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  • Bride goes to trial in Glacier Park newlywed death

    Matt Volz The Associated Press|Updated Dec 8, 2013

    HELENA (AP) — The bride was having second thoughts eight days after the wedding, sparking an argument between the newlywed couple that carried from their Kalispell home to a popular trail in Glacier National Park. Only Jordan Graham left the park alive the night of July 7. Now it will be up to a jury to decide what happened and whether the 22-year-old woman should be convicted of murder in the death of Cody Johnson. Graham's trial begins Monday in U.S. District Court in Missoula with jury selection and is expected to last o...

  • Churches, students rally behind local families

    John Kelleher|Updated Dec 8, 2013
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    Last year, Havre Middle School student Dylan Hendrickson was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was flown to Seattle to undergo chemotherapy. With prayers, moral support and fundraisers from the community, he battled back from the dread disease. He made marked improvement and was an active participant in the annual Relay for Life program in Havre in June, taking part in the survivors walk. But when Dylan went back for his six-month checkup, doctors discovered that the...

  • Havre Invite: Time to hit the mat

    Daniel Horton|Updated Dec 6, 2013

    Every year, the Havre High wrestling team kicks off a new season with the Havre Invitational at the Havre High gymnasium. This year is no exception, and the Blue Ponies will do so while facing what could be one of the toughest opening weekends in the state. Today through Saturday, the Ponies will welcome in about 15 teams. Round-robin action was set to begin today at 1 p.m. and the day will end with the first round of the tournament portion of the weekend. Tournament action...

  • Our View: Hi-Line darts and laurels, December 6, 2013

    Updated Dec 6, 2013

    Our View: Hi-Line darts and laurels Laurel — Very rarely has anything that passes Congress been so well received in Montana as U.S. Rep Steve Daines’ legislation to allow hydropower operations on the Milk River. Virtually everyone who has anything to do with the Milk River approves of it. Laurel — The Hi-Line has been blessed for a good number of years by having Philip Aaberg living in Chester. The world-renowned pianist has brought lots of attention to our area and has been an active part of the community by taking part...

  • When the Milk River overflowed, part 2

    Keith J. Doll|Updated Dec 6, 2013

    The Havre Flood Control Project was divided in two sections - section one being the Bull Hook Unit and section two being the Milk River Unit. The Havre Daily News reported that the Bull Hook and Milk River units would provide flood protection for 1,278 residences, 152 businesses, 35 public buildings, highways in the area, streets, bridges, railroad and utilities. In January 1954, the endeavor was started to get preliminary work funds for building the dike along the Milk...

  • The root past my dentist phobia

    Pam Burke|Updated Dec 6, 2013
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    Fissures, deep cracks or narrow crevices, are the root of all my dentist phobias. Well, fissures and my mother. Or, rather, fissures and my mother and being born a decade too early. Or maybe it should be fissures and my mother and being born a decade too early and my first dentist. I had cavities when I was a little kid, lots of cavities. My molars were plagued by them, and their appearance seemed to have no correlation with the amount or quality of brushing I did. After the...

  • Havre of the past: In 1898, criticisms of Jim Hill

    Emily Mayer|Updated Dec 6, 2013

    The newspaper for this week in 1893 is again not on microfilm, so we return to 1898 when Havre had been incorporated for only five years. Dudley Axtell, editor and publisher of The Milk River Eagle, was clearly not happy regarding a recent visit from Jim Hill. Criticisms of Mr. Hill are not commonly found in local publications, and this one appeared on the front page of the December 2, 1898 issue, complete with misspelling: Jim Hill Jim Hill was in town. Hill is president of...

  • Hays man wins $50,000 in lottery

    John Kelleher|Updated Dec 6, 2013

    A Hays man has claimed a $50,000 winning ticket in the Montana Lottery. Timothy Werk won the Scratch prize when he played "Slingo Trio" with a ticket he purchased at Holiday, 200 1st St. W. in Havre. Werk refused comment on his winnings....

