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  • Club again wrapping gifts to fund providing gifts

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Dec 5, 2019

    The Havre High School Key Club annual Christmas gift wrapping starts Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Boyce and Berry Flowers, 327 Third St. “Christmas wrapping is an annual fundraiser that Havre High School Key Club runs in order to raise money to take families from Havre High Christmas shopping,” Havre High School math teacher and Key Club advisor Heather Haney said in an interview by email. “Students at Havre High School have aged out of the Salvation Army Angel Tree program, so we provide them with a Christmas that...

  • The Postscript: Transatlantic turnaround

    Carrie Classon|Updated Dec 5, 2019

    My husband, Peter, and I are returning from Spain by boat. The whole idea started when Peter read a book about the sinking of the Lusitania. “That sounds like fun!” Peter told me, as he read. “Death at sea?” I asked. “No, the part before that!” Peter clarified. Peter thought the idea of a cross-Atlantic ship sounded fun and romantic. He began investigating transatlantic trips and once Peter starts investigating a thing, it’s as good as done. Peter discovered that a number...

  • Correction: Forest Advisory Council meeting

    Updated Dec 4, 2019

    A press release in today’s edition of the Havre Daily News misreported the dates of a meeting of the Montana Forest Action Advisory Council. Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation issued a correction saying the meeting dates are Wednesday, Dec. 11, and Thursday, Dec. 12....

  • Local News - 'The Sounds of Christmas' set for Dec. 15

    Updated Dec 4, 2019

    Press release Hi-Line-area musicians have invited people to come to their annual musical gift, “The Sounds of Christmas.” The concert will be performed Sunday, Dec. 15, at 2 p.m in the Chester United Methodist Church and at 7 p.m. in the Rudyard Calvary Evangelical Church. All are invited to come join in the fellowship of Christmas...

  • Hill County wins judgment in Long Soldier case

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 4, 2019

    In a case that has gone back and forth in courts and the Montana Human Rights Bureau for most of the decade, the Montana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Hill County government is not liable in the death of A.J. Long Soldier while he was an inmate of the Hill County Detention Center in 2009. After Long Soldier, a basketball standout who helped the Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds capture a class C state championship in 2007, died Nov. 23, 2009, from complications of alcohol withdrawal syndrome while an being held at the...

  • High-speed chase ends in crash into house

    Derek Hann|Updated Dec 4, 2019

    An absconder from justice led law enforcement on a high-speed chase through Havre before he was apprehended Tuesday night after the vehicle he was in crashed into a house, and law enforcement is still looking for two other suspects. Franklin T. Caplette of Box Elder, 35, was being held this morning on charges of obstruction of a peace officer with a $335 bond, possession of dangerous drugs with no bond and a federal probation hold with no bond. A press release from the Hill County Sheriff’s Office said their office was c...

  • Salvation Army holiday programs, fundraisers, in full swing

    Derek Hann|Updated Dec 4, 2019

    With Christmas quickly approaching, Havre Salvation Army is looking for volunteers and donations to its annual Red Kettle Campaign. "The Salvation Army is still in desperate need of volunteer bell ringers," Havre Salvation Army Social Services Director Trina Crawford said. She added that the Salvation Army has a large amount of volunteer opportunities for the community, needing bell ringers at North 40 Outfitters, Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods and Holiday Village Mall. The...

  • Fundraiser for Toys for Tots set for Friday at Triple Dog

    Derek Hann|Updated Dec 4, 2019

    Havre again is participating in the U.S. Marine Corps Christmas drive Toys for Tots, and Triple Dog Brewing Co. is hosting a fundraiser Friday for the effort. Holiday Family Photo with Steve Helmbrecht of Helmbrecht Photography will start at Triple Dog Friday at 5 p.m. Organizers said everyone is welcome to the event. Photos are $25 for a 5- to 10-minute photo session with Helmbrecht. People will need to leave their emails with Helmbrecht and he will email the photos within three to four days in a digital image people can...

  • Workbenches installed in new electrical lab

    Updated Dec 4, 2019

    Jim Potter Montana State University-Northern Montana State University-Northern will soon be opening its new Greenlee AppleLab, which will allow the electrical program to offer advanced electrical and telecommunication certifications. This new lab has been in the planning and building stages for almost two years. Faculty and students recently assembles 12 workbenches with caster wheels and vices as well as the tools, which are demonstrated, on the Greenlee/National Coalition...

  • Northern hosts Montana Higher Education Consortium

    Updated Dec 4, 2019

    Jim Potter Montana State University-Northern Montana State University-Northern hosted the Montana Higher Education Consortium in November. The consortium brings together general and special education faculty members from all teacher training programs in the State of Montana with the Montana Office of Public Instruction to talk about the current shifts and trends in education. HEC has met twice a year, spring and fall, for the past 15 years to discuss critical issues and share...

