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Articles from the March 24, 2021 edition


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  • COVID vaccinations opening to all this week

    Tim Leeds|Updated Mar 24, 2021

    Local health officials say they are opening up clinics for COVID-19 vaccinations this week, ahead of the planned opening April 1, with some saying they have been doing so for a while. Alysia Mosness, director of infection prevention at Northern Montana Hospital, said the partners putting on a vaccination clinic Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Havre's Holiday Village Mall, are opening to everyone 18 and older, with walk-ins taken while vaccine supplies last. "As long as we...

  • Mueller and Zanto to be interviewed for Havre Public School Superintendent

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 24, 2021

    The Havre Public School Board of Trustees voted Tuesday evening to interview Interim-Superintendent Craig Mueller and Capital High School Principal Brett Zanto from Helena for the position of Havre Public School Superintendent next week. Long-time Superintendent Andy Carlson resigned in June, and Mueller, then the assistant superintendent, accepted the position of interim superintendent effective July 1. Mueller had previously expressed that he had no interest in the...

  • State and local COVID-19 update, March 24, 2021

    Updated Mar 24, 2021

    The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 103,666 with 214 new cases, 898 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 59. The number of deaths was 1,413. Blaine County Health Department reported Tuesday evening being notified of no new cases, with 752 total, 3 active, 24 deaths. Hill County Health Department reported Tuesday evening being notified of no new cases, with 1,930 total, 4 active, 42 deaths. Rocky Boy Health Center reported March 11, also reported on either C...

  • Obituary - David T. Robo

    Updated Mar 24, 2021

    David T. Robo of Chester, 79, passed away peacefully March 6, 2021, at Liberty Medical Center. David was born August 2, 1941, in Havre, MT, to Gustav and Frances (Hodges) Robo. He grew up on the family farm north of Joplin. He graduated from Joplin High School in 1960. After graduation, David carried on the family tradition farming alongside his father. June 27, 1962, David married Barbara "Jean" Hill. David and Jean began farming together in 1962 and started their family in...

  • Correction - Park Board committee hears public testimony on beaver trapping

    Updated Mar 24, 2021

    An article about Hill County Park Board’s Rules and Regulation Committee holding a meeting to collect information on beaver management in Beaver Creek Park published in Tuesday’s edition of Havre Daily News did not make it clear that cabin owner Fran Buell, who is a member of Montana Trappers Association, was speaking as a cabin owner and not speaking for the association....

  • Officers investigate stab wound with uncooperative victim

    Updated Mar 24, 2021

    Havre Daily News Havre Police Department officers investigated after a caller at the emergency room reported at 9:23 p.m. Tuesday that a man had walked in with a stab wound to his neck. Police Capt. Aaron Wittmer said the victim told officers that a man dressed in black with a gas mask on approached him in the alley on the 1100 Block of Second Street and asked for a cigarette, then pulled a knife from his pocket, stabbed the victim and ran away. Investigating officers could find no evidence, Wittmer said, and the victim was...

  • For the Record, March 24, 2021

    Updated Mar 24, 2021

    Havre Police Department William Joe Skidmore of Havre, 40, was arrested on charges of trespass to property and obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and on a Justice or City court warrant after a Third Street caller asked Tuesday at 7:46 a.m. for assistance removing a man from a house. At Hill County Detention Center, officers served Skidmore with a state District Court warrant at 1:36 p.m. -- Tessa Shayne Bigknife of Box Elder, 19, was arrested on charges of...

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Quinn McDonald, HHS Softball

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 24, 2021

    It has been quite the year for Havre High senior Quinn McDonald. First, she was part of a volleyball team that had qualified for the state tournament this past November. She then played for the Havre girls basketball team that won its third state championship in the past four years last month. And she will now finish off her athletic career at Havre when she suits up for the Blue Ponies on the softball field for the first time in almost two years. "It feels really great. It's...

  • MSU-N's Neubauer honored by the Frontier

    George Ferguson|Updated Mar 24, 2021

    After a thrilling split with Carroll College last weekend in the Armory Gymnasium, the Montana State University-Northern Skylights have a Frontier Conference Volleyball Player of the Week. Northern senior libero Shania Neubauer was named Frontier Defender of the Week. Neubauer is a 5-foot-9 senior outside hitter from Belgrade. MSU-Northern went 1-1 in their weekend home series against (RV) Carroll College. The Skylights lost 3-0 Friday and won 3-1 Saturday. Neubauer averaged...

  • Local Sports Briefs

    Updated Mar 24, 2021

    Middle School tennis is back Havre head tennis coach George Ferguson is offering middle school tennis lessons free of charge. The sessions will be Monday's from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Bill Vaughey Memorial Tennis Courts. Boys and girls grades 6-8 are eligible to attend and can sign up by calling Ferguson at 390-4142. The middle school tennis lessons will begin April 11. Men's League Meeting Set at Prairie There will be a men's golf league meeting at Prairie Farms Golf...

  • The Postscript: Lori's laughter

    Carrie Classon|Updated Mar 24, 2021

    Throughout the past year, my husband, Peter, and I have been seeing no one except Peter’s sister, Lori, and her husband. Lori has Stage 4 cancer and has had a tough fight. She’s been on oxygen all this time. The decision of how careful we needed to be was easy. If we were going to see Lori, we had to be extremely careful. And as a reward, once a week we have heard Lori’s laughter. I’ve been writing fiction for the first time in my life. No one told me in advance that writing...

  • Montana FSA program deadlines listed

    Updated Mar 24, 2021

    From Montana Farm Service Agency website The following are upcoming deadlines for programs administered by Farm Service Agency. • Underway: CRP General Signup (Deadline TBD) • March 1 to May 14: 2021 CRP Spring Non-Emergency Grazing Period (prior approval required) • March 31: Final availability date for loans and LDPs for prior year harvested wheat, barley, canola, crambe, flaxseed, honey, oats, rapeseed, and sesame seed April 9: Deadline for Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA) Program signup • April 15: Noninsured Crop Disaste...

  • Hiring program technician in Missoula/Ravalli Counties

    Updated Mar 24, 2021

    From USDA Farm Service Center Potential applicants interested in learning more about the following full-time permanent Program Technician position with the Montana Farm Service Agency and or applying for this position at usajobs.gov should click on the vacancy link below: County Program Technician: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/595815800. This is a position located in either Missoula County or Ravalli County This is a shared management operation between Ravalli County FSA Office in Hamilton, and the Missoula...