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During the Great Northern Fair Board monthly meeting Tuesday, Board Chair Tyler Smith announced that the planned King Cole Circus was canceled because the company went bankrupt. "Those who have already bought tickets should call their bank and file fraud charges," Smith said. Upon further investigation, the fair board discovered that the circus had run under different names. "We need to be more careful who we use," Smith said. "I'm not sure how better a review of the circus we could have done before hiring them." The King...
Alissa Hewitt is once again bringing Scott Jackson of Scott Jackson Dog Training classes to the Hi-Line for the third straight year. Hewitt organized holding three days of dog training classes, June 21-23, at the Great Northern Fairgrounds. For puppies up to six months old, a class is set for Friday, June 21, from 6 to 8 p.m. Basic training is available for dogs six months and up Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Advanced training will also take place Friday and Saturday i to 4 p.m. for dogs of all ages and breeds....
Editor’s note: This version corrects that the grant proposal is only in planning stages and still has to be presented to the Hill County Park Board for approval, that the committee does not spend anything as it is an advisory committee and that Lou Hagener is a community member who participated in Thursday’s meeting. The Hill County Park Board’s Finance and Planning Committee Thursday discussed advising the Hill County Park Board to create a matching grant program to help groups fund park projects, saying work has begun draft...
Editor’s note: This April 12 version corrects that Public Service Commissioner Randy Pinocci said during a meeting of North Central Pachyderm that he supported Senate Bill 331. An ealier version corrected the bill number of the legislation allowing Northwestern Energy to purchase additional ownership in Colstrip for $1. Montana Public Service Commissioner Randall Pinocci, a Republican from Sun River, addressed the future of energy including at Colstrip when he spoke in H...
Havre Fire Department and the Havre Police Department responded to a report of smoke at Gary & Leo's Fresh Foods Thursday that led the store's evacuation. Police officers and store management escorted everyone out of the stores at 3:45 p.m. The store began to fill with smoke as routine maintenance was being done, "the heater somehow stayed on while the blower was off," said store co-owner John Malisani. Malisani said that there was no fire in the building. Assistant Fire...
Six kilometers is the average distance women and children in the developing world walk for water that is often unsafe to drink, World Vision reports. Havre resident April Taber has launched her own team that will walk the six kilometers May 4 as part of World Vision’s Global Walk for Water event. Taber said she first got involved with World Vision by sponsoring a child in 2014. She first wanted to do the 6K walk, but there was no team in Montana to join. “This year there are two teams in the state, but they are four to fiv...
The H. Earl Clack and Margaret Turner Clack Memorial Museum Foundation is holding its annual Hands on History and Digging up History Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Both events will take place at the Holiday Village Mall. The Hands on History event will take place inside the mall with more than 21 stations for children to learn about history in a fun way. Children will be able to learn about things like candle making, how to rope, old-fashioned phones and typewriters. “Several stations will be free of charge thanks to our gen...
American Indian culture will be on display this weekend as Montana State University-Northern hosts its 43rd annual Sweetgrass Society Powwow Friday and Saturday. The powwow will take place in the campus’ Armory Gymnasium, opening with a grand entry at 7 p.m. Friday. Subsequent grand entries are on Saturday at noon and 7 p.m. The powwow has deep meaning for the American Indian community. As always there will be dancing, drumming and other displays of culture celebration. Vendors will be selling American Indian arts and c...
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board discussed the Hands on History and Digging Up History set for this weekend during its monthly meeting Monday. Both events will be held at the Holiday Village Mall. Hands on History will feature a more than a dozen of activities for young kids. Some of these activities will cost money, with all the money going back to the museum. Digging up History will give kids the opportunity to dig for bones that can be exchanged for prizes. The board is also planning an upcoming tea fundraiser. The...
Montana State University-Northern’s Office of Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Programs is hosting Voices of the Hi-Line, a day of international poetry reading, at Cowan Hall’s Little Theatre Wednesday at 7. “Voices of the Hi-Line attracts an audience of 60 each year,” Northern Assistant Professor Valerie Guyant said. Attendees will be able to hear poems, chants and songs in a variety of languages, with most in a language other than modern English. In 2018, Voices of the Hi-Line featured 27 participants reading from 22...
Laws in Montana are managing to let drug users avoid serious jail sentences, Tri-Agency Task Force supervisor C.J. Reichelt said Friday. Reichelt was speaking about drug issues facing the Hi-Line at the monthly North Central Pachyderm Club meeting at the Duck Inn Vineyard Room. “A first offender could end up with a two- to three-year sentence but could be deferred and end up with just probation,” Reichelt said. “Those who have had three to five offenses could end up just in a rehab program.” “It’s become too expensive t...
Montana State University-Northern is once again hosting the State Leadership & Skills Conference, Monday through Wednesday of next week. SkillsUSA is "a partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives working together to ensure that America continues to have skilled workers joining the workforce," SkillsUSA State Chair Cassie Huntley said. SkillsUSA gives students, ranging from middle school to college, the opportunity to demonstrate their skills and readiness...
