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Articles from the December 18, 2019 edition


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  • Little Shell recognition passes finish line, heads to president

    Derek Hann|Updated Dec 19, 2019

    Editor’s note: This version corrects that Sen. Jon Tester’s Little Shell recognition bills have never been brought up for consideration in the Senate, not that they were voted down. A bill containing federal recognition of The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians passed Congress Tuesday and is on its way to the president's desk. Little Shell tribal Chair Gerald Gray said Tuesday that the fight to get the Little Shell Tribe federally recognized has been going on for more tha...

  • Rocky Boy police ask for help in hit and run investigation

    Updated Dec 18, 2019

    Press release Police are asking the public for help after the death of a juvenile female in a hit-and-run on Laredo Road near the intersection to Upper Box Elder Road in Box Elder Montana. The Rocky Boy Police Department responded 11:11 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, to a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Laredo Road. After officers arrived on scene, they found an unresponsive female laying on the shoulder of the roadway. Medical attention was attempted but the girl, iden...

  • For the Record, Dec. 18, 2019

    Updated Dec 18, 2019

    Havre Police Department The Havre Police Department was experiencing technical difficulties and unable to provide its dispatch log by printing deadline this morning. Information provided will be included in Thursday's For the Record. Hill County Sheriff The Hill County Sheriff's Office dispatch log reported no arrests made Monday. Havre Fire Department Havre Fire Department emergency medical technicians responded to five calls Tuesday. Havre Animal Shelter The Havre shelter...

  • Quick Pics: Havre High celebrates winter in music

    Updated Dec 18, 2019

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  • Fair board hears manager report, update on office roof

    Rachel Jamieson|Updated Dec 18, 2019

    The Great Northern Fair Board held its monthly meeting Tuesday and heard the fair manager's report and discussed updates on upcoming events happening at the fairgrounds and news about the fair office building. Fairgrounds Manager Frank English said he has been working on plowing and shoveling snow on the grounds, winterized the former building of the H. Earl Clack Museum which the board remodeled this year to house the fairgrounds office, working on fairground's budget with...

  • Eagles out on streets to collect Christmas cheer

    Derek Hann|Updated Dec 18, 2019

    The Havre Eagle Riders Club will be hitting the streets today to help raise money and collect toys for the Havre Eagles Club toy drive and the Community Christmas Party. “Even if it’s a buck, it’s all good,” Havre Eagle Rider Head Trustee Lyle Bender said. He added that the Eagle Riders will be starting at the Eagle’s Club at 11 a.m. and will be going around to businesses in the area asking if they would be willing to make a donation. He said that any organization or individual is allowed to join them. Toys can be droped of...

  • Agenda - Havre City-County Airport Board

    Updated Dec 18, 2019

    Havre City-County Airport Board will meet at the airport terminal Thursday at 3 p.m. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of Nov. 21 minutes. 2. Correspondence. 3. Reports: (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer - DOWL a. Taxiway and apron area projec tupdate 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) Big Hangar Repair Status a. Siding (B) Board Policies and Procedures 6. New business 7. Approval of December claims....

  • The Postscript: Christmas at the greenhouse

    Carrie Classon|Updated Dec 18, 2019

    It is the tender cusp of Christmas. It is that time when emotions run close to the overfill point, when sentimentality and anger and depression and euphoria mix freely together, with not enough space between them to tell the difference from one moment to the next. I am visiting my parents — and of course this does not help. My parents are doing well (thank you for asking). They are in their 80s now, still living in their dream cabin in the woods and, although I know they a...

  • Registration now open for Montana's Next Generation Conference set for Jan. 31-Feb. 1 in Shelby

    Updated Dec 18, 2019

    From MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Registration is now open for the 2020 Montana’s Next Generation Conference. The conference, which will take place in Shelby Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, will focus on business planning for the farm or ranch and production workshops. The conference will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at the Coyote Club and Events Center, 137 Main St. Dan Manternach, agriculture economist, will begin the event with a lecture, “The Big Picture in Ag,” to be followed that afternoon with “Financial Managemen...

