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Havre Area Chamber of Commerce has canceled the first scheduled performance for Sounds on the Square tonight due to the weather. “We’ll hit it hard next week,” said Joe Ross, who helps organize the summer program of live music. Steady rain fell in Havre much of this morning, with National Weather Service showing just more than six-tenths of an inch had been received at its recording station at Havre City-County Airport by 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. Today’s forecast calls for showers...
Editor’s note: The first night of Sounds on the Square has been canceled due to weather. The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce has a busy summer ahead of it with a number of large annual events coming up in the area. Chamber Executive Director Jessica Fagerbakke said the first of these events is their Agribusiness Committee's Agriculture Appreciation Banquet which is combined with Northern Agricultural Research Center Field Day June 23. Fagerbakke said these events are an e...
Local law enforcement is looking for a Havre woman who escaped Monday afternoon from custody after her sentencing hearing at Hill County Courthouse. Maria Rose Oppelt, aka Maria Rose Newton, was in the custody of a Probation and Parole officer at District Court and waiting for a law enforcement officer to take her to Hill County Detention Center after her sentencing hearing when she made her escape shortly before 4 p.m., Police Capt. Aaron Wittmer said. District Court Judge...
Long-time Job Service Havre Director Carol Lamey is retiring Wednesday after years of service that her colleagues would like to celebrate with a part in the afternoon. Bill Lanier, Job Service Havre work force consultant, said Lamey has been an extremely active member of the community whose work has had a tremendously positive effect on people in the area. Job Service Havre provides free assistance to local job seekers and businesses as part of the Montana Department of Labor and Industry, including trainings and networking.... Full story
Jade Helmbrecht has announced that later this year she will be closing Helmbrecht Photography, a business operated by her family for the past 76 years. Helmbrecht said the business will be closed from now through Aug. 1 as she prepares and archives what is in the building, reopening so people can order archived photographs. Helmbrecht said she will not be taking orders for new photographs. She said she is happy help people who want archived photos going back to 1946. She took...
Gov. Greg Gianforte today declared a statewide disaster due to severe flooding in Carbon, Park, and Stillwater counties, as well as flood warnings in other parts of the state. “With rapid snowmelt and recent heavy rains, communities in south-central Montana are experiencing severe flooding that is destroying homes, washing away roads and bridges, and leaving Montanans without power and water services,” Gianforte said in a press release. “Today’s disaster declaration will help impacted communities get back on their feet as...
The Havre-Hill County Library Board will meet Thursday, June 16, 2022, at 3 p.m. in the library meeting room. The meeting agenda is: Minutes Sign monthly budget Library Director’s Report • Summer Reading so far Old business • Set up day for long-range planning New business • Interlocal agreement Policy review Correspondence Public comment Adjournment Upcoming events at the library: Friday June 17 Yarn Circle, 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 21 Cookies and Coloring, 3 p.m. Friday, July 15 Yarn Circle, 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 19 Foundat...
A long-standing tradition is back Sunday, Father's Day, with the Havre Rotary Club holding its annual fishing derby. Club president Dawn Ward said she is not sure when the derby started, but at least before COVID-19 it was the longest-running Rotary event in the country. She said she expects a big turnout this year. "Last year, we had a pretty good turnout and I think that this year we will have even better, I really do," she said. "I think people are just wanting to get out...
Linda Jean (Hermes) Malley, 71, passed away at her residence surrounded by her family on Saturday, March 26, 2022, ending her fight with cancer. Cremation has taken place, and graveside services will take place at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook. Her family has suggested memorial donations be made in Linda’s memory to the Studio of Dance and Arts or the charity of the donor’s choice.... Full story
Neal A. Clayborn of Havre, 66, passed away Saturday, June 11, 2022.... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 2:02 p.m. Friday question on 11th Street about an order of protection. -- Officers assisted at a medical call on U.S. Highway 2 Northwest Friday at 2:07 p.m. -- John Michael Segna of Havre, 32, was arrested on charges of trespass to property and vandalism after a caller on Second Street asked Friday at 3:29 p.m. to speak with an officer about a complaint, and officers initiated investigate on suspicious activity in the Second...
Press release FARGO, N.D — Two local Montana students were among the 3,330 North Dakota State University students to be placed on the spring 2022 dean’s list. A student must earn a 3.5 grade point average or higher and be enrolled in at least nine class credits to qualify for the summer list. Students are listed by hometown with their majors. The dean’s list also can be found at http://www.ndsu.edu/news/studentnews . Jocelyn M. Demontiney, Box Elder, psychology Hunter Neibauer, Chinook, agricultural econom...
Despite poor sports weather on the Hi-Line over the past week and a half, little league baseball has continued to play ball. This past Wednesday, the majors league held their championship game with a game between Subway and the Lions. It was a close, low-scoring affair, but Subway pulled out the 2-1 victory to win the championship. Alongside the majors league, the minors league has been holding its postseason tournament in Havre over the past few weeks. The minors started thei...
Playing collegiate basketball is a dream for many and Mascio McCadney got to do that with the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team for the past few years. Now that his collegiate career is over, McCadney will continue to play basketball in Bolivia professionally. McCadney signed with La Salle Olympic in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The team is a part of the Libobasquet league, the top professional basketball league in Bolivia. It is a young league as it was founded...
For the second straight Saturday, a big tournament took place at Prairie Farms Golf Course. Last Saturday saw the course host the MSU-Northern Football Scramble. A full field of four-person teams played in the 18-hole event, which was won by Erickson Insurance. The team was composed of Mike Erickson, Jim Kirkpatrick, Justine Beaudry and Kyle Miller. Congrats to the team, and to everyone who played, in what was the first official Lights Football Tournament. The tourney slate...
Editor, I was contacted by Brian Carpenter of the Havre American Legion Riders about doing a motorcycle poker run fundraiser for Montana Wounded Warriors Memorial Day weekend. Havre has been a great supporter of our organization since we started 11 years ago. The fundraisers in Havre had taken a break over the last two years due to the COVID mess but when Brian offered I was all for the event. The weather cooperated and the turnout was great. I was really impressed with how organized the whole ride was and wanted to tell all...
