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Articles from the November 6, 2019 edition


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  • Preservation Commission puts up second historic photograph mural

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Nov 7, 2019

    Editor’s note: This version corrects the source of the photograph used in the mural. Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission put up its second mural in Havre Tuesday, on the north and west sides of the Havre Eagles Club building Tuesday. "This is our second in a series of historic photos that we are beginning to roll out downtown," Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission Chair Wade Bitz said. Bitz said the commission chose the Eagles Club because not o...

  • Hill County floodplain study about to start

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Nov 6, 2019

    The Montana Silver Jackets, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and the Hill County government teamed up to provide a floodplain mapping update at a meeting in Havre Tuesday. DRNC Floodplain Outreach Specialist Nadene Wadsworth said that she was was in Havre Tuesday to announce when she was in Hill County in January, Hill County applied for a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and was here Tuesday to say they received it. “What is the purpose of floodplain mapping? Essentially, it is to h...

  • Eldridge defeats Meis in Havre city council race

    Updated Nov 6, 2019

    Havre voters elected Derek Eldridge Tuesday as the new sitting City Council member for Ward 4. The election was the only contested race for Havre City Council. Eldridge defeated incumbent Erik Meis with 149 votes to 78 votes. Meis was appointed in December of last year after Andrew Brekke resigned from his position in November. Eldridge, the manager at fivehead’s, was originally born and raised in Great Falls, and moved to Havre to help his parents, Keith and Loretta Eldridge, open their businesses in Havre less than a d...

  • Study shows major impact Hutterites have in Montana

    Derek Hann|Updated Nov 6, 2019

    University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research and Montana State University Department of Economics and Agriculture held a press conference Tuesday to discuss a study done in coordination between the two universities, researching the economic impact of Hutterite communities in the state. “The presence of Hutterite communities does contribute to the size of the economic pie as a whole, I would say,” UM Bureau of Business and Economic Research Director Patrick Barkey said during a press conference Tuesday. ...

  • Wilson named Montanan of the Week by Sen. Daines

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 6, 2019

    A local businesswoman and activist in Havre has been recognized on the floor of the Senate. The office of U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said he recognized Havre's Dottie Wilson for her tremendous impact on the state of Montana in his "Montanan of the Week" this week. Each week Daines highlights a Montanan by submitting a statement into Congressional Record. Wilson, who said she is in Maryland with her daughter Keeley while Keeley participates in a 10-year study on Williams...

  • Dem statewide office candidates speak in Havre

    Derek Hann|Updated Nov 6, 2019

    A number of statewide candidates spoke Sunday at the 2019 Pasma-Peck Democratic Dinner held by the Hill County Democratic Party, discussing their campaigns and their goals if elected. After Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced his candidacy for governor, a number of candidates from both the Republican and Democratic parties have announced their candidacy for the office. Republicans Jon Bennion, a senior staff member in the attorney general’s office, and Austin Knudsen, former state house speaker, are running in the R...

  • Obituary - Amelia May Fulton

    Updated Nov 6, 2019

    Editor’s note: This version updates location of services. Amelia May Fulton, 89, passed away at her home in Hays, Montana, November 1, 2019. A wake will be held today, November 7, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. at the Kills at Night Center in Hays MT. The funeral service will be held Friday, November 8, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at the Kills at Night Center in Hays, MT. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Wilderness Funeral Homes....

  • For the Record, Nov. 6, 2019

    Updated Nov 6, 2019

    Havre Police Department A caller reported Tuesday at 11:20 a.m. a small trailer had been stolen from his Ninth Avenue residence. -- Spencer Owen Lagree of Havre, 45, was arrested on a pick up and hold warrant at 12:03 p.m. Tuesday on First Street West. -- A gun was reported missing by a Havre area caller at 12:51 p.m. Tuesday. -- Officers made an arrest on a warrant at 1:39 p.m. Tuesday on Fourth Avenue. No details on the charges were provided. -- Deston George Manning of...

  • Flood mitigation project on Hay Coulee Road in Liberty County proposed

    Updated Nov 6, 2019

    Press release The Montana Department of Transportation has announced, and invited the public to comment on, a proposal to rebuild about 0.4 miles of Hay Coulee Road, also known as 4700 Road South, about 15 miles southeast of Chester in Liberty County. The project begins at the west edge of the coulee at approximate reference post 3.8 and extends east for 0.4 miles ending near the east edge of the coulee at approximate reference post 4.2. Proposed work includes adding drainage culverts and armoring of the roadway and roadside...

  • The Postscript: Good pear

    Carrie Classon|Updated Nov 6, 2019

    My husband, Peter, and I have settled into the little house we are calling home for a month in southern Spain. The house is old and quirky — but I’ve come to believe that all homes are quirky in their own way. Whenever I spend time in another person’s home, I realize there are a lot of different ways of doing things that would never have occurred to me. When I was young, my family would drive to visit my great-grandmother. She had a neighbor named Mrs. Johnson (I never learn...

