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Montana State University-Northern wrestling team made plenty of strideswhen the Lights upended rival UGF last Tuesday night in Havre. TheLights also made strides in the most recent NAIA Coaches Poll. Northern rose from No. 7 to No. 4 in the most recent poll. MSU-N is part of a trio of Western Region squads which dominate the NAIA Top 20, as Southern Oregon is ranked No. 2, while the Argos moved up from No. 6 to No. 3. Grand View remains No. 1, while new Frontier Conference...
Hays-Lodge Pole's Chassanna Doney, right, looks for a shot during a Native American Classic girls game last weekend at the Armory Gymnasium in Havre. With the Native American Classic going on in Havre, as well as tip-offtournaments in Big Sandy and Chester, the opening weekend of high schoolgirls basketball was about as action-packed as it gets on the Hi-Line.Almost every area team kicked off its season this weekend, and the games began Thursday and didn't stop until late Satu...
Box Elder's Thomas Parisian, right, looks for a shot during a NAC boys game last week in Havre. Season opening boys basketball tournaments took place all over the state this past weekend. There Harlem's Tristen Gone, left, looks to make a ploay during a Native American Classic boys game last weekend at the Armory Gymnasium. were three along the Hi-Line, and local teams got plenty of games to start a new season. Rocky Boy's Jerod Coffee, right, flies in for a layup during a Native Hays-Lodge Pole's Tevin Horn drives to the...
A longer than usual game day turned into a long night for the Montana State University-Northern football team. And in the process, a long season came to an end. On Saturday night in Billings, the Lights fell to the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears, 32-22 under the lights at Daylis Stadium. The regular season finale was moved to a 6 p.m. start because the Lights couldn't travel to Billings until Saturday morning due to the winter storm that slammed into Montana this past...
BIG SANDY — The Big Sandy football team found itself on the winning end of a state semifinal game on Saturday, but they didn't earn the win familiar fans would typically expect. When the Class C Six-Man Pioneers come into a conversation, it is their dominating running game that typically garners the attention. And with top backs like Jessey Bailey, that attention is well deserved. Bailey has been the backbone of the offense for a couple of seasons now, and is coming off of his best season yet as a senior. But as crucial as t...
Photo by Jason Silvernale The MSU-Northern volleyball team celebrates a point during Saturday's Frontier Conference tournament semifinal win over Lewis-Clark State in Butte. The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team opened the Frontier Conference season with a historic home win over Carroll College. That was back on Sept. 8 in Havre, and it was the start of a season of firsts for MSU-N. But three months later, no one could have predicted just how close the... Full story
Big Sandy's Jessey Bailey, right, gets loose during Saturday's snowy Class C Six-Man semifinal football game in Big Sandy. The Pioneers beat Northern C rival Valier 38-32 in overtime to advance to the Six-Man state championship game against Hot Springs this Saturday. Big Sandy running back Jessey Bailey, ball, plows through the Valier defense on his way to 260 rushing yards in the Pioneers' 38-32 overtime win over the Panthers Saturday in Big Sandy. Young Big Sandy fans cheer on the Pioneers in the snow during Saturday's... Full story
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama paid tribute at a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery to "the heroes over the generations who have served this country of ours with distinction." He said the wreath he laid earlier at Tomb of the Unknowns was intended to remember every service member who has worn a uniform and served the nation. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite During a solemn Veterans Day ceremony, President Barack Obama presents a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in A...
The Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team knew this weekend's trip to Las Vegas was going to be a huge challenge. After all, the No. 23 Lights, with four new starters, and a nearly brand new team, were coming off a difficult home loss to Warner-Pacific, and were going up against two of the top-ranked teams in the NAIA in GSAC powers Concordia College and Westmont College. And one power got the Lights, as MSU-N fell to No. 8 Westmont 70-56 on Friday. But...
Montana State University-Northern receivers coach Scott Leeds (middle) coaches up Northern players during a practice earlier this week in Havre. Leeds starred as a wide receiver at Havre High and at Carroll College before returning home to coach at MSU-N. Leeds has been with the Lights basically since the program was resurrected nearly 15 years ago. MSU-N receivers coach Scott Leeds was a standout athlete at Havre High and at Carroll College. Once upon a time, Scott Leeds... Full story
Five things to watch for when Joe Biden and Paul Ryan meet in the vice presidential debate Thursday night: AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Asheville, N.C. 1. BIDEN UNBOUND: Look for Biden to go on the offensive in hopes of regaining ground lost by President Barack Obama's lackluster debate performance. An experienced debater, Biden is comfortable with the attack dog role. But the vice president has a history of freewheeling, foot-in-mouth moments. Will he commit another gaffe? 2. RYAN'S DEBUT: T...
