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Havre Public Schools announced that Sunnyside Intermediate School will transition to remote learning for Thursday, Jan. 13, and Friday, Jan. 14, due to staff shortages, although meals still will be provided. A remote plan is in place for staff, students and parents, the release said. School will return to face to face instruction on Tuesday, January 18. Students can pick up Sunnyside grab-and-go meals, breakfast and lunch, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the west service door at the school today and Friday. The student’s name w...
As numbers of new COVID-19 cases surge in Montana with a bigger increase expected still to come, numbers are creeping up in this part of the Golden Triangle including in schools. Even so, a closure of St. Jude Thaddeus School in Havre due to illness appears not to be COVID-related. Katie Kopp, principal of the Catholic parochial school, said Tuesday the school is closing for the rest of the week. She said 40 percent of the school's student body missed school Monday and 40...
Acting State Medical Officer Dr. Maggie Cook-Shimanek said Tuesday that COVID-19 cases in the state are rising rapidly with more than 6,300 reported cases during the week ending Jan. 7, an increase of 136 percent from the previous week. Cook-Shimanek made the comment during a press conference sponsored by the Montana Medical Association with medical professionals from around the state discussing the impending omicron variant-driven surge in Montana, providing updates on the...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 1,831 new cases, 9,613 active cases, 172 hospitalizations and 2,933 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 208,132 cases. Hill County Health Department said in an update this morning that 18 new cases were reported Tuesday and 10 met the criteria to be considered recovered, 36 were confirmed Friday through Monday with 47 recoveries. Tuesday the county had 51 active cases and 3,668 total cases. The county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health D...
by Havre Daily News staff The Havre Area Chamber of Commerce is celebrating its 112th anniversary with its annual meeting Wednesday, July 19, set for noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Duck Inn Olympic Room. "Join us as we look back over 2021 and look forward to the coming year," an announcement about the meeting says. The main address of the meeting will be by a representative of High Plains Architects, which is working on developing a downtown master plan for Havre. The Downtown Havre Matters! group working on revitalizing downtown...
Entries in the Community Calendar on Page A3 have misreported that recreation swims will be offered at Havre Community Pool. Recreation swims are not being offered at this time....
Havre Police Department Joshua David Rainingbird of Havre, 39, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants after a Second Street caller asked officers Tuesday at 11:08 a.m. for assistance removing a man who wasn't supposed to be around them. -- A non-injury, two-vehicle crash was reported on Second Street West Tuesday at 3:10 p.m. -- Darnell Kay Champagne of Havre, 43, was arrested on a pick up and hold order after an officer initiated investigation Tuesday at 4:11...
Dear editor, As businesses and organizations continue to struggle with staffing shortages, the Stuttering Foundation unveiled some good news for employers — according to speech experts, people who stutter tend to show significantly better than average care and perseverance in completing their workplace responsibilities. Stuttering is often misunderstood. As a result, employers may mistakenly pass over qualified candidates who stutter. Now is a good time to hire more people who stutter in the workplace. One percent of the p...
I was excited to wear my new dress. It was slimming, I thought: all black and covered with flounces from the neckline to the hemline. I wore it with high heels — which I rarely wear — and red drop earrings. I was feeling much more sophisticated than I usually do when I went over to my sister’s house for dinner. “Nice dress!” my mother said. I gave my new dress a little twirl and set the ruffles flying in all directions. “You look like a car wash,” my sister said. This is...
Press release The Hays-Lodge Pole High School speech and drama team saw great success a the Shelby invitational tournament Jan. 7, continuing a string of success. The team won first place in the Class C drama sweepstakes at the tournament. Jayla Haakanson and Haley Cichosz took first in dramatic theatre at Shelby and Alexia Walls and Donovan Chandler took first place humorous theatre. The team win continues a string on the way to divisionals Jan. 22 and state the following week, with the Hays-Lodge Pole squad also taking the...
Press release Montana State University-Northern is inviting non-profit agencies and service organizations to come to Northern’s Student Union Building Monday, Jan. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to connect with students who want to volunteer in the community. “In 1994, the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday was designated as a national day of service,” a release from organizers of the fair said. “In celebration of Dr. King, students will be provided with an opportunity to learn more about service and volunteer organizations i...
Press release Many wonderful opportunities are available throughout the summer as Fort Peck Summer Theatre celebrates its 53rd season, the program said in a release. Half of the summer will operate as a repertory theatre again, meaning at times four shows will be open and performing on a rotating schedule each weekend from June 3 through July 10. The final two shows will be in the program’s traditional stock format of three weekends of performances one title for the period. Opportunity for local cast involvement are likely i...
Yet another Frontier Conference Player of the Week award for the Montana State University-Northern Lights. Northern junior Jesse Keltner was this week’s Frontier Player of the Week. Kelter is a 6-6 junior from Anacortes, Washington. Northern beat Rocky Mountain College and Montana Western this past week, with Keltner averaging 17.5 points and nine rebounds per game. He had a double-double against Western Saturday. Abdul Bah of RMC and Sindou Diallo were also nominated. N...
With just over a month before the Cascade Collegiate Championship, the Montana State University-Northern wrestling team hope to be wrestling at their best heading into that weekend. The Lights will hope to begin that upward trajectory tonight when they host Dickinson State University for a dual at Armory Gymnasium to begin the second half of their season. "We're in the sprint part of our season now. It's no longer a marathon." MSU-N head coach Tyson Thivierge said. "I want to...
Caden Jenkins, Havre High Basketball He averaged 19 points per game this past weekend, but it was three points that really set the tone. Havre High senior Caden Jenkins hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer Friday night to lift the Blue Ponies to a 54-41 win over Miles City. Jenkins, who scored 21 points against the Cowboys, also added 15 in a tough loss to Hardin Saturday. Jenkins, is also a standout on the baseball diamond for the Havre Northstars Amercian Legion baseball club in...
Prep Basketball Standings GIRLS Northeast A Conf. Overall Havre 4-0 7-1 Miles City 2-1 4-3 Sidney 1-1 2-6 Lewistown 1-2 3-4 Glendive 0-4 0-8 Southeast A Conf. Overall Hardin 3-0 7-1 Laurel 2-0 5-2 Billings Central 2-1 6-2 Livingston 0-3 1-6 Lockwood 0-3 0-7 Northwest A Conf. Overall Browning 2-0 5-1 Ronan 3-1 4-2 Columbia Falls 2-1 5-2 Polson 2-2 3-5 Whitefish 0-2 2-4 Libby 0-3 1-6 Southwest A Conf. Overall Dillon 3-0 6-0 Hamilton 2-0 7-1 Butte Central 3-1 4-3 Frenchtown 3-2...
Press release The Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center has announced that John W. "Jack" Young of Lloyd will receiving the living award and Jerome "Jerry" and Flora Kearful of Chinook will receive the legacy award in the 14th class inducted into the Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame. The inductees were chosen from a field of candidates nominated by the general public. Inductees are honored for their notable contributions to the history and culture...
