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From Carla Jenewein Chinook Red Cross blood drive coordinator Right now, blood donations are leaving the shelves faster than they're coming in. That means patients are at risk for delayed surgeries or treatment. Please hurry to book your next appointment. The Chinook community will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross Tuesday, July 20, from noon to 6 p.m. at Wallner Hall, 330 Ohio, behind the Methodist Church, the door is facing Fourth Street. The Red...
The Hill County Commission approved an amendment to a contract in their weekly business meeting Thursday that will allow the Hill County Health Department to hire a congregate living coordinator and additional staff to address the next surge of COVID-19, which the department director anticipates will come this fall. Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said the congregate living coordinator would monitor infections in places like long-term care and...
Montana Department of Transportation project engineers came to Havre to host an open house to present their preliminary designs for a $15 million improvement project for State Highway 232, also known as Wild Horse Road, and drew a larger-than-anticipated crowd. Concerns about the condition of Highway 232 have persisted for well over 15 years with various community efforts working to help find funding for badly needed improvements. The segment of the road closest to Havre was...
Visitors to the Great Northern Fair this weekend should take precautions — because it’s going to be hot. Very hot. According to the National Weather Service in Great Falls, Havre will be under an Excessive Heat Watch starting Sunday, and lasting into the middle part of next week. The watch states that afternoon temperatures could be record-breaking, climbing to as high as 105 degrees. Even before Sunday, however Havre will be toasty, with today’s high forecast at 97, follo...
Havre's Great Northern Fair will have many free entertainment attractions over the next few days and Havre Daily News recently had the chance to sit down with Patrick Branger, who will be performing the fair's One Man Circus Show. "I am so happy to be back out and traveling, performing at fairs, thankfully. A little bit of background on me, we have a business in Billings, and so I'm from Montana. And thankfully, I have an entertainment business there where we rent out...
Sue King, the new pastor of three United Methodist Churches in the area, has only been back in the area a short while, but she's already given her first service and is seeking to re-establish and increase her connections with the community. She is pastor for Van Orsdel United Methodist Church in Havre, Chester United Methodist Church and Big Sandy United Methodist Church. A native of Wisconsin, King met her husband, Jim Duffy, who King said was from Great Falls, when the two...
Press release With summer in full swing, Havre youth often spend more time participating in outdoor activities around their neighborhoods. As a community, we want to encourage our youth to engage in activities and behaviors that are safe and healthy, as well as promoting positive decision-making and wellness habits. The Havre Police Department has teamed up with the HELP Committee and Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line’s prevention team to bring the Havre Safe Kids Reward Program to our community. The Safe Kids Reward P...
President Joe Biden signed 72 directives in a series of executive orders to try to rein in corporate abuse and to create a more competitive marketplace. These directives are instructing agencies to investigate anticompetitive practices and to create a more level playing field. One of the directives instructs the Federal Trade Commission to force equipment manufacturers to allow us the right to repair our own equipment. Another directive instructs the USDA to stop corporate monopolies from labeling imported meat with a...
Barrington, New Jersey resident Louis Angelino III has earned the title of Cleaning Fairy after a Cherry Hill, New Jersey, couple arrived home to find that Angelino had mistakenly entered their home June 28 and not only cleaned the entire townhouse, which was messy from a remodeling project, but also played with and fed the couple’s cats. Angelino has been cleaning homes on the side to make some extra money and that morning had set out to find and clean the home of a new c...
Gaylord Dathan Walls April 21,1942 to May 15, 2021 Gaylord passed away in his home at the age of 79 on May 15, 2021 in Las Vegas, NV. He was born on April 21, 1942 in Big Sandy, MT to parents Elba and Irene Walls (Davis). Gaylord was the youngest of five sons. He went to school and graduated in Box Elder, Montana. Gaylord taught educational psychology and study skills at the University of Great Falls, several Montana tribal colleges, and Boise State University. He always had...
