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  • The Latigo playing in Havre

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Harlem band The Latigo is performing at Old Station Brewing Co. Saturday, from 6 to 8 p.m. “We all look forward to playing in Havre and can’t wait to see y’all at one or all of our playing engagements,” band member Steve Warburton said. He said the band is welcoming a young man, Xavier Davies, to help them out on the guitar at Old Station. He added that the band has been around for at least 10 years and performs mostly country and country-rock with some classic rock type of music. “The members have been playing music for...

  • Pizzini honored for nursing instruction at Northern

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    A Montana State University-Northern nursing instructor was honored recently for her work in nursing and in teaching. Mary Pizzini received the Pure Gold Award in Bozeman from Montana State University President Waded Cruzado. Northern nursing student Blair Tymchuk said Pizzini deserves this award, and she was the one who nominated her. "She is the best kind of professor. She cares about her students and she wants us to succeed and she wants to share her knowledge," Tymchuk said...

  • Working together to stop the feral swine threat

    Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Farming and hunting are two of the defining qualities of Montana. For decades, hunters and landowners have worked together to maintain our public wildlife, our working agricultural lands and our outdoor heritage. Landowners know hunters are the best management tool for wildlife; hunters appreciate the habitat and access that our farmers and ranchers provide. That strong relationship is as essential as ever in the fight against the newest threat to Montana: invasive feral swine. Montana currently has no confirmed cases of inva...

  • Community Thanksgiving Dinner prep underway

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    The organizers of the annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner are looking for volunteers for the dinner and to deliver takeout meals, and is inviting everyone to join the holiday celebration Thanksgiving Day. "Volunteers are key, the dinner is 100 percent run by the volunteers," Community Thanksgiving Dinner Chairperson Debi Rhines said. She added that the volunteer opportunities are Wednesday, Nov. 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. or Thursday, Nov. 28 from 8 a.m. to 4...

  • Edward Jones teams with Salvation Army for Toys for Tots

    Derek Hann|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Toys for Tots is coming back to Havre again for a second year, partnering with the Havre Salvation Army with hopes of continuing and growing in the years to come. “Ultimately, what I wanted was to see the program stay in Havre,” Edward Jones Financial Advisor and organizer Jeniffer Tilleman said. “I think this is the best way to go about it.” After the Havre Jaycees announced it would be moving away from its Community Toy Chest program, so it could focus on the organization’s other programs and projects, Tilleman worked la...

  • Havre Elks holding blanket drive to help warm the holidays

    Pam Burke|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Havre Elks Lodge #1201 is working to help people with bedding and blankets to spare or share get the bedding to those who who need it with the group’s 2019 Blanket Drive. The service event started out as solely a blanket drive, organizer Brandy Kurtz said, but last year people who were cleaning out or downsizing homes contacted her at the same time the blanket drive was accepting donations, asking if they could donate other bedding sets. The response to the change was big, K...

  • Town Pump food bank fundraiser nearing end

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    The Town Pump Charitable Foundation is in the middle of their “Be A Friend In Deed, Help Those In Need” annual campaign to raise money in Montana, including for the Havre Food Bank. Town Pump Charitable Foundation Director Bill McGladdery said the campaign is a way for the foundation to partner with food banks across the state to help them raise funds for operating expenses. The campaign started Oct. 1 and will run through Saturday, Nov. 30. “Food banks do very well receiving canned goods and other food products, but they...

  • Veterans Giving Tree

    Pam Burke|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Modeled after the Angel Trees that help provide Christmas presents or meals to families, the Veterans Giving Tree, organized by Havre Elks Lodge #1201, is specifically to help veterans during the Christmas season. Organizer Brandy Kurtz said the Elks Lodge has a tree decorated with tags that include the name of area veterans and up to three needs each. Sponsors can take one, two, or three of the tags to fulfill those needs for the veteran for Christmas. Started last year,...

  • Havre police share Christmas with Shop with a Cop

    Derek Hann|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Havre Police Department is hosting its annual Shop with a Cop event Dec. 14, to allow children to pick out gifts for their families and clothing items they will need during the winter months. Sgt. Jesse Eller said he has given out applications to a number of Havre schools but people can also pick up applications at the Havre Police Station. All applications must be submitted by Dec. 10. Anyone in the area can apply. The program picks 10 children who are in need and takes them to Walmart where they have an opportunity to go...

  • Extension holding gardening workshops in December, January

    Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Press Release The Montana State University-Hill County Extension Service will be holding a series of gardening workshops this winter. The workshops are designed to provide some of the basics for the beginning gardener and also provide some useful information for the more experienced gardener. Extension will have four workshops to begin with: • Soils and Home Composting Dec. 18, Timmons Room Hill County Courthouse. • Lawns and Flower Beds, Jan. 7, Havre Hill County Library. • Vegetable Gardens, Jan. 14, Havre Hill Count...

  • Youth groups conducting blanket drive

    Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Havre Daily News staff The Torch and Keystone clubs at Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line are trying to help keep people warm this winter. The youth service clubs are conducting a blanket drive as part of #GivingTuesdayKids. The clubs will donate the blankets to various entities around Havre. Collection boxes will be out at Havre Middle School and Havre High School, Gary & Leo’s Fresh Foods and the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line. The boxes will be out until Tuesday. The clubs thanked Valley Furniture for donating the c...

