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Someone who bought a ticket in the Havre area is $100,000 richer and may not even know it. A ticket that was sold in Havre won the Montana Cash jackpot. Montana Lottery officials were unavailable for comment this morning. The ticket was sold at Gary and Leo's Fresh Foods. The winning numbers were: 6 10 13 16 35. The winner has until Nov. 1 to claim the winnings....
Less than a week after holding what it called a successful reopening of the Havre Community Giveaway House, a group responded to a lawsuit that claims it has no authority to operate the charity — in a battle between two boards that each say they represent the charity. A press release sent out by Roberta Beute, chair of the board that reopened the North Havre location of the Giveaway House Saturday, April 20, said that more than 90 people attended the reopening from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The charity was founded about 1970 by R...
Deanna P. Boe Deanna P. Boe, 69, of Hays passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2013, at her residence of natural causes. Wake services will begin at 5 p.m on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at the Kills at Night Center in Hays. Rosary services will be at 7 p.m on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at the Kills at Night Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at St. Paul Mission Church with Father Joseph Retzel officiating, and burial will be in the Myrick Family Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has...
An audience member at the Hill County Park Board meeting Monday asked the board if state law requires term limits for people serving on county boards. Havreite Lowell Alcock cited Montana Code Annotated which provides the maximum length of a term of appointment by a county commission to a county board. "In state code it shows a maximum of four years," Alcock said. Board Chair Steve Mariani said the Park Board rules are well within those limits. "There is a three-year time limit, appointed by the commissioners" Mariani said....
Havre City Council may decide in early May who will succeed City Councilman Rick Dow when he moves to Minnesota. But lots of questions remain about how long the new councilman will serve. Dow, a Third Ward Republican, will formally step down after the Monday, April 15, meeting. The council will formally advertise for applications in the next two weeks, and will set up times for interviews at the April 15 meeting. The city will also notify the chairs of the Republican and Democratic parties of the vacancy. "I'm sure we will ha...
Havre will officially recognize April 22 as Earth Day despite protestations from Councilman Rick Dow that the founders of the program are radical environmentalists who worship the earth instead of God. Dow said at Monday night's City Council meeting that it was inappropriate for the city to issue a proclamation honoring Earth Day when it had not issued a proclamation honoring Easter Sunday. "This seems like a violation of church and state," Dow said of the Earth Day proclamation that was presented by Mayor Tim Solomon....
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Linda Webster, pastor for Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, sits in the driver's seat in the new church van. A gift that will greatly benefit everyone at a Rocky Boy church arrived Thursday, in time to celebrate Easter Sunday. Our Savior's Lutheran Church was in desperate need of a newer passenger van to transport its congregation members and visiting groups, Pastor Linda Webster said. One of the two vans in the church's fleet had severe engine problems too costly to fix. Upon hearing about the...
Throughout the 63rd legislative session, members of both parties have touted their efforts to create jobs and strengthen Montana's economy. Whether it is reducing tax burdens on small business or making new investments in education, there is good news coming out of the legislature. But occasionally ideas emerge that are contrary to the goal of economic development. Case in point is the recent legislative attempt to stifle Montana's flourishing brewery industry. A bill has been introduced that would impose an additional...
"Charter schools are smarter schools!" Thus goes the slogan in some of the many states where there are concerted campaigns by private charter school companies and operators to barge in on the public school system in those states. Is this slogan true? Or, as opponents of charter schools claim, do charter schools take advantage particularly of low-achieving and high-achieving students and their concerned parents, yet offer them a lesser quality education than is already available in the less-expensive public school system? Do...
As someone who was in Helena on Monday for the rally for Medicaid expansion and spoke for the bill, I am highly disgusted that House Bill 590 was shot down on party lines. HB 590 would have affected my life in four good ways. I would have had insurance, my husband and son still would have had Medicaid, my husband's spend down would have disappeared, and I could have gone back to work. Idiots killed the bill based on the thought that somebody making $15,000 should be able to make $700 a month insurance payments. That would...
Havre faces some serious questions in coming years. People always say that this is the most critical time in history, but there is a case to be made that the decisions made in coming years will affect our city for the next century. Taxes, infrastructure repairs, business and industrial development, and tourism promotion are just a few of the many programs that will have to be undertaken. The mayor and four — maybe five — of the city councilmembers who will lead the city through the troubled waters will be chosen in the fal...
WASHINGTON — Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they don't accurately project their income. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File President Barack Obama signs the health care bill in the East Room of the White House on March 23, 2010. Millions of people who take advantage of government subsidies to help buy health insurance next year could get stung by surprise tax bills if they don't accurately project their income. P...
The sentencing of a Havre man convicted of criminal endangerment in an incident that put a Big Sandy man in intensive care and caused permanent brain injuries has been delayed by what the state district judge called circumstances beyond anyone's control. Judge Dan Bouche this afternoon reset the sentencing of Kenneth Erickson, born in 1961, to Wednesday at 9 a.m. A jury in February convicted Erickson of the felony — and acquitted him of a felony charge of aggravated assault — stemming from Erickson punching Gene Johnson in...
