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Monday, June 3, 2024 9 a.m. — Chippewa Cree Road Department meeting at the Kennewash Hall Conference Room regarding Route 6 Corridor Study 9:30 a.m. — Commissioner working session in the Commission Office 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging director meeting in the Commission Office 5:30 p.n. — Hill County Park Board Meeting at the Beaver Lodge at Camp Kiwanis in Beaver Creek Park Tuesday, June 4, 2024 8:30 a.m. — Department of Natural Resources and Conservation meeting in the Commission Office 9:30 a.m. — Health department...
The next Hill County Park Board meeting is Monday, June 3, 2024, at the Beaver Lodge at Camp Kiwanis in Beaver Creek Park. 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, limited to one minute 4) Cabin business #14 Alkali Spring Lane (Transfer) #34 Mooney Coulee (Improvement Request) #48 Mooney Coulee (Adding Co-Owners) #14 Phelps Lane (Adding a Co-Owner) 5) Old business Lodge: Park Budget: Update fee for Haying:...
Havre Police Department Wednesday, May 8 A caller on Second Street West reported at 6:39 a.m. that a car had been stolen. -- A 6:47 a.m. caller on Second Street reported that it looked like two unoccupied vehicles had just been hit. -- A 1:05 p.m. caller at Havre High School reported a juvenile in the building who doesn't attend Havre High. -- Officers investigated a 1:58 p.m. report from Child Protection Services. -- A 2:37 p.m. call from 13th Street about a speed limit sign...
Commissioner Mark Peterson said during a commission working meeting Monday that levels in Beaver Creek are going down, but slowly and it may be high for some time. Peterson said the only major damage so far has been at Evergeen Campground off of U.S. Highway 87 and Beaver Creek Golf Course west of town on U.S. Highway 2, other than on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation, which also declared an emergency. The Hill County Commission issued a declaration of emergency last week due to the rising levels of the creek. Peterson said M...
Editor’s note: Due to an editorial error, this story was not published in the Thursday, May 6, edition of the Weekly Chronicle. Hill County Park Board members met Monday evening, May 6, to discuss maintenance for Beaver Creek Park. Jeff Jensen was re-elected as the chairman for the board, and Pam Wilson was elected to be the vice chairman. The committee is waiting for estimates from Clausen and Son’s and Korb construction to replace the Beaver Lodge. Extra funds are still required to proceed with the project, as well as possi...
Havre City Council held a lengthy discussion to an over-flow capacity crowd at its meeting Monday about the boil advisory in place in the city. At the end of the meeting, following a presentation by a worker at the water plant that met with extended applause, the council scheduled another meeting Monday, May 20, to debrief over what was said at this week"'s meeting and what answers had been found to questions people asked this week. Havre Department of Public Works Director Tr...
Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said about 1 this afternoon that the waters are rising in Beaver Creek Reservoir — First Lake — and are likely to top the spillway this afternoon. He said the dam operator reported at about 8 this morning that the inflow into First Lake was 279 cubic feet per-second and the outflow was 139 cfs with the water level 2.5 feet below the spillway. By 11:37 a.m. inflow 892 cfs and the water was about 9 inches from going over the spillway “So it looks like we might test-drive our spill...
Hill County Park Board will meet in the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Building Monday, May 6, 2024, 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, limited to 1 minute 4) Cabin business 5) Old business Lodge Finance and Rules Committee form Spring tank repair issue Eagles Campground bridge Employee mileage 6) New business Potluck at lodge for June meeting Board restructuring Cabin inspection dates...
Please note important times and dates for road mill levy discussion meetings below. Monday, May 6, 2024 9:30 a.m. — Commissioner working session in the Commission Office 1 p.m. — Renewal Zoom meeting with MACo Property and Casualty Trust in the Commission Office 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging Director Meeting in the Commission Office 5:30 p.m. — Hill County Park Board Meeting in the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center Tuesday, May 7, 2024 9:30 a.m. — Health department director meeting in the Commission Office 10:30 a.m...
Press release Montana State University-Northern will continue its Spring 2024 Brown Bag Lecture Series with a presentation titled “Algal Blooms Community Health Literacy Program,” by Professor of Biology Terri Hildebrand, Ph.D. The event will be held on Wednesday, April 17, from noon to 1 p.m. in Hensler Auditorium in the Applied Technology Center, and it is open to the public. Sack lunches are provided but limited, so attendees are encouraged to RSVP by Monday, April 15, at https://www.msun.edu/otle/brownbag.aspx or by cal...
Welcome to the Season of Eastertide! As I write, there is renewal of life on the prairies and in the mountains. We hear the robins and the meadow larks each morning. We look for the arrival of loons in Beaver Creek Park and snow geese flocking in wheat stubble and a tiny yellow prairie flower are signs of life. (No, I don't mean the dandelion!) For those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere, Easter's resurrection story is reflected in Nature as winter gives way to...
Members of the Hill County Park Board met Monday evening and discussed employee pay and heard updates regarding work on park infrastructure and park conditions. During the meeting Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said the Kiwanis Chapel sustained some damage during a high water flow event and he's been looking into the best way to repair it. He said he did get an estimate from a contractor of $16,300 for repairs, but he wants the board to give him more time to...
