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The Havre School District has announced that, because the district expects a larger-than-normal crowd at the Havre School Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday to vote on the upcoming school year's re-opening plan, it is imposing some adjustments and guidelines to accommodate Gov. Steve Bullock's directives, Hill County Health Department requirements and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The agenda for the meeting is...
Blaine County Fair is still set for next week, but with a few cancellations and changes from its normal operations. “Our fair will look different this year,” Montana State University Blaine County Extension Agent Juli Snedigar said. “We have been working with 4-H members, leaders, parents, the Blaine County Health Department, Blaine County Fair Board and several others to come up with a plan to make the most of our 2020 Blaine County Fair.” Fair Manager Debbie Ramberg said all the food booths, carnival and petting zoo hav...
Sen. Jon Tester D-Mont., called on Montanans during a telephonic press conference Thursday to do their part to help stop the spread of COVID-19, while calling on Congress to do its part to help the nation. "Our country is in the midst of a not just public health, but economic crisis. Now, more than ever it is critical that our communities come together and do everything that we can do to curb the spread of COVID-19," Tester said. "We have to keep social distancing in mind...
Chinook Public Schools decided to return in full capacity this coming school year, but with a few accommodations. “Right now, our Phase 2 plan is going to be re-opening for all students that opt in,” Chinook Public Schools Superintendent Darin Hannum said. Masks are going to be recommended, he said, they are not going to be required. Classrooms are going to be cleaned between classes and the bathrooms will be cleaned frequently throughout the day, he said. He said shields will be placed in the front office, as well as the caf...
Cottonwood North School has a new teacher from Browning returning after student teaching there last year. "I am looking forward to getting back into the classroom," Lona Gibbs said. "So last year, was an official first year of teaching for me and it just kind of ended abruptly in March, so I'm looking forward to getting back into the classroom and seeing some of my students from last year and getting to know a couple new ones." Gibbs student taught at Cottonwood last year,...
The evening of July 28, a group called People's Rights Montana held a meeting, the fifth of its kind, in the empty Tilleman Dodge building on Highway 2 East in Havre, a meeting that drew 50 people, in which speaker Jerry Taylor Jr., the area assistant for the group, gave a presentation on the supposed dangers of wearing masks to reduce the spread of COVID-19. "I don't want to criticize people who wear masks, if they choose to wear a mask that's their right," he said, ... but w...
Montana State University-Northern announced Friday it has adjusted its residence halls and some buildings rules and added in some safety systems due to COVID-19 in is plans for re-opening this fall. “We cannot anticipate every circumstance, but we are ready to face whatever comes next,” Chancellor Greg Kegel said in his online newsletter update Friday. The fall semester begins Monday, Aug. 31, and runs through Tuesday, Dec. 8. Most students in the residence halls will be living in single rooms. Morgan Hall will be lim...
St. Jude Thaddeus School Principal Mike Haugen gave the Havre Daily News an update Friday on its plans for re-opening this fall. Haugen said Montana Superintendent of Catholic Schools Timothy Uhl approved St. Jude Thaddeus School of Havre re-opening plan, and it is under review by the Hill County Health Department for approval or adjustments. “Our goal was to do everything possible to try to make sure that we have our kids in the building,” Haugen said. “We looked at all three phases of the governor’s plan and then we adap...
A new probationary police officer was appointed Monday at City Council. Havre Police Department Chief Gabe Matosich appointed Brandon Murnion to the position of probationary police officer effective as of today. Matosich said Murnion is from Chinook and is a graduate of Chinook High School. Murnion has been working with the Hill County Sheriff’s Office as a detention officer and has previously worked for Crown Construction Company, Matosich said. “Brandon has met all the necessary requirements for the position and has gone th...
Milk River Joint Board of Control Project Manager Jennifer Patrick gave Havre City Council an update Monday about the repairs taking place at the St. Mary Diversion. Progress has been made with construction, which began about a month ago at the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works to repair the concrete structure that collapsed, Drop 5 near the end of the 29-mile system of dams, dikes, canals, gigantic metal siphons and concrete drop structures, as well as another...
Students with Individualized Education Programs are in their third week of going back to school before the school year starts, but with a few changes. "It's kind of like a jump start into school," Havre Public Schools Director of Special Education and Federal Projects Karla Geda said. She said there are two sets of groups of students that are in extended school year services. One of the groups is for younger grades from preschool age up to students going into fifth grade, she...
This story is the first in a two part series about People's Rights Montana District 1. Watch for Part II in Monday's edition of the Havre Daily News. Local residents have been meeting at events sponsored by an organization with ties to anti-government activist Ammon Bundy, a group demanding Gov. Steve Bullock resign, be impeached or be arrested for his directives during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying they violate people's constitutional rights. "People's Rights is a nationwide...
