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Havre Public Works announced Friday afternoon that the 16th Avenue Bulk Water Station is again working. "After much time spent on the phone, getting soaked, and running from here to there and back again, the bulk water plant is again on line," the department said in a release. "We can't promise that it will work forever, so get there while the getting is good." Due to a software issue, the city had to shut down the station last week. It temporarily sent people to the city...
North Central Senior Center Aug. 28 to Sept. 1 Menu Monday, Aug. 28 — Spaghetti, garlic toast, salad, dessert Tuesday, Aug. 19 — Ribs, mashed potatoes and gravy, veggies, cake Wednesday, Aug. 20 — Goulash, garlic toast, fruit Thursday, Aug. 21 — Chicken and broccoli casserole, bread sticks, fruit Friday, Aug. 22 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert News from our gift shop: The gift shop is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. New items are added often. Many unique gifts can be found. Handmade necklaces/b...
Press release Hill County Water District has limited outdoor water restrictions in member communities while work is done to repair tanks that store water in Hingham and Joplin. The district said in a notice that no outdoor watering is allowed except using a hose for hand watering Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday 7-9 a.m. and 7-9 p.m. “We would ask that all users refrain from high use as we have less storage capacity than usual due to the Hingham tank and one of the Joplin tanks being drained to complete repairs,” the not...
The Hill County Water District Board will meet Wednesday, Sept 6, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. in the district’s shop and office at 104 Second St. in Hingham. The meeting agenda is: Recognition of visitors Public comment limited to matters not on the agenda and within the jurisdiction of the board with a three-minuted 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. Financial report Other new business Other 1. Delinquencies 2. Bills T...
Monday 8 a.m. — Center for Mental Health in Great Falls 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in the commissioner office 5:15 p.m. — Mosquito control board meeting at the County Weed and Mosquito Office Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire call update meeting in the commissioner office 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting in the commissioner office 1 p.m. — Bear Paw Development Board meeting via Zoom 3 p.m. — Deputy County Attorney Wage meeting in the commissioner office Wednes...
Havre Police Department A caller on First Street Northeast reported Tuesday at 7:45 a.m. that a pickup truck had been stolen, and investigating officers found that the vehicle had been towed. -- Martin Duane Flying Jr. of Havre, 31, was arrested on a criminal contempt charge related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program no-show reported at 8:10 a.m. Tuesday at the police station. -- Evelyn Frances Foursouls of Havre, 40, was issued a summons on a criminal contempt charge reported at the...
Out our way, we know that "There ain't a horse that can't be rode, and there ain't a cowboy that can't be throwed." I have ridden with and known a number of folk working livestock and have yet to meet one who hasn't been tossed, stomped, bitten or gored along the way. It is just a reality we all face and accept. Some of us are lucky - I, for example, only have a bad back from hitting the rocks and hard ground a few many times - but others fare far worse. As some of you know, m...
I am a circuit riding pastor ... not on a trustworthy horse but in a well-used, but reliable Toyota Tacoma or Subaru Forester, depending upon the road conditions. Each Sunday, I drive 194 miles to worship with people in my three congregations in rural Montana. I have a lot of "windshield time" driving across the prairies viewing some beautiful Montana scenery. In each season, as I look out upon the land, I see people at work: planting or spraying fields, harvesting wheat,...
You know Lord, there are "rules" everywhere you look, everywhere you go, everything you try to do, there always seems to be rules. On the road, at the border, and at work, there are rules, regulations, forms to be completed and guidelines to follow. Even silly computers try to tell us what we can or cannot do, to what it can or cannot do! Ralph K. shares this passage from Romans 12:9: "Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good." Then he adds, "Are...
Hill County Water District has limited outdoor water restrictions in member communities while work is done to repair tanks that store water in Hingham and Joplin. The district said in a notice that no outdoor watering is allowed except using a hose for hand watering Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from 7-9 a.m. and 7-9 p.m. "We would ask that all users refrain from high use as we have less storage capacity than usual due to the Hingham tank and one of the Joplin tanks...
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen, along with Office of Public Instruction staff, held a public forum via Zoom Wednesday on a bill that will allow public funds to be used to send special-needs students to private schools. The bill, House Bill 393, the Students with Special Needs Equal Opportunity Act, was passed this year by a Republican supermajority and signed into law by Gov. Greg Gianforte despite almost universal condemnation by Democrats and...
Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Montana Actors' Theatre will be looking for new actors and volunteers for all of their regular shows for the coming year at Montana State University-Northern. MAT Creative Director Grant Olson said they are trying a new model for auditions this year, trying to cast as much as possible in one event before the season starts instead of doing individual auditions for each individual show. Olson said they almost certainly won't cast every role in this...
The Hill County Weed and Mosquito District drone is out of commission for the season, the district supervisor said today, after the battery caught fire Wednesday. Terry Turner, the district supervisor, said they were out preparing to spray weeds with the drone when a malfunction caused the battery to catch fire. Havre Fire Department responded to the 900 Block of 18th Street at 9:31 a.m. and helped extinguish the fire. Turner said it was a new experience for everyone putting out a lithium battery. They carry sand with them,...
