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In the wake of Gov. Gianforte rescinding most of Montana’s COVID-19 related public health mandates, Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said the county will not create any local mandates to replace them. At the Hill County Board of Health’s weekly COVID-19 update last Friday Larson said new cases in the state and county are decreasing and the numbers in Hill County don’t justify creating any more mandates. “I don’t believe our numbers, at this time, support doing anything more restricti...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Public Schools announced Friday afternoon it is having a special board meeting tonight at 6:30 in Havre Middle School and via Zoom. The agenda only has two items of business, a notification from the interim superintendent and consideration of methods to conduct a superintendent search. Craig Mueller, the district assistant superintendent, was appointed interim superintendent after Andy Carlson resigned from the position in June. Mueller has been acting superintendent from July 1 on. Mueller said...
The number of active hospitalizations was 172. The number of deaths was 1,092. Blaine County reported on the state map Sunday morning, no new cases, 621 total, 4 active, 24 deaths Hill County reported Sunday evening 2 new cases, 1,778 total, 37 active, 2 active hospitalizations, 40 deaths Rocky Boy — current data not available. Fort Belknap — Current data not available. Liberty County reported on the state map Sunday morning, no new cases, 103 total, 2 active, 1 death Chouteau County reported on the state map Sunday mor...
Hill County Conservation District will hold its monthly meeting Thursday at 5 p.m. in the Havre Inn & Suites meeting room....
Our beloved Mother, Mama, and Great Mama, Nancy Ann Sudan, passed away unexpectedly December 20, 2020, at the Sweet Home in Chinook. She spent her last days surrounded by friendly faces, telling her daughter how happy she was with the food and care, and visiting her great grandkids who came to sing her Christmas Carols. Nancy was born to Dale and Lola Richie in Villisca, Iowa, August 28, 1940, at her grandparent's farm. Playing with her cousins was a fond memory of hers. In...
Valeria Anne “Pommy” Stump Iron, 66, passed away peacefully January 15, 2021, surrounded by her husband and family. Wake services began at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 17, 2021, and continued until her funeral service, which was at 10:00 a.m. today, January 18, 2021, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Burial followed in the Rocky Boy Cemetery....
Roy Small, 78, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021, at Peace Hospice in Great Falls surrounded by his family. Wake services began at 1:00 p.m. Sunday, January 17, 2021, and will continue until his funeral service, which will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 19, 2021, all at the Stone Child College Vo-Tech Center. Burial will follow in the Small Family Cemetery....
Havre Police Department A Lincoln Avenue caller reported Friday at 12:40 p.m. that items were stolen out of a Jeep. -- A caller with Fort Belknap police asked Friday at 12:47 p.m. for assistance finding a vehicle. -- Windows were reported broken out of a vehicle at a First Street business Friday at 3:14 p.m. -- Lavail Shayne Christian of Poplar, 27, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and on a charge of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license, and Clay...
Press release The North Star Knights competed in the Great Falls Central online meet Saturday and did well. Four students made it to semifinals and two went on to place in finals. In dramatic duo acting, Choral Wicks and Kaden Frickel placed fifth, and Garret Pedersen took eighth in impromptu speaking. Collin Welch went to semis in impromptu and placed 14th. Emily Conner did a wonderful job in humorous solo acting, placing 13th. Next up for North Star speech and drama is divisionals, being hosted by Cheste...
by Rhonda Petersen CJI Speech Coach Saturday, Jan. 16, the CJI Hawks Speech team competed at the Great Falls Central BC Virtual Meet. The Hawks had three speakers compete. The Hawks were missing junior Azeria McIntosh. Senior Emma Wickum once again led the way for the Hawks. Wickum scored two ones in preliminary extemporameous speaking rounds to go into finals in first place. After the final round, Wickum ended up in second place for the fourth time this season. Cain Cole scored a one in preliminary rounds and went into memor...
Press release Havre High School speech and debate fielded its smallest team in decades at an online tournament hosted by Corvallis High School Friday and Saturday, but still saw success at the tournament. Senior LillieAnn Mecklenburg and sophomore Paige Bertelsen competed in Lincoln-Douglas debate for Havre, facing off against 32 opponents in the event. The tournament saw 20 Class A schools including Havre competing. Mecklenburg, a fourth-year debater for Havre, only lost one debate in the preliminary rounds, a close match...
Politicians, by nature, are calculators, oddsmakers, bettors, bookies. They bet on winning and losing all the time. Montana Sen. Steve Daines bet on President Trump. But following the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Daines changed his wager. That day, a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol, erected a gallows, killed a U.S. Capitol policeman, and searched like terrorists for lawmakers, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence. They threatened to stop Congress from doing its constitutional duty to...
In the case of the annual series between the Havre High girls and the Sidney Eagles, it's a new year, but Friday night in the HHS gymnasium, it was the same old story. One night after winning in Browning, Havre returned to the Blue Pony Corral to play a Northeast A game against Sidney, and like many games against the Eagles in the past, it was no contest as the Ponies clobbered the Eagles 69-19. "We shot the ball well early," Havre head coach Dustin Kraske said. "We got it goi...
Momentum can be a big thing in college basketball. And the Montana State University-Northern Lights are doing their best to seize as much momentum as possible on what will end up being a five-game home stand. And Northern started to do just that, too, as the Lights took down the Montana Tech Orediggers 65-61 Saturday night in the Armory Gymnasium. But just like that, Tech took it back, as the Orediggers salvaged an Armory split with an overtime win Sunday. First, though, the...
It wasn't that long ago that Montana State University-Northern head women's basketball coach Chris Mouat said his team needed to finish games. Well, the Skylights found themselves with a chance to do that this weekend in the Armory Gymnasium, and after a near miss Saturday night, they got the job done the following day. Northern, which was in search of its first Frontier Conference win this weekend, split with Montana Tech, including a 67-53 win Sunday. "Really proud of our...
The Havre High wrestling team was certainly fired up for its first home dual of the belated 2021 season. But, their opponent was equally hyped. Saturday morning, Havre went head-to-head with Eastern A rival Lewistown for the first time this season, and while things were tight for much of the match, the Eagles would end up pulling away for a 41-27 win inside the HHS gymnasium. And while the final team score turned out to be a bit lopsided in Lewistown's favor, the day was much...
After having to postpone their home-opener against arch rival Providence last week, the Montana State University-Northern Lights made a long road trip, through a winter storm, to get back on the mat. Already a month had gone by since the last time the Lights competed, but Saturday in Sioux City, Iowa, Northern finally got two more duals in, and the Lights stayed undefeated with wins over Morningside and Jamestown College. Northern head coach Tyson Thivierge also noted that the...
