Havre annexation process to begin anew

The troublesome annexation problem which started several years ago came to an end at Monday night's Havre City Council meeting, after a few minutes of discussion and a unanimous vote.

The vote brought a legal settlement to the lawsuit filed by several landowners west of Havre in 2010 against the city to stop the annexation process.

The properties in question, if annexed, would have extended the city of Havre's border from the bottom of the hill near the water plant and Ezzie's Wholesale, where the limit is now, out over the hill near Walmart.

The settlement halts those proceedings and splits $...