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The plan was to buy everyone cake. My husband, Peter, and I are finally getting ready to leave Mexico, and we can’t say we are too happy about it. The last two months in San Miguel de Allende have convinced us that it is a place we want to return to, and now leaving it feels very hard — especially when my sister tells me about the freezing rain hitting her home right now. “We had to cancel our trip to visit Uncle Andy and Bea!” she tells me. “The roads were terrible!...
The past two seasons of track and field have been rough on Tatum Hull from Chester-Joplin-Inverness. Her sophomore season was canceled because of COVID-19 and she missed her junior year with a knee injury. Now as she suits up for her final season with the Hawks, Hull hopes to pick up from where she left off. "(It's) my last season so I'm just trying to beat my freshman year PRs and seeing if I'm still at that build that I was freshman year," Hull said. "Just having fun, too,...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday evening to adopt a more traditional calendar for the coming school year in response to concerns voiced by community members and district staff. HPS Superintendent Craig Mueller told the board he’s visited all 5 schools in the district and spoken with a number of community members who have expressed their concerns with the calendar adopted by the board in a 5-to-3 vote last month, one that would have had the school year starting Aug. 15 with the first semeste...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused plenty of changes through the past two years. The ramifications of it have even been seen on a smaller scale such as the absence of the Sunnyside Intermediate School's trade fair in 2020. The fair was then delayed from the fall of 2021. But Tuesday night, at the Sunnyside Gymnasium, the trade fair finally made its return. "We're just really excited to have it this year," Sunnyside Principal Pax Haslem said. "It's nice to have it back and it's...
Press release Hill County 4-H has been granted permission by the Great Northern Fair Board Commission to install nine power boxes around the Bigger Better Barn. The Kremlin Hawks 4-H Club is taking the lead on logistics and implementation of the power boxes and hope to have this project completed by the 2022 Great Northern Fair in July. The club is seeking donations to fund the project that will benefit not only 4-H’ers during fair time but the community when rodeos, concerts and other events are held at the Great Northern F...
Rachel Rawn Havre-Hill County Library A collection of local oral histories is now available on the Montana Memory Project website. The histories were provided to the Havre-Hill County Library by Jim Magera, from the local history class he taught for many years at Havre High School. Magera’s students interviewed community members on tape, and many of the tapes made their way to the library. A selection of 290 of the tapes have been digitized, thanks to many volunteers from the community. These can easily be accessed by g...
Press release Havre Elks Lodge #1201 installed the members who will lead the lodge in the 2022-23 year Monday, April 11. The members who were installed and their offices are Exalted Ruler Mike Rappold; Leading Knight John Winegar; Lecturing Knight Dale Herd; Loyal Knight Robert Kurtz; Secretary Brandy Kurtz; Esquire Kyle Leeds; Chaplain Debra Herd; Tiler Greg Tilleman; Inner Guard Linda Hoover. The lodge trustees for the 2022-23 year are Arnold Shulund, William Patera and Donna Tilleman. “We look forward to working with t...
Editor, My name is Samuel Thomas. I am running to give Montana voters a viable alternative to Matt Rosendale, whose views and votes in Congress do not represent Montana values. I’m running because our country is in trouble. We have extremist politicians like Rosendale who voted “no” on the critically important infrastructure package that provided historic investment in Montana highways, roads, bridges, broadband expansion, and water projects, including the restoration of the Milk River Project that provides drinking water...
HDN staff and wire North Central Pachyderm Club announced that Montana Supreme Court candidate Jim Brown, the chair of the Montana Public Service Commission, will speak at its Wednesday, April 20, meeting at noon in the Duck Inn Vineyard Room. A no-host menu is available for people who want lunch, and Pachyderm always is open to the public, so people are invited to bring a friend, the announcement said....
Wednesday April 6, 2022, Gary Couch, a long-time resident of Havre, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Care Center. Cremation has taken place, and a celebration of his life will be held on April 23, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at the Havre Assembly of God Church, 901 9th St W, Havre, MT 59501. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Northern Montana Care Center. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Gary's online...
Havre Police Department Police department dispatch log listed no arrests, summonses or investigations in the 24-hour reporting period. Hill County Sheriff's Office A Gildford caller asked Tuesday at 7:59 a.m. to speak with a deputy about a juvenile status offense. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical technicians responded to two calls Tuesday, and firefighters responded to a report of a stove top fire at 12:34 p.m. on the 1200 Block of 11th Street West. Residents were able...
from Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA — The Montana Pulse Crop Committee is inviting proposals to fund an executive director to address pulse industry needs and improve return on investment for Montana’s producers. “The executive director position will take our pulse crop committee’s mission to the next level,” Montana Pulse Crop Committee member Jill Streit said. “We are looking forward to having a representative here in Montana to work together with producers to expand markets and trade opportunities for our sup...
from Montana Farm Service Agency BOZEMAN — Due to the persistent drought conditions in the Great Plains and West, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering additional relief through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program, called ELAP, to help ranchers cover above-normal costs of hauling livestock to forage or other grazing acres. The policy enhancement complements previously announced ELAP compensation for hauling feed to livestock. ELAP livestock and feed hauling assistance is r...
The Havre High boys track team has won two meets so far this season, including last Friday’s Havre Lions Invitational. A big point scorer in that meet for the Ponies was sophomore Caleb Tomac, who swept the 1,600 and 3,200 meters and also helped the Ponies win the 1,600 relay. Tomac, who is also a standout cross country runner for the Ponies, won the 1,600 in 4:51.84 and the 3,200 in 11:39.00. In their only true home meet of the season, Havre Blue Pony doubles team Grace C...
The second half of the season has finally began for the Montana State University-Northern rodeo teams as they started the spring portion of their season this past weekend. The MSU-N cowboys and cowgirls competed in a pair of rodeos from last Thursday through Saturday in Bozeman hosted by Montana State University. The MSU-N women's team had a strong start to the spring with second-place finishes in both rodeos. While the MSU-N men's team finished fifth and sixth in its rodeos,...