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Longtime Havre Public Schools employee Brandon Berreth is vying for a seat on the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees for a one year term, running against sitting board member Garritt Ophus. Ophus was appointed to his seat earlier this year. Berreth said he’s a team player and his experience as a supervisor in the school’s maintenance department, as well as his time coaching Special Olympics teams in the district, has taught him how important it is for people to work together as when it comes to the school system. He said...
Havre Daily News staff The City of Chinook has announced on its Facebook page this morning that the boil order that was in effect for users of the city water is now off. The water was shut off Wednesday night through Thursday morning to allow repair of a waterline, and due to depressurization necessary a chance of water contamination was possible, leading to the boil order. The order is now off and people can resume using their water from the Chinook Water Treatment Plant as normal....
Garrit Ophus, a sitting member of the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees is running to retain his seat in a race against longtime Havre Public Schools employee Brandon Berreth. Ophus took the position last month in the wake of former Trustee Scott Adams' resignation which came only a few months after his appointment in December of last year. Ophus says he's a team player and an excellent communicator, talents that would serve the board and community well should he get...
At the Hill County Board of Health’s bi-weekly COVID-19 update Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said prevention efforts against COVID-19 must continue amid a global rise in cases. Berg said new cases in Hill County remain below 5 per day per 100,000 residents which is good, but precautions should still be taken given what is happening in the rest of the world. She said Hill County has six active cases, one hospitalization and 21 people in quarantine being tracked by the health department. Berg a...
A meeting about the funding of RSID 21 will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Great Northern Community Center. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said the purpose of the meeting is primarily to discuss the funding of the district including a Community Development Block Grant the county received last year to upgrade the wastewater system in the RSID which is located in North Havre. “We’re just trying to figure out how to fund it,” Peterson said. He also said they will be discussing the Treasure State Endowment Progr...
Press release Montana State University-Northern has announced that the 2019, 2020 and 2021 commencement ceremonies will be Saturday in the Armory Gymnasium. Northern was unable to hold a ceremony in 2020 due to the pandemic, this ceremony is a combination of students from 2019, 2020 and 2021. In order to reduce the number of people in the Armory Gymnasium, MSU-Northern will be holding two commencement ceremonies. All those in attendance will be required to wear a mask. The two ceremonies are not open to the public. Each...
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 108,111 with 16 new cases, 965 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 48. The number of deaths was 1,563. The site advises that information is highly likely to change based on furth...
The following cases were resolved by Hill County Judge Audrey Barger in January. -- Sandy Bob Strauser, born in 1978, was fined $100 for theft, obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property, first offense, and had dismissed by the prosecution four counts of theft, obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property, first offense, and charges of criminal mischief pecuniary loss less than $1,500 and trespass to property. In a later case, Strauser had dismissed...
Keith A. Maristuen, 68, died peacefully Sunday, April 18th, with his children by his side. Keith was born February 6, 1953, in Malta, MT, to Kermit and Agnes (Haugland) Maristuen. He and his two sisters, Cheryl and Monica, were raised and educated in Malta. Keith graduated from Malta High School in 1971. Growing up, he was very involved in many activities including wrestling, football, Key Club, student government, Boy's State, National Honor Society, FFA, Canadian Exchange St...
Havre Police Department Tyrel Henry Bear of Havre, 35, was arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license after a vehicle stop on 10 Street at 8:46 a.m. Friday. -- A caller with Montana Department of Transportation on First Street West reported Friday at 9:48 a.m. that something was put in a gas tank. -- Officers investigated after a caller on Fifth Avenue reported Friday at 11:15 a.m. that a child had eaten four pills and was being taken to the...
After a dominant win over Browning Tuesday night to start the week, the Havre High softball team earned two more wins this past weekend to make it three straight wins at the Sixth Avenue Memorial Field. Friday, they defeated Hardin, 5-4, with a walkoff and then the Blue Ponies opened conference play Saturday afternoon with a 11-1 win over Glendive. "We played really well. It was nice to get off to a good start," HHS head coach Tony Vigliotti said. "We just need to play some ga...
With conference play still over a month away, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball team looks to use the time to fine tune as they compete in non-conference games. While the Northstars defeated the Great Falls Chargers in a pair of games Sunday at American Legion Field to remain undefeated, Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger believes that his team still needs to play better. "There's a lot of room for improvement I think. We kicked the ball around on defense quite a...
It's been a long wait, but the annual Cal Wearley Invitational track meet is finally back. First, the 2020 meet was part of the canceled spring sports season due to the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Then, earlier this month, the 2021 meet was postponed due to some logistical issues. So it's been a long time coming, but the meet will finally take place Tuesday at the Havre Middle School Track. Of course, the annual Cal Wearley is one of the biggest regular season track...
The Havre High tennis teams are used to playing in rough weather, as a colder than normal April continues. However, the Blue Ponies got more weather than they bargained for Saturday in Lewistown. Havre was scheduled to dual all of their Northeast A rivals Saturday in Lewistown, but the final dual against Miles City was washed away by rain, so the Ponies only got to play Lewistown and Glendive, where the Havre boys went undefeated and the Pony girls went 1-1. “We were really l...
The Havre High track and field teams hit the halfway point of their regular season Saturday as they competed at the Sidney Invitational. With only three weeks left before postseason competition, HHS head coach Ryan Gatch wants his team to continue improving. He believes he saw improvement at Sidney as his girls team finished tied for third and the boys team finished seventh. “Really pleased with our performance,” Gatch said. “Made a lot of really good strides today and had f...
