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Genevieve “Genny” Haugen, 86, passed away on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, at her residence of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, with Pastor Mark Schultz officiating. Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery. Genny’s family has requested that memorials be made in her name to St. Paul Lutheran Church or to the charity of the donor’s choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Genny’s o... Full story
The union representing Havre firefighters is filing for arbitration with the city of Havre over a controversial written reprimand given to firefighter D.J. Olsen. In a brief statement issued this morning, the union said its representatives had met with the city attorney and begun the process of picking an arbitrator. The state Labor Department supplies a list of the potential arbitrators and the two sides take turns eliminating them one by one until all but one is eliminated. There is no indication how long the process will...
Sampson Mayer was sentenced Monday to charges of assault on a peace officer and ordered to reimburse medical costs worth $19,984.92. In March 2015, someone called the police to report someone was trying to “get him” at the Rails Inn Hotel, according to court documents. Havre police found the man’s name was Sampson Mayer and the obtained Mayer’s father’s phone number. When his father was called, he told police his son was at his house. His father said he thought Mayer was “on something” because Mayer believed someone was o...
Tragedy has been stalking my house, doing dirty deeds. Tragedy, as you may know, is one of the lapdogs of the Universe, which likes loose its lapdogs to nip at my heels and bite me in the backside, maybe cause a stampede or an avalanche of irony. The lapdogs are kind of like the hounds of hell, but with a cruel sense of humor that tends to make their irony worse than their bite. Still hurts, though. Late last week the valve connected to the floaty-thingy inside our toilet tank...
The 11th Annual Sugarbeet Festival kicked off today and will continue to entertain those who partake until Saturday night. The focus of this year's Sugarbeet Festival is the electrical industry, said organizer Heather DePriest. "Ultimately, each year we feature an industry in our area that's instrumental in creating jobs and sustaining the local economy," DePriest said. NorthWestern Energy, Hill County Electric, Red Rock Power are a few of the companies they're featuring...
Havre Daily News The union representing Hill County Sheriff’s deputies and dispatchers has voted down a county proposal for a pay hike. The county proposed a 2 percent base pay increase, which comes to about 24 cents an hour, said union representative Darcy Dahle. With changes proposed in the health insurance coverage, the union members are taking a pretty big pay cut, Dahle said. She said they are looking for a mediator to bring the two sides closer together. The union is seeking raises because correction officers at the Hil...
From Emily Mayer All kinds of exciting news about buildings was in Hill County in the newspapers 100 years ago. Work was starting to ramp up to get the buildings done as much as possible before the snow started falling. The Sept. 25, 1915 issue of The Havre Plaindealer had this short column: FARMERS ELEVATOR BUILDS LARGE ADDITION The Farmers Elevator company has just completed the erection of a large seed, flour and grain house, 40x60 feet, and remodeled their old elevator building, making this elevator one of the largest...
From CBP U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations has reminded travelers that the Port of Wild Horse will resume winter hours Thursday, Oct. 1. The port will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Wild Horse is a permit port, which means a permit is required to import commercial merchandise. The Area Port of Great Falls is ready to review applications and issue permits for commercial merchandise to be imported into the United States. Permits require advance approval; contact the Supervisory Entry Officer...
Editor: Through independent research and analysis, Montana Stockgrowers, the Montana Farm Bureau and the Montana Chamber of Commerce have determined that the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Water Compact is in the best interest of Montana. These groups prioritized the needs of Montana business and industry, farms and ranches, and the families they support over out-of-state agendas. The 2015 drought in western Montana provides an opportunity to apply the provisions of the Water Compact to all affected parties before final...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated an 8:21 a.m. Thursday call from 1st Street about a hit and run. —— Officers investigated an 11:17 a.m. Thursday report at the police station about a stolen laptop. —— Jacob Joseph Brisbo, 38, of Havre was arrested on a charge of aggravated driving under the influence after an officer made a motor vehicle stop at 12:39 p.m. Thursday on 8th Street. —— Joseph Elliott Anderson, 25, of Havre was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant at 7:35 p.m. Thursday at the police stat...
MONDAY 10 a.m. — Mental Health Center Board meeting 1:30 p.m. — Buildings meeting — Anez TUESDAY 10:30 a.m. — Road supervisor WEDNESDAY 9 a.m. — Payroll Approval 1:30 p.m. — Claims Approval THURSDAY 10 a.m. — Business meeting: • Manual claims • Employment review • Resolutions • Tax adjustments • County permit approval • Subdivision/survey ap-proval • Contracts • Time for comments from the public FRIDAY Office hours...
