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Two fires have hit Hill County this week, with one resulting in the death of an Ohio woman. Pauline H. Siegel of Powell, Ohio, 58, died Tuesday when the vehicle she was riding in sparked a grassland fire about 20 miles north of Gildford that then engulfed the vehicle. Hill County Sheriff Jamie Ross said they are investigating what caused the SUV to ignite the fires and why the woman was unable to escape when three others in the car were. The Hill County Sheriff’s office received a call reporting the fire Tuesday at 4:02 p...
In a fundraiser inspired by the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump," Rob Pope from Liverpool, England, is running across the United States for the third time, and was passing along the Hi-Line Wednesday on U.S. Highway 2. Pope started his runs at 38, beginning in Mobile, Alabama, and running all the way to Santa Monica, California, 2,042 miles. He then turned around and ran all the way to Marshall Point Lighthouse in Maine, a 3,186-mile trip crossing 18 states. After reaching Marshall...
By BARRY HATTON and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - A white van jumped up onto a sidewalk and sped down a pedestrian zone today in Barcelona's historic Las Ramblas district, swerving from side to side as it plowed into tourists and residents. Police said 13 people were killed and more than 50 wounded in the terror attack. The attack left people sprawled out on the ground in the city in northeastern Spain, some spattered with blood, others with broken...
James W. Spangelo, 66, passed away Aug. 13, 2017, in Wheatland Memorial Medical Center. The memorial service will be held Aug. 19, 2017, at First Lutheran Church in Havre, Montana, at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Fort Assinniboine Preservation Association, Wheatland County Volunteer Ambulance Service, and Havre Soup Kitchen. Arrangements were entrusted to Edwards Funeral Home....
The Stone Child College Board of Regents selected Cory Sangrey to serve as interim president of the college until a permanent president can be chosen, board Chair Ted Whitford said Wednesday. Whitford said the regents voted Aug. 8 to make Sangrey, who had been dean of academics at the college, interim president of the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation tribal college while President Nate St. Pierre was in the last stages of battling cancer. St. Pierre died Sunday at his residence. The Board decided to appoint an interim p...
Editor, Montana has a Confederate memorial? In Helena? I was astounded to discover this. I’ve lived in Montana for 11 years now, but I’m not native to the state. So I did a little research. Maybe Montana played some part in the Civil War that I didn’t know about. Nope. Montana wasn’t even a territory until May of 1864. The Confederacy surrendered in April of 1865. Confederates never got close to Montana. Even if Montana had been a state at that point, it would have been located firmly in the Union. Well, whatever. It’s not hu...
Lynette Kay Chandler, 41, passed away Aug. 13, 2017. Her wake service began at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug, 16, 2017, at the Red Whip Center in Fort Belknap and funeral service will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017, at the Red Whip Center....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a Sixth Street caller reported Wednesday at 7:47 a.m. that their 1986 Honda quad was stolen. —— Tanner Joseph Walker of Havre, 34, was arrested on a charge of criminal contempt related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation Wednesday at 8:01 a.m. at the Havre Police station. —— Officers investigated after someone brought a wallet they found into the police station Wednesday at 11:50 a.m. —— Officers investigated after someone on U.S. Highway 2 Northwest reported a fender bend...
A Havre man received three years probation Monday in District Court for slapping his 4-month-old daughter in the face. Levi C. Bixby, born in 1994, received a three-year deferred imposition of sentence for the offense of felony assault on a minor. The sentence was part of a plea deal that dismissed an additional similar offense and if Bixby abides by the conditions of his sentence he can have the offense struck from his record. Havre Police City dispatch received a call Oct. 8, 2016, from a woman who said she was concerned...
Dr. Nathaniel Rick St. Pierre passed away peacefully at his home in Butler Coulee Aug. 13, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer. It was his wish to be at home these past several days, where family and friends had spent time with him. Nate was born Dec. 28, 1962, in Fort Belknap, Montana, to Roger St. Pierre Sr. and Gloria Henderson, he was their second child. He was lovingly given the nickname "Punkin" by his family. Dr. St. Pierre was bestowed the Indian name "KI NOH...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks' Becoming an Outdoors Woman - BOW - program is sponsoring two beginning kayaking classes, Aug. 26 and 27, at the First Dredge swim beach just north of the Fort Peck Fish Hatchery near Fort Peck. One class will be offered each day - participants will choose their preferred day - and the classes will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. each days. Participants will learn from experienced instructors about different...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will host a wolf trapper certification class Sept. 30 in Great Falls at its Region 4 Headquarters, 4600 Giant Springs Road. The Saturday class will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students should register on-line soon as spots may fill up quickly. Certification is mandatory for anyone planning to trap wolves in Montana. Trappers who have previously successfully completed a wolf trapping course in Montana or Idaho do not need to retake the course. The class is...
The battle for the starting quarterback position at Montana State University-Northern is one that will be a hot topic throughout fall camp. And, it may not end until just days before the Lights open the season Sept. 2. However, as the Lights' 2017 camp moved into its third day Wednesday morning, the quarterback battle is far from the only position group that is, to say the least, unsettled. And while, for the first time in head coach Aaron Christensen's tenure, the Lights...
From the players on the floor, to the coach on the sidelines, there will be a lot of new faces on the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team in 2017, but that doesn't necessarily mean, the Skylights can't have success. There may be growing pains early, as new head coach Rose Obunaga and her team adjust to each other. But the new coach, a former Olympic volleyball player, who took over following the resignation of long-time head man Bill Huebsch, is cautiously...
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