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LOGAN, Utah — Roger Andersen thought it was over. The 46-year-old lost control of his car this weekend on a winding Utah canyon road and slid into an icy river, trapping his 9-year-old daughter Mia and 4-year-old son Baylor, along with their friend, 9-year-old Kenya Wildman. The car flipped upside-down and quickly became submerged. AP Photo/Chris Willden This photo provided by Chris Willden shows a car in the Logan River in Utah Saturday, after it was flipped upright by rescuers who saved three children trapped inside. The ca...
DES MOINES, Iowa — In the kickoff contest of the 2012 presidential race, Republican candidates argued right up to Tuesday's finish line in Iowa over which candidate the voters can trust and who they can count on to defeat President Barack Obama. With large numbers of likely caucus goers still undecided or willing to change their minds as the Iowa race wound down, a confident-but-cautious frontrunner, Mitt Romney, said in an interview broadcast Tuesday on NBC that he's poised to claim "the kind of send-off we need for a p...
Major Thomas Brenan Editor: I was reminded by the feature article on the Hi-Line region in the January 2012, issue of National Geographic, about the photo below that Havre readers may be interested to see. Shown is Thomas J. Brennan, who was the trainmaster at Havre in the 1940s, until 1943 when he was swooped up for his experience and knowledge to do something else: leadership of a railway unit supporting Patton's 3rd Army. He was appointed commanding officer of a railway operating battalion that pushed its way across...
As I write this, it is a year to the date and almost the very hour that I received a phone call from Jim Donovan, Havre Public Schools director of operations, informing me that our high school roof had collapsed. I would like to say that was a distant memory, but the emotions stirred by that thought are still quite fresh. I do not imagine that is something that will change for quite some time. The positive memory that remains with me from that day was the manner in which our high school staff and students reacted to the unexp...
A few bar patrons decided to start the new year with a gamble that may have paid off initially, but might end up making the rest of 2012 very difficult for them. According to Tammy Schmidt, owner of the Golden Spike, a group of people worked together to cheat several bars across town out of $400 each, stealing more than $6,000 in the process. Schmidt said the scam started with one person putting $200 on a machine then going outside to pretend to smoke or talk on a cellphone. Then they cashed out, made copies of their cash...
Havre City Council will take on a new look tonight, as three new council members will take their seats. Andrew Brekke will be sworn in for his second term as Ward 4 councilman. The council members have each set some issues they would like to concentrate on during the first year in office. Brekke, who is also Hill County Republican chair, said he could see few policy changes result from the increasing Republican presence on council. There will be four Republicans and four Democrats on the council, with Democratic Mayor Tim...
Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson Caleb Allestad, 10, plays fetch with his dogs Peggy Sue, below, and Sadie in his front yard Friday afternoon. Temperatures along the Hi-Line have been unseasonably warm so far this winter, despite repeated predictions of harsh weather. The new year came in like a lamb, with a chance for a lion-like winter raising its head in north-central Montana being downgraded and pushed further back. The weather forecast for this week looks more like an early summer prediction than the cold, snowy winter...
Donald L. 'Don' Felton HAMILTON — Donald L. "Don" Felton, 93, of Hamilton, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, at Marcus Daly Hospice and Palliative Care Center. He was brought into this life March 16, 1918, the fifth child of Pruden and Sallie Felton, in his Aunt Carrie's home in Havre, Mont. Don spent most of his childhood in the Bear's Paw Mountains where his family had a farm and ranch. He graduated from Chinook High School. When Don was old enough, he moved to Alaska to share and work on his Uncle Tom's horse ranch. T...
Elinior Clack Elinor R. Clack, 95, formerly of Havre, Mont., passed away Nov. 27, 2011, at Viewpointe Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. of natural causes. A memorial service is being planned for late June 2012 in Havre. A notice will be sent out several weeks before the date. Arrangements were handled by Celebration of Life in Colorado Springs. Elinor served in the American Red Cross during World War II in New Guinea and Astoria, Wash. She graduated from the University of Montana with a bachelor's degree and from the Universi...
LOGAN, Utah — Roger Andersen thought it was over. The 46-year-old lost control of his car this weekend on a winding Utah canyon road and slid into an icy river, trapping his 9-year-old daughter Mia and 4-year-old son Baylor, along with their friend, 9-year-old Kenya Wildman. The car flipped upside-down and quickly became submerged. AP Photo/Chris Willden This photo provided by Chris Willden shows a car in the Logan River in Utah Saturday, after it was flipped upright by rescuers who saved three children trapped inside. The ca...
Vernon L. Larson, 87, of Havre, passed away Nov. 20, in Branson, Mo. Memorial services will be held Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at 11 a. m., at Fifth Avenue Christian Church. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
LONDON — The most widely anticipated pregnancy since Princess Diana's in 1981 is official: Prince William's wife, Kate, is pregnant. St. James's Palace announced the pregnancy Monday, saying that the Duchess of Cambridge — formerly known as Kate Middleton — has a severe form of morning sickness and is currently in a London hospital. William is at his wife's side. AP Photo/Arthur Edwards, File Britain's Prince William meets with a young member of the public as she arrives at the Guildhall during a visit to Cambridge Engla...
Last week saw one of the greatest demonstrations of the power of the Internet, and the strength behind the threats it faces, of all time. From the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings, the Internet has been an invaluable tool in toppling the dictators who, once they lost their control over information, lost control of their countries. Facebook and Twitter became central means of coordination among demonstrators, with information, encouragement and warnings. YouTube became a way for the entire world to see up close the bruta...
