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Craig Mueller is the new interim superintendent of Havre Public Schools. "I'm really excited about the opportunity," he said. "I've had a great experience in Havre Public Schools and look forward to coming challenges, because I know there will be many. I know that we have an excellent faculty and staff, and I look forward to continuing my relationship with them and moving forward into some uncharted waters." He said changes that will be made will go along with the current...
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]. Havre Middle School is getting a new band teacher from Mississippi. "If I ever teach band again, I want to teach middle school because I love starting kids out with nothing, they don't know know how to do anything, so making sure they have great...
Harlem Public Schools Board of Trustees held a meeting Monday and discussed its re-opening plan for the upcoming school year. The board approved in going forward with a blended/hybrid plan. Superintendent Doreen Warren presented three options of re-opening plan: A full opening, staying with school closure and the hybrid plan of the two. “While we have concerns about the changing circumstances here in Blaine County, most teachers expressed missing the kids and on the survey most of the parents want to keep school closure, but...
Blaine County Fair is still set for Thursday, Aug. 13 through Sunday, Aug. 16, but with a few cancellations and changes. Fair Manager Debbie Ramberg said all the food booths, carnival and petting zoo have canceled. She said they have also canceled the demolition derby, pig wrestling, venders and all open class entries. Ramberg said in an email Sunday that the fair board met with the county’s insurance representative and were told that the event would have no coverage for COVID-19 cases, but people would have to prove n...
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]. Havre High School has a new band teacher from Louisiana. "The first thing I'm looking forward to is the difference in temperature," Cullen Hinkle said. "I can tell you all the kids are excited to have a new band director and they are super excited...
Rep. Greg Gianforte R-Mont., was campaigning for governor in Havre Thursday, discuss his Montana Comeback Plan at Tilleman Motor Co. Kristen Juras, Gianforte's running mate, introduced him to the small crowd at the event. "I am excited," Juras said. "I am excited about the prospect about Greg Gianforte becoming our next governor." Gianforte was elected to the U.S. House in a special election in 2017, after he lost to Democrat Steve Bullock in the 2016 race for governor. He...
The Hill County Health Board discussed the recent surge of cases in Montana of COVID-19 in the state of Montana, with the state now above the 2,000-mark in cases, during its quarterly meeting Wednesday. Hill County has seen a surge starting July 4, with the county Health Department saying this morning the total for the county is 22 cases, 19 active and three recoveries. The first case was confirmed in March with no more confirmed till this month. Hill County Health Officer Jessica Sheehy said there were 145 new cases of...
The Havre School Board of Trustees discussed the high school fall activity schedule during its meeting Tuesday in Havre Middle School. Havre Public Schools Interim Superintendent Craig Mueller said he hasn’t had any communication from the Montana High School Association on recommendations and advice going forward as the fall activities are still pending. He said he also hasn’t heard of any schools who said they are not going to participate in any fall sports. Right now, he said, some schools are allowing fans to be pre...
The Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council met virtually Monday and discussed changes to the website and the annual Suicide Awareness Walk. Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council Vice Chair Amber Spring, who is chair of the Suicide Awareness Coalition, said the coalition is moving forward with its annual awareness walk. It is planned for Thursday, Sept. 10, she said. “We will do the same sort of format that we did last year. The difference is, this year, we were initially going to do tote bags, and we have subsequently d...
CUT BANK - Sen. Steve Daines held a roundtable event in Monday with Department of Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Tim Petty and others to discuss the importance of the St. Mary's Milk River System. Daines said he and Petty toured the St. Mary Diversion Monday, and found it very informative. The St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works has been shut down since Drop 5, at the end of the 29-mile system, washed out and collapsed May 17. "The two things that we...
Havre Public Schools has completed a survey it will use in planning the re-opening of schools in the fall. The district sent out a survey about a week ago to the community to hear their thoughts on what re-opening could potentially look like in the fall in the schools, with Wednesday the deadline to respond. Parent, student and community surveys were available. “We had really good turnout results — we had 951 parents fill out the survey, 239 students and 115 community members,” Havre Public Schools Interim Super...
District 4 Human Resources Development Council Victim Services crisis line is looking for volunteers. “We are just hoping to get more. We’re kind of on the lower side of volunteers right now,” HRDC Victim Services Shelter Manager and Volunteer Coordinator Renae Miller said. The volunteer needs to be at least 18 years old and be available one day or night a month to answer the phone to listen to people, she said. “You don’t have to be a licensed counselor to help, you just have to be a good listener,” she said. “We just ne...
Rocky Boy Health Center is holding its second drive-through, walk-through COVID-19 testing Friday. The testing comes as the reservation has gone into a lockdown due to COVID cases being confirmed by the health center, and releases from the center and and the Chippewa Cree Tribe and a resolution by the Chippewa Cree Business Committee urge reservation residents to be tested. Testing starts from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Rocky Boy Health Center parking lot. Rocky Boy Health Center is located 6850 Upper Box Elder Rd, Box Eld...
