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  • Community orchestra, choir ramping up for season

    Updated Aug 29, 2017

    By Havre Daily News staff Local singers and musicians have the opportunity to participate in community organizations, with one starting practice tonight. The MSU-N Community Orchestra will begin its fall rehearsals tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 208 of Pershing Hall on the Montana State University-Northern campus. People are warned that the parking area near Pershing Hall has some construction on-going. All interested musicians are invited to attend. This year, the Community Orchestra will be performing with the MSU-N...

  • Fire in Bear Paws subsiding, residents say

    Paul Dragu|Updated Aug 29, 2017

    Residents in the area say a fire that started on Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation Sunday and appeared to jump a fire line late Monday seems to be under better control today. Officials from the Chippewa Cree Office of Forestry said this morning they would not provide additional information about the fire until later tonight. Peggy Ray, who lives about four miles south of the fire, said this morning they were concerned Monday night that they might have to evacuate, but...

  • Legal Tip - Screenshots could provide evidence

    Updated Aug 29, 2017

    From Montana Legal Services Association Did you know that you may be able to use screenshots of texts on your cellphone as evidence in court? To take a screenshot, press the power button and home button on an iPhone or the power button and the volume button on a Droid at the same time. A judge is more likely to consider it as evidence if the shot includes a date and time and the number for the sender and recipient of the text message. For more information, contact http://www.montanalawhelp.org. If you can’t find the i...

  • Harmful algal bloom confirmed in Beaver Creek Reservoir

    Paul Dragu|Updated Aug 29, 2017

    Hill County Health Department officials say a potentially harmful algal bloom has been confirmed at Beaver Creek Reservoir and people are advised to stay away from the water. Public Health Director Kim Larson said the algal bloom was reported Aug. 24 and has been confirmed by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. "It can cause health issues for warm-blooded animals," Larson said. Harmful algal blooms have been confirmed by the DEQ in various parts of the state...

  • Las Vegas men sentenced in Plain Green case

    Updated Aug 29, 2017

    Staff and wire report — Two Las Vegas businessmen have been sentenced to 20 months in prison for their roles in defrauding the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s online lending company, Plain Green. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Zachary Brooke Roberts and Martin Gasper Mazarra were sentenced Friday in federal court in Great Falls. They and their company — Encore Services — must pay $2.5 million in restitution to the Chippewa Cree tribe. Prosecutors say Encore Services was brought in to run an earlier online lending company of the tribe...

  • Local News - HRDC closed for Labor Day

    Updated Aug 29, 2017

    District 4 Human Resources Development Council will be closed Monday, Sept. 4, in observance of Labor Day. District 4 HRDC will resume normal business hours Tuesday, Sept. 5, at 8 a.m....

  • Local News - Buses stop for Labor Day

    Updated Aug 29, 2017

    North Central Montana Transit will not run Monday, Sept. 4, in observance of Labor Day. The buses will resume their normal schedule Tuesday, Sept. 5....

  • August interim education meeting held

    Updated Aug 29, 2017

    Our summer Education Committee meeting began with State Librarian Jennie Stapp laying out how the state cuts are affecting not only the State Library, but also the outlying units. She has had a staff reduction of 25 percent, or 12 employees. Public Computer Access has also been reduced from six to two. The next presenter was Bruce Whittenberg with the Montana Historical Society. Mr. Whittenberg stated that his program also has a staff reduction of 25.2 percent, leaving 15 positions unfilled. One of the programs being cut is...

  • Both parties war-torn, increasingly feeble

    Updated Aug 29, 2017

    My dad’s grandmother lived more than 80 years, and never voted for a Democrat. On the porch of her farmhouse near Independence, Iowa, in election year 1928 she told him why: “The Democrats killed two of my brothers.” They were on her porch 63 years after the Civil War, but the emotional wounds of our nation’s costliest conflict were kept fresh by post-war politicians to prolong the divisive hate for political purposes. General Ulysses Grant’s partisans in his 1868 presidential campaign proclaimed: “Behind every rebel rifle...

