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Highland Park Early Primary School first grade teacher DaNelle Bakke said that since COVID-19 hit, her job has become "challenging, yet so gratifying." She said she has had to find ways to actively engage students, teach concepts from a screen and organize the students entire learning days. "The organization of making sure that the kids have all of the supplies in from of them for a week at a time means that I have to know what we will be doing every minute of that week well...
A group of local residents is trying to raise awareness of the need to mask up during the holidays - and after. Will Rawn, Susan Somers and Marilee Russell are making an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 by hanging signs around town encouraging citizens to wear protective face masks. The posters created by the group were designed to encourage those who "defiantly refuse to wear masks," Rawn said, which is still prevalent in the community. The medical community has said...
National signing day is Wednesday, and just two days in advance, a second Havre Blue Pony made a college football announcement. Blue Pony senior Carson Lunak announced via his Twitter account Monday that he has committed to Dickinson State University to play for the Blue Hawks and head coach Pete Stanton. Lunak, who started on both the offensive and defensive lines for the Ponies and head coach Ryan Gatch, earned Eastern A All-Conference honors at both positions this past...
Havre City-County Airport Board will meet in person in the Emergency Operations Center at City Hall with enough room to social distance. Masks will be required. The meeting agenda is: Hare City-County Airport Board will meet Thursday at 3 p.m. 1. Approval of November 19 minutes. 2. Correspondence. 3. Reports: (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer — DOWL a. Runway Pavement Preservation Project. 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) Discussion of FAA non-primary Entitlement Funds to Meagher County (B) B...
The Hill County Commission will hold its business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. The meeting agenda is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Resolutions Resolution for Health Department Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Program Resolution for County Attorney appointing a new deputy attorney Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Road abandonment — Shelstad Subdivision/survey approval Boundary Relocation Survey for Phil Moen County needs B...
A local council is looking at a web-based system to improve connecting people with health services. Hill County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council listened to a presentation Monday about the CONNECT Referral System, which is being set up throughout Montana, and what it can offer organizations like theirs. Coordinator for the Hill County Youth Reporting Center Matt Erdel gave the presentation and said he wanted to talk about system and its benefits. Erdel said CONNECT is a web-based system designed to facilitate the...
The number of active hospitalizations was 338. The number of deaths was 826. Blaine County reported Monday evening 5 new cases, 575 total, 30 active, 3 active hospitalizations, 21 deaths Hill County reported Monday evening 17 new cases, 1,505 total, 94 active, 2 active hospitalizations, 33 deaths Rocky Boy — reported Monday evening, also reported on either Chouteau or Hill County numbers, 9 new cases, 718 total, 44 active, 38 acgtive on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, no active hospitalizations, deaths not listed. Fort Bel...
Fred C. Hartson passed away Monday, December 7, 2020, in Whitefish, MT. Fred was born July 10, 1927, in Hamilton, MT, to Harley and Evelyn Hartson. Fred joined the U.S. Navy Seabees right out of high school and served during World War II and was deployed to the Admiralty Islands in the South Pacific. He was honorably discharged in 1946 and returned to Kalispell, MT. He went to work for the Montana State Highway Department in engineering. He met the love of his life, Marilyn...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a remote breathalyzer test violation reported at 1:20 p.m. Monday. -- A caller on Second Street Northeast reported an assault Monday at 8:18 p.m. -- Raymond Windyboy of Box Elder, 58, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a caller at a First Street business reported a man needing assistance Monday at 10:46 p.m. -- An arrest was made after an officer investigated a vehicle on U.S. Highway 2 at 12:44 a.m. today. Timothy D...
Press release Havre Community Food Bank is inviting Hill County residents to sign up for its Christmas Food Box Giveaway. Recipients will make appointments to pick up the boxes Monday, Dec. 21. Pickups will be by appointment only. To register, people can call Alma at 265-6743, ext. 1125....
Press release The congregation of Messiah Lutheran on the south end of Fifth Avenue, have announced the installation of a vibrant Christmas mural for the community to enjoy. The display started Dec. 12 and will continue to the New Year. The mural by artist Paul Johnson was commissioned for the 2013 Concordia College Christmas Concert and is based on the theme “Before the Marvel of this Night.” The artwork features bold images of the nativity, angels and a ‘pandemic’ proclamation. The community is encouraged to view the mur...
Editor's note: Due to an error by the Havre Daily News, these did not run when originally provided. Havre High School named Carson Lunak and Kory Morehouse as its September 2020 students of the month. The son of Jerry and Carmen, Carson, a senior, has four older siblings, Hannah, Buck, Keri and Jerrica. Carson is a member of the Blue Pony football team and, outside of school, plays baseball for the Havre Northstars, lifts weights and works out. His hobbies and interests...
Press release The Hi-Line Arts Council, a newly formed organization focused on supporting and promoting arts, culture and creative expression, is sponsoring a free online holiday concert by renowned pianist Philip Aaberg. “I’m so happy to bring you all some Christmas cheer and help usher in the new and hopeful era of the Hi-Line Arts Council, especially from my studio in Chester,” Aaberg said. “I’ve been giving solo piano Christmas concerts for 34 years, and it’s one of my favorite things to do because people are open, charit...
Press release The North Star speech and drama team’s first virtual meets of the season are now in the books. About 32 teams competed at the Class BC online tournament hosted by Belfry Dec. 5. In spontaneous oral interpretation of literature, Emily Conner went to semifinals and finals and placed eighth. Also in SPOI, Quinn Trueax made it to semis and placed 14th. Competing in humorous theater acting, Choral Wicks and Kaden Frickel just missed out on finals, placing ninth. Being remote made it very interesting and intense, b...
Nearly nine months into a pandemic, COVID-19 has impacted Montanans in every corner of the state. Nearly 800 Montanans have lost their lives to the virus and many others have gotten sick and are experiencing long term impacts that we don’t yet understand. Others have experienced a job loss, a lack of pay while sick or in quarantine, or being forced out of the workforce to provide childcare. Businesses and schools are struggling to maintain staffing and continue providing services to their communities. It’s clear that eve...
The Havre Ice Hawks high school hockey team was itching for its first win of the new season and just itching to get back on the ice after games against Missoula were canceled last weekend. Sunday, the Ice Hawks did both. Havre was in Kalispell for a pair of MAHA games against the Flathead Fusion, and Sunday's rematch proved to be Havre's first W of the new year. After falling to the Fusion Saturday night, the Ice Hawk came right back and skated to a 6-3 win Sunday. Tied at...
Playing games without fans isn't new to much of America. In fact, right now, it's kind of the new normal as the coronavirus continues to ravage this country. But playing games without fans had been new to Montana State University-Northern sports, simply because, Northern really hasn't hosted a major sporting event since the pandemic began. That, though, changed this past weekend when the Lights and Skylights hosted the first basketball games of the 2020-21 season. The Northern...
The Montana State University-Northern Lights finally got to play a game. And Northern senior David Harris wasted little time in getting going. Harris was named Frontier Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week after scoring 23 points and grabbing four rebounds in the Lights win over Yellowstone Christian last Friday night in the Armory Gymnasium. Harris is a 6-4 senior from Tacoma, Washington. Montana Tech's Mollie Peoples was named Frontier Women's Player of the Week....
