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CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Emboldened by a commanding House majority and Senate gains, Republican leaders vowed Wednesday to roll back the size of government and, in time, the nation's sweeping health care law. President Barack Obama, reflective after his party's drubbing, accepted blame for failing to deliver the economic security Americans demand while saying of his health overhaul: "This was the right thing to do." He called the election a "shellacking." After two years with fellow Democrats leading C...
Thursday High School Volleyball Northern C Tournament at Chester Friday High School Volleyball Central A Tournament at Livingston Havre vs Browning Northern C Tournament at Chester College Basketball Skylights vs Dickinson State 1 p.m. Lights vs Dickinson State 3 p.m. College Volleyball MSU-Northern vs RMC, 7 p.m. Saturday High School Football Big Sandy vs Richey-Lambert, 1 p.m. Chinook at Charlo, 1 p.m. High School Volleyball Central A Tournament at Livingston Northern C Tournament at Chester College Football MSU-Northern...
DEER LODGE (AP) — A Montana judge has scheduled a Jan. 31 execution date for the only known Canadian on death row in the United States. The execution date for 53-year-old Ronald Allen Smith of Red Deer, Alberta, was set Wednesday by District Judge John Larson in Deer Lodge. On Monday, a Helena judge issued an order staying the execution. Smith is seeking a court ruling on whether the state's method of carrying out the death penalty is unconstitutional. The Missoulian reports that Larson will ask the state Supreme Court to l... Full story
Wanita Rae Vavages-Mill, 50, proud member of the Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, went to be with her Creator on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, at the Benefis Hospital emergency from complications with dialysis. Her wake and rosary service will begin today, with her funeral 10 a.m., Thursday, at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church. Burial will be held at the Denny Family Cemetery in Rocky Boy. Arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Wanita was born to Leonard Vavages and Minnie Finebow-Northwind on...
The Annual Hi Line Lanes Challenge is scheduled for Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. Bowlers will Bowl six games across 12 lanes with a different oil pattern on each pair. More information may be obtained by calling Hi Line Lanes at 265-5885. This year there is $200 added prize money. Pee Wee bowling will resume this Sunday at 3:30 p.m. TIP OF THE WEEK: Spare Shooting: One method is to throw the first ball straight down the middle. Line up on the 20th board and throw over the 4th arrow. This should leave corner pins on both sides. This... Full story
The Oct. 29 deadline for schools to apply for membership to the expanding Frontier Conference has passed. And on Tuesday afternoon, Frontier commissioner Kent Paulson announced four schools have applied for membership to the league. Dickinson State University, as expected has applied to become a full member, while Jamestown College, Southern Oregon University and Menlo College have applied to be associate members. All three would likely participate in football and wrestling only if accepted to the Frontier, while DSU would...
Traveling between the Republican Party headquarters on 1st Street and the Democratic Party election night party at the Eagles Club after the polls closed Tuesday night was a manic depressive experience. There was laughter, cheers and mile-wide grins of the Republicans as the numbers came in over more than four hours. And there were the Democrats' silent, dumb-founded, blank stares. When the evening started, it was anybody's night. All of the candidates and party leaders from both parties expressed similar sentiments about... Full story
Tuesday's election gave the non-partisan justice of the peace position to Audrey Barger over Cathy Chinske Huston. Barger received 2,780 votes across 18 precincts, with Chinske Huston taking 2,156. She won in 14 of the 18 precincts, in some with as much as 64 percent of the vote. Late Tuesday night, Barger thanked the people who helped her succeed. "Thank you for the warm feelings and support and your faith in me," Barger said. "I am going to do an awesome job." Barger went on to say she is ready to get to ball rolling and...
Veteran Democratic Blaine County Commissioner Don K. Swenson fell victim to the Republican landslide on the Hi-Line Tuesday. Republican Frank DePriest defeated Swenson 536-382 to win a six-year term on the commission. DePriest will be the only Republican on the three-member commission. DePriest will represent District 2, the Chinook area. Veteran Democratic Blaine County Commissioner Don K. Swenson fell victim to the Republican landslide on the Hi-Line Tuesday. Republican Frank DePriest defeated Swenson 536-382 to win a...
Holly Frederickson has been elected Liberty County Justice of the Peace, defeating incumbent Neal Eveland 503-415. Frederickson carried all four polling places, though narrowly. Holly Frederickson has been elected Liberty County Justice of the Peace, defeating incumbent Neal Eveland 503-415. Frederickson carried all four polling places, though narrowly....
Sheriff Vern Burdick has been re-elected in Chouteau County. The Republican defeated Democrat Edward Fike, 1,619-659....
Showing a strong victory in a traditionally Democratic stronghold, an independent candidate won his bid to be the next Hill County commissioner. Jeff LaVoi defeated Democrat James "Jim" Catt Jr. with 54.6 percent of the vote, 2,806-2,326. "I feel like those football players when they score," LaVoi said Tuesday night during his victory speech at Hill County Republican headquarters on 1st Street in Hill County. "I want to thank the Lord. I think the victory's just started, and they'll keep going as we do His will." LaVoi filed...
