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Articles from the January 7, 2019 edition


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  • Havre welcomes first newborn of 2019

    Ryan Berry|Updated Jan 7, 2019

    The Havre community grew by one Thursday morning as Megan Raine and Lex Keller welcomed their first child into the world. Brynlee Lila Keller, a 7 pound, 8 ounce baby girl, was born Jan. 3 at 8:07 a.m., making her Havre's first baby of the new year. After going into labor around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Raine, a certified nursing assistant at the hospital, had her child the following morning, and narrowly claimed the title of "first baby of 2019" for her daughter. Raine said she did...

  • Community rallies in support of the Mullers

    Updated Jan 7, 2019

    It has been three weeks since the Muller family lost their Kremlin home in a house fire and since then the Hi-Line community has rallied around the family in support. "We live in the best community ever," Christine Muller said. "I mean, I've always know that it was a nice community, but I didn't realize how awesome it was till this happened." "The Hi-Line community has been beyond amazing. The support, the outreach, the outpouring, has just been phenomenal," she added. John...

  • Government shutdown hits Fort Belknap

    Derek Hann|Updated Jan 7, 2019

    With the federal government shutdown entering its third week, Fort Belknap Indian Community’s contingency plan went into effect Sunday, impacting workers and services at the reservation. “I really appreciate the cooperation and commitment that all my tribal employees have demonstrated during this shutdown issue,” Fort Belknap’s Chief Administrative Officer Delina Cutstherope said Friday. She added that she believes that the Fort Belknap community wouldn’t be as strong as it is and provide the services that is does without t...

  • Obituary - Josiah James Small

    Updated Jan 7, 2019

    Josiah James Small passed away on January 2, 2019, at his residence. Wake services began at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 4, 2019, and continued until his funeral service, which was at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 6, 2019, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Burial followed in the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Josiah’s online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at www...

  • Obituary - Virginia "Virgie" Anna Toner April 6, 1919 - January 3, 2019

    Updated Jan 7, 2019

    Virginia "Virgie" Anna Toner passed away January 3, 2019. She was born to Joseph and Theresa (Velcheck) Ludwig of Rudyard, the eldest of 11 children. For her 99 years, eight months, and three days she dedicated her life to her family, first helping raise her 10 siblings and then her own family of eight children. Virgie passed away peacefully at Liberty Medical Center in Chester. Her goal in life was taking care of her family and everyone else who entered her life. She was the...

  • For the Record, Jan. 7, 2018

    Updated Jan 7, 2019

    Havre Police Department A caller at a First Street Northeast business reported a stolen iPad Friday at 10:14 a.m. -- Friday at 12:47 p.m. 16-year-old was issued a summons on charges of theft and trespass to property in a stolen bike case. -- A caller at a First Street business reported theft of beer at 1:40 p.m. Friday. -- Waylon Curtis Daychild of Box Elder, 36, was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct and on two Justice or City court warrants after a caller a Northern...

  • MCF Scholarship applications now available

    Updated Jan 7, 2019

    Press release HELENA — Applications for Montana Community Foundation scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year are now available for Montana students. Last year, MCF awarded more than $430,000 in scholarships to 138 Montana students. These scholarships are made possible by the generous donors who have established scholarship funds at MCF. Scholarship awards generally range between $500 and $20,000, some of which are renewable for multiple years. Qualifications vary widely, resulting in scholarship eligibility for a d...

  • Havre speech wins at Great Falls Central

    Updated Jan 7, 2019

    Press release The Havre High School speech and debate team again took a small team to a highly competitive tournament hosted by Great Falls Central High School, and still scored enough points to bring home a Class A team trophy. Havre won the Class A competition with Butte Central High School taking second. “This was really close, and I am glad our students were able to pull it off,” head coach Tim Leeds said. “If we can continue this level of performance, we should be able to finish the year strongly. “I am hoping we can...

  • Bombs Away: Lights stun Warriors

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 7, 2019

    What a difference 24 hours can make. And that was certainly the case for the Montana State University-Northern Lights. After a tough night shooting against the UM-Western Bulldogs, the Lights' fortunes quickly turned around in the second game of a two-game Armory Gymnasium home stand. And those fortunes came against one of the best teams in the NAIA. Saturday night in the Armory, the Lights buried eight 3-pointers in the first 16 minutes, sparking them to a 99-95 victory over...

  • Skylights fight tough Frontier rivals

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 7, 2019

    The Montana State University-Northern Skylights knew their first two Frontier Conference home games of the season were going to be daunting. And they were because they had to play two rivals ranked in the NAIA Top 25. However, Saturday night, Northern gave one of those rivals all it could handle. Inside the Armory Gymnasium, the Skylights lost a heartbreaker to No. 16 Lewis-Clark State, 51-49. Northern battled the Warriors down to the wire, and with just :03 left, Peyton...

  • Blue Ponies win yet another Cut Bank mat title

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jan 7, 2019

    Some things in life are just inevitable, things like death, taxes and the Havre High wrestling team winning the Cut Bank Invitational. While the Blue Ponies had to work a little harder than they have for some of their previous titles in Cut Bank, Havre captured its 17th consecutive team title at the two-day tournament after tallying 179 points compared to 150 for second-place Cut Bank and 138.5 for third-place Malta. A number of local teams also scored points as Chinook had...

  • Ponies send seniors out in style at Class A Meet

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jan 7, 2019

    The Havre High swimming teams got the chance to compete in front of the hometown fans one last time Saturday at the Havre Community Pool and in the process, the Blue Ponies honored a large class of seniors. "It was a little heartbreaking," HHS assistant coach Jill Cammon said. "We have so many of them that came to us as freshmen that had never swum before and to see how far they have come in the past four years is really awesome. It's going to be really sad without them."...

  • HHS girls crush Eagles; Pony boys fall

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jan 7, 2019

    The Havre High girls basketball team is a machine when it comes to winning Central A conference games and after a dominant start defensively, the Blue Ponies rolled to an easy victory over Lewistown. The Eagles, who have struggled to score all season, averaging just 33 points a game, failed to meet that mark in Lewistown Saturday night, as the visiting Ponies held Lewistown to three points in the first quarter on their way to a 60-28 victory. Havre improved to 8-0 on the...