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With the deadline to file in the 2020 elections — March 9 — fast approaching, the already-lengthy list of candidates who have filed officially continues to grow. This week, Helena Mayor Wilmot Collins, who announced very early he intended to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Montana Republcan Steve Daines, filed as a candidate. Collins, an immigrant from Liberia and U.S. Naval Reserve veteran, joins Democrat Mike Knoles of Bozeman, who has worked in a multitude of fields, from ranch hand to data analyst; John Mues of Lom...
After Christmastime each year, a project collecting and placing Christmas trees begins to build habitats for the fish out at Fresno Reservoir. Fish, Wildlife and Parks Havre Area Fish Biologist Cody Nagel said the trees are donated by local residents, then collected and stored by the city of Havre. He said the trees are picked up by FWP and the Fresno Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited drill holes in each tree trunk to secure cables, then load and haul them out onto Fresno...
An auction and spaghetti dinner to help with costs of finding a home and buying necessities is set for Kody Farmer of Chinook Friday, March 6, at the Chinook Eagles Club. Farmer is a sports reporter at the Blaine County Journal News-Opinion. His house burnt down Feb. 1 and he lost everything he owned, including his dog. "He is a big part of our community," Chinook Eagles Club bartender Britney Nelson said. "He works for the Journal here in Chinook, and there is not one kid on...
Local school districts have announced what seats are open for the upcoming school board elections, to be held Tuesday, May 5. The deadline to file as a candidate for the election is Thursday, March 26. In the Havre district, the three-year positions now held by Tim Scheele, Curtis Smeby and Cindy Erickson are up for election. To file for a seat on the Havre School Board, people can contact District Clerk Shanna Flores for candidate forms. The Chinook School District has three three-year term positions up for election. The sea...
Rudolph J. Shields, 78, passed away at Northern Montana Hospital February 26, 2020. A wake will be held Sunday, March 1, 2020, at 5 p.m. at the Fort Belknap Community Center. The service will be Monday at 11 a.m., also at the Fort Belknap Community Center....
Theodore Daniel Lenhardt, 96, passed away at Northern Montana Hospital in Havre MT, February 25, 2020. A funeral service will be held March 4, 2020, at 11:00 a.m at the American Lutheran Church in Chinook MT....
Havre Police Department Donald Lealan Linderman of Havre, 32, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, possession of dangerous drugs, two counts, and possession of drug paraphernalia, after a caller on Washington Avenue South made a complaint Thursday at 6:40 a.m. -- Sella Marie Parisian of Box Elder, 36, was issued a summons on charges of shoplifting, after a caller at a First Street business reported Thursday at 7:36 a.m. that a woman who had stolen from the...
Monday 1:30 p.m. — Building Manager Meeting 5:15 p.m. — Executive committee meeting — HRDC 5:30 p.m. — Park Board meeting — Timmons Room Tuesday 8 a.m. — 5 p.m. — Hill County New Hire Orientation/Annual Refresher Training — Annex Building 10:30 a.m. — County Road Department meeting 2 p.m. — 4-H agreement meeting with Great Northern Fair Board in the Hill County Commission Office 7 p.m. — Rural Fire 1 Board meeting in the Hill County Commission Office Wednesday Regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m. — We...
Havre City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda item 1. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Approval of February claims and manual warrants. Council initiatives Public comment on non-agenda items — Limited to any public matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council not on this agenda. Com...
Timmons Room, Hill County Courthouse Monday, March 2, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. 1) Approval of minutes: 2) Approval of agenda: 3) Guests and public comments on agenda items only/Agenda Requests 4) Cabin business: 5) Old business: Monitoring progress Folf course Cabin Inspections Possible alternative beaver management options Fran Buell: Trapping reports Park website South cross fence Grazing committee application selection Ron Hellman: Delayed cattle turn-out for September camping. 6) New Business: Fish, Wildlife and Parks Camp...
by Emily Meyer Christopher “Shorty” Young was back in court, as reported in the Hill County Democrat’s Feb. 26, 1920 edition. County Attorney C. R. Stranahan has filed an action entitled State of Montana e rel. Matt McLain, sheriff of Hill county vs. C. W. Young et al., asking the court to issue a warrant and order directing the sheriff to hold in his possession three barrels of beer each containing 150 bottles, which it is alleged was capable of use as a beverage. The beer had been seized by the sheriff and the court made...
Judy Loendorf and or Steve Mulonet, service officers for Montana Veterans Affairs, will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. Anyone interested in applying for benefits needs to bring a copy of their discharge DD214 paperwork with them. Wednesday, March 4 Rocky Boy — Rocky Boy Health Center, Conference Room A, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Shelby — Courthouse, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Cut Bank — Glacier County Courthouse Annex Room 19, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5 Brown...
