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Montana State University-Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel provided details at the Great Northern Fair Board's monthly meeting Tuesday night on the university's plan to build an equestrian center in town, a project members of the board seemed interested in helping with. Kegel said the structure, which is still in concept phases, has been in discussion at Northern for nine years, part of a larger effort to establish an equestrian program at the college. He said that, after doing...
A new COVID-19-related death has been reported in the area, with the state COVID tracking web page listing Tuesday the third death in Liberty County. The death confirmation - which lags behind when the cases are originally confirmed - comes as new cases continue to be reported in the area, though the number of new cases is dropping from what it was in the past months and as restrictions are eased at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation and the border port of Coutts north of Shelby...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 929 new cases, 4,129 active cases, 230 hospitalizations and 3,091 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 259,701 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that 8 new cases were reported and 57 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 1 active hospitalization, 92 active cases, 4,704 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that it was notified of 50 new c...
Joseph Aloysius Bachmeier, 83, passed away at his home in Havre, with his family by his side, Sunday evening February 13, 2022. His prayer vigil service will be 7:00 p.m. Sunday, February 20, 2022, with his funeral mass at 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 21, 2022, all at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church in Havre with the Very Rev. Monsignor Daniel Wathen celebrating. His burial will be at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 22 at Highland Cemetery. Memorials in Joseph's honor may be...
Mary Lou Miller, 91, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital on Sunday, February 13, 2022. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 28, 2022, at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. Mary Lou’s family has suggested memorial donations be made in her memory to the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Alzheimer’s Association, Friends of Beaver Creek Park, or the charity of the donor’s choice....
Havre City-Council Airport Board will meet Thursday at 3 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of January 22 minutes. 2. Correspondence. 3. Reports: (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) Montana Aeronautics Loan and Grant (B) Hangar rent/renewal (C) Loan repayments 6. New business (A) Airport manager — printer 7. Approval of the February claims...
A story about candidates filing for office misreported that Ryan Zinke is a former secretary of state. Zinke is a former secretary of the interior....
Havre Police Department Martin Zarco of Havre, 27, was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and driving under the influence after a vehicle stop on U.S. Highway 2 Northwest Tuesday at 1:57 p.m. -- A shoplifter was reported at a First Street business Tuesday at 6:09 p.m. -- William Michael Abeita of Havre, 46, was arrested on charges of partner or family member assault, criminal destruction of or tampering with a communication device and...
Staff and wire report Havre Youth Baseball Association said in a press release it is excited for the 2022 season and registration is now open for T-ball, Rookie, Minors, Majors and Babe Ruth leagues. “Online registration is super easy, just visit our website at http://www.havreyouthbaseball.com,” the release said. The release added that the association will be holding its annual in-person sign-up night Monday, Feb. 21 in the HYBA Dugout at the Havre Holiday Village Mall from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Forms can be downloaded from the...
Staff and wire A local family support specialist said in a release she is in the process of creating a support group of families with children who have issues including developmental disabilities, neurodivergencies, mental health issues and suffering child abuse, and an open house about Circle of Parents Family Group is set for Monday at Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line starting at 6:30 p.m. Monday. Benchmark Human Services Family Support Specialist Amanda Christofferson said the meet-and-greet will let people meet the...
Editor, Recycle Hi-Line is sad to announce that we are no longer able to take any plastics. The global market does not support recycling plastic and too much plastic is contaminated, making it unrecyclable. Here’s the basic problem: All used plastic can be turned into new things, but picking it up, sorting it out and melting it down is expensive. One report states, “A degradation of resin properties and performance occurs during the initial fabrication, through aging, and in any reclamation process,” meaning it can’t be reus...
The bells ring more or less all the time here. My husband, Peter, and I are in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, a city filled with old churches. Every old church has at least a couple of old bells, and all the bells are rung frequently. Since there is so much I do not understand when I travel to another country, I assumed that the bells rang according to some sort of system that everyone else understood and I did not. (This is an assumption I’ve made about a lot of things over t...
It seems like just yesterday both the Havre High basketball teams hit the court for the first time this season. Fast forward a few months later, the Blue Ponies are set to wrap up their regular seasons as they both head on the road to play Browning Thursday night. The HHS girls basketball team will be looking to win its 14th straight game to end the regular season as they play Browning. But HHS head coach Dustin Kraske expects Browning to give everything they got against the...
The postseason begins this week for the Harlem and Rocky Boy basketball teams. The Harlem boys and girls basketball teams will start the District 2B basketball tournaments in Glasgow this Thursday while the Rocky Boy boys and girls teams will head to Shelby for the District 1B tournaments. The Harlem boys basketball team will begin the District 2B tournament Thursday night with a game against Wolf Point. The Harlem Wildcats enter the tournament as the No. 3 seed with an 8-5...
Tyler Schoen, Chinook Wrestling What a run for Chinook's Tyler Schoen. At last week's Class B-C state wrestling meet in Billings, Schoen captured the Sugarbeeters' first individual state title in several years when he won the 170-pound B-C championship. On Saturday, Schoen, who also plays football for the Beeters, beat rival Damien Nesbitt of Glasgow in the semifinals, then beat Huntley's Wylee Lundeen 7-2 in the finals. Aliviah Pratt, Havre Swimming It was a tough state swim...
There has been two tournaments the last two weeks. I have the results. First the results of The Challenge Tournament. From the step ladder event finalist were, 5th place, Ryne Antley, 4th place, Kyle Surber, 3rd place, Brad Bender, 2nd place, Shawn Mariani and the winner, Jason McDonald. Everyone had a good time. There were some real good games bowled and some real lousy games bowled, but that’s how The Challenge Tournament works. I had several of those games myself. On the 6...
from Montana Farmers Union BILLINGS — The new Winter Rendezvous, sponsored by Montana Farmers Union, provides an open forum to share and ask questions of leaders in agriculture and rural development. The free, public event will run 6-8 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 17, at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center. MFU President Walter Schweitzer said the event is scheduled to optimize producers’ time as they travel to Billings for the MATE. A complimentary meal will be served to attendees as they learn about processing and funding opp...
from Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA — The Montana Department of Agriculture is recruiting for open positions on its Noxious Weed Management Advisory Council. The following council terms expire June 30: • Recreationist/Wildlife Group. • Consumer Group. • Montana Weed Control Association. • Eastern County Weed District Representative. • At-Large Member. Appointed by the MDA director, the council provides guidance related to noxious weed programs and the Noxious Weed Trust Fund Grant Program assisting counties, l...