The full For the Record for Wednesday through this morning will appear in Friday's edition of the paper. Havre Animal Shelter The shelter Sunday morning held two cats, two 24-week-old kittens and three 2-week-old kittens all of unknown gender, three female cats, four male cats and two male 14-week-old kittens. Additionally, two 16-week-old kittens were being housed off-site. -- The shelter also held three 13-week-old kittens, two male dogs, four female dogs, two 9-week-old...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Public Works announced Wednesday that the bulk water station on 16th Avenue is closed until further notice due to a software problem. The department said this morning it is rerouting people to the city shop to fill up if they need to. The people will need to fill out their information at the shop before taking the water there. The City Shop is open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. “We are working on solving the problem and have already made the calls needed to get this going,” the dep...
Press release GLASGOW — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Region 6 will host two informational meetings on several fish-related topics, including proposals for the 2024 Fishing Regulations, the Statewide Fisheries Management Plan, and the Fort Peck Management Plan. The meetings will be held in Glasgow starting at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, at the FWP headquarters Quonset room, 1 Airport Road, and in Havre at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, at the Best Western Great Northern Inn, 1425 U.S. Highway 2 West. Montana’s famed fisheries pro...
Press release Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ Region 6 Citizen Advisory Council — CAC — will meet near Saco from 10 a.m. to approximately 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, at the Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs meeting room. The public is welcome to attend. FWP will give updates on wildlife season setting for 2024-25, fisheries plans and regulations, access projects, and more. Following a working lunch for CAC members and FWP staff, there will be a short tour of local FWP sites. Each of FWP’s seven administrative regions has a volunte...
Havre Public Works announced Wednesday that the bulk water station on 16th Avenue is closed until further notice due to a software problem. The department said this morning it is rerouting people to the city shop to fill up if they need to. The people will need to fill out their information at the shop before taking the water there. The City Shop is open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. “We are working on solving the problem and have already made the calls needed to get this going,” the department said Wednesday. “We... Full story
This region recently saw a massive growth in the number of toads in the area, leading to people reporting seeing them where they had not seen them before and seeing mass migrations of the amphibians in the region across U.S. Highway 2 in the early morning hours, at locations like near Gildford and the turnoff to Fresno Reservoir. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks provided information about the toads generally in the area, the Woodhouse's and Great Plains toads. The two kinds...
Editor's note: A version of this story ran in the Back to School special section earlier this week. Havre Public Schools starts a new school year today with a four class-day schedule and a new superintendent, who said he is looking forward to the year and new opportunities. Brian Gum was hired by the district's Board of Trustees earlier this year with nearly complete consensus regarding him being the best candidate for the district after the unexpected death of...
After a few days of light precipitation in the region, which mostly missed the local area, Hill County was hit harder than many of its neighbors by fires, losing 300 acres in the last week. During a regional fire call Tuesday morning Hill County reported three fires totaling more than 300 lost acres, having fared the worst of all the counties on the call. Roosevelt, Sheridan, Phillips, Blaine, Fergus, Golden Valley and Petroleum counties all reported no fire activities, though most of them saw some precipitation over the...
Press release Havre artist Carolyn Anderson received a top award at an international organization's Masters' Show. Anderson received a silver medal for her painting "After the Bath" in the Signature and Invited Guests Division of the Oil Painters of America 2023 Masters' Show hosted this month in Phiillipsburg. "I was honored to be asked to participate in the OPA Show this year and surprised and thrilled to accept the Silver Medal for my painting," Anderson said in a release...
July 7, U.S. Department of Agriculture and its partner vendors announced the opening of the application period for Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act — IRA — which directs USDA to provide financial assistance to farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination in USDA farm lending programs prior to January 2021. The opening of the application process is an important step in delivering on USDA’s commitment of providing financial assistance to those who have faced discrimination in USDA farm...
Havre Police Department Jesse Lee Schoening of Havre, 33, was arrested on a trespass to property charge after a trespasser was reported on Sixth Avenue at 12:22 p.m. Friday. —— A wallet was turned in to the police department Friday at 6:25 p.m. and returned to it’s owner. —— A tree branch was reported in a power line Friday at 8:35 p.m. on McKinley Avenue, and NorthWestern Energy was notified. —— A 14-year-old Havre boy was issued a summons on a juvenile curfew violation charge after an officer stopped Saturday at 12:41 a.m....
Hill County Mosquito Control District Board will meet Monday, Aug. 28, at 5:15 p.m. in the Hill County Weed and Mosquito Control District Office in the Hill County Road and Weed Shop Complex at 1405 Second St. West. The meeting agenda is: • Review minutes from previous meeting • Correspondence • New business • Purchase order approval • Northwest Mosquito and Vector Control Association meeting Oct. 23-25 at Whitefish • West Nile detected • Unfinished business • Budget update • Adulticide applications • Announcements — non...
