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Two north-central Montana newly re-elected senators say they are looking forward to working in the committees to which they have been assigned, with one planning to focus on alternative education. The state Senate has released its list of committee assignments, with Sen. -elect Greg Jergeson assigned to the energy and telecommunications, public health, taxation and rules committees. He is returning to the body after he termed out at the start of the last decade. Jergeson said he is generally pleased with his assignments,...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A bankruptcy court judge on Wednesday approved a request by Hostess Brands Inc. to begin winding down its operations. The ruling came Wednesday after the maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread failed in last-ditch negotiations to end a strike by its second-largest union. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer A Hostess Wonder Bread truck is shown in front of the Utah Hostess plant in Ogden, Utah. Hostess now has the green light to terminate the jobs of its 18,000 workers without risking legal action, and to s...
Four Montana State University-Northern football players were named to the 2012 Frontier All-Conference team. The league announced the list on Wednesday night, and MSU-N's Brandon O'Brien, Derek Lear, Stephen Silva and Josh Baum were touted. O'Brien, a junior wide receiver, was the only First-Team selection, while Lear and Silva were Second-Team picks. Silva earned All-Conference honors for the fourth straight year. The only Northern defender to make the list was sophomore safety Josh Baum, who earned Second-Team Defensive...
HELENA (AP) — Six Bobcats and four Grizzlies earned first team All-Big Sky Conference football honors. Montana State quarterback DeNarius McGhee was named the league's offensive player of the year on Tuesday while linebacker Jody Owens received defensive honors. Other Bobcats earning first-team honors were: center Shaun Sampson, defensive tackle Zach Minter, defensive end Caleb Schreibeis and safety Joel Fuller. Montana tight end Greg Hardy, offensive tackle Danny Kistler, defensive end Zach Wagenmann and outside l...
On Monday, Nov. 26, sign-up sheets for New Year's Eve Jackpot will be at the desk. Bowlers wishing to participate in this annual fun night are asked to sign up early as there is usually a waiting list. Also, all spots must be paid in advance. In the last week ,the communities of Havre and Fort Benton last two of its long time keglers, Larry Sapp in Havre and Bill Madsen in Fort Benton. We will miss both of them. Each contributed so much to the game in his own way. I knew Larry and his whole family for years. He was one of Hav...
Blue Pony Sydney Huston lays down a bunt during a high school girls fastpitch softball game last spring in Havre. The head coaching position for the Havre High softball program had sat vacant since the end of last season, but the job has finally been filled. Danny Wirtzberger is no stranger to coaching Havre Sports, and he can now add Blue Pony fastpitch softball to his list of teams. Wirtzberger replaces Mike Thill, who coached the Ponies for the past two seasons, but chose to retire after the conclusion of the 2012 season....
Marian B. Chute DALLAS, Ore. — Marian B. Chute died in her home of natural causes on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2012, at the age of 83. She was born in Williston, N.D., on Sept. 27, 1929, daughter of Gus T. Buell and Mae McManus Buell. She married Donald A. Chute in Havre, Mont., in 1950. Marian graduated from Havre High School and attended Northern Montana College. She worked as a bookkeeper for a motor parts supply house, but her passions were archaeology and politics. She enjoyed reading about Egypt and other ancient c...
Eunice M. Staples Eunice M. Staples passed away Nov. 18, 2012, in Bozeman, Mont. She was born Sept. 11, 1928, in Marsing, Idaho, to Jennings and Bessie (DeZell) Swinney. When 1 year of age, she moved with her family to Gildford, Mont., where she was raised and schooled. She graduated from Northern Montana College in Havre, Mont., in 1947 and worked for the AAA office for 2 ½ years. Eunice married Jack Staples April 6, 1948, in Havre. After living in Havre, Great Falls, and Helena, she and Jack farmed in the Gildford area...
Ruben James McKinney Ruben James McKinney, 69, of Havre, died Nov. 19, 2012, from pancreatic cancer. His funeral service will be 11 a. m. Saturday at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church. His burial will be held at the Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook, Mont., at 3:30 p. m. Saturday. In lieu of flowers, Ruben would like you to remember him with donations to the Montana Innocence Project, P.O. Box 7607, Missoula, MT 59807, or to a charity of a person's choice. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine...
After Thanksgiving officially begins the holidays, Chinook will welcome the season for most of Friday. The 27th Annual Parade of Lights and Christmas Stroll will be joined for a second year by Chinook's Festival of Trees in lighting up downtown Chinook, to bring the community together, celebrate the holidays and raise some money for local organizations. Activities begin at 1 p. m. Friday, with holiday music being played downtown as the Chinook Chamber of Commerce encourages people to stroll downtown and maybe do some...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — George McGovern was an unwavering, often unrequited advocate for liberal Democratic causes. He pursued those goals in plainspoken, usually understated, Midwestern style. He was a dedicated, decent man, a devoted Democrat even when the party establishment turned away from him in defeat. He wasn't good at political gamesmanship. He suffered his worst blunders when he strayed from straight talk in his doomed 1972 presidential campaign. It didn't fit the man and it shook the credibility he treasured. AP Photo...
BOZEMAN — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester sought at a debate Saturday night to interject a new attack into a Senate race full of well-worn accusations by arguing that his Republican opponent Denny Rehberg is flip-flopping on Medicare. The two squared off Saturday night in Bozeman for a fourth and final debate — and neither was pulling punches. AP Photo/Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, left, makes a point during a debate against Republican challenger Congressman Denny Rehberg on Saturday at...
