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  • Stampede: Havre blanks Browning

    Chris Peterson|Updated Sep 26, 2016

    Coming off a loss to Sidney, the Havre High football team was determined to get back on the right track and because of that, the Browning Indians simply never had a chance. From start to finish, the Ponies ran all over their Central A rivals, scoring a total of six rushing touchdowns in a 47-0 win Friday night at Blue Pony Stadium. Havre is now 4-1 on the season and 1-0 in the Central A conference. “It was good,” HHS head coach Ryan Gatch said. “I was really happy with the w...

  • Hess describes the day of a legislator

    Alex Ross|Updated Sep 26, 2016

    State Rep. Stephanie Hess, R-Havre, talked Friday during a meeting of the Pachyderm Club in Havre about life in the Montana House of Representatives and criticized the governor for vetoing scores of legislation. A first-term member of the Montana State House of Representatives, Hess, 44, is running for a second term to the House District 28 seat. The district encompasses all of Havre south of the Milk River and extends slightly east and west outside of city limits. Hess faces...

  • Quick Pic: Chinook Sugarbeet Festival

    Updated Sep 26, 2016

  • United Way holds crab boil fundraiser

    Paul Dragu|Updated Sep 26, 2016

    The local United Way held its Second Annual United Way Crab Boil fundraiser Saturday at Beaver Creek Golf Course and raised about $23,000. The event, which is intended to kick off the season’s fundraising which officially begins Oct. 1, started at 5 p.m. with cocktail hour, followed by the crab boil at 6 p.m. United Way Executive Director Jessica Nebel said the event was “fantastic.” It sold out, with about 150 guests filling 17 tables. “Nobody left hungry,” she said. “I didn’t hear one complaint. All I heard were toothpic...

  • Havre High sets parent-teacher, senior-parents events

    Updated Sep 26, 2016

    Press release Havre High School will host a parent-teacher conference for grades nine through 12 Thursday, Oct. 13, from 4 to 7 p.m. Parents can come and meet with their students’ teachers. The same evening, Oct. 13, from 6:30 until 7:30 p.m. in the Havre High School Library a senior-parent college night will be hosted by the HHS Counseling Center and the Montana State University-Northern admissions, financial aid and career center officials. Topics to be discussed will include financial aid, creel application for federa s...

  • Fundraisers planned for Havreite battling rare disorder

    Paul Dragu|Updated Sep 26, 2016

    Fundraisers have been planned to help raise money for Havreite Melissa Ruby who is now in a Billings hospital, on a respirator, fighting the rare disorder Guillain-Barré syndrome. Friend, church member and co-fundraiser organizer Nancy Marshall said Ruby has a long struggle ahead in her battle with the rare disorder. “She has run into some complications. … But we’re still praying everything will turn out OK,” Marshall said. Guillain-Barré syndrome is a disorder in which a person’s immune system damages nerve cells, caus...

  • Wild Horse Port to resume winter hours

    Updated Sep 26, 2016

    Press release WILD HORSE — U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations would like to remind travelers the Port of Wild Horse will resume winter hours 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 Sup...

  • New Beginnings end-of-marriage group starts Oct. 3

    Updated Sep 26, 2016

    Havre Daily News staff An interdenominational religious program aimed at helping people deal with the end of a marriage starts its fall nine-week program next Monday. New Beginnings is called a “healing program for those who have experienced the end of a divorce through separation, divorce or death.” The meetings, held in the fall and spring, are scheduled next Monday through Nov. 28 at St. Jude Parish Center at 440 Seventh Ave. The focus for Monday’s meeting is “Getting to know the group.” Oct. 10, the focus is “Dealing...

  • Plain Green provides school supplies to Rocky Boy students

    Updated Sep 26, 2016

    Press release Plain Green Community Development Officer Jessica McGratty visited community youth Friday at Rocky Boy schools to provide school supplies and backpacks to students ranging in age from kindergarten through high school. “Our children are the future of our community and our traditions,” said Chelsey St. Pierre, Human Resources manager and Community Development officer for Plain Green. “We want to make sure that they have the resources they need to focus on learning and acquiring the skills they need to be succe...

  • Obituary: Ben "Jake" Herbert Mitchell

    Updated Sep 26, 2016

    Ben “Jake” Herbert Mitchell, 60, passed away after a year-long illness Sept. 19, 2016, at the Northern Montana Care Center in Havre, Montana. Memorial Services will be at a later date. Cremation has taken place. Condolences for the family may be left at www.hi-linefuneralservices.com...

  • Messerly pleads not guilty to assault with a baseball bat

    Updated Sep 26, 2016

    Leon Boyd Messerly, 55, pleaded not guilty in federal District Court in Great Falls before Magistrate Judge John Johnston to charges of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and assault with a dangerous weapon. Messerly is accused of attacking and injuring a person with a bat on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation at Halftown July 9. District Judge Brian Morris scheduled Messerly’s trial for Nov. 21. If convicted of the most serious charge contained in the indictment, Messerly faces up to 10 years in prison, $250,000 in f...

