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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for what it acknowledged was "inappropriate" targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status. IRS agents singled out dozens of organizations for additional reviews because they included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their exemption applications, said Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt groups. In some cases, groups were asked for lists of donors, which...
BILLINGS (AP) — A Billings woman has denied drunken driving for an arrest that happened shortly after police escorted her home when they found her riding a horse while intoxicated. The Billings Gazette reports 43-year-old Dawnalee Ellis-Peterson was arraigned on the felony DUI charge Friday before District Judge Mary Jane Knisley. She also pleaded not guilty to driving without a license or insurance. Prosecutors say Ellis-Peterson was "extremely intoxicated" on the morning of April 29 as she rode a horse on a Billings s...
HELENA (AP) — Wildlife officials have given tentative approval to a proposal to lengthen the hunting season for wolves and increase the limit from one to five animals. After making the decision on Thursday, Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioners will take public comment before finalizing the changes. FWP is proposing a rifle season from Sept 15 to March 31, compared to the current season that runs from Oct. 15 to Feb. 15. Last season, hunters and trappers could take only one wolf, but a new law allowed the agency to i...
Lights Football Camp Montana State University-Northern football coaching staff is putting on a day came for grades K-8. The camp will run from June 3-5 with grades K-4 going from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and grades K-5 going from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $60 per camper and they can register at 8 a.m. June 3 at the Armory Gymnasium lobby, or by going to www.msun.edu/athletics. Lights Basketball Camps Northern head coach Shawn Huse is offering three youth basketball camps this summer. Lights Basketball Camps are open to all interested...
It is still early in the American Legion baseball season, and the competition is only going to get tougher from here for the Havre North Stars base ball program. The North Stars dropped three games to a very good Redbirds team out of Calgary last weekend, and are now prepared to take on a very tough team out of Great Falls. Sunday the North Stars will face the hosting Great Falls Electrics in Great Falls. The North Stars and Electrics will face off in a double header beginning at 12 p.m. The doubleheader is the Northern...
One weekend, four duals, and a few matches is all that stands between the Havre High tennis teams and the postseason. Next Thursday, Havre will travel to Lewistown for the Central A Divisional, but before the Ponies get there, they'll head to Lewistown Saturday for the annual Lewistown Invitational. And the dual format tournament is the biggest on Havre's schedule according to veteran Blue Pony head coach George Ferguson. Havre High junior Morgan Jappe hits a shot during a girls doubles match at the 2013 Havre Invitational...
F. Collin Campbell, 83, passed away May 7, 2013. Memorial services will be held Monday, May 13, 2013, at 1 p.m., at the St. Jude Thaddeus Church in Havre. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
Douglas Stiffarm, 64, of Harlem, passed away May 4, 2013. Rosary services will be held Friday, May 10, 2013 at 7 p.m., at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Harlem. Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 11, 2013, at 11 a.m. at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Harlem. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook....
Donald B. Milam passed away Friday, May 3, following an extended illness. His memorial service will be at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Kalispell on June 14, 2013, at 3 p.m. A private burial will precede the service. Donald was born April 21, 1927, in Stockham, Neb. to Glover and Albertina Milam. He grew up in Nebraska and attended school there. After high school he served in the military and was a proud Marine. He returned to Bozeman and attended Montana State University. He met his wife Joan while living at her mother's...
A NorthWestern Energy representative said a tripped breaker cut power to 1,600 customers in the Havre area this morning, but only for a quarter-of-an-hour. The power went out about 10:20 a.m., affecting southwestern and western Havre. People reported to the Havre Daily News that the outage included Highland Park and businesses including Kmart and Walmart. NorthWestern representative Butch Larcombe said the breaker at the substation was quickly repaired and power was restored in about 15 minutes....
Montana's senior senator is joining his counterpart in the House of Representatives to ask for ideas on what should be done to clean up the U.S. federal tax code. "Our tax code hasn't been updated in 30 years, and it's full of dead wood and red tape that hurts working families and small businesses and slows down our economy," Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said in a press release announcing a new update. "Tax reform is about making the tax code simpler and fairer. It's time to cut out loopholes and bring tax rates down. We've got...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., talked Thursday about several issues dealing with federal spending, and said he wants to see Congress take action to clean up the budget on both the spending and revenue sides. "The problem is, we can't get both sides to sit down at the table and look at the expenditures and look at the tax code," he said from Washington during a telephone press conference. Tester talked about several issues regarding federal spending and budgeting, from cuts proposed to SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, to...
The fundraising foundation for the Great Northern Fairgrounds again is set to rock the fairgrounds, with a concert set for Saturday. The seventh "yes, seventh," annual Rockin' the Hills fundraiser is set to start at 7 p.m. in the Bigger Better Barn, Missy Boucher of the Great Northern Fair Foundation said. Proceeds at the gate, and from the beer garden, will go to the foundation to fund improvements to the fairgrounds. The event started seven years ago as a battle of the bands, but the organizers later changed the format to...