Gov. Steve Bullock said during a press call Tuesday more needs to be done to protect residents in senior living facilities from COVID-19. "Today, as Montanans, we've received some of the most solemn news that we've received over the past few months. We know of 58 positive cases at the Canyon Creek Assisted Living Facility in Billings," Bullock said. "... It is clear more needs to be done to protect residents just not in our nursing homes, but also our assisted living...
Hill County saw a surge in new COVID-19 cases over the weekend since the first case was identified in March. Six new cases are confirmed, one Saturday and five Monday through contact tracing, bringing the total number of seven in Hill County with six active cases. "All five of (Monday's) cases were found through contact tracing," Hill County Public Health Director Kim Larson said in a statement sent to the Havre Daily News She said the new cases are a man in his 40s, two...
Along with sending a proposal to convert Havre to a charter form of government, Havre City Council Monday heard suggestions from a local residents to place stop signs in certain parts of Havre during City Council Monday. Bill Lanier suggested 4 stop signs be installed at three intersections on 11th Street. “I’m requesting the city look at taking three intersections that are uncontrolled intersections and making them controlled intersections with stop signs, and that is on 11th Street at Eighth Avenue, Ninth Avenue and 10t...
Havre's Helping Haven had its official ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday to announce its new location as an affiliate to the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce businesses. Helping Haven Manager Jill Miller said she feels relieved to now be open. "It was a lot of work," she said. "Lots of work, lots of time and just glad it's finally open because we were missed by a lot of people." She said she loves the windows in the new space, where she can see outside, running water is available...
During a press conference Thursday, Gov. Steve Bullock encouraged Montanans to wear masks and Lt. Gov. Mike Cooney released the governor’s plan for “Re-opening Safe and Healthy Schools” in the state. “Yesterday, on July 1, we surpassed over 1,000 cases of COVID-19 since the virus first came to Montana and was identified in mid-March,” Bullock said. “... Montana still maintains the lowest number of positives, hospitalizations and deaths per capita in the continental United States. I say this not to de-emphazise the serious...
Havre Area Chamber of Commerce is among other groups in the state replanning its calendar as the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases is surging. Chamber Executive Director Julea Robbins said the Chamber is looking at postponing events not canceling them. She said Sounds on the Square, which normally starts in June, is postponed to maybe August. “We didn’t want to rule that if we are in Phase 3 in July or in August we wanted to be able to start it up again, so we’re just postponing it,” she said. In order to hold those kinds o...
The Hill County Health Board met Tuesday and discussed the recent surge of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Montana, with the state now above the 1,000-mark in cases. Hill County Health Officer Jessica Sheehy reported Tuesday the state has been seeing an increase in confirmed cases. Tuesday saw 49 new cases of COVID-19 and 50 new cases were confirmed this morning. Sheehy said that Monday was the record day so far, with 56 confirmed cases. “Most of those existing to be centered in the western part of the state, Y...
The Havre School Board of Trustees met Tuesday and chose Craig Mueller as the new interim superintendent for the upcoming school year. Mueller will serve a one-year term. In a few months, the board will see if his being in the position is working well, then will decide where they'd like to go from there. Board member Curtis Smeby asked Mueller about his successes and challenges in the Havre district. Mueller said he thinks the work that teachers put into the curriculum has...
Sen. Jon Tester D-Mont., held a Facebook Live event Tuesday to introduce a recent Senate resolution condemning attempts to overturn the Affordable Care Act and stating what it means for people during the COVID-19 pandemic. “As we all know, we are in the midst of a global pandemic, a global public health crisis that requires our communities to take steps that prevent the spread of COVID-19,” he said. “Those steps are things like wearing masks, making social distance, staying at home if you can and just ensuring we’re each an...
A Montana State University-Northern English professor is retiring after teaching for 31 years at the university. John Snider said he came to Northern in 1989, teaching writing, literature and Native American studies. Before teaching at Northern, he said, he was teaching at a Lutheran College in Wisconsin and his soon-to-be wife, Carol Ortman, at the time was teaching music in Whitefish. "I decided if I was going to marry her I'd better quit that job and come out and marry her,...
A local Boy Scout recently completed his Eagle Scout project out at Pepin Park. Anthony Borowiecki of Havre's Troop 1438 said his project was to re-deck the decking and re-do the stairs on the gazebo in Pepin Park. "I came up with the idea because, when I was younger I came here a lot, and a lot of the time I played in the park and stuff," he said. "When I was a Scout, as I got a little older, I noticed that the gazebo was kind of looking a little rundown and could possibly...
Montana State University-Northern is bringing back two of its business classes at Montana State University Great Falls College for this fall semester. Montana State University Great Falls College Communications Director Scott Thompson said two upper division business classes will be offered in Great Falls, BFIN 322 Business Finance and BMGT 335 Management and Organization. "Offering these two business classes in-person on Great Falls College's campus adds another opportunity...