William Brant "Bill" Strissel was born July 18, 1957, at Whitefish, Montana, to William A. Slocum and Delores May Genger. After Bill's parents divorced in 1964, he moved with his mother to Box Elder where he attended grade school for a year. They moved to Rudyard in 1965 when his mother married Allan Strissel. Bill grew up on the Strissel farm south of Rudyard and finished his formal education at Rudyard High School, where he graduated in 1975. He continued his schooling at... Full story
Eula May Bennett Warburton, 92,of Chinook, passed away Sept.. 22, 2015 at Sweet Memorial Nursing Home with her family by her side. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at 2 p.m, at Edwards Funeral Home in Chinook. Burial will be held on Monday, Sept. 28, 2015, at 11 a.m., at the Kuper Memorial Cemetery in Chinook. Arrangements have been made with Edwards Funeral Home of Chinook. Condolences may be left for the family at http://www.edwardsfuneralhomemt.com. Eula was born on March 18, 1923, the youngest of s... Full story
Havre's Festival Days brought thousands of Havreites and Hi-Liners to the area to take part in a multitude of events throughout the weekend. The festivities began Thursday with the Havre-Hill County Library Book Sale, where bags of books, which have been donated to the library for the event throughout the year, are sold most of them for $1 for a bagful of books. Friday, the events were fully underway, with the Hi-Line Quilt Guild Festival of Quilts Show, the Steve Heil...
North Central Senior Center, Sept. 28 to Oct. 2 Would you like to be a volunteer? We at the Senior Center are very thankful for the many volunteers who help daily and also during our special events. If you would be willing to share your time and talents, please call 265-5464 or stop at 2 2nd Street West. Having a rummage sale? We would be happy to take any leftover items. Call 265-5464. Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; painting at 1 p.m. Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; bingo at 1:15 p.m. Wed...
A citywide prayer will be held today at 7 to 8 p.m. at Abundant Life Ministries, located at 405 6th St....
“As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told Jesus about it at once. He went upstairs, took her hand and bade her rise up. Immediately the fever left her and she began to serve them.” — Mark 1:29-31 Out our way folks know that making a clicking sound has one meaning — and making a “kissy” sound has another. Working Goliath on the lunge line, I cluck and he breaks into a gentle trot. Two clucks and he goes u...
Artitudes Gallery will present “Out of the Box,” artwork by Jill Kanewischer of Great Falls, during October and November. Kanewischer is a narrative collage artist and utilizes a variety of media and materials to offer explanations on the human experience. A featured artist reception will be held 6-8 p.m. Oct. 9. People are invited to join the members of the coooperative galleryon the upper level of the Atrium Mall for refreshments, live music and an opportunity to meet the artist....
In college football, one loss can be devastating to a team's season. But, rebounding from that loss can also save a season. And the Montana Grizzlies and Montana State Bobcats need to make sure that happens this weekend. Both the No. 15 Grizzlies (1-2) and No. 13 Bobcats (1-1) are at home for sold-out homecoming games this weekend, and both are looking to rebound from stinging road losses a week ago. Both teams are also playing their Big Sky Conference openers, so the stakes...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights want to win in the worst way. But perhaps more important than that, the Lights need to build confidence, and the way to do that is to play better. But standing in the way of all that is a 1,300-mile trip to Ashland, Oregon, and the defending NAIA national champion Southern Oregon Raiders. Northern (0-3, 0-4) and the fourth-ranked Raiders (2-1, 2-1) will hook up Saturday at 2 p.m. M.S.T. And while Northern's losing skid to start the...
Even in two tough losses, the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team gave their home fans plenty to cheer about and be excited about last weekend. Now, the Skylights, and their fans get to do it all over again. Northern continues its four-match home stand tonight when the Skylights (0-2, 8-10) host nationally ranked Montana Tech at 7 inside the Armory Gymnasium. MSU-N is also home to face Carroll College Saturday afternoon. And while the Skylights battle two more...
The high school golf season is short and quick. It starts before school gets going and it ends before fall really takes hold. And the end is in sight for the 2015 Havre High golf season. But before the Blue Ponies put their clubs away for the winter, there’s still a lot to do. Havre begins postseason play Saturday when the Ponies compete in the Central A Divisional tournament in Lewistown. The top two boys and top two girls teams, and the Top 15 individual boys and girls a...
After four grueling non-conference games, the Havre High football team finally enters Central A conference play tonight, and after they defeated highly-touted Sidney, the Blue Ponies finally have some momentum and now are looking to keep it. If they are going to achieve that the Ponies will need to make sure they don’t overlook the Browning Indians, who are 0-4 on the season. Havre and Browning will kick off the conference opener for each team at 7 tonight in Browning. ...
It’s been a long strange, trip for the Havre High volleyball team. Well, at least it’s been long, as the Blue Ponies have been on the road four straight weekends to start the season. But that all changes tonight, when HHS welcomes the Lewistown Golden Eagles into the Pony Corral. The Ponies (3-2) are looking forward to taking on their arch rival Lewistown, a team that has dominated HHS in recent years. The Eagles, along with Belgrade, have owned the Central A, which is somethi...
Four years ago, a group of freshmen in Box Elder started their football careers. At the time, there were no expectations. The Bears had never been strong in football. But these players had the foresight to dream big and now, four years later, that dream is becoming a reality. Brandon The Boy, Jerrod Four Colors, Bodis Duran, Jake Jones and Shane Ketchum have all had illustrious sports careers at Box Elder and all five have played important roles in waking the Bears football...
