Swearing in the new

At Havre City Council's first meeting of the year, several new public officials were sworn in, including Mayor Tim Solomon. City Clerk Lowell Swenson swore Solomon in before a near-capacity crowd in City Hall Monday. Outgoing Republican Mayor Bob Rice, whom the Democrat Solomon defeated in the November election, was not at Monday's meeting. After he took over presiding at the council meeting, Solomon thanked Rice and outgoing council member Terry Schend for their years of service to the city. "I think they deserve a round of applause," Solomon said, drawing an ovation from the 50-some members...