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  • Clack Museum visitation hit by COVID-19

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 12, 2021

    H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board discussed at its monthly meeting Monday recent museum visitation, potential plans for upcoming events and progress on the museum’s eventual new location. Museum Manager Emily Mayer said visitation is down due to the recent surge of COVID-19, which she said she’s not surprised by, given the situation. Mayer said two local school groups have had to cancel visits to the museum recently due to COVID-19, but she’s been told they will try to come back in the spring when the COVID-19 situa...

  • Quick pics: Drivers urged to watch for cattle on the park

    Updated Oct 12, 2021

  • LAC discusses QPR trainers and state-level changes

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Oct 12, 2021

    At their monthly meeting Monday, members of the Hill County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council discussed progress on hiring Question. Persuade. Refer. trainers, as well as some changes at the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Addictive and Mental Disorders Division. LAC Chair Andi Daniel said that division is a bit tumultuous right now with the recent change in administration and a few people leaving their positions. Daniel said the state’s Comprehensive School and Community Treatment program, a s...

  • State and local COVID-19 update, Oct. 12, 2021

    Updated Oct 12, 2021

    The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 2,227 new cases, 12,333 active cases, 489 hospitalizations and 2,094 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 160,896 cases. Blaine County did not have a current update. Thursday evening the Blaine County Health Department reported 136 active cases with 6 active hospitalizations, 1,243 total cases and 24 deaths. The data on the state update this morning did not match Thursday’s data. Hill County did not have a current update. Friday evening the Hil...

  • Obituary - Dr. Michael Nolan

    Updated Oct 12, 2021

    Dr. Michael Nolan, 73, passed away on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, at his Omaha, NE, residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 15, 2021, at First Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery. His family has suggested memorial donations be made in Dr. Nolan's honor to the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line or the Havre Salvation Army programs for children. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements....

  • For the Record, Oct. 12, 2021

    Updated Oct 12, 2021

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a gun theft reported from Eighth Street Monday at 8:59 a.m. -- Kenneth Wayne Kooch of Havre, 79, was issued a summons on a charge of disorderly conduct after a caller at a Fourth Street facility reported Monday at 10:20 a.m. that a couple was having inappropriate behavior in the bathroom. -- Officers investigated a Monday 4:31 p.m. complaint that someone is throwing trash on vehicles left out at night on Boulevard Avenue. -- A...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly business meeting

    Updated Oct 12, 2021

    The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Health Department Maternal Child Health Block Grant Contract 22-25-5-01-021-0 Agreement for Drug and Alcohol Program Administration Fiscal Year July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 Health Department Home Visiting Contract Amendment #2. Contract #20-25-5-41-175-0 2021-2022 Agreement for Inmate Excess Medical Insurance...

  • Obituary - Bonnie (Hill) and Mike Hansen

    Updated Oct 12, 2021

    A memorial Mass for Bonnie (Hill) Hansen will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 16, 2021, at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church. A luncheon will be served at the Havre Elks Club immediately following the Mass. A celebration of life for Mike Hansen will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 16, 2021, at the Havre Elks Club. Private family interment of Bonnie's cremated remains will be in Highland Cemetery in Glasgow at a later date....

  • Obituary - Beth Davidson

    Updated Oct 12, 2021

    Beth Davidson, 70, passed away due to natural causes surrounded by family at her residence on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020. Cremation has taken place, and a celebration of Beth’s life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 16, 2021, at First Lutheran Church with Pastors Michael O’Hearn and Megan Hoewisch officiating. A graveside service will follow in Highland Cemetery in Havre. Family and friends will gather at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 20, 2021, in Highland Cemetery in Glasgow to inter a portion of her rem...

  • Black powder club holds Christmas turkey shoot

    Updated Oct 12, 2021

    From Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club The Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club held its annual Christmas Turkey Shoot Sunday, Oct. 10, at the Hill County Sports Shooting Range on River Road west of Havre. Fifteen shooters participated in the afternoon event with six matches, all five shots each, at various distances and positions. Shooting conditions were in the mid-60s with high steady winds and very gusty winds all afternoon. Withstanding the normal fall winds, it was a pleasant afternoon. The winners of the matches were:...

  • Elks Lodge holding open house

    Pam Burke|Updated Oct 12, 2021

    Havre Elks Lodge #1201 is holding a Membership Open House for everyone in Hill and Blaine counties and Chouteau County south to Big Sandy Friday 5:30-8 p.m. with snacks, coffee and lemonade at the lodge at 321 Second St. “The open house is to promote membership, for people to come talk to members and see what the Elks Lodge is all about,” member Linda Hoover said. Primarily, the lodge holds activities for youth, veterans and the community, she added. With a membership of mor...

  • Hi-Line Football: Pioneers keep rolling, Sugarbeeters bounce back

    Kason Clark|Updated Oct 12, 2021

    The Fort Benton 8-man football team had been having its way so far this fall with an undefeated start to the season. But this past Friday night, the Longhorns faced their toughest challenge when they played Simms on the road. While the Longhorns put up a fight, they lost to Simms, 41-29, for their first loss of the season. After they fell behind 9-0 in the first quarter, the Longhorns exploded in the second quarter. Colter Ball got Fort Benton on the scoreboard with a nine-yar...

  • Northern finishes fall Frontier golf season

    Kason Clark|Updated Oct 12, 2021

    This past Friday in Billings, the Montana State University-Northern cross country teams competed at the Yellowjacket Invitational. While the men’s team only took eighth at the meet and the women’s team did not place, MSU-N head coach Chad Spangler believes most of his runners are progressing. “Seventy-five percent of them are progressing closer to the front of the race so I’m happy with that,” Spangler said. “The couple that didn’t progress as much this week as I wanted, I t...

  • Hi-Line Volleyball: Big Sandy, Chinook, CJI win key 7C matches

    George Ferguson|Updated Oct 12, 2021

    After a weekend off, high school volleyball on the Hi-Line returned to conference play this past week, and it was a busy one. Last Tuesday saw a trio of matches with arena squads like Harlem falling to Malta in a Class B matchup, while Big Sandy lost a tough District 7C match to Geraldine-Highwood by scores of 25-10, 25-23, 22-25 and 25-14. Chester-Joplin-Inverness meanwhile, won a big match knocking off Centerville by scores of 22-25, 25-18, 25-15 and 25-21. Last Thursday...

  • Frontier Notebook: Northern's Isaiah Paul leads NAIA in interceptions

    George Ferguson|Updated Oct 12, 2021

    In 2018, the Rocky Mountain College Battlin' Bears won the Frontier Conference championship and went to the NAIA playoffs for the first time in a decade. But, their head coach left after that season, and the next year, Rocky fell to 4-7, and in the COVID-19 spring season of 2021, RMC went just 1-3. Needless to say, the start to the Chris Strutzreim era was a bit rocky. But, 2021 has been anything but. This fall, Rocky is 5-1, the Battlin' Bears have won three straight games...

  • Hi-Line Sports Schedule

    Updated Oct 12, 2021

    THURSDAY High School Volleyball Box Elder vs Chinook North Star at Rivals FRIDAY High School Football Havre vs Livingston, 6 p.m. Big Sandy at Valier, 7 p.m. High School Volleyball Havre at Butte Chinook vs Rivals Big Sandy vs Centerville Fort Benton vs North Star High School XC Havre at Eastern A in Hardin College XC MSU-N at LC State Invite SATURDAY High School Football Chinook vs Cascade, 6 p.m. North Star vs PDB, 1 p.m. Fort Benton vs Simms, 1 p.m. High School Volleyball...