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After an early morning special meeting of the Great Northern Fair Board, fairgrounds Manager Dave Brewer said despite issues raised about his performance during the meeting’s executive session, he will stay in his job. The meeting, which Fair Board Chair Paul McCann said was called at 6:30 a.m. at the fairgrounds to fit the schedules of the seven board members, was called into executive session minutes after it began. Brewer said after the meeting that it was not a “resounding we want Dave to stay,” but the meeting allowed he...
Elizabeth Mauch, a candidate for Montana State University-Northern's next provost, spoke Monday in Hensler Auditorium about her time in higher education and was interviewed by Northern faculty, including about complaints from past colleagues. Mauch is one of four candidates looking to replace former Provost William Rugg who announced his retirement in April. Northern's Director of University Relations Jim Potter said the company conducting the provost search for Northern, RPA...
Fire officials said this morning that work is progressing well on the East Fork Fire, one day after evacuations were lifted by the Hill County Sheriff’s Office. Theron Oats, fire management officer for the Chippewa Cree Tribe’s Forestry Department at Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, said things were relatively quiet this morning. “They’re doing good,” he said. “It looks like they have a handle on it. Still doing a little mop up.” Oats said the investigation of the fire, which started Aug. 27 near the East Fork Reservoir on Ro...
Christine Parker, a rural water billing clerk for Rocky Boy Public Works, said this morning that a loss of water to some homes on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation was resolved last night. Chippewa Cree Tribal Water Resources Director Dustin White said Monday that 10 homes in the Hay Stack area of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation lost water Monday morning due to a broken service line. White said Monday that operators found the broken line at about 10 a.m while inspecting waterlines. Customers were notified that the mainline wat...
Members of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board said at their monthly meeting Monday that they would like to attach a banner to their Festival Days float honoring John and Anna Brumley for their work maintaining the Wahkpa Chu’gn Buffalo Jump. Board members, along with Elaine Morse, president of the H. Earl and Margaret Turner Clack Museum Foundation were talking about what they want to do for the Brumley’ s before they move to Salt Lake City. When board member Alison Hecker suggested that a banner attached to the museum f...
A Plentywood man who raped a woman while she was asleep when he was visiting her in Havre in 2013 received five years with the Department of Corrections Monday afternoon in District Court. Kevin J. Kavon, born in 1979, received 10 years with five suspended with the Department of Corrections for the offense of sexual intercourse without consent. Kavon was charged after emergency room personnel from Northern Montana Hospital contacted law enforcement Nov. 16, 2013, to report a possible rape. The woman who said she had been...
A man who was convicted in 2012 of raping a 7-year-old multiple times in the basement of a Havre church was sentenced Monday afternoon to five years with the Montana State Prison. District Judge Daniel Boucher sentenced Edward Harold Ghostbear, born in 1977, to 15 years at Montana State Prison, with all but five years suspended and credit for 160 days already served. Ghostbear's public defender, Travis Cushman, said his client will appeal the guilty conviction. Ghostbear was...
Havre Daily News staff The Studio of Dance and Arts is doing a fundraiser Thursday at Pizza Hut to help pay for improvements at the studio in the Havre Central Building on Seventh Avenue. The money will be used to help cover the cost of a new tap floor that was just installed a couple of weeks ago. All day Thursday, if people mention The Studio of Dance and Arts when making any purchase at Pizza Hut, 20 percent of the total excluding alcohol will go to the fundraiser. The studio is a nonprofit collaboration of entities in...
Havre Police Department Kevin Wayne Coleman of Havre, 32, was arrested on charges of partner or family member assault, criminal destruction of or tampering with communication device, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief after a 12th Avenue caller reported a disturbance Monday at 7:51 a.m. —— Officers investigated after a Juniper Drive caller reported Monday at 10:41 a.m. that they received a fax referral from Department of Health and Human Services. —— Officers investigated after a Second Avenue caller reported Monday...
