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Independent candidate Dale Hansonl is challenging incumbent Democrat Mark Peterson in this year's general election for Hill County commissioner. Hansonl, 58, was born north of Havre in 1960. He said when he was 16 years old he dropped out of Havre High School so he could go to work and help provide for his family. He earned his GED at the age of 18. He said he has no previous political experience, although he has owned and operated his own business over the years. Hansonl has...
Incumbent Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson, a Democrat, is defending his seat against independent candidate Dale Hansonl in the November general election. Peterson was born in Havre in 1951 and graduated from Havre High School in 1970, he said. After high school he attended Northern Montana College, now Montana State University-Northern, studying agriculture, heating and air conditioning, and welding, although he did not graduate. He said he has been very active in the c...
Blaine County Sheriff's Office Lt. John Colby is facing off against Undersheriff Frank Billmayer in the Nov. 6 election for the position of sheriff of Blaine County. Colby was born in Williston, North Dakota, in 1975 and graduated from Williston High School in 1994, he said. He added that he was raised in law enforcement, with his father working in the juvenile court system throughout his entire life. He grew up around law enforcement, "knowing that's what I always wanted to...
Blaine County Undersheriff Frank Billmayer is facing Blaine County Sheriff's Lt. John Colby in the Nov. 6 election for the office of Blaine County sheriff. Billmayer was born in Billings in 1978, he said. He and his family lived in Harlem and later moved to Harlowton where he attended Harlowton High School, graduating in 1996. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving from 1996 to 2000 as a rifleman, machine gunner and a close combat instructor. In...
Montana Actors’ Theatre is set to perform its most grueling production of the season in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” which opens Friday at the Atrium Mall. “Sweeney Todd” is a musical with music and lyrics composed by Stephen Sondheim, based on the book of the same title by Hugh Wheeler. The play is directed by MAT Associate Artistic Director Grant Olson, Ph.D. The plot surrounds the title character, Sweeney Todd, a barber, who seeks revenge on the corrupt...
Press release Monday between the hours of 6 and 8:30 p.m., the Havre High School Key Club will be going door to door in the Havre community collecting donations for Trick or Treat for UNICEF. The money collected will go to provide vaccinations for prevention of neonatal tetanus....
Press release Hi-Line United Soccer is having an organizational meeting for all interested soccer players, parents, coaches, trainers and referees Thursday, Nov. 1, at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre High School library. Forms are available on the team’s Facebook page and will be available at Havre High School and Havre Middle School, or people can email [email protected] to have them emailed back. For answers to questions people can contact Ann McKnight at 945-0734 or Greg Dugdale at [email protected]. Games run A...
Press release The Havre High School speech and debate team said it is still looking for a few judges for Saturday. “As always, we have had a great response, but quite a few people have conflicts Saturday and I think we have lost contact with quite a few judges,” head coach Tim Leeds said. “We have tried to contact quite a few people who have judged for us in the past but haven’t gotten a response from them, and I know contact information for some others has changed and we don’t have their new numbers or emails.” Leeds said...
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
Havre Police Department A non-injury vehicle crash between a Toyota and a Nissan was reported at 9:54 a.m. Wednesday on Ridge Road. -- William Joseph Williams Jr. of Havre, 33, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a caller at a First Street West establishment reported a possible fight between a man and a woman Wednesday at 10:43 a.m. -- An arrest was made after a City Court caller asked to speak with an officer Wednesday at 2:42 p.m. No details on the charges...
I woke up grumpy. Not normal. Beautiful sunrise. Normal. After coffee and Qi Gong with Jim, I still felt out of sorts, no energy. I sat; he gonged. Decided to go to the doctor. Definitely not normal. Leo, who came to see if I needed anything from town, offered to take me and be my interpreter. “Do you want to see the cheap doctor or the good doctor?” “I don’t care. I just want to make sure I don’t have pneumonia.” The “cheap” doctors are those who are working off government...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights waited a long time to play a home match - over a month to be exact - but in their return to the Armory Gymnasium, the start to the match couldn't have gone any worse. Wednesday night inside the Armory Gymnasium, the Skylights played host to the 20th-ranked University of Providence Argos, and after falling behind 12-0 in the first set, the young Skylights were never able to recover. The Argos swept the Skylights by scores of...
While most sports fans are focused on football in late October, the truth is, in the NAIA, college basketball is right around the corner and for the Montana State University-Northern Lights, the opening game of the 2018-19 campaign comes this Saturday, inside the Armory Gymasnium against Salish-Kootenai College. When the Lights take the court Saturday at 6 p.m., it will be the official start of another season and for Justin Dunsmore, it will be the start of his final season...
Montana State University-Northern wrestling coach Tyson Thivierge always has high expectations for his team. And he's never afraid to put those goals and expectations on display. But as the Lights get ready to embark on the 2018-19 season, goals and expectations might just be at an all-time high because the Lights are loaded. Coming off a 2017-18 season in which Northern crowned five NAIA All-Americans, and all five finished in the top four at last year's national tourney,...
For many boys and girls in Montana, learning to hunt, having hunting passed down through the generations of their families, is a right of passage. And many youths grow up waiting, almost impatiently, for their turn to get out in the field. The addition of programs such as the Hunter Apprentice Program allows individuals as young as 10 years of age to obtain a certificate and purchase some general licenses to hunt without completion of hunter education for two years. This...
