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Articles from the July 26, 2021 edition


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  • Girls on Shred skateboarding clinics set for Aug. 9-14

    Dane McGuire|Updated Jul 30, 2021

    Editor’s note: This version corrects the connection between Montana Pool Service and Evergreen Skateparks. Girls on Shred, a division of The Montana Skatepark Association, will be hosting noncompetitive skateboarding clinics including in Havre and Big Sandy and on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation for girls and nonbinary people to learn to skate. Clinics will be held at skateparks in Lincoln and Great Falls Aug. 9, Big Sandy Aug. 10, Box Elder Aug. 11, Havre and Malta Aug. 12, S...

  • Fair board member accused of inappropriate and threatening actions

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jul 26, 2021

    Multiple employees of the Great Northern Fairgrounds have publicly accused Fair Board member Bob Sivertsen of inappropriate and threatening behavior including trying to trap employees in horse stalls, damaging county property to prevent them from using air conditioning, and risking environmental damage to the grounds with antiquated methods of insect repellant. When asked about the allegations, Sivertsen's only response was, "See you (in) court." Sivertsen is a well-known...

  • Northstars fall in district tournament title game

    Kason Clark|Updated Jul 26, 2021

    Heading into the Class A North District tournament this past weekend in Lewistown, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club did not need to do well to secure a spot in the state tournament. Since they are hosting state at Legion Field this weekend, they automatically qualified. However, they went into the district tournament as the No. 1 seed and were looking to carry their strong play all the way to a district title. Even though they were able to force a...

  • Why are we letting the world go up in smoke?

    Updated Jul 26, 2021

    Montanans used to joke that we had two distinct seasons: winter and road construction. Now we have three: winter, road construction and fire season, the latter of which is punctuated by searing temperatures and long dry spells brought on by a never-ending high-pressure system that stokes smoky weather and obscures the iconic Big Sky. Tourists who come here expecting the advertised bluebird skies are quickly disappointed by the amorphous haze that hides the state’s towering peaks and expansive great plains. Now, like w...

  • Obituary - Alice M. O'Leary

    Updated Jul 26, 2021

    Alice M. O’Leary, 86, passed away due to natural causes at the Care and Comfort Home on Sunday, July 25, 2021. Services are pending with Holland & Bonine Funeral Home....

  • Obituary - Virginia Lynn Seigel and Elise Victoria Nicole Lowrance

    Updated Jul 26, 2021

    We lost Virginia Lynn Seigel, 51, and her granddaughter, Elise Victoria Nicole Lowrance, 6, both of Havre, MT, when Virginia’s private plane crashed late at night June 17, 2021, in a remote area of Utah. A joint memorial will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 27, at Fifth Avenue Christian Church, 2015 Fifth Ave., Havre, MT. Virginia will be buried with military honors at 11 a.m. Friday, July 30th, at the Fort Harrison Veterans Cemetery, 1900 Williams St., Helena, MT....

  • Cottonwood Schools sets special board meeting

    Updated Jul 26, 2021

    Press release Cottonwood Schools Board of Trustees is having a special meeting Wednesday, July 28, at 10 a.m. at the North School. People can contact the clerk at 265-6970 to attend by video conferencing....

  • Park board Grazing Committee moved to Wednesday

    Updated Jul 26, 2021

    A meeting of the Hill County Park Board Grazing Committee, which was listed Friday in the Hill County Commission weekly calendar as taking place today, will be Wednesday, July 28, at 1 p.m. in the Camp Kiwanis Beaver Lodge, the commission said in an update this morning....

  • Agenda - Hill County Board of Health

    Updated Jul 26, 2021

    Hill County Board of Health will hold its quarterly meeting Wednesday, July 28, rescheduled from July 21, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Hill County Courthouse Annex meeting room in the Courthouse Annex, 302 Fourth Ave., Havre. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Roll call Approval of meeting minutes from April 21, 2021 Agenda corrections, additions or deletions Items of old business: Harmful algal bloom research project — updates Hill County COVID-19 updates and vaccination program status — Kim Berg Items of new bus...

  • For the Record, July 26, 2021

    Updated Jul 26, 2021

    Havre Police Department Someone stopped at the police station Friday at 8:50 a.m. and asked to speak with an officer about a complaint. -- A Friday 10:19 a.m. caller on Fourth Street reported that a camper was hit during the night. -- A caller at a Third Avenue store reported that the business had been broken into during the night. -- Friday at 5:26 p.m. a summons was issued for a violation at a Second Street business, but no information was provided on the charges. --...

  • Local News - Davey School enrollment is open

    Updated Jul 26, 2021

    Press release The clerk at Davey School has announced that enrollment at the school just east of Havre is open....

  • Big, veteran lines abound in the Frontier Conference

    George Ferguson|Updated Jul 26, 2021

    With high-powered offenses usually the norm in the Frontier Conference, a good defensive line will go a long way in making a team a playoff contender. And heading into the 2021 season, there are plenty of good defensive linemen around the league - even if many of them have played only a few, or in some cases, no games since the fall of 2019. One team that played in the spring of 2021 was champion Carroll College, which returns one of the best defensive linemen in the country...