  • University of Providence announces Study Buddy Scholarships

    Updated Nov 6, 2019

    Private, Catholic University of Providence in Great Falls has announced the availability of Study Buddy Scholarships for students who enroll and begin the Master of Healthcare Administration or Master of Science in nursing, nurse educator program in January 2020. People may apply for these one-time $2,500 scholarships, which will be applied to the tuition due for summer 2020 courses. Not only can the Study Buddy Scholarships ease the way financially for both students, but the buddies can also support each other while...

  • Pizza Hut fundraiser set for Keeling

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 6, 2019

    A Pizza Hut fundraiser is being held for former Havreite Jaden Keeling Thursday to help with expenses of his dealing with brain cancer. Ashlee Keeling, his sister, said Jaden, who turned 17 today, recently was diagnosed with the cancer and after performing one surgery, his doctors are determining the best way to treat the tumor. She said Jaden, who went to school in Havre until he moved to Malta with his mother, recently started having headaches. A Havre eye doctor determined...

  • Ice Hawks skating into a new high school season

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Nov 6, 2019

    When the weather outside gets frightful, the Havre Ice Dome gets delightful. The Havre Ice Hawks' 2019-2020 high school hockey season is underway and the team is ready to make some noise out on the ice. The Ice Hawks have already played two games and won both. But a majority of the season is left and head coach Barry Brownlee is ready for another season with the team. "I'm feeling pretty good," Brownlee said. "A new set of kids and most of them are on the (Havre High)...

  • Home Court Advantage

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Nov 6, 2019

    The Havre High volleyball team has put on quite the show this season. The Blue Ponies finished the regular season with an awesome record and tied atop the Northeast A standings. But when the Eastern A Divisional tournament begins Thursday in the Havre High Gymnasium, every team, including Havre, will throw records out the window. It will be like a clean slate for every team. For the Blue Ponies, this year has been a major improvement from the last. In the 2018 season, Havre...

  • Lady Griz too much for the Skylights

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 6, 2019

    Before Tuesday’s foray into Dahlberg Arena, Montana State University-Northern head basketball coach Chris Mouat said, his Skylight’s game against the Montana Lady Griz would be played in front of the biggest crowd his team will ever see. And he wasn’t wrong. But it wasn’t just the crowd size that might have overwhelmed the Skylights Tuesday morning in Missoula, it was a hungry Lady Griz’ squad playing their season-opener. In what was billed as the School Day Game at Montana,...

  • Registration open for USDA 2020 Agricultural Outlook Forum

    Updated Nov 6, 2019

    From U.S. Department of Agriuculture WASHINGTON — Registration is now open for the 96th annual Agricultural Outlook Forum, the largest annual meeting and premiere event of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The two-day forum will take place on Feb. 20-21 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The 2020 Forum, themed “The Innovation Imperative: Shaping the Future of Agriculture,” will feature more than 30 sessions covering topics such as innovations in agriculture, global trade trends, food loss and wast...

  • Annual John Deere Ag Expo set for Nov. 14-16 at MSU

    Updated Nov 6, 2019

    From MSU News Service BOZEMAN - Montana State University will host 1,500 high school and middle school students from across the state on Nov. 14-16 for the eighth annual John Deere Ag Expo. The second day of the expo, Friday, Nov. 15, is free and open to the public as Agricultural Education Enrichment Day. The annual event includes leadership development workshops, education in career options with industry representatives and tours of MSU research and academic facilities....

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  • Prep, College Football, Volleyball

    Updated Nov 5, 2019

    Prep Football Playoffs Class AA Quarterfinals Friday, Nov. 8 All games at 7 p.m. Kalispell Glacier (5-5) at Butte (9-0) Helena Capital (8-2) at Billings West (8-1) Billings Senior (5-4) at Missoula Sentinel (9-1) Helena (6-4) at Bozeman (8-1) Class A Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 9 All games at 1 p.m. Frenchtown (8-2) at Miles City (8-0) Billings Central (7-2) at Hamilton (8-1), 1 p.m. Havre (5-4) at Dillon (8-1) Libby (8-2) at Laurel (7-1) Class B Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 9 Florence (7-2) at Fairfield (9-0), 1 p.m....

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Nov 5, 2019

    Aspen Baker, Harlem Volleyball The Harlem Wildcats made a historic run at last week’s District 2B volleyball tournament. And outside hitter Aspen Baker was a big reason why the Wildcats played in their first-ever district championship match. In the 2B semifinals, Baker tallied 10 kills and two blocks in a sweep over Wolf Point, while she added nine more kills in Harlem’s championship match loss to Glasgow. Baker and the Wildcats are now off to the Northern B Divisional lat...

  • Local Bowling Report: League bowling rolls into the third month of the season

    Julie Rodgers|Updated Nov 5, 2019

    Folks continue to roll good scores at Harvest Moon Lanes. Highs for the week were: Men, Shawn Mariani, 256 game, 687, series. Women, Brandy Kurtz, 199 game. Maxine Munson, 527 series. Split Pickers were, Katie Hofer, 5-10, 5-10, Fern Lohse, 6-7-10, Delonna Malone, 5-7, Lynn Crossler, 6-7. Sunday Keglers. Alicia Burrington, 194, Julie Allee, 154, Cori Winsor, 153, Julie Smith, 154, Suener Springer, 158, Kyndra Hall, 160, Donna Tilleman, 167,158, DeAnne Mullner-Kalk, 157,...

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