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Havre, the Hi-Line, Montana, it never fails to deliver memorable sports moments. And 2021 was no different. While COVID-19 might continue to dominate the headlines, on the local front, sports had plenty of eye-popping, jaw-dropping moments over the last year, and the Havre Daily News was there to cover them all. From college volleyball and football in the spring, to state championships at every level, both team and individual, from national titles on the wrestling mat, to...
Havre City Council will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 4. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Administer oath of office to newly elected officials. 2. Election of council president. 3. Confirm board appointments 4. Approval of December claims and manual warrants Council i...
Havre Ford, in conjunction with the Hill County DUI Task Force and the Substance Abuse and Misuse Coalition, will once again be offering free rides on New Year’s Eve to and from the area’s bars and taverns, and local law enforcement is encouraging people to use the service if they need it. The service will run from 5 p.m. New Year’s Eve to 2:30 a.m. New Year’s Day, and will take people to and from local bars or parties and home. Steve Steinmetz of Havre Ford, who’s been involved with the program for years, said people ca...
Despite the hopes of public health, government officials at every level and just about everyone else, the COVID-19 pandemic continues, and, for the second year in a row, was the biggest story in the region and around the globe. The virus, despite efforts on the part of public health to vaccinate as many people as possible, killed almost as many people this year as last year in Hill County, and hospitalized dozens locally, but beyond the direct impact of the virus, it and the...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 666 new cases, 2,741 active cases, 123 hospitalizations and 2,906 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 197,724 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Wednesday that 5 new cases were reported and 1 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 8 active cases in the county and 3,547 total cases. Hill County has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Wednesday that it was notified of no new cases a...
Not since the Renaissance has Italy led the world so clearly in the culture wars, but this time we’re not talking about arts, and certainly not sciences, we’re talking about the great COVID vaccine resistance of 2021. Those Italians put some skin in the game. Even with a pretty high 73% full-vaccination rate in the country, on Dec. 6 Italy started requiring a health pass to prove vaccination for some professions and for entrance into many venues. The Thursday before the law...
Farm Report: Tomatoes are up and everything else is down. More or less. I’m not sure what it is about tomatoes here but they insist on growing under extreme conditions, such as winter. Well, our winter, not your winter. Still, they astonish me. Remember, my farm is in five-gallon buckets, baby baths, and other assorted strange containers. I’m really tired of eating tomatoes. My neighbors are glad to relieve me of the excess. Herbs are year round. Flowers are forever. But the...
Billy John Buerkle, 56, passed away at Northern Montana Hospital November 22, 2021, from acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19. Celebration of Life BBQ will be held Memorial Day weekend 2022 at Eagles Campground in Beaver Creek Park. Billy was born in Malta, MT, February 11, 1965, to MaryAnn and Leroy Buerkle. The family moved to Havre later that year. Billy had four siblings and a half-sister. He graduated from HHS in 1983. After high school, Billy worked for Wilson Farms...
Hill County sheriff’s deputies and Havre police officers were involved in a short, low-speed car chase that ended with two arrests, including the driver who was also tasered while resisting arrest. A driver on 19th Avenue West reported to 911 that his vehicle had been hit but the other driver did not stop at the scene of the crash. The driver followed the other vehicle, a 2005 white Ford Focus, toward town and sheriff’s deputies picked up the pursuit on the 1000 Block of 16t...
Hill County Park Board will meet Monday in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room at 5:30 p.m. The meeting agenda is: 1) Approval of minutes: 2) Approval of agenda: 3) Guests and public comments on agenda items only and agenda requests for next meeting 4) Cabin Business Blackie Coulee #8 5) Old business: Monitoring progress Lodge 6) New business: Kallenberger request 7) Committee reports: Rules and Regulation Committee Finance and Planning Committee Grazing Committee: 8) Group reports Cabin owners report Friends of Beaver...
