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Editor’s note: This version corrects the spelling of the acronym for the race held in the 1980s, and that people who register after Sept. 10 will receive a T-shirt but will not have it for the run. This year during Festival Days, Court Appointed Special Advocates of Hill County — CASA — is hosting for the first time the Fifth Avenue Mile Saturday, Sept. 21, to bring awareness for the non-profit group and encourage people to get involved. “Please run, please register, come one, come all,” CASA Executive Director Chamene P...
Editor’s note: This version corrects that Miranda Bautista was issued tickets in a vicious animal and dog at large incident involving Ryan Turner. Havre City Council voted on and heard about a variety of topics during its meeting Tuesday including requests for lower speed limits in some areas, the upcoming city election and Airbnbs. The council also convened its hearing on the city’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget, recessing the hearing until it reconvenes tonight at 6 p.m. During the public comments section at the end of the mee...
Three lanes of U.S. Highway 2 were closed off from the Holiday Village Mall to the Best Western Plus Havre Inn and Suites because of a single-vehicle motorcycle crash. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Cade Hill said the crash occurred shortly after noon. The driver appeared not to be wearing any safety equipment and was rushed to Northern Montana Hospital for medical attention. He added that speed may have played a factor in the crash. The status of the crash victim was not...
With the Havre Public Schools kicking into full gear, a local business is doing its part to help students have the supplies and tools they need to be successful this school year. "They get to have new things and just really be part of their class," Lincoln-McKinley Primary School Principal Holly Bitz said. This is the third year Tom LaFond State Farm Insurance has collected donations of school supplies from around the community for Havre Public Schools. State Farm Office...
Two separate fires sent smoke billowing over Havre Monday afternoon, Wildhorse Rural Fire Department Chief Shawn Rismon said, and consumed about 600 acres of cropland and pastures. "I'm glad that everybody came to help," he said Monday. "We couldn't have done it by ourselves." Kremlin Rural Fire Department Chief Kody Peterson said Monday that officials are unsure of what started the fires, although the two fires started around the same time. The first fire, significantly...
Two separate fires sent smoke billowing over Havre Monday afternoon, Wildhorse Rural Fire Department Chief Shawn Rismond said, and consumed about 600 acres of cropland and pastures. "I'm glad that everybody came to help," he said. "We couldn't have done it by ourselves." Kremlin Rural Fire Department Chief Kody Peterson said that officials are unsure of what started the fires, although the two fires started around the same time and the first fire, although significantly...
Havre Animal Control Officer Peter Federspiel said Thursday he is starting a zero-tolerance policy in the Smithville area of Havre to the southwest due to the large number of dog bites that have been happening in that area. “Dogs in that area are putting people at risk and we just hope that it stops,” he said. He said the police don’t usually section off certain areas but because it is such a high-risk area with a high number of at-large dogs that are aggressive or vicious, they need to be more forceful in Smithville. He ad...
A local stay-at-home mom transitioned a year ago into making it her business to beautify Havre one window at a time. "I could think of a lot worse ways to spend my time," window-painter Tracy Carroll said. "It's fun to do something creative." Carroll said she has operated her business since fall of last year, adding that Infinity Bake Shoppe and Valley Furniture were her first two businesses. Since then, she has expanded to doing work for five to six different businesses...
Although some farmers saw a good growing season, others had a rough harvest, and with the trade war still playing a role in exporting United States goods farmers say many will suffer a loss this year. "The markets look abysmal," Big Sandy-area farmer Lochiel Edwards said, adding that although the recent trade agreements with Japan look hopeful the fact is the market has an excess supply of wheat and it's hard for farmers to see their way out out of a rut. He added that most...
For three generations, the Flynn family has worked hard to keep both their real estate business and their family farm going, Flynn Realty Inc. owner Janis Flynn Pyrak said. "We're the real deal," she said. "We have always been here and we probably always will be as long as we can keep it going." In 1953, Kenneth Flynn - Pyrak's father - started Flynn Realty, first established in the Havre Hotel located on First Street before it burned down. Pyrak said Flynn Realty was in...
A part of the intersection of Second Street and Third Avenue has been blocked off due to street repair, Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said. He said the intersection was the location where Havre would put up its annual Christmas Tree. But because the city no longer displays a tree at that location - the annual Christmas tree lighting is now done in Havre's Town Square - the spot where the tree had been put up each year had been patched with asphalt. The asphalt has...
Democratic National Committee Hispanic Caucus Vice Chair Jorge Quintana of Helena spoke with the Hill County Democratic Central Committee Tuesday about the work the DNC has done since 2016 and what resources the DNC has available to help Democrats win in 2020. "I would say that the wind's at our back, but it's a little uphill," he said. Quintana said that after losing the presidential race and other races across the country in 2016, the DNC implemented a number of new programs...
