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In a Wednesday safety meeting, Hill County Officials discussed new classes for county employees, the Hill County Courthouse’s new broadband and the arrival of a few new employees. Hill County Commission Administrative Assistant Sheri Williams, also the county’s safety coordinator, said the county’s WorkSafe Champions classes will begin later this month, and she’s put together a 14-person committee that will take what is learned from those classes and use it to improve the county’s safety culture. She said Hill County ha...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 1,001 new cases, 6,784 active cases, 316 hospitalizations and 1,830 deaths. The cumulative total for the state as 132,750 cases. Blaine County Health Department reported Wednesday evening being notified of 4 new cases, 44 active, no active hospitalizations listed, 928 total cases, 24 deaths. Hill County Health Department reported Wednesday evening that 18 new cases were reported, 96 active, 5 active hospitalizations, 2,339 total cases, 48 deaths. Rocky B...
Montana Actors' Theater suffered some major setbacks to productions with the COVID-19 pandemic, but is back full-throttle. After holding its summer youth camps and doing a semi-youth production version of the delayed "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," originally planned to be produced near the end of its regular season last year, the acting troupe premieres this weekend its highly anticipated production of "Mamma Mia!" and is holding auditions for another production the...
Carla Jenewein, Chinook blood drive coordinator The Chinook community will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross Tuesday Sept. 14, from noon to 6 p.m. at Wallner Hall, 330 Ohio, behind the Methodist Church, the door is facing Fourth Street. To make an appointment to donate you may sign up online at http://redcrossblood.org . With a simple blood donation, we have the ability to help save the life of someone who could be a co-worker, loved one or neighbor....
From Rudyard Commercial Club RUDYARD — The Rudyard Commercial Club is hosting a community event in downtown Rudyard Saturday, Sept. 18, from 2 to 10 p.m. Activities for all ages include a bounce house, chili cook-off with cash prizes, pumpkin patch, corn-hole, pie social sponsored by the Rudyard Depot and Dinosaur Museum, and evening music on Main featuring the Plowed Under Band. Proceeds will benefit The Depot Museum and Rudyard community and park maintenance. More information will be posted via the Facebook event page R...
Shirley Ann Boley, 82, peacefully passed at Peace Hospice in Great Falls, on Saturday, September 4, 2021. Shirley was born on February 12, 1939, in Glasgow, at Deaconess Hospital to Blanche M. (Maristuen) and Elmer J. Hagen. Shirley was raised with her brother, Jerry Hagen, and sister, Sharon (Hagen) Woods. Shirley and her female classmates often enjoyed farm sleepovers in the barn. Shirley was an accomplished musician throughout her life. As a young girl she would travel to...
Lowell Donald Donoven, 83, of Havre, passed away peacefully of natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital September 7, 2021. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of life is planned for a future date....
Dorris Hamilton, 90, passed away September 7, 2021, at her home in Chinook, MT. A graveside will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 11, 2021, at Kuper Memorial Cemetery....
Havre Police Department A First Street business caller asked Wednesday at 8:27 a.m. to speak with an officer about some scam checks. -- Jeremiah Johnson Horn of Harlem, 29, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, open alcohol container and disorderly conduct, and Ronald Bryan Folk of Havre, 51, was issued a summons on a charge of open alcohol container, after a caller at 15th Avenue and Fourth Street reported people yelling in a vehicle Wednesday at 12:23 p.m....
Dear Friends Your past support of the NAMI Walk has meant a great deal to us, and we can’t thank you enough for the generosity! We have this walk for the awareness to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness will be held on Sept. 19, 2021. This a major NAMI fundraiser for the year so after it we will not be asking for further donations until the next walk. Our portions of the funds raised through the walk goes to our state office so we can continue to offer education programs to family members. We offer presentation to p...
Some days, I feel like I’m living in Dali’s famous painting with timepieces slumped and limp and empty. Except with differences. My “painting” would have the clock hands clutching at the wall in futile attempt to stay put. “What do you mean, we are well into September? August began yesterday, don’t you know?” What do I have to show for a month gone by? I mean, I haven’t accomplished anything. We are supposed to, aren’t we? We are told that, aren’t we? In my self-imposed lif...
The Havre High volleyball team is off to a strong start this fall. Not only are they 2-0 to start the season, but they have swept both of their opponents at home. Now they look to continue their winning ways when they host Columbia Falls tonight and Miles City this Saturday at Blue Pony Gymnasium. HHS head coach Stephanie Huse expects a pair of good matches, especially against Columbia Falls. "I expect a really good match from Columbia Falls," Huse said. "They're going to be...
The Montana State University-Northern volleyball team is anxiously awaiting their first home matches of the 2021 season. But, before Northern finally gets to the Armory Gymnasium, the Skylights must face one more week of road matches. Northern, however, should be well rested. After opening the season with back-to-back road trips to Arizona, the Skylights had last weekend off. Now, they'll head east to Dickinson, North Dakota, for four matches in the North Star Conference Chall...
The first week of the season was fun. Now, Frontier Conference football teams are in the thick of it. Except, two teams didn't get to play last week. The Southern Oregon Raiders were set to make their home debut against the Montana State University-Northern Lights last Saturday, but air quality from Western U.S. fires was so poor in Ashland, Oregon, that, the game had to be postponed. Northern had already boarded buses to head west last Wednesday when the news came down that...
After a year of sports that was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Montana State University-Northern sports hopes for a more normal year beginning this fall. While MSU-N sports fans will be focusing on the return of football and volleyball, they should not ignore the return of the college's cross country, golf and rodeo teams this fall. The MSU-N cross country teams will begin their season Sept. 13 with the Frontier Conference Preview in Dillon. They will then head to Missoula...
From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Destination: NORTHWEST MONTANA Upland bird hunting in northwest Montana for mountain grouse: dusky, ruffed and Franklin’s. Nesting season in Region 1 was dry and unseasonably cool this spring, which likely was favorable for nest success and early hatchling survival across the region. Biologists observed a good number of dusky and ruffed grouse in early summer surveys across the region during breeding season. Although spring conditions were likely good for nesting and hatching, the e...
Prep Football Standings Eastern A Lewistown 2-0 Billings Central 2-0 Laurel 2-0 Sidney 1-1 Miles City 1-1 Havre 1-1 Glendive 1-1 Hardin 0-2 Livingston 0-2 Northern C A Fort Benton 2-0 Belt 2-0 Rocky Boy 1-0 Choteau 0-2 Cascade 0-2 GFCC 0-2 Northern C B CJI 2-0 Chinook 2-0 Simms 2-0 Harlem 1-1 Shelby 0-2 Hays-Lodge Pole 0-1 Six-Man North PDB 2-0 Box Elder 1-0 Valier 1-1 Sunburst 1-1 Heart Butte 0-1 North Star 0-2 Big Sandy 0-2 Prep Volleyball Standings Eastern A Hardin 3-0...
