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The Hill County Commission will hold its business meeting Wednesday at 10 a.m. It is mandatory for everyone at meetings to wear a mask or face covering for ages 5 and older with no exceptions. The meeting agenda includes: Old business Hill County Detention Center control panel bid....
My son and others need to get back to school. They have already lost more days than I would care to think about that can never be made up. I know my son will graduate just fine. In fact, my belief is that every student in the HPS system will pass. How can they not. I don’t think anybody will decide to fail a single student and in that respect you have failed so many. At the last board meeting (Highland Park Early Primary School Principal Mark) Irvin … (said) they were having some successes with some of the students and som...
Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said the county has seen improvement in its rate of new COVID-19 cases, but it is still far above the Hill County Health Department's goal. The week of Nov. 9 saw an average of 97 new cases per day per 100,000 residents in the county, Larson said during the weekly COVID-19 update Friday, and it was exciting to see the number under 100. However, Larson said, the health department's goal is 50 per day per 100,000...
Havre Public Schools Nurse Jeri Erickson has seen a big change in her job duties since the beginning of the school year. Instead of fixing cuts, looking at bumps and bruises and tending to headaches, she is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. "I deal with COVID all day long, from the beginning of my day until the end of my day, into the evenings, and on the weekends. All the time," Erickson said. Erickson handles the contact tracing within the school district. When the health...
Press release Havre, Montana (November 20, 2020) — The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to announce and invite the public to comment on the proposed intersection improvements at US 2 and 19th Avenue West. Proposed work includes upgrading signal hardware, updating pedestrian access and realigning lanes to improve operations. Construction is tentatively planned for 2022 depending on completion of design and availability of funds. New right-of-way and relocation of utilities will be required. MDT staff w...
The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 56,381 with 677 new cases, 16,317 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 467. The number of deaths was 614. Blaine County, reported Sunday evening: 3 new cases, 438 total, 37 active, 3 active hospitalizations, 17 deaths Hill County, reported Sunday evening, 4 new cases, 1,227 total, 211 active, 5 active hospitalizations, 31 deaths Rocky Boy — Latest data not available Fort Belknap, reported Sunday, also reported on eit...
Louise Cole was born January 28, 1927, in Glasgow, MT. She passed away November 18, 2020, in Missoula, MT. Her family and friends have lost her presence but not her wonderful example to live life fully. She made every effort to lean in and thrive. The early years of her long life were influenced by the great depression and the struggles that went with it. Perhaps that is the foundation of her attention to the needs of others. Her family was separated when work and income were...
Mavis L. Cochran, 53, passed away due to natural causes at Kalispell Regional Healthcare Hospice Saturday, November 21, 2020. A visitation will be held from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 24, 2020, at Holland & Bonine Funeral Chapel and private family services will be held due to the pandemic. Social distancing and masks will be required to enter the building....
Havre Police Department A Third Avenue caller reported Friday at 10:15 a.m. that a package was stolen, but the package was delivered to a neighbor who took it to the police station and the caller retrieved the package Sunday at 7:25 p.m. -- Stolen property was reported by a Ninth Street caller Friday at 1:53 p.m. -- Larae Ann Sunchild of Havre, 39, was issued a summons on a charge of trespass to property after a female trespasser was reported at a Ninth Avenue business Friday...
Press release The MSU-Northern Foundation announced it has hired two new people to join its staff at the office on the Northern campus. Toni Pedersen starts today in the role of director of finance and Darla McCloy started one week ago in the position of operations specialist Pedersen, originally from Wolf Point, will take over as the head of finance as current CFO Amanda Meyer steps down to do other things. An alum of Northern, Pedersen has been living in Havre for the past few years, most recently working at Anderson ZurMue...
Press release Montana VA Health Care System — MTVAHCS — invites Veterans to a virtual town hall today from 5-6 p.m. The event will also be recorded for any veteran who is unable to attend the live town hall. “During the town hall, we want to make sure Veterans are aware of all their health care resources,” said Dan Caufield, MTVAHCS Associate Director. “With Montana’s COVID-19 cases on the rise, we will share COVID-19 updates and highlight some of the telehealth options veterans have to connect to their healthcare...
If you build it, they will come. That’s the famous line from the movie “Field of Dreams.” Unfortunately, in 2020, it’s not true. Just ask the Montana State University-Northern football program. For years, Northern has dreamt of building an on-campus football stadium. This year, that dream became a reality. Northern now has that stadium with the completion of Phase I of the Lights Stadium project earlier this fall. And yet, what would have been the Frontier Conference footbal...