  • MSU-Northern celebrates Christmas

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Dec 6, 2013

    The Campus Holiday Party at Montana State University-Northern invited Havre and neighbors to come to the food court, have supper with one another and celebrate Christmas. Chancellor James Limbaugh and his wife, Trish, greeted people at the door of the food court at Northern as they filed in to enjoy a hearty meal of pasta, vegetables and roast. The event was open to the community and entertainment was supplied to the children who came to the dinner. Children could visit the...

  • Museum to host a Dinosaur Christmas

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 6, 2013

    Some special visitors are at the H. Earl Clack Museum, inviting people to a special Christmas event. Christmas dinosaurs are now at the museum. "They're there to advertise our Christmas event a week from Saturday," Clack Museum Board Chair Judi Dritshulas said. She said Clack Foundation Board member Thora Beck and her husband, Ken Beck, and son, Trevor, made the festive dinosaurs to put in the museum. Dritshulas said the event the festive dinosaurs are promoting, A Dinosaur...

  • Speaker talks about dangers of drugs

    John Paul Schmidt|Updated Dec 6, 2013

    Community members and students visited Havre Middle School Thursday night to hear about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. The speech Marlando Sparks gave Thursday was entitled "The Power of One," and the main topic was about how one person can alter the life of a teenager by challenging and supporting them, Sparks said. Sparks began his talk with a video that showed many photos of people using hard drugs and the side effects of doing so, interlaced with short videos and clips...

  • Adrian C. Doll

    Updated Dec 6, 2013

    Adrian C. Doll, 93, of Havre was called home by our heavenly Father on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Adrian was born on March 6, 1920, in Perham, Minn., to Edward and Mary Doll. He was the oldest of 11 children. After eighth grade Adrian left school to work on the family farm. Then as a young man he left Perham seeking work in Oregon. After working odd jobs along the way to pay for the trip he spent a short time in Oregon until the work ended. He left Oregon for Montana to visit...

  • For the Record, December 6, 2013

    Updated Dec 6, 2013

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated an 8:28a.m. Wednesday call from a 1st Street West business about a vehicular hit and run in the parking lot. ——— Officers investigated a 5:53 p.m. Wednesday call from a 1st Street recreational vehicle park about a white Ford diesel flat-bed truck driving off with $84.14 in fuel without paying. ——— Jason Richard Delorme, 32, of Havre, was arrested on a charge of trespassing after officers responded to a 10:48 p.m. Wednesday call from 10th Street requesting assistance with the ca...

  • Lights slow down Pronghorns

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 6, 2013

    Last month, the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team had an all-out battle with the Lethbridge Pronghorns north of the border … a game the Lights escaped from with a two-point victory. Thursday night, the rematch was no contest, and while the Pronghorns were without several key players, it would have made little difference as the No. 24 Lights blitzed Lethbridge 87-61 in the Armory Gymnasium. It may have been ice cold outside, but was Northern was red...

  • Griz geared up for frosty playoff game

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 6, 2013

    The last time the Montana Grizzlies were on a football field, they were celebrating a 28-14 triumph over Montana State in the 113th Brawl of the Wild, but with a week off before the second round of the Football Championship Subdivision, that day in Bozeman seems like a long time ago. Now, however, the No. 4 Griz (10-2) are raring to get back at it, and their return to the playoffs starts Saturday when they host the No. 11 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (10-2) in the second...

  • Lights ready to rise at the Battle of the Rockies

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 6, 2013

    The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team had a well-deserved week of rest after a busy month of November, which saw the Lights win four duals and compete in three different tournaments. But now it’s time to get back on the mat and the No. 2 Lights have their sights set on the Battle of the Rockies this weekend in Great Falls. Northern comes into the weekend 5-1 in duals this season, but today, the Lights will battle three nationally ranked foes. Northern squares o...

  • Skylights head north for non-league games

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 6, 2013

    After an important win over Carroll College to open Frontier Conference play, the Montana State University-Northern women’s basketball team heads back on the road. Northern (7-0) will be in Camrose, Alberta, tonight and Saturday to take on the University of Alberta-Augustana. Tonight’s game tips off at 6 and Saturday’s game is scheduled for 1 p.m. MSU-N, which has only suffered losses in three exhibition games against NCAA teams this season, got its Frontier schedule off t...