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Hill County Early Childhood Investment team is sponsoring a Poverty 101 one-day workshop led by Donna M. Beegle Friday at Havre Inn & Suites from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration is free and lunch will be provided. Registration ends today with a limit of 100 participants. People can register on EventBrite searching for events in Havre, online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dr-donna-beegle-poverty-101-registration-89991812935?utm_term=eventurl_text, or can contact Hill County Early Childhood Investment Team Family Engagement...
Heartache endings have become something the Montana State University-Northern Skylights have seen all too much of in recent years during Frontier Conference play. And this weekend in the Armory Gymnasium, it was heartache for Northern all over again, not once, but twice. After falling to Lewis-Clark State Friday night, the Skylights looked to have righted the ship against the Montana Tech Orediggers Saturday night in Havre. That is until the second half started anyway. Norther...
Hundreds of people from the region came to Havre Saturday for the annual Swedish Meatball and Norwegian Lutefisk Dinner at First Lutheran Church. The dinner holds a special place in Havre traditions, and after 87 years, holds a special place in many people's hearts because of the fellowship, culture and food. "If you have been around Havre long enough, you realize that Havre among a very giving community, and they pull together when organizations or individuals are in need,...
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Casey Schreiner of Great Falls, the state House minority leader, announced this morning he is suspending his campaign. Schreiner said he has taken his message across the state and will continue to fight for his values in the race, but he does not have the resources to continue his campaign. “It’s time for us all to get behind the candidate that has the best chance of winning and promoting our shared values come November,” Schreiner said in a video posted on his Facebook page. His announcemen...
Hill County Early Childhood Investment is sponsoring a fundamental skills baseball camp for families Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Havre Youth Baseball Association's dugout in Holiday Village Mall. "It is a camp for kids 4 to 8 years old, both male and female, and the purpose of the camp is to teach fundamental baseball skills," Havre Youth Baseball Association Secretary Dana Kjersem said. Those fundamental skills include the proper way to throw, catch, hold a bat, hitting...
By Rhonda Petersen CJI Speech Coach Friday and Saturday, the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Speech team and dozens of other Class B and Class C schools competed at the State B/C Speech, Debate and Drama Tournament in Bigfork. The Hawks brought five competitors to state and all five qualified for the semi-final rounds. To advance to the semi-finals, competitors needed to be in the top 14 in their individual events. Seniors Shivell Norick and Kyran Neer led the way for the Hawks, goin...
Press release The North Star High School Speech and Drama team headed to Big Fork over the weekend to compete at the 2020 B-C State Speech, Drama and Debate meet. The Knights had five students of the six entrants make semi-finals and two students make it on to place at state. In drama, Hayden Massar made it to finals and placed seventh in humorous solo acting at state. Choral Wicks and Kaden Frickel were semi-finalists in dramatic theatre, but just barely missed finals and ended up taking ninth place overall. In speech,...
Press release Havre High School speech and debate traveled across the Continental Divide to compete Friday and Saturday at the Class A state tournament, and several students came close to making it on stage, but could not quite pull it off. “Our kids made a great showing this year and almost brought home some state medals, but I guess it wasn’t in the cards this year,” head coach Tim Leeds said. “We had some real talent and ability this year, and I was hoping for top-level finishes, but the competition was tough and you nev...
Janet "Jan" Petterson of Rochester, MN, formerly of Havre, MT, 84, died Thursday, January 23, 2020 ,at her residence. Jan was born September 13, 1935 in Eau Claire, WI, to Clifford and Lucille (Duffenbach) Kragness. She graduated from Eau Claire High School in 1953 and received her certification as a registered nurse from Luther Hospital School of Nursing in 1957, after first studying one year at the University of WI Eau Claire. During her final year of school, Jan met the... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers investigated an assault report called in Friday at 10:16 a.m. by the Child Abuse Hotline. -- Dyllan James Murray of Havre, 19, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant served on Sixth Avenue Friday at 11:21 a.m. -- Alejandro Ricardo Plascencia Jr. of Billings, 26, was arrested on a state District Court warrant served on Sixth Street Friday at 3:52 p.m. -- A hit and run crash in which a silver General Motors two-door car backed into a...
