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  • Kristian Severt Bakke

    Updated Aug 15, 2013
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    Clarification: The Memorial Service for Kristian Bakke will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at Havre's Rotary Park, behind Messiah Lutheran Church — 417 20th Street, Havre — not in Beaver Creek Park. The family apologizes for any confusion. Kristian Severt Bakke, 45, of Havre, died Monday, Aug. 11, 2013, in his home of a heart attack. His memorial service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the Havre Rotary Park between 19th and 20th streets with Brian Barrows officiating. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the Messiah Lutheran Chu... Full story

  • Ornament will honor St. Mark's church

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Aug 15, 2013

    The Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission’s third Havre historical building Christmas ornament is on sale now. This year’s ornament is dedicated to St. Mark’s Episcopal Church on 3rd Avenue. The Historic Preservation Commission will sell the ornaments at the Havre Chamber of Commerce and at Festival Days in September. There are only 125 ornaments in this limited edition, and each one is numbered. Each ornament will sell for $20 and proceeds will go to the Historic Preservation Commission’s fund to preserv... Full story

  • MSU-N spikers picked to finish fourth in Frontier

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 14, 2013

    A year ago, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team was picked to finish sixth in the Frontier Conference Preseason Coaches Poll. All the Skylights did with that prediction was go 10-6 in the regular season and reach the dramatic fifth set of the Frontier Conference championship match last November in Butte. Fast-forward a year and the ultra-talented Skylights, who return five senior starters, still are flying under the radar when it comes to preseason... Full story

  • Skylights ready to aim even higher

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 14, 2013

    The 2012 season the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team completed last November could be summed up in many ways. But putting it simply, it was a magical ride. However, after coming within a mere two points of beating Carroll College for the Frontier championship, after finishing the regular season with 18 wins and a 10-6 record in the Frontier Conference, and after completing the winningest season Northern has had in almost a decade, the Skylights weren’t — and a... Full story

  • Hitting: Lights put on the pads

    Daniel Horton|Updated Aug 14, 2013

    The season opening game against Dickinson State is only getting closer, but the Montana State University-Northern Lights football program must first get through this first week of practice, as well as the upcoming summer scrimmages. And as of now, the early stages of the new season are continuing to go very well for head coach Mark Samson and his Lights. Summer two-a-days began on Sunday morning at the MSU-N practice fields in Havre. And on Tuesday, the Lights’ momentum is nearing 100 percent as they prepare for a s... Full story

  • For the Record: August 14, 2013

    Updated Aug 14, 2013

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 10:06 a.m. Tuesday call about a two-vehicle, non-injury crash on 5th Avenue. ——— A 59-year-old Havre man was arrested at a 1st Street establishment for possession of dangerous drugs and drug paraphernalia after Border Patrol agents called for assistance at 12:35 p.m. Tuesday. ——— A 23-year-old Washington woman was arrested for possession of dangerous drugs and drug paraphernalia after a 1:46 p.m. Tuesday call about two transients trying to purchase food with a card that came bac... Full story

  • Martin (Marty) Borlaug

    Updated Aug 14, 2013

    Martin (Marty) Borlaug, passed away on Aug. 5, 2013, at the Veterans Home in Buffalo, Wyo. Martin, son of George and Clara (Christensen) Borlaug, was born on July 27, 1950, in Havre. He grew up south of Gildford and attended school in Gildford graduating in 1968. He then attended Northern Montana College and joined the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Clara Borlaug; and sister, Selma (Ole) Shelstad of Cottage Grove, Minn. He is survived by his brother, Bud (Mary... Full story

  • Elizabeth A. Schubring

    Updated Aug 14, 2013

    Elizabeth A. Schubring, 91, of Chinook, passed away on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, at Sweet Memorial Home in Chinook of natural causes. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, at Fairview Cemetery in Fairview, N.D. The family has requested that memorials be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements, and you can leave your memories and/or condolences for the family at www.hollandbonine.com. Elizabeth was born on Sept. 19,... Full story

  • Stidham faces theft, child endangerment charges

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 14, 2013

    A Havre woman is facing a felony and two misdemeanor charges based on accusations she took a vehicle she was told to leave alone and went drinking while responsible for two grade-school-aged children. The charges include an accusation she left one of the children, who suffers from developmental disabilities, alone in a remote residence in the Bear Paw Mountains at one point. Cassandra Stidham, born in 1986, pleaded not guilty in state District Court before Judge John McKeon Tuesday to a felony count of theft and to endangerin... Full story

  • Border Patrol arrests Amtrak passenger

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 14, 2013

    Havre Sector U.S. Border Patrol agents made an arrest in Havre this week, apprehending a man from Croatia suspected of ditching his job on a foreign ship and boarding Amtrak headed east. “This arrest shows the depth of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” Havre Sector Chief Patrol Agent Christopher Richards said in a press release Tuesday. “This deserter illegally entered the country in Seattle, Wash., and through the combined efforts of both the Office of Field Operations and the Border Patrol, he was successfully locat... Full story