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Updated 8 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Two new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Hill County Tuesday night. The Hill County Health Department reported about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday that two cases were confirmed, a person in their 40s and a teenager. At 6:50 p.m., Rocky Boy Health Center posted on its Facebook page that it had as of 3 p.m. Tuesday confirmed two new cases, bringing the total confirmed at the center to 35 cases. Cases confirmed at the center may be of people who...
While local jurisdictions reported no new COVID-19 confirmations Monday, Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation has created a definition of hot spots and is encouraging a 14-day quarantine for people returning to the reservation from those locations. A resolution passed by the Chippewa Cree Tribal Business Committee defined a hot spot as a county where the rate of COVID-19 infection exceeds 1 percent or more of the county’s population. “The Chippewa Cree Tribal Business Committee encourages any individual that has traveled to a hot...
Local schools are hearing plans on how to re-open schools today, ranging from keeping the schools completely done with remote learning to fully re-opening the school buildings. The Havre Public School Board of Trustee was scheduled to hear its three re-opening plans for the upcoming school year this fall today in a meeting at Robins School Administration Building starting at 12:15 p.m. Rocky Boy Public Schools Board of Trustees also scheduled a meeting today to pick a re-opening plan for the upcoming school year, starting at...
Rocky Boy Public Schools Superintendent Voyd St. Pierre said the district Board of Trustees took action today to approve his recommendation to start the school year off on August 26 via a remote/distance learning model for all PreK-12 students attending our schools. St. Pierre said the remote or distance learning option would run through Sept. 30. Oct. 1, the district would switch to a blended/hybrid learning model, where students would be grouped into odd and even grade...
Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees heard during a special board meeting this afternoon presentations on options for re-opening the schools ranging from continued remote learning to a full re-opening, as well as voting on other issues on its agenda. A draft plan on the reopening options will be available to parents, community and the public for input on the Havre Public School's website at http://blueponyk12.com. The Board of Trustees will vote on a plan at its next...
HELENA - The Montana Department of Agriculture has received multiple reports from Montana residents who have received unsolicited packages containing seeds that appear to have been shipped from China. People are urged to contact the department if they receive a package matching this description. Contact the Seed Program at 406-444-3950 or [email protected]. People who receive a package of this type should not open the seed package, or plant the seeds. It is also important...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 205 with 62 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 161,408 with 2,753 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 51. The number of recoveries was 2.104 and the number of active cases was 1,320. People can visit the state tracking map online through a link at https://montana.maps.arcgis.com ....
Havre’s Merril Lundman Veterans Affairs Clinic will be moving from its current location on 13th Street to the Holiday Village Mall in the coming months, with its new location opening in January of 2021. Montana VA Health Care System’s Public Affairs Officer Katie Beall said the primary motivation behind this move is that the current space just isn’t big enough anymore. “We’re looking to move because we need more space,” she said “… We’ve simply outgrown the space we’re in right now.” Beall said the clinic is serving mor...
Editor's note: The Havre Daily News is attempting to interview new teachers in the local school districts. People who know of new teachers, or the new teachers themselves, can contact the Havre Daily at [email protected]. Highland Park Early Primary School has a new kindergarten teacher from western Montana. "I'm looking forward to finally having my own and being the boss of my own room," Pamela Tackitt said. "All the experience I have had I've been under teachers, so...
Priscilla B. McLain, 45, passed away at her residence on Thursday, July 23, 2020. A visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Home, and cremation will follow. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Priscilla's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at http://www.hollandbonine.com . Priscilla was born October 31, 1974, in Moses Lake, WA. The...
Clarence "Dale" Wendland, 84, passed away at Northern Montana Hospital Thursday, July 23, 2020. Cremation has taken place, and memorial services will be held when his family and friends are able to gather to celebrate his life. Dale's family has suggested memorial donations be made in his name to the Hi-line Sletten Cancer Institute, 40 13th Street W, Havre, MT 59501. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Dale's online memorial page...
