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Hill County Health Department in its weekly update Monday reported two more COVID-19-related deaths among Hill County residents. “We send our condolences to the friends and families of these individuals,” the department said in the update. That brings the total of COVID-19-related deaths in the county to 74, and comes as the number of new cases has dropped dramatically. Hill County reported four new cases confirmed April 19 through Monday, with two active cases in the county and no hospitalizations. COVID-19-related dea...
The prediction is for recent hot, sunny days to be followed by cooler temperatures and rain, leading to the organizers of an event this weekend to postpone. Downtown Havre Matters! Art and Beautification Committee and the Hi-Line Arts Council had planned to have Saturday a second Spring Celebration in the Art Alley between Second and Third street, Third and Fourth avenues, but Downtown Havre Matters! member Debbie Vandeberg said they decided this week to postpone. "We are so...
Havre High School's Taste of Jazz event has been scheduled for Saturday, April 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line and will feature music, food and auctions to raise money for music scholarships and operations for Havre High's music education operations. Havre High School Band Director Cullen Hinkle said the event, which has been going since the '90s, supports the school booster group Friends of Music and raised more money than expected last year...
Gov. Greg Gianforte will be in Havre Thursday at Sunnyside Intermediate Schools visiting Havre Public Schools faculty, administration and school board members. Superintendent Craig Mueller said the focus of the visit is on the impacts of a bill passed in the 2021 Legislature intended to increase the pay rate for starting teachers. The bill, House Bill 143 sponsored by Rep. Llew Jones, R-Conrad, says that Montana pubic school districts have made significant progress in increasing the average pay of teachers in the last 15...
Nick Tomaskie Jr., 74, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital Saturday, April 23, 2022. Cremation has taken place, and at Nick’s request, no services will be held. His family has suggested memorial donations be made in his memory to charitable organizations benefitting children’s activities.... Full story
Havre Police Department A Wilson Avenue caller reported Monday at 7:23 a.m. that someone ran over the mailbox. -- Mike Allen Dunning of Havre, 39, was issued a summons on charges of failing to carry proof of vehicle insurance and driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license after a motor vehicle stop on 12th Street at 7:54 a.m. Monday. -- Items were reported stolen from the back of an unlocked vehicle on 10th Street West Monday at 9:30 a.m. -- Vandalism to a picnic...
Editor, Recent actions by our federal government to cut needed Medicaid funding, historic patterns of inadequate and inequitable funding for mental health and disability services are giving me a terrible sense of deja vu. In 1971, my Shelby High School sociology class toured the Montana facilities at Warm Springs and Boulder. I was appalled by the terrible living conditions and an overbearing sense of hopelessness. I remember asking our tour guides a couple questions: How do you give 2,000 people showers? (Answer: All at one...
In the many years I had the privilege of teaching Montana history, one of my absolute favorite chapters was on the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention. The diversity of people gathered at our state capitol during the wintry months of 1972 created a document that has stood the test of time and been admired and emulated across this nation. Tragically, in this year of celebrating the 50th anniversary of that document, our Montana constitution is facing unprecedented attacks by the very people who have sworn to uphold it. Our...
Fifty years ago I was unbelievably blessed to be the research staff for the Declaration of Rights Committee of the Montana Constitutional Convention. As we approach the 50th Anniversary, I must give a solemn nod to the recent passing of two giants: Bill of Rights Committee Chairman Wade Dahood and Committee member Bob Campbell, primary reasons Montana has such a spectacular document. They had a lot of help, from committee members Chet Blaylock, Dorothy Eck, George James, Don Foster, Marshall Murray and Lyle Monroe as well as...
Press release The MSU-Northern Foundation has announced that the family of the late Scot Strauser has created a new scholarship in his memory. Strauser, a lifelong resident of the Havre area, died in March. The new scholarship will go to support Montana State University-Northern students who are part of the Rodeo Club. Rylee Strauser, a 2006 Northern alum and niece of Strauser, contacted the Foundation about setting up the scholarship. She, along with Scot's son, Sandy...
This time, the conditions should be perfect. The first try at the annual Cal Wearley Invitational didn't work out earlier this month, but today, things look good for the area's best Class C track meet. The Cal Wearley, hosted by North Star High School, began this morning at the Havre Middle School track, and features as many as 20-plus teams. The teams include the Havre Blue Ponies, as well as all of the District 9C, Rocky Boy, Harlem and many other Class B and C schools from...
Yet another Montana high school standout has decided to play basketball for the Montana State University-Northern Lights, and head coach Shawn Huse. Last week, Huse announced the signing of Lewistown guard, Bryce Graham. The 6-2 captain of the Golden Eagles this past season, Graham headed the attack, running the point position and took on several roles for the highly talented Class A state runners-up team. Averaging 10 points per game, almost four assists per game, three...
This will be the final newsletter for the bowling season. All leagues are finalized. Before I post the scores let’s do a recap of the NoTap tournament. We had a very good showing from all the bowlers. First place goes to Stephannie and Tom Klein, with a 1,752 series earning them $1000. Second place went to Michelle and Doug Denny, with a series of 1,711, surprise surprise. They never bowl good together in no-tap tournaments but there ya go. Third place went to Stephannie Klein...
With some spring-like weather returning to the area, local golfers can finally get back on the course, for the time being. Of course, that can change quickly with the kind of spring we’re having. Yes, the weather has been downright rough on the start of golf season. To put it in perspective, the first 15 days of April were the coldest on average in history, with Havre’s average daily high for that stretch hovering at just above 34 degrees. And that was with the 74 degree day...