Rose Shennum, 91, went home to be with the Lord on February 25, 2021. Her desire to be at home in her final hours surrounded by her children, loved ones and friends was fulfilled. Rose lived independently until she fell, fractured her hip, then passed away from complications of hip surgery. A celebration of life will be held at the Messiah Lutheran Church, 417 20th St, Havre at 2:00 p.m. on July 31. Cremation has taken place and arrangements have been made by the Wilderness...
Charles W. McIntosh, 64, passed away on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at Benefis Healthcare. Cremation has taken place, and a private family celebration of Chuck’s life will be held at a later date....
Monday 1:30 p.m. — Building manger meeting in commissioners’ office Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Fire Restriction call in commissioners’ office 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in commissioners’ office 2 p.m. — Payne West Insurance meeting in commissioners’ office Wednesday 9 a.m. — County Officials meeting in Hill County Courthouse Timmons Toom Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly commissioner business meeting in commissioners’ office 5:30 p.m. — Fair board meeting Friday Regular business...
Havre Police Department After a caller reported juveniles wee throwing rocks at other youths and littering in Pepin Park Thursday at 11:12 a.m., officers issued written or verbal warnings. -- A Thursday 3:54 p.m. caller at St. Jude Thaddeus School reported a squirrel had gotten into a classroom, and the call was referred to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. -- An arrest was made after someone stopped at the police station to make a complaint Thursday at 5:18 p.m., but no...
North Central Senior Citizens Center July 19-23 Senior center is now open Menu Monday — Chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, poor man bars Tuesday — Salad, spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread, green beans, pineapple cake Wednesday — Sweet-and-sour pork, rice, spring rolls, fruit Thursday — Barbecued chicken, twice-baked potatoes, salad, Tollhouse crumbcake Friday — Soup, salad bar, chef’s choice, dessert, The Senior Centers doors are open to the public, and we had a nice crowd for our first day open. W...
Press release EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — Amanda Mandeville of Havre, Mont., earned a place on Goodwin University’s President’s List for the Spring 2021 Session. The Spring 2021 President’s List includes 411 students, all of whom scored a perfect 4.0 GPA....
With the return of the Great Northern Fair after a year without it in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so comes the return of the Great Northern Fair RAM Rodeo and Havre Jr. Rodeo. One rider who looks forward to the return of rodeo at the fairgrounds is Kenzie Kallenberger who is happy to get the chance to get back out there. "It's really good because last year was so hard and nobody could do anything and we were all stuck at home," Kallenberger said. "Now we can go back...
With just a week left before the beginning of postseason competition, the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club hopes to use this weekend to further prepare themselves for their quest for district and state championships. The Northstars will start the weekend with a doubleheader on the road against the Lewistown Redbirds Saturday before returning to Havre for their senior day for a Sunday doubleheader against the Great Falls Chargers starting at 3 p.m. With four more...
Out our way, we get some interesting weather. Folks unfamiliar with the Hi-Line are often dismayed at the infamous "Alberta Clippers" and the terrible droughts that sometimes hang on for weeks and even months. "How do you survive it?" they ask. " Faith, hope, and a good sense of history," we reply. This area has been the central buffalo range for millions of years and all the things came and went then as they do today. For there is a power greater than the "Clipper" of the dro...
On Sunday, July 4th, 2021, I preached a sermon "No Weapon Formed Against Me Will Prosper." Here are some of my notes from that sermon: The devil's weapons appear to achieve their mission of destruction all the time. So what do we make of God's promise in Isaiah 54:17 that no weapon formed against us will prosper? Has God forgotten or reconsidered His promise? Absolutely not! To realize God's promise in our lives, we need to know what the ultimate mission of the devil's...
You know, Lord, life isn't all sunshine and laughter - our seas are not always calm but You know all about it, Lord, for You created us. We're clay vessels. We tend to wear out and get ill, both mentally and physically. Sometimes medicines help and sometimes, it seems to us, that the side effects are worse than whatever it is we have. At a recent art show there were hundreds of lovely pictures and drawings of plants, animals, scenery, sky; you name it and it was there. Some...
