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The filing for office in the city elections ended at 5 this afternoon, with many slots still not filled and one filled with a rematch of the last election. Havre Mayor Tim Solomon, a Democrat, again will face Republican Bob Rice in the mayor race, a rematch of the 2009 election. In City Council Ward 4, Havre Democrat Karen Datko will face the winner of the Republican primary. John R. “Bob” Waldron will face Matt Boucher in that race. In the other four city council races, and the city judge race, candidates are unopposed. Hil...
City Councilman Allen "Woody" Woodwick has filed for re-election in the Third Ward. He will seek the two-year term caused by the resignation of Rick Dow. Jay Pyette is seeking the 4-year term from Ward 3....
The president of Montana State University said she was pleased about some of the university funding that came out of this legislative session, although she hopes some last-minute cuts can be made up in the next session. “I was pleased with the funding for the Montana University System,” said President Waded Cruzado, who attended the Northern Agricultural Research Center southwest of Havre on Wednesday. “I think that the Legislature did a wonderful job in adding some preci...
Democratic incumbent Tim Solomon files for re-election as Havre mayor, setting up a rematch with Republican Bob Rice....
The first of an expected slew of last-minute Havre candidates filed for a city council race this morning. Former Havre Daily News managing editor Karen Datko filed as a Democrat in the race for Ward 4. She faces Republican candidate John R. “Bob” Waldron in that race. The filing left, at noon, three races — mayor, a four-year city council term in Ward 1 and a two-year term in Ward 3 — with no candidates and incumbent Democratic candidates Jay Pyette and Janet Trethewey running unopposed for four-year terms in Wards 3 and 2,...
A former Republican Havre mayor has returned to the ring. Bob Rice, who won two elections to serve as Havre mayor before losing to Democrat Tim Solomon in the last election, filed this afternoon as a candidate. As of 3:20 p.m., no Democrats had filed in the race....
Another candidate has filed on the last day to register as a candidate in the Havre city elections, this one creating a primary race. Matt Boucher filed as a Republican in City Council’s Ward 4. He will face John R. “Bob” Waldron in the primary. Democrat Karen Datko filed as a candidate in that ward’s race this morning....
Another Havre city league softball tournament is in the books, and yet again, it took an if-necessary game that went down to the wire. Wednesday night at the Sixth Avenue Memorial Softball Complex in Havre, the Havre Girls Fastpitch Association A-League softball season came to an end. The two teams left standing were Master Sports and Lions, and after two games decided this year’s champion, it was Lions who came away on top. Lions defeated Master Sports Tuesday, but Master S...
Skylights Basketball Camps The Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball program will be hosting three girls basketball camps this summer. All three will be held at the MSU-N Armory Gym. Brochures are available at the MSU-N athletic office and are also available for print on the MSU-Northern women’s basketball website at http://www.msun.edu. Various family and group rates are available for all camps. Anyone with questions regarding camps can call Chris Mouat at 265-3584 or Liz Lewis at 265-3779. The Skylight You...
During the summer, it doesn’t typically take much to get a softball game going in Montana. But make a weekend out of it, and throw in six teams stocked with talent, concessions, and a couple of good causes, and Sixth Avenue Memorial Softball Complex in Havre is suddenly the place to be. Friday through Sunday, Havre’s Danny Wirtzberger, who is currently the head coach of the Havre North Stars American Legion baseball team, and the Havre High girls softball team, will put on...
A recent decision by the Montana Supreme Court settled an objection brought by landowners and multiple-use groups against Montana Fish, Wioldlife and Parks' transfer last year of bison from a government facility to the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. The Court determined that the transfer was, in fact, legally done. More significantly though, the court's decision clarified a central question in the bison issue: when bison are captured and placed into a Quarantine Feasibility Study facility, they can no longer be considered wild...
It was the summer of 1929, and the “Assinniboine” or “Montana” School opened its doors as a two-year college with classes held in the old junior high’s three-story wing of the old high school, and a 5,000-volume library in the basement of the First Presbyterian Church, located one block east of the school. Some classes took place in the church. The school had an enrollment of 94 students, not including those taking extension or correspondence courses. The struggle to establ...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a report made from 11th Avenue Wednesday at 8:56 a.m. of a possible scam. ——— After receiving a call from a 1st Street business Wednesday at 1:42 p.m. about a cash register broken into and stolen money, officers issued a summons to a 9-year-old boy for theft from a building. ——— Wednesday at 4:28 p.m. officers investigated a report made from a 4th Avenue business of a boy riding a bike getting hit by a car which did not stop. ——— Officers at the police station issued a summons...
BILLINGS — Richard M. “Dick” Dees, 89, of Billings, passed away on June 15, 2013, at Billings Clinic. Dick was born on the family farm in Kremlin, on March 17, 1924, the son of Andrew and Dorthea Dees. He was raised and educated in Kremlin, graduating from high school in 1942. Dick worked on the family farm until he married Lois Swanton in 1948. They lived in various places until settling in Billings to raise their family of three children: Barbara, Dick and Andy. Richa...
Kevin Corcoran, 48, of Williston, N.D., and formerly Havre, passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center in Williston. His Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday morning, June 29, 2013, at 10 a.m., at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Williston by Father Russell Kovash. Interment will follow at a later date. Cremation has taken place. An evening Vigil will be held Friday evening at 5 p.m., at Everson Memorial Chapel. Friends may visit www.eversonfh.com to share remembrances of Kevin. Friends may...
It started out as a small gathering in Pepin Park for people who wanted something special to do on July 4, but it has grown into a massive community celebration. Last year, organizer Vince Woodwick recalls being told that there were 20 hamburgers left. He looked up, made a quick count, and realized more than 200 people were still in line. He rushed off to Gary & Leo’s Fresh Foods, brought more hamburger, and came back to put the cooks to work. “In all, we fed about 1,700 people last year,” he said. Vince and his broth...
It was relatively quiet in the Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s office this morning, despite the looming deadline in a city election with no candidates in three races — including for mayor — and four more races with unopposed candidates. The deadline is 5 this afternoon to file as a candidate. No candidates had filed as of this morning in the races for mayor — including incumbent Democrat Tim Solomon — or in the race for the Ward 1 seat now held by Democrat Gerry Veis or the two-year term for the seat in Ward 3 now held by D...
Montana State University’s president was the keynote speaker at the Havre agricultural research station’s field day Wednesday, in the middle of a tour that allows the leadership of the university to meet with producers across the state. President Waded Cruzado and some 40 MSU officials stopped at the Northern Agricultural Research Center’s annual Field Day, where more than 200 people came to talk to NARC’s staff, and some of MSU's other researchers and to participate in thre...
