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The local Catholic school will celebrate its long history of education in Havre next week during National Catholic Schools Week. The Rev. Dale Yurkovic, superintendent of St. Jude Thaddeus School, said he has appreciated the community, his parish and the school since he took over St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church last summer. The work ethic, family traditions and sense of caring apparent in the community translate into the school, he said. "I've been very impressed with the longevity of families and the tradition of...
Hearing that funds for the new automotive technology center were cut from the state budget was a difficult pill to swallow, the dean of Montana Stuate University- Northern's College of Technical Sciences said this morning. "This isn't good news," Greg Kegel said. "This is heartwrenching," he said, adding that Northern will continue to rally support for the idea and proceed with work, using what funds still will be available. Gov. Brian Schweitzer announced Wednesday $56 million in cuts he plans to make in the state budget by... Full story
The local acting troupe is bringing a mixture of old and new to Havre this weekend when it opens a production of Joseph Fisher's "Cupid and Psyche" Friday. Montana Actors' Theatre director Audrey Barger said the play, which retells a Greek myth, is set in the modern times while using classical dialogue. "It's very interesting," she said. The play recounts the story of Cupid, the god of desire, being sent by his mother, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, to punish the mortal princess Psyche for attracting attention away from the...
Things are starting to heat up in the state-level races for office, with new filings by candidates on the national level and for the state Public Service Commission. A Montana State Univers i t y Billings professor has filed as a candidate in the race for Montana's sole U.S. Representative seat, providing a primary challenge for five-term incumbent Denny Rehberg in the Republican primary. A.J. Otjen, 52, a native of Enid, Okla., filed as a Republican candidate for the seat Tuesday. Rehberg, a Billings rancher and real estate...
After a couple of weeks of warm weather, Mother Nature brought winter back to the area with a vengeance over the weekend, with storms dropping more than 10 inches of snow in Havre and blanketing most of the eastern portion with heavy snowfall. "We've been pretty busy all weekend," Mike MacDonald, area maintenance chief fo r t h e Mo n ta n a De p a r tme n t o f Transportation said this morning. The snow fell mainly Friday afternoon through Saturday night. The Weather Service forecast for this week predicts no snow in Havre,...
Havre High School students had the opportunity to use topend equipment to learn about the future of fuels as they made biodiesel in the Applied Technology Cent e r at Montana Stat e University-Northern. "It gives the kids a better chance to do it right," said Merle Hoerner, the automotive instructor at Havre High. Hoerner has had the students in his advanced automotive class make biodiesel for several years, and he decided to step it up a notch and partner with the university. Northern's BioEnergy Center has state-of-the-art... Full story
Kim A. "Junior" Norquay of Havre and Hays, born in 1979, was sentenced in state District Court in Havre to 10 years as a persistent felony offender after he pleaded guilty in a plea agreement to possession of a weapon by prisoner. Judge David Rice ordered the sentence to run consecutively with a 65-year sentence Norquay is serving for his conviction of deliberate homicide in the death of Lloyd "Lucky" Kvelstad of North Dakota. The District Court in Havre received notice last week that Norquay is appealing that conviction....
Things were busy at the Hill County Clerk and Recorder's Office — and the Montana Secretary of State's Office — Thursday with the opening of the candidate filing for the 2010 elections. On the federal level, Democrat Dennis McDonald has filed as a candidate for Montana's sole seat in the House of Representatives, saying he believes this is the year to unseat incumbent Republican Denny Rehberg. "I don't ever recall a time when there was so much angst among the public," McDonald, a Montana Democratic Party chair, said. Rehberg... Full story
A Libby logger who speaks around the nation and has created a presidentially recognized educational program brought a message of woe — and success and hope — to agriculture producers at the winter grazing seminar in Havre Thursday. Bruce Vincent, president of Communities for a Great Northwest, told the people at the grazing seminar that a new movement has to save the business and culture of Montana and all of rural America. "There's a way to save the last best places. We're going to have to save the last best people to do it,...
Officials heard a variety of ideas and comments on job creation in north-central Montana during an economic roundtable in Havre Wednesday, ranging from the government taking a hands-off approach to ideas on what investments could help stimulate the lagging economy. Alan Pearson, president of Wells Fargo Bank in Havre, noted that 80 percent of the people at the roundtable, held by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development to get ideas on job creation, worked for government or nonprofit agencies. "The response... Full story
The keynote speaker during an agricultural seminar is Montana's junior senator, who will focus on his legislation on Montana forest policy and how it would affect agriculture. Sen. Jon Tester's communications director Aaron Murphy said Monday that Tester will speak Wednesday during the dinner at the winter grazing seminar being held in Havre by the Hill County Conservation District. Tester, a Democrat, primarily will speak about his Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, which would require at least 100,000 acres of timber be...
A new face is taking the helm of the private organization that helps fund the local university. Shauna Albrecht, 33, a native of Helena, will take over the Montana State University-Northern Foundation Monday, Jan. 25, she said Monday. "My duties will be to try to raise funds for Northern," Albrecht said. "We're going to kick off a capital campaign." The two-year campaign will try to raise $6 million for the university, Albrecht said, focusing on helping with special projects making Northern more sustainable — an increasing c...
Montana State University-Northern is searching for a replacement for its provost, who is ending a relationship with Havre's university that goes back to 1973. Joe Callahan, who left in 1986 and came back to Northern in a two-year interim position as provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs in 2007 — and has stayed an extra year — has announced his retirement effective June 30. He said he will return to Dickinson, N.D., where his wife, Dr. Kim Callahan, has a private practice as an audiologist. Callahan said Thu... Full story
At Havre City Council's first meeting of the year, several new public officials were sworn in, including Mayor Tim Solomon. City Clerk Lowell Swenson swore Solomon in before a near-capacity crowd in City Hall Monday. Outgoing Republican Mayor Bob Rice, whom the Democrat Solomon defeated in the November election, was not at Monday's meeting. After he took over presiding at the council meeting, Solomon thanked Rice and outgoing council member Terry Schend for their years of service to the city. "I think they deserve a round of... Full story
People at Northern Winz Casino on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation had a rare way to start their new year, as country music superstar Pam Tillis performed New Year's Eve. "It's great to be here," Tillis said as she opened her show, adding, "It's mighty cold here, but we're going to try to heat things up." Tillis and her three-piece band performed from 10:30 p.m. Thursday until about 12:30 a.m. New Year's Day. Tillis, who said in a December interview she enjoys smaller shows, said after the show she had a good time, at least...