Northern Montana Child Development Center that runs local Head Start programs received a $220,000 grant to renovate some parking lots. "Everybody involved in NMCDC is stoked for it," Northern Montana Child Development Center Administrative Manager Kaitlynn Bodner said. "The parking lots we have are either part dirt or mostly dirt. The parking lot up at the Lincoln Center it has a giant sinkhole, not a complete sinkhole, but a hole in it." The parking lot up at the Lincoln Cent...
HELENA - Gov. Steve Bullock held a press conference Wednesday and discussed the recent numbers of cases of COVID-19, including a large increase in younger people being confirmed with the disease, and a young Montana woman talked about her experience of testing positive. "In looking at the trending cases in Montana from the months of June and July to date, we have nine counties in Montana that we consider hot spots," Bullock said. "Those nine counties have 50 or more cases. The...
A Havreite is a new St. Jude Thaddeus School fifth grade teacher. "I feel like I've worked with kids for so long that, as a first year teacher, I'm excited to finally put all of everything I've practiced into actually doing with my own set of students," Amber Frazier said. "I really believe you can make an impact on children." She said she looks forward to everything in being a teacher, the relationships and the experience of it. If St. Jude's goes into the school using...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees discussed during a special board meeting Tuesday the school district's re-opening plans for the upcoming school year. Three plans were presented. All three of Havre's plans are in accordance with Gov. Steve Bullock's state requirements and concurred with the Hill County Health Department, Interim Superintendent Craig Mueller said. He said Phase One will be used in the event they receive direction that the school buildings must be...
Local schools are hearing plans on how to re-open schools today, ranging from keeping the schools completely done with remote learning to fully re-opening the school buildings. The Havre Public School Board of Trustee was scheduled to hear its three re-opening plans for the upcoming school year this fall today in a meeting at Robins School Administration Building starting at 12:15 p.m. Rocky Boy Public Schools Board of Trustees also scheduled a meeting today to pick a re-opening plan for the upcoming school year, starting at...
Editor's note: The Havre Daily News is attempting to interview new teachers in the local school districts. People who know of new teachers, or the new teachers themselves, can contact the Havre Daily at [email protected]. Highland Park Early Primary School has a new kindergarten teacher from western Montana. "I'm looking forward to finally having my own and being the boss of my own room," Pamela Tackitt said. "All the experience I have had I've been under teachers, so...
Rocky Boy Public Schools Superintendent Voyd St. Pierre said this morning 100 parents and 37 staff responded to a survey offered to the schools’ its staff, community and parents for input on a fall re-opening plan. He said 54 percent of the parents who responded wanted to remain in remote learning, about 33 percent wanted a blended/hybrid format and a very small percentage of the respondents was comfortable sending their children back in a standard school setting. He said that the staff who responded to the survey 63 p...
A Montana State University-Northern student and two of his friends are traveling horseback across Montana to honor friends and family of poeple who have lost their fight to cancer and people still fighting it. They are also raising money for cancer research. Each of the riders are also riding in memory of their family or friends. Northern student Keagen Stroop said he is riding for great-grandpa and a family friend who lost their battle to cancer. “What we’re doing is riding horses across the state of Montana like 550...
Progress has been made with construction, which began about a month at the St. Mary Diversion to repair the structure that collapsed, Drop 5 near the end of the 29-mile system of dams, dikes, canals, gigantic metal siphons and concrete drop structures, as well as another structure, Drop 2, that was regarded as in danger of catastrophic failure. Work on Drop 2 was planned for this year, and the work on Drop 5 was added after it failed May 17. "We are finally seeing things come...
The Hill County Democratic Central Committee has selected a new candidate for Hill County Public Administrator. Monica Garrahan declined to comment untill the election. Maggie Big Leggins beat David Brewer in the Democratic primary, but withdrew her candidacy. Big Leggins said she has no comment on why she withdrew her name. Garrahan has no opposition in the general election. The public administrators in Montana handle estate issues for their counties. According to Montana Code Annotated 72-15-102, a public administrator...
Gov. Steve Bullock held a press conference Wednesday to discuss the new cases of COVID-19 in the state and provide an update on the Coronavirus Relief Fund. "I'm incredibly grateful to so many across our state - we are serving to protect the health of Montana and Montanans, and taking seriously our responsibility to wear a mask," he said. "As we continue to see a significant amount of new cases each day in Montana we continue to see the large gatherings where folks are not taking proper precautions are leading to new cases."...
Havre Public Schools Interim Superintendent Craig Mueller went over the results from more questions in a survey offered a couple weeks ago for input in the district's re-opening plan for the fall and what some re-opening options are. Parent, student and community surveys were available. The district released the results from the top three questions, and Mueller went over the other questions with the district's re-opening team and discussed those questions with the Havre Daily...
Specialty license plates, which are sold as fundraising resources for nonprofit groups, reached the end of its extension last Wednesday to try to sell enough to continue the funding source. A bill passed last legislative session mandates that if groups do not sell 400 or more plates in three years, the plates will be revoked. Previously Motor Vehicle Division of the State Department of Justice had the option to revoke plates with fewer than 400 sales but it was not mandatory....
