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Press release Davey School’s regular and quarterly safety board meetings will be Monday, March 4, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. in the school....
Press release Pie bakers — both men and women — should start looking for their favorite pie recipes. The Montana Seed Show is fast approaching, and one of the most popular events is the pie-baking contest. Entries will be taken Friday, March 8, between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. in the big gymnasium at Harlem High School. Categories are adult double crust, youth double crust and dessert/cream pie, which is open to all ages. Prizes for adult double-crust pies are $400 for first, $300 for second, $200 for third and $100 for fourth. You...
Havre Police Department A Seventh Street caller reported Wednesday at 8:05 a.m. that the back window of their vehicle had been broken out. -- Officers provided a funeral escort Wednesday at 11:33 a.m. -- Acoya Nathan Gopher of Box Elder, 26, was arrested on a trespass to property charge after three trespassers were reported at a First Street business at 12:29 p.m. Wednesday. -- A Fourth Avenue caller asked Wednesday at 1:29 p.m. for animal control to pick up a stray puppy. --...
Press release Alec Breding recently was promoted by Independence Bank to ag/commercial loan officer. Breding came to the bank in January of 2022 as a part-time credit analyst while finishing his last semester at Montana State University-Northern and was promoted to ag/commercial lender in 2023. Since then, he has been serving ag/commercial lending customers on the region. "We are very pleased to announce Alec's position as loan officer," Independence Bank Senior Loan Officer M...
Former state senator and current Dawson farmer and rancher Ric Holden is among the increasingly crowded field of Republicans running for the Eastern District of Montana's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, and Tuesday did an interview with the Havre Daily News in which he laid out his legislative priorities. The seat is held by Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., who had a short-lived campaign to challenge Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., for his seat in the body. Rosendale...
by Mitch Forsyth Chloe Corner, a Havre high school sophomore, is working to construct a veterans memorial as part of her Eagle Scout project. It is located at the new Havre Veterans Memorial Park, formerly US Bank Park, across from the Montana State University-Northern football stadium. The Optimist Club of Havre, along with several of its members, donated $1,100 to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497, the project sponsor, to help Chloe fund a portion of her project. The park,...
Press release Bureau of Land Management planners invite public input on an environmental assessment analyzing the potential opening of a 0.6-mile primitive road through a travel plan amendment that would provide legal public motorized and mechanized access to the Bullwhacker area of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. The EA and supporting documents are available on the e-Planning website for a 30-day public comment period – Feb. 28 through March 28, 2024 — at https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplan...
Havre Police Department A 12:06 p.m. Tuesday request to give someone a ride home from the hospital was referred to another agency. -- A Sage Brush Drive caller asked Tuesday at 1:21 p.m. to speak with an officer. -- Officers were asked Tuesday at 1:59 p.m. to provide a VIN inspection on Third Street. -- A caller at a First Street establishment reported at 3:39 p.m. Tuesday someone had stolen the caller's wallet and was trying to use the contents to purchase items online. --...
Editors Note: This agenda was not received until after print deadline Tuesday. Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 29, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims....
Press release BOZEMAN — Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2024 crop year have until March 15, 2024, to revise elections and sign contracts. Both safety net programs, delivered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency, provide vital income support to farmers who experience substantial declines in crop prices or revenues for the 2024 crop year. In Montana, producers have completed 13,448 contracts to date, representing 54% of the more than 20,000 exp...
Press release WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture launched Monday a new initiative to help farmers cut costs and increase income using underutilized renewable technologies including smaller-scale wind projects. Through the Rural and Agricultural Income & Savings from Renewable Energy initiative, USDA is setting an initial goal of helping 400 individual farmers deploy smaller-scale wind projects using USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program. This goal is only possible bec...
In Blaine County District Court Monday, Jasper Wendland was sentenced to pay thousands of dollars in restitution for destroying nearly half a million dollars in farming equipment in a drunken rampage in 2022, but no jail time, with a six year deferred imposition of sentence. Judge Olivia Rieger said Wendland must pay nearly $40,000 to the Gasvoda family of Lone Tree Cattle Company, and $3,700 to Blaine County for the night of destruction, though she did not impose restitution...
