Northern picks out permanent home for chancellor

Havre's university is proposing to buy a house for its chancellor to live in the same house he's living in now.

Montana State University-Northern will ask the Board of Regents for permission to buy the house at 1325 11th Ave. at the regents' July meeting, vice chancellor Chuck Jensen said.

"Barring any adverse or negative decision, we would hope to close on the house the end of July," he said Monday. "I think it's a good option for the college. It's a nice home."

The chancellor's former house, at 11 Park Road, was damaged in February 2000. A water pipe in the garage froze and leaked water for...