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A mural by a local student now adorns Box Elder High School to warn people about and urge them not to start taking methamphetamine. Box Elder graduating senior Juliet MacDonald created the Paint the State mural for the Montana Meth Project. The mural depicts a message of awareness on the dangers of methamphetamine. The image was designed on MacDonald's iPad using the Pro Create digital app. MacDonald was a featured speaker at the kickoff event for the Paint the State contest...
Havre's hospital is in the process of converting into a critical access facility. Northern Montana Vice President of Regulatory and Community Services Christen Obresley said the change, which the hospital hopes to have in place by July 1, should be essentially invisible to its patients and members of the community. "The patients won't notice anything," she said Thursday. Obresley said the change is more in accounting, how information is reported to Medicare and Medicaid and...
Havre's Rotary Club continues a famous tradition this weekend, hosting a Father's Day fishing event. The event will be held on Father's Day, Sunday, June 18, with registration from noon to 1 p.m. and fishing to follow, lasting until about 4 p.m. The derby has been held for 64 years. It is the longest-running annual Rotary event in the U.S. However, in 2021 the event was canceled due to COVID-19. Rotarian Brian Lilletvedt talked about a favorite memory of his during a past...
At their regular business meeting Thursday the Hill County Commission approved a new security system for election documents and a task order allowing for testing local wastewater for COVID-19. The commission approved a task order allowing the Hill County Health Department to conduct weekly tests of the wastewater for COVID-19. Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said people tend not to report or even test for COVID-19 any more and testing wastewater for it will help the department get an idea of...
Press release The summer meal program is underway at Havre schools, with free breakfast and lunch served to anyone 18 and younger with the meals available to adults at a charge of $3 for breakfast and $5 for lunch, with extra milk available for 50 cents. The meals are served at Highland Park Early Primary School, Lincoln-McKinley Primary School and Sunnyside intermediate school. The breakfasts are served from 8:30-10:30 a.m. and lunches are served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The breakfast menu for next week is: Breakfast Monday...
Havre Daily News staff The Havre-Hill County Library has listed upcoming specific events in the next couple of months. The evens listed are: Friday, June 16, 4 p.m., Yarn Circle Thursday, June 29, 6 p.m., book discussion, “We Are Satellites” Thursday, July 13, 6 p.m., book discussion, “Caleb’s Crossing” Friday, July 21, 4 p.m., Yarn Circle Saturday, July 22, 3:30 p.m., assemble community care kits at the library Thursday, July 27, 6 p.m., book discussion, “The Gap of Time” Saturday, July 29, 10 a.m., Jack Glatzer violi...
Editor, In 2022, Gov. Greg Gianforte faced criticism for the delay in applying for Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) funding, which would have provided up to $10 million in food assistance to over 73,000 Montana children and families. After public pressure, Greg finally submitted an application to the federal government. Instead of investing the received funds in Main Street Montana, the Gianforte administration has taken actions that hinder vulnerable Montanans from accessing the necessities they need to survive,...
It’s not you, it’s me. And I’m really sorry, but I’m breaking up with you. I have to go away for a while and sort some things out. I don’t plan on this breakup lasting forever, but you should know that my brain is broken, so it’s a possibility. I know, my brain always has been set a hair off center, but I like to think that it’s in an off-beat, weirdly charming sort of way. COVID, though, B-R-O-K-E it. So, yeah, I am seriously going to take time off from writing and publishin...
I know better. I set myself up to fail. All the signs pointed to early rain. I jumped in with both feet and gleefully shouted to everybody I know, “This year the rains will come early in June. What a wonderful wet year we will have.” Ha. I know better. Sure, it rains in summer. Late June when we are lucky, July, August, and rains dribble off in September. The rest of the year is bone dry and that is easy and safe to predict. If I really wanted to be right, and who doe...
During the legislative session that just ended, Republicans spent a lot of time on hollow rhetoric about protecting Montana’s children — but that rhetoric was empty, and now we’re seeing the awful proof of that. Gov. Gianforte is refusing to accept $10 million to help feed hungry kids this summer, money that will otherwise just sit unused. And this isn’t the first time the Montana GOP has refused to act to make sure our kids have enough to eat. I would think that if there is anything we as Montanans can agree on, it is that n...
Cheryl Janice Conner, born February 25, 1949, to Gilbert Cecil and Virginia Wilkinson Conner in Pendleton, Oregon, passed away at her home in Pendleton June 13, 2023, in the company of loved ones. As a 5-year old, Cheryl and her cousin Merrilyn Williams were pictured with a local tribal contingent greeting President Dwight Eisenhower when he visited the region to dedicate McNary Dam. Cheryl graduated from Pendleton High School after attending schools in Salem and briefly in...
Howard Orvil Stromberg, formerly of Havre, born Oct 28, 1951, died at his home in St. Augusta, Minn., Nov. 22, 2022, of natural causes. Services for Howard will be held Friday, June 30, 2023, at 1 p.m. at Holland and Bonine Funeral Home....
