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St. Mary's Catholic Church, a historic landmark on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, was considered a complete loss after flames consumed the structure Saturday. The fire started Saturday morning, Rocky Boy Volunteer Fire Department Chief Calvin Jilot said. He added that the volunteer fire department receiving a call at 10:21 a.m. and responded shorty after the call was made. He added that the initial report stated that the fire had originated in the kitchen of the church and...
The Havre Police Department Police Protective Association donated $500 to the Community Christmas Dinner Friday. "I love it," Havre Eagles Club manager and chair of the community dinner Tom Farnham said. "It shows they care about the people in town and want to make sure it continues." He said the community dinner has been at the Eagles Club for more than 40 years, starting with Bob Sivertsen, who ran the dinner for 25 years before passing it over to Jerry Bergren and his...
St. Mary's Catholic Church, a historic and sentimental landmark on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, was considered a complete loss after flames consumed the structure. The fire started this morning, Rocky Boy Volunteer Fire Department receiving a call at 10:21 a.m., Rocky Boy Fire Chief Calvin Jilot. He added that the initial report stated that the fire had originated in the kitchen of the church, but, unfortunately, quickly spread throughout the entire building. The cause of...
Montana Highway Patrol reported a woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash Thursday night on Buttercup and Laredo roads on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. Hill County Sheriff and Coroner Jamie Ross said the name of the victim is being withheld until the family is notified. A press release from Montana Highway Patrol says a vehicle was southbound on Laredo Road when a pedestrian was running out in the road. The vehicle impacted her directly, throwing her off the right side of the road. The vehicle continued on and has yet t...
Snow Dance Ski Association has reopened the Bear Paw Winter Sports Store this year, providing skis, snowboards, equipment and other items for the public. Proceeds from the sports store help fund the volunteer association’s work patrolling at Bear Paw Ski Bowl. Snow Dance Association member Cortney Filler said that Bear Paw Winter Sports is open Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is doing seasonal rentals. She added that they have already made more than 20 seasonal rentals this year. Once other hills in the state start o...
The Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation announced Monday a vacancy needs to be filled on the tribal election board. A press release from the Chippewa Cree Tribal Election Board says the position is for an election board member at-large and interested parties must submit a letter to the Election Board and or the tribal secretary-treasurer by Dec. 23, 2019. The Election Board encourages all qualified applicants that have no intent to file as a candidate for any tribal election office position to timely submit...
The Van Orsdel United Methodist Church Live Nativity has been a long-standing tradition for the Hi-Line, with many people coming out every year to look at the volunteers and the animals who come every year to bring the true meaning of Christmas to the community. "It kind of gets in your blood. Something about standing out their in that scene, it's meaningful," organizer Ray Toth said. He added that the church has been putting on the event for more than 23 years, and, during...
The Chippewa Cree Tribe received $4,945,214 from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to construct 31 new two-bedroom single-family low-income homes for senior citizens on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation under the Indian Housing Block Grant Competitive Program. “We’re very happy,” Chippewa Cree Housing Authority Executive Director Allen J. LaMere said. “We’re very excited and we are very pleased that this grant got funded. It’s just a significant thing for our community out here, especially for our seniors.” La...
Havre Salvation Army is a third of the way to it’s goal Monday, half-way through its annual Red Kettle Campaign. Havre Salvation Army Social Services Director Trina Crawford said that the Red Kettle Campaign has raised $10,563.47 of its $32,000 goal. The campaign is the Salvation Army’s biggest fundraiser throughout the year, with the money raised going directly back to the community, and it allows the Salvation Army to provide its emergency services throughout the year. Some of the services the Salvation Army provides is...
After 33 years of service in law enforcement, Havre Police Capt. Bill Wilkinson retired Tuesday. "For me it's hard to explain the difference you make and the people you help," Wilkinson said. Wilkinson began his public service career with the Hill County Sheriff's Office in 1986, working as a dispatcher and jailer. He said he is originally from Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. In late 1969 or early in the 1970s his father, who was working for Bureau of Indian...
The Havre School Board heard reports Monday saying most Havre students are doing well as far as discipline issues. “In Havre, even the bad kids are good,” Havre High School Assistant Principal Pax Haslem. He said the students who have disciplinary and and attendance issues are a small percentage of the student body and their problems are usually not about school but from things happening at home. He added that the school is working to better reach these students and help them succeed. Haslem said that in other schools whe...
The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians are two steps away from federal recognition. Recognition was included in a defense appropriations bill that came out of a joint committee Monday, and now needs approval from the House and Senate and the president’s signature for the tribe to be federally recognized after more than a century of effort by the Little Shell. The recognition was kept in a defense appropriations bill by the joint committee resolving differences between the Senate and House versions of the bill. ...
Members of a local service organization in Havre are sending veterans across the state a Christmas card because everyone deserves to be remembered and appreciated during the holiday season, Catholic Daughters of America Havre organizer Sue Swan said. “We wanted to touch the folks who were kind of jobless and maybe elderly,” she said. The Catholic Daughters of America is a non-profit service organization that engages in creative and spiritual programs which provide its members with the opportunity to develop their talents in...
