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Havre residents will soon have a chance to express their opinions on the form of city government the community should have. The Havre Study Commission, which is reviewing the city’s form of government, will hold a hearing at 7 p.m. March 8 at city hall. The commission wants to gather ideas from the public on what course of action the commission should take. Commission Chair Dave Brewer said the three-person panel has so far heard three general ideas. The members hope to get the public’s input on these and solicit ideas on...
TURNER - A lot of high school teams use the term family to describe themselves, and rightly so, but when it comes to high school sports in Montana, no school has closer-knit teams than the boys and girls basketball teams in Turner. No matter where you go in Montana, high school basketball is a big deal. When the days get short and the weather gets cold, people take to high school gymnasiums. While, more and more, people are also finding other things to do besides watch high...
Press release Havre Hometown Humanities Faces of Montana will host the program "Montana Towns and Rural Places: Then and Now" with storyteller Hal Stearns Friday at 3 p.m. in the North Central Senior Center, 2 2nd Street. This Humanities Montana Speakers Bureau presentation is free and open to the public. Hal Stearns was born in Havre and raised in Harlowton. His family owned newspapers in Wheatland and Golden Valley counties. His presentation explores the stories of...
From MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Experts from the Montana State University Extension Service have identified glyphosate-resistant Conyza Canadensis, also known as marestail or horseweed, in northeast Montana. The discovery is concerning given how easily this species can disperse in the wind. According to Timothy Fine, Extension agent in Richland County, and Fabian Menalled, MSU professor and Extension specialist in cropland weeds, marestail with up to a five-fold increase in resistance to glyphosate, the active ingredient o...
Press release BOZEMAN — Registration to attend the 2016 USDA Tribal Outreach Forum in Bozeman on March 23-25 is now open, the USDA Montana Food & Agriculture Council announced today. The three-day outreach forum is hosted by USDA in partnership with the Intertribal Agriculture Council and Indian Nations Conservation Alliance. USDA administers federal agricultural programs, including farm loan, risk management, conservation, price support, housing, business and community programs that benefit farmers, ranchers, individuals a...
Press release BOZEMAN — Bruce Nelson, USDA Farm Service Agency state executive director, has reminded Montana farmers and ranchers that the deadline for enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program Signup 49 General sign-up is Feb. 26. To be eligible for CRP, land must meet cropping history requirements of being planted or considered planted four out of six years from 2008-2013 and meet one of the following: 1) have a weighted average Erodibility Index for the three predominant soils of eight or greater; 2) be enrolled in C...
Havre Police Department Christina Mary Converse, 37, of Havre was issued a summons on a charge of criminal contempt in relation to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. somewhere on 2nd Street. —— Kim Allen Norquay Sr., 57, of Hays was arrested at a 1st Street business on charges of criminal trespass to property and criminal contempt after a caller reported a “male sitting on the bench drinking beer.” —— Jesse Shane Valdez, 20, of Havre was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, criminal contempt an...
The halfway mark in the Frontier Conference men’s and women’s basketball season has now come and gone. And that means the race to the Frontier Conference championships is now in the stretch run. Looking back at the first half of the season, there were some impressive runs and some surprise ones too. On the men’s side, Lewis-Clark State ripped off 10 straight wins before suffering a loss at Rocky Mountain College last Thursday. The Warriors bounced right back and knocked off U...
Chris Peterson Havre Daily News [email protected] Few people can say they have been a part of a state championship football team as well as a state championship wrestling team. One of the people who can is Chinook's Kevin Young. Young, who is a senior and set to graduate this year, is enjoying his final year of playing sports for the Sugarbeeters. And not only is he a talented wrestler, he is a dominant football player who played a key role in Chinook winning the...
Thursday High School Basketball Havre girls vs Conrad, 5:30 p.m. Harlem girls at Chinook Harlem boys at Chinook College Basketball Skylights at Tech, 5:30 p.m. Lights at Tech, 7:30 p.m. Friday High School Basketball Havre boys at Conrad, 7 p.m. Box Elder girls vs Ft. Benton Box Elder boys vs Ft. Benton Turner girls vs HLP Turner boys vs HLP Big Sandy girls vs C/J-I Big Sandy boys vs C/J-I North Star girls vs G/HW North Star boys vs G/HW Rocky Boy girls at Malta Rocky Boy boys...
Montana State University-Northern volleyball coach Bill Huebsch has his first signee of the 2016 recruiting season. Huebsch recently announced the signing of Helena Capital's Hailey Warren. Warren is a 5'8" setter from Helena Capital High School. She is a two-year letter winner, a two-time Academic All-State selection, and team captain. During her junior season, she helped her team to a fourth-place finish at the Class AA State Tournament. "Hailey is a dedicated and driven...
The Montana State University-Northern Skylights are hanging on in the NAIA Women's Coaches Poll. After tough losses at UGF and Carroll College last weekend, two nationally ranked opponents, the Skylights dropped from No. 15 to No. 20 in the new poll, which was released Tuesday afternoon. Northern is still one of four Frontier Conference women's teams in the Top 25, with Carroll sitting at No. 11 and Lewis-Clark State at No. 12. UGF also moved up two spots this week to No. 23....
Winter wheat or spring wheat this growing season? February calves or March at this location? March foals or just wait for June? Is it too windy to spray? Too wet to seed? Or too dry to keep the herd on this pasture? Paperwork or outside work tomorrow? How much feed and bedding today? Are the roads clear enough to make a haul? Will that storm slow the grain train? Settle on this price now or bank on a good summer? What kind of pests and diseases will next month’s weather bring?...