  • For the Record - September 26, 2016

    Updated Sep 26, 2016

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a domestic disturbance report after Main Street callers reported Friday at 2:02 p.m. that a man was yelling at a woman and that children were living in unfit conditions. —— Officers assisted a citizen after a caller reported Friday at 2:27 p.m. that she found her ex’s wallet in the yard. —— Officers investigated a sex offense after a report was made Friday at 3:09 p.m. —— Officers assisted another agency after a 10th Street caller made a report Friday at 3:54 p.m. —— Marcus Tru...

  • Ponies race against top competition in Missoula

    Chris Peterson|Updated Sep 26, 2016

    The Havre High cross country teams took part in the Mountain West Classic last Saturday in Missoula and both Blue Ponies squads competed well. Among one of the deepest and most-competitive fields in cross country in Montana, the Blue Pony girls finished 42nd in the meet, while the HHS boys ended up 46th. Yet, even though each team finished far from the top, both teams improved dramatically from a season ago. “The girls finished six places better and took almost 10 minutes off...

  • Cat-Griz Report: Cats, Griz lose Big Sky heartbreakers

    Updated Sep 26, 2016

    BOZEMAN (AP) — Brady Oliveira ran 22 times for 171 yards and two touchdowns, including a key touchdown late in the fourth quarter in North Dakota's 17-15 win over Montana State on Saturday. Oliveria's 60-yard gallop gave the Fighting Hawks a 17-9 lead with 2:27 to play. MSU rallied with a 3-yard touchdown run by Chad Newell on its homecoming day, but Newell failed to score on the two-point conversion attempt after a pass interference call against UND moved the ball to the o...

  • Wild sweep Nationals in the Ice Dome

    Chris Peterson|Updated Sep 26, 2016

    The Glacier Nationals of the North American Tier 3 Hockey League didn’t quite get the win they were looking for over the weekend, but they did play more competitive hockey, even if the result was the same. The Nationals, who hosted Frontier-Division rival Gillette in back-to-back games inside the Havre Ice Dome Friday and Saturday night, dropped the first game 4-1, before falling the next night 13-2. On Friday, the Wild scored in the first period and added another goal in t...

  • Carroll pushes past MSU-Northern spikers

    George Ferguson|Updated Sep 26, 2016

    The Armory Gymnasium has been kind to the Montana State University-Northern volleyball team. Since Frontier Conference play began, the Skylights haven’t dropped a single set at home. The road has been a different story, however. And Northern’s road difficulties continued Friday night in Helena. Fresh off their three-game sweep of UGF Thursday night in Havre, the Skylights had the tables turned on them by No. 19 Carroll College, as the Fighting Saints put away the Skylights by...

  • Eight Ponies advance to State A golf

    George Ferguson|Updated Sep 26, 2016

    There’s a lot of ups and downs in the game of golf, especially in rough weather conditions, and under the pressure of postseason play. And the Havre High golf teams experienced all of that at the 2016 Central A Divisional Tournament, which was played Saturday at East Glacier Golf Course near Browning. The Blue Pony girls finished second as a team at the tournament, which qualified them for this week’s Class A state tourney. However, things didn’t go as planned for the HHS b...

  • Stingy Bulldogs bite Lights in Dillon

    George Ferguson|Updated Sep 26, 2016

    With a win finally in tow, the Montana State University-Northern Lights were hoping to put some momentum together before their second bye week of the season. But, the UM-Western Bulldogs dashed any hopes of that happening before the Lights could even get started. Saturday in Dillon, and fresh off their thrilling win over Carroll College, the Lights ran into a buzz saw in the form of the Bulldogs. Western scored 28 first-half points in a 50-6 rout of the Lights at Vigilante...

  • Choteau spoils Havre volleyball home debut

    Chris Peterson|Updated Sep 26, 2016

    The Havre High volleyball team may not have won its home opener Saturday against Choteau, but after nearly rallying from a 2-0 deficit, the Blue Ponies at least put on an exciting show for their fans. After dropping the first two games to the Bulldogs, the Ponies won the next two and fought valiantly until the end before losing in five sets, by the scores of 25-22, 25-15, 24-26, 18-25, 15-8. “We played OK,” HHS head coach Tamecia Jarvis said. “The guys played hard and they rea...

  • Pony Extra: Blue Ponies find even more rushing power

    Chris Peterson|Updated Sep 26, 2016

    From the start of the season, the strength of the Havre High football team’s offense has been the running game and that was never more clear than it was Friday against Browning. Coming into the season, head coach Ryan Gatch and his coaching staff was looking forward to having one of the top returning rushing tandems in Class A football. Not only did the Ponies have Jase Stokes, an All-State performer, they also had Jazz Schroeder, a Second-Team All-Conference running back i...