HELENA (AP) — A Big Sandy man has claimed the $100,000 Montana Cash jackpot from the May 1 drawing. Montana Lottery officials say John Limback purchased his winning ticket at Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods in Havre. Limback says he had to read his numbers three times to believe he won. The Montana Cash jackpot is $40,000 for Saturday's drawing....
A 31-year-old man was killed in a car crash on 9th Street late Thursday night. Police are withholding the man's name until relatives are notified. Police Chief Kirk Fitch the vehicle appeared to be traveling west on 9th Street from 11th Avenue shortly after 11 p.m., when the car left the road and struck a tree near the Skate Park. Police said the driver, the only occupant in the car, was unresponsive at the scene. He was taken to Northern Montana Hospital and flown by helicopter to Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, where he...
The Chippewa Cree Tribal Election Board of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation has removed the former chair of the tribal council as a candidate for the chair, three days after it certified him as a candidate. The Election Board issued a press release Thursday saying Ken Blatt St. Marks is ineligible as a candidate in the May 21 election being held to fill the spot, vacated when the other board members removed him from office. He was listed as one of the certified candidates authorized by the board Monday. The other candidates...
Lyle A. Gone "Black Coyote", a member of the Aaniiih Nation, 56, of Harlem, passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at Benefis Medical Center in Great Falls of natural causes. Wake services will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 10, 2013, at the Hays Mission Recreation Center, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, 2013, with Joseph Ironman, Sr. officiating. Burial will be in the Hays Mission Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and...
The 63rd Montana Legislature adjourned without taking action on one of the most important pieces of public policy before them — the acceptance of federal funds to expand health care to uninsured Montanans. As a result, up to 70,000 Montanans were denied coverage that would have saved lives, lowered health care costs for all of us, and protected providers struggling with uncompensated care. It's not too late to do the right thing. Legislators left the Capitol with several days remaining in the session. They owe it to M...
Editor: When Sen. Jon Tester voted in favor of the Manchin-Toomey amendment to expand background checks to gun sales online and at gun shows last month, he was taking a stand against the devastating toll of gun violence affecting communities across the country. The Montana Public Health Association thanks Sen. Tester for his commitment to protecting the public's health. Gun violence kills more than 30,000 people in the U.S. every year and costs billions of dollars in health expenditures. Despite so many lives lost, death by...
Hi-Line Lanes is participating in a new bowling 2.0 program. It is a four week program beginning in early August and running for four weeks. The program is for seasoned bowlers as well as beginners. Week one will consist of introduction to playing field and four-step approach. Week two: Posture, arm swing and targeting. Week three: 369 system, key pins, alignment. Week four: Fundamental finish, pro shop, bowling terminology. Bowlers may sign up at the desk. They will be contacted in early August for the starting of the...
Both the Montana State University-Northern volleyball and women's basketball team's are putting together solid recruiting classes so far this spring. And both teams just got better with the addition of one standout athlete. MSU-Northern has announced the signing of Cydney Auzenne to join the volleyball and women's basketball programs at MSU-Northern this fall. Auzenne is a 5'10" outside hitter in volleyball court and forward in basketball. She comes to MSU-Northern from...
Blue Pony Marc Klimas can cover the distance, but he does so much more than run Marc Klimas has done a little bit of everything in his years as a Havre High Blue Pony. But as he nears the end of his senior year, he still has an opportunity to put an exclamation mark on his HHS career with another good finish to his fourth and final track and field season. Havre High senior Marc Klimas is a star distance runner. He's also a star in the classroom, in the music room and just about anything else he tries or does. Klimas will...
Curtis Keith Azure Curtis Keith Azure, 56, of Havre passed away on Monday, April 8, 2013, at Northern Montana Hospital after a lengthy battle with cancer. Visitation will be held from 1 until 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 12, 2013, at Fifth Avenue Christian Church with Pastor Steve Haag officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. The family has requested that memorials be made in Curt's name to the Spirit of Freedom...
Local concert-goers have the chance to see some legendary performers while helping local youths, with the Bellamy Brothers again headlining a Havre Police Protective Association concert, Thursday night at the Armory Gymnasium. The 1960s and 1970s folk duo Brewer and Shipley are opening for the pop-country duo. Havre Police Sgt. Jason Barkus of the Police Protective Association said the proceeds of the annual concerts are used by the association to fund trips, programs and activities for youths in the area. "(We work) to keep...
A local legislator said tensions seem to be rising, as is the nature of legislative sessions, and that in the final three weeks of this session it may have to decide what to fund and what to cut. "I think we are going to start realizing pretty soon … that there is a finite amount of money, and we are going to have to make decisions," Rep. Wendy Warburton, R-Chinook, said from Helena during Tuesday's video conference in Havre. "Do we really increase education funding or do we give … the state employees who haven't had a raise...