The annual Live Nativity, put on by Van Orsdel United Methodist Church to get people to remember what Christmas is all about by making the Biblically historic event of the birth of Jesus Christ a little more real for the people in Havre, returned to Havre Saturday. "We just love it," Casey Pratt said. "It's humbling and it's peaceful." The Live Nativity is a long-standing tradition in Havre, and each year the church puts on the event free to the community. The event includes a...
Van Orsdel United Methodist Church will be putting on its annual Live Nativity event for the community Saturday from 5 to 7 p.m. The Live Nativity is a re-enactment of the Biblical event of the birth of Jesus Christ. The event has been a long-standing tradition in Havre, each year the church puts on the event free to the community, sometimes braving cold and inclement weather conditions. The event includes actors and actresses who will be portraying the parts of Mary, Joseph,...
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said Thursday he is going to introduce a bill after reaching an agreement with the Consolidated Salish and Kootenai Tribes for a permanent water settlement. “After years of negotiations and hard work, I’m pleased to announce we have reached a new agreement that permanently settles a century old water dispute in Montana and protects the water rights of all Montanans,” Daines said in a release. “The ‘Montana Water Rights Protection Act’ will permanently eliminate almost all of CSKT’s water claim...
Havre Beneath the Streets has again opened its doors for its annual Holiday Spirit Stroll Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. “We’ve decorated it for the holidays and you’ll be able to stroll through the underground and kind of get the holiday spirit,” Havre Beneath the Streets Office Manager Christy Owens said. The Holiday Stroll is not a tour, she said, people will be able to walk through the rooms at their leisure. She added that each room will also have volunteers, staff members and board members to answer any questions people...
Havre Laundry and Dry Cleaning is the oldest laundry business in the state and one of the oldest family-owned businesses in Northern Montana, and the business is still adapting and changing for the future. "It's a source of pride, it's a source of motivation as well," owner Ron Brenna said. Havre Laundry was first established in 1904 and was started with six different partners, he said. He added that he had no relation to the original six partners. After the business was...
An absconder from justice led law enforcement on a high-speed chase through Havre before he was apprehended Tuesday night after the vehicle he was in crashed into a house, and law enforcement is still looking for two other suspects. Franklin T. Caplette of Box Elder, 35, was being held this morning on charges of obstruction of a peace officer with a $335 bond, possession of dangerous drugs with no bond and a federal probation hold with no bond. A press release from the Hill County Sheriff’s Office said their office was c...
With Christmas quickly approaching, Havre Salvation Army is looking for volunteers and donations to its annual Red Kettle Campaign. "The Salvation Army is still in desperate need of volunteer bell ringers," Havre Salvation Army Social Services Director Trina Crawford said. She added that the Salvation Army has a large amount of volunteer opportunities for the community, needing bell ringers at North 40 Outfitters, Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods and Holiday Village Mall. The...
Havre again is participating in the U.S. Marine Corps Christmas drive Toys for Tots, and Triple Dog Brewing Co. is hosting a fundraiser Friday for the effort. Holiday Family Photo with Steve Helmbrecht of Helmbrecht Photography will start at Triple Dog Friday at 5 p.m. Organizers said everyone is welcome to the event. Photos are $25 for a 5- to 10-minute photo session with Helmbrecht. People will need to leave their emails with Helmbrecht and he will email the photos within three to four days in a digital image people can...
Two separate vehicles were reported Monday at 5:59 p.m. crashing into a cow on U.S. Highway 87. Rocky Boy and Havre both sent ambulances to the crash site near mile marker 95, about 6 miles north of Box Elder. Cattle are frequently reported near the highway in this area and six people had reported cattle on or near the highway in that region earlier in the day on another report was called in 15 minutes before the accident. Havre Fire Chief Mel Paulson said that Havre...
The two westbound lanes of U.S. Highway 2 were closed off in front of Ben Franklin Crafts and Triple Dog Brewing Co. because of a two vehicle crash which occurred at about 2:30 p.m. The crash was head-on collision between Ford Taurus and a Pontiac. Havre Fire Chief Mel Paulson said that two people were in the Ford and two people were in the Pontiac. He added that three of the people were transported to Northern Montana Hospital for minor injuries....
During the committee reports of the Havre City Council meeting Monday Mayor Tim Solomon discussed with council members an idea to reorganize the council's monthly meetings. "I find it a very interesting concept," Council member Erik Meis said. "It could be viable." Solomon said he brought up the idea at the end of the Ordinance Committee meeting last month and discussed the idea with the committee. The idea is the City Council would meet once a month to discuss and vote on...
Just in time for the holidays, Kristi Peterson has won the 2019 Can-Am Outlander quadrunner raffle fundraiser to help raise funds to repair Havre Beneath the Streets. "It's such an important part of Havre, I'm so happy to support it," Peterson said. Peterson said that a co-worker at Independence Bank, Kevin Holmes, was selling tickets earlier this year and she decided to purchase four tickets from him. She said that she knew it was to raise money for Beneath the Streets to...
