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Editor’s note: this version corrects the date of the graveside service and reception. Carol Ann (Passon) Upshaw passed away of natural causes at the Sweet Memorial Nursing Home in Chinook on April 8, 2020, just four days after her 76th birthday. Cremation has taken place and a graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 10, 2020, in Calvary Cemetery. A reception will follow the graveside service at the Eagles Club in Chinook....
A sloppy joe dinner and auction to benefit Angie Maxwell Nyberg is set for Wednesday 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Havre Eagles Club. Nyberg is undergoing the second round of her battle with cancer. The benefit is to raise money for Nyberg’s medical expenses and travel expenses for treatment. She was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in July 2018 at Stage 2, she said she went through chemotherapy treatment, underwent a double mastectomy and had reconstruction and radiation surgery. She finished her reconstruction s...
James Thomas “Tom” Lowe, peacefully passed away Sunday, March 22, 2020, with family by his side. His funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 20, 2020, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church....
Construction between Havre and Beaver Creek Park on Montana Secondary Highway 234, also known as Beaver Creek Highway, has begun. Montana Department of Transportation Great Falls District Construction Engineer Rich Hibl said the project, which starts at milepost 4.2 and ends at 6.4, is expected to improve the safety of the section of roadway. "The shoulder-widening and slope-flattening is intended to reduce the frequency and severity of single vehicle road departure crashes,"...
Staff and wire report Montana’s U.S. senators issued press releases Monday announcing they are joining a bipartisan group of senators calling for the expansion of telehealth services included in response to the COVID-19 pandemic be made permanent. Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., both joined in sending a letter to Senate leadership calling for making the expansion permanent. The releases said the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security — CARES — Act contained provisions to expand telehealth acros...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 79 with 8 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 63,577 with 2,640 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 19. The number of recoveries was 535 and the number of active cases was 60. The new cases by county were in: Custer: 2 new cases, 13 total Missoula: 2 new cases, 42 total Yellowstone: 1 new case, 109 total People can visit the state tracking map online through a link on http://covid19.mt.gov...
Beki Brandborg of Echo Enterprises in Helena, is in the process of purchasing Highland Manor Apartments in southeastern Highland Park with the intention of renovating the 32 units from top to bottom. Brandborg met with the Hill County Commissioners Monday to seek their approval and support in this endeavor. "I want the county to be comfortable with this and happy about it," she said. She said Highland Manor is in better shape than other similar projects she has worked on, but...
District 4 Human Resources Development Council's Early Head Start program's playground received a makeover with help from members of Havre Masonic Lodge #50, the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints volunteers and HRDC Early Head Start program employees. After years of use, the old wooden playground mulch had broken down into dirt and needed replacing. Volunteers came together Monday to remove and replace the old playground mulch with 6,000 pounds of new rubber mulch....
The Havre City Council Ordinance Committee met Monday and discussed Havre changing to a charter form of government. The difference between self-governing powers and general powers is that "municipal government may acquire self-government powers only with the approval of a majority of the municipal electors voting on the question," Montana State University Extension handbook says. It says the question may be presented to the local electorate directly as a ballot proposal to...
The Hill County Commission is working to upgrade the lift stations in North Havre in the coming years in an attempt to improve their efficiency and get ahead of any potential environmental or health-related dangers these stations may cause in the future. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said lift stations 11 and 22 have been upgraded in the last five years and the commission is looking to bring lift station 21 up to date as well. He said station 21 is not yet at risk of causing sewage related health or environmental...
Press release Two Montana Women’s Prison inmates who were presumed positive for COVID-19 last week have tested negative, the state lab confirmed Monday. However, a third inmate tested positive and will remain in quarantine. “We were extremely pleased to receive the news today that the state lab confirms we do not have an outbreak of COVID-19 at Montana Women’s Prison and we can resume our pre-presumptive positive operations at MWP,” Montana Department of Corrections Director Reginald D. Michael said. “Of course, we will cont...
Gordon D. Moes, 74, passed away due to natural causes at his Big Sandy residence on Saturday, June 13, 2020. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services are pending....
Havre Daily News staff The Hill County Sheriff’s Office announced that an inmate at the county detention center unsuccessfully attempted to escape custody during a trip to the hospital. Undersheriff Stan Martin said in a press release that Josh Reid, 41, was taken to the Northern Montana Hospital emergency room Friday about 9:29 p.m. with a detention center officer on standby with Reid. Reid was being held in the jail on pending charges of partner or family member assault, b...