  • Letter to the Editor - Daines and Gianforte must take immediate action on CSKT Compact

    Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Editor, The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe Water Compact took over a decade to negotiate with water users on and off the CSKT nation. The CSKT will protect the rights of water users across Montana. It passed the Montana Legislature with bipartisan support and was signed by the governor in 2015. All major ag organizations support the CSKT. The first letter I sent as president of Montana Farmers Union was to Sen. Steve Daines asking him to reintroduce the CSKT Water Compact. Sen. Jon Tester had introduced the CSKT...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: The rain in Spain(ish) and assorted nonsense

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Rain, “lluvia” in Español, pinging on my Mexican tile roof, sounds like the clatter of typewriter keys hitting the platen. Do you remember that rapidly rattling noise? Woe is me. These old bones are having a down in the damps kind of day. Two tropical depressions off the Pacific coast ganged up to slather the sky with black clouds, each pregnant with rain. Rain every single day since my party a week ago. Rain in November! This is the dry season — isn’t it? I am contrary...

  • For the Record, Nov. 21, 2019

    Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Havre Police Department A caller reported Wednesday at 10:43 a.m. that someone had run into a speed limit sign near the cemetery. -- Wednesday at 2:25 p.m., a television was reported stolen from Eighth Street. -- A McKinley Avenue caller reported Wednesday at 6:31 p.m. a mailbox was knocked off. Hill County Sheriff's Office Jesse Shane Valdez of Havre, 24, was arrested on a state District Court warrant, served at Hill County Detention Center Wednesday at 1:15 p.m. -- Stephen...

  • Back on the Mat: Lights host Knights

    George Fergson|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    The Montana State University-Northern Lights enjoy wrestling in the friendly confines of the Armory Gymnasium. And the Lights are already off to a 1-0 start in home duals. But the Lights will really want to make the most out of tonight because, after their Cascade Conference clash with Warner Pacific, they won't be back at home again until Feb. 7. The 17th-ranked Lights take on the Knights tonight at 7, and head coach Tyson Thivierge expects a tough battle. "Warner Pacific is...

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Tigert running for all of Northern

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Montana State University-Northern cross country has had quite the season this year. From intense courses and running in a blizzard to a conference showdown in Billings, the Northern harriers have been good. But there is still one more big thing that happened on the women's team - having freshman Allison Tigert compete in the NAIA Nationals in Vancouver, Washington Friday. Tigert was the only individual runner to earn an at-large berth out of the Frontier Conference and could...

  • Parker Filius off to a strong start

    George Fergson|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Now in his second varsity season at NCAA Division I Purdue, former Havre Blue Pony great Parker Filius is off to an outstanding start. Filius, who wrestles at 141 pounds for the Boilermakers this season, is 6-1 thus far on the year, and just recently beat former Belgrade Panther star Sawyer Degen, 7-4 in a dual at North Dakota State. Degen and Filius are both former four-time Class A state champions, though Filius had only competed against Degen's older brother, Jarrett,...

  • Per usual, local Cat-Griz fans sticking to their side of Montana's Great Divide

    George Fergson|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    It so many ways, Havre is unique. In many ways, it's unlike anywhere else in Montana. However, there is one way in which Havre is no different than pretty much every town in Montana minus Missoula and Bozeman. Havre is a town divided. That's right, no matter who says otherwise, when it comes to the great football rivalry between Montana and Montana State, Havre does not lean heavily one way or another. Oh, best believe fans of both sides of the rivalry will try to lay claim...

  • There have been some great Brawls lately

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Montana 36, Montana State 10 - 2011, Bozeman It was set up as a coronation for the newly top-ranked Bobcats, but the No. 7 Griz took command in the second half behind Dan Moore and Peter Nguyen. Moore rushed for 116 yards, including a 37-yard touchdown to put UM up 29-7 at 5:37 of the third quarter. Nguyen ran for 123, including a 21-yard run to cap the scoring with 9:28 left, and send many of the record crowd of 20,247 at an expanded Bobcat Stadium for the exits. Griz...

  • 2020 Business Days set at the Capitol

    Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Press release Montana Chamber of Commerce has invited businesses to its Platinum celebration of Business Days at the Capitol. The event begins at noon Monday, Jan. 6, with a special luncheon followed by seminars at the Best Western Premier Helena Great Northern Hotel. In the evening, Chamber is hosting the annual Lawmaker Appreciation Reception and Banquet at the Helena Civic Center. Day Two kicks off the morning of Jan. 7 with the traditional Eggs and Issues breakfast, where the legislative leadership will discuss interim...

  • Miller joins staff of Havre Anderson ZerMuehlen

    Updated Nov 21, 2019

    Press release Chad Miller, CPA, CVA and shareholder, recently relocated from the Anderson ZurMuehlen Bozeman office to the company office in Havre. Miller has more than 20 years of experience providing tax and consulting services to his clients. He has significant experience with income tax planning and preparation for individuals, corporations, partnerships and trusts. He has extensive consulting and advising experience in accounting and bookkeeping and provides management...