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Friday evening, the Havre Eagles Club set up a stop on the path of the Second Annual Ride for Tomorrow, a 1,500 mile motorcycle ride being held to raise suicide prevention awareness and provide people education on how to identify people in crisis and find them the help they need. Havre's stop, at Zip Trip on First Street, provided packaged meals, burgers and beverages to the riders, including a trio from the Havre American Legion Riders. Last year's inaugural Ride for...
The Northern Agricultural Research Center of Montana State University held its annual Field Day and Agriculture Appreciation Banquet where two locals were honored with awards for their outstanding work in the field of agriculture and their contributions to their community. The banquet, which served more than 300 people, was kicked of by Northern Agricultural Research Center Superintendent Darrin Boss, also the head of MSU's Department of Research Centers, who thanked everyone...
Hill County Compensation Board passed a recommendation Thursday to offer Hill County elected officials a five percent cost of living pay increase and the board also set up future meetings to consider raising base pay as well. The board had been discussing a potential change to the pay matrix of the county that would include yearly wages increased compressed into a shorter amount of time, which Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean said will help attract more people to the county. Other members of the board, as well as county...
Staff and wire report The Hill County Mosquito Control District and public health officials are urging people to take steps to keep the number of the blood-sucking insects down and to protect themselves. Each year around this time, public health officials remind residents that the yearly onslaught of mosquitoes and their bites is just around the corner, and in many areas these fierce pests are already peaking. Josh Miller of the Hill County Mosquito Control District said last week the district began mosquito fogging June 6,...
The Hill County Commission announced the departure of Hill County Council on Aging Director Don Kenny at their weekly business meeting Thursday morning, where they also tabled a number of contracts and policies that require more time to consider. Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean said Kenny’s last day will be July 8 and they received his resignation letter before the meeting. The commission also tabled consideration of a potential contract between the Hill County Council on Aging and A Plus Health Care, one McLean said H...
Havre Police Department A caller asked Thursday at 8:36 a.m. for a welfare check on a family member on Fourth Avenue. -- A bag of white substance was reported on the ground on Third Avenue Thursday at 10:05 a.m. -- A Second Street West caller reported at 12:08 p.m. Thursday finding a mailbox and a post in the front yard. -- Adrian Tyrell Chiefstick of Rocky Boy, 39, and Acoya Nathan Gopher of Box Elder, 24, were each arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a fight was...
Press release In honor of Antoinette “Toni” Hagener, Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club is holding a dedication ceremony Tuesday at 2 p.m. by the sundial, plaque and bench in front of Hagener Science Center on the Montana State University-Northern campus. Hagener, a charter member of Bullhook Blossoms, arrived in Havre in 1948 with her husband, longtime Northern science professor Lou Hagener, and became an active member of the community as well as a scientist in her own right. She served on the Hill County Commission and in the st...
Kristina L. “Breezy” Brown, 35, passed away at her residence Friday, June 24, 2022. Wake services began at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, June 25, 2022, and continued until her funeral services, which were at 10:00 a.m. Sunday, June 26, 2022, all at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. Burial followed in the Watson Family Cemetery....
The past two weekends have gone well for the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club. After winning the Harold Gjerde Memorial Tournament the previous weekend, the Northstars went 4-1 at the Harry Griffith Memorial Tournament in Miles City this past weekend. While they lost the championship game to finish second in the tournament, Havre assistant coach Shane Reno believes the Northstars had a strong showing over the weekend. "They played very well. They grew together as...