Press release Editor’s note: Watch for more on the Montana Seed Show in upcoming editions of Havre Daily News. Spring is just around the corner, so the Montana Seed Show in Harlem will be coming soon. March 7-9 mark the dates for this annual event, which will be held at Harlem High School. Entry date and time for the Bread Show is Friday, March 8, between 8 and 9:30 a.m. at the school’s big gym. Categories (both youth and adult) are: white bread, 100% whole wheat bread, machine white bread and machine 50% combination who...
Havre Police Department A Monday 9:28 p.m. caller reported a boy, who was underdressed for the weather, walking down Washington Avenue, and responding officers provided transportation to Havre Public Schools. -- Officers assisted another agency with an 11:14 a.m. Monday call in Havre. -- A possible temporary restraining order violation was reported at 2:14 p.m. in Havre. -- A First Street Northeast caller asked officers Monday at 3:47 p.m. for assistance with a girl who hid...
Editor’s note: The Hill County Commission sent an amended agenda this morning for its business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. The full agenda follows. The public may participate in the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday, Feb. 19, 2024, at 10 a.m. in the Commission Office online at 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 non-agenda items Public comments on agenda ite...
by Havre Daily News Staff Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., filed an amended statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission Saturday, which may indicate he is seeking reelection, though his press spokesperson had yet to respond to a request for comment by printing deadline this morning. Rosendale's potential reelection bid comes after a fleeting campaign for U.S. Senate which was shuttered after less than a week when Republican kingmaker former President Donald Trump...
Legacy Havre Business Bing 'N' Bob's is under new ownership with long-time employee Matt Sasaki and his wife, Cindy, taking over the 75-year-old sporting goods store. Matt Sasaki said he's been working at the business for 21 years, taking over earlier this month from previous owner Jim Evans, and is looking to keep the store going more or less as it has been for all of his time there. Sasaki said he's been coming to Bing 'N' Bob's for practically his entire life, introduced...
Press release Life Scout Jackson Siemens of ScoutsBSA Troop 1438 has received a grant from Hill County Community Foundation to help replace a sign at Rotary Park in Havre. Late last year, the Hill County Community Foundation of the Montana Community Foundation announced the yearly grant awardees. One of those recipients is First Lutheran Church of Havre for ScoutsBSA Troop 1438. The $500 grant was written by Jackson to help fund his Eagle Scout Service project. The funds will...
Havre High School Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held Thursday, Feb. 29, 4:15-7:15 p.m. for all parents and guardians of HHS students. Conferences will be held in classrooms. All parents or guardians of HHS students are invited and encouraged to attend....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated an alarm at a U.S. Highway 2 Northeast business Friday at 6:27 a.m. and found it was a false alarm. -- Officers investigated an alarm at a Wilson Avenue business at 7:41 a.m. Friday and found it was a false alarm. -- Officers assisted sheriff's office deputies on 16th Street West at 4:07 p.m. Friday. -- Someone stopped at the police station Friday at 4:35 p.m. for assistance with a parenting plan. -- Officers provided assistance af...
Press release Harlem Public Schools is seeking qualified contractors to respond to an RFP for the DOE Renew America’s School Grant & Guaranteed Energy Performance Contract services by March 8, 2024. People can visit https://www.harlem-hs.k12.mt.us under the news section for more information. All questions concerning this RFP are to be directed to Director of Infrastructure and Technology Marty Dirden at [email protected], phone 406-353- 3810 or fax 406-353-2674....
Havre Daily News staff The 57th Hill County Spelling Bee was one for the records, Hill County Superintendent of Schools Vicki Proctor said, with competition going 27 rounds as the top three contestants fought for the privilege to represent Hill County at the Treasure State Spelling Bee March 9 on the Montana State University campus in Bozeman. Havre Middle School eighth grader Riley Boucher won the bee and will represent Hill County at the state bee in Bozeman. Second-place...
The Great Plains Veterans Center continues to expand its services with new suicide prevention programs and a new fleet of vehicles to transport rural veterans to the resources they need, an expansion that has been accompanied by some serious growing pains as the organization's reach grows. Great Plains Veterans Center Communication Specialist Becky Lewis said the center's reach has grown far larger over the last few years, between a 2021 rebrand and getting new vehicles with...
