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A Chester man is in jail in Liberty County awaiting sentencing after a Hill County jury found him guilty of molesting two young girls in the 1990s and, on another occasion, exposing himself and masturbating in front of one of the girls and her sibling. The jury deliberated just more than an hour at the end of the three-day trial before convicting Donald Wayne Pulst, born in 1952, of two felony counts of sexual assault and one of sexual intercourse without consent, also a felony, and a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure. T...
The holidays are over and the waters are frozen. That means it's time again for the annual Fresno Ice Derby. The two-day ice-fishing contest kicks off Saturday, Jan. 26, at 7 a. m., then again at 7 a. m. Sunday, Jan 27. Every entrant pays $25 per day to fish, if registered before noon Friday, Jan 25, otherwise there is an additional $15 late fee. When all of the entry fees are collected, about 20 percent goes to a scholarship fund for students pursuing an agriculture-related degree at Montana State University-Northern. And...
Just because you're not enrolled in one of Havre's public schools doesn't mean the districts have nothing to teach you. Tomorrow will be the last day to register for this year's Community Education classes, with a catalog of 39 classes being taught by community experts over the next several weeks. The classes run between two hours and eleven weeks long and cost anything from $3, for a class on managing retirement funds, up to $50, for a couple's curling lesson. There are classes on CPR, fly-tying, knitting, computer...
A Chester man is in jail in Liberty County awaiting sentencing after a Hill County jury found him guilty of molesting two young girls in the 1990s and, on another occasion, exposing himself and masturbating in front of one of the girls and her sibling. The jury deliberated just more than an hour at the end of the three-day trial before convicting Donald Wayne Pulst, born in 1952, of two felony counts of sexual assault and one of sexual intercourse without consent, also a felony, and a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure. T...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown What a difference a day makes. To the left, a student crosses the Montana State University-Northern quad Wednesday afternoon, when temperatures reached 50 degrees. To the right, the same location this morning. A foot or more of snow is expected in the next day or two, with temperatures hovering around zero. A winter storm came to north-central Montana a little earlier than expected and started dropping some winter magic — good or bad — to the area, with the latest forecast upgrading pre...
HELENA — Wildlife officials are asking lawmakers to make it easier to hunt and trap wolves in Montana. The House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee is scheduled to hear two proposals Thursday. The first by the FWP agency would allow hunters and trappers to buy multiple tags and use electronic calls. It also would reduce the price of a non-resident tag from $350 to $50 and eliminate the requirement that hunters wear fluorescent orange outside of deer season. The second bill by Republican Rep. Ted Washburn of Bozeman would g...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is announcing Treasury secretary nominee Jack Lew, pointing to his past work of balancing budgets during the Clinton administration. The president says he feels "bittersweet" about losing Lew as his White House chief of staff but says "my loss will be the nation's gain." He notes that Lew was budget director during the Clinton administration, when the budget ran a surplus for three years. Lew is taking over Treasury as the administration prepares for a new fight with congressional R...
TAFT, Calif. (AP) — A student was shot and wounded at a rural California high school Thursday and a student suspect was taken into custody, officials said. The shooting occurred about 9 a.m. at Taft Union High School in Taft, a community of fewer than 10,000 people amid oil and natural gas production fields about 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles. AP Photo/Taft Midway Driller, Doug Keeler Paramedics transport a student wounded during a shooting Thursda at San Joaquin Valley high school in Taft, Calif. Authorities said a s...
If anyone has had things stolen from their unlocked cars in recent weeks, you can't blame the Havre Police Department. Sadly, Havre has lost its innocence in recent weeks. It was always a place where you could leave your car door unlocked. People felt safe leaving their groceries, recent purchases, even wallets in their car. Then a rash of car break-ins started to take place. In random parts of town a few weeks ago, cars were ransacked, and items were taken from the cars. This often happened with cars that were parked in...
It's easy to become downcast in winter, even as mild a winter as this has been thus far, knock on wood, salt over shoulder, sign of the cross. I try to keep an upbeat attitude, but sometimes ... . One seemingly ordinary day last week, I had a fright. The day started as usual: snow fall in the morning filled in my footprints and cat tracks of the day previous, a shout of afternoon sunshine, a bit of breeze. A good day, a good mild winter's day, a day to bless and fill with murm...
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Opponents of a railroad that would open Montana's coal fields to new mining have asked federal officials to halt their review of the proposal, alleging it would be much larger than disclosed with impacts stretching to the West Coast. Backers of the Tongue River Railroad say it would haul up to 20 million tons annually from a planned Arch Coal, Inc. strip mine near the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. But opponents said Thursday they want to turn the spotlight on the potential for the $416 m...
HELENA — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus is announcing priorities that include more help for jobless veterans, energy development and renewed focus on fixing the nation's debt. AP Photo/The Independent Record, Dylan Brown U.S. Sen. Max Baucus addresses the Montana Legislature Thursday afternoon,in the House Chambers in Helena. Baucus also says his New Year's resolution is to bring the troops home from Afghanistan after 11 years fighting in that country. Baucus spoke to the Montana Legislature on Thursday. The state's senior senator i...
It's been a while since the MSU-Northern men's basketball team won a game in Dillon. But the Lights put the past nehind them Thursday night. No. 10 MSU-N beat UM-Western 64-53 Thursday night to improve to 4-0 in the Frontier Conference and 16-2 overall. Devin Jackson led four Lights in double figures with 18 points. Roshawn West chipped in with 11, while Jesse Vaughan had 10 and Dontae Clark added 10. The Lights remain on the road to face Westminster Saturday night. Meanwhile, things didn't go well for the MSU-Northern women...
