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The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees during its meeting Tuesday accepted Superintendent Andy Carlson's notice of retirement and discussed options for filling the superintendent vacancy. In a letter sent to the board, Carlson said he will be retiring from Havre Public Schools and education next Tuesday, June 30. He has been the Havre superintendent for 10 years and has worked for the district for 21 years. "Havre Public Schools has been such a big part of my life," he...
The Board of Trustees of Cottonwood Elementary School will hold a special meeting Friday at 1 p.m. at the west school. People who want to attend online or via phone can contact the district clerk at 265-6970....
Pepin Park hosted the first performance of Kicks@6 Tuesday, a concert featuring a local band with artists including Kurt Miller, Kris Shaw and Ryan Johannessen that drew 40 attendees despite the continuing pandemic. William Thackeray a retired professor at Montana State University-Northern said he's been coming to the event for a long time and thankfully the park was more than adequate to maintain social distance amid the pandemic. "We've been coming here for, oh lord, 10...
Cameron James Eagleman, 38, was being held in the Hill County jail this morning on charges including attempted murder. According to the Havre Police Department dispatch log, officers responded to a call at 8:07 p.m. Tuesday in which the caller said someone was where she was in violation of a no contact order. Officers arrested Eagleman on suspicion of attempted homicide, strangulation of a partner or family member, assault with a weapon, non-aggravated partner or family member assault and resisting arrest. He was being held...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 93 with 17 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 75,066 with 1,143 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 21. The number of recoveries was 571 and the number of active cases was 174. The new cases by county were in: Missoula: 5 new cases, 54 total Yellowstone: 4 new cases, 129 total Gallatin: 3 new cases, 216 total Big Horn: 2 new cases, 68 total Rosebud: 2 new cases, 10 total Treasure: 2 new cases, 2...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — During the COVID-19 pandemic, more people might be giving serious thought to estate planning affairs should they fall sick. According to Montana State University Extension educators, the process is not difficult and professionals such as attorneys, accountants and life insurance agents can help. “We tend to think estate planning has become so technical and complex that we often become frustrated and throw our hands in the air before we start,” said Wendy Wedum, Pondera County Extension agent. “Most...
Andee Nicol The Boy, 27, born and raised in Havre, MT, was called home to Heaven Saturday, June 13, 2020. Andee was born August 12, 1992, to Junior The Boy and Nikki Jackson. She was the youngest of three born to Junior and Nikki. She was joined later by little sisters Tazya and Savannah. She attended Havre Public Schools until 2010, when she decided to pursue her certificate in heavy equipment operation at Kicking Horse Job Corps. On completion of Job Corps, she met Ralph...
Press release HELENA — In April, Montana State Fund, the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurance company, announced a program to allow policyholders impacted by COVID-19 the flexibility to defer premium payments on their workers’ compensation insurance without cancellation of their policy. Tuesday, MSF announced an extension of the deferral through Sept. 30. No policy cancellations will occur during this period unless requested by the policyholder. The intent of the deferral is to give Montana businesses the flexibi...
Havre Daily News staff Montana’s U.S. senators announced that $1 million in federal funding is on the way to the state to to help communities combat meth use and trafficking in Montana. Sens. Jon Tester, D- Mont., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., announced that a $1 million U.S. Department of Justice grant was awarded to the state. The grant is from the Community-Oriented Policing Service — COPS — Anti-Meth Task Force funding, awarded will help stem the flow of meth and other dangerous drugs into Montana communities and help local...
Havre Public Schools announced Tuesday afternoon that a meeting of the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday has been canceled....
A front-page story in Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about a meeting of the Hill County Board of Health misreported the name of Lodestar Land and Home....
Havre Police Department A caller reported finding a gun at 11th Street West and Washington Avenue Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. -- Officers investigated a 1:34 p.m. Tuesday report of a past burglary at a Sixth Avenue business. -- Elizabeth April Dawn Caplette of Box Elder, 33, was issued a summons on charges of partner or family member assault and violation of child restraint; a 15-year-old Havre girl was issued a summons on charges of partner or family member assault and driving...
