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Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson announced during the Hill County Health Board’s weekly COVID-19 update Friday that the draft of a health officer order to increase COVID-19 restrictions if the county rate doesn’t drop will be put out for public review today. The order would limit the amount of people permitted at social gatherings to 25 regardless of the ability to social distance and would restrict restaurants, bars, casinos and similar establishments to 50 percent capacity for one month. Lar...
Multiple new cases of COVID-19 and COVID-19-related deaths have been reported in the area, including cases in people associated with Havre Public Schools that is in distanced learning to try to reduce the spread of the virus. Hill County reported three new COVID-19-related deaths Friday and another Sunday. Blaine County reported two more COVID-19-related deaths Saturday. That brings the total number of deaths in Hill County to 22 and to five in Blaine County. The total number of cases in Hill County grew from 670 Friday...
Renovations on Highland Manor in Havre, which its new prospective owner Beki Brandborg of Echo Enterprises in Helena has been planning for the last few months, are due to go on in the wake of the Montana Board of Housing electing to fund the project in full Monday. Renovations are planned for all 32 apartments with approximately $83,000 available for each one, with additional funds for sidewalks, parking lots, and upgrading the playground on the property. Brandborg said most o...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 1,237 with 360 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 476,325 with 10,718 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 303. The number of recoveries was 18,343 and the number of active cases was 9,855. Local cases by county: Hill: 28 new cases, 740 total, 283 active, 14 active hospitalizations, 435 recovered, 22 deaths Liberty: No new cases, 28 total, none active, 28 recovered Blaine: 10 new cases, 285 total,...
Kimberly Bolta, a Havre native, recently joined the Havre Daily News staff as a reporter and photographer, hitting the ground running with her first stories this week. Bolta was born in Havre before living in Canada during her early childhood, eventually moving back before her teenage years. She joined the military when she was 17 before she left Havre in 2008 and has since worked as a certified nurse's assistant as well as a private business owner. She said she's been back...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — According to Montana State University Extension educators, parents of children – whether they’re minors, young adults or children with special needs – should think about estate planning with their children’s futures in mind during the coronavirus pandemic. Extension recently released a MontGuide that gives parents estate planning tools to provide for their children in the event of a parent’s death. “If something happens and one or both parents die, who will care for the children? Will there be enou...
Staff and wire report The Havre Elks Lodge No. 1201 is holding a craft show Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Elks Lodge Secretary Brandy Kurtz, one of the organizers of the event, said the craft show at the Elks Lodge, 321 First St., will have lots of different vendors and crafters filling two rooms of the building. The event will be a mix of home-based vendors and crafters, Kurtz said. She added that the craft show will have free admission. People are asked to practice proper social distancing and wear masks. Hand sanitizer...
North Central Senior Citizen Center, Oct. 26-30 Editor’s note: The Havre Daily News did not receive this by printing deadline Friday. Menu by Earlene DeWinter Subject to Change Tuesday — Salad, roast pork, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, rolls, chocolate cake Wednesday — Baked fish, potato supreme, peas, peach cobbler Thursday — Braised beef, mashed potatoes, salad, cookies Friday — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Medicare open enrollment has begun. If you need help verifying your Part D (Prescription) coverage, i...
Chad D. Williams, 50, passed away due to COVID Saturday, October 24, 2020, at Northern Montana Hospital. Cremation has taken place, and due to the pandemic, no services are planned at this time. Chad’s family has suggested memorial donations be made in his memory to the Friends of the Havre Animal Shelter.... Full story
Glen Eugene Lewis, 80, passed away October 21, 2020 at Northern Montana Care Center. A Rosary will be said at 6:00 p.m., Sunday, October 25, 2020, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel in Havre. His funeral Mass will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 26, 2020, at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Harlem, followed by burial at Wing Cemetery in Hogeland. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Glen's online memorial page at... Full story
Havre Police Department Ricky John Clark Jr. of Havre, 24, was arrested on charges of partner or family member assault, criminal mischief/vandalism and disorderly conduct after a disturbance was reported on Fifth Street Friday at 12:03 p.m. -- Sierra Marie Flammond of Havre, 28, was issued a summons on a charge of failure to give notice of an accident after a hit and run crash was reported on First Street Friday at 5:18 p.m. -- A caller reported Friday at 5:25 p.m. that a...
Shutdown of schools I am disappointed in the decisions to close schools. In rural Montana, our students face varying degrees of connectivity and lack of appropriate device issues. This means that not every student has a device or internet connectivity and yet our schools are sending students to remote learning for semesters, quarters, or weeks at a time. The achievement gap is already huge, it is getting bigger by the day, and now, we are going to make it insurmountable by going remote without every child having a device or...
Editor, Why is it that many of the same people who refuse to wear masks in relation to COVID-19 will wear the state-mandated amount of orange during hunting season? Does being forced to wear orange not “infringe” upon their rights and liberties as well? The answer is sadly obvious: orange protects oneself, while masks protect others. The 10th Amendment gives the states the right to such a mandate. Other 10th Amendment state laws involve traffic laws, driver’s licenses, election rules, state commerce regulation, build...
Saturday saw a matchup with a Northeastern A rival postponed due to weather conditions, which is no surprise with the snow Montana has been getting. But, the Havre High volleyball team will have plenty of court time coming up. This week, Havre will take on the Sidney Eagles at 5 p.m. in the Havre High Gymnasium on Tuesday, the Hardin Bulldogs Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Havre High Gymnasium and then the Billings Central Rams down in Billings at 2:30 p.m. Saturday to wrap up the...
It was cold, it was dark, and it was even starting to snow a little, but the Havre High cross country teams made it to the finish line. On the first day of the 57th Annual Montana State Cross Country Championships, held Friday morning at Rebecca Farms in Kalispell, the Blue Pony girls placed seventh, and the HHS boys 12th in the Class A state championship races. On the girls side, Havre scored a 212, with senior Tamera O'Leary leading the way in 27th place overall. O'Leary...