The Hill County Water District meeting will be Wednesday, Jan. 5, at 7:30 p.m. at the District’s shop/office at 104 Second St. in Hingham. • Recognition of visitors; public comments, limited to any matter not on this agenda and within the jurisdiction of the District Board — three-minute time limit per speaker. • Call to order and approval of minutes of previous meeting • Old business • Other old business • New business: 1. Employee report 2. Board elections • Other new business • Other: 1. Delinquencies 2. Bills • Next meet...
Monday 9 a.m. — Oath of office for sheriff’s deputy in commissioners’ office 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in commissioners’ office 5:30 p.m. — Park board meeting in the Timmons room Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in commissioners’ office 1:30 p.m. — Milk River Levee, regarding Under Seepage Relief Wells Webex, in commissioners’ office Wedenesday Regular business hours Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting in commissioners’ office Friday Regular business hours...
Havre Police Department An arrest was made after a shoplifter was reported at a First Street business Wednesday at 3:04 p.m., but no details on the charges were provided in the dispatch log. Joscayne Littlebear Denny, who was named as an involved party, was listed in this morning's jail roster as being held on a charge of theft. -- Someone stopped at the police station Wednesday at 3:49 p.m. asking for officers to perform a welfare check. -- Officers and deputies were...
North Central Senior Citizens Center Jan. 3-7 Menu Monday — Tatortot casserole, biscuits, salad, dessert Tuesday — Roast beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, rolls, cake Wednesday — Chicken pepper steak, rice, egg rolls, fruit Thursday — Pork tips, noodles, peas, cookies Friday — Soup, salad bar, chef’s choice, dessert Keeping Up with the Pandemic: As of Dec. 29 there were five new COVID-19 cases. The health department reported 8 active cases. Total cases for all of Hill County were 3,547. Deaths were at 71. Righ...
Press release “No matter what road you choose to follow, I wish you much success and happiness,” reads the handwritten letter Tim Wynne received from Mary Etta Sohm shortly before he graduated from Havre High School in 1980. Included with the letter was a set of scrapbooks Sohm had carefully compiled of Wynne’s activities over the years, after he was in her fifth grade class at what was then Devlin School, but is now home to the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line. Fast-forward 42 years and the connection between Wynne, Sohm,...
by Carla Jenewein Chinook Red Cross blood drive organizer The Chinook Community will be hosting a blood drive on Tuesday January 4th, 2022 at Wallner Hall (330 Illinois) from Noon - 6 p.m. during a time of great need for donations. “This is serious. The Red Cross is experiencing the worst blood shortage in over a decade,” American Red Cross said on its website. “The dangerously low blood supply levels have forced some hospitals to defer patients from major surgery, including organ transplants. Your donation is despe...
Havre Daily News staff Montana Actors’ Theatre has put out a call for actors to audition for a production of “Anastasia” to be produced at Havre High School in March and April. The auditions are at Havre High School’s auditorium Wednesday and Thursday of next week starting at 4 p.m. each day. The auditions are open for all high-school aged youths and they do not have to be enrolled in Havre Public Schools to participate, a release from MAT said. For more information, people can email [email protected]. Show product...
Out our way, dawn is especially welcome in winter. The sun sets early and the sun rises late - and in between it gets really cold! More than once I have wondered if it was ever coming as I stomped my feet, ribbed my hands and even ole Doc shivered as I sat watching with hopeful eyes the eastern ridges. As many of you know, the date we celebrate Christmas was chosen by the early Church during the time of great persecution. The pagans hunted down, abused, robbed and even killed...
Today, I am pulling out my 2022 calendars and writing down events taking place during this first month of the new year. As I do this, I can't help but wonder, what is this year of 2022 going to be like? Will it be like 2021? Will it be like 2020? In a very real way, I hope the answer to both of those questions is a resounding no! And yet, we really do not know what this year (or any other year) will bring. So, what do we really know? We know that God loves us continuously....
You know, Lord, New Year's can be like a fresh start! Our Mom delighted in opening up a new diary/journal which she faithfully kept until You called her home. We also delighted looking at the bright new calendars, checking photos and art work; checking days to see which day of the week anniversaries and birthdays of family and friends fall on. All too soon the neatly arranged rows of squares are filled with various appointments, or as one gal said, 'filled with the living of o...