Articles from the October 23, 2007 edition

Bret Elder Sterner, 47, died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007, at his residence in Havre. His cause of death has not yet been determined. His graveside memorial service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Highland Cemetery with Ila McClenahan officiating. Burial will follow. A fellowship luncheon will be held at the Eagles Club. Bret was born Feb. 23, 1960, in Chester to Burdette and Helen (Adams) Sterner. He was raised in the Cascade area and moved to Havre in 1980 when the family sold their place south of Cascade. Bret enjoyed riding...

Ronald C. Miller, 85, died Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, of kidney failure at Peace Hospice. His memorial service will be held at Hillcrest Lawn Chapel on Thursday at 11 a.m., followed by a reception luncheon at Schnider Funeral Home. Ronald C. Miller was born Dec. 6, 1921, in Harlem, the son of farmers Edward and Mary (Gardner) Miller. He was raised on the family farm north of Hogeland, along with his brother, Mike and sisters, Grace and June. He attended schools in Hogeland and graduated from Hogeland High School in 1940. After...

Alice B. Meyer, 90, of Great Falls, died Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, at Peace Hospice, due to natural causes. A vigil service will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church on Friday at 6 p.m. Her funeral liturgy will also be held at the church on Saturday at 11 a.m., with Father Richard Schlosser presiding. Interment will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery. A fellowship luncheon will be held at Schnider Funeral Home immediately after the interment. Alice was born March 18, 1917, in Belgium, Wis., to John and Mary (Bares) Uselding. They...

Jody B. Menge, 47, died Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, of injuries sustained in a horse back riding accident. Funeral services for Jody B. Menge will be Friday at 2 p.m. in the Fergus Center for the Performing Arts in Lewistown. Interment will be Saturday at 11 a. m. in Grandview Cemetery in Saco. Visitation will be Thursday from 2 p. m. to 6 p. m. in the Cloyd Chapel. Jody was born in Glasgow on Oct. 5, 1960, the daughter of Darrell and Loretta Menge. She graduated from Saco High School in 1978 and from Montana State University in 1...

Rose Marie Foley Hudson, 52, died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007, at her residence in Santa Clara, Calif. Her wake service will begin today at 4 p.m. with her rosary service at 7 p.m. at the Rocky Boy Catholic Church. Her funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday with burial at the Rocky Boy Cemetery. Rose was born May 25, 1955, to Cecil and Catherine (Courchane) Foley. She was raised and educated in Rocky Boy. She moved to California she married and had one son, Joshua (Hudson) Foley. The couple later divorced. Rose worked...

VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press Writer NEW YORK It sounds like a horror movie: 720,000 ladybugs on t h e a t tack i n Manhattan. In this real life story, however, the red-and-black bugs have been unleashed on the 80-acre grounds of one of New York's biggest apartment complexes with a mission: eat pests infesting the neatly landscaped property. The ladybugs from Bozeman, Mont., arrived at the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village complex on Manhattan's East Side on Thursday afternoon, packed in boxes shipped by a natural...

MATT GOURAS Associated Press Writer HELENA The state's claim that utilities should be paying rent for use of the riverbeds where hydroelectric dams sit went to trial Monday, even as both sides said a settlement is still possible. The attorney general's office said it was still open to offers, and a representative for dam owner PPL Montana said his company has not ruled out a settlement. Lawyers for the state and two utilities headed to court Monday with dozens of boxes of exhibits, slide shows and charts for a trial before... Full story

Tim Leeds Havre Daily News [email protected]@havredailynews.com The Montana Department of Transportation plans to rebuild 10 miles of U.S. Highway 2 east of Havre to a modern, wider highway with sections of turning and passing lanes, starting within four or five years, MDT representatives said in a meeting in Havre Monday. Christie McOmber of MDT said that, aside from general repairs, most of the section of the highway is the same as it was when it was first built in 1946. “It's definitely due for an u... Full story