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Montana State University-Northern's Sean Kelly (white) slams home a ball during the second half of Saturday night's Frontier Conference showdown between the No. 13 Lights and No. 23 UM-Western Bulldogs. The Lights won 63-55. Northern's Joe Simpson flys to the rim during Saturday night's nationall-ranked showdown between the Lights and UM-Western in Havre. When you're ranked as high as the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is, you're going to get... Full story
The Havre High swim teams have faced plenty of tough competition this season. But the toughest meet the Blue Ponies have seen all year might have been on Saturday in Great Falls. The Pony boys and girls were in Great Falls for the Electric City Invitational Saturday, a meet that featured Class AA powers Great Falls High and CMR, as well as Helena High and Bozeman. Class A rivals Billings Central and Hardin were also in attendance. It was a strong showing for the HHS boys,... Full story
Havre High junior Thurman Holdsclaw comes in for a layup during a Central A boys basketball game against Browning Friday night at the HHS gymnasium. The Ponies were swept by Browning and Conrad this weekend. After seeing steady improvement over the last couple of games from the Havre High boys basketball team, the Blue Ponies suffered a set back in their two games this weekend. The Central A Po Havre's Ryan Brandt (left) brings the ball up the floor during a Central A boys basketball game between HHS and Browning Friday...
MSU-Northern's Ben Mitchell goes up for a shot during Friday night's men's basketball game at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse. The Lights haven't lost a conference game at home in two-plus seasons. Winning at home in the Frontier Conference is about as big as anything else during the course of the season. Especially, this year MSU-Northern's Laci Keller (left) lays up a shot during Friday night's heartbreaking loss to Montana Tech in Havre. because so many teams in both men's and... Full story
Saturday night's MSU-Northern men's win over the nationally-ranked UM-Western Bulldogs was a big one. It was big for the Lights and for their season which has yet to completely unfold. But not lost on the moment, it was also a milestone for Northern head coach Shawn Huse. Fittingly, against one of the Lights' biggest and best adversaries, Huse earned career win No. 200 at Northern, and his team earned it in thrilling fashion. And make no mistake, getting to 200 wins is no smal...
Montana State University-Northern's Kylee Denham (left) shoots over a Montana Tech defender during Friday night's Frontier women's basketball game at the MSU-Northern Fieldhouse in Havre. Less than a week ago, the Montana State University-Northern women's basketball team was riding high. But a series of devastating blows this weekend now has the Skylights searching for answers. Northern's eight-game winning streak was abruptly snapped in two different ways this weekend, as...
As the Havre High wrestling team gets deeper and deeper into the season, and as the competition seemingly grows more and more tough, the Blue Ponies continue to impress with each weekend of competition. The latest event the Ponies turned in a solid performance at was the annual Jug Beck Rocky Mountain Classic in Missoula. The Central A Ponies were in Missoula Friday and Saturday, and outperformed the majority of the talent with a fourth-place finish, earning 152 points. The Jug Beck is one of the biggest wrestling... Full story
Havre's Chanel Standing Rock (middle) shoots over a Conrad defender during Saturday's girls basketball game at the HHS gymnasium in Havre. The growth and good play continues for the Havre High girls basketball team, as the Blue Ponies grabbed two more wins against well rounded opponents this weekend. The Central A Blue Ponies have been showing steady improvement this season. They entered the weekend 4-1 in their last five games, and added two more notches to the win column with a conference road win on Friday and a non...
Montana State University-Northern's Sean Kelly (white) slams home a ball during the second half of Saturday night's Frontier Conference showdown between the No. 13 Lights and No. 23 UM-Western Bulldogs. The Lights won 63-55. Northern's Joe Simpson flys to the rim during Saturday night's nationall-ranked showdown between the Lights and UM-Western in Havre. When you're ranked as high as the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team is, you're going to get... Full story
BUTTE (AP) — Hunters in Butte want more wolves, black bears and mountain lions killed to increase deer, elk and moose numbers. Hunters told Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologists last week that more predator control is needed so more game species are available for hunting. The Montana Standard reports (http://bit.ly/ytKdTW) that the agency has been holding meetings to discuss the 2012-2013 hunting season proposals the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Commission adopted earlier this month. Pat Flowers of F...
HELENA — Jon Tester isn't likely to have President Barack Obama in the state helping him — or hurting him. In 2008, President Barack Obama contested the state, helping lift many Democrats to victory. It brought a rare presidential contest into the state. AP Photo/Reed Saxon/FILE) Democrat Jon Tester, right, celebrates with Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer as Tester declares victory in his election battle for the U.S. Senate seat held by incumbent Republican Conrad Burns in Great Falls on Nov. 8, 2006. But this year, Montana doe...
BILLINGS (AP) — The Yellowstone County Sheriff says a deputy is on administrative leave and a man is dead after a shooting Saturday night in Lockwood near Billings. Sheriff Mike Linder tells the Billings Gazette (http://bit.ly/zwVmjO) that the cause of the death is under investigation. Linder says deputies were called to a home just before 10 p.m., and that the first deputy to arrive called for backup after shots were fired. Details of the shooting, the name of the man who died or deputy placed on leave have not been r...
GIGLIO, Italy — Coast guard divers searching the submerged part of the Costa Concordia on Sunday found the bodies of two elderly men still in their life jackets, authorities said, raising to five the death toll after the luxury cruise liner ran aground and tipped over off the Tuscan coast. Divers scouring the bowels of the ship in the murky, cold sea discovered the bodies at the emergency gathering point near the restaurant where passengers were dining when the ship carrying more than 4,200 people hit a reef or rock near t...