HELENA — The Montana Senate is debating a plan to use federal money to expand the number of Medicaid recipients in the state. Some Republicans in the chamber joined Democrats to advance the bill to a full vote on the floor Tuesday afternoon. Democrats argue that Senate Bill 395 by Sen. Dave Wanzenried of Missoula also promises reforms to Medicaid sought by conservatives. GOP leaders in the chamber tried to kill the bill in committee. But some Republicans bucked their leaders on a procedural motion, sending the measure to a f...
Every year the North Star Knights and many of North Central Montana's best track and field program's take over the Havre Middle School track for the annual Cal Wearley track meet. And it is that time of year again, and a lot of talented and competitive teams are expected to make the Havre track infield their home. Wednesday, nearly 30 te North Star's Cooper Spicher flies through the air during the long jump at last spring's Cal Wearley Invitational track meet in Havre. The Knights will host the annual Cal Wearley Meet Wednesd...
In the home debut for the Havre High softball team, the Blue Ponies got everything they could have asked for out of an early season, non-conference game. Monday afternoon, the Central A Ponies hosted the Class B Glasgow Scotties at the Sixth Avenue Memorial field in Havre. The Ponies dropped all four games last weekend at the Great Falls Jamboree, but now hold a 1-0 record to start their season after home win Monday. Havre High's Sydne Huston lays down a bunt during a girls fastpitch softball game against Glasgow Monday at...
Lorene M. Rothfusz, 79, of Missoula passed away March 30. A visitation will be held Thursday, April 4, beginning at 6:30 p.m. with a commemorative service at 7 p.m., all at Garden City Funeral Home, 1705 W. Broadway, Missoula. Funeral services will begin Friday, April 5, at 11 a.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church, 3718 Rattlesnake Drive, Missoula....
Frances A. McGillivray, 84, of Chinook, died on March 28, 2013 at 11:40 p.m., comfortably in her home, after a battle with Cancer. Frances was born in Raglan, Bench, Mont. on March 2, 1929, to her parents, Izador and Elizabeth Magda. Frances was an amazing woman of God who loved to share the Lords love with everyone. She was known as a "Prayer Warrior" and prayed for many to come to know Jesus as she had. Frances graduated from Chinook High School. Her death is preceeded by her loving husband, Gordon McGillivray. They were...
David Purkett Retired Bynum grocer and postmaster David Francis Purkett, 71, died on March 29, 2013, at hospice in Great Falls of complications from a stroke. David was born May 17, 1941, to Charles Purkett and Agnes Becwar. He was the "baby" of the family of four boys and loving parents. His family owned Purkett's Grocery and operated the Bynum Post Office for many years. After completing school at Bynum Elementary and Choteau High School, David pursued a law enforcement career by working as a deputy sheriff for Teton...
The Havre High girls basketball season came to an abrupt end Saturday morning with a 51-37 loss to Butte Central in a loser-out game at the Class A state tournament in Butte. The loss ended the Ponies season with a 13-9 overall record. For full coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News....
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team will probably return home fro Des Moines, Iowa with a little of what might of been. Through the the consolation finals Saturday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa, the Lights have scored104 points which puts them in a solid, but distant third behind Grande View (141) and Southern Oregon (134). Dickinson State is on Northern's heels in fourth. The semifinal round was unkind to MSU-N Saturday morning as the Lights lost four of five matches. Northern junior Cameron Neiss was the lo...
The MSU-Northern wrestling team is bringing its first trophy home from the NAIA national wrestling tournament since the Lights captured the 2004 national championship. Northern wrapped up a third-place finish Saturday night in Des Moines, Iowa, scoring 104 points and garnering seven All-Americans. Northern's Cameron Neiss was the top finisher after he placed second at 133 pounds. Ethan Hinebauch (165) and Toby Cheff (184) finished third, while Max Payne (174) placed fourth. Aaron LaFarge (125), Duell Stadel (125) and Mickey...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team's two-year reign atop the Frontier Conference is over. On Saturday night in Dillon, the No. 20 Lights (23-9) lost to the No. 15 UM-Western Bulldogs 68-59 in the Frontier Conference semifinals. The Lights will now have to wait several days to find out if they will receive an at-large bid to the NAIA national tournament in two weeks in Kansas City. The Bulldogs adavnced to Tuesday night's championship game. In Saturday's contest, the Bulldogs went a staggering...
Saturday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Northern B at Cut Bank Loser Out Fairfield 59, Glasgow 48 Malta 85, Rocky Boy 61 Third Place Malta 52, Fairfield 50 Championship Wolf Point 64, Choteau 53 Southern B at Billings (Metra) Loser Out Columbus 62, Big Timber 50 Manhattan 51, Red Lodge 41 Third Place Columbus 60, Manhattan 53 Championship Forsyth 59, Whitehall 34 Southern C at Miles City Loser Out Broadview-Lavina 67, Northern Cheyenne 48 St. Labre 69, Plenty Coups 50 Third Place St. Labre 63, Broadview-Lavina...
KALISPELL (AP) — A man convicted of felony aggravated cruelty to animals in a Flathead County cat-hoarding case has failed to meet the requirements of his two-year deferred sentence by using drugs and failing to get a job or pay restitution. The Daily Inter Lake reports (http://bit.ly/U8f3rL Edwin Criswell was sentenced Thursday to two years with the Montana Department of Corrections. Criswell and his wife, Cheryl, were convicted in September 2011. He was given a two-year deferred sentence and they were ordered to pay $...
