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Havre High School was placed on a lockout this morning after more troubling graffiti was discovered within the school. Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson said it is a police matter at this point and therefore was limited on what he could reveal. "Canceling school today is as much about us trying to put stuff in place so that we have a little better grasp," he said. "Obviously, we can't continue to operate the same way we've been operating. It's going to have an...
Two long-time acquaintances and collaboraters, even friends, faced off in this month's general election and had some comments about modern campaigning, the negative turn it has taken and what - if anything - can be done about it. Sen. Russ Tempel, R-Chester, and Havre Democrat Paul Tuss were talking about the campaign even before the interview in Havre started Sunday, commiserating about how to track down all of their campaign signs and how to get them removed. With a few...
Despite heading into the holiday season, the number of visitors to the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum has decreased, museum Director Emily Mayer said during the Clack Museum board meeting Monday night at Havre Inn and Suites. “Our numbers are not as well as I’d like them to be,” Mayer said. She said she is grateful to all who have stopped by the museum, though. “There will be opportunities for increased visitation as the holiday season goes on,” Mayer added. Several small events are scheduled to take place at Holiday V...
Bear Paw Volunteer Fire Department responded with four units and 11 firefighters to a structure fire reported Monday at about 11 a.m. on the 50000 Block of Sucker Creek Road. Bear Paw Fire Chief Josh Bebee said the fire in the dwelling was contained to the entry way area, but the house sustained significant smoke and heat damage. Cause of the fire is not known for certain, Bebee said, but he believes it was related to the wood stove in the kitchen. Havre Fire Department...
BROOKINGS, S.D. - Harland "Lindy" Wickstrom of Brookings, age 90, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at Covington Care Center in Sioux Falls. Memorial services will be 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, at First Presbyterian Church in Brookings. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Eidsness Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements. Lindy was born on June 22, 1928, to Harry and Maud (Beckstrom) Wickstrom in Craig, Nebraska. He was... Full story
Havre Police Department A caller reported a vehicle crash on Fifth Avenue at 7:58 a.m. Monday. -- Officers were called to Lincoln-McKinley Primary School at 3:11 p.m. Monday. -- Sarah J. Shields of Havre, 28, was arrested on a charge of criminal destruction of or tampering with a communication device after officers were called to a domestic disturbance on Third Street Monday at 7:32 p.m. -- Celestine Rose Plante of Havre, 36, was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct...
Press release The North Star speech and drama team traveled to Conrad Saturday, Nov. 10, and represented its team well. Out of 19 schools, the Knights placed fourth overall in Class C Speech. The North Star results are: In impromptu, Daniel Nerat placed third and Garret Pedersen took fourth. In spontaneous oral interpretation of literature, Aubrey Welch placed second, while Hayden Massar took home the first-place title in humorous oral interpretation of literature. Another team member, Ashley Otto made a great showing but...
Press release Winter is here and Havre Youth Baseball can’t play baseball so we decided to bowl with the Eighth Annual Jackpot Turkey Bowl. Havre Youth Baseball Association will be hosting their eighth annual jackpot bowling event fundraiser at Harvest Moon Lanes in Havre this Saturday. All skill levels of bowling are welcome to this event. People can hit colored pins to win money, prizes and maybe a turkey. A raffle for an AR223 rifle will be held and drawings will be held for men’s and women’s packages. Best Turke...
Twenty-nine-year-olds are generally focusing on their careers or budding families or enjoying life after college, but, one local resident, instead, is fighting to remain cancer free and has a fundraiser to let people help her do so. Sarah Gone, a member of the Fort Belknap Indian Community, was diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer April 4. Triple-negative breast cancer is diagnosed when a breast cancer screening comes back negative for both hormonal receptors - specifi...
Press release Last week, Northern Montan Health Care presented the Compassionately Achieving Remarkable Excellence - C.A.R.E. -Award - to Thora Beck, a member of the Information Systems Team at Northern Montana Hospital. Beck is a key member of that department, most recently spearheading their Patient Portal enrollment process. Beck was nominated by several of her co-workers. She was lauded for being a team player as well as recognized for her willingness to step up and help...
Press release Three staff members of Havre Optometric Clinic, Brandi Morgan, Amanda Vandegenchte, and Ericka Richardson, have earned national certification as paraoptometrics. The three passed the Commission on Paraoptometric Certification professional examination. This program was developed by a respected panel of American Optometric Association paras and optometrists, created to encourage continuing education and knowledge as the field of optometric assisting grows. The AOA...
The elections are over and many will probably say they are happy to have it over with: the calls at dinner time, the basket full of flyers and knocks at your door in the middle of the evening news. As a candidate, we also get to a point of feeling that campaign grind. As I pulled the last “Vote Tempel” sign from the ground, Judy said, “This is it.” My wife of 48-plus years has been a real trooper in all of this; have to love this gal. My kids have also been very instrumental in my campaign, not only keeping me on task an...
A cold wind blew through Montana last Saturday, and by late afternoon, it had swept away what was left of the Frontier Conference football season. And what a season it turned out to be. For the second straight year, only the league champion reached the NAIA playoffs, but even that turned into an interesting scenario as Rocky Mountain College dropped its final game of the season to Montana Tech last Saturday in Billings. Rocky still captured the outright Frontier championship...
The Montana State University-Northern Men’s basketball teams traveled out of state to Idaho this past weekend to take part in the Lewis and Clark State Tournament. In the first contest Friday in Lewiston, Idaho, the Lights took on New Hope Christian College and used dominant efforts on both ends of the floor to win, going away 122-55. MSU-N turned around Saturday and took on the College of Idaho, a national semifinalist in NAIA Division II a season ago, yet in that matchup, N...
Former Havre High four-time state champion Parker Filius is getting his first year as a varsity starter for the Purdue Boilermakers off to a great start. On Sunday, Filius captured the 149-pound championship at the Journeyman Collegiate Classic in New York. The title was part of a big weekend for Filius who also went 2-0 in duals for the Boilermakers. On Saturday, Purdue clobbered Bloomsburg College and Drexel in duals, with Filius going 2-0 at 149. He won both his matches by...
