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  • Tester talks mandates, bills and climate change in press call

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., held a press call Thursday where he talked about his vote to repeal the vaccine mandate on large employers, his bill to suspend imports of Brazilian beef, and other goings-on in Washington D.C. Tester was one of only two Democrats in the Senate, the other being Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to join all Republicans in voting to repeal the OSHA rule that would have required private businesses with 100 or more employees to get vaccinated or submit to...

  • Anonymous donor presents $200,000 to Northern

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    Press release ’Tis the season for giving and Montana State University-Northern is the happy recipient of a new $200,000 gift, representatives of the university said in a press release. This week, Northern is celebrating the donation, which will be used to create a new endowment for the university. The people who made the contribution to the university have asked that the endowment fund student scholarships, specifically for students enrolled in programs that are part of the College of Technical Science. The donors, who wish t...

  • State and local COVID-19 update, Dec. 10, 2021

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 202 new cases, 2,827 active cases, 174 hospitalizations and 2.821 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 193,718 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Thursday that 4 new cases were reported and 1 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 13 active cases in the county and 3,515 total cases. No active hospitalizations. The county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Thursday that it was n...

  • Credit unions raise $25,000+ for Shodair Children's Hospital

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    Press release HELENA — Montana’s Credit Unions announced the successful relaunch of their Credit Unions for Kids — CU4Kids — efforts benefiting Shodair Children’s Hospital, Montana’s only Children’s Miracle Network hospital. Credit unions from around the state took part in MCU’s inaugural Cats vs. Griz Icon Fundraiser leading up to the rivalry game Nov. 19, securing over $25,000 to assist with the advancement of care at Shodair. Employees at Shodair Children’s Hospital and 28 Montana credit unions participated in s...

  • Agenda - Rural Fire District 1

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    Rural Fire District 1 Board is meeting Tuesday, Dec. 14, at 11 a.m. in Hill County Courthouse’s Timmons Room. The meeting agenda is: Discussion/adoption of the minutes of the Oct. 12 meeting. Vehicle disposition Contract payment to city Administrative tools Email account State of Montana Department of Administration portal registration Department of Labor building designation information website Mutual Aid Agreements Bear Paw Rural Fire Department Wild Horse Rural Fire Department...

  • Agenda - Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Presentation and display 5. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. Unanimous consent agenda C. Old business 1. Consideration of revised and new policies on second and final reading: 2170 and 2170P, Digital Academy Classes; 2332, Religion and Religious Activities; 2600 and 2600P...

  • Agenda - Clack Museum board meeting canceled

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board announced it has canceled its December meeting. No reason for the cancellation was given in the announcement. The next meeting of the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board will be Monday, Jan. 10, at 6 p.m. in the meeting room at Havre Inn and Suites....

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly agenda

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    Monday 8:30 a.m. — Oath of office for Hill County attorney Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in commissioners’ office 10:30 a.m. — Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting at the Hill County Detention Center 1 p.m. — Infrastructure Advisory Commission meeting – Zoom call in commissioners’ office 1:30 p.m. — 911 Meeting at City Hall Wednesday 10 a.m. — Work Safe Champions in the Timmons Room Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting in the commissioners’ office 11:30 a.m. — Bear Paw Development Corp. Board...

  • For the Record, Dec. 10, 2021

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    Havre Police Department Officers were called at 10:21 a.m. Thursday to investigate a non-injury crash between two pickup trucks on First Street. -- Officers were called Thursday at 10:47 a.m. to investigated a non-injury vehicle crash on 13th Street. -- A domestic disturbance was reported on 10th Street West Thursday at 5:12 p.m. -- A caller at Kober Drive and Boulevarde Avenue reported Thursday at 5:21 p.m. that she had just struck a transmission that was sitting in the...

  • Out Our Way: Knowing what's over the hill - Psalm 19:49-50

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    Out our way the first snowfall may not be a big thrill, but the first Christmas lights in town sure is. Even as an old coot, I remember the thrill of anticipation this time of year. The trees going up, decoration, lights, and eventually presents. For those old enough to remember the comic strip Pogo, you may also remember the classic line: "Any year that ends in Christmas can't be all bad." Even now, that line rings true. Back when Charlie and I were working the herds up on...

  • Pastor's Corner: His eye Is on the sparrow

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    Have you ever had a pet who you loved and who loved you almost more than your hearts could bear? I grew up with cats, and my Old Dan's fur absorbed so many tears from my teenage angst. That tabby knew when I needed extra snuggles ... and he knew when it was best to leave me alone in my anger. Sometimes - many times - pets know us and love us in a way that our human friends and family don't or can't. Which is what made GHAMA's December meeting so meaningful. A few community...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    You know, Lord, it's been quite some years ago, but turning the calendar page was a reminder of that special time we traveled with a tour group to Sydney, Australia - it was winter up north where we started but they were coming into summer down south. Crossing the International Date Line is unique: skipping a day and going down and having two Thursdays coming back. Temperatures there were around 80 degrees, flowers blooming and the beach teaming with folks in all sorts of...