Beatrice Darlene Kane, born June 3, 1936, died Dec. 16, 2022. Funeral services will be held at Saint Margaret Mary’s Catholic Church 400 Johannes, Big Sandy, Mont., July 8, 2023, at 11 a.m. with a luncheon to follow. Private interment will be conducted at the family ranch....
Alice V. (Vande Sandt) Wong, 96, passed away peacefully May 2nd, 2023, at her home in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was cared for by her family. Alice was born Nov. 2, 1926, in Havre, Montana, to Florence and Carl Vande Sandt. She grew up on the family farm, located 20 miles north of Gildford, Montana. Alice lived an amazing life, leaving Gildford after high school graduation, attending college in Missoula, Montana, and eventually making her way to Washington, D.C., where she worked...
The Great Northern Fair Commission will meet Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in the Community Building on the fairgrounds. The meeting agenda is: Call meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendees Approve minutes Public comment — anything brought up here will be added to next month’s new businesss to be discussed and voted on Fair manager’s report Civic groups report Donated hours report Committee reports: Buildings and grounds Commission policy Financial planning Events committee Old business • Locks t...
Monday 10 a.m. — Sheriff union negotiation in the Timmons Room 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging Director meeting in the Commissioners Office 5 p.m. — Mosquito Board meeting at the Weed/Mosquito building Tuesday 10 a.m. — Safety Committee meeting in the Timmons Room 10:30 a.m. — Road Supervisor meeting in the Commissioners Office 3:30 p.m. — Compensation Board meeting in the Timmons Room 5:30 p.m. — Fair Commission meeting at the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center Wednesday 9 a.m. — County officials meeting in the...
Havre Police Department A caller at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business reported Thursday at 9:47 a.m. that their vehicle had been keyed. -- Amanda Rae Martin of Havre, 34, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant served at the probation and parole office on U.S. Highway 2 Northwest at 10:53 p.m. Thursday. -- Prescription medication was found on Fourth Street at 10:56 a.m. Thursday and the owner was located. -- A juvenile on Second Street asked Thursday at 11:50 a.m....
Matthew 15:14 — “If the blind lead the blind, both fall into the ditch” Out our way, horse trailers are a pretty common sight. In many cases ranchers own or lease multiple grazing lands that are separate from each other — and often the rancher or the cowhands lived somewhere else. So it was necessary to load up the horses and haul them to the sites. Now while most folks have the large multi-horse trailers, some of us had the smaller old fashion type where the horse barely fits and his tail and hind end stick out. Such was my...
Have you ever read the Bible cover-to-cover? It's true that tackling the entire Bible takes determination and time. Some parts of the Bible feel like a long car ride ... they just keep going and going and going. And other parts of the Bible feel like they belong to another religion entirely. Animal sacrifices? God smiting Israel's enemies? Rules about what menstruating women can and can't touch? Lakes of fire? How does it all relate to God, Christ, and us? For some...
You know, Lord, sometimes what kids say is special. Take for instance what Adam shared about his little boy, who asked, "Dad, what time is it? Adam told Al that it was 5:30, though he knew what Al was going to say, even IF he was sitting in the back seat. Al piped up, "No, Dad, it's 5:28!" Adam watched Al's face light up. Gotcha, ... his beaming smile said it all. Adam continued; "I felt delight, too, the kind of delight that comes from knowing your child in the way that only...
This week at Armory Gymnasium on the Montana State University-Northern campus, young basketball players from across the state of Montana have gathered to participate at the Lights basketball camp. One hooper who came to the camp is Fort Benton native Brooks Diekhans, who was looking to improve his game. "I came to this camp because I just want to get better," Diekhans said. "I'm going all over to all the camps pretty much just to get better at my game." Diekhans comes from a...
While the football season is still months away, football fans can still get to see some action with the Montana East-West Shrine Game this Saturday night. In Butte, some of the best high school football players from across the state of Montana will compete, including some familiar faces from the Hi-Line. On the East Team, the 2022 Six-Man football champion Big Sandy Pioneers will be represented by Braydon Cline and Kody Strutz. Both Pioneers will play wide receiver in the...
Press release MIDWAY, Ky. — Midway University announce d that Jenna Young from Chester has been named to its Dean’s List for the 2023 Spring Semester. To be named to the list, a student must be classified as full-time and obtain a 3.60 grade point average for the semester. This spring, 357 students made the Dean’s List....
POTSDAM, N.Y. — Makayla Lindbloom of Havre, Montana, was recently named to the President’s List at The State University of New York at Potsdam. Lindbloom, whose major is archaeological studies, was among 716 SUNY Potsdam students who were honored for academic excellence in the Spring 2023 semester. President Suzanne Smith recognized the students for earning top marks. To achieve the honor of being on the President’s List, each student must have satisfactorily completed 12 numerically-graded semester hours, with a grade point...
