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  • Turner schools start classes Aug. 19

    Updated Aug 9, 2024

    Havre Daily News staff Turner Public Schools is set to start off the new school year with the first full day of school Monday, Aug. 19. The school website says the district operates on a four-day week and continuously makes Adequate Yearly Progress. The district offers comprehensive educational offerings, as well as multiple co/extra-curricular activities for all students. The schools provide small class sizes and dual college credit in conjunction with the Montana University...

  • Harlem schools holding open house Aug. 19

    Updated Aug 9, 2024

    From Harlem Public Schools website Harlem Public Schools is starting off its first school week with an open house Monday, Aug. 19 The Elementary Open House is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. with a building construction updates set for 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The High School Open House is set for 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a building construction update from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. A community picnic is set in between, scheduled in the elementary school lunchroom from 11:30 a.m....

  • Havre High registration online next week

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    From Havre High School Registration for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year at Havre High School will be online at https://blueponyk12.com through the Parent Portal (Infinite Campus) starting Aug. 12, 2024. For students who need to complete class registration, counselors will be available Aug. 12 and 13 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. All forms requiring signatures can be found in the Parent Portal under "Documents". Reminders: • Update address and phone numbers as needed • Reg...

  • Big Sandy Schools fall sports meeting set for Aug. 13

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Big Sandy Schools is setting up for a new school year, with the fall sports parent/player meeting next Tuesday, Aug. 13, practice for volleyball and football starting Aug. 19 and classes starting the following week. "Pioneer Pride returns," Principal Heather Wolery said. "Join us as we blaze new trails of learning on Monday, August 19th. Our Pioneers can fuel up with breakfast at 7:40 a.m., before the first bell signals the start of our journey at 8a.m. " ... We're excited to...

  • Havre Middle School registration set for next week

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Havre Middle School will be having registration for the 2024-2025 school year Monday, Aug. 12, 13, and 15 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Aug. 14 from 1-4 p.m. School will be closed Aug. 14 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a staff training session. Guardians and students can come in and get their schedules, try their lockers, and see where their classes will be. The middle school Fall Sports Parent Meeting is scheduled for Aug. 12 at 5:30 p.m. in the HMS Auditorium, and the Back-To-School Open...

  • North Star Schools open house set for Aug. 13

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    North Star Public School, encompassing the communities of Rudyard, Hingham, Gildford and Kremlin, is preparing for the new school year. The district will hold open houses at both the elementary and the middle/high school Tuesday, Aug. 13 from 3-7 p.m. This is a time for students and parents to meet teachers, find their locker, drop off school supplies, pay for meals, buy activity passes, drop off medications and so on. School begins at North Star Schools Monday, Aug. 19 at 8...

  • CJI ready for a new school year

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    From Chester-Joplin-Inverness Schools Superintendent Luke Haggerty The school year is fast approaching and we are all excited to see the students and teachers back in the building. Our maintenance crew has been hard at work all summer ensuring that the facilities are in great shape. As the school year is right around the corner, I wanted to give a few updates on the happenings around the school as we prepare for the 2024-25 school year. Important dates Aug.13 - Back to School...

  • Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line providing free meals to kids in community

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Press release The summer program at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line is always full of fun and learning, but this year it has included something new, free meals for all kids in the community, seven days a week. While the club has always provided a free lunch and snack for its members on the days it is open, this year they have been able to send home meals for the weekend as well. This is thanks to a new rule at the USDA Summer Food Service Program, which funds the meal...

  • NAMI Havre gives updates, invites to NAMIWalks

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Havre Daily News staff The National Alliance on Mental Illness Havre newsletter is out, with some tips, requests and news. "Our kids go back to school on August 21, 2024, so be thinking about them and let's not have bullying and get along with everyone," the newsletter said. It provided the following website with some tips: .https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence/bullyingresearch/fastfact.html The newsletter also talked about funding for programs. "The...

  • Celebrating History: Off to college

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    It’s August, and much to the chagrin of school children everywhere, it’s time to think back to school. For college age students, it’s a time of excitement and opportunity. This article was found in the Aug. 3, 1924, edition of The Havre Daily Promoter. MANY HAVREITES SIGN TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY George “Gid” Boldt and Archie Blair left yesterday noon en route to Lewistown after spending several days in the city interviewing prospective students and filling out application blanks for admittance to the State University at Bozema...

  • Looking out my Backdoor: Honey, they've shrunk the house!

    Sondra Ashton|Updated Aug 8, 2024

    When I moved to Etzatlan in Jalisco, Mexico, I said to myself, as well as to anyone who would listen, “I will live here until I die. This is my last best place.” Unless I die in the next few weeks, I find that I have one more last best place to experience in this life. It had been a month since I’d visited my new house in Oconahua, a casita tucked into a corner of property owned by Ana and Michelle. This morning Leo helped me load his car with a few things I could take over...

  • The Postscript: Tiny tent

    Carrie Classon|Updated Aug 8, 2024

    I haven’t gone camping in a tent in a long time. I grew up camping and, for much of that time, it was in a tent. My parents would take my sister and me to the Boundary Waters between Minnesota and Canada for about a week. We’d paddle our canoes from one lake to the next. We’d listen to the loons at night. We’d build a fire. We’d eat dried food — which miraculously tasted better the farther we paddled from civilization. We’d drink water right out of the lake, before we nee...

