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In September of this year the area saw the derailment of an Amtrak train near Joplin that killed three and injured dozens of others. Though the story of the derailment itself was one of tragic loss and injury, the response to the accident and outpouring of support from the local communities was a story of hope. Saturday, Sept. 25, around 4 p.m. an Empire Builder train derailed just outside of Joplin killing Marjorie and Donald Varnadoe of Georgia, 72 and 74 respectively, and Z...
After a year of difficulty filling positions the Hill County Commission is still trying to find members to fill 16 seats on various boards. The most dramatic case of intermittently empty board seats this year was on the Great Northern Fair Board, which had three members including then-Board Chair Bobbie Dolphay, then-Vice-Chair Chelby Gooch and Ray Kallenberger resign in March of this year. These members were replaced, but Lex Keller resigned from the board just after this year’s fair and a shake-up shortly after in A...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 389 new cases, 2288 active cases, 121 hospitalizations and 2,905 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 197,061 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that 2 new cases were reported and 4 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 4 active cases in the county and 3,542 total cases. The county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that it was notified of no new cases and none m...
Cheryl Lynn Barber of Chinook, 53, passed away peacefully December 26, 2021. She was born February 10, 1968, in Havre to Paul Dannels and Carol Upshaw. Early in life, her family moved to Chinook, where she attended school, graduating as a Sugarbeeter from Chinook High. In 1988, she was married to Bill Barber and they were blessed with three children, Casey, Katey, and Cody. Cheryl's life was enriched with the welcoming of her three children, all of whom she adored and was bles...
Havre Police Department Officers assisted sheriff's deputies on a call Tuesday at 6:49 a.m. on First Street. -- Martin Duane Flying Jr. of Hays, 29, was arrested on a criminal contempt charge related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation reported at 8:14 a.m. Tuesday. -- Kaylen Marie Ball of Havre, 28, and Nancy Marie Barchus of Havre, 51, were each arrested on Justice or City court warrants after officers were asked at 11:58 a.m. Tuesday to assist another agency on First...
Staff and wire Montana State University Extension is bringing its Golden Triangle Cropping Seminar to Havre Thursday, Jan. 13, at the Great Northern Fairgrounds 4-H Chuckwagon, 1676 U.S. Highway 2 West. People are asked to register by Friday, Jan. 7, by calling Hill County MSU Extension at 406-400-2333. The seminar offers three pesticide credits to licensed applicators. The seminar agenda is: 8:30-8:55 a.m.: Registration 9-10 a.m.: MSU Extension Cropping Systems Specialist Kent McVey, “Cereal Grain Varieties and Integrated P...
Press release Food Animal Concerns Trust — FACT— is offering a free webinar in which a panel of experienced sheep, goat and cattle producers from National Center for Appropriate Technology — NCAT will discuss how they handle lambing, kidding and calving. Margo Hale, Tracy Mumma, Linda Poole and Linda Coffey will share tips for a successful season: • What to have on hand, including helpful tools • How to recognize imminent birth • How a normal birth proceeds • When and how to intervene. This team-taught session will also ans...
From https://www.fsa.usda. gov/state-offices/Montana Dec. 15: First day to enroll in the Spot Market Hog Pandemic Program Dec. 31: 2022 NAP application for coverage deadline for honey. Jan. 1: Newly elected COC members/alternates take oath of office. Jan. 3: 2022 acreage reporting deadline for honey covered under NAP — or 30 days after placement of colonies. Please note that this is the final date that FSA can accept late-filed 2021 reports for these crops. Jan. 17: 2022 acreage reporting deadline established stand alfalfa s...
My Uncle Andy recently turned 90, and it was hard to imagine what a guy would like for his 90th birthday. At 90, getting a lot of new stuff doesn’t sound very appealing. Andy is in the process of getting rid of stuff, a job made more challenging by the fact that neither he nor his wife, Bea, have any children to fob the stuff off on. Andy and Bea live in the farmhouse where my mom was raised, and we were stumped when the subject of a 90th birthday present came up. “What does A...
Ready or not, here comes 2022. And while it's always a good feeling to look forward to a new year, it sure does feel a lot like most off us are Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day." And not because it's bitterly cold in Havre as 2021 draws to a close, either. No, it feels like "Groundhog Day" because, the end of 2021 feels almost exactly like the end of 2022 - with COVID-19 front and center. Yes, in all facets of everyday life, including the sports world, COVID is, and will...
Montana State University-Northern’s David Harris has been named the Frontier Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for the second time this season. Harris is a 6-foot-4 senior guard/forward from Tacoma, Washington. The Lights lost to No. 10 Arizona Christian 78-69. Harris scored 31 points and pulled down 11 rebounds. He was 10 of 19 from the field and was 9 of 9 from free throw line. The Northern men and women were set to host games against a pair of Canadian sch...
Wyatt Dunbar, Chinook Wrestling Chinook’s Wyatt Dunbar has been a stalwart for the Sugarbeeters on the mat for years now, having placed at heavyweight in each of the last two seasons. And he’s at it again this winter. Dunbar has been strong at 285 so far, including finishing second at the Scottie Invitational two weeks ago, while also competing strong at the Havre Invitational to start the season. Dunbar was also an All-Conference lineman for the Beeters on the football fie...