How do you condense 85 years of an exemplary life into one article? Richard Jackson was born April 22, 1935, to Kenneth and Irene (Lincoln) Jackson in Havre. The three of them, along with his older sister, Dorla, lived north of Inverness his first five years, and then moved to the farm ranch north of Rudyard which was his home for the rest of his life. This family of four loved to vacation over near Flathead lake, snagging salmon. His early school years were at Mariner Country...
STEVENSVILLE — Michael G. Peeler, 65, passed away Friday, June 12 at his home in Stevensville....
The Hill County Weed Board will meet Friday in the Hill County Shop at 11 a.m. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Minutes Public comment Correspondence Unfinished business New truck East Fork Fire New business Budget Purchase orders Spray crew update...
The Hill County Commission business meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 11 a.m. People are able to join the meeting remotely if they wish using their computer, tablet or smartphone by logging in at https//global.gotomeeting.com/join/285550365 . They also can dial in using their phone. For supported devices, people can tap a one-touch number below to join instantly. United States toll free 1-866-899-4679 One-touch tel 18668994679, 285550365# United States 1-312-757-3119 One-touch tel+13127573119, 285550365# Access code...
Havre Police Department Someone stopped at the police station Monday at 10:05 a.m. to speak with an officer about an identity theft. -- Someone stopped Monday at 2:55 p.m. at the police station to report that a house had been egged. -- A Lila Drive caller reported at 2:56 p.m. that a wallet had been lost or stolen. -- A 16-year-old was arrested on charges of careless driving, driving under the influence, under age tobacco possession or consumption, possession of dangerous...
Editor, The Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, or CFAP, gives producers of certain commodities or livestock assistance for losses caused by the coronavirus. The USDA claims that CFAP includes coverage for malt barley, but the rules indicate differently. While on the list of non-specialty crops that are eligible, it is almost impossible to qualify for the assistance. As a farmer, who grows malt barley in the Golden Triangle I know this first-hand. First, almost all malt barley is contracted with a malt company long before it...
In a recent U.S. District Court ruling by Judge Brian Morris, the American public heard loud and clear that the federal administration broke the law when it offered leases on public lands in critical Sage grouse habitat. This court decision speaks volumes about how public lands should be managed, with certainty, and in a manner that considers true multiple use — including maintaining wildlife populations. The Department of Interior was found to have violated the law by issuing an instructional memorandum that abandoned the bi...
America has some reconciling to do with white supremacy, not just the guys in white hoods, but the structures and practices that have kept white people in power and disproportionately hurt people of color. The social movement for Black Lives Matter is making its mark and having a definitive impact, even here in Montana. The people of color leaders in this state have excelled at educating, mobilizing and fundamentally changing the conversations across the state. With every social movement of this scale, there are naysayers...
Press release Complete College America recently asked 20 graduates from across the country to “shed light on their college experiences, from their motivation for enrolling, to the people who kept them on track, from the books that left lasting impressions, to the things they already miss about campus.” Established in 2009, Complete College America is an alliance of higher education institutions, including the Montana University System, working together to implement strategies to remove barriers and close achievement gaps so...
Press release Swimming lessons are being offered at Havre Community Pool. Session I will run from June 22 to July 3. Limited spots are avaiable. More sessions will be available following first session. Signups will run from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday. Signup must be in person. No signups will be taken over the phone. People with questions can call the pool at 265-8161....
The first golf tournament to be played in Havre since the coronavirus pandemic began was held last Saturday at Prairie Farms Golf Course. Of course, it wasn't a completely normal day on the links for the 2020 NALSF Tournament, as social distancing measures, a reduced field and other pandemic related golf precautions were in effect. But nevertheless, I'm here to say, since I played, and not well I might add, that, despite the changes we're all still getting used to when it...
The wait to start the 2020 American Legion baseball season was worth it for the Havre Northstars. And especially because, the Northstars are enjoying getting to play plenty of games inside the friendly confines of Legion Field. And that trend will continue tonight when the Northstars battle the Tri-County Cardinals in a Northern District doubleheader at Legion Field. The games between the Northstars and Cardinals will get underway at 5. Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger and...