I think my next-door neighbors might be superheroes. They both work with computers (at least that’s what they say) and then, every spare moment, they are off doing superhero-type things. My neighbor, Jason, runs 100-mile marathons. He’s even done a few 200-plus-mile marathons. These are held in the mountains. He starts running before the sun is up, runs up a mountain all day, then runs down a mountain all night, then runs up another mountain the next day. He wears a hea...
Editor, I am a 89-year-old Korean War veteran. My subject is hate, a self-consuming emotion if there ever was one. It abounds in symbols, swastica, burned-out churches, graffiti. It comes from deep inside ourselves. It is usually something or someone we do not like in ourselves. It consumes itself and the person who provides it. Look at the ashes of hate. What is there, nothing, enough said. Jerry Collins Havre...
After putting up a stellar showing by going 3-1 in last weekend's Lewistown Tournament, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club was looking forward to a big matchup against another opponent from Great Falls, the Great Falls AA Chargers, with both teams looking for another win to add onto their season records. Unfortunately for Havre, Great Falls came up to Legion Field Tuesday night and defeated the Northstars 8-7 in a close battle to the end, giving Havre a tough...
I have to admit, I am one of those people who has let the coronavirus get them down. It's put me in a funk for a variety of reasons, many of which there's no need to go into. However, there's something interesting that has happened to me due to the pandemic. It's something I swore I'd never do, and it's someone I swore I just wouldn't become, but was also someone I felt I was also incapable of becoming. And yet, here I am now. I'm that something. I'm that someone. Thanks to co...
The following cases were resolved by Judge Audrey Barger in Hill County Justice Court in May. —— Janell Rene Leo, born in 1976, had a charge of truancy misdemeanor dismissed by the prosecution. —— Steven Lee Strike, born in 1988, was sentenced to 180 days in jail, 138 days credited and 42 suspended, for violation of a no contact order; was sentenced to 180 days in jail, all days suspended for another 47 counts of violation of a no contact order; and two more counts had no sentence listed. —— Zachariah Lee Ambler, born in 199...
Press release July 15 is the acreage reporting deadline for spring seeded alfalfa seed, forage seeding, Conservation Reserve Program, perennial forage not covered under the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program, annually seeded spring crops, and all other crops not required to be reported by a previous reporting date. Producers should note that this is the final date that FSA can accept late-filed 2019 reports for these crops....
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency announces that Dairy Margin Coverage safety-net signup for 2021 coverage will begin Oct. 12 and will run through Dec. 11. DMC has already triggered payments for two months for producers who signed up for 2020 coverage. “If we’ve learned anything in the past six months, it’s to expect the unexpected,” said FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce. “Nobody would have imagined the significant impact that current, unforeseen circumstances have had on an already fragi...
Press release Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage programs for 2020 must do so by June 30. Although program elections for the 2020 crop year remain the same as elections made for 2019, all producers need to contact their local USDA Farm Service Agency office to sign a 2020 enrollment contract. To date, more than 1.4 million ARC and PLC contracts have been signed for the 2020 crop year. This represents 89 percent of expected enrollment. Producers who do not...
Press release Some USDA Service Centers in Montana are now allowing in-person office visits by appointment only. Visitors will be pre-screened based on health concerns or recent travel and must adhere to social distancing guidelines. Visitors are encouraged to wear face coverings during their appointments and masks will be available for use at each county office for people who do not have one. Visitors must call their local service center to confirm the office’s status and schedule an appointment before arrival. USDA p...
Men's league golf comtinued at Beaver Creek Golf Course last Thursday night. The team of Stockman Bank scored 23 points for high-team honors. Stockman Bank is composed of Cory Brothers, Jeff Brandon, Kaare Engebretson and Josh Knudson. Kyle Miller shot a great round of even-par 36 for low gross, while Ed Boucher was low net with a 31. BCGC Men's League Standings 1. RJ Wheat - 85 pts 2. Grip It & Sip It - 84.5 pts 3. Nalivka's - 83.5 pts 4. Gram's Ice Cream - 83 pts 5....
