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Articles from the March 1, 2016 edition


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  • Obituary - Ernest Thomas Vinberg

    Updated Mar 2, 2016

    Ernest Thomas Vinberg, 90, retired truck driver for Burlington Northern Railroad, passed away peacefully on Feb. 28, 2016, in Havre, Montana, surrounded by his loving family. Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at the First Lutheran Church in Havre. His cremated remains will be scattered at a later time. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to MSU-Northern Diesel Mechanic program or the MSU-Northern Rodeo team or to the donor's choice. Hi-Line Funeral...

  • Huston sentenced to 41 months in prison

    Paul Dragu|Updated Mar 1, 2016

    It took U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris less than two hours Monday afternoon in federal court in Great Falls to sentence Shad Huston to 3 1/2 years in federal prison. Huston, who has admitted to being involved in numerous bribery and embezzlement scams involving money intended for the people of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, was sentenced to 41 months for bribery, failure to file currency transaction reports and false claims act conspiracy. Huston was also ordered to pay a total restitution of $500,000. All restitutio...

  • Quick Pic: Reading and playing games

    Updated Mar 1, 2016

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  • Local GOP works to set up headquarters in new location

    Alex Ross|Updated Mar 1, 2016

    Local Republicans say they have two-thirds of the money needed to lease a building on 1st Street to serve as the campaign headquarters for state and local candidates, to store signs and to coordinate voter outreach operations in Hill and nearby counties. Andrew Brekke, chair of the Hill County Republicans said Monday that the party has raised about two-thirds of the $20,000 needed to move into and operate the headquarters housed in an empty retail space across from Gary &...

  • My Neighbor in Need Current Needs March 1, 2016

    Updated Mar 1, 2016

    From My Neighbor in Need The website http://www.myneighborinneed.org/havre provides local citizens a way to ask for help from their community and a way for the community to give back. Current Needs Neighbor in Need — An elderly woman, living on a very low fixed income, is in need of a gently used, clean queen size sleep system with mattress and box spring. She is rather tall and her feet stick off the end of full-size beds. If you can help please call us at 406-750-2542. The identification number is: Havre #180. Thank you v...

  • For the Record, March 1, 2016

    Updated Mar 1, 2016

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash after a caller from Montana State University-Northern reported Monday at 9:15 a.m. that a vehicle hit a stop sign. —— Officers made a drug offense arrest near the Amtrak station after a caller reported Monday at noon that a passenger was being “verbally abusive.” No further details on the arrest were made available. —— Officers made an arrest Monday at a 1st Street business after someone reported at 5:16 p.m. that a wanted person was in the store. —— C...

  • St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group meeting in Havre

    Updated Mar 1, 2016

    The St. Mary Rehabilitation Working Group will hold a meeting in Havre Wednesday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to noon. The meeting will be in the Havre City Hall meeting room. The public is welcome to attend. The group is working to find ways to pay for rehabilitating the more-than 100-year-old system that diverts water from the St. Mary River into the Milk River....

  • Obituary - Rodney M. Sodergren

    Updated Mar 1, 2016

    Rodney M. Sodergren, 92, passed away Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, at Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook of natural causes. Per Rod’s wishes, no services will be held. Rod was born on Feb. 20, 1924, in Lake Crystal, Minnesota, to Henry and Ethel (Frances) Sodergren, the youngest of four children. His family moved to Montana, where he graduated from high school in Cut Bank. In Cut Bank, he met Mary Lee Bailey. They were married in Choteau, Montana, and soon moved to Seattle, where Rod began working for Boeing. Their daughter, E...

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Mar 1, 2016

    Jerod Boles, Havre High Basketball Havre High senior Dane Warp did some heavy lifting at this past weekend's Eastern A divisional boys basketball tournament. But, fellow senior Jerod Boles was doing work as well. Boles, the Blue Pony point guard, averaged 13 points and shot better than 50 percent from 3-point-range in helping the Ponies to the Eastern A title. Boles, who is also a golf and tennis star for the Blue Ponies, had back-to-back games of 15 points, including a...

  • MSU-N's Edmondson honored

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 1, 2016

    Montana State University-Northern senior Warren Edmondson sure went out of the Armory Gymnasium with a bang. And he was rewarded for his efforts. Edmondson was named the Frontier Conference Men’s Player of the Week after averaging 24 points, three rebounds and three assists per game in Northern’s home sweep of Lewis-Clark State and Rocky Mountain College last weekend. In the wins, Edmondson was 16-of-29 from the field (55 percent), 7-of-16 3-point field goals (44 percent) and...

  • Ice Hawks split in Miles City

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 1, 2016

    The Havre Ice Hawks will next take the ice the at the state tournament. But before they get there, they played two close games with the Miles City generals this past weekend. Closing out their regular season in Miles City, the Ice Hawks forged a tie Saturday afternoon, before suffering a tight loss Sunday morning. In Saturday's game, Havre battled the Generals to a 4-4 tie. Alex Stilger scored twice for the Ice Hawks, once in the first period on assists from Barrett Kilgore an...

  • George Ferguson Column: Havre thriving so far in new divisionals

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 1, 2016

    When it was decided that Class A would go to two divisional tournaments instead of four, no one was too sure how it would affect their teams, or their schools. But, I think it’s safe to say that, at least for Havre High, so far so good. This past weekend, the Blue Pony boys and girls basketball teams were in Billings for the Eastern Divisional tournament, which combined both the Eastern A and Central A divisions for what some were calling a super divisional. The Western A d...

  • Playoff Time: Lights on a roll

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 1, 2016

    Maybe the fourth game will be the one that matters most. That’s what the surging Montana State University-Northern Lights are hoping for when they open the Frontier Conference Playoffs tonight in Billings. The Lights (19-11) have won four straight games coming into tonight’s fourth meeting of the year with the Rocky mountain College Battlin’ Bears at the Fortin Center. And while Rocky (17-13) took two of three from the Lights during the regular season, tonight, the Bears...

  • Quake rocks Nationals

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 1, 2016

    Another weekend, and another tough road trip for the Glacier Nationals. The Nationals, of the Frontier Division of the NA3HL, dropped a pair of road decisions to the Yellowstone Quake over the weekend, as their difficult losing streak drug on. On Friday night, the Nationals succumbed to 66 shots from the Quake, in a 9-1 loss. Nick Greene was all over the ice for Yellowstone, as he tallied two goals and one assist in Yellowstone's 9-1 win over Glacier. Greene scored at 4:34...

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