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Articles from the January 9, 2020 edition


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  • Donoven approaching 25 years with family jewelry business

    Derek Hann|Updated Jan 9, 2020

    J. M. Donoven Designs in Fine Jewelry is approaching its 25th year in operation, with the owner and her family serving the community for it's full history. "Without the community we wouldn't have made it here, we wouldn't have made it 25 years," owner and jeweler Janine Donoven said. Donoven said that she was born and raised in the Havre community. Prior to opening her own business, she worked in the jewelry indstry for 11 years. She first got involved in business while she...

  • MAT looks for summer interns for youth program

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Jan 9, 2020

    Montana Actors' Theatre is looking for four or five college students who want to help it continue its two-decade tradition of summer youth theater. The paid interns will oversee MAT's youth programs including the touring KidsMAT Summer Children's Theatre camps and its annual youth production for older children, this year "The Wizard of Oz." "They will run all of our Kids MAT productions up and down the Hi-Line," MAT's youth program director Angela Pratt said. "They will learn...

  • Lil' Pony Cheer Camp set for Jan. 25

    Updated Jan 9, 2020

    Staff and wire report Lil’ Pony Cheer Camp 2020 for ages kindergarten through grade five is set for Saturday, Jan. 25, 9-11 a.m., at the Havre High School Cafeteria. The camp attendees will give a performance at halftime of the Havre boys basketball game against Miles City. Registration fee for the camp is $30 for the first child, $25 for each additional sibling. A $1 discount will be given for each non-perishable food item brought for donation to the Havre Food Bank and Havre High School Food Pantry for up to five items p...

  • Pesticide applicator training set in Hingham

    Updated Jan 9, 2020

    Staff and wire report The Hill County Extension Office will be holding a class for any producers wishing to obtain a private pesticide applicators license. The class is for new applicators to be able to purchase and apply restricted-use products. The training will be Wednesday, Jan. 22, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Spencer’s Hiway Bar and Grill in Hingham. The training is free, but a separate fee is required to obtain a license. The fee is $12 for people living in District 3. Space is limited, so people must register by T...

  • Agenda - Hill County Conservation District

    Updated Jan 9, 2020

    The Hill County Conservation District Board will meet Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 5 p.m. in the USDA Service Center at 206 25th Ave. W. Suite 1, Havre. The agenda is: Call meeting to order Approval of minutes of Dec. 18 meeting meeting Bills to be paid Treasurer’s report New business Oath of candidacy for Tom Jurenka and Shawn Nystrom Old business Reorganization of board Correspondence Reports U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service...

  • For the Record, Jan. 9, 2020

    Updated Jan 9, 2020

    Havre Police Department Wednesday at 12:12 p.m. a caller at a First Street West business reported a theft. -- An arrest was made after a Second Street caller reported a protection order violation at 4:31 p.m. Wednesday. No details on the charges was provided. -- A two-vehicle, non-injury crash was reported on Second Street Wednesday at 5:21 p.m. -- Desarae Rose Matte of Havre, 29, was issued a summons on a charge of violation of protective order, after a Second Street caller...

  • Obituary - Frank L. Brien

    Updated Jan 9, 2020

    Frank L. Brien of Havre, 88, passed away surrounded by family due to complications from pneumonia Monday, Jan. 6th, 2020, at Northern Montana Hospital. A Rosary will be recited Friday, Jan. 10th, at 7 p.m. at the Holland & Bonine Funeral Home in Havre. A funeral Mass will be held Saturday, Jan. 11th, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Jude's Catholic Church in Havre. Burial will follow at the Highland Cemetery with military honors. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with... Full story

  • Box Elder woman admits stabbing man

    Updated Jan 9, 2020

    From the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Distritc of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Box Elder woman admitted Wednesday she stabbed a man in the hand and chest with a butterfly knife on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation last year, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. Katie Lynn Big Bow, 44, pleaded guilty to assault of a dating partner. Big Bow faces a maximum five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided and set sentencing for May 7. Big Bow was detained pen...

