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  • Carol Marie Doney

    Updated Apr 6, 2015

    Carol Marie Doney, 70, of Hays, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2015, at Northern Montana Care Center, surrounded by family and friends. Wake services will begin at 5 p.m. and rosary at 7 p.m., on Monday, April 6, 2015, at St. Paul's Mission Rec Center in Hays and will continue until her funeral Mass, which will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at St. Paul's Mission Church. Burial will follow at St. Paul's Mission Center Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has...

  • Spring Fling a success at Northern

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Apr 6, 2015

    Spring Fling, one of the major fundraisers for Montana State University-Northern athletics, was a success again in its 10th year. "We had a full house," said Craig Tilleman, president of the board that organizes the event. " ... Time and time again the Havre community and the surrounding towns showed their support for Northern athletics." Tilleman said he did not have exact numbers for the funds raised at the event, but he was fairly confident that they raised more than they...

  • Qick Picks: 2015 HHS Academic Challenge winners

    Updated Apr 6, 2015

  • Winter weather strikes again, sun to follow

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Apr 6, 2015

    Havre is under a winter weather advisory until 6 a.m. Tuesday. A band of precipitation is pushing through Montana and Liberty, Hill and Blaine counties are receiving much of the blow of it today. “The winter weather advisory, at this time, we probably will allow to go to tomorrow morning,” said Gina Loff, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Great Falls. “I anticipate that after midnight, we won’t see this activity. We should expect improved conditions tomorrow.” Loff said Havre can expect a potential...

  • Hands On History set for Saturday

    Tori Thomas|Updated Apr 6, 2015

    The H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Foundation will be holding the 11th annual Hands On History event Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Holiday Village Mall. Elaine Morse, Clack Foundation president, said there will be about 30 to 35 activities set up such as gold panning, apple peeling and old-fashioned clothes washing. “We’re going to have a sheep to shawl event where there’s actually going to be sheep. They’re going to card wool, they will spin and then there’s actually some people that have an old-ti...

  • Quick Picks: Looking for Easter bounty

    Updated Apr 6, 2015

  • Havre Daily looks to honor volunteers in National Volunteer Week

    John Kelleher|Updated Apr 6, 2015

    April 12 to 18 is National Volunteer Week. The Havre Daily News plans on highlighting volunteers who perform services for Hi-Line communities. We are looking for nominations of people who donate their time to help out civic groups. If you know of anyone who deserves special attention, we'd like to hear from you. We are looking for people from the entire line of volunteers — people like youth coaches who go above and beyond, PTA moms, senior citizens who help out young students with school work, people who organize c...

  • For the Record, April 6, 2015

    Updated Apr 6, 2015

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated an 8:19 a.m. Friday call from 5th Street about the calling party’s daughter’s car being vandalized. —— Jacob Gregory Rider, 24, of Harlem was arrested on charges of speeding and driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license and on three Justice or City court warrants after an officer made a motor vehicle stop at 10:05 a.m. Friday on 13th Street West. —— Robert James Bonavita, 32, of Havre was issued a summons on charges of careless driving and driving with no insurance afte...

  • Ask AARP: Be aware of tax identity theft

    Updated Apr 6, 2015

    This question came from Terry, who came into our Havre Tax Aide site for help with her taxes: Q: I am really worried about tax identity theft, how can I avoid becoming a victim? A: Terry, you are smart to be concerned about this. Every two seconds, someone’s identity is stolen. And with tax season upon us, con artists are stealing Social Security numbers to file for fraudulent tax refunds. It’s a big problem. To date, the IRS has identified around 15 million false tax returns alone. For more information on the latest trends i...

  • A greener way to do business - a reminder of Earth Day

    Updated Apr 6, 2015

    By Marian Lark Social Security Administration April 22 is Earth Day, a great time to recommit to going green. More than one billion people will celebrate Earth Day this year. Saving energy, conserving water and using less gas are just a few ways to go green — and save the earth. At Social Security, we strive to have a positive impact on the environment and community. By visiting http://www.socialsecurity.gov, you can handle much of your Social Security business quickly and securely from your home or office. Whether you w...

  • Wherefore art thou Class of 1970?

    Ila McClenahan|Updated Apr 6, 2015

    Darla Jean and Darryl James. Darryl James and Darla Jean. Now there are two twin names that just roll off your tongue. Darryl and Darla Smith are the fourth of five sets of twins that I’ve been privileged to write about and with whom I graduated in the Havre High School Class of 1970. It seems that in late January 1952, Mrs. Smith found out she was expecting twins. Twins! She spent the next two weeks crying. Darla arrived February 9 in Scobey, Montana. One hour later Darryl j...

  • HHS softball game moved

    George Ferguson|Updated Apr 6, 2015

    For the most part, spring sports have enjoyed a great start. Weather usually hampers the start of the spring sports season, but this year has a been a little different. Now, though, for the first time this spring, weather has gotten in the way of progress. The Havre High softball team’s scheduled Central A Conference game at Lewistown had to be moved from today to Tuesday due to bad weather and snow moving through Montana over the end of Easter weekend. The ponies will try t...

  • Havre Lions swimmers shine

    George Ferguson|Updated Apr 6, 2015

    The Havre Lions Swim Team had twelve swimmers who qualified to compete in the Montana Short Course State Championship in Butte which was held March 6-8. Swimmers who competed for the Havre team were: Kobi Burchard, Kyla Burchard, Addyson Lewis, Ellyn Lewis, Hannah Lunak, Amelia Miller, Jacob Miller, Pia Morrelli, Andrew Padgett, Natalie Padgett, Stephanie Padgett, and Carson Sandstrom. The HLST had a girls 10U relay team which was composed of Kyla Burchard, Addyson Lewis, Nata...

  • Lights make progress in first scrum

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 6, 2015

    While the Montana State University-Northern football team has been practicing for a couple weeks now, this past Saturday, the Lights took the field for live action in the first controlled scrimmage of spring football. And even though the defense may have controlled the scrimmage, which lasted around 50 plays, that outcome could easily be foreseen, especially with the offense having to learn a completely new system under new head coach Aaron Christensen. “Right now I would e...

  • Home Court Advantage

    Chris Peterson|Updated Apr 6, 2015

    The first two meets of the Havre High tennis team’s 2015 season were windy and very windy. So it was a rough ride at the end of March for the Blue Ponies. However, Havre’s third meet of the season, and its only one played on the tennis courts in Havre, was anything but a rough ride. The weather cooperated nicely, and the Blue Ponies turned out a strong overall performance at their Havre Invitational, which was played Saturday at the Bill Vaughey Memorial Tennis Courts and the...

  • Updated Apr 2, 2015