  • Montana celebrating Fourth Annual Watercraft Inspector Appreciation Week

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Press release HELENA — Watercraft inspectors work to protect our waters and aquatic resources by preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species at more than 20 inspection stations across Montana. AIS can cause ecological or economic harm by outcompeting native species, damaging infrastructure and diminishing the quality of recreational experiences. Inspectors are trained to ensure all watercraft — from pontoon boats to inflatable kayaks — are cleaned of any plants, mud, or sediment; drained of any standing water; and d...

  • For the Record, Aug. 8, 2024

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Havre Police Department Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Officers responding to a call at 12:52 a.m. from 10th Avenue issued summonses to Debbie Bakker Latray of Havre, 38, on a charge of endangering the welfare of children and to a 17-year-old girl and a 16-year-old girl, each on charges of purchase or possession of an intoxicant by a minor and juvenile curfew violations. -- Officers responding to a call from the 700 Block of First Street at 9: 50 a.m. arrested Tyson Keith Eagleman...

  • Online tool offered to help with election worker recruitment

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Press release HELENA — Montana Secretary of State”s office announced that, as itand the Montana Elections Team continue to prepare for November's 2024 General Election, the state launched a new poll worker recruitment tool for Montana counties. People interested in becoming poll workers can visit our voter resources website, https://VoteMT.gov, and select the “Election Judges/Poll Workers” link under the “resources” tab. They can also access the poll worker recruitment tool online at https://votemt.gov/pol...

  • State gives notice of property tax rebate

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Press release HELENA — The Montana Department of Revenue will soon be distributing its second round of property tax rebates to eligible Montana taxpayers as part of a property tax relief package passed in 2023. The property tax rebate is a rebate of up to $675 of property taxes paid on a principal residence. To qualify, you must have owned and lived in a Montana residence for at least seven months of 2023 and paid the property taxes on that residence. Properties owned by an entity and irrevocable trusts are not eligible for t...

  • Notice - Cottonwood Schools Board

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Press release Cottonwood School’s regular and budget board meetings will be held Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, at the west school starting at 5 p.m....

  • Notice - Davey School Board

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Davey School’s regular and budget board meetings will be held Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, at the school starting at 4:30 p.m....

  • Agenda - Great Northern Fair Commission

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    The Great Northern Fair Commission will meet Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center. The meeting agenda is: Call meeting to order Roll call of members • Michelle Burchard • Bob Kaul • Ken Erickson • Kaleb Fisher • Casey Tilleman • Briana Warren Recognize and record public attendees Approve minutes Public comment. Anything brought up here will be added to next month’s new business to be discussed and voted on. Fairgrounds manager’s report Civic groups report Donated hours r...

  • Agenda - Havre City-County Airport Board

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Any changes to the agenda will be posted at Havre City Hall Aug. 13. Havre City-County Airport Board will meet at Havre City Hall at 3 p.m. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of DATE minutes 2. Correspondence 3. Reports (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business A) Big Hangar renovation B) FY25 budget C) Engineer request for quote 6. New business 7. Approval of August claims...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commissioner's weekly calendar and business meeting

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Hill County Commissioner’s weekly calendar and business meeting agenda Monday, Aug. 12, 2024 8:30 a.m. — Commissioner Working Session in the Commissioner Office 9:30 a.m. — Council on Aging Budget Review in the Commissioner Office 10:30 a.m. — Treasurer Budget Review in the Commissioner Office 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging Director Meeting in the Commissioner Office Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024 8:30 a.m. — DNRC (Fire Call Update) in the Commissioner Office 10:30 a.m. — Road Department Meeting in the Commissioner Office 1:30 p...

  • Obituary - Patty Hall Holmes

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Patty Hall Holmes, 65 lost her battle to an unknown illness July 30th, 2024, at Northern Montana Care Center in Havre, Montana. Her Celebration of Life will be held August 9, 2024, at First Lutheran Church in Havre. The service will be at 11 a.m. followed by a luncheon at the church. Patty was born June 9th, 1959, in Havre to Ira and Janet Hall. Patty was the second-oldest of four daughters. Peggy, Patty, Robin and Shelly lived with her parents in Havre until Patty was 11...

  • Obituary - Hilde Dora Solonar

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Hilde Dora Solonar (née Uhlmann) enjoyed her final days basking in sunshine and listening to birds. April 18th, 2024 she bid her family a final good night after 98 years of living positively. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her and depended upon her deep compassion and ceaseless moxie for inspiration and encouragement. Born in Saxony, Germany, in 1926, Hilde grew up joining long Sunday walks with family, mushroom picking in the forest, high diving at the pool, and...

  • Obituary - Murdo James MacKay

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Murdo James MacKay passed away August 2, 2024, with is wife by his side. Born as a surviving triplet in Chinook, Montana, July 6, 1931, to Margaret and Norman MacKay, Murdo grew up with two brothers, John (Ann) and Donald (Sharee), and a sister, Jessie (John O'Malley). Murdo graduated from Havre High School in 1950. After high school, Murdo served in the US Air Force during the Korean War. For over 75 years, the kind and handsome man behind the till at McLean's Grocery store...

  • Obituary - Thompson D. St. Pierre

    Updated Aug 8, 2024

    Thompson D. St. Pierre, 34, passed away due to injuries July 29, 2024. Wake services began at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, August 1, 2024, and will continue until his traditional funeral service with Earl "Archie" Arkinson officiating, which will be at 10:00 a.m. today, Friday, August 2, 2024, all at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Burial will follow in the Sun Child Family Cemetery. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Thompson's online memorial...

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