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With the first confirmed case of influenza reported in Hill County, the county health department is reminding the public to get vaccinated against influenza as soon as possible. Influenza vaccination is recommended for everyone 6 months of age and older. Annual vaccination is safe and the most effective method to prevent influenza infections. Protection provided by vaccination lasts throughout the entire flu season, even when vaccine is given in early fall. Hill County Health Department will have flu shots available Monday...
The Havre High School Booster Club is looking to recognize someone for going above and beyond in supporting high school activities with the Dr. Jim Elliott Award. Stacy Rismon, president of the Blue Pony Booster Club, said the club wants people to “put on your thinking cap and send us who you would like to nominate and an explanation of why you would like to have them honored with this award.” The award was established by the family of longtime Havre physician and Havre High School supporter Dr. Jim Elliott, who died in 200...
Havre school board Vice President Harvey Capellen is stepping down from a top school board association's presidency to serve as the immediate past president. Capellan passed the gavel to incoming Montana School Board Association President Carole Jones at the MTSBA Annual Membership Meeting, the association said in a press release. Capellen was first elected to the Havre Board in 2009 and elected vice chair in 2012. He was elected to the MTSBA Board of Directors in 2010....
Havre Daily News staff The Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s Office has reminded voters that absentee ballots must be in the Clerk and Recorder’s office by Nov. 8. Ballots received after Nov. 8 will not be counted. If a ballot is mailed before Nov. 8 but does not arrive by Election Day, it will not be counted. Voters are recommended to drop them off at the Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s Office in the Hill County Courthouse at 315 Fourth St. in Havre....
Havre Daily News staff A local economic development corporation is urging small businesses to look into getting some financial help with low-interest loans. Bear Paw Development Corp. announced the state of Montana has recertified Bear Paw as a MicroBusiness Development Corporation — MBDC — for the region it serves in northern Montana. Bear Paw Development has served as an MBDC since the creation of the program in the early 1990s, it said in a press release. The program allows Bear Paw to access funds through the state tha...
By Havre Daily News staff Activities are set throughout the community next week to teach children the dangers of drug abuse during National Red Ribbon Week. “As citizens, we have the right to live in drug-free families and communities, learn in drug-free schools, work in drug-free work places, and drive on drug-free highways,” a statement reads. “Since drugs will always be available, we must change attitudes to intolerance of the use of illegal drugs, and to the illegal use of legal drugs. The Red Ribbon Campaign is desig...
People can see a “ghoulish delight” at the yard selected for Halloween by the Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club. West of Highland Park on Old Post Road and 26th Avenue West, the Bob and Teri Jacobson home is set to show the season, a press release says. Teri’s Theatrical Yard features her Halloween friends, which will greet people both inside and outside her home. The location will be marked by orange, purple and green balloons. While ghosts and goblins abound both day and night, people are recommended to see them at night for t...
Montana State Univesity-Northern announced it received a major boost to help students attend the university from a family with a long history of supporting students and higher education in Montana. The Haynes Foundation gifted Northern with a $661,000 endowment to the MSU-Northern Alumni Foundation, the university said in a press release. The endowment will be used to provide scholarships to undergraduate students who graduated from a Montana high school. The Haynes Foundation was established in 1958 by Jack Ellis Haynes a...
Havre High School Key Club members will be going door-to-door in Havre Monday, Oct. 17, starting at 6:30 p.m. collecting money for UNICEF. Nearly 100 million women and their newborns in more than 15 countries need help and protection from the painful and deadly disease of tetanus. The money Key Club members will collecte will be used to help eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. “Every dollar donated protects a mother and newborn,” the club said in a press release. “Thank You Havre for your support of HHS Key Club and t...
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board canceled its October meeting scheduled for Monday due to the weather and having a light agenda for this month, the chair said. Chair Judi Dritshulas said in an email to the other board members that the Clack Museum Christmas party will be held Saturday, Dec. 10, from 1 to 3 p.m., adding that the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce has been notified. The Clack Foundation’s Annual Meeting will be Saturday, Oct. 22, starting at 6 p.m. at the Havre Inn and Suites in the Montana Room. Montana A...
Montana Actors’ Theatre is set to hold auditions for a musical take on a popular cult movie series: “The Evil Dead” Auditions begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the Little Theatre on the bottom floor of the west end of Cowan Hall on the Montana State University-Northern campus. The MAT promotion for the auditions says that "Evil Dead: The Musical" — based on Sam Raimi’s films telling the story of five college students who unleash an evil force — may sound like a horror story, but it’s not. “The songs are hilariously...
An Amber Alert has been issued for Sandy Moore, a 16-year-old mentally delayed girl, who is believed to have been abducted from her Sheridan home overnight. She is 5 foot, 7 inches, weighs 116 pounds and wear glass. She is wearing a white shirt with black short leaves and jeans. The suspect is Rodney Lee Zahn, 5 feet, 5 inches, with short black hair. He is a registered violent offender. They may be headed to Boise, Idaho, or Billings. If anyone has any information, they should call the Madison County Sheriff’s Office at 4...
