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Havre High School Football Coach Ryan Gatch protested at a monthly meeting of the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees Tuesday the lack of renewal on his caoching contract. At the meeting, Havre Superintendent Craig Mueller also talked about how the high school will fill the void of former Havre High School Principal Ed Norman and what to do in the wake of the controversy that preceded his resignation. HPS offers coaches one-year contracts for their positions and they must...
Beaver Creek Park is looking for letters of support to help get a grant to pay for a badly needed stabilization and remodeling project on the Beaver Creek Park Beaver Lodge at Camp Kiwanis. Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said the lodge's walls are shifting and sagging, and while recent repairs will allow them to operate for a few more seasons, this is a problem in need of a long-term solution, one that will have a large bill, possibly more than $250,000. Edgar said this proble...
The Hill County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council discussed recent progress on their mental health PSAs and mental and behavioral health care directory, as well as voting in a new member and hiring two Question. Persuade. Refer. trainers at their monthly meeting Monday. At the meeting the group voted unanimously to offer a seat to Mindy Smith, who will sit on the council as a mental and behavioral health care consumer. LAC Chair Andi Daniel said organizations like this are supposed to have at least 51 percent represent...
Lacey Lincoln, formerly a deputy county attorney for Missoula County, was appointed as Hill County attorney in a unanimous vote this morning and then sworn in. Lincoln has been a lawyer for more than 10 years, starting in 2009 after a year of being a judicial clerk in Washington state and later a deputy prosecuting attorney. She moved to Missoula four-and-a-half years ago to become a deputy attorney spending most of her time in the special victims unit, a division that mostly...
The Hill County Commission has announced that it will be swearing in a new county attorney Monday morning, an appointee that they are refusing to release the name of, and appointed in a secret vote that was not publicized, which is in violation of Montana state law. Hill County Commission Chair Diane McLean said they do not release the names of people they hire until the process is complete, which would, in this case, be when they’re sworn in. “We don’t advertise ‘Oh by the way, we have that person starting for that positio...
A panel of school teachers, staff and administrators spoke at Havre High School Wednesday night about their experiences implementing and working with a four-day school week, which Havre Public Schools is considering shifting to next year. The group spent the majority of the time answering drafted questions that commonly come up during any given community's transition to a four-day week, but they did answer some followup questions from the audience afterward. The schools...
Havre Public Schools will be holding a community forum tonight at 5:30 p.m. where leadership from area schools with a four-day-week will answer a series of drafted questions regarding their schools' schedule, how it works, and process of implementing said schedule. The HPS Calendar Committee has been discussing a proposal for HPS to move to a four-day week, which it aims to present to the HPS Board of Trustees in time for a decision to be made for the 2022-2023 school year....
Northwest Farm Credit Services presented a $4,800 check to the Hill County Park Board at their monthly meeting Monday night, a donation toward ongoing repairs and renovations being made to the Beaver Creek Park Beaver Lodge at Camp Kiwanis. Courtney Helmers and Heidi Borlaug of NWFCS presented the check, which the former said is part of their organization's annual efforts to assist community projects in the area. "Every year, employees are given a certain amount of money and w...
After overwhelming pressure to do so, the Havre City Council voted unanimously Monday evening to reject a resolution classifying Havre as a class two city based on its population. This issue has become one of intense controversy with people on both sides of the argument at the meeting accusing the other of peddling misinformation. Members of the council have argued that reclassifying Havre as a class two city would increase the city's chances of receiving grants, as they...
Teresa Brockie, Ph.D, Master of Science Nursing, RN, a member of the Aaniiih Tribe who grew up in Hays, was given the 2021 Career Impact Award at Johns Hopkins University last week for exceptional work supporting the campus' students and community. The award is among the most prestigious in the field and celebrates faculty members, students, postdoctoral fellows and alumni who have gone above and beyond in support of others across the Johns Hopkins community. Brockie said she...
After decades on the job, Palace Bar Owner Jupe Compton is selling the business and retiring soon. Compton says leaving is bittersweet and he's enjoyed his time at the Palace immensely, but he's had a good run and it's time for the next generation to take over. "It's been quite a ride," he said. " ... (But) it's a young person's game and I'm far from a young person." Compton is 75 years old and has spent most of those years as the bar's owner after buying it from his father...
Saturday will see a bevy of Christmas events coming back to Havre, including the annual Christmas Tree Lighting and a number of events at the Holiday Village Mall. Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Julea Robbins said the mall will be hosting a vendor show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring more stalls than any year before. Robbins said it’s a great opportunity for people to do Christmas shopping, whether at the booths, or at the mall’s various shops. From noon to 2 p.m. the mall will also be hosting Coo...
Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees members and administrators are looking to involve more members of the public in their upcoming strategic planning meetings, including one tonight, which will help define short- and long-term goals for HPS in the coming years. HPS Superintendent Craig Mueller said he’s encouraged members of the board and his fellow administrators to try and bring an interested community member to tonight’s meeting so they can observe and potentially provide input for the group. Strategic planning is a p...
Salvation Army Havre is launching its Red Kettle campaign today, which will be the organization's primary fundraiser for the coming year and effectively determine how much they are able to do. Salvation Army Havre Director Trina Crawford said the title of this year's campaign is "Hope Marches On," and this year the event is especially important. "It's going to be extremely vital," Crawford said. "I mean we spend the money we make every year." Last year, she said, her...
The Last Best Waltz, an homage to The Last Waltz, the farewell concert of the Canadian-American rock group The Band, will be held at Montana State University-Northern's Little Theatre Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., featuring six local and state bands. The show was organized primarily by KNMC Station Manager Dave Martens and Montana Actors' Theatre Artistic Director Grant Olson, the former of whom has been interested in doing a multi-band show for some time now. Martens said...
Hill County officials held their monthly meeting Wednesday, where they discussed a variety of county needs ranging from use of American Rescue Plan Act funds to addressing elder abuse in the area to COVID-19 vaccinations. Hill County Public Health Director Kim Berg, also the county health officer, said case numbers in the area are coming down but her department is still working on getting as much of the county vaccinated as possible. Berg said the percentage of the eligible population with at least one shot of the COVID-19...
Harlem Public Schools recently announced that it will be enforcing its policy banning all electronic devices, including cellphones, as well as games, collectable cards and toys of all kinds from campus starting Tuesday of this week, as well as a prohibition against student leaving campus during lunch. The policy states that items will be confiscated if they are being found used during school to be returned at the end of the day on the first offense, after a week on second offense, at the end of the quarter on the third...
The remaining members of the Great Northern Fair Board, Bob Kaul and Michelle Burchard, held their monthly meeting Tuesday night, their third in a row without a quorum, and discussed plans for potential events, upcoming projects on the grounds and the ongoing lack of board members. Kaul said he's researching policy to potentially remedy the ongoing lack of board members and he said he may have found one. Kaul said based on his understanding of policy, if the board goes for a...
This holiday season the Havre Eagles Club will be holding its Christmas Toy Drive as well as a more traditional Christmas Dinner and are looking for volunteers for the latter. Eagles Auxiliary President Candace Dess said this year’s Christmas Dinner will be more normal than last year when the club was operating exclusively by delivery due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dess said it will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Christmas Day, but they are still doing deliveries and allowing people to take food home and anyone who wants to d...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., held a press conference Monday to discuss a massive $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that he and his colleagues have been working to get passed for months, one that was signed by President Joe Biden later that day. Biden signed the bill with Tester and many other legislators who worked on the bill present including many Republicans. "Today, we will take a huge step forward to repairing our state's crumbling infrastructure," Tester said at the...
The controversy surrounding an incident at Havre High School late last month, where a student came to school with what has been called a racially insensitive Halloween costume, continues as parents of students seek action from the school to address the issue. Shanetrice Allen is the parent of a Black student at HHS who complained about the costume which she said featured the student painted black from head to toe, the student was wearing a formal dress or gown. Allen said she received word of the incident from a friend of...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees met Tuesday evening and discussed a number of policy changes and revisions, heard a report from Sunnyside Intermediate School Principal Pax Haslem on his school’s activities and concerns including about student stress and on the school honoring veterans on Veterans Day, and heard from a parent regarding an incident involving a Halloween costume some students and parents found racially offensive. During public comment, Havre resident Shanetrice Allen spoke about an instance just b...
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497 will be holding a ceremony and Sunnyside Intermediate School will be hosting a Veterans Day Breakfast Thursday to honor the area’s veterans. Dale Herd of VFW Post 497 said the VFW-led ceremony will start at 11 a.m. in front of the VFW Memorial Wall near Town Square with members of his organization as well as American Legion 11 making up the event’s honor guard, which will preform the 21-shot salute followed by the playing of taps. After the short ceremony attendees will move into the Elk...
Montana Actors' Theatre has a busy few months ahead as it prepares for a number of events and shows this holiday season. MAT Artistic Director Grant Olson said casting for this year's production of "A Christmas Carol" is announced, the casting for "Monty Python's Spamalot" will be announced later this week and, this weekend, MAT will hold its 24-Hour Play Festival, an event MAT has held for many years. Olson said Friday at 7 p.m. at Crawford Distillery writers, directors and...
The Hill County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council Monday discussed difficulties with current projects, Question. Persuade. Refer. training applications and the National Alliance on Mental Illnesses Havre’s new location. NAMI Havre President Crystal Laufer said her organization is moving into a new space on the third floor of 408 First Street, a space that will allow them to run two or three classes at once and is shaping up to be a great new location. Laufer said NAMI will also be having a conference at noon W...
