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  • Cats win in Brawl of the Wild Reading Challenge at Sunnyside

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 19, 2024

    Sunnyside Intermediate School students did a preview of the famed Brawl of the Wild MSU Bobcat UM Grizzly football game set for this weekend, with the Cats coming out on top. Sunnyside flew a MSU flag today in honor of the victory. Sunnysidede librarian Jade Miller said the school held a reading Brawl of the Wild Challenge using the Accelerated Reader program utilized by the school. In the program, students take a comprehension test an earn points for reading books throughout...

  • Quick pics: Remembering and honoring our veterans

    Updated Nov 18, 2024

  • Public Works dealing with water main break on Fourth Avenue

    Updated Nov 18, 2024

    Havre Public Works announced this morning that it was notified of a water main break on the 400 Block of Fourth Avenue. The department said crews will be on scene soon to start repairs, and people are asked to avoid the area to let personnel work safely and efficiently to make he repairs and get service back to residents in the area....

  • HILL COUNTY HAS BEEN AWARDED FEDERAL FUNDS FOR EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER PROGRAMS.

    Updated Nov 15, 2024

    Press release Hill County has been chosen to receive a Phase 39 award of $6,933, Phase 40 award of $4,542, and Phase 41 award of $5,041.00 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. Funds must be spent by December 31, 2024. The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and consists of representatives from the Salvation Army; American Red Cross; United Jewish Communities; Catholic Charities,...

  • Apply by Dec. 1 to win a trip to Washington D.C.

    Updated Nov 15, 2024

    Havre Weekly Chronicle staff The Foundation for Rural Service and Triangle Communications are inviting high school juniors served by Triangle to apply for a chance to travel to the nation's capital. The Foundation and Triangle each year sponsor up to two high school juniors to a trip to Washington every proudly sponsors up to 2 high school juniors each year for a trip of a lifetime to Washington, D.C., every summer. Any 16-17 year old high school junior who is a dependent of...

  • North Star speech wins at CJI

    Updated Nov 15, 2024

    Press release The North Star Speech team clinched first place in their season opening meet hosted by CJI and placed third in Drama. In speech, C.J. Berton took first in spontaneous oral interpretation of literature, Ecko Fraser placed second in original oratory, Troy Barrett took third in humorous oral interpretation and Aydan Bettelyoun placed sixth in Lincoln-Douglas debate. In drama, trio Jon Schaumloeffel, Joshua Campbell, and Cooper Clawson placed third in humorous...

  • Autonomous tech is coming to farming. What will it mean for crops and workers who harvest them?

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    MELINA WALLING, Associated Press and AYURELLA HORN-MULLER, Grist Associated Press Editor's Note: A version of this was in the November Farm and Ranch special section. HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) - Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned how expensive it had been running a fossil fuel-powered irrigation system on his five-acre farm - and how bad it was for the planet. Earlier this month, Ford installed an...

  • Holiday food baskets available

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    Havre Weekly Chronicle staff Havre Community Food Bank is offering holiday food baskets to low-income and needy families in Hill County. To sign up, people can contact The Salvation Army Havre Service Center at 460-265-6411 or stop in at 328 Third St. to sign up. Required documentation is: Photo ID for the head of household, Social Security Card for all household income, proof of residence in Hill County — a power bill or rent receipt suffices — and proof of income. Sizes and gift ideas for children zero to 12 years of age ar...

  • State approves $26 Million for St. Mary Canal Repair

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    Havre Weekly Chronicle staff Gov Greg Gianforte announced Tuesday that the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation recently entered into a $26 million loan agreement with the Milk River Joint Board of Control to help fund repairs on the St. Mary Canal. June 17, a catastrophic failure of siphons in the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance works shut down the diversion that supplies much of the water in the Milk River each year. The river where it enters into Fresno Reservoir has been dry for most of the summer....