LeRoy J. Malsam passed away in the early hours June 27, 2020, at the age of 77. He faded peacefully away at Benefis Hospital in Great Falls. His wife, Leslie, sons, Toby and Jay, daughter-in-law, Jody, and grandkids, Jackson, McKenna and Lacie were all by his side as he passed. His other daughter-in-law, Shannon, was traveling back to Great Falls so was not present at the time of his passing. He never complained. Most people didn't even know that he had cancer. He was...
Havre Police Department A Second Street caller asked Monday at 7:16 p.m. to speak with an officer about someone breaking the screen and door to a garage. -- A dog bite was reported by hospital personnel Monday at 11:53 p.m. Hill County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's office dispatch log reported no arrests, summonses or investigations during the 24-hour reporting period. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical personnel responded to three calls Monday. Havre Animal Shelter The...
Hill County Commissioners business meeting will be Thursday at 10 a.m. People are able to join the meeting remotely if they wish using their computer, tablet or smartphone by logging in at https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/285550365 . They also can dial in using their phone. For supported devices, people can tap a one-touch number below to join instantly. United States toll free: 1-866-899-4679 One-touch: tel: 18668994679, 285550365# United States: 1-312-757-3119 One-touch: tel:+13127573119, 285550365# Access code:...
Press release Davey School Board announced its special meeting has been rescheduled to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the school. If people want to attend by electronics, they can contact the district clerk 265-6970....
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, July 31, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
Press release HELENA - The Montana Department of Transportation has begun implementation of new load posting procedures on public bridges across the state as mandated by the Federal Highway Administration. As a result, motorists may soon start to notice new weight limits and signs on some bridges. The postings are part of recently updated federal requirements for bridge load rating and posting. Bridge weight restrictions are required when the engineering analysis of a bridge,...
As of Monday, there will be fall sports in Montana. Of course, in this time of the coronavirus pandemic, things can change day-to-day, hour-by-hour, but Monday afternoon, the Montana High School Association announced that fall sports will go an as scheduled around the Treasure State. That announcement, however, does come with plenty of safeguards, safety guidelines and rules regarding COVID-19, as well as some differences to pretty much every sport - including football,...
Editor, While we agree with the Letter to the Editor titled Whose Park Is This? published in the Havre Daily News July 24, 2020, we did not write it. A friend showed us a copy and asked if we would like to add our names. It is inappropriate and misleading for the Daily News Editor to list our names first giving the impression we wrote it. The editor should have listed the authors first there by giving them credit for writing this letter and recruiting signatures. Raela Hulett, Havre Courtney Tait, Havre —— Editor’s note:...
According to SAMHSA, COVID-19 is creating widespread uncertainty, panic, depression, PTSD, suicide, and spouse and child abuse across America. This is true at Rocky Boy and other reservations in the state of Montana, where we are also seeing an uptick in illegal drug and alcohol use as people attempt to cope. These problems were brought about by the current major economic devastation, and disconnect from families, supportive community resources and support systems. Tribal people are very family oriented. I would like to...
Our state, and our country, has never faced a challenge like the one we are confronted with today. COVID-19, and the ensuing shutdown sent shockwaves through our economy. The consequences have been devastating, and we are only beginning to see its full impact. Over the last few months, we’ve experienced economic carnage unlike any period in my lifetime. Many business owners had to make the difficult decision to tell loyal employees that the paycheck they were depending on wouldn’t be coming. Countless others have been for...
The regular season has passed for the Havre Northstars American Legion baseball club, as the first leg of the postseason will be upon them Wednesday and Thursday. It will be a grueling two days at the Northern A District Tournament in Great Falls at Centene Stadium, where Havre looks to punch its ticket to the Class A State Tournament in August. Wednesday will be the start of the tournament, with the No. 3 Northstars playing against the rough-and-tough No. 2 Tri-County Cardina...