  • MSU's Schutter Diagnostic Lab releases first in educational video series

    Updated Dec 18, 2019

    From MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension’s Schutter Diagnostic Lab, the core of MSU’s Integrated Pest Management Program, released the first three in a series of educational videos earlier this month outlining the services the lab provides. The lab, which works closely with MSU’s College of Agriculture, helps growers identify and manage pest problems using multiple methods rather than relying solely on pesticides. This integrated pest management approach seeks to incorporate knowledge of pest li...

  • Registration Open: 2020 Soil Health Innovations Conference March 30-31 in Bozeman

    Updated Dec 18, 2019

    From USDA Farm Service Agency Montana In March 2020, the inaugural Soil Health Innovations Conference will bring together leading experts and innovative farmers from around the U.S. to share the latest in soil science, best practices in soil management and the emerging technologies that will drive the future of sustainable and regenerative agriculture. The National Center for Appropriate Technology is sponsoring the conference in cooperation with USDA Rural Development, Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education...

  • MSU Extension to offer cropping seminars Jan. 6-10 in Golden Triangle

    Updated Dec 18, 2019

    From MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension will host a free, annual cropping seminar series Jan. 6-10 in Fort Benton, Stanford, Havre, Chester, Shelby, Cut Bank, Conrad, Choteau and Great Falls. Speakers will cover crop diseases and management, oilseed crops, cropping decision tools and international markets and world supply and demand. Both commercial and private pesticide licensing recertification credits will be available. Mary Burrows, MSU plant pathology specialist, will speak about fungicide e...

  • Local Bowling Report: Happy Holidays keglers

    Julie Rodgers|Updated Dec 18, 2019

    Harvest Moon Lanes would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy Holidays. High Scores for the Week. Men's game, Brett Preeshl, 244, Series, Jason McDonald, 609. Women's Game and Series was Christy Holden, 204-559. Split Pickers were Kelsey Mariani, 5-10, Katie Daniel, 5-10, Lynette Harada, 4-7-10, Beth Courtnage, 8-7, Donna Mangold, 4-6, Doug Watson, 3-6-7-10. Sunday Keglers: Donna Tilleman, 161,152, Pati Killebrew-Hall, 158,169,159, Katie Hofer,150,177, Brandy Kurtz, 168,...

  • Northern men bounce back with a win in Phoenix

    George Ferguson|Updated Dec 18, 2019

    The Montana State University-Northern Lights had a tough start to the 2019 Cactus Classic in Phoenix. But, Tuesday night, Northern finished strong. After falling to nationally ranked Arizona Christian Saturday and Mount Vernon Nazarene Monday, the Lights bounced back to handle Embry-Riddle University Tuesday night in Phoenix. It was a much-needed win for Northern, which led wire-to-wire. In the first half, MSU-N took the lead with under three minutes gone by, and the Lights...

  • Pony Power signs on the dotted line

    Aarron Thompson|Updated Dec 18, 2019

    The Havre High football season may have passed, but there has still been a lot of exciting happenings on the team. In general, many Blue Ponies have been given awards and honors for their efforts throughout the year. Those efforts will be paying off for two Havre athletes, Mason Dionne and Kasee Henderson, who signed with their respective college programs on Tuesday afternoon, one day in advance of the National Signing Day. Dionne signed with the the Montana Western Bulldogs...

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Dec 18, 2019

    Josh Warp, Havre High Boys Basketball It's early but, the Havre High boys basketball team already has a signature win this season. An, HHS junior Josh Warp was a big reason why. Havre topped Billings Central 64-59 last Saturday in the HHS gymnasium, which Warp pouring in a career-high 19 points, including swishing several deep 3-pointers, as the Ponies knocked off the defending Class A state champions. Warp is also an All-Conference golfer and tennis player for the HHS....