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Beginning Monday, Havre’s Public Works Department will be closing select streets in the Highland Park area for work that has been on hold for several years. Public Works Director Dave Peterson said 60 work days have been allotted for the completion of multiple projects in the area. He added that road work and the replacing of a water line under Boulevard Avenue has been in progress since roughly 2015. “We had a project about six years ago that included improving 11th Str...
Staff and wire report Although vaccination is ongoing in the nation, COVID-19 cases are again rising, mirroring what has happened in Europe in recent months, and officials are urging people to continue to use precautions to slow the spread of the virus. "Despite the fact that about 32 precent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the country is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases and officials urge everyone to stay the course," a...
Havre Public Schools has announced a mail-in election for three seats on the Havre School Board will be held Tuesday, May 4, with another seat filled by acclamation. The high school election has been cancelled due to there being only one candidate for the position. Britnee’ Loch was the only candidate for the high school seat and was elected by by acclamation to fill the three-year trustee position. Candidates to fill positions for two trustees serving a three-year term and o...
Non-profit dog rescue PAWS of Chinook is partnering with Spay Montana to offer the rescue’s first spay/neuter clinic and vaccination clinic set for Saturday and Sunday, May 8-9, at the Commercial Building on the Blaine County Fairgrounds. The clinic will provide free spay and neuter for both dogs and cats in the area. The vaccinations are offered at a very low cost for all dogs and cats with annual vaccination and rabies costing $10 each or $15 for both, as well as m...
People can find online where vaccines are available in their area through https://vaccinefinder.org, operated by Boston’s Children’s Hospital and supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Digital Service. The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 105,750 with 232 new cases, 1,005 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 40. The number of deaths was 1,494. Blaine County Health Department reported March 30 being being notified of no...
Havre Daily News staff Hill County Fire Warden and DES Coordinator Amanda Frickel said in a Facebook post Wednesday that weather is not ideal for burning these next couple of days. “Need I say again we are in a drought going into the wet season. Very dangerous fire hazard,” Frickel said in the post. “Please make sure you are doing your part to keep Hill County fire-free. Frickel also asked people, when it is safe to do so, to make sure that that their burns are being called in and to call in when they have extinguished the b...
Havre Police Department An arrest was made during a vehicle stop on Second Street West at 6:23 p.m. Wednesday, but no details on the charges were provided. -- Officers investigated a Wednesday 7:02 p.m. report from a First Street establishment of a drug offense. Hill County Sheriff's Office Deputies investigated an 8:25 a.m. Wednesday complaint from the pool in Hingham. -- Tabitha Gopher of Box Elder, 22, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants served at Hill County...
From Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA — Applications for the State Hail Insurance Program are now available through the Montana Department of Agriculture. Information is available online at https://agr.mt.gov/HailInsurance-Applying . Producers can insure crops against hail damage at the maximum coverage rate of $75 per acre for dryland and $114 per acre for irrigated land. Rates charged are a percentage of the insured amount and vary by county. A detailed list of rates by county and crop can be found online by v...
From American Red Cross GREAT FALLS — With no substitute for blood and no way to manufacture it, volunteer donors are essential for hospital patients in need of transfusions. During National Volunteer Month this April, the American Red Cross celebrates the blood, platelet and plasma donors who help fulfill its lifesaving mission and urges healthy individuals to join them in giving. Nearly 2.6 million Red Cross volunteer donors step up every year to ensure blood is on the shelves when patients need it. The generosity of t...
It had been quite the wait for Montana State University-Northern cross country runner Field Soosloff. After he finished third in the Frontier Conference Championship last fall, he had to wait until other conferences in the NAIA played their spring seasons.Now he knows that he has qualified for the NAIA National Meet in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “It feels really good. Ever since I was a freshman it’s been me and my teammates’ goals to make it to nationals and it feels good to achieve...
Press release As spring warms up Montana, the Streatery will be reopening for its fourth season today, and just like before, customers may find the Streatery parked at Triple Dog Brewing with the hours of operation Monday through Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 2 to 8 p.m. Since 2018, the Streatery has included the tagline "Farmer Meets Foodie," which has since grown into a brand of its own. Farmer Meets Foodie now encompasses services such as catering, frozen meals...
Editor, My words are addressed to the people of Rocky Boy, who are my brothers and sisters and relatives. Please remember that Rocky Boy and Little Bear worked together to secure a homeland for all of you and all of your descendants. The key words are “worked together,” so all of you must work together to keep the Creator’s gift to you to be a vibrant, healthy community. You must “help each other,” in the same spirit of togetherness. As long as I am able, I will pray to the Creator for you. Gerard Vandeberg Billings...
Editor, The Montana State Senate is considering House Bill 273, with implications that concern all of us. This bill would repeal Initiative 80, which requires developers of nuclear generating facilities built in Montana to post a bond toward insuring against future liabilities, assume full liability for injuries resulting from their operation, show how the radioactive waste produced will be contained with no reasonable chance of escape, and show how similar systems have performed in actual operation. If those provisions are...
I used to have a photo of my Dad in his crisp uniform, just back from Overseas. “Overseas” is a lost word, known to us older folks. Dad was in the Army Air Force in WWII. I was eight months old when he got home. In the picture, Dad held me in one arm, me in my cloth coat with matching winter pants. In his other hand he held a cigarette. I don’t know what happened to the photo. My Dad had smoked since he was eight years old, rolling corn silk out behind the barn. He lived...
By Havre Daily Staff There are few things the Havre High tennis teams have cherished more over the years than the Havre Invitational. A big reason why is because, unlike sports like football, basketball and others, the Pony tennis teams have but one home meet per season. That alone is reason to relish the opportunity. But, there's more to it than that according to longtime head coach George Ferguson, and when you add on the fact that last season was wiped out due to the...
After returning to the diamond from a nearly two-year break, the Havre High softball team started their season with two straight wins. Now, they will head to Lewistown to compete in a tournament this Friday and Saturday. The Blue Ponies will play three games across the two days, facing off with Billings Central, Livingston and Laurel. "They're all going to be pretty decent," HHS head coach Tony Vigliotti said. "All those Class A teams are going to compete and that's what all o...
High scores for the week were Women’s, Dana Seidel, 221-588; and Men’s, Jay Shulund, 298-744 — so close to the 300. Only a couple weeks left. Will someone get it. Split picker’s, Rick Eckhardt, 2-10, Donna Tilleman, 6-7-10, and Janet Robinson, 5-7. Thursday Mixers league is over, and I will be posting final standings next week. Sunday Keglers: Laura Eller, 185, Amanda Moomey, 197, Ashley Linderman, 165,193,164-496, Hailey Breum, 157, Julie Allee, 150, Janet Robinso...