  • Community Thanksgiving Dinner is getting set up

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    Press release The planning for the 2024 Community Thanksgiving dinner is in progress. The intention of this dinner is to provide a free Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings to all who wish to participate rich, poor, young, old, singles, couples and families. The spirit of the project is to bring our community together as one big extended family to celebrate the Thanksgiving Holiday. All supplies are paid for by an anonymous donor and are prepared by volunteers and IGA. The dinner is held at the St. Jude Thaddeus Parish...

  • Democrats dominate in local contested county, legislative elections

    Tim Leeds|Updated Nov 14, 2024

    While this area pretty well followed the rest of the state in statewide elections, and the state and nation in the presidential elections, Democrats dominated Tuesday in local contested elections, while the area also supported putting the right to choose an abortion in the state Constitution and a Hill Count road mill levy passed and a Liberty County hospital levy passed. The area followed the rest of Montane in re-electing former Republican President Donald Trump to a new term in the office and elected Republicans to the...

  • Open enrollment for health insurance is here, and deadlines are important

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    Press release November 1 marked the official open enrollment period for Americans to enroll in the marketplace, apply for Medicaid, or change their health care plans to better meet their needs. This open enrollment period is crucial for the 2,120 Hill County residents who lost Medicaid or Healthy Montana Kids coverage because the window for people to reenroll is closing quickly. People have until January 15, 2025, to reapply, or they may have to wait until November 2025 to apply again. “Over the past year and a half, t...

  • Havre Chamber issues request for proposal

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    ISSUED November 14, 2024 DUE 3:00 PM December 16, 2024 I. Background II. Scope of Work III. Qualifications IV. Proposal Requirements V. Timeline VI. Evaluation VII. Additional Information and Conditions VIII. Exhibits and Attachments I. BACKGROUND Havre, Montana is the 11th largest city in the State of Montana, home to just over 9,300 residents. The town is developed along the Milk River and is flanked by wheat fields and rangeland in the plains. The Bears Paw Mountains and badlands are within view from the city limits. Havre...

  • From the Courts - Federal District Court: Man sentenced to more than three years in prison for stabbing woman on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Fort Belknap man who admitted stabbing a woman multiple times during an argument on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was sentenced Nov. 6 to three years and nine months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich. The defendant, Leon Boyd Messerly, 64, pleaded guilty in July to assault with a dangerous weapon. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. In court documents, the government alleged that on J...

  • From the Courts - Federal District Court: Woman sentenced to prison for lunging at airplane flight controls during landing at Havre airport

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A federal judge Nov. 6 sentenced a Havre woman to 19 months and 24 days in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for lunging at the controls of a small commercial airplane as the plane was landing, causing it to accelerate and turn on the runway, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Tracy Lynn Eagleman, aka Tracy Badmoccasin, 36, pleaded guilty in August to interfering with an aircraft in flight. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. M...

  • Agenda - Havre City-county Airport Board

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    Havre City-county Airport Board agenda for meeting at the airport terminal November 21, 2024 3 P.M. 1. Approval of October minutes. 2. Correspondence 3. Reports: (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public Comment on Agenda Items 5. Unfinished Business (A) Terminal Air Conditioner (B) Airport Manager Intern 6. New Business (A) Big Hangar Rent Postponement 7. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items 8. Approval of the November Claims...

  • For the Record, Nov. 14, 2024

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    Births A boy was born Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, to Sharetha Buffalo and Joseph Camacho-Otero of Rocky Boy. Editor’s note: Due to time constraints, deadlines and being short-staffed, Havre Weekly Chronicle has been unable to publish the full For the Record as it has in the past. The Chronicle intends to start printing this report again shortly....

