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Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson told the school board Tuesday night that although the current high school class is the largest in years, long-term trends showing a decline in student population make him uneasy. The trend is worrisome, according to Carlson, because the level of funding a school district receives from the state is partially set on a per pupil basis. The official student count will not be out until October, but early numbers provided by Carlson...
Amber Spring, the chair of the Local Advisory Council on Mental Health for Hill County, said this is the first year the LAC has put on a walk of this nature. The Out of the Darkness Walk is a nationwide event that aims to bring suicide awareness to communities. One of the issues with the suicide problem, Spring said, is that people don't talk about it when it needs to be talked about. A crowd of people gathered in front of the Vande Bogart Library at Montana State...
Havre City Council will hold two public education sessions to let people know the details of a proposed $30 million street rehabilitation program. At the suggestion of Council Member Terry Lilletvedt, the sessions will be held after City Council meetings Monday, Sept. 25, and Monday, Oct. 5. Meetings are usually over at roughly 7:30 p.m. Lilletvedt said she has heard of considerable support for the concept of the construction program, but people are very wary of the cost. A PowerPoint presentation will be designed to help...
The city of Havre may end up making a $1,000 contribution to the North Central Montana Transit System instead of the $15,000 the system asked for. City Council Member Pam Hillery said she scoured the proposed city budget and could find “very little wiggle room” to find excess funds for the bus system. So, she proposed an amendment to the proposed city budget at tonight’s meeting to give the system “It’s not much but it shows we support them,” Hillery said at Monday night’s City Council meeting. She said the spending plan...
Citing harsh drought conditions and the severe July 4 hail storm, Gov. Steve Bullock has asked U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to declare Hill County a disaster area. If Vilsack follows through on Bullock's request, cattle ranchers would be eligible for low-interest loans and tax breaks to help them through their tough times. The Hill County Commission had asked the governor to ask for the declaration, and Chair Mike Wendland said this morning he was pleased the...
Charlene Hill, 60, of Anaconda, formerly of Hardin, passed away Sept. 2, 2015. She has joined her beloved husband, William Hill, and her loving father, Arthur D. Pitsch. She is survived by her loving daughter, Karen Kay Hill; mother, Marilyn Pitsch; sisters, Diana (George) Robertson of Forsyth, Sharon (Ron) Greene of Moore, Steven (Jane) Pitsch of Big Timber, Joan (Terry) D'Hooge of Lewistown, Eileen (Bill) Schilling of Havre, Laurie Cleveland, Tammy (Don) Yerbich, Tina... Full story
William D. Loranger, 87, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook of natural causes. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, at Highland Cemetery. Bill's family has requested that memorial donations be made in his name to Kitty Keepers to help sustain the older cats, RezQ Dogs, or to the Montana State University-Northern Foundation to be used for Sky Lights basketball scholarships. Holland & Bonine Funeral... Full story
William D. "Billy" Roberts, 47, passed away Aug. 31, 2015, in Kalispell, Montana. Billy was born April 3, 1968, in Los Angeles, to William H. and Patricia M. (Corner) Roberts. Early schooling was spent in Maywood, California, then the family moved to Havre, Montana, where Billy graduated from Havre High School in 1986. Bill took pride in providing for his family in his work as a paintless dent repairman. He was one of the few specialists in that area in the Flathead Valley. Bi... Full story
Lawrence "PeeWee" Phillip Wise passed away very peacefully at the Big Sky Care Center on Aug. 17, 2015. He was 83. He was born to Lawrence Wesley and Gladys Besse Wise on May 1, 1932, in Rapelje, Montana. He graduated Rapelje High School in 1950 and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1952 and found himself in the Korean Theater. After the service he worked in the Havre, Lewistown, Brady and Dutton area as a ranch hand and/or handyman. PeeWee is survived by several cousins and was... Full story
Havre Police Department Angela Rose Newfield, 52, of Havre was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and criminal conduct after officers responded to an 8:07 a.m. call Tuesday. —— Officers investigated a 10:25 a.m. Tuesday call from Sunnyside Intermediate School about the calling party’s son being verbally accosted at the playground. —— Officers investigated a 12:12 p.m. Tuesday call from 5th Avenue about a two-vehicle, noninjury motor vehicle crash. —— Officers investigated a noninjury motor vehicle crash after a 4:52 p....
Editor’s note: The computer program provided by the Montana state government to print media reports on court actions does not always list all fines assessed or sentences imposed or when sentencing is pending. The following cases were resolved by Havre City Judge Virginia Seigel in April. Merlin Don Yellowtail Jr., born in 1985, was fined $100 for minor in possession, over 18 – and still a minor at the time ticketed – and was sentenced to 180 days in jail, 177 days suspended and three credited, for endangering the welfa...
From USDA WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini has reminded farmers and ranchers that they have until Sept. 30 to enroll in several key Farm Bill safety net programs — Agriculture Risk Coverage, or ARC, Price Loss Coverage, or PLC, and the Margin Protection Program for Dairy, abbreviated MPP-Dairy. “These programs provide important risk protection for farm and dairy operations, so it is important not to miss the deadline for enrollment,” Dolcini said. “Producers already h...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Researchers from Montana State University Extension and Washington State University are asking Montana beef cattle producers and veterinarians to participate in a voluntary online survey to learn more about a novel form of neonatal calf pneumonia found in Montana. Rachel Endecott, MSU Extension beef specialist, and colleagues at WSU said that a unique form of neonatal calf pneumonia has been diagnosed in several Montana beef herds over the last 6-8 years. The majority of affected calves are r...
The 2015 high school volleyball season is in its infancy right now. But last week, the second week of the season, was a chance for teams to get a lot of time on the court in. Preseason tournaments were the highlight of the weekend, especially on the Hi-Line, where Chinook, North Star and Rocky Boy all played host to tournaments. In Chinook, the two-day Chinook Invitational featured some great competition from the Class C and B ranks. In attendance were teams like Malta,... Full story
While many teams along the Hi-Line began their 2015 football seasons Aug. 28 or Aug. 29, the Chinook Sugarbeeters were one team that waited an extra week. And after another dominant performance, it looks like the extra time practicing was well worth it. The Beeters, who are the defending Class C 8-Man Northern Division champions, as well as the state runner-up from a season ago, got their conference title defense started off on the right foot with a dominant 54-0 thrashing of...
And just like that, it was over. No, for many, playing golf is far from over. The promise of a strong El Nino pattern through the fall will have golfers on the links for several months still. But, when the final putt dropped during last week's men's league championship match at Prairie Farms Golf Course, the competitive golf season in Havre, at least for the adults, did come to an end. And, so too must this column come to an end, until next spring anyway. So in my final From...
Brandon Richter, C/J-I Football With a high-powered offense, there's going to be a lot of eye-popping nights this season for the Chester/J-I football team. And senior quarterback Brandon Richter had one of them last Friday against Northern C rival Belt. Richter passed for 157 yards and three touchdowns, rushed for 61 yards and four TDs and caught an 11-yard TD as well in the Hawk's 70-24 win in Chester. Richter, who also stands out in basketball, has accounted for 15...
The Havre High volleyball team finally got its season underway this past weekend, and after a solid performance against conference foes Livingston and Belgrade, as well as in the Windy City Classic, the Blue Ponies are feeling optimistic about the rest of 2015 campaign. And while all the players are surely excited, one player in particular who is pumped up about the season is Havre High senior Reggie Bernard. Bernard is entering her third year as a member of the varsity squad...