Press release Davey Elementary School District #12 The Davey School District has announced the upcoming school election will be held Tuesday, May 5. One trustee position is up for election for a three-year term. The seat is held by Fred Davey. To file for a seat on the Davey Elementary School Board, contact District Clerk Serena Dawson for candidate forms. The deadline to file is March 26. Cottonwood Elementary School District #57 The Cottonwood School District has announced the upcoming school election will be held Tuesday,...
At recent Hill County Park Board meetings it was requested that livestock grazing be adjusted in our Beaver Creek Park during September to accommodate recreation, primarily in the south end of our park. As stipulated in our patent for Beaver Creek Park recreation is the priority use of our park. With haying and grazing, commercial private agricultural use of our park is occurring from June through December, six months. The most active traditional recreational period has been Memorial Day thru Labor Day, just over three...
Editor, There are only two weeks until the 28th Annual Quilt Show at the 71st Montana Seed Show. The dates for the show are Friday, March 13, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the band room at Harlem High School. You can enter your quilts, quilted wall hangings, decorator items, clothing, etc. Entry date is Friday, March 6, at Richman Insuramce Office in Harlem by 5 p.m. No late entries will be accepted. Entry forms are available at several places in Harlem, Chinook, Havre and...
Do you ever wonder if your priorities should be in the toilet? In a piece written for National Public Radio, Greg Rosalsky extolled the virtues of Japanese toilets, which are, apparently, miracles of modern technology. First, and foremost, the toilets have an integrated bidet that, if you don’t already know, gently hoses down your privates after you’re done with your business. They also come with a blow dryer, in case you were puzzling over the same issue I was. For extra ame...
By Keith J. Doll Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission Monday, July 2, 1934, the Montana State Board of Education gave the federal government a two-year lease on some land and buildings at Fort Assinniboine. This was to become a permanent transient camp at Fort Assinniboine. These men of all walks of life didn’t have work or lost their job during the Great Depression. About 100 transient men started to rebuild some of the buildings at Fort Assinniboine to make a home for them. They were living in the south part o...
North Central Senior Citizens Center, March 2-6 Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; bingo at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m; TOPS at 8 a.m. Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Walmart shopping 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday — Medical transportation will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., but people must make a request at least 24 hours in advance. Menu by Earlene DeWinter (Subject to Change) Monday — Cheese steak sloppy joe, potato...
GREAT FALLS - Fort Benton was supposed to get to the semifinals so, too, was Chinook. But somebody forgot to tell Ryan Roth and the Big Sandy Pioneers that the third seed from the District 9C wasn't supposed to join them. After an incredible 16-point comeback though, and a 68-65 overtime victory over District 10C champion Heart Butte in the quarterfinals of the Northern C Divisional tournament Thursday night at the Four Seasons Arena, in the semifinals - and a chance at a Nort...
Out our way, you learn to trust your pard. Charlie knew the Tiger Ridge intimately and when I first started riding fence and pushing cows with him, I would have easily gotten lost in the "big open" if Charlie hadn't been with me to guide me. Even when he rode over the ridge after some errant units he gave me direction as to where to ride and where he would find me. He never failed to show up. While we like to think of the holy men and women of Scripture as infallible human...
GREAT FALLS - Winning the last three District 9C championships has been great and all, but the Fort Benton Longhorns have always wanted more. And in each of the last two seasons, they've come up short in that mission at divisionals.. But on Thursday afternoon, in the quarterfinals of the 2020 Northern C girls tournament at the Four Seasons Arena, the Longhorns wasted little time in making a bold statement. Behind the explosive play of senior twins McKenzie and Megan Clark and...
After winning 16 straight games and going undefeated in conference play, the Havre High girls basketball team have plans to claim another Class A state title for the third time, but the Blue Ponies had to go through old Central A rival, the Livingston Rangers first. And Havre punched its ticket back to the Eastern A semifinals with a 59-32 win over the Rangers Thursday afternoon in the First Interstate Bank Arena at the Metra in Billings. The Ponies put up a big win to start...
It has been a season of ups and down for the Montana State University-Northern men's basketball team. Northern has pulled off amazing comeback wins on the road and dominant wins at home but has experienced shortcomings in the Frontier Conference as well. But after dominant wins over Rocky Mountain College and the University of Montana Western last week, the Lights have a shot at hosting a playoff game in March. To do that, Northern will have to pull off some upset wins over...
The season has been tough recently for the Montana State University-Northern Skylights. After losing three key players to unfortunate injuries, the Skylights have had their fair share of struggles in the past few games. But Northern doesn't know what the word quit means. Despite the recent losses, the Skylights will look to close out the season with a bang. To do so, MSU-Northern will have to get through tough Frontier conference opponents in Carroll College tonight at 5:30...
