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The Havre High wrestling team doesn't get many chances to wrestle in Havre, in front of its hometown fans. But tonight, the Blue Ponies will get to do just that, as they get ready to honor three seniors, who will wrestle inside the HHS gymnasium for the final time. Over the years, Havre has found several different teams to face them in this final home dual and this year, it will be Glasgow, an old Class B rival that is trying to rebuild its once strong wrestling program. "We...
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Blaine County Commission Chair Charles Kulbeck said Monday he will not file to run for a second-term, a decision that comes less than a week after Harlem Mayor Ken "Kim" Hansen filed to run in the Democratic primary for the seat. No other candidates had filed to run for the seat as of print deadline today. Kulbeck, a Democrat from Harlem who represents the county's third district, announced his decision in an email to county employees Monday and later released to the media....
A month after a Christmas Eve Day fire razed his business and left him with millions of dollars in losses, Ron Harmon said Friday that Big Equipment Co. LLC is back in operation and looking to expand. "We might still be limping a little bit, but largely we are up and running," he said. Harmon's Big Equipment Co. focuses on selling, servicing and upgrading tractors, especially the the Big Bud tractors built in Havre between 1969 and 1984. Big Bud built the Big Bud 747 in the 19...
Havre Daily News staff The North Star High School speech and drama team earned some divisional champion medals en route to a second-place team finish at the BC North Divisional Tournament in Choteau Saturday. Jewel Wicks and Hayden Massar each took first place, Wicks in spontaneous interpretation of literature and Massar in humorous oral interpretation of literature. Aubrey Welch placed second in spontaneous interp while Ashley Otto took sixth in informative speaking. Garret...
In the final hours of 2017, when most of us were with our families enjoying the holiday season, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and the Trump administration announced that they were making major changes to the sage-grouse land management plans. Before the New Year’s ball dropped, the Bureau of Land Management released six instructional memorandums to state and field offices outlining how to implement significant changes to state-based sage-grouse management plans. These radical changes, made by Zinke and the BLM, gut s...
The disdain for the American Prairie Reserve’s wooly-minded plan to put free-roaming bison back on the prairie continues to grow amongst rural Montanans who also find it incredible that a nonprofit organization is allowed to pursue its land gobbling agenda with seemingly no objections from state or federal officials. It is fair to say there’s going to be problems when an organization steam rolls into rural Montana communities with claims of a higher calling to displace farming and ranching with a 3-4 million acre nature zoo...
Press release Gov. Steve Bullock announced he has appointed two local residents to state boards or committees: Janet Trethewey of Havre was appointed to the Board of Athletic Trainers. Qualification: Member of the public who is not engaged in or directly connected with the practice of athletic training. Trethewey is the Program Coordinator for the Cardiac Ready Communities Program for the State of Montana. Richard Stuker of Chinook was appointed to the Private Land Public Wildlife Committee. Qualification: Landowner. Stuker...
The Beaver Creek Park Rules and Regulations Committee will meet Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Timmons Room of the Hill County Courthouse. The agenda will include the cabin lease agreement and Rotary Falls Trail access agreement....
Havre Police Department Officers referred a report made at 3:30 Monday afternoon that a motor vehicle accident occurred near Havre Ready Mix on U.S Highway 2 Northeast to another agency. —— Officers arrested Claudine Chiefstick of Rocky Boy, 54, on a charge of disorderly conduct at 3:43 p.m. Monday on Second Street. —— After a caller from a Third Street location reported at 5:15 p.m. Monday hearing three loud bangs, officers issued a written or verbal warning. —— Officers investigated a report made at 6:20 p.m. Monday from...
Ryan C Ruhkamp of Shelby, 24, passed away Jan. 17, 2018, due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Cremation has taken place, and a celebration of Ryan's life will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 26, 2018, at Fifth Avenue Christian Church. Ryan's family suggests memorial donations be made at Stockman Bank, PO Box 1271, Havre, MT 59501, for a college fund for his son, Jack Rindy, or to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been... Full story
Lavern William "Mick" Azure, 84, passed away due to natural causes in Great Falls Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. A Rosary service will be held at 7 tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home in Havre. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018, at St. Jude's Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Lavern's family has suggested memorial donations be made in his name to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497 in Havre. Please... Full story
By Julianne LaSmith Fighting between siblings is a very ordinary thing. Most of us grew up battling our brothers and sisters over small things, and large things. Hurting each other is just part of that equation. "Sure. I think you can jump down a two-story stairwell and land on your feet. Go ahead and try it." Or "Oh, it's fun to stand up in the wagon while I pull you down the driveway." Those two statements explain my personal inventory of stitches. Just a normal phase of...
Press release Emergency Alert Codes; such as “Code Blue” or “Code Grey” have been used for many years in hospitals across the country to alert and direct staff in emergency situations. Northern Montana Health Care previously used colors to represent the codes. The reasons for these codes range from a possible fire to a violent or armed person. The intent in using a code is to not alarm any patients or visitors in the process. The downfall to the color system of codes has been in the varying range of them. What one facilit...
Tyler Schaub, Havre High Wrestling It's been quite the return for Havre High wrestling senior Tyler Schaub. He missed much of last season with an injury, following winning a state title his sophomore year. But Schaub has returned with a vengeance this season, including going 8-0 at last weekend's Class A Duals in Lewistown. Schaub, ranked No. 1 in Class A at 205 pounds, also has titles from the Havre and Cut Bank invites this season, as well as runner-up finishes at the...
The Harlem Invitational Wrestling Tournament was held last Saturday at the Harlem Gymnasium, and all of the Hi-Line teams were in attendance. Chinook was the strongest with 71 points to finish fifth, while Fort Benton-Big Sandy was seventh, Harlem was eighth amd Hays-Lodge Pole was 11th. Hi-Line wrestling's regular season wraps up this Saturday at the Malta Invitational. Harlem Wrestling Tournament Teams -- 1. Glasgow 174; 2. Malta 133; 3. Shepherd 98; 4. Circle 88; 5....
The high school basketball season is starting to hit the stretch run and that makes every game more intense. Of course, with so many good teams on the Hi-Line, every girls basketball game this season already seems intense. Last week's action started with an intense game in Chinook, as the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds upset the Chinook Sugarbeeters in a District 9C battle Thursday night. The T-Birds erased a four-point fourth quarter deficit to beat the Beeters 37-36. Mulleah...
It was another important week for local high school boys basketball as two of the top teams in the District 9C did battle last Thursday. Chinook and Hays-Lodge Pole, both 9C contenders, met for the second time this season and for the second time, Chinook rolled to victory. The Beeters won 72-44, handing the Thunderbirds their second loss in district play. It turned out to be a busy week for the T-Birds, who also played and beat Big Sandy Monday, 89-55. HLP also played...
