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Articles from the April 19, 2023 edition


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  • Quick pics: Grazing for a meal in Havre

    Updated Apr 19, 2023

  • Most grounds projects on track for 2023 Great Northern Fair

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Apr 19, 2023

    The Great Northern Fair Board provided an update on all ongoing projects during its monthly meeting Tuesday and confirmed that the most expensive project will be delayed a year. Members of the board and Fairgrounds Manager Frank English said all but one of their projects are on track, the exception being the new bathrooms on the west side of the grounds, a project they are more than $200,000 short of being able to fund. English said new toilets have been installed in the Bigger Better Barn and he is working with Loch...

  • Town hall meeting set on St. Mary, Milk rivers study

    Tim Leeds|Updated Apr 19, 2023

    The International St. Mary and Milk Rivers Study Board will be holding a public town hall meeting May 2, a press release from the International Joint Commission said, adding that all are welcome to attend. The board, launched in November 2021, is looking at water shared between the United States and Canada in a 1921 agreement regulating the sharing of water from the St. Mary and Milk rivers. The study board was created to explore "options to improve access to apportioned...

  • Grassland CRP sign-up to open April 17

    Updated Apr 19, 2023

    Press release The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that agricultural producers and private landowners could begin applying for the Grassland Conservation Reserve Program sign-up starting April 17 through May 26, 2023. Among CRP enrollment opportunities, Grassland CRP is unique as a working lands program, allowing producers and landowners to continue grazing and haying practices while protecting grasslands and promoting plant and animal biodiversity and conservation. Protecting grasslands with CRP not only benefits...

  • Another flock with avian flu confirmed in Montana

    Updated Apr 19, 2023

    Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Livestock confirmed Friday, April 14, that highly pathogenic avian influenza in a Rosebud County backyard poultry flock. This is the 17th HPAI affected flock in the state of Montana linked to the 2022 outbreak of HPAI infections in the United States. The last previous confirmation in of the disease on poultry in Montana was in January. The disease killed all of the chickens in the Rosebud County backyard flock, which numbered several dozen birds. The animals did not show o...

  • For the Record, April 19, 2023

    Updated Apr 19, 2023

    Havre Police Department The theft of a 2008 red GMC pickup truck was reported on Second Street at 6:04 a.m. Tuesday. -- A two-vehicle, non-injury crash was reported Tuesday at 9:28 a.m. on 13th Avenue. -- A 10:02 a.m. Tuesday caller on Second Avenue reported that after cashing a check with a mobile app, someone else cashed it again. -- A 2013 Chevrolet 1500 pickup was reported stolen on 14th Avenue at 10:18 a.m. Tuesday. -- Officers investigated a sexual or violent offender...

  • Agenda - Havre City-County Airport Board

    Updated Apr 19, 2023

    Havre City-County Airport Board will meet in Havre City Hall at 3 p.m. Thursday. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of March 16 minutes 2. Correspondence 3. Reports (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) North end of south 1⁄2 way Lake (B) Painting big hangar 6. New business (A) Pasture lease (B) T Hangar lease (C) Generator pad location 7. Approval of April claims...

  • Correction - Wrestling scholarships

    Updated Apr 19, 2023

    A press release sent to Havre Daily News about local wrestlers receiving Anders Blewett wrestling scholarships, which ran on Page A3 in Monday’s edition, misreported where Chinook High School’s Tyler Schoen will go to college. Schoen is attending University of Montana Western in Dillon....

  • Hi-Line Athlete Profile: Malaysia Baumann, Big Sandy track

    Kason Clark|Updated Apr 19, 2023

    Over the next few weeks, many athletes from across the Hi-Line will compete in track and field. One of those athletes is Malaysia Baumann from Big Sandy, who looks to make the most out of her final season competing for the Pioneers. "I look forward to making it to state in the triple jump," Baumann said. Baumann has been participating in track and field since middle school. In her time competing for the Big Sandy Pioneers, Baumann has competed in the 100-meter sprint, the...

  • Hi-Line Athletes of the Week

    Updated Apr 19, 2023

    Rainee Watson At the Cal Wearley Memorial Track Meet this past Saturday, North Star's Rainee Watson performed well in several events. Her best finish came in the javelin where she took first place with a distance of 108-4. She also finished third in the discus with a distance of 103-01. Her performance helped the North Star girls team finish fifth at the meet. Cooper Taylor Big Sandy's Cooper Taylor had a strong showing at the Cal Wearley Memorial Track Meet this past...

  • Local Golf Report: Golf is Back!

    George Ferguson|Updated Apr 19, 2023

    And just like that, golf in Havre is finally underway. Though the weather is still unstable at best, golfers are officially back on the links. Both Prairie Farms Golf Course and Beaver Creek Golf Course held their openings last weekend. Under some good conditions, both courses held up well through all the spring moisture — which isn’t over yet — and the flooding that has occurred along the Hi-Line recently. So, with golf courses open now, here’s hoping to a better second...