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It was an emotional day for the 2016 Montana State University-Northern seniors. But, the College of Idaho Yotes zapped some of that emotion inside Blue Pony Stadium. The Yotes scored on their first possession of the game, and led from start to finish in a 31-13 win over the Lights Saturday afternoon in Havre. In the season finale for both teams, Northern finished at 1-8, while C of I improved to 3-8. Despite a big day from star senior Zach Mckinley, who rushed for over 150...
MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS — Montana authorities have taken the first step toward revoking the probation of a man who was granted clemency by the governor last year in a 1979 murder and then jailed this week for allegedly violating a restraining order. Barry Beach appeared in court Thursday via video from the Yellowstone County jail on a probation violation stemming from the violation of the restraining order. Justice of the Peace David Carter set a $50,000 bond for his release. Beach’s attorney rejected the lat...
MATT VOLZ Associated Press HELENA — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock said Thursday that he will consult with the state’s Native American leaders before fulfilling any future requests for law-enforcement assistance at the site of an oil pipeline protest near a reservation in North Dakota. Conditions near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation have changed since he approved the last request from North Dakota in October as part of a compact between states to assist in emergencies, Bullock said in a statement. Then, the state sent 10 hig...
Gary Hall served in the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam in the '70s. Elly Rennick served in the U.S. Women's Army Corps in the Korean War in the '50s. Hall was drafted, Rennick volunteered. Hall flew C130s and was shot at with missiles. Rennick kept books and ordered food for every U.S. soldier who set foot on Okinawa. Thursday they both sat down in Northern Montana Care Center to talk about their time in the military. Hall, who is in a wheelchair, is 100 percent disabled, a diabeti...
BILLINGS (AP) — A Billings contractor has been convicted of defrauding the Chippewa Cree Tribe and bribing tribal officials to get preferential treatment for $2.5 million in federally funded contracts. A jury found Kevin McGovern guilty of conspiracy and scheme to defraud the tribe and the federal government and bribery. His company, CMG Construction, was convicted of the same charges. McGovern is accused of paying kickbacks to tribal officials in exchange for noncompetitive and unadvertised construction contracts for p...
Press release Havre’s Triple Dog Brewing Co. is joining other breweries around the state next week in a fundraiser for the Montana Food Bank Network. Triple Dog is donating a portion of its proceeds in sales Wednesday to the food bank network. The Havre brewery is one of 21 Montana breweries participating in the food bank fundraiser. The event starts in Bozeman Monday and zigzags around the state, ending in Philipsburg Nov. 17. The weeklong event, put together by the Montana Food Bank Network, is the first of its kind in t...
By Emily Mayer The 1916 election was over, and the newspapers published the vote count in their editions. Incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson won handily in what was then Hill County, which at the time included all of what is now Liberty County. Miss Jeannette Rankin made an honorable showing, trailing Evans by only about 200 votes. Sam Ford carried Hill County for attorney general. Morris won the state senator seat, and Dr. Arthur Husser was to serve as state representative. Did Montana pass the Prohibition...
Press release Reach Higher Montana is urging students to go online to apply for scholarships for their college education. “Receiving a scholarship award is about so much more than the money,” said Kelly Cresswell, Executive Director, Reach Higher Montana, in announcing that as many as 75 Reach Higher Montana scholarships will be awarded this year. “When students are awarded scholarships, they know that someone beyond their immediate family believes in their potential and wants to see them succeed.” Scholarships are an impo...
On July 17, 2012, while on patrol with his team in Afghanistan, Bo Reichenbach of Lockwood, who is now a retired Navy SEAL from Team Two, stepped on a 20 pound IED buried in a field. He lost both legs above the knee leaving him a double amputee. The loss of his legs did not stop Bo or slow his determination to excel in life proven by the fact that he is currently goalie for the US National Sled Hockey Team and will be going to South Korea in 2018 to play hockey for the U.S. in the Paralympics. Bo also coaches his son...
Anybody who knows me well knows I already have a pretty solid repertoire of swear words and the last thing I need, suffering under the stress of this week, is another four-letter word to sprinkle into my conversations like red chilis on pizza. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not trying to brag. I simply took to cussing as a natural. It was obvious that, even as a first-grader, my grasp of grammatically proper usage of cuss words in a variety of situations was advanced well beyond my peers’. We can all thank my dad for that. I’m s...