Kermit Leonard Loftus, 84, went home to his Heavenly Father January 30, 2020, at the Northern Montana Care center due to natural causes. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. today, February 3, 2020, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel, and funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at Community Alliance Church. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Kermit’s family has suggested memorial donations may be made in his name to the Red C... Full story
A URL listed to register for the Havre Global 6K Walk4Water in a front-page article in Wednesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News was a longer-than-needed URL. The easier URL to use to register for the walk is: https://www.teamworldvision.org/team/walk4water-havre .... Full story
A front-page story in Friday’s edition of the Havre Daily News misreported that the Xi Tau Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi is associated with Montana State University-Northern. The non-academic sorority is not associated with universities.... Full story
"So, you had a good trip?" a friend recently asked at the grocery store. "Oh yes. I had a great trip!" I answered. "Even with being stopped by the immigration officials and having to return to Hong Kong?" my friend asked, inquiring a little deeper. "Yes, even with all those troubles. It just got better and better. I believe we made a difference in the students at Faith Theological Seminary. And without a doubt, I know they made a difference in my life." "How is that, Ila?"...
After the tough loss at home to the CMR Rustlers, the Havre High boys basketball team was ready to make amends Saturday. And the Blue Ponies achieved that goal with a 59-42 win over the Malta Mustangs Saturday in the Havre High Gymnasium. The win at home gave Havre the sweep over Malta for the season and improves the Ponies' overall record to 9-5. The win over the Mustangs was hard-earned and HHS head coach Walynn Burgess was glad to see his team get the win. "Malta came out...
MISSOULA - With a near-capacity crowd of more than 7,000 fans on its feet, Montana gave the fans plenty to cheer about Saturday night. The Grizzlies connected on their first five shots to jump out to an early lead, and led for all but 14 seconds in a 78-64 victory. Montana has now beaten rival Montana State 18 times in 19 tries over the past decade. Saturday marked the historic 300th meeting between the two state universities, the fifth-longest rivalry in NCAA basketball...
The state swim meet in Great Falls is right around the corner for the Havre High swim team and the top swimmers have been taking a quick break to prepare for the big competition in the Electric City. Meanwhile, the younger swimmers for the Blue Ponies headed to a meet in Great Falls, held in the Great Falls Pool Saturday in hopes of earning a spot on the state roster. At the end of the day, the Pony girls team placed 10th with 12 points and the HHS boys team finished eighth wi...
With the the postseason coming up, the Havre High wrestling team looked to make some noise and finish off the regular season on a good note in Malta. The Blue Ponies were going up against a mix of Class A, B and C teams in Mustang country hopes of placing high. And though HHS did not take the crown Saturday in Malta, the Blue Pony grapplers snagged third place with 147 points. HHS head coach LaSalle was proud of what his team did in Malta to take home the bronze. “It was a p...
Just like last week, the Montana State University-Northern Lights really needed a win. And just like last week, the Lights delivered. Saturday night in the Armory Gymnasium, the Lights snapped Montana Tech's four-game Frontier Conference winning streak with a 57-50 win. The victory was Northern's third in league play and came on the heels of another gutty defensive effort. "Just can't say enough about these guys," MSU-N head coach Shawn Huse said. "They have been through so...
It has been a great season for the Havre High girls basketball team so far. Just last Thursday on the road in Great Falls, the Blue Ponies pulled off a comeback in overtime to win against the CMR Lady Rustlers. After that big win, Havre was looking forward to a win against the Malta M-Ettes Saturday. And win the Ponies did. Havre beat the M-Ettes 61-45 Saturday in the Havre High Gymnasium to complete the sweep of Malta for the season. The victory over the M-Ettes brings the...