Thursday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Charlo 55, Hot Springs 51, OT Libby 54, Thompson Falls 41 Plentywood 80, Poplar 38 Red Lodge 55, Joliet 40 Shields Valley 56, Harrison-Willow Creek 51 St. Ignatius 57, Ronan 43 Stanford-Geyser 70, Hobson 42 Superior 64, St. Regis 17 Valley Christian 49, Alberton 35 GIRLS BASKETBALL Butte 55, Butte Central 52 Charlo 30, Hot Springs 10 Choteau 44, Shelby 25 Colstrip 48, Huntley Project 41 Great Falls 58, Great Falls Russell 38 Hamilton 52, Stevensville 51 Kalispell Glacier...
Montana Prep Basketball Standings Boys Central A Conf. Overall Belgrade 4-0 5-3 Browning 1-1 5-2 Havre 1-2 2-5 Livingston 1-2 1-6 Lewistown 0-2 1-6 1B Conf. Overall Rocky Boy 3-0 7-0 Fairfield 2-1 6-2 Choteau 2-1 3-3 Conrad 2-2 2-5 Shelby 0-2 0-6 Cut Bank 0-3 0-7 2B Conf. Overall Malta 3-0 6-1 Wolf Point 2-1 6-2 Glasgow 2-1 6-2 Plentywood 1-2 5-3 Harlem 1-2 4-3 Poplar 0-3 1-7 9C Conf. Overall Box Elder 4-0 6-2 Big Sandy 2-1 4-4 Hays-Lodge Pole 2-1 3-5 Chinook 2-3 3-5 Turner 1-2 2-5 North Star 0-4 1-7 10C Conf. Overall...
The Frontier Conference is off to an exciting start in both men's and women's basketball. And with the first full weekend of league play in the rear view mirror, the action is going to get serious. Both the MSU-Northern men and women are coming off weekend sweeps at home, but now the schedule gets daunting for the Lights and Skylights. With the addition of Dickinson State to the Frontier, the schedule has changed dramatically, and both Northern teams will feel the effects of...
It's that time of year, when college football teams around the country start announcing the next crop of stars who will hopefully add to future successes on the gridiron. And the Montana State University-Northern football team has had plenty of firepower to its 2013 recruiting class. Northern head coach Mark Samson recently announced the addition of 12 new Lights, including nine transfers, two high school players and a former Chinook standout. Headlining the list of new...
Every season the Havre High wrestling team puts together one of the more daunting schedules in the state, in any class. But this weekend kicks off the toughest stretch the Central A Blue Ponies will see. The Ann Havre High's Dylan Stewart, left, locks up with a Cut Bank opponent during the 2012 Havre Invite last month. Weather permitting, the Blue Ponies will travel to Missoula for Friday and Saturday's Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic. ual Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic wrestling tournament in Missoula always brings in the...
The Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team is riding high following a home sweep of Dickinson State and Rocky Mountain College just five days ago. But the Skylights aren't in Havre anymore, and things are going to get infinitely more difficult. MSU-N (10-5, 2-1) heads to Dillon tonight to face the UM-Western Bulldogs, then travels to Salt Lake City for a game against Frontier powerhouse Westminster Saturday night. Montana State University-Northern's Taylor...
Every week in the Frontier Conference is big. But on the road, it doesn't get much bigger than the next two nights for the Montana State University-Northern Lights. The No. 10 Lights (15-2, 3-0) are in Dillon tonight to square off with arch rival UM-Western, while MSU-N heads to Salt Lake City Saturday for a nationally ranked showdown with the Westminster Griffins. And make no mistake, even though it's early in the conference season, both games are huge for the two-time...
With the legislative session kicking off this week, it is time for the public sector "Hunger Games" to begin. Team Havre Public Schools talked about their strategy at Tuesday night's school board meeting. The board's information packet for the meeting contained a list of 102 bills proposed in the past year for this session that pertain to Montana public education. Havre Superintendent Andy Carlson gave trustees a rundown of some of the highlights, mostly focusing on a proposal from Sen. Llew Jones to revise school funding....
Editor: Claims of sovereignty abound when tribal officials push their agenda. Given recent revelations, I have a suggestion in regards to sovereignty. The Business Committee members of the Chippewa Cree Tribe are representatives of the people and thus their representatives in regards to sovereignty, no problem. However, when people ask for transparency, when people want the Business Committee to publicly reveal their financial and procedural activities somehow their representation for the people reaches a snag. Recently, I...
One thing you have to learn when you live in the country with pets, livestock and all manner of wild critters doing their call-of-nature things, you have to harden your heart to handle this life's realities. My husband, John, grew up on a farm and ranch operation so he knows this well, yet somehow he's managed to preserve this big, soft-hearted, squishy, I-don't-wanna-be-mean center where his toughened-up heart is supposed to be. Pam Burke Of course, you know who has to be...
Laurel — The Special Olympics torch run from Havre to Billings started this week. U.S. Border Patrol officers took off from their station to run and bicycle from Havre to Great Falls. Special Olympics has a long tradition of providing special athletes with an exciting experience. Law enforcement officials and firefighters have been especially helpful in supporting this cause. Next week, the best special athletes in Montana will gather for a good time and an educational experience. They go knowing there is a lot of c...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The winter wheat crop is expected to be far smaller this season compared to last, particularly for hard red varieties used in bread, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Friday. In the first government projection on the harvest's anticipated size, the National Agricultural Statistics Service estimated winter wheat production will be down 10 percent to 1.49 billion bushels, due to fewer acres — 32.7 million acres, some 6 percent fewer acres than a year ago — and a 1.8-bushel decrease in average yiel...