  • Obituary - Anna M. Knudson

    Updated Jan 9, 2020

    Anna M. Knudson, 90, passed away due to natural causes at the Care & Comfort Home Saturday, January 4, 2020. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 13, 2020, at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Michael O'Hearn officiating. Burial will follow with her beloved husband Lyle in Highland Cemetery. Her family has suggested memorial donations be made in Anna's name to Shriners Hospitals for Children, First Lutheran Church, or the... Full story

  • Obituary - Pamela Jane Marquardt

    Updated Jan 9, 2020

    Pamela Jane Marquardt, 66, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020, with her sister at her side, at the Northern Montana Care Center. Pam was born September 15, 1953, in Havre to William and Carolyn (Habeger) Marquardt. She had a rough start to her life. At six years of age she moved to the Boulder Hospital for a number of years. When Havre started group homes and the Havre Day Activity Center, Pam was able to return home. She was a very loving person and everyone who knew Pam... Full story

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Sondra's House of Ill Repute

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Jan 9, 2020

    Surgery successful — Hooray! Hooray! I have a repaired hip. My legs are both the same length again. I promise not to show you the scars. The news on the other end of that spectrum is that I will be immobilized for two weeks. My expectation, courtesy of previous experience, was that I would be up and walking the day following surgery. Shattered expectations had my emotions running wildly about unclothed and unfiltered for a couple days. And what is this strange motormouth r...

  • Legislative Week offers opportunity to start discussion of serious issues

    Updated Jan 9, 2020

    Next week, members of the Montana Legislature will head back to Helena to participate in “Legislative Week.” This is an opportunity for our state lawmakers to continue to engage each other and the broader public in important policy topics on the minds of many Montanans. Just three short years ago, Montana faced massive cuts to the state budget, which decimated services across the state. As a result of the budget reductions, many communities lost access to behavioral health services, workforce training offices, and public ass...

  • Frontier Notebook: Northern's Adam Huse joins 1,000-point club

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 9, 2020

    The Frontier Conference basketball season started last month, but, on Tuesday night, it started for good. And for the Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams, the 2020 portion of the Frontier season got off to a rough start. However, tonight in Great Falls, the Skylights and Lights can do something about that, as they take on the University of Providence Argos. For the Lights (1-2, 11-4), tonight's game is a big one, as they don't want to fall too...

  • Boles making hoop dreams abroad

    George Ferguson|Updated Jan 9, 2020

    Jerod Boles' last season on the hardwood for Havre High School was 2016. But, he never gave up his dream of playing basketball beyond the Blue Ponies, and this fall, that dream took him all the way to the island nation of Guam. Boles had a solid first league season for the University of Guam Tritons in the Triton Men’s Basketball League during the fall semester of 2019, including knocking down a 3-pointer for a last-second win. The UOG Tritons went 5-7 in the league, won by t...

  • Havre matmen have had plenty of success in Cut Bank

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Jan 9, 2020

    When it comes to facing tough competition all season, there are going to be tough difficult times. However, a place with familiarity can sometimes help with those challenges. For the Havre High wrestling team, Friday and Saturday will bring about those feelings at the Cut Bank Invitational in Cut Bank. The Blue Pony matmen have a good history in Cut Bank and have often rose to the top of the invite for a long time. On top of that, the schools that attend the tournament bring...

  • Prep, College Basketball Standings

    Updated Jan 8, 2020

    Prep Basketball Standings GIRLS Northeast A Conf. Overall Havre 2-0 5-1 Sidney 2-0 2-3 Lewistown 2-1 2-4 Glendive 1-1 3-3 Miles City 0-5 0-7 Southeast A Conf. Overall Billings Central 2-0 6-0 Hardin 2-1 7-1 Laurel 0-1 3-3 Livingston 0-2 3-2 2B Conf. Overall Harlem 2-0 6-0 Glasgow 1-0 5-1 Malta 2-1 3-3 Poplar 1-2 2-6 Wolf Point 0-3 1-5 9C Conf. Overall Fort Benton 4-0 6-0 Turner 2-1 4-2 Box Elder 2-2 3-3 North Star 2-1 5-1 Hays-Lodge Pole 2-2 4-2 Chester-Joplin-Inverness 1-2 2-2 Chinook 1-3 1-5 Big Sandy 0-3 1-5 BOYS...