James Francis Snow III of Fort Belknap, 84, passed away in Havre, Oct 10, 2012, due to natural causes. Wake services will be held on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, at 5 p. m., at the Red Whip Center. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 11 a. m. at the Red Whip Center. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook.... Full story
Mr. Corey G. Parsons Mr. Corey G. Parsons, 21, of Adirondack Lane, Plattsburgh, N.Y., passed away Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at his home. He was born in Monahans, Texas, on June 13, 1991, the son of Allen and Karla (Henson) Parsons. Corey was a 2009 graduate of Franklin Academy in Malone, where he was a member of the football, track and swimming teams. He was employed at Mold Rite Plastics in Plattsburgh. He enjoyed sports, competitive shooting, hunting and fishing. He is survived by his parents of Havre; his brother, Matthew... Full story
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Leila Haigler, secretary, talks about the features of the new bus tracking software. As the number of student activities around the state increases and the temperature decreases, parents and school staff get a little nervous, but this year should be a little easier for them. The Havre Public Schools transportation system has just started using a new vehicle-tracking system with GPS devices in every school vehicle. Transportation Director Jim Donovan showed this system, which can be checked on... Full story
The Blaine County government is again facing a federal lawsuit over Native American voting rights, this time as one of three counties being sued in the complaint. Members of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, the Crow Tribe and Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes have filed the suit against Montana Secretary of State Linda McCulloch along with the clerk and recorders and county commissioners of Blaine, Big Horn and Rosebud counties, saying the county governments' decisions against establishing satellite county clerk and recorder...
Wendy Warburton Republican candidate for House District 34 Born in Malta, 1976 Education: Chinook High School, 1994; Bachelor of Science in communications, specializing in media management, advertising and public relations and media graphic production, Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., 1998, Summa Cum Laude Work experience: Advertiser's advocate for Tricia's Trader, previously worked for private companies and nonprofits including the Council for Exceptional Children, Clear Channel Radio, Ericsson Communications, Schwans,...
BILLINGS — A voter survey released Thursday shows Montana's U.S. Senate candidates running just about even in a high-stakes race that polls suggest has budged little despite more than $15 million in campaign spending. The Montana State University Billings poll found Republican Denny Rehberg, a six-term member of the House, supported by almost 43 percent of respondents. Incumbent Democrat Jon Tester had 40 percent. The difference was within the survey's margin of error, making the race a statistical dead heat. It's also consis...
Rick Hill and Steve Bullock debated abortion and gay rights Wednesday as social issues made for the liveliest exchanges in their fourth meeting in the campaign for Montana governor. Hill, a former Republican congressman, said he believes abortion is the destruction of a human being. Hill said he supports moderate measures that limit abortions, such as a ballot question in the Nov. 6 election that would require the parental notification of girls under 16 who seek an abortion. "There is a lot we can do in the middle of the road... Full story
Prep Football Standings Central A Conf. Overall Livingston 2-0 5-1 Belgrade 2-1 4-3 Lewistown 1-1 3-3 Havre 1-1 3-4 Browning 0-3 0-7 Southwest A Conf. Overall Dillon 3-0 4-1 Anaconda 3-0 5-2 Butte Central 2-1 3-4 Hamilton 1-2 2-4 Stevensville 0-3 2-4 Corvallis 0-3 0-6 Northwest A Conf. Overall Polson 3-0 6-0 Frenchtown 1-1 3-2 Col. Falls 1-1 3-3 Whitefish 1-2 3-4 Libby 0-2 3-4 Eastern A Conf. Overall Billings Cent.3-0 7-0 Laurel 2-1 6-1 Hardin 2-1 4-2 Miles City 1-2 3-4 Sidney 1-2 1-5 Glendive 0-3 0-7 2B Conf. Overall Malta...
Halfway home and many Frontier Conference football teams got much-needed rest last week. Carroll College, MSU-Northern, Rocky Mountain College and UM-Western all are coming off byes and will start the second half of the 2012 season this weekend. And in perhaps the biggest game of the new week, the Lights will try to use their by week to springboard themselves to their third straight win. And while Northern isn't playing a team that is rested, the Southern Oregon Red Raiders co... Full story
Running uphill is not fun or easy. And if teams aren't prepared for what the Havre High cross country course has to offer, they are going to have a very long, and grueling outing on Saturday at the Central A divisional meet. The Blue Ponies haven't hosted the divisional meet since 2007, but the course that wraps around parts of the Montana State University-Northern campus hasn't gotten any easier. And hosting the Belgrade Panthers, Browning Indians, Lewistown Golden Eagles, and Livingston Rangers, the Ponies could very well...
The Montana State University-Northern men's and women's basketball teams will kick off the 2012-13 season this weekend in Edmonton, Alberta. And while the Frontier Conference season is still a ways away, the 2012-13 Preseason Coaches Polls and Preseason All-Conference teams were released on Tuesday night. On the men's side two-time defending Frontier champion Northern is picked to finish second this season after receiving 49 votes in the coaches poll. The Lights racked up a...
Heading into this weekend's competition, the Havre High volleyball program has just six matches left on its regular season schedule. And after those six matches, the Blue Ponies will enter postseason play. Over the next six matches, five of them will be conference matches for the Ponies. And as of now, the Central A Ponies are 5-7 overall and 0-3 in the conference, dropping conferences matches to Belgrade, Livingston and Lewistown this season. But tonight the Ponies have a chance to put together their third straight win, as w... Full story
The Hill County Museum Board not only had good news to share, but a new member to share it with. Joel Fladstol made his first appearance as member of the board at their meeting Monday night. Fladstol lives in Rudyard, where he farms and works as a mechanic. He said he's "always been interested in learning what happened way back. " He's been working at the museum in Rudyard, managed by his uncle Cliff Ulman, since he was about 12 years old. Museum Board Chair Judi Dritshulas told Fladstol that working with the board can be...
Several months after a $5 million grant to move a Hill County medical clinic was approved, Bullhook Community Health Center has a location to put the clinic. U. S. Sen. Jon Tester announced that the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Monday approved the location Bullhook had requested, at 5th Avenue and 4th Street across from Havre City Hall, the police station and fire department. "Bullhook Community Health Center's new downtown location will make it even more...
