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For six months the Box Elder Bots have been getting together twice a week to design, assemble and transform a box of wires and metal parts into a functioning robot. The Bots are a group of six high school students at Box Elder School, who, with the guidance of their group mentor Alex Jones, an AmeriCorps service member with the organization's Energy Corps, are competing in this year's VEX Robotics Nothing But Net Challenge. Montana State University-Northern and the Chippewa...
Early detection of health problems in young people is key to finding solutions, so a group of community organizations are holding a health screening program for children 5 and younger next week. The sessions will be at the centrally located Van Orsdel United Methodist Church Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Children through 2 years of age are invited to come Tuesday, where they will undergo a series of screenings for vision, hearing and a host of other tests. Wednesday and Thursday, the children 5 and younger can undergo the...
The Hill County USDA Farm Service Agency Committee is requesting public comment on their plan to modify Hill County Local Administrative Areas. The proposed changes would adjust the boundaries of administrative areas to ensure minority representation on the FSA Hill County Committee. The proposed change modifies LAA 3 and LAA 4 to take advantage of GIS technology and accurately use the boundaries of Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation to create the boundaries of the areas. People can view more detailed information on this p...
Press release District 4 HRDC is still accepting for Low Income Energy Assistance Program applications until Monday, May 2, at 5 p.m. The deadline is extended from the regular April 30 deadline, which falls on a Saturday. Income guidelines for qualifying households in Blaine, Hill and Liberty counties are available at the HRDC Energy Program. Applications can be found online at http://dphhs.mt.gov/Portals/85/hcsd/documents/lieap/LIEAPApplication.pdf or by stopping by the office at 2229 5th Ave. Guidelines and applications...
I’ve always liked the story of the shoemaker and the elves. In the evening, before he retired, the old shoemaker cut the leather and prepared his work bench to stitch the shoes in the morning. In the night the elves came to the shop of the good shoemaker and stitched the shoes, the most beautiful shoes. When I had my shop in Poulsbo, Washington, often I cut fabric for the following day. Each morning I entered with eyes of hope. The elves never came. Here in Etzatlan, Leo is m...
Havre Police Department Melinda Rose Cochran, 34, of Havre was arrested Wednesday at 9:11 a.m. on 17th Street West for violating parole. —— Officers investigated a report of theft after someone came to the police station Wednesday at 1:33 p.m. to report identity theft. —— Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity Wednesday at 2:33 p.m. at a 3rd Street West address after a caller asked for a welfare check on a resident. —— Officers investigated a motor vehicle crash near the tennis courts by Havre High School Wedn...
From Independence Bank Mike Kellam has been promoted to a loan officer at Independence Bank, serving ag and commercial customers. He previously served as a credit analyst at the bank and worked for Triangle Communications before starting at the bank in 2014. Kellam grew up on the family ranch south of Chinook and graduated from Chinook High School. He attended Montana State University in Bozeman and finished his business degree in Havre at Montana State University-Northern....
Some things change, some things always stay the same. And in Montana, when it comes to track weather, especially along the Hi-Line, things seems to always stay the same and that means the wind blows and that the conditions are less than ideal. That’s exactly what the weather was like Wednesday at the Havre Middle School track, where 34 different teams met up to compete at the Cal Wearley Invitational. Yet, when it was all over, there was one team that stood out above all t...
As usual, the wind blustered hard throughout the Cal Wearley Invitational track meet at the Havre Middle School track Wednesday. But that didn't stop hundreds of athletes and a total of 34 teams from competing. The boys meet featured a number of top athletes from around the area, but as far as the team competition went, it was dominated by Class B's Glasgow, which took home first-place honors by racking up 102 points. Havre finished second with 83 points and Fairfield was...