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David L. Ironmaker, 57, of Great Falls, passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at his residence of natural causes. Wake services will begin at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rocky Boy and will continue until his traditional funeral service, which will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 21, 2014. Burial will follow in the Rocky Boy Veterans Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements, and you can leave your...
After a hiatus of more than a year while a custody battle worked through the courts, a decades-old Havre charity is back in operation. The Community Giveaway House reopened last week at its North Havre location to the delight of former patrons "I am extremely happy it's open," said Teena Thompson right after signing into the visitor list Tuesday morning. The initial hours for the charity, located at 1058 2nd St. North in North Havre, are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and...
Havre Police Department Jonathan David Lacroix, 34, of Billings was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence after officers responded to a 7:35 a.m. Tuesday call from a 1st Street West business about a man slumped over in a sports utility vehicle parked at the business. ——— Officers investigated a 9:34 a.m. Tuesday call at the police department about someone charging the calling party’s credit account and withdrawing money from her checking account. ——— Two arrests were made after officers assisted another law a...
The Havre Jaycees are looking to add some spice to the annual demolition derby they sponsor at the Great Northern Fair each year — a race to run between heats of the derby. “We’re looking at doing something a little different,” Jaycee Travis Velk told the fair board Tuesday at its monthly meeting. Velk and Jaycee Chelby Gooch said that, with declining numbers of drivers, they want to find something to fill slack time between heats and the consolation rounds. “If we could figure out something to do starting now to carry on...
Three seats will be open on the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees in the spring elections. Darlene Bricker, the present chairman, Cindy Erickson and Curtis Smeby’s positions are up for election in May, Superintendent Andy Carlson said. There has to be a competition in order for an election to be warranted or if the board of trustees decides to vote for a mill levee to raise taxes to fund the elementary schools. “As of this time, we’re not making any recommendations to run a mill levee,” Carlson said. He added that th...
A consortium working to improve the health of Hill County took its next step at a meeting Tuesday, forming groups to act on initiatives selected last fall. After conducting needs assessments last year, in August the Hill County Health Consortium identified the 10 top health priorities then narrowed them down to the top three concerns: reducing alcohol abuse, reducing the number of teen pregnancies and increasing awareness of and providing more support for people with mental health problems. Tuesday, the consortium members at...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights have been here before. In fact, they’ve been here many times. But this Lights’ team wants to rewrite the ending to a story that’s become all too familiar. Thursday morning, the No. 23 Lights (23-8) take on the No. 9 Freed-Hardeman Lions (27-5) in the first round of the Buffalo Funds NAIA national tournament at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. It’s the fourth straight first-round game for the Lights, and the 2013-14 Lights...
Things have a funny way of working out. The last time the Montana State University-Northern Skylights went to the NAIA national tournament, it was held in Jackson, Tenn. That happened to be Chris Mouat’s rookie season as a head coach. Eight years later, Mouat is a veteran of the NAIA and Frontier Conference coaching ranks, and he, and his Skylights are heading back to the big dance. But the destination is different. Frankfort, Ky., is the site of this year’s national tou...
To a gym rat, to a player who’s been shooting hoops her whole life, that’s exactly what basketball becomes. It becomes her life. But sometimes, life will take some turns and basketball goes back to just being a game she loves. It goes back to something that makes her happy. And after all, that’s what the game is supposed to be about. It’s supposed to fun. Basketball is fun for Montana State University-Northern junior Taylor Cummings. But Cummings, a former multi-sport star fr...
When you get to the college basketball postseason, there’s always a lot of hype and there’s always a dramatic buildup before a team even hits the floor for its first game. That has certainly been the case for the Montana State University-Northern Skylights who are making their first appearance in the NAIA national tournament in eight years. But now that’s all over. All of the excitement, the pageantry and hoopla surrounding the national tourney comes to an end this after...