A section of the intersection of Second Street and Third Avenue has been blocked off this afternoon due to street repair, Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson said. He said the intersection was the location where Havre would put up it's annual Christmas Tree. But because the city no longer displays a tree at that location, he added, it had been patched with asphalt that deteriorated over the years. The city is cutting out the section and filling it back in with concrete to match the rest of the road. It will take up to...
Pertussis — better known as whooping cough — has swept across the state, with health departments diagnosing almost 12 times as many cases as last year at this time, and two cases have been diagnosed in Hill County by the end of last week, Hill County Health Department Kim Larson said. “Right now, Montana has 442 cases of pertussis this year,” she said. “At the same time last year we only had 37 in the state of Montana, so there is a big increase this year.” Pertussis is not a curable disease. People can take treatments...
A native of the area has returned to work at raising funds for the local university. Shantel Cronk, who grew up in Chinook, has taken the position of Montana State University-Northern Alumni Foundation executive director, and said she is excited about playing a role in the future of Montana State University-Northern and the Havre community. "It's nice to be in a position where you can feel like your contributing to something positive like this," she said. Former Northern...
The Havre Art Association and the Feed My Sheep Soup Kitchen are partnering for the Cups for a Cause Fundraiser, which will be selling handmade mugs at the annual fall art show in November. "It's a big collaborative effort," Art Association member and local photographer Steve Helmbrecht said. He added that it's been more than a decade since the Art Association and Feed My Sheep have partnered for an event, with the two organizations partnering then to sell bowls. He said that...
Families from across Havre gathered Saturday for the Back to School Bash, which offered food, games, school supplies, entertainment, haircuts and shoes for children who are going back to school this week. "I think it went really well," event organizer Christy Edmonds said this morning. She added that the Back to School Bash itself went really well, the event running smoother than it has in previous years. She said that they did not give away as many backpacks or shoes as previ...
Havre Eagles Club is looking for musicians from across the area to compete in its first North Central Montana Music Talent Find Saturday, Sept. 14, to help raise funds for repairs and improvements for Havre Beneath the Streets. “I like to see the talent out there and we have a lot of talent,” Havre Eagles Club Manager Tom Farnham said. “Besides (Montana State University-Northern) and some of the college people who have talent, there are quite a few bands in this area compared to the rest of the state and there is a lot of pe...
Strike It Big, the horse that crashed in the final lap of an Indian Relay race during the Great Northern Fair in July, has died due to injuries sustained in the accident. Randolph Bigday, Strike It Big's owner, wrote in a statement to the Havre Daily News that the 9-year-old gelding died last weekend and called the day of the accident "one of the hardest days" he's experienced. "We knew it would be a long road to recovery," Bigday said, "and the chances of losing him were poss...
Havre Fire Department recently purchased a new ambulance and hired three new firefighters to increase efficiency and effectiveness within the department, Havre Assistant Fire Chief Nathan Courtnage said. Courtnage said the department received the new ambulance Aug. 14 and is working to get it in service. He added that it is the first new ambulance for the department in more than 10 years and has a number of enhanced safety features which will be good for the department. The...
The Havre mayor and a city council member are at odds over a city attorney's recommendation on a proposed ordinance covering vacant properties. An attorney representing Havre from Hi-Line Law told the city last Tuesday that a proposed vacant property registration ordinance would not be in the city's best interest if the ordinance was passed. "I have reviewed the Vacant Property Registry Ordinance, and as I said in my last email, I do not believe it is in the city's best...
Some people were told this week how they can volunteer to help children caught up in the legal system. Court Appointed Special Advocates of Hill County - CASA - held an orientation Tuesday in the Disrict 4 Human Resources Development Council building to tell interested people how they can become CASA volunteers. "Every child needs a voice," CASA Executive Director Chamene Plum said. "Children enter the foster care system and then automatically are in the court system and the...
The chair of Havre City Council's Ordinance Committee nearly adjourned a meeting Monday when a heated argument erupted regarding Airbnbs, with people in the audience exchanging profanities and obscene gestures. "This is not appropriate. This is not an appropriate time for this, if it is going to go like that we are going to have to close the meeting," Chair Caleb Hutchins said. City Council member and Ordinance Committee Chair Caleb Hutchins informed community members if the...
Havre City Council unanimously passed its preliminary budget for fiscal year 2020 during a Monday public budget hearing for Tuesday, Sept. 3, following the regular council meeting and to continue into Wednesday, Sept 4, when the council will have its final vote on the budget. A number of resolutions were passed unanimously by the council to fund the budget for fiscal year 2020, with some going up and some going down. Those included a resolution levying and assessing a tax to defray the cost of maintaining street lights for...
Mahchiwminahnahtik Chippewa and Cree Language Revitalization, or MCCLR, is working as a non-profit on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation to breathe new life in the tribe’s native languages. “It’s exciting, it’s really exciting,” MCCLR President Dustin Whitford said. “We do need to do something before it’s too late.” The Chippewa Cree Tribal Business Committee unanimously passed a resolution Aug. 9 declaring a state of emergency for the reservation’s native languages, he said. MCCLR had written the resolution after months of mee...
