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  • Agenda - Havre Convention and Visitors Bureau

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

    The Havre Convention and Visitors Bureau will meet Thursday, August 30, 2018 at 7 PM at the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce office, 130 5th Ave. The agenda is: Call meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendance Approve minutes Advertising options presentation Grant details New business Unfinished business Public comment- comments are limited to any public matter under the scope of operation allowed by Title 2, Chapter3 MCA which governs CVB activities. Adjournment The next meeting of the Havre...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission business meeting

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

    During the Hill County Commission business meeting at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, the items addressed will include: • Resolution No. 18-2564 Authorizing and Establishing a Local Option Motor Vehicle 0.5% tax for the Funding of General Government of Hill County • Justice Court Clerk • NHTSA contract for FFY19 for Hill County DUI Court • Lower Beaver Creek Dam report – Status on leak • Computer for Road Department. • Bids for motor grader...

  • 2018 Cat-Griz Preview: Bobcats poised to make a big run

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 29, 2018

    The Montana State Bobcats have been rebuilding since the day Jeff Choate stepped foot on MSU's campus in Bozeman. It's been a long, winding process, and one that has not produced as many wins as Bobcat fans would like. But as the Bobcats enter the 2018 season, the feeling around Bobcats Stadium is one of excitement, and the sentiment seems to be that the rebuilding should be done. The feeling is the Cats are ready to win now, and win a lot. In Choate's first two seasons, the...

  • Quick Pics: Back to school - Day 1

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

  • New food and ag director starts at Bear Paw Development

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

    Havre Daily News staff Bear Paw Development Corp. has a new director for its Food and Agricultural Development Center. Bear Paw announced it has hired Michael Peter, a native of Circle, as director of the center. Peter is a 2018 graduate of Montana State University-Northern with a bachelor's degree in agricultural operations and an associate degree in business, a release from Bear Paw said. He previously worked at the Northern Agricultural Research Station in Hill County, as...

  • Legislative budget cuts impacting Havre schools busing

    Tim Leeds|Updated Aug 29, 2018

    Families sending children to school on Havre Public Schools’ buses today are feeling first-hand one of the impacts of cuts made in the state budget last summer and in the special legislative session last fall — student busing. Havre Public Schools Superintendent Andy Carlson said busing for this school year had to change substantially after major cuts, including losing $50,000 in district transportation block grants. Carlson said that with an $80,000 shortfall for transportation, the district had to make multiple cha...

  • Young looks 'Down Range' at his first two books

    Derek Hann|Updated Aug 29, 2018

    A local high school teacher has made the leap as a self-published author, writing two books in the past two years. Jack Young, originally from Colstrip, is Harlem High School's social studies teacher. He said that in 2016 he began writing his first book over summer vacation. He said that even as a child he dabbled in some writing and enjoyed reading, having a vivid imagination that created larger-than-life worlds. Then, after teaching in Harlem for a number of years, he saw...

  • For the Record, Aug. 29, 2018

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

    Havre Police Department A parent asked to speak to an officer Tuesday at 11:49 a.m. about threats her child made at school. -- A caller at a First Street business reported at 7:16 p.m. Tuesday that suspicious items were found in a previous customer's room. -- Michael Jeffrey Thompson of Havre, 29, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, reckless driving, failing to stop and identify self after striking an unattended vehicle, obstructing a peace officer or...

  • Businesses fail alcohol compliance sting

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

    Havre Daily News staff Havre police reported that four businesses failed compliance checks during a sting to test whether they check identification during alcohol purchases. A release from the Havre Police Department said two police officers and a minor entered several businesses Aug. 20 to conduct alcohol compliance checks. In the checks, the minor attempted to purchase alcohol. People must be 21 to purchase alcohol in Montana. Gary & Leo’s Fresh Foods, HI-Line Gold Casino, Holiday Stationstores and PJ’s Restaurant and Casin...

  • Corrections - Obituary - Matthew B. Walen

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

    In an obituary that ran for Matthew B. Walen on Page A5 of Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News, the name of Walen’s wife’s son, Kyle, was misspelled....

  • District Court - Greshock resentenced on criminal endangerment

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

    Havre Daily News staff Dakota Rose Greshock was resentenced in state District Court in Havre for “driving crazy” in a high-speed chase in 2014 that led four agencies across Havre. The court imposed a three-year deferred imposition of sentence on Greshock in 2016 after she pleaded guilty to leading Havre police officers, Hill County sheriffs deputies, Montana Highway Patrol troopers and a Fish, Wildlife and Parks game warden in a chase around Havre after a passenger in the car called law enforcement to say Greshock was “dr...

  • District Court - Nordgulen sentenced on reduced charges

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

    Havre Daily News staff Keiffert T. Nordgulen was sentenced in state District Court in Havre to time served on a reduced charge under a plea agreement. Nordgulen was arrested after officers responded to a rollover crash Oct. 24, 2015. He told investigating officers he was a passenger in the car. Others in the vehicle said he was the driver. One of the passengers who was transported to the local hospital was flown to Great Falls for treatment. Officers arrested Nordgulen on a felony charge of criminal endangerment and...

  • Obituary - James A. Delonge

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

    James A. Delonge, 77, passed away due to natural causes on Monday, August 27, 2018, at Northern Montana Hospital. Cremation has taken place, and services are pending through Holland & Bonine Funeral Home....

  • 2018 Cat-Griz Preview: Griz excited to begin Hauck era Part II

    George Ferguson|Updated Aug 29, 2018

    There's been a lot of highly anticipated seasons in the long, storied history of the Montana Grizzlies but, perhaps, no season in Griz football history has had fans salivating for it to start more than this one. And there's only one reason why - Bobby's back. Yes, the return of Bobby Hauck, the winningest coach in Griz' history has been one of jubilation and excitement for Griz Nation. Hauck was hired in December, replacing Bob Stitt, who's contract was not renewed following...

  • Assistance program available for producers impacted by tariffs

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

    Staff and wire report Producers in the area have some extra local help with a national program implemented to help offset impacts of tariffs. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue detailed plans Monday to help mitigate impacts of retaliatory trade by foreign nations put in place in response to the U.S. implementing tariffs. Under President Donald Trump’s direction, Perdue and the USDA derived a short-term relief package for U.S. producers. One aspect of the package, the Market Facilitation Program, will include p...

  • Bear Paw Cooperative sponsors hearing screenings

    Updated Aug 29, 2018

    Press release Hearing Screenings will take place in Bear Paw Cooperative member schools from Aug. 24 through Oct. 30. Children enrolled in kindergarten and first grade and ninth or 10th grade will be screened. No other children will be screened without parental permission. People with questions or concerns should contact the school or the Bear Paw Cooperative at 357-2269. This service is sponsored by Bear Paw Cooperative....