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Editor's note: This corrects teh spelling of Greg Dolven's name in the photo caption. A petition submitted by Northern Heights Drive resident Kerma Boyum to rezone the area her house is in from Residential Class A-1 to Residential General to allow an Airbnb was voted down by Havre City Council Monday after council members heard from several people that the petition was misrepresented to them. "I was puzzled at first as to why she needed signatures to do what she wanted to do...
Havre City Council’s agenda for Monday’s meeting includes a petition to rezone an area to allow Airbnbs and approval of restarting work on the Bullhook Storm Drain Project. Airbnb zoning petition Kerma Boyum submitted a petition Monday of this week requesting rezoning the area her property is in, on Northern Heights Drive east of Northern Montana Hospital, from Residential Class A-1 to Residential General. The issue has come up in City Council meetings over the last couple of months. It first arose last year, with some peo...
Havre City Council will meet at 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 6. 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. Consideration to allow the Bullhook Community Health Center annual COLOR Fun Run/Walk Aug. 10, 2. Start Process to Change Potential Zoning in Northern Heights area from Residential-One to Residential-G...
By Emily Mayer Those looking to enjoy adult libations during the upcoming Great Northern Stampede were sorely disappointed. The Havre Plaindealer ran this article on the front page of its June 28, 1919, edition: MANY THIRSTY SOULS GAZING AT CITY HALL One Thousand Quarts Reposing There as Result of Raid Since Wednesday there have been reposing the city jail 1,000 or more quarts of beer which some have thought were intended to be used as thirst quenchers during the week of the coming Great Northern Montana Stampede. The beer...
Editor’s note: This corrects the job of Samantha Clawson. The Havre City Council Ordinance Committee advanced a proposal to regulate vacant property in the city after a number of people voice support at its meeting Monday. "You just move forward one step at a time and maybe baby steps," council President Terry Lilletvedt said. The committee sent the proposed Vacant Property Registration Ordinance to the city attorney for review before it goes before the full council. The t...
The Havre Dog Park Club is moving forward on its plans to create a dog-friendly park for Havre. The park board voted on dimensions for its park when it met June 11, setting it at a 500-by-400-foot area for the dogs. Havre Dog Park club member Shannon Bergren said the goal for the project is to have well-balanced, socialized dogs in a maintained, safe, peaceful place for the dogs to play. The park will be located southeast of the Havre Ice Dome. “I think having an off-leash area where dogs and people can be social and get p...
A front-page story in Tuesday’s edition of the Havre Daily News about a discussion of a proposed vacant property registration ordinance in a meeting of Havre City Council’s Ordinance committee reported that Samantha Clawson is a grant application writer at Montana State University-Northern. Clawson recently took the position of director of Head Start at District 4 Human Resources Development Council....
The possibility of establishing an Airbnb in Havre was discussed again during Havre City Council’s meeting Monday, where a resident of Northern Heights said he was opposed to changing the zoning district. Havreite Greg Dolven said that he was born and raised in Havre, living in the area his entire life except for a brief time when he served in the military. He said that he and his wife purchased their property in Northern Heights 35 years ago and built their home. At the time there was no paved road or park nearby, the l...
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. Resolution No. 3797 — A Resolution Authorizing the City of Havre to Participate in the State of Montana Surplus Property Program. 2. Resolution No. 3798 — A Resolution Amending the Budget...
Friday at District 4 Human Resources Community Development Center several community members and organizations came together to discuss creating community dialogue for the future of Havre. City Council member and community member Sarah McKinney said she had been brainstorming with Anne Neal-Dugdale, owner of Still Waters Transformation Center in Havre, about the status of Havre — is it in its death throes or just in a time of change. The meeting comes in the wake of closures of three major stores in Havre last year, the S...
The topic of zoning and starting an Airbnb in Havre came up during Havre City Council’s meeting Monday. Council member Lindsey Ratliff brought up during the public comment portion of the meeting a citizen’s questions about zoning areas to establish an Airbnb. “They need to specify what their request is so it can go to the zoning board, or if they are trying to change ordinances, if that is what their request is,” Havre Mayor Tim Solomon said. “To me, personally, you’re not going to be able, probably, to change the ordinan...
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 3. 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. Resolution No.3796 – A Resolution Affirming Active Participation in the Bear Paw Economic Development District. 2. Consider Triangle Communication’s request to amend the Havre East Commu...
U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., told a group in Havre Wednesday that telecommuting can be a way to attract people to move to rural Montana as well as bring money into local economies. "The reality is that the internet changes the rules of where you're located and how you work," he said. "The reality is now, with the internet, you don't have to be physically located where the business is." Gianforte met with local business owners, representatives from Triangle...
