky Boy, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, at Northern Montana Hospital. Wake services began at 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, and will continue until his traditional funeral service, which will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, all at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial will follow in the Johnson Family Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Gerald's online...

  • Obituary - Ryan P. Gallagher

    Updated Dec 29, 2015

    Ryan P. Gallagher, 34, passed away on Dec. 22, 2015, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel with Deacon Tim Maroney officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Ryan’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http://www.hollandbonine.com....

  • Fort Belknap police vow to prevent another escape

    Alex Ross|Updated Dec 28, 2015

    Despite a previous escape attempt, only one Fort Belknap Detention Center officer was with Gabriel Arkinson when he fled into downtown Havre, while being transported from Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation to Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Mark Azure, president of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Council, spoke about the incident last Wednesday during an interview with the Havre Daily News. "We are doing the best we can to make sure this never happens again," said Azure, when...

  • Diners flock to Eagles Club for Christmas dinner

    John Kelleher|Updated Dec 28, 2015

    All sorts of people showed up for the Christmas dinner at the Eagles Club Friday. Young folks, older people and dozens of volunteers who said they have as much fun as the people who come to eat. Michael Cuneo dished out turkey to people at the serving line during the entire four hours of the feast, meeting new people and saying hello to folks he knew. He's a relative newcomer to Montana - he's been here only six years - and wants to meet more people. He said he enjoyed his...

  • Celebrating history: Christmas and the courthouse

    Updated Dec 28, 2015

    By Emily Mayer Christmas was on its way and activity was increasing in Hill County 100 years ago. Three churches were getting ready to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in brand-new churches — the Episcopalians, the Methodists and the Catholics — and lengthy announcements of the various Christmas services, including one being sponsored by the local Salvation Army, were found in both Havre newspapers. The Havre Plaindealer, in its Dec. 15, 1915, issue, had a very interesting article pertaining to one of Hill County’s most an...

  • Obituary - Marcella C. (Koenig) Gagnon Hull

    Updated Dec 28, 2015

    Marcella C. (Koenig) Gagnon Hull, 91, a Chester farm wife who loved reading, cooking, gardening, playing cards, dancing, singing and playing the violin and piano, died at the Chester nursing home on Dec. 22, 2015. Rosary prayers will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Chester. A coffee hour will follow. Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, at St. Mary's. Following burial at Chester Cemetery, a reception will be held at the church....

  • Obituary - Robert Earl "Bob" Rathbun

    Updated Dec 28, 2015

    Robert Earl "Bob" Rathbun was born Oct. 8, 1926, at Great Falls, Montana. He was the only son of three children born to Earl Rathbun and Eleanor Alex. Bob grew up and received his education in Hingham, where he graduated from high school in 1944. He was active in sports during his school years and was an exceptional basketball player for the Hingham Rangers. Bob was inducted into the U. S. Army in 1945. Due to demobilization as World War II ended, Bob received an early...

  • Obituary - Mary Margaret Johnson

    Updated Dec 28, 2015

    Mary Margaret Johnson, 69, of Rocky Boy passed away on Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, at her residence. Wake services began at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy, and continued until her traditional funeral service, which was held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015, also at Our Savior's Lutheran. Burial will follow in the Johnson Family Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit...

  • Obituary - Kay Milton Blatter

    Updated Dec 28, 2015

    Kay Milton Blatter, 81, passed away on Dec. 24, 2015, in Great Falls. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2015, at 11 a.m. at the Chinook High School Auditorium. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at http://www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com. Kay Milton Blatter was born on July 29, 1934 at the family home in Zurich, Montana. Kay was the youngest of nine living children and a set of twins that were...

  • Top Local Sports Stories: Sports don't get much better than 2015

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 28, 2015

    If anyone has been waiting for Havre and the Hi-Line to have a down year in sports, that wait will continue. That’s because 2015 was anything but a down year in sports in our area. Instead, the last 365 days have been filled with exciting games, with incredible athletic performances, and with championships and champions. Yes, another year of sports has come and gone, but, like every other year in these parts, it was another magical one. From state championships in football a...

  • Northern hoops teams return to the court

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 28, 2015

    Basketball season may have taken a short break for Christmas, but for the Montana State University-Northern men and women, it’s about to return with a bang. Both the Lights and Skylights will the road this week to re-start their season, and both road trips will be a warm-up to Northern’s long-awaited January home stand. The third-ranked Skylights (9-1, 1-1) are in Phoenix, Arizona, for a pair of games at the Arizona Christian Tournament. Northern starts the trip with a gam...

  • More Images from the year in local sports

    Updated Dec 28, 2015