The Havre Police Protective Association annual concert is coming up April 11 at Montana State University-Northern’s Armory Gymnasium featuring Little Texas with comedian Mark Cordes opening the show. Little Texas is a country music band that was started in 1988 and has performed all over the country. Their bass player, Duane Propes said the band likes to support organizations like the Police Protective Association. “Little Texas is so very proud of the people who put themselves in harm’s way every day to keep us safe and we s...
Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to show the Girl Scouts are considering moving their summer camp to a camp in the Little Rocky Mountains. The Hill County Park Board heard from Girl Scouts of America leader Jody Corner Monday about wanting to keep using Kiwanis Campground as the location of their summer camp. The Girl Scouts are facing a financial burden and may be forced to relocate its camp, scheduled for June 7, to a camp in the Little Rocky Mountains near Zortman due to lower rates there. There are 107 g...
Montana State University Hill County hosted Extension Health in the Hi-Line Thursday, featuring Hill County Health Officer Jessica Sheehy, PA-C. Sheehy, a physician assistant at Northern Montana Hospital, earned her undergraduate degree at Carroll College in Helena, and her medical degree as a physician assistant at the University of Saint Francis in Albuquerque, New Mexico. "Growing up in small town Montana, I began to realize, everyone I knew were becoming PA's and nurse...
Staff from the Bullhook Community Health Center are in Washington this week to advocate “for the continuation of Community Health Center funding for all CHCs,” Bullhook CEO Kyndra Hall said. Long-term funding would allow Bullhook to “plan for the future, recruit staff, expand services for patients and reduce the uncertainty caused by year-to-year renewals,” Hall explained Federally funded health centers are designed to help people who can’t afford specialized health care, as well as serve the vulnerable populatio...
A proposal in the Montana Legislature would divert funds from counties across Montana and put them into the state Office of the Public Defender, through an amendment attached to HB 2. Office of Public Defender Director Rhonda Schaffer said the office has had a tough time staying within budget even after trimming $7 million in expenditures. The state has provided the office a supplemental fund of $7 million. Hearings are underway in Helena in the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on the Judicial Branch, Law E...
Montana State University-Northern is hosting Sex in the Dark, a popular nationally recognized event for students to learn more about sexual health, Wednesday. Northern’s Office of Diversity Awareness and Multicultural Programs is hosting the event to provide students a safe environment to ask questions and learn the myths and facts about sex. The event occurs with the lights off and the room filled with neon glow. The event take is set to place on campus in the Little Theatre in Cowan Hall starting at 8 p.m. Sex in the D...
A Havre-based group of volunteers is holding a fundraiser for a medical support trip to Tanzania. The group of Montanans are heading to Tanzania to provide medical support in conjunction with the New Hope International Hospital Sakila Dispensary. Montanans have become an integral part of the communities in the area for several years. The group heading to Tanzania is made up of doctors, EMTs, physical therapists, nurses and physician assistants. Dr. Carley Robertson said in a...
The Hill County commissioners signed off on a support letter Thursday for the Montana Silver Jackets. Commissioner Michael Wendland said the letter is to give the group a “blessing to look at the (Milk River) levee.” The Montana Silver Jackets is a interagency group that works together to reduce flood risk at the state level. Through this program the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, additional federal, state and sometimes local and tribal agencies provide a unified approach to add...
Montana State University Extension is providing a health services and career fair to the Havre-area community. Health in the Hi-Line is scheduled for Thursday, March 28, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Havre-Hill County Library. An MSU Extension press release says the event is being funded by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region. Montana State University Hill County Extension Agent Jasmine Carbajal said the goal of the event is to make Havre aware of the different health care services and health care...
After a massive water leak happened at the Great Northern Fairgrounds office, fair board chair Tyler Smith said during the board’s monthly meeting Tuesday that he has begun developing ideas of turning part of the former museum building on the north side of the fairgrounds into an office space, as well as a meeting place. “I don’t believe it’s worth putting more money into repairs,” Smith said. During the meeting, the board confirmed the lineup of events for the upcoming fair, set for July 17-21. Wednesday will be the junio...
A statement updating the condition of former Havre Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer was released this morning by Palmer’s wife, Lindsey, and Montana Highway Patrol Commander Col. Tom Butler Wade Palmer was shot Friday in Evaro while investigating a triple shooting in Missoula. “Trooper Palmer was shot three times in the head, face and neck,” the statement said. “He is stable but his condition is still considered extremely critical. He remains in a medically induced coma at a Utah hospital. He has not regaine...
Joel Schumacher and Kate Fuller from Montana State University Extension Office will present a free farm and ranch management workshop March 27-28 at Aaniiih Nakoda College in Fort Belknap. The first session begins at 9:30 a.m. March 27. The workshop is aimed at aiding and advising those on the aspect of managing risk for farm and ranch operations. Schumacher said the workshop also satisfies the borrower training requirement that the Farm Service Agency imposes as part of some loan programs. Fort Belknap is one of four...
Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer, who was shot in the line of duty when he discovered a vehicle belonging to a suspect involved in a shooting at the Evaro Bar and Casino in Missoula, has close ties to the Hi-Line. Palmer, who is currently in a Salt Lake City hospital where he remains in critical condition, had his first Highway Patrol assignment in Havre. Palmer started with MHP in 2012. State Department of Justice Deputy Communications Director Anastasia Burton said...
