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In the state of Montana and along the Hi-Line, basketball is a way of life. And after months of waiting, since last March to be exact, high school hoops is just about back. Of course, the two local teams that performed better than any other a season ago, were Hays-Lodge Pole and Box Elder. The two District 9C teams made it back to the Class C boys state tournament after battling each other in epic showdowns in the district and divisional championship games. However, other...
When Havre High wrestler Tyler Schaub won an individual state title at 205 pounds in 2016, it seemed like the sophomore was poised to see the top of the podium, at least a couple more times. After all, it was hard to see who or what would stop Schaub from becoming a three-time state champion and a four-time medalist. On the football field, he also had the look of a two-way All-State performer. However, about halfway through his junior season of football, one that would...
Havre Daily News staff A Pizza Hut benefit is set for Thursday for a man who was seriously injured when he fell off a roof while trying to open a vent. Henry Skones, who works at the Havre Community Pool and is the 21-year caregiver for Kasey Van Valkenburg, was seriously injured including breaking multiple bones when he fell from the roof of the pool Nov. 10. He was flown to Benefis Hospital in Great Falls, has had multiple surgeries and is improving but has a long way to go...
A Box Elder man who allegedly robbed someone of an AK-47 rifle at gunpoint back in March is recently accused of stealing a car in Great Falls and leading tribal police on a chase before crashing into a pole. Dakota Blackelk Houle, born in 1996, is charged with felony theft. He is scheduled to appear in District Court in Havre Monday to enter a plea on the new charges and for a hearing on a petition to revoke his release on previous charges. Charging court documents say Rocky...
A BNSF Railway train hit a vehicle Tuesday night in Rudyard, BNSF and law enforcement officials said this morning. The collision happened at 9:14 p.m. at the Rudyard Main Street crossing, and no one was injured, Montana Highway Patrol dispatch and a BNSF spokesperson said. The type of vehicle struck was not available. BNSF Public Affairs Director Ross Lane said one occupant was in the vehicle. Before the impact, the gates and lights were working and activated, and the engineering crew sounded the warning whistle. He did not...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated after a First Street West business caller requested Tuesday at 2:28 p.m. to speak to an officer about an employee theft. —— Officers investigated after a 14th Avenue caller reported Tuesday at 10:10 p.m. that her apartment was broken into and an Xbox was stolen. —— Officers investigated a no show complaint related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation Tuesday at 10:22 p.m. —— Officers issued summonses to a 15- and a 17-year-old for identical charges of juvenile curfew violation a...
Editor, I would like to take this time of thankfulness to express my thanks to the volunteers that help out with the blood draw held at St. Jude’s every other month. They are the Lions Club, Jaycees, Eagles, Knight of Columbus, Fifth Avenue Christian Church, NorthWestern Energy, Wells Fargo Bank, Stockman Bank, Havre Rotary, Independence Bank, Steve Mariani Insurance & Financial, First Lutheran Women, Methodist Women, TOPS 0480 and Messiah Lutheran Women. Also a special thanks to St. Jude’s for the use of their fel...
A Harlem man received three years probation for his part in a large meth-selling operation about which he also divulged operational information to investigators. Chaska N. Earthboy, born in 1987, received a three-year deferred imposition of sentence for the offenses of felony criminal possession with intent to distribute and felony use or possession of property subject to criminal forfeiture. He was also ordered to pay a $1,176 drug storage fine and waive any interest in the $5,351 seized as a result of a July 2, 2016 bust. T...
Karen Colleen Scalese Sloan was born Dec. 19, 1941, in Chester, MT. She was the eldest of three children born to Hales Scalese and Ambjorg Jeppesen Scalese. She grew up on the family ranch in the Sweetgrass Hills and graduated from Oilmont High School in 1959. Karen attended nurses training through Montana State College in Havre and Great Falls and became a registered nurse. She worked in Chester for several years before moving to Hawaii to work at the Queen's Hospital in Hono...
Delores E. Tudor, 87, passed away at Renaissance Senior Care due to natural causes Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 1, 2017, at Immanuel Baptist Church with Pastor Chris Richards officiating. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Delores' online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com. Delores was born July 29, 1930, in...
Press Release The U.S. Department of Agriculture Montana Farm Service Agency has reminded farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers that the deadline in FSA county committee elections is rapidly approaching. The elections began Nov. 6 with the mailing of ballots. Eligible voters must return ballots to their local FSA offices by Monday to ensure that their vote is counted. Producers who have not received their ballot should pick one up at their local FSA office. allots returned by mail must be postmarked no later...
Editor’s note: The computer program provided by the Montana state government to print media reports on court actions does not always list all fines assessed. The following cases were resolved by Havre City Judge Virginia Seigel in May. —— Sean Ryan Runsthrough, born in 1985, was sentenced to 365 days in jail, 362 days suspended and three credited, for partner or family member assault, first offense. In a later case, Runsthrough was sentenced to 10 days in jail, nine days suspended and one credited, for disorderly conduct and...
Editor’s note: The computer program provided by the Montana state government to print media reports on court actions does not always list all fines assessed. The following cases were resolved in Hill County Justice Court by Judge Audrey Barger in May. —— Randi Lynn Parker, born in 1983, was given a deferred imposition of sentence, fined $100, ordered to pay $221.34 restitution and sentenced to three days in jail, all days credited, for theft, obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property, first offense. —— Vi...
The Challenge Tournament is scheduled for Jan. 13 at Harvest Moon Lanes. Anyone planning to bowl the New Year’s Eve Jackpot can call and reserve lanes now. The cost is $20 per person and bowling starts promptly at 8 p.m. and ends at 11. Lots of chase prizes to be given out. Payment is due upon time of reservation. No one under 18 is allowed that night. Lindsey Brendgord, 226, and Julie Rodgers, 551, were the women's high scores for the week. Nick Turner, 279 and 708, had b...
