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While the news on COVID-19 in Hill County is mostly good, Northern Montana Health Care Chief of Medical Staff Dr. Kevin Harada said residents must continue to fight the pandemic by getting vaccinated as soon as possible. Cases and hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have plummeted in the county and the surrounding area and the state is opening the vaccine to everyone 16 and older on Thursday, and while that is good news, Harada said, it is imperative that efforts to prevent...
Jolee Lyn Landgraf of Havre, 29, was arrested Friday on a charge of deliberate homicide stemming from a head-on crash Jan. 28 that killed Loretta Park of Havre, 73. Investigating officers said she told them she deliberately swerved into oncoming traffic. Landgraf was being held in the Hill County Detention Center on $500,000 bond this morning. Court documents said Montana Highway Patrol was notified of the crash at about 12:22 p.m.. The trooper investigating found that it appeared the silver Dodge Dakota driven by Landgraf...
Winifred, Montana, a town of fewer than 200 people, will be the home of a new high-tech K-12 school which began construction in earnest today, a project Montana State University-Northern staff members have been a consultant for. The school is the brainchild of multi-millionaire Norm Asbjornson, current chairman and co-Founder of Aaon Inc. as well as its former CEO, the namesake of Montana State University's College of Engineering, and a Winifred native. The designers of the...
Editor, We do not want the federal government placing illegal immigrants in Montana. That’s what Joey Biden is planning. Write, email, tweet your senators, congressman, and the governor and tell them not in Montana. The White House created this mess, and they can uncreate this mess, send them illegal immigrants home. President Trump had the border well in hand, and with the stroke of his feeble pen Biden created a mess, so he can just get get out the mop and bucket and clean it up. Don’t pass the buck to us Kent Shepard Hav...
Quick response from several organizations on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation Sunday contained a wildfire to less than seven acres in the Parker School area at the east edge of the reservation near Taylor Road. Chippewa Cree Natural Resources Fire Management Officer Jason Lodgepole said a call about a grass fire quickly spreading north up the hill into the timber came in at 5:20 p.m. and the first engine arrived on scene at 5:31 p.m. As subsequent engines and personnel arrived, they got out in front of the flames and stopped t...
Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson, in a Hill County Board of Health COVID-19 update last Friday, said the county is in good shape with regards to the pandemic. She said as of last Thursday at 5 p.m. the county only had three active cases of COVID-19 and as many people being monitored in quarantine. She said the rate-of-spread for the week of March 15 through 21 was 4.33 new cases per day per 100,000 residents. Of the eligible population of Hill County 24 percent has been fully vaccinated, she...
The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 104,163 with 39 new cases, 935 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 42. The number of deaths was, 436. Blaine County, reported on the state update this morning, had no new cases, 729 total, 1 active, 24 deaths. Hill County Health Department reported Sunday evening being notified of no new cases Saturday and Sunday with 1,931 total, 2 active, 42 deaths. Rocky Boy Health Center reported March 11, also reported on either C...
Lois Ruth "Granny" White, 83, passed away due to natural causes at the Northern Montana Care Center Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Cremation has taken place, and private family memorial services will be held. A celebration of Lois' life is being planned for later this year. Her family has suggested memorial donations be made in Lois' memory to Hill County Relay for Life, c/o Reba Domire, PO Box 13, Rudyard, MT 59540. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with...
Havre Police Department A caller at 4:28 p.m. Friday reported a tractor-trailer struck a streetlight at First Street and First Avenue. -- A two-vehicle crash between a car and a pickup truck was reported on 15th Avenue Friday at 5:24 p.m. -- Misty Dawn O'Claray or Havre, 42, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants Friday at 6:36 p.m. or Second Street. -- Kiana Lee Roastingstick of Box Elder, 21, and Darrel Michael Dubois of Missoula, 31, were each issued a summons...
Satff and wire “Art Never Sleeps” is showing at Artitudes Gallery beginning Thursday, April 1. A release from the art gallery said all Artitudes artists know that every day is a good day for art, so they have been creating art all year. “We miss all of our patrons and hope to be back ‘full-time’ soon,” the release said. “Because we won’t be ready for public receptions for a while, people can stop by Tuesdays, Thursdays or Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Kris Shaw at High Plains Gallery will be happy to let you in to view...
From Federal Bureau of Investigation SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City FBI invites all interested high school juniors and seniors, 16-18 years of age, in Utah, Idaho, and Montana to apply to the FBI’s Teen Symposium. Classes will be held online Thursday, April 22, and Friday, April 23, from 3-6 p.m. The FBI Teen Symposium provides an opportunity for high school students to catch a behind-the-scenes look at the FBI through presentations and demonstrations. Upon completion, students will foster a greater understanding of the...
I have always admired the Montana State flag. It tells a story of Montana’s past and our assets as a state. Currently in the Montana House, there are folks who feel we should either have a vote on whether we should keep what we have or redo the flag and vote on what will be offered. I have also heard the suggestion to just add some guns to what we have. This is what I see when I look at our flag: the Big Sky, our state nickname and what makes us truly unique; mountains, the beautiful skyline attracting adventure-seekers a...
The Havre High tennis teams always open a new season at the Cut Bank Invitational. And Havre head coach George Ferguson said, that trip is always special because a new journey begins. But this past Saturday's Cut Bank had even more meaning, as the Ponies competed for the first time since the end of the 2019 season, and they were back in Cut Bank for the first time since April of 2020. Of course, all spring sports were canceled in 2020 due to the start of the coronavirus...
It had been a long two years for the Havre High track and field team, but Saturday, they finally got to compete again after their 2020 season was shut down by COVID-19. NEW HHS head coach Ryan Gatch demonstrated a variety of feelings over finally getting back on the track. "Fantastic, awesome, exhilarating, great," Gatch said. "No other way to describe it but simply awesome." The Blue Ponies took little time getting adjusted after the layoff as they finished second in both...
The Montana State University-Northern football team was looking to win its first game of a shortened season Saturday at Nelson Stadium in Helena as they played against Carroll College. However, they will have to wait another week to search for a win as the Saints' rushing attack led them to a 49-7 win over the Lights. "Couldn't have played worse," said MSU-N head coach Andrew Rolin. "We need to come together as a team, decide to be a team. Kids have got to make a decision...
Montana State University-Northern volleyball had finally gotten a monkey off its back when the Skylights snapped a 14-match losing streak against Carroll College last weekend. Unfortunately for the Skylights, they could not carry that positive momentum into their matches in McLaughlin Center in Great Falls Friday and Saturday. In both of their two matches against the University of Providence over the weekend, MSU-N lost 3-0. "I don't think we followed up on a great opportunity...