BILLINGS — Citing voting machine errors and other alleged Election Day problems, Republican Sandy Welch requested a manual vote recount Monday in the race she narrowly lost for Montana schools superintendent. Official results had Democrat Denise Juneau leading Welch by 2,231 votes out of more than 468,000 cast in the Nov. 6 election. An elections expert said the margin of difference appeared too large for Welch to overcome. But Welch, a Martin City education consultant, said voting glitches in Lewis and Clark, Yellowstone a...
HELENA (AP) — A new Lee Newspapers of Montana poll shows five ballot measures will likely be approved by Montana voters. The measures include approving restrictions on medical marijuana, denying some state services to illegal immigrants, and requiring parents to be notified prior to an abortion for a girl under 16. A fourth creates a prohibition on governments from mandating that people buy health insurance, and the fifth calls for a state policy that says corporations are not people entitled to constitutional rights. M...
The Havre High volleyball team fell one win short of reaching the Class A state tournament. On Saturday afternoon in Belgrade, the Blue Ponies were eliminated from the Central A Divisional tournament by the Lewistown Golden Eagles in the third-place match. On Friday, Havre beat Browning, then lost to Belgrade in five sets before reallying to beat Livingston in five sets. Belgrade and Lewistown will play for the Central A title and will represent the Central A at next week's state tournament in Bozeman....
The Big Sandy Pioneers are in the Class C Six-Man semifinals for the third straight season. On Saturday afternoon in Grenora, N.D., the Pioneers mounted a comeback win over Westby-Grenora to move on. Big Sandy beat the Thunder 46-44 on a late drive and will now play either Bridger or Valier in the semifinals next Saturday. Meanwhile, also in Eastern Montana Saturday, Chinook's season came to an end in Fairview. The top-ranked and unbeaten Warriors ounded the Sugarbeeters 64-24 in the Class C 8-man quarterfinals. It was the...
MSU-Northern's Brandon O'Brien (right) celebrates a touchdown catch in the first quarter of Saturday's Frontier Conference football game at Blue Pony Stadium. The Montana State University-Northern football team closed the book on its home schedule the best way possible, by romping to a win over the Dickinson State Blue Hawks. Northern beat the Hawks 42-10 on senior day Saturday afternoon at Blue Pony Stadium, avenging a 21-20 loss at DSU back in September in the process....
It's been quite some time since the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team lost in the Armory Gymnasium. February of 2011 to be exact. But it happened on Saturday night as the Warner-Pacific Knights knocked off the No. 21 Lights 73-55. The Knights, who ranked No. 15 in NAIA Division II, not only end MSU-Northern's Allen Brown fight for a loose ball during Saturday night's NAIA basketball game at the Armory Gymnasium. ed a length Northern home winning streak, but they handed the Lights their first loss of the...
DENVER (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney come face to face for the first time in this presidential campaign Wednesday night for a nationally televised debate that will give millions of Americans a chance to size up two fierce competitors in a moment of high-risk theater. Romney, trailing in polls in a number of key states and running short on time to reverse his fortunes, is angling for a breakout performance in the three 90-minute presidential debates scheduled over the next three weeks. AP P...
BILLINGS — The size and role of federal government took center stage Tuesday in a Montana U.S. House debate as Democrat Kim Gillan and Republican Steve Daines challenged each other on spending cuts, taxes and the role of environmental regulations. The hour-long face-off at Montana State University-Billings — the second of three debates scheduled in the race — had a more confrontational tone than the candidates' initial meeting as the Nov. 6 election nears. AP Photo/Billings Gazette, Casey Page U.S. House candidates, Repub...
Over the weekend we traveled to smokey Missoula for the annual Jamboree which was hosted by the Missoula USBC. We had a very good time and brought back a lot of information to pass to the bowlers of Havre. There have been some major changes in the state tournaments. The Open Tournament which is in Butte at Star Lanes for all of the events because King Pin Lanes has down sized from 16 to six lanes. One of the changes is Singles and Doubles will be bowled on the same pair of lanes, no flip-flopping, nine weekends with two weeke...
I didn't see it for myself. But I didn't need to be there to know just how exciting and how important last Friday night's volleyball match between the Montana State University-Northern Skylights and the Lewis-Clark State Warriors really was. MSU-N defeated the nationally-ranked Warriors in five sets to take a hold of first place in the Frontier Conference standings. And MSU-N is in first place for the first time at the halfway point in the season in who knows how long. But...
Havre High senior is dedicated to her volleyball Over the last four years, Havre High's Sarah Armstrong, has put a lot of focus, energy, and preparation into Blue Pony volleyball. Now, in the midst of her senior season, all of Armstrong's hard work has definitely paid off. Armstrong has played volleyball for the Central A Ponies for four years. She has been a major contributor to the varsity squad since her Havre High's Sarah Armstrong (right) goes for a kill during a recent Blue Pony volleyball match at the HHS gymnasium....
The Hill County Park Board Monday told a cabin owner on Beaver Creek Park that the board would welcome cabin owners helping improve and maintain the roads on the park, with some guidance by the superintendent and the board, if necessary. "Let me just say this: We're not opposed to you helping us out, " board Chair Steve Mariani told cabin owner Brad Ruhkamp. "We don't have a lot of funds to do the cabin roads. " Ruhkamp said he just wanted to know what cabin owners could do to keep the roads passable. He said the owner of a...