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — A county dispatcher in Wisconsin says the suspect in a mass shooting at a spa outside Milwaukee has been found dead. AP Photo/Tom Lynn Police and swat team members respond to a call of a shooting at the Azana Spa in Brookfield, Wis. Sunday. Multiple people were wounded when someone opened fire at the spa near the Brookfield Square Mall. Christine Bannister is a dispatch supervisor for Waukesha County communications center. She says 45-year-old Radcliffe Franklin Haughton, of Brown Deer, has been found d...
With the post eason just days away for the Havre High volleyball team,, the Blue Ponies earning their second conference win of the season could prove to be very important moving forward. Saturday the Central A Ponies were in Browning, where they completed the season sweep over the Indians. HHS defeated the Indians in three games by scores of 25-9,25-23 and 25-20. Moving forward, the Ponies have just three conference matches left on the season. The Ponies have lost to Belgrade, Livingston and Lewistown already, but could have...
HELENA — In this season of Frontier Conference volleyball, there's been tremendous ups and downs. It's truly been a roller coaster of a ride. And over the weekend, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights saw that fact first hand. The Skylights endured a thrilling and gutsy five-set win over Montana Tech Friday night in Butte, then found themselves on the other end of the spectrum, losing a heart-breaking, four-set match to Carroll College Saturday night in Helena. "...
The Havre High cross country teams put the finishing touches on the season on Saturday, with both the Blue Pony girls and boys running strong at the state meet. The Central A Ponies competed in Helena on Saturday at the Class A state championships, and ran into a tough field of competition. The Pony girls entered as the two-time defending conference champions, while the boys entered as the No. 4 team out of the conference. And after the grueling three-mile course, the HHS girls finished in seventh place with 161 points, and...
HELENA — Last November, Carroll College running back Dustin Rinker racked up 220 yards in place of injured star Chance Demarais as the Fighting Saints beat the Montana State University-Northern Lights to close out the regular season in Havre. On Saturday afternoon in Helena, the Lights must have gotten a sickening case of Deja vu. With Demarais in street clothes, Rinker scored three times and rolled up 232 yards on 25 carries as the No. 7 Saints beat the Lights 35-14 at w...
Over and over again, the Havre High football team has stressed just how important it is for its defense to stop the run this season. That was priority number one for the Blue Ponies on Friday night, but against a team like Livingston, that was easier said than done. On Friday, the Central A Ponies took on the conference leading Rangers in Livingston. The Rangers defeated the Ponies 64-32. With the win the Rangers finished the season 4-0 in conference play, and as the Central A conference champions. And with the loss, the...
Montana State University-Northern junior Jared Miller (left) locks former Lights' All-American Rudy James up during Saturday's Northern Alumni Dual at the Armory Gymnasium. Miller won the match but James and the Alumni team captured the dual. Former Havre great Evan Hinebauch (top) takes on Chinook's Jorrell Jones during the Alumni Dual Saturday in Havre. Former MSU-N star Anthony Weerheim holds down Lights sophomore Hunter Azure during Saturday's Alumni Dual. The start of another Montana State University-Northern Lights...
With the U. S. House of Representatives expected to go into recess this afternoon, some are pointing to what actions it hasn't taken more than what it has done. Montana's U. S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are looking closely at the new Farm Bill. "Three months ago, the Senate came together and passed a full, five-year Farm Bill, " Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said on the floor of the Senate Wednesday. " We didn't kick the can down the road. We passed a bipartisan bill that provides the certainty America's farmers and...
In the midst of its third year, the local bus transit system is providing some new services. North Central Montana Transit now has a special morning and afternoon route between Havre and Harlem, and is stopping at the international airport on its twice-a-week run to Great Falls. Director Jim Lyons said this morning that the new schedule is in effect and operating. Opportunity Link Inc., the anti-poverty organization based in Havre, identified increased transportation as a major need in the community, and spearheaded the...
Havre Daily News/Lindsay Brown A worker inspects a derailed and damanged BNSF grain car near Lohman this morning. A derailed grain train in western Blaine County has shut down the busiest rail line in Montana, with the company operating the train saying the derailment is likely to shut down traffic — including Amtrak — through at least midnight tonight. At the site this morning, the ditch along the tracks was filled with deep thick mud that a BNSF Railway official said was causing some difficulty, but added that the BNSF wor...
Alex Weasel Boy Alex Weasel Boy, 84, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at his home in Rocky Boy after battling cancer. His wake service will begin at 4 p. m. Thursday, with his funeral Mass at 10 a. m. Friday at Rocky Boy Catholic Church, with Father Pete Guthneck officiating. Burial will follow at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Services and arrangements have been entrusted to Holland & Bonine Funeral Home. Alex was born March 5, 1928, in Rocky Boy, Mont., to George and Lucy (Small) Weasel Boy. He was raised and educated in Rocky Boy....
Wayne Parker Wayne Parker, 48, whose Indian Name was O-Ki-mahw-Pi-Yi-So (Chief Thunderbird) went to be with Our Father and the Creator on Sept. 19, 2012. His death was due to a brain tumor. His wake service will begin Thursday at the Rocky Boy Lutheran Church with his funeral service 11 a. m. today at the church. Burial followed at Rocky Boy Veterans Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Wayne was born on May 1, 1964, to the late Raymond Parker Sr. and Merceline LaMere...
One step was taken, and another created, in the ongoing lawsuit between the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the Hi-Line farmers, ranchers and politicians who oppose recent bison relocations. The hearing in the Blaine County Courthouse Friday morning was scheduled to deal with a motion filed this spring by the rancher plaintiffs, represented by Helena-based attorney Cory Swanson, accusing FWP of contempt of court for knowingly moving bison as a temporary restraining order took effect. Many Native American groups,...