SIDNEY (AP) — Authorities say two Colorado men are being held in a North Dakota jail on Sunday in connection with the disappearance of a Montana math teacher. Williams County Sheriff's deputy Jon Garrison says 47-year-old Lester Vann Waters Jr. and 22-year-old Michael Keith Spell are in the Williams County Correctional Center in Williston awaiting extradition to Montana. Garrison says the two men from Parachute, Colo., face aggravated kidnapping charges in Montana. The two were brought to the Williston jail Friday. O... Full story
A week ago, the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team had its longest and most difficult road trip of the season. A week later, the Lights shined. Northern took to the air to travel to Prescott, Ariz., this weekend for the Mile High Duals and Mile High Open, hosted by NAIA powerhouse Embry-Riddle University. On Friday, the Lights went a stellar 1-2 in dual action against three NCAA schools. Northern won duals a pair of duals against New Mexico Highlands and Cal... Full story
The Havre High girls basketball team capped off a perfect start to Central A Conference play by taking care of the Livingston Rangers, 64-42 Saturday afternoon in Livingston. The Blue Ponies are now 2-2 overall and will host the GFH Bison Thursday night in Havre. The Havre High boys lost to the Rangers, 52-44 Saturday afternoon. The Ponies are 0-4 and will travel to GFH Thursday night. For full coverage, see Monday's Havre Daily News. For complete area high school basketball coverage, see Tuesday's Hi-Line boys and girls...
The Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team will get on the ice for the first time in 2012. The Ice Hawks have two home games this weekend against the Great Falls Americans, one of their biggest rivals. Havre will take on Great Falls at 8:15 p.m. Friday night and at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning. The Ice Hawks are under the direction of new head coach Scott Gunderson and are hoping to improve as the season goes along. Havre's games against Great Falls Friday and Saturday will... Full story
Typically, the game of Six-Man football is always high scoring. But the Hot Springs Savage-Heat almost make scoring points look easy. Second-ranked Hot Springs is Courtesy Photo Hot Springs' tight end Dave Cross is one of many talented weapons the undefeated Savage Heat have at their disposal. Hot Springs comes into Saturday's Six-man state championship game against Big Sandy averaging 69 points on offense and allowing just nine per game on defense. the Big Sandy Pioneers'...
The football season has one more Saturday left in it. But already, the awards are pouring in. The Northern C recently announced its All-Conference and Class C All-State lists, and Chester/J-I and Chinook dominated the voting. The Hawks, who captured the Northern C title this year, had four players earn Class C All-State honors, while Chinook had three. For the Hawks, Shalon Norick, Erik Kelly, Jordan Oraw and Mike Henke earned All-State honors. Norick is a First-team... Full story
Dane Warp Jennifer Cichosz Wells Lamey Dave Boles Ryan Divish Brittnee DeLarosa Rick Sedhal Each year, right about this time, the biggest rivalry in Montana sports splits the city of Havre right down the middle. Saturday will be the 112th Brawl of the Wild in Missoula. This year, the annual meeting between the University of Montana Grizzlies and the Montana State Bobcats has the makings to be pretty lopsided affair of you ask some. The Bobcats enter the weekend as the No. 1 team in the Big Sky Conference with an overall recor...
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team is short some matches. And that makes tonight's dual with the Northwest College Trappers a big deal as the Lights return to the mat for the first time in almost two weeks. The No. 12 Lights host the Trappers tonight at 7 at the Armory Gymnasium. Northwest College comes to Havre tonight having faced the UGF Argos Wednesday night in Great Falls. Meanwhile, the Lights haven't wrestled since a trip to the Cowboy Open two weeks...
Achieving a one-loss football season, and earning a spot in the state championship game is a big accomplishment for any prep athlete. But doing so as a senior, in your final season, that adds something a little more special. That is the case for five Big Sandy football players, playing their final Class C Six-Man football game this weekend in the state championship. The Pioneers house five very talented seniors this season. Zac Leader and Lane Martin have made their presence felt on both sides of the ball, as have players...
The Havre High School drama department is looking at the Holocaust of World War II, telling the story of a Jewish child who was one of the few survivors of a Nazi prison. "I Never Saw Another Butterfly, " Czechoslavak writer Celeste Raspanti's 1994 play, opens at the Havre High School Theatre at 7:30 p. m. today through Saturday. The play tells the story of Raja Englanderova, a survivor of the ghetto Terezin, also known by its German name of Theresienstadt, in northwestern Czechoslovakia. Nazis set up the ghetto as a... Full story
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown Gerri Stiffarm (left) unpacks a box of food Thursday evening for the annual Elf Drive. The Havre Food Bank will see local firefighters in trucks with lights flashing during the annual ELF drive, along with a chair auction and turkey donations this week, with several sets of activities set to help the organization help feed needy people in the area. The Havre Fire Department's Everybody Loves Firefighters food drive started Wednesday night and continues tonight, with volunteers helping...
KALISPELL — U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg stuck with his central campaign theme at a Sunday debate, mentioning President Barack Obama early and often as he laid blame on U.S. Sen. Jon Tester for unpopular administration policies. Tester scoffed at Rehberg's attack that the Democrat votes with the president 95 percent of the time as "crazy." Tester joked that he doesn't even agree with his wife 95 percent of the time. Tester and Rehberg are engaged in one of the tightest Senate races in the country. The campaign has become i...
