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  • Band director talks teaching, classic rock and retirement

    Paul Dragu|Updated Jun 2, 2016

    Dave Carlson directed his last concert with the Havre Middle School band May 5. Carlson said he's not a crier. But in an interview Friday, he said he got "emotional" during that performance. He said some of his flute players told him it was his fault they cried - if his eyes wouldn't gave gotten "watery," they wouldn't have cried. He admitted that his eyes got watery that day. Carlson is retiring. He said he wanted to do so while he was still young enough to "try some...

  • Quick Pic: Helping keep Montana green

    Updated Jun 1, 2016

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  • Meyers, Windy Boy spar over infrastructure bill votes

    Alex Ross|Updated Jun 1, 2016

    State Rep. Bruce Meyers, R-Box Elder, said in an email Thursday that comments made by state Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, about Meyers' vote on a key infrastructure bill during the last legislative session are "plainly false." The pushback was sparked by comments Windy Boy made May 24 at a fundraiser hosted by the Hill County Democratic Party. Windy Boy is ineligible to run for re-election to the state Senate due to terms limits. He is instead making a bid for the...

  • Quick Pics: Learning, displaying history and more

    Updated Jun 1, 2016

    St. Jude Thaddeus School students, faculty and staff and commmunity members had the chance to see some hands-on reviews of Montana history and geography recently. In fourTH-grade teacher Linda Ferguson's Montana Exhibition: Cultivating Geography and History, each student chose their own topic to research, wrote a report and made a display, which they presented to students, parents and visitors touring the exhibits....

  • Sounds on the Square starts with Milk River Band

    Updated Jun 1, 2016

    Press release Sounds on the Square, organized by the Havre Chamber of Commerce, kicks off its summer music series Wednesday, June 15, with the first concert of the summer at Town Square Milk River Band will open Sounds on the Square The series will run 6 to 8 p.m. at Sounds on the Square starting June 15 and continuing through Aug. 17. Sounds on the Square is sponsored by NorthWestern Energy, with additional funding from the Sleeter Fund. This funding supports the free summer...

  • For the Record, June 1, 2016

    Updated Jun 1, 2016

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a complaint related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation Tuesday at 8:01 a.m. —— Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash after a caller on 1st Street reported Tuesday at 1:02 p.m. a non-injury crash between a Ford F-150 and a Buick La Sabre. —— Felicia Pearl Jackson, 33, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a call Tuesday at 1:54 p.m. to assist Drug Treatment court. —— Officers investigated an assault after a 7th Street caller reported an incident Tu...

  • Obituary - John "Jack" Roland Lee

    Updated Jun 1, 2016

    John "Jack" Roland Lee, 85, passed away of natural causes on Monday, May 23, 2016, in Minnesota. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 2, 2016, at First Lutheran Church with Pastor Tanner Howard officiating. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Jack's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http:://www.hollandbonine.com. Jack was... Full story

  • Obituary - Vicky Lynne (Boles) Thomas

    Updated Jun 1, 2016

    Vicky Lynne (Boles) Thomas, 55, passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2016, at her residence following a long illness. Cremation has taken place, and a celebration of Vicky's Life will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel, followed by a fellowship luncheon at the Elks Lodge. Burial will be Highland Cemetery at a later date. Her family has requested that memorial donations be made to the Havre Animal Shelter or the charity of the donor's... Full story

  • Agenda: Hill County Park Board

    Updated Jun 1, 2016

    Hill County Park Board meeting will be at the Timmons Room of the Hill County Courthouse Monday at 5:30 p.m. 1. Approval of minutes 2. Approval of agenda 3. Guests and public comments on agenda items only 4. Cabin business: #16 Alkali Springs, #8 Normandy Coulee, #2 Reum Road 5. Old business: Lodge repairs discussion: Feasibility Study update; Rules and Regulation Committee update; FEMA Close-out update; Stream health discussion update; Cabin inspections; Budget for FY 2016-17 6. New business: New Park Board member search;...

  • USDA offers targeted farm loan funding for underserved groups and beginning farmers and ranchers

    Updated Jun 1, 2016

    Press release BOZEMAN — USDA Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Bruce Nelson reminded Montana producers that FSA offers targeted farm ownership and farm operating loans to assist underserved applicants as well as beginning farmers and ranchers. “Each year, a portion of FSA’s loan funds are set aside to lend to targeted underserved and beginning farmers and ranchers,” Nelson said. “Farming and livestock production are capital intensive business ventures and FSA is committed to helping producers start, expand an...

  • USDA extends deadline for recording farm structure

    Updated Jun 1, 2016

    Press release WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday a one-time, 30-day extension to the June 1 deadline for recording farm organization structures related to Actively Engaged in Farming determinations. This date is used to determine the level of interest an individual holds in a legal entity for the applicable program year. Farming operations will now have until July 1 to complete their restructuring or finalize any operational change. The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the extension in r...

  • USDA resumes incentives to grow and harvest biomass for energy and biobased products

    Updated Jun 1, 2016

    Press release WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini announced May 23 that incentives resume this month for farmers and foresters who grow and harvest biomass for renewable energy and biobased products. The funds come through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program, which was reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. “This program expands the types of feedstock that can be used to make renewable fuels and biobased products, laying the foundation for growing more products made in rur...

  • Gatch brings extensive experience to HHS

    Chris Peterson|Updated Jun 1, 2016

    Since his days as a football player for Colstrip High School, Ryan Gatch has known that he wanted to be a football coach. Now, after nearly 20 years in the profession, Gatch has found the job he’s been looking for and that job is being the head coach of the Havre Blue Ponies. “Havre has had a great football program for a long time. I always remember Havre. I remember watching Havre play Miles City for a state championship,” Gatch said. “But, we believe that Havre is a welcomi...

  • Local Golf Report: Tournament season about to heat up

    George Ferguson|Updated Jun 1, 2016

    Memorial Day Weekend has come and gone. Graduations are over, and the kiddos are about to be let out of school. Yes, summer is here and, even if the recent string of rain and cooler temperatures haven’t indicated it, it’s true. With the dawning of another summer, that means golf courses around our area will be brimming with duffers for the next three months. I fully expect our three area courses, Prairie Farms, Beaver Creek and the Chinook Golf Club to be busy from now unt...

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