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Articles from the November 2, 2021 edition


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  • City Council discusses reclassifying Havre as class two city

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Nov 2, 2021

    A resolution to reclassify Havre as a class two city was tabled at Monday's meeting of the Havre City Council to give the public a greater opportunity to learn about the matter before it is voted on. City Finance Director Doug Kaercher said this matter is being brought up again due to a misunderstanding by a previous city council that resulted in a lack of action taken to address the issue. Kaercher said Havre's population was shown in the 2000 Census to have dropped to fewer...

  • MAT holding auditions for Monty Python's "Spamalot"

    Updated Nov 2, 2021

    Montana Actors' Theatre is holding auditions at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday in The Little Theatre in Montana State University-Northern's Cowan Hall. The production, described as "Monty Python's 'Holy Grail' set to bad music," has large singing, dancing and speaking roles for at least 10 actors and numerous smaller non-speaking and chorus roles....

  • Annual ELF Drive hitting the streets Wednesday, Thursday

    Pam Burke|Updated Nov 2, 2021

    Havre's annual E.L.F. Food Drive, with local firefighters going door-to-door in the city collecting non-perishable food items for donation to the Havre Community Food Bank, is happening Wednesday and Thursday. Havre Fire Fighters union IAFF Local 601 Vice President Cody McLain said the fire department will be taking to the streets with lights and sirens 5:30-7:30 p.m. each night, or until they make their way down all streets. And they are splitting their focus into two areas...

  • New dentist working at Havre Dental Group

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Nov 2, 2021

    Havre Dental Group just got a new dentist in Dr. Autumn Chapman, who's hiring in July has allowed the practice to start accepting new patients for the first time in quite a while. Chapman and her family, husband, Nate, and daughter Kaisley, age 1 1/2, moved to Havre recently so she could start her new position, but she has spent plenty of time here in the past, including during a summer job as a dental assistant at Havre Dental Group, working there with her grandfather Dr....

  • Flavored e-cigarettes expose youth to health risks

    Updated Nov 2, 2021

    Press release A study released in September from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that more than 2 million U.S. middle and high school students are currently using e-cigarettes in 2021, with more than 8 in 10 of those youth using flavored e-cigarettes. It is well established that flavors play a significant role in enticing youth and young adults to try and use tobacco products. The FDA also tells us that youth and young adults use flavored tobacco...

  • State and local COVID-19 update, Nov. 2, 2021

    Updated Nov 2, 2021

    The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 1,144 new cases, 9,506 active cases, 371 hospitalizations and 2,380 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 178,114 cases. Blaine County, reported on the state update this morning, had 27 new cases listed over the weekend. The state map data on several items did not match the numbers on the county health department update Saturday, which then listed 82 active cases — which may include some of the state map’s new cases listed today — 3 active...

  • Obituary - Anna Rismon

    Updated Nov 2, 2021

    Our Holy Father called upon our loving wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great grandmother, friend and finest gardener to look after and tend the flower and vegetable gardens in Heaven. Anna Rismon passed away at the Northern Montana Care Center early Friday morning, October 15, 2021. Anna was born October 5, 1939, to Monica (Matz) and Florian Mosbrucker at Sacred Heart Hospital in Havre, Montana. She was the youngest of seven children and grew up on the family farm...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly business meeting

    Updated Nov 2, 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 Beaver Creek Dam Grant RRG-22-1809 Contracts Amendment to RRGL Beaver Creek Dam Stilling Basin repairs Abatement Personal Property Tax Audit Account ID:6549202-003-PPR Subdivision/survey approval Marcel Theil Survey: Moen Subdivision: Amended Plat Erickson/Campbell: County needs Quit claim deeds...

  • For the Record, Nov. 2, 2021

    Updated Nov 2, 2021

    Havre Police Department Monday callers at 7:49 a.m. on Third Avenue, 7:56 a.m. on Fourth Avenue and 8:42 a.m. on 14th Street West reported vehicles having been spray painted during the night. -- A phone was reported possibly stolen Monday at a First Street establishment. -- An arrest was made after a First Street Northeast caller reported Monday at 3:50 p.m. that his girlfriend's brother tried to stab him with a knife then left. No details on the charges were provided. -- A...

  • Area volleyball teams advance

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 2, 2021

    Three area teams are headed to the Northern C Divisional Volleyball Tournament later this week. That's because, Fort Benton, Chinook and Chester-Joplin-Inverness all finished in the top four at last weekend's District 7C tourney in Chinook. The District 7C championship went to Geraldine-Highwood, which beat defending 7C champion Fort Benton in the championship match Saturday afternoon. The Longhorns had reached the chipper with a 25-27, 25-15, 25-17 and 25-17 win over Chinook...

  • Lights make home mat debut tonight against Trappers

    George Ferguson|Updated Nov 2, 2021

    It was a nail biter of a start to the 2021-22 wrestling season for the Montana State University-Northern Lights. Last Friday night, the No. 18 Lights opened the season with a gut-wrenching 21-20 loss at North Idaho. The Cardinals are ranked No. 11 in the NJCAA to start the season. In the season-opening dual, former Havre Blue Ponies Martin Wilkie (141) and Connor Harris (157) scored winns for the Lights, as did No. 9 Chase Short at 165 pounds, Nakoda Siegel at 174 pounds and...

  • Hi-Line Sports Schedule

    Updated Nov 2, 2021

    TUESDAY College Wrestling Lights vs Northwest College, 7 p.m. THURSDAY High School Volleyball Havre at Eastern A in Laurel Northern C at Belt Northern B at Glasgow College Basketball Lights at Rochester University, 4 p.m. FRIDAY High School Volleyball Havre at Eastern A in Laurel Northern C at Belt Northern B at Glasgow College Volleyball Skylights vs Tech, 7 p.m. College Basketball Skylights vs Corban, 3 p.m. in Great Falls College XC MSU-N at Frontier Championships in...