  • For the Record, Aug. 29, 2017

    Updated Aug 29, 2017

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated after someone reported Monday at 8:16 a.m. that her husband was threatening her child. —— Officers investigated after a Fifth Street caller reported Monday at 10:15 a.m. that a theft had taken place. —— Officers made an arrest after a Second Street caller reported Monday at 11:34 a.m. a possible disturbance. No further information was provided in the dispatch log. —— Julie Renee Olson of Great Falls, 33, was arrested on charges of obstructing a peace officer and on a Justice or...

  • Agenda - Hill County Public Cemetery District

    Updated Aug 29, 2017

    Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...

  • IRS: Beware IRS/FBI-themed ransomware scam

    Updated Aug 29, 2017

    From Internal Revenue Service PHOENIX— The Internal Revenue Service has warned people to avoid a new phishing scheme that impersonates the IRS and the FBI as part of a ransomware scam to take computer data hostage. The scam email uses the emblems of both the IRS and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It tries to entice users to select a “here” link to download a fake FBI questionnaire. Instead, the link downloads a certain type of malware called ransomware that prevents users from accessing data stored on their devic...

  • FLATLAND LOGGING

    Pam Burke|Updated Aug 29, 2017

    Marvel Logging occupies a former mechanic shop east of Havre. The stack of delimbed pine logs that occupy a portion of the parking area sit in stark contrast to the backdrop of Milk River Valley cottonwood trees and the vast stretch of prairie that fills the horizon all around. "Logging is logging," Pat said, whether logging in mountainous western Montana or the hills of the east. The trip to the job site is similar. You follow a series of ever smaller, more rugged roads...

  • The garden of Gladys and Dennis Bymaster

    Updated Aug 29, 2017

    From Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club On the corner of 17th Street and Eighth Avenue is a beautiful yard designed by a lovely couple, Gladys and Dennis Bymaster. Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club has chosen their yard on 735 17th Street featured today. Visiting Gladys and Dennis Bymaster's garden was a fun visit providing fresh ideas and inspiration. Walking up the front steps are two beautiful flower boxes, one on each side of the railing as you are entering their home. The flower...

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Aug 29, 2017

    Teagan Fee, Havre High Golf Havre junior Teagan Fee has already had a strong golfing career, having earned Class A All-State honors last fall. But in her third season at HHS, Fee is off to an even better start. At last Friday’s Browning Invitational, Fee finished first with a stellar score of 83 at the East Glacier Golf Course. It was Fee’s third straight Top 10 5 finish this season, as she also placed fifth at the Havre Invite and fourth at the Belgrade Invite earlier this mo...

  • Local Golf Report: Men's champs crowned at Prairie Farms

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 29, 2017

    It was a week, and weekend of champions on the local golf scene. At Prairie Farms Golf Course, the men's league season came to a close Wednesday night, with Bong-N-Bob's defeating Northern Edge in a playoff. The match was tied at 36-36 after 18 holes, before Bing-N-Bob's won on the first hole of sudden death. Northern Edge, which was composed of Kyle Sheppard, Ricky Brown, Nate Baltrusch and Christian Oberquell, defeated Hole 19 in the semifinals Tuesday night. Also Tuesday...

  • Blue Pony golfers score at East Glacier

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 29, 2017

    The Havre Blue Ponies will have some time off before getting back on the golf course for the stretch run of their season. But, leading up the week off, Havre was very busy. Last Friday, the Ponies were at the Browning Invitational, held at the East Glacier Golf Course. And it was yet another good day for the emerging HHS girls. The Pony girls finished first in the meet, which was composed of the Ponies, Browning, Ronan, Frenchtown and the CMR and Great Falls High junior varsit...

  • 2017 MSU-N Football Preview: Lights poised to explode on offense

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 29, 2017

    When third-year Montana State University-Northern head football coach Aaron Christensen looks back on last season's offense, he's pretty matter of fact. And when he looks ahead to this fall - same thing. "We weren't good enough offensively last year," Christensen said. "I think we improved from the first year, and we had talent. We had a great, great player in Zach McKinley. But when you look at it all, scoring, completion percentage, first downs, time of possession, turnovers...