Havre Daily News staff Mary Nault's "Spreading My Wings" is the featured show this month at Artitudes Gallery in the Atrium Mall. Artitudes sponsored an artist's reception for Nault last Friday in the gallery. Nault said her first art show was in 1990, but she has been creating art since she was a child. "I was raised on a farm and was always getting in trouble for drawing. ... I was suppose to be doing chores," she said. Nault said she is always experimenting with different...
A Chinook native, Darcy Buhmann, 37, has been murdered, according to Bozeman police. Anthony Tobias Fagiano, 35, turned himself in early Wednesday morning, police told the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Police said Bpzeman resident Christopher Wood told them that Fagiano had texted him at 5:23 a.m. to tell him that he had killed Fagiano. Wood immediately notified police. The Havre Daily News will have more on the story in Thursday’s edition....
Eyewitnesses said that Saturday at around 10:45 a.m. there was a shooting just West of the Town House Inn on Highway 2. A car allegedly pulled up alongside a truck and is said to have opened fire on the truck before pulling out and heading West. Havre Police said an investigation into the incident is underway and refused to comment further....
Archers last weekend once again gathered in the Bear Paw Mountains to test their skills at Frank and Bettie Barber's ranch at the annual Bear Paw Bowmen 3-D Archery Shoot. The 315 archers brought 116 tents and trailers and camped out during the fundraising competition, shooting at 80 targets set up in four courses and participating in fundraising events like raffles and sales. Proceeds from the event are donated to charity, with this year's benefit the Frank and Bettie Barber...
Havre Daily News staff The Havre Daily News won nine awards at the Montana Newspaper Association's annual Better Newspaper Contest. The results were announced at the association's convention at Big Sky Resort south of Bozeman Saturday night. Former page designer Calbe Hutchins won a first-place award in page design for his design work on a Hi-Line Living feature story in "Gnarly Times in Big Sandy," a story about a skateboarding festival sponsored by Pearl Jam bassist Jeff...
Havre Daily News staff The Havre Daily News presents Havre's new medium for arts, entertainment and culture, called "HAVMAT." HAVMAT, or Havre Materials, will focus on cultural happenings and will be largely comprised of visual and written pieces from members of the community. The publication is slated to come out monthly, with the first issue going out the first week of March. HAVMAT will be distributed to various business around town and free to the public. Havre Daily News...
The Havre Wal-Mart store will reopen today after no explosive device was found on or near the store. A 1:44 p.m. Wednesday, store personnel called 9-1-1 to report that they had received a bomb threat. After speaking with store personnel, Hill County Sheriff's Deputies determined that the threat was legitimate. The store was closed, and customers and employees were promptly evacuated. Officials from Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls were called to assist. Sheriff Don Brostrom said there was a extensive search of the...
An allegedly drunken driver Friday crashed his car through a closed gate, entered a counter-clockwise rotation and went into the ditch on the east edge of the roadway where it collided with a highway sign. The unusual thing is that the accident started in Canada and ended up in the United States. Royal Canadian Mounted Police charged Clinton Timmons, 36, of Lethbridge, Alberta with driving under the influence, careless driving and driving with an expired registration. Montana Highway Patrol officers, who also investigated,...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking information regarding a whitetail deer doe that was killed two miles north of Kremlin. FWP said that on Sept. 2, a red pickup was seen chasing a deer through stubble and standing crop fields. The deer was killed and dragged for nearly 4.5 miles. Upon reaching a series of grain bins, the deer was discarded and left to waste. People with information on the incident are asked to call 1-800-TIP-MONT or 1-800-847-6668 or call Andy Matakis at 406-262-2407 to be eligible for an FWP $1,000...
The candidates for Montana House District 32 will also be included in the Havre Daily News forum Thursday night at Havre High School. • Democratic incumbent Clarena Brockie will face Republican G. Bruce Mayers in that contest. The district includes Rocky Boy's and Fort Belknap Indian reservations and runs from Hill to Phillips counties. Also participating in the debate: • Democrat Janet Trethewey and Republican Stephanie Hess, candidates in House District 28. • Democrat Rob Lass and Republican Roy Hollandsworth in House...
A gas line break in Chester closed down U.S. Highway 2 Monday and forced Stricks Ag to evacuate its building. A NorthWestern Energy spokesperson reported that the line break was caused by a third-party contractor who was boring in the area to install a fiber optic cable when they broke the line. Employees at Stricks said there was a strong odor of natural gas when the line broke, but it dissipated by 5 p.m. David Basic, the manager at Stricks Ag, said the gas line broke a...
The Havre Daily News will begin including a special page in the newspaper to cover happenings and events of interest at Montana State University-Northern. Northern plays a large role in Havre’s community and is constantly evolving. Many of the university’s stories go untold due to lack of communication or from the sheer amount of activity which takes place there. In light of this, we at the Havre Daily News believe enough goes on at the university to warrant its own page in the paper. Beginning this week, the paper will hav...
