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Havre police officers, many backed by their families, took 13 lucky kids Christmas shopping Saturday. The third annual Shop with a Cop program, where kids in need are paired with officers who take them holiday gift shopping, started about 9 a.m., with kids and officers rendezvousing at City Hall before commencing an activity-packed day. The kids were chosen by teachers at Highland Park Early Primary School, Sunnyside Intermediate School and Lincoln-McKinley Primary School....
Christmas break has arrived, but it didn't come before a very busy week of Hi-Line high school girls basketball. Last week's action got underway Monday night when the Turner Tornadoes started a strong run of back-to-back wins by defeating Chester-Joplin-Inverness 66-37 in a District 9C game in Turner. The Tornadoes pulled away from the Hawks via a 19-9 run in the third quarter. Shyan Krass scored a game-high 18 points for Turner, while Sarah Billmayer added 17. Korrin Harmon...
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Local business suffers millions in losses A fire Sunday razed Havre's Big Equipment Co. facilities to the ground, resulting in millions of dollars in losses. Havre Fire Department Chief Mel Paulson said the cause of the fire is unknown and the investigation is just beginning. Big Equipment owner Ron Harmon, who said he was in Missoula visiting family when he got word of the fire, didn't see much good in speculating, adding that if he had to guess, the fire may have been sparke...
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors are working with the admissions office at Montana State University-Northern to revive a program that encourages local businesses to offer discounts to Northern students. Chamber Ambassador Sarah McKinney said the group will unveil the yet-to-be named program at Northern’s student orientation Jan. 8. “The concept is really just (to) reach out to the students and saying while they are here let’s do something nice for them,” she said. “Let’s encourage them to shop, let’s encourage the...
Press release Torgerson's, a fourth-generation Montana farm implement business, recently provided new PAS Club jackets for Montana State University-Northern's Postsecondary Agricultural Students Club members. The PAS Club is primarily made up of Northern students majoring in agriculture and agriculturally related fields. The club has 29 members, and they have been active this year in activities related to agriculture, campus promotion, individual growth, raising funds for the...
Press release After a successful round of workshops on new opportunities for Montana’s food entrepreneurs that resulted from changes in state law passed by the 2015 Montana Legislature, AERO will return with anew series of six workshops in 2018. “Montana’s revised food laws are a boon to our state’s economic development,” Nancy Matheson, a key architect in the design of the revised food laws, said, “Anyone who has thought they might like to start a food business should attend. This workshop has information for farmers, fo...
I pray you all had a great Christmas and are looking forward to a happy and heathy New Year. Over the past year, I have had the wonderful opportunity and privilege to serve as your District 14 senator. It has been a great experience for me to expand my public service from a county level to the State. Though the learning curve has been steep, I’ve enjoyed the year immensely and look forward to continuing to tackle state and local issues. During my current tenure, Senate District 14 has faced and addressed a number of o...
William K. "Billy" Cole, 84, passed away due to natural causes on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, at Northern Montana Care Center. A visitation will be held from 1 until 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel. Graveside services will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, at the Cole Family Cemetery outside of Hays. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Billy's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for his family at http://w... Full story
Paul M. Mitchell of Havre, 53, passed away due to natural causes Monday, Dec. 25, 2017, in Rocky Boy. Wake services will begin at 2 p.m. today, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be at 10 a.m Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, all at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Rocky Boy. Burial will follow in the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Paul's online memorial page and leave a... Full story
David W. "Snip" Healy, 67, passed away due to natural causes Thursday, December 21, 2017, at his residence in Big Warm. Wake services will begin at 5:00 p.m. today, Tuesday, Dec. 26, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017, all at the Enemy Killer Center in Lodge Pole. Burial will follow in the Ghost Hill Cemetery. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Snip's online memorial... Full story
The meeting of the Hill County Conservation District Board that was set for Dec. 20 has been rescheduled to Wednesday, Dec. 27, at 5 p.m. in the USDA Building, 206 25th Ave. W. Suite 1, Havre....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a South Dell Drive caller reported Friday at 6:01 a.m. that a car crashed into a tree in his yard, there was no one in the vehicle and footprints leaving the area could be seen. —— Officers investigated after a Sixth Street North caller reported Friday at 11:20 a.m. that she had gotten into a motor vehicle crash and walked home. —— Officers investigated after a Second Street West caller reported Friday at 1:30 p.m. a noninjury motor vehicle crash. —— Officers arrested Ca...
Jacob Miller, Havre High Swimming Havre High sophomore Jacob Miller has really burst onto the swimming scene. In two meets this season, Miller has placed in four races. Last week in Great Falls, Miller placed third in both the 200 IM and the 100-meter breaststroke, but the start of the season was even better. At the Havre Invite Dec. 9, Miller won the 100 breaststroke and added a fifth place in the 200 freestyle. Miller is in his second year of swimming and he also plays...
When it comes to Christmas, I’m hardcore. Just ask my wife. It’s seems like every year, I put the lights on the house and the tree up a little earlier than I did the year before. And I still make an extensive Christmas list, though now it’s usually filled with golf and tennis items, instead of G.I. Joe’s and Star Wars toys. Yes, Christmas has always been special to me. As a student at St. Jude’s and Havre Central, I looked forward to the church being decorated, the Nativity,...
With the holiday break approaching, local high school boys basketball teams played games as early as Monday and as late as Friday, to try and get them all in before adjourning for two weeks. In the District 9C, the action started Monday in Turner, as the Tornadoes hosted Chester-Joplin-Inverness. The two teams contested a hard-fought game, but in the end, the home team got the 62-55 win. Cody Welsh led the Tornadoes with 25 points, while Eddie Harmon finished with 21. Jackson...
The Havre High girls basketball team didn't have a great shooting night against Great Falls High. But in the end, the Blue Ponies didn't need to shoot the ball well because what they were able to do defensively was more than enough to win. "Yeah, it was weird," HHS head coach Dustin Kraske said. "We had a lot of good shots; we just couldn't get them to go in." If they had, Havre probably would have won handily. Instead, the Ponies had to rely on defense to beat the Class AA...
