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Editor’s note: this version corrects that a proposal sent by Rural Fire District 1 to The City of Havre has not been brought before Havre City Council. At a meeting of the Rural Fire District 1 Board Tuesday, the board was granted an extension by Havre Mayor Tim Solomon through the end of July to sign a new fire suppression agreement with the city. Rural Fire District 1 is essentially a ring around Havre in which the Havre Fire Department previously provided fire suppression s...
Montana’s U.S. senators announced today that funding to rehabilitate the source of most of the water in the Milk River passed out of committee. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said in a release that up to $100 million in dedicated funding to rehabilitate the Milk River Project is part of a bipartisan infrastructure framework he recently negotiated with the White House and nine of his Republican and Democratic colleagues. The water infrastructure portion of the framework was voted out of committee today with a bipartisan m...
The Great Northern Fairgrounds manager is in his third year, but this is only his second fair - after the 2020 fair was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic - and the first fair he has worked on from the ground up. Havre native Frank English was hired as the manager of the Great Northern Fair and campground in 2019, just before the fair. He said this is his first year in the role starting from scratch. The 2019 fair was close to set when he started. He said his approach to...
An owner of the carnival working at the 2021 Great Northern Fair is facing human trafficking-related charges in Utah. Midway West Amusements owner Jordan Jensen of Gilbert, Arizona, was charged in Utah with three counts of human trafficking and nine counts of possession of another’s identity documents. The trafficking charges are second degree felonies and the documents charges are third degree felonies. Utah Attorney General’s Office spokesperson Richard Piatt said this morning that Jensen made an initial court appearance Mo...
Wednesday, July 14 Midway West Amusements Carnival opens — 4 p.m. 4-H Chuckwagon opens — 4 p.m. Junior Rodeo at the Grandstand — 5 p.m. 4-H Chuckwagon closes — 10 p.m. Midway West Amusements Carnival closes — Midnight Thursday, July 15 4-H Weigh-in — 7 a.m. 4-H Chuckwagon opens — 11 a.m. 4-H Horse Show — 2 p.m. Midway West Amusements Carnival opens — 4 p.m. One Man Circus Show by Patrick — 4 p.m. One Man Circus Show by Patrick — 6 p.m. Great Northern Ram Rodeo at the Grandstand — 7 p.m. 4-H Chuckwagon closes — 11 p.m. Midway...
Havre Public Schools students were honored for their athletic achievements in the 2020-21 school year at a meeting of the HPS Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday, where the board also discussed updated rules and regulations, committee assignments and collective bargaining agreements. Avery Carlson, Lexi Haney, Samantha Lovenguth, and Quinn McDonald of All-State Softball were recognized along with Sadie Filius, Kennedy Hampton, Kyanna Jarvis, Tamera O’Leary and Loy Waid of All-State Track. Theron Peterson and Caleb Spangler w...
Havre Police Department A caller at a Third Avenue business reported Tuesday at 9:02 a.m finding a blue mountain bike. -- A stolen gun was reported Tuesday at 3:21 p.m. by a Lincoln Avenue caller. -- Officers made an investigation during a 4:27 p.m. Tuesday vehicle stop on 14th Avenue. -- A remote monitor device violation was reported at the police station Tuesday at 8:18 p.m. -- Officers investigated suspicious activity reported Tuesday at 8:31 p.m. by a 14th Street caller....
I’m not sure when a house becomes a home, but I don’t think we’re quite there yet. My husband, Peter, and I have moved into the new place. All our stuff is here, but that doesn’t mean we know where anything is. “Have you seen the strainer?” “Which strainer?” “You know, the fine one.” “No.” We have about two dozen conversations like this every day. We got rid of a lot of stuff and now it’s hard to remember what we kept. Then I unpacked by myself, so Peter had to go on a scaveng...
Press release HELENA – Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras, Department of Public Health and Human Services Deputy Director Laura Smith and Fish, Wildlife and Parks Director Hank Worsech were joined Monday by children from Rocky Mountain Preschool at Spring Meadow Lake to promote the FWP Kids Don’t Float program. Recognizing the risk drowning poses to Montana’s kids, DPHHS has launched a collaboration with FWP to support Kids Don’t Float by donating over 300 life jackets. Juras encouraged Montana families to get out and enjoy all the sta...
As the daughter of Belt boys basketball head coach Jeff Graham, a native of Chester and a former MSU-Northern Light, 12-year old Cadence Graham looks to carry on the family legacy. This week at the Armory Gymnasium on the Montana State University-Northern campus, Graham and other middle schoolers from across the state gathered for the Skylights summer basketball camp. Graham hopes to use her time at the camp in order to improve as a player and make her father proud. "My dad...
After a difficult 2020 for just about everybody, the Havre community will get the chance to unwind at the Great Northern Fair for the first time since 2019. One place they can go for entertainment is the arena that will feature the Havre Junior Rodeo, Great Northern RAM Rodeo and the Jaycees Demolition Derby as part of a big week of fair sports. The junior rodeo will kick things off tonight. At the event, riders from the age of 4 to 18 get the chance to show what they've got i...
After an impressive 15-game winning streak through June and July, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club came back to Earth with a loss to the Lewistown Redbirds in the Bitterroot Bucs Invite championship game Sunday. After that loss, Havre head coach Patch Wirtzberger and the Northstars were looking to start a new winning streak in a doubleheader against the Tri County Cardinals in Conrad Tuesday. While their offense got off to a slow start, their bats woke up to...
Staff and wire report More direct and indirect action is happening in Washington, D.C., on issues related to agricultural production. President Joe Biden has issued an executive order that includes directing government agencies to increase competition in the markets for agricultural products, and, almost the same time the order was issued, U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it was investing $600 million in meat processing facilities. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said in a release Friday he was celebrating the USDA inv...
From National Center for Appropriate Technology Building on a successful peer-to-peer network of Texas ranchers who are implementing innovative grazing techniques to improve soil health and increase profitability, the National Center for Appropriate Technology is scaling up its Soil for Water project to support livestock producers and farmers across seven southern states and Montana. The Soil for Water project grew out of persistent droughts, which put a strain on agricultural producers across the country. The effort is...
By Colleen Buck Montana State University Hill County Extension Agent Blister beetles have been found in hay fields in Hill County. Generally, these beetles inhabit alfalfa fields, however this year that is not the case. They have been found in grass hay fields as well as alfalfa fields. Blister beetles get their name because they cause blisters when the cantharidin fluid found in their bodies comes into contact with skin or is ingested. They mainly affect horses fed hay containing blister beetles, however, they can be toxic...
