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Havre Parks and Recreation Department announced that, due to recent vandalism, the rest rooms at the city parks are closed to the public until further notice. “We apologize for any inconvenience,” the department said in the release. The release said that, for more information, people can call 265-5781. Watch for more in upcoming editions of Havre Daily News....
Montana State University-Northern men's basketball coach Shawn Huse has announced the signing of a prep standout from his hometown. Will Burns, a 6-0 point guard signed with the Lights last week. Burns was a First Team All-Conference selection this past season and led the Western B in scoring at 18.8 points-per game. He also dished out 4.5 assists per game while averaging 3.5 steals and 3.2 rebounds per outing for the Rams. For his efforts at the HIT All-Class tournament...
The Havre High track and field teams returned to postseason competition for the first time in two years when they competed at the Eastern A Divisional meet in Glendive Friday and Saturday. In their return to the postseason, the Havre girls team finished in fourth place and the Havre boys team took seventh. “We had a real good showing at the divisional meet,” said HHS head coach Ryan Gatch “A lot of fantastic races, a really exciting meet, so it was a great experience for o...
In a COVID-19 update Friday Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said only 36 percent of Hill County’s eligible population has been fully vaccinated, down by one percent since the last update two weeks ago. Berg said because the Pfizer vaccine recently obtained approval for use in people 12 years and older, the eligible population of the county has jumped from about 12,000 to 13,256. This has resulted in the percentage of vaccinated people eligible in the county falling a percentage point. She said t...
The Hill County Park Board’s Rules and Regulation Committee is holding the third meeting Wednesday in a series of meetings on a controversial topic — beaver management in Beaver Creek Park. An agenda sent by Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson says three speakers will present at the meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the 4-H Chuckwagon on the Great Northern Fairgrounds. Peterson said this morning that while the speakers have been confirmed, he is unable to release their names. Use of trapping to control the beave...
Montana State University-Northern announced last week that the university will no longer require masks on campus. In a campuswide email, Northern Dean of Students Corey Kopp, also the convener of Northern’s COVID Leadership Team, said after Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian issued an update sunsetting Montana University System’s COVID planning guidelines and Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel consulted with the university COVID Leadership and Executive teams, Keg...
Havre native Kati Purkett is Hill County's Montana State University Extension Food and Consumer Science Agent and is looking to help the community in her new role. Purkett said she hasn't had a tremendous number of calls just yet, but she's hoping now that people know she's in the office there will be more, especially with gardening and canning season coming up. She described food and consumer science as the science of everyday living and her job as an extension agent is to...
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 state update on COVID-19 cases was not available by printing deadline this morning. People can visit the state tracking map, normally updated between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. each day, online through links at https://montana.maps.arcgis.com and at https://covid19.mt.gov . Updates wer...
Robin Y. Raining Bird, 52, passed away due to natural causes at Peace Hospice on Friday, May 21, 2021. Wake services began at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 22, 2021, and continued until her funeral service, which was at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 23, 2021, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Burial followed in the Rocky Boy Cemetery....
Emma J. Golie, 76, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital on Friday, May 21, 2021. Arrangements are pending....
Cory Stanley, 44, passed away on Thursday, May 20, 2021, at Benefis Healthcare in Great Falls. Arrangements are pending....
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 28, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
Havre Police Department Kiauna Lynn Sutherland of Box Elder, 21, was issued a summons on a charge of speeding and on a Justice or City court warrant after a vehicle stop on Wilson Avenue Friday at 8:26 a.m. -- Kyle Lee Lamere of Box Elder, 30, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and charges of driving without a valid driver's license, driving under the influence but refusing to test and filing to carry proof of vehicle insurance, and Skylar Rae Welter of Havre,...
Press release Leaving a legacy for generations to come, Hazel (Brown) Gearheart, of Kennewick, Washington, has gifted Montana State University-Northern $100,000. The 93-year-old Gearheart, a Northern graduate of 1947, has designated the funds be used to support an endowment and, per her wishes, the MSU-Northern Foundation has created the Len and Hazel Gearheart Endowment, named after Hazel and her late husband, Len, who also graduated from Northern in 1949 with an associate degree after serving in the U.S. Navy in WWII. Her...
Havre Daily News staff Local concert series Kicks@6 is coming back to Pepin Park this summer with the first concert set for June 15. Sax Cadillac and the Other Brothers and Sistas will play most Tuesdays through the summer with the last concert set for Aug. 17. Each week has a different theme, with the June 15 concert set for “America the Beautiful — We Love the USA Show June 22 has “Rockabilly Classics — Tribute to Rockabilly Music.” June 29 is “I’m from the Country — Tribute to Willie Nelson.” After taking a break ov...
by Havre-Hill County Library Staff Following are some of the newest titles at Havre-Hill County Library. New fiction “Whereabouts” by Jhumpa Lahiri. This Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s first new novel in nearly a decade follows a year in the life of an unnamed narrator in an unnamed city. Torn between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties, she realizes she’s lost her way. Until one day at the sea, both overwhelmed and replenished by the sun’s vital heat, her perspecti...
Press release Steve Mulonet, service officer for the Montana Veterans Affairs, will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. Veterans interested in applying for benefits need to bring a copy of their discharge paperwork DD214 with them. Wednesday, June 2 Shelby — Courthouse, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 3 Browning — Eagle Shield Building, 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, June 9 Glasgow — Glasgow VA Clinic, 1-4 p.m. Thursday, June 10 Malta — Malta City Hall, 9...
After session adjourned, Judy and I took a few days for ourselves. We have six grandkids in Wyoming from ages 4 to 17. So, we went south and celebrated two birthdays and attended both a track meet and soccer game while visiting two of our kids and both their families. Seems, “Let’s go, Papa” was the word for the visit. The youth do step out at a brisker pace than I most often use. That being said, it was good to get home just in time for 8-plus inches of snow following about a half inch of rain. As I mentioned in my last...
Last week was a busy one for Montana State University-Northern head coach Chris Mouat, as he signed a pair of Montana basketball standouts. Signing with the Skylights are Helena’s Kylie Lantz and Big Timber’s Sydney Prather. Prather, a 5-10 guard, recently completed her sophomore season at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming. This season, Prather averaged 8.6 points per game. She shot 38 percent from the field and 74 percent from the free throw line. She scored a sea...