The Hill County Park Board held it’s monthly meeting Monday evening where members discussed, among other things, finding a way to reimburse employees for the substantial commute to and from their jobs, an issue Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said is damaging his ability to hire. See more on Monday’s Park Board meeting in Wednesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News. Edgar said it is very difficult to compete in the local job market when they pay what they do for a job that requires a 20 mile minimum drive every...
Havre Police Department Officers assisted a 9:41 a.m. Friday caller in the Havre area with a complaint about someone's social media posts. -- Someone stopped at the police station Friday at 11:13 a.m. to report a fraud incident. -- A juvenile on Ninth Avenue reported Friday at 11:28 a.m. a woman who should not be in the house, and investigating officers found the allegation was unfounded. -- Officers searched for but couldn't locate a suspicious man reported to be in a park...
The Hill County Commission approved new grants and contracts, revised office rules for the courthouse and revised a written policy for board appointments during its business meeting Thursday. Commissioners have been discussing the matter of board appointment and interview procedures for some time, with Hill County Commissioner Sheri Williams in particular raising concerns regarding insufficient advertising of open positions and a need for a clear written policy regarding the interview process. Earlier this week the...
The Hill County Park Board will meet Monday, April 1, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room. The meeting agenda is: 1) Approval of minutes 2) Approval of agenda 3) Guests and public comments on agenda items only/Agenda requests for next meeting limited to 1 minute 4) Cabin business #12 Sawmill Gulch Lane 5) Old business Lodge Finance and Rules Committee draft/composition Spring tank repair issue 6) New business Chapel repairs Eagle Campground bridge Employee mileage 7) Committee reports Grazing...
There really is nothing like the end of winter in Havre and on the Hi-Line. Sure, it can, and will still snow, and it will still get cold up there from time to time. But anyone who lives, or has lived, in Havre can attest that the return of spring just means more to us then it does to many people across the country. It means more because winter’s, mild or rough, are long and exhausting in Havre, and in most of Montana. And when you finally see that light at the end of the tunn...
Wayne A. Thisselle, 67, passed away due to natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital Friday, March 1, 2024. Cremation has taken place, and a private family celebration of Wayne's life will be held at a later date. His family has suggested that memorial donations be made in Wayne's memory to the Friends of Beaver Creek Park or to the charity of the donor's choice. Holland & Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit Wayne's online memorial page to...
The Hill County Park Board heard a brief update on environmental monitoring in Beaver Creek Park during their monthly meeting Monday, where they also heard from Hill County Conservation District Administrator Emma Korntheuer, who cleared up a number of misconceptions about an upcoming watershed assessment and grants it could be used to pursue. In previous meetings members of the park board declined to participate in or support the assessment over concerns that doing so would...
Hill County Park Board will meet Monday, March 4, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room The meeting agenda is: 1). Minutes approval February January 2). Approval of agendas March Agenda February 3) Guests and public comments on agenda items only/Agenda requests for next meeting. Limited to one minute 4) Cabin Business 5) Old Business Lodge (February) Finance and Rules Committee draft/composition (February) Hill County Conservation District Administrator Emma-Korntheuer — Renewable Resource Grant Waters...
Ted Solomon, age 87, died of natural causes at Northern Montana Hospital Sunday, February 18, 2024. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, March 2, 2024, starting at noon in the 4-H Chuckwagon on the Great Northern Fairgrounds in Havre. A luncheon will folllow the Celebration of Life. Arrangements have been entrusted to Wilderness Funeral Home. Ted was born February 9, 1937 in Platinum, Alaska to Harry and Elsie (Martin) Solomon. At the age of 5, he came to Montana with...
The Hill County Conservation District Board will meet Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, at 5 p.m. in the NRCS Conference room in the USDA Service Center at 206 25th Ave. W. Suite 1, Havre. The agenda is: Call meeting to order Approval of minutes of Jan. 25, 2024, meeting Public comment Agenda additions Guest speaker Treasurer’s report Bills to be paid Old business a. Draft Annual Plan b. DEQ Watershed Planning Grant c. Pollinator Grant FY 2024 d. NACD TA Grant FY 2021 e. CDA Grant FY 2024 f. Working Group meeting 2024 planning New b...
Anthony "Tony" Stremcha was born at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Havre, MT, to Richard and Carolyn Stremcha July 15, 1963. He was raised in Havre with his sister Tami. Tony attended Havre Public Schools, graduating in 1982 from Havre High School. Tony was baptized and made confirmation in the Lutheran Church. During his formative years always wanting to earn extra spending money he had a variety of jobs, paper delivery, yard maintenance, hired hand to North Havre farmers (espe...
After printing deadline Monday, the Hill County Commission submitted an amended agenda for its business meeting Thursday. The complete agenda follows. The Hill County Commission will hold its weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Commission Office. The public may participate in the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87670806969?pwd=3D2AtxALo3jBtpEbOZlUCaH7VcZQQm.1 . The agenda for the meeting is: Meeting called to order Approval of last week’s minutes Public comments on n...
Monday evening’s regular meeting of the Hill County Park Board was canceled for lack of quorum last night when most members didn’t show up after 15 minutes of waiting. Members Lou Hagener, Larry Kinsella and Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson were there, but no other members showed up by 5:45 p.m. The Hill County commissioners are members of the park board. Chair Jeff Jensen and board members Ursula Brese — who missed the January meeting due to health reasons — Pam Wilson, Tony Reum, Hill County Commissioner Jake Strisse...
