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  • Havre ceremony remembers those who have served

    Derek Hann|Updated Jun 4, 2018

    Monday, Veterans Honor Guard, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Elks Lodge and Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club hosted a Memorial Day service on the west side of the Hill County Courthouse. Many members of the community came out for the event. The Master of Ceremony, Chaplain of District Two Terry L. Roemmich, introduced the Hi-Line scouts and Josh Gomez to begin the event. The event started with the flag ceremony led by the color guard Eagle Scout Jeffery Hummert...

  • M&M Boys earn tennis glory

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 29, 2018

    Trey Murphy and Kennedy McKay have endured a lot during their careers as Havre High tennis players. But after winning the Class A doubles title last Friday, the long-time doubles partners will have something to share for the rest of their lives. The pair of Blue Ponies got to the state title match with a thrilling victory Friday in Polson over undefeated Corvallis, rallying in each of the two sets to win 7-6, 7-5. The two then beat a duo from Hardin in the championship match,...

  • 'We present to you the Class of 2018'

    Updated May 29, 2018

    Sunday evening, Havre High School celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2018. One hundred and fifteen students graduated in Sunday's ceremony, which began with the procession of the senior class, followed by a small speech given by Superintendent Andy Carlson. "Everyone is gathered today to recognize and celebrate the Havre High School Class of 2018," Carlson said. "Today's ceremony, it marks the culmination of events and life lessons - an educational journey," he said. "A...

  • Fundraisers set for Joplin toddler fighting cancer

    Kristen Takeuchi|Updated May 29, 2018

    Fundraisers will be held Thursday in Havre and Shelby for a Joplin girl who is in Denver receiving treatment for neuroblastoma. Scottie Marie Woods, 3, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancerous tumor that primarily affects children, on her second birthday in April of 2017. Woods and her family, parents Scottie and Drue and sister Steele, are from a farm north of Joplin but have been staying in Denver while Woods receives treatment at Children's Hospital...

  • More cash proposed for rural water project

    Tim Leeds|Updated May 29, 2018

    A project that will provide treated drinking water for Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation and a large chunk of north-central Montana has more money proposed for its completion. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester announced he secured $4.8 million in an appropriations bill for the Rocky Boy’s/North Central Montana Regional Water System, which will treat water from Lake Elwell at Tiber Reservoir south of Chester. The treated water will be transported to Rocky Boy and regions off the reservation from Loma to Havre and the North Havre Water Dis...

  • For the Record, May 29, 2018

    Updated May 29, 2018

    Havre Police Department Tylanna Rochelle Adams of Havre, 21, was arrested on a charge of endangering the welfare of children after a caller at Boulevard Avenue and 16th Street West reported Friday at 9:38 a.m. a child in diapers was in the street, but no parents were around. Adams called at 10:48 a.m. Friday to report a missing 3-year-old child. —— A caller at a First Street business reported Friday at 10:24 a.m. a vehicle had crashed into hers and the driver had left a note. —— Officers investigated a vehicle crash between a...

  • Correction - Memorial Day services

    Updated May 29, 2018

    A story in Friday’s edition of the Havre Daily News misreported the day of Memorial Day Services. The services were Monday....

  • Correction - Amtrak special meeting article

    Updated May 29, 2018

    Several items were misreported in an article about Havre City Council meeting to talk about Amtrak destaffing its Havre station, including what a person said a man said about having not having ticket agents in Sandpoint, Idaho. The man said buying a ticket online cost him $232 but he was told it would cost $466 if he paid in cash at the train. The last name of Jeff Dibblee was misspelled. Amtrak closing 18 stations is nationwide, not just in Montana....

  • Agenda - Hill County Public Cemetery District

    Updated May 29, 2018

    Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 31, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...

  • Obituary - Michael Curtis Sangrey

    Updated May 29, 2018

    Michael Curtis Sangrey, 62, passed Friday May 25, 2018 in his home surrounded by his wife and family. Mike was born on Sept. 15, 1955, in Havre to Minnie Sangrey and Victor Lamere Sr. He was raised in Helena and Rocky Boy. He graduated from Box Elder High School in 1973, and attended SIPI, Haskell, later graduating from Northern Montana College in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in secondary education health and physical education. While in high school, Mike excelled in track,...

  • Obituary - Tracey A. Parisian

    Updated May 29, 2018

    Tracey A. Parisian, 52, passed away due to natural causes at Riverside Health Care Center in Missoula Saturday, May 26, 2018. Wake services bgan at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 27, 2018, and continued through her Rosary, which was at 7 p.m. on Sunday, until her traditional funeral service, which were at 11 a.m. Monday, May 28, 2018, all at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Box Elder. Burial followed in the Box Elder Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with...

  • HHS thinclads finish the season at state in Laurel

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 29, 2018

    The Havre High track teams went to the Class A state meet with high hopes of finishing the season strong. And even though both Blue Pony squads didn’t score a lot of points, they finished on a high note all the same. The big news to come out of the two-day state meet in Laurel for the Ponies, was Ivar Aageson, who won a state title in the 300 hurdles, to go along with a third-place finish in the 400 and a fifth in the long jump. Aageson scored all 18 points for the Havre b...

  • Pony netters succeed at state tourney

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 29, 2018

    The Havre High doubles team of Trey Murphy and Kennedy McKay ended the 2018 Class A state tournament on the highest of highs — with a state championship. But, overall, the Blue Pony tennis teams had a lot of success last weekend in Polson. On the strength of McKay and Murphy’s state title, the Havre boys scored 18 points, and, on points, tied Dillon for second place. The Ponies didn’t receive a trophy, because the MHSA only awards trophies to the top three teams, and since the...

  • Blue Pony softball takes a big step with state tourney win

    George Ferguson|Updated May 29, 2018

    First-year Havre High head softball coach Tony Vigliotti certainly was no stranger to the game of fastpitch. But prior to the start of the 2018 season, coaching girls high school softball was an entirely new proposition. However, after a fun, winning season and a successful run at last weekend's Class A state tournament in Frenchtown, Vigliotti is a stranger no more to the high school ranks. The Blue Ponies finished 1-2 at the state tournament, falling last Friday afternoon...

  • Turner duo leads Hi-Line tracksters

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 29, 2018

    GREAT FALLS - Eddie Harmon is used to winning. He's also used to throwing up, especially when he runs as hard as as he did en route to winning the Class C state championship in the 800-meter run Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Great Falls. Following an incredible 400-meter stretch that saw him overtake three competitors, Harmon of Turner won the 800, with a time of 1:57, shaving nearly five seconds off his previous best in the event. After his win, Harmon knelt over and threw...

  • Havre's Aaegson runs down a gold medal

    Chris Peterson|Updated May 29, 2018

    Ivar Aageson knew what it felt like to place at state track. But he didn't know what it felt like to be a state champion. That is until, the 300-meter hurdles Saturday in Laurel. At the Class A state track meet, Aageson, in his final competition as a Havre Blue Pony, put the finishing touch on an extraordinary career, winning the race with a time of 39.92, edging out Kaden Stradley of Miles City and Lee Walburn of Whitefish, who both finished at 39.95, three-hundredths of a...

  • Local News - Alternative voting office set up for Rocky Boy

    Updated May 29, 2018

    Press release The Hill County Election Department and the Chippewa Cree Tribe have reached an agreement for an alternative voting office for the 2018 Federal Primary Election. Hill County will have an alternative voting office open Wednesdays, May 16, 23, and 30. It will be in the Kenawash Building at the New Stone Child College, 8294 Upper Box Elder Road. The hours will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This will be open for all Hill County residents to come in for late registration and absentee voting....