  • Agenda - Great Northern Fair Board

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    Great Northern Fair Board Meeting, Tuesday, November 19th 2024 @ 5:30 p.m., Fairgrounds Conference Room CALL MEETING TO ORDER: ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: • Michelle • Bob • Ken • Kaleb • Casey • Briana RECOGNIZE AND RECORD PUBLIC ATTENDEES: APPROVE MINUTES — PUBLIC COMMENT (ANYTHING BROUGHT UP HERE WILL BE ADDED TO NEXT MONTH’S NEW BUSINESSS TO BE DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON) FAIR MANAGER’S REPORT CIVIC GROUPS REPORT DONATED HOURS REPORT COMMITTEE REPORTS • BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS • COMMISSION POLICY • FINANCIAL PLANNING — • EVENTS COM...

  • Agenda - Commissioner's Weekly Calendar

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    Commissioner’s Weekly Calendar for November 18 - 22, 2024 MONDAY — November 18, 2024 9:00 a.m. — Commissioner Working Session in the Commissioner Office 10:00 a.m. — County Canvass in the Commissioner Office 1:30 p.m. — Unified Disposal Board Meeting TBD 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging Director Meeting in the Commissioner Office TUESDAY — November 19, 2024 8:30 a.m. — Wage Proposal Meeting in the Commissioner Office 10:30 a.m. — Road Department Meeting in the Commissioner Office 2:00 p.m. — Commission to meet with Northern...

  • Out Our Way: Dust Eaters Unite

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the Apostles ... At the round up and drives. Out our way, as I have explained before, the folks in back who push the herd and eat the dust, are usually the least skilled and hands. Given the woke media's fascination with sexual deviations, to say I rode "drag" is often misunderstood by urban folk; so now I simply refer to my normal position on roundups and cattle drives as that of the "dust eater." Interestingly, some of you have...

  • Senior Center News, Nov. 14, 2024

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    Senior Center News Nov. 18-23 Menu Menu subject to change Monday, Nov. 18, 2024 — Spaghetti, Garlic Bread, Salad, Oranges Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 — Thanksgiving Dinner Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024 — Roast Beef, Mash Potato/Gravy, Corn, Frosted Cake Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 — Ham Slices, Baked potato, Mixed Veggies, Rice Crispy Treats Friday, Nov. 22, 2024 — Potato Soup, Chicken Salad Sandwich, Salad, Peaches Brad Taylor: Tuesday the 19th of Nov. Music 10:AM -12:PM Bingo: Tuesday the 19th of Nov. 1:00PM-3:PM $1. per card. TOPS: Wed...

  • Pastor's Corner: Lord, teach us to pray

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express (Romans 8:26). "Pastor, I made a big mistake in my prayer life," said the parishioner. "I asked God for something, and I got it!" "I shouldn't have prayed that way," comments, another parishioner. "I forgot to add, 'If it be Your will, O Lord.' I was concentrating on what I wanted!" How often we misunderstand how to pray and what to pray for. We err when we...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    You know, Lord, it might be fun to go back in time (for a short time) when life moved at a slower pace. We'll leave behind: high speed internet, cell phones, telephones, T. V., GPS and electricity. Back then, for us, was daily chores: milking cows, gathering eggs, cleaning chickencoop and barn, slopping pigs, feeding bucket calves, hoeing garden and plum trees, cooking meals from scratch, and in Autumn, making jams, jellies, canning fruits, vegetables and meat, making soap,...

  • Grief Poem - You Gotta Have A KEY!

    Updated Nov 14, 2024

    Three little girls ran down a block, said Grandma was the best! They'd sing and play, read some and dance, then sit down for a rest. Their Dad and Mom encouraged them, they knew Grandma loved girls. Gram helped them pick out pretty clothes and loved their long blond curls. They always loved when Grandma read, for that they'd sit and wait, She'd talk with them, and then she'd read - her reading was so great. She told them just WHO JESUS was, and how to find Him, too. They...

  • Corrrection - Hill County Commission weekly calendar

    Updated Nov 13, 2024

    A calendar for the Hill County Commission submitted to Havre Weekly Chronicle and printed in the Nov. 14 edition on Page A6 listed the wrong time and location for a Great Northern Fair Board meeting. The board meets Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the fairgrounds conference room....

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