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Your daily look at news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today. NEW SETTLEMENT TALKS IN CHURCH SEX ABUSE CASE: A Helena judge has postponed a church sex-abuse trial so attorneys for an order of nuns and hundreds of plaintiffs can try to work out a settlement. The first three of hundreds of plaintiffs who say priests and nuns abused them as children in western Montana had been scheduled to go to trial July 14. District Judge Jeffrey Sherlock pushed that date to December on Thursday after the sides... Full story
GREAT FALLS — A federal court jury today convicted the former head of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation’s health care system after a two-day trial in Great Falls. The jury convicted Fawn Tadios of three counts charging her with using funds the fedearl government appropriated to the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s health care system to visit her husband, Raymond “Jake” Parker, while he was serving a sentence in federal prison in South Dakota. Parker pleaded guilty in 2011 to charging purchases and cash advances on a tribal credit card... Full story
Hockey season might seem like it’s a long way off, but really, the debut of the Glacier Nationals Tier3 Junior Hockey Club in Havre is just around the corner. The Nationals, who are moving to Havre from Kalispell for the 2014-15 season, will play 22 home games at the Havre Ice Dome this coming season. The Nationals, who are currently working on putting their roster together and securing host families in Havre, recently released their 2014-15 schedule. Glacier plays in the P... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 7:04 a.m. Wednesday call from 5th Avenue about a broken window on a bus. ——— Officers responded to an 11:07 p.m. Wednesday call from 2nd Street about a garage that was broken into and tires flat on the caller’s car. ——— Two people were arrested after an officer served warrants at a 1st Street business at 11:54 p.m. Wednesday. No other information was given. ——— Officers arrested someone after responding to a 2:13 a.m. call today from a 1st Street establishment about... Full story
Montana Shakespeare in the Park is coming to Havre with their production of William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." The troupe travels all over Montana putting on different Shakespeare play productions every year. The events are free and are generally performed in public parks. This year, they will come to Pepin Park July 4. The last time the troupe came through Havre was in 2003, Artistic Director Kevin Asselin said. "It's been years," Asselin said. "We really wanted to... Full story
The trial of a woman accused of embezzling Chippewa Cree tribal funds, started in U.S. District Court in Great Falls Wednesday, despite her complaints about her attorney and about the trial starting too soon. Fawn Tadios, former director of the health department at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, found little support for her position in day one of the trial, including from her own witnesses. The trial is moving quickly, with U.S. District Judge Brian Morris telling the jury he expected them to receive the case by this afterno... Full story
Big, exciting men’s fastpitch softball tournaments were once nothing new to Havre and the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field. Now, thanks to the hard work of Danny Wirtzberger and many others, Havre is once again hosting an exciting and fun men’s fastpitch tournament. Friday through Sunday, the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field will be host the to the 2nd Annual Shaina’s Challenge International Men’s Fastpitch Tournament. The tournament, which has several different objectives and is name... Full story
I am writing to thank the Havre Daily News for taking legal action to make public the allegation of human rights abuses at Montana State University-Northern. The taxpayers of Montana fund the public university system, and we have the right to know what is happening in our public universities. I have had concerns for some time now that the commissioner of higher education and the Board of Regents seem to sweep serious problems in our universities under the rug. Why are the hard-working taxpayers of Montana being forced to... Full story
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