Sophia Viola (Moser) Brownell of Pendroy, 96, passed away Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, at the Pondera Medical Center in Conrad. Viola was born at the family farm six miles southeast of Agawam, Montana, to Adolf and Johanna Moser Jan. 13, 1921. Viola was the seventh child in a family of eight. Viola married her soul mate, Robert, Aug. 22, 1940. Robert passed away Oct. 28, 2011. Robert and Viola were married 71 years. Viola was a farmer/rancher, homemaker, wife, mother, and... Full story
Merten Emanuel Freyholtz of Gildford, Montana, 81, passed away Sept. 9, 2017, at the Liberty County Hospital from prostate cancer. A service celebrating his life and arrival to his heavenly home will be held Thursday, Sept. 14, at 2 p.m. in the Gildford Community Church, with burial to follow at the Gildford Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the church following interment. Mert was born June 3, 1936, in New Ulm, Minnesota, to Adela and Emanuel Freyholtz. He first... Full story
Francis Cartwright, 76, passed away Aug. 7, 2017, at a Great Falls hospital of natural causes. He was born Nov. 13, 1940, in Rolla, North Dakota, to Joseph and Mary (McMaster) Cartwright. He attended schools in North Dakota, graduating from New Town High in 1959. Francis came to Havre in 1959; he spent most of his life in Havre, except for a few years in Washington. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and tinkering around on things. He spent a lot of time at the senior center... Full story
Edith Fay Tinker of Boise, Idaho, 77, passed away peacefully at Warm Lake, Idaho, Aug. 21, 2017. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend to many. Born July 28, 1940, in Havre, Montana, to Ernest Jewell and Edith Hickethier Jewell, Fay was the youngest of three children. As a child, she enjoyed 4-H, horses, learning to cook with her mother, playing the piano and clarinet, and driving the truck for her dad. Fay attended schools in Havre,... Full story
In their first competitive meets of the season, both the Montana State University-Northern Men's and Women's cross country teams took part in the Carroll College Invitational last Friday in Helena. Although both teams are just in their second year of existence, each acquitted itself well. The Skylights finished third in the meet, thanks to strong showings from Rachel David, who was 5th and Ashley McCReady, who took sixth for MSU-N. The Lights, on the other hand, finished...
More championships were handed out as the local golf circuit continues to wind down for the season. And, oh by the way, there's actual, honest to goodness rain in the forecast. Sunday, Beaver Creek Golf Course held its Men's Club Championship. The overall winner was Kyle Miller, who fired a 2-over par 74 to take first place, and the crown of BCGC Club Champion. Way to go Kyle. Bill Schilling was second in the Championship Flight with an 82, while C.J. Evans was low net with a...
With preseason tournaments dominating the start of the 2017 local high school volleyball season, this past weekend, teams got down to the business of starting district play, and playing full matches. The action started last Tuesday when the Rocky Boy Morning Stars swept the Harlem Wildcats in a non-conference match in Rocky Boy. The Morning Stars downed the Wildcats by scores of 25-18, 25-10 and 25-14, with Tessa Big Knife and Jaylynn Mitchell combining for 15 kills. Sean...
Mason Dionne, Havre High Football The Havre Blue Ponies suffered a tough loss last Friday at the hands of the Laurel Locomotives. But, sophomore Mason Dionne was a force none-the-less. Dionne rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns in Havre's 42-21 loss to the Locomotives. He was equally tough on the defensive side of the ball, as he registered seven tackles and a sack. Dionne is also an All-State wrestler for the Blue Ponies in the winter. L'Tia Lawrence, Harlem Cross...
Skylight volleyball player Cassie Krueger is Montana State University-Northern's first Frontier Conference Athlete of the Week. And with the way Krueger has been playing through the first four weeks of the season, it comes as no surprise. On Monday, Krueger was named Frontier Conference Volleyball Attacker of the Week. Krueger 6-0 senior outside hitter from Kalispell. At the Providence volleyball tournament, this past weekend in Great Falls, the Skylights went 2-0. Northern...
Last season, the Fort Benton Longhorns won just one game. But in 2017, after just three games, Fort Benton has already won two and put themselves in a solid position within the B subdivision of Northern C in 8-Man football. The Longhorns, who knocked off Chester-Joplin-Inverness to open the season, routed Simms Friday night in Fort Benton by the score of 72-24. Landon Taylor was the catalyst for the Longhorns as he rushed for 155 yards and scored four touchdowns. Connor Schnab...