HELENA — Helena attorney Beth Baker defeated Livingston judge Nels Swandal on Tuesday to win an eight-year term on the Montana Supreme Court in a nonpartisan race that took an unexpected political turn. Baker, who was an assistant attorney general for both Republican and Democratic administrations before entering private practice, campaigned on her nonpartisan background. She touted her endorsements from prominent leaders from both parties and said her experience would help her in building consensus on the court. But she l...
MATT VOLZ — Montanans hand Rehberg a sixth term Associated Press HELENA — Montana voters have handed Denny Rehberg a sixth term of office, elected a new Supreme Court justice and approved three ballot initiatives. Republican Rehberg easily defeated challenger Dennis McDonald, the former chairman of the state Democratic Party. Rehberg brushed off McDonald's attempts to paint him as an ineffective incumbent who has accomplished little during his tenure in Congress. With 98 of precincts reporting early today, Rehberg had nea...
Republicans take control of state House HELENA (AP) — Republicans have swept Democrats out of the Montana House, with election returns indicating the GOP may have won as many as 68 of the chamber's 100 seats. Observers say a national backlash that caused Democrats to lose the U.S. House has trickled down to the state legislative races. Going into Tuesday's election, Democrats held organizational control of a House split evenly 50-50. The chamber has been managed under close margins for years. With several races still too t...
In a hotly contested legislative race, Havre minister Rowlie Hutton defeated outgoing Speaker of the State House Rep. Bob Bergren, D-Havre, in the race for Senate District 17. Hutton won with 60.2 percent of the vote in the district, which includes parts of Hill and Blaine counties. The final count was 3,502-2315. Bergren could not run for re-election to the House due to term limits. He faced Hutton in the district represented by Sen. Ken "Kim" Hansen, D-Harlem, who also could not run for re-election due to term limits....
The chief deputy Hill County attorney won a seat in the next Legislature in a landslide. Republican Kris Hansen defeated Havre firefighter and convenience store manager Jack Trethewey 1,918-1,062, with 64.3 percent of the vote, during a dismal night for local Democrats. Hansen won the seat being vacated by Speaker of the House Rep. Bob Bergren, D-Havre, who could not run for the seat due to term limits. Bergren lost his bid for the seat in Senate District 17 to Republican Rowlie Hutton. In her victory speech at the... Full story
In a stunning turn of events in solidly Democratic Hill and Blaine counties, Republicans swept local — and many state — legislative races, with incumbent Rep. Wendy Warburton leading the charge in this area. Warburton, a one-term legislator running a high-profile race to retain her seat in House District 34 in Hill and Blaine counties, defeated local nurse and private business owner Dana Sapp Seidel with 1,803 votes to Seidel's 1,077. The incumbent won with 62.6 percent of the votes cast. Warburton — along with fellow Repub... Full story
Lestina "Tiny" Schmautz Lestina "Tiny" Schmautz, 93, died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at the Marias Nursing Home in Shelby, Mont., of natural causes. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held at a later time. Memorials in Lestina's honor may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the donor's choice. Lestina was born Jan. 7, 1917, in Three Forks, Mont. She was raised and educated in Three Forks. She married Herbert Schmautz on March 23, 1940. The couple had three children, Patricia, Lyla and Alan. Lestina...
Richard "Dick" Church Richard "Dick" Church, 77, died Saturday morning, Oct. 30, 2010, at his home, surrounded by family and friends. His funeral service will be 1 p. m. Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel, with Pastor John Chapman officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the Duck Inn Vineyard Room immediately after the graveside services. Memorials in Richard's honor may be made to Bear Paw Hospice, C/O NMHF, P.O. Box 1231, Havre, MT 559501. Services... Full story
Richard Runnion, 85, died Aug. 11, 2010. His graveside services will be at Highland Cemetery in Havre Saturday, Nov. 6, at 11 a. m. followed by a gathering in celebration of his life at 1320 Glo Drive. Richard Runnion, 85, died Aug. 11, 2010. His graveside services will be at Highland Cemetery in Havre Saturday, Nov. 6, at 11 a. m. followed by a gathering in celebration of his life at 1320 Glo Drive....
DAVID ESPO JULIE PACE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A chastened President Barack Obama signaled a willingness to compromise with Republicans on tax cuts and energy policy Wednesday, one day after his party lost control of the House and suffered deep Senate losses in midterm elections. Obama ruefully called the Republican victories "a shellacking" and acknowledged that his own connection with the public had frayed. At a White House news conference, the president said that when Congress returns, "my goal is to make s...
MATT GOURAS Associated Press HELENA— Republicans were looking ahead to taking full control of the Legislature in 2011 as the bulk of the returns still trickling in early Wednesday favored their candidates. The GOP was competitive in races in traditional Democratic strongholds, and appeared to be holding their own seats with relative ease. "Right now we are ahead in 21 of our 25 targeted races in the House and three of four targeted races in the Senate," Republican state Sen. Jeff Essmann of Billings said late Tuesday. The R...