During a lengthy meeting of the Streets and Sidewalk Committee of Havre’s City Council, city officials agreed to try to work to educate the public on special improvement districts — SIDs — that could be used to repair streets in the city. “We’ve obviously had two ballot measures that didn’t pass, much to my chagrin,” council member Terry Lilletvedt said, “but it didn’t pass two times so I think we need to look at other options.” Havre tried twice to have voters approve a mill levy to use to rehabilitate the streets. In 201...
By Emily Mayer Havre was preparing for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, the first one since the end of World War I. The May 17, 1919, edition of The Havre Plaindealer carried this front-page news: WORLD WAR VETERANS MEMORIAL DAY PLANS Arrangements for Suitable Observance Being Made Arrangements are being made by the World War Veterans association of Hill County, Montana, for a suitable observance of Memorial Day at the county seat at Havre, Montana. It is planned to have short services in the morning, at which the graves...
Havre City Council Monday rescinded the donation of a fire truck to the Kremlin Volunteer Fire Department then donated the truck to Rudyard Volunteer Fire Department - and poked some fun at Havre Fire Chief Mel Paulson in the process. "If this wouldn't have been on the agenda there wouldn't have been anything there," Council Member Eric Meis said. "It gave us a reason to be here," Council Member Denise Brewer said. Rescinding the donation to Kremlin and donating the fire...
Havre City Council's Streets and Sidewalks Committee agreed Monday to bring in an expert to give a presentation on and answer questions about special improvement districts in an attempt to get some work going on repairing Havre streets. Committee member Terry Lilletvedt said that the voters have denied two proposed mill levies the city put on the ballot to help fund street repair, and Havre needs to find some other way to fund repairs. Havre Clerk and Finance Director Doug...
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 3. 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. Rescind Resolution No. 3793 — A Resolution Donating Fire Truck to the Kremlin Rural Fire District. 2. Resolution No. 3795 - A Resolution Donating Fire Truck to the Rudyard Rural Fire Dis...
The office of Gov. Steve Bullock has sent the Havre Daily News a letter from Bullock explaining why he vetoed a bill that led to complaints about the veto, including from a couple of Havreites. Bullock vetoed Senate Bill 71, sponsored by Sen. Al Olszewski, R-Kalispell. State Auditor Matt Rosendale, whose office regulates securities and insurance in Montana, issued a release calling the veto “siding with drug industry over Montanans.” “It’s simply astonishing that Governor Bullock would side with the multi-b...
Montana State Audtitor Matt Rosendale blasted Gov. Steve Bullock for vetoing a bill backed by his office which Rosandale said in a release would have saved about 70,000 Montanans an estimated $8 million on medications in the first year alone. “This bill was a Montana solution to lower prescription drug costs. It was sponsored by a Republican in the Senate and carried by a Democrat in the House, and passed with overwhelming bipartisan support,” said State Auditor Matt Rosendale. “It’s simply astonishing that Governor Bullock...
By Emily Maher The courtroom was the place to be according to the May 3 and 10 issues of The Havre Plaindealer. Lengthy articles ran in both papers about all the drama our ancestors were creating in one form or another. William Hill was acquitted of maiming livestock. Hill had a homestead near Simpson. According to the Plaindealer: “There had been little expectation by many of a conviction in this case as the evidence was not generally considered strong.” State Assistant Attorney General A. A. Grorud prosecuted the case on...
Havre City Council met Monday and approved supporting a new affordable housing development sponsored by the District 4 Human Resources Development Council as well as approving blocking the 100 Block of Second Avenue May 25 for the 7th Annual Wounded Warrior Ride. Mayor Tim Solomon said this morning that the council approved signing a letter of support for the tax credits to fund the HRDC housing project. The proposal is to erect the housing development, called Havre Hills, in the same general area as HRDC’s Buffalo Court a...
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 3. 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. Consider street blockage of the 100 Block of Second Avenue May 25 from 6 p.m. to midnight for the Seventh Annual Wounded Warrior Ride. 2. Consider support of a new affordable housing d...
By Emily Mayer Local news was not plentiful in either the April 19 or the April 25, 1919, editions of The Havre Plaindealer. What was published in the April 19, 1919, edition was the formalization of the local veterans’ organization. Election of officers took place and they were: A. L. Ward, president; Martin Foley, vice president; H. C. Hall, secretary; Maurice B. Hill, treasurer. An executive committee was also chosen, they being Martin Foley, ex-officio, chairman; Charles Emerey; Herbert Goms; Talbert Erickson; Charles G...
Havre's Dog Park Club continued Wednesday planning work for the new park on land south of town near the Havre Ice Dome that Havre City Council approved leasing to the club for $1 at its Feb. 20 meeting. Board member Renee Pribyl - who resigned from the board Wednesday during the monthly meeting at the HRDC Building because she is moving to Great Falls - said the club's Fundraising and Advertising Committee is discussing selling signs to be displayed at the park. "We are going...
