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Editor's note: This is National 4-H Week. See more on pages B2-B3 in Tuesday's edition of Havre Daily News and in today's shopper. Following a successful 2021 4-H year that included a record-breaking livestock auction during the Great Northern Fair, Hill County 4-H is honoring National 4-H Week by opening enrollment in the 4-H program to youth countywide for the 2022 year. "The summer went really well, it seemed. The fair came and went and we had a record sale for the...
Big Sandy Volunteer Ambulance Service and Big Sandy Medical Center Emergency Room may have some extra funds coming their way thanks to a grateful local whose life and limb they saved this summer. Shane Chauvet, a Big Sandy rancher, will be auctioning off about 23 round bales of hay Friday at 5:30 p.m. at First Bank of Montana in Big Sandy and all of the proceeds will be going to the organizations who saved him after a vehicle crash nearly cost him everything back in July....
Counties in the area are sticking with their current approach to fire restrictions despite very few of them reporting fires in the past week. During a regional fire call Tuesday Hill County was one of only three counties which reported any fire activity in the past week. Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean said the area saw two human-caused fires which collectively covered about five acres but were quickly put out. Roosevelt, another county with fire activity, fared far worse with three human-caused fires that burned 2,730...
In addition to voting at their weekly business meeting Thursday on a resolution to allow the county to devote American Rescue Plan Act funds to the Box Elder Water and Sewer System for a planning grant, the Hill County Commission will be discussing the possible dissolution of the Meadowlark County Water and Sewer District. Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean said the district has been non-functional for some time now, and the commission is looking into the proper procedure for dissolving a district of this kind. McLean...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 1,324 new cases, 11,550 active cases, 444 hospitalizations and 2,061 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 156,079 cases. Blaine County Health Department reported Tuesday evening being notified of 27 new cases rom Saturday through Tuesday, 126 active, 5 active hospitalizations, 1,217 total cases, 24 deaths. Hill County Health Department reported Tuesday evening that 24 new cases were reported from Saturday through Monday and 27 more cases were r...
Valerie L. “Penny” Denny, (Kisik iskwew) “Sky Woman,” 66, passed away due to natural causes at her residence on Monday, October 4, 2021. Wake services began at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, and continued until her funeral service, which was at 10:00 a.m. today, Wednesday, October 6, 2021, all at her residence on Buttercup Road. Burial followed in the Rocky Boy Cemetery....
Janice J. Erickson, 78, left us October 1st, 2021 from complications of dementia in Malta, Montana, and is now at peace with her husband and family. Cremation has taken place and a celebration of life will be held at Hillcrest Lawn Memorial Mausoleum in Great Falls, Montana, Saturday, October 9, 2021, at 1 p.m. Janice was born April 17, 1943 in Great Falls, Montana to Francis A. "Frenchy" and Hazel Boule. She grew up in Great Falls and had one older brother, Duane Boule. She...
A front-page story in Tuesday’s edition of Havre Daily News about a Hill County Park Board meeting misreported the formal name of Beaver Creek Highway. It is Montana Secondary Highway 234....
Havre Police Department A summons was issued after a caller at Havre Middle School reported a juvenile status offense Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. No details on the charges were provided. -- Officers investigated a 9:11 a.m. Tuesday report that a child would not get out of a car to go to school at Sunnyside Elementary School. -- Nathaniel Wayne Doney of Havre, 34, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license, failure to...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to address food systems challenges arising from the pandemic as well as those going back decades, United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA plans for another $100 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act. The funding would leverage hundreds of millions more in lending through community and private sector lenders to expand meat and poultry processing capacity and fin...
From USDA Farm Service Agency WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is announcing a higher loan limit will be available for borrowers seeking a guaranteed farm loan starting Oct. 1, 2021, from $1.776 million to $1.825 million. “Farm loans are critical for our customers’ annual operating and family living expenses, emergency needs, and cash flow,” FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux said. “Raising the guaranteed loan limit will allow FSA to better meet the financial needs of producers as natural disasters and the p...
From USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service BOZEMAN — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana has set an Oct. 29, 2021, application cutoff for agricultural operators to be considered for the next conservation program funding cycle. The cutoff date applies to the Environmental Quality Incentives Program — EQIP — Conservation Stewardship Program-Classic — CSP — and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program —RCPP. “NRCS provides funding and technical assistance to help farmers, ranchers and forestland...
From USDA Farm Service Center BOZEMAN — Agricultural producers in Montana can now sign up to receive free email and text messages directly from their local U.S. Department of Agriculture Service Center for information related to loans, farm disaster assistance, conservation programs, crop insurance and other USDA programs. USDA is expanding the service that the Farm Service Agency has used for years to now include local information from the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Risk Management Agency, and other USDA a...
“We are cleaning up our stuff,” Meschack, the tile layer who now more or less permanently resides in our home, informed me. “We are giving you more space.” “More space!” I said in mock amazement. “Why would I need more space? I see at least three square feet over there by the closet and another four feet behind the dining room table!” Meshack squinted his eyes and looked at me seriously, as he does. He was again accompanied by his assistant, Yusefu, a recent immigrant from Ken...
With this being her final year as a Havre High volleyball player, senior Maddie Columbus has made the most of it so far. At the end of the first month of the season, the Blue Ponies have an 8-1 record and are atop the Northeast A standings. As Columbus experiences this run of success, she is glad she got to do it with the group of her girls on her team. "Our whole team is just like a family so it's been really fun," Columbus said. Columbus has been a key part of the Ponies'...
Over the course of the fall portion of their schedule, the Montana State University-Northern rodeo teams have performed well. The Lights and Skylights continued to ride well at the Montana Western rodeo in Dillon to conclude the fall portion of their season. “It was another solid performance,” MSU-N head coach Doug Kallenberger said. “We’re at the halfway point, we get a little break here. We won’t go till spring, but I’m very pleased with where we sit.” The MSU-N womens’ team...
Andrew Ballantyne, Fort Benton Football Fort Benton is once again rolling through another Northern C season. And last Friday night, running back Andrew Ballantyne was a huge reason why. Ballantyne rushed for over 200 yards and scored five times in Fort Benton's win over Choteau. He scored on runs of 4, 11, 1, 65 and 48 yards in helping Fort Benton stay undefeated and in first palce in the Northern C standings. Hailey Gingery, Havre X-Country The Havre High cross country teams...
