Area Back to School 2016: Getting to know the new Havre High principal

After nearly three decades out of Montana, Mike Haugen has returned to the Hi-Line, this time as Havre High School principal.

Haugen and wife, Denise, have lived in Spokane, Washington, for the last 28 years. Following his hiring as the new Havre High principal, the couple bought a home in Havre and are easing back into small-town life.

"We're still small-town people - that never left us," he said, adding that Denise Haugen, a Havre High Class of 1974 graduate, wanted to come back to Montana.

The Haugens have deep ties to the Hi-Line.

Mike Haugen was born in Havre and grew up mostly in...