  • Local News - Middle School holiday concert set for Dec. 12

    Updated Dec 4, 2019

    Press release Feliz Navidad! That is part of what people will hear Thursday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m. during the Havre Middle School Choir Concert, along with other songs from different cultures. The “Christmas Around the World” concert will feature the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade choirs, Spotlighters, and assorted solos and ensembles representing the French, Spanish, Caribbean, Jamaican, British, Russian, Ukrainian and American cultures. A piñata will be at the concert to help celebrate the festive holiday seas...

  • For the Record, Dec. 4, 2019

    Updated Dec 4, 2019

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a vehicle crash at 11th Street West and McKinley Avenue reported at 8:34 p.m. Tuesday. -- Kobe Allen Scott Miller of Havre, 19, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, driving without a driver's license, failure to carry proof of insurance and possession of drug paraphernalia, after a caller at a First Street West business reported a man passed out in a red SUV at the business at 3:19 a.m. today. Hill County...

  • Correction - Speaker tells stockgrowers to educate

    Updated Dec 4, 2019

    A Nov. 18 article on the front page of the Havre Daily News about a meeting of the North Central Montana Stockgrowers and the Montana State University-Northern Collegiate Stockgrowers reported speaker Lane Nordlund said Miss Montana USA Merissa Underwood canceled a tour of Montana farms and ranches. Gallatin Valley rancher Annabel Morgan, who originally invited Underwood to tour operations, said that was incorrect. Underwood is still willing to tour but Morgan decided this is not the right time but the tour still could...

  • Obituary - Gladys (McIntosh) Hulett

    Updated Dec 4, 2019

    Gladys (McIntosh) Hulett, born Oct. 13, 1924, died Nov. 23, 2019, at Northern Montana Care Center....

  • Help available to find right plan during health insurance open enrollment

    Updated Dec 4, 2019

    We are entering the holiday stretch. Many Montanans will spend extra special time with friends and family, giving thanks and reflecting on the previous year — and decade! During this time, our social medias flood with entertaining photos comparing how our hairstyles, families and communities have changed. All this celebration and reflection reminds us that what matters most usually are not things, but the people, community and connections in our lives. It is also a great time to talk with your loved ones about health i...

  • Five things to watch in local high school boys hoops

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 4, 2019

    The high school basketball season becomes official this weekend. And, the start of a new season is exciting for all boys basketball teams, but especially those on the Hi-Line. Just like in girls hoops, the Hi-Line always produces some of the best high school basketball in the state, and the 2018-19 season was no different as Chinook, Hays-Lodge Pole and Rocky Boy all played on the final weekend of the season. Of course, a new year means new teams may rise up, and this winter...

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Connor Harris, Havre Wrestling

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Dec 4, 2019

    Everyone is gearing up for the high school wrestling season, including Havre High senior Connor Harris. Harris will be back on the mat for his final season as a Blue Pony wrestler, where he hopes to finish his career at Havre on a high note. Harris has been committed to the mat since the second grade and his determination is second to none. Harris has placed third at the Class A state meet in each of the past three years, but this year he wants to take his skills to the top....

  • Friday is Market Facilitation Program signup deadline

    Updated Dec 4, 2019

    From USDA Farm Service Agency Montana The end of this week is the deadline for signup for the 2019 Market Facilitation Program. Signup runs through Friday. USDA recently announced the second tranche of MFP payments. Producers of MFP-eligible commodities will now be eligible to receive 25 percent of the total payment expected, in addition to the 50 percent they have already received. Most Montana counties have an MFP non-specialty payment rate of $15 per acre, and participants in counties with a $15 rate received their full...

  • Montana farmers incurring losses to unharvested crops due to early fall snowstorms may be eligible for WHIP+

    Updated Dec 4, 2019

    From USDA Farm Service Agency Montana WHIP+ may be available for eligible producers who have incurred eligible losses of certain crops, trees, bushes, and vines in counties where heavy snowfall occurred within the growing season. Eligible crops include those for which federal crop insurance or Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program, or NAP, coverage is available, excluding crops intended for grazing. For instance, producers that incurred losses on unharvested crops due to the early snowstorms this fall are encouraged to...

  • Local Bowling Report: Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving

    Julie Rodgers|Updated Dec 3, 2019

    Harvest Moon Lanes hopes everyone had a safe and Happy Thanksgiving. There were no leagues last Thursday. Sunday Keglers: DeAnne Mullner-Kalk, 154, Amanda Moomey, 197-473, Suener Springer, 151,181-466, Janet Robinson, 180,175-472, Jeania Stiles, 172, Kyndra Hall, 200,155-488, Julie Smith, 160,161, Michele Denny, 158, Wade Hofer, 200, Will Hinkle, 189, Chris Breum, 203, Jared Weigel, 182, Dustin Hoffman, 198-534, Bill Dougherty, 197, Mike Smith, 184, Fred Williams, 195. High...

  • Updated Nov 27, 2019

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