  • Havre High names students of the month

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    Tehya Vauthier is one of Havre High School's students of the month for November 2021. Tehya's parents are John and Shannon Vauthier and the family's other children are Gabe, Jocelyn, Mari and Madison. Tehya is a senior who is active in theater, choir and Hi-Liters and works at the Montana State University-Northern theater, acting and working with technology. Tehya's interests include painting, poetry and choir. Lindsey Ratliff, who nominated Tehya, said "Tehya is a very reliab...

  • Senior Center News, Dec. 10, 2021

    Updated Dec 10, 2021

    North Central Senior Citizens Center Dec. 13-17 Menu Monday — Creamy Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, broccoli, pudding Tuesday — Salad, spaghetti and meat sauce, green beans, garlic bread, cake Wednesday — Braised beef, mashed potatoes, salad, gingerbread cookie bar Thursday — Polish sausage, sauerkraut, crunchy-onion-potato-bake, fruit salad Friday — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Keeping Up with the Pandemic: As of Dec. 9 there were 4 new COVID-19 cases, 1 case recovered reported for Hill County. No cases were listed as c...

  • Havre high principal resigns

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 10, 2021

    Editor’s note: This version corrects that Ed Norman had been on administrative leave. Havre High School Principal Ed Norman has resigned, Havre Superintendent Craig Mueller announced Thursday night. Norman had been on paid administrative leave since early November after a controversy arose over the high school administration and staff's handling of a costume a student wore the Friday before Halloween, a costume some said raised racial implications. Mueller said in T...

  • Panelists praise four-day school week

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Dec 9, 2021

    A panel of school teachers, staff and administrators spoke at Havre High School Wednesday night about their experiences implementing and working with a four-day school week, which Havre Public Schools is considering shifting to next year. The group spent the majority of the time answering drafted questions that commonly come up during any given community's transition to a four-day week, but they did answer some followup questions from the audience afterward. The schools...

  • State and local COVID-19 update, Dec. 9, 2021

    Updated Dec 9, 2021

    The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 275 new cases, 2,888 active cases, 172 hospitalizations and 2,788 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 193,543 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Wednesday that 8 new cases were reported and none met the criteria to be considered recovered with 10 active cases in the county and 3,511 total cases. No active hospitalizations were listed. The county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update W...

  • For the Record, Dec. 9, 2021

    Updated Dec 9, 2021

    Havre Police Department Matthew Jared Olson of Havre, 44, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and on charges of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license, failure to provide proof of vehicle insurance and failure to yield right of way at a stop sign after officers were called to a two-vehicle, non-injury crash at Third Avenue and Ninth Street Wednesday at 11:29 a.m. -- A caller at a First Street business reported at 12:20 p.m. Wednesday that a dog bit...

  • Local News - Havre Community Pool schedule for December

    Updated Dec 9, 2021

    from Havre Community Pool The Havre Community Pool schedule for the remainder of December is as follows: Dec. 9-10 Lap swim • 6-9 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. today • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Dec. 13-17 Lap Swim • 6-9 a.m., Tuesday and Thursday • 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Monday-Thursday — but no 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lap Swim Friday, Dec. 17 • 6-7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday Aqua Exercise • 6-7 p.m., Monday and Wednesday Dec. 20-23 Lap Swim • 6-9 a.m., Monday-Thursday • 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Monday- Thursday • 6-7 p.m., Tuesday and Thursda...

  • Local News - Christmas season harp duet set at library

    Updated Dec 9, 2021

    By Havre Daily News staff The Havre-Hill County Library is offering a special musical selection in the holiday season. Mary Stevens and Barbara Zuck will be at the library at 10:30 a.m Saturday, Dec. 11, playing harp duets. They will be playing Christmas music in addition to other classics....

  • For the Record, Dec. 8, 2021

    Updated Dec 8, 2021

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a theft, forgery or fraud reported on Fourth Street at 2:16 p.m. Tuesday. -- A water main break reported at 3:38 a.m. today on McKinley Avenue was referred to Havre Public Works. Hill County Sheriff's Office Heidi Marie Laforge of Havre, 23, was issued a summons on a shoplifting charge reported Tuesday at 4:39 p.m. at a U.S. Highway 2 West business. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical personnel responded to three calls Tuesday...

  • Man pleads guilty in Hill County jail murder

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 8, 2021

    A man pleaded guilty in state District Court in Havre to murder the day before his trial on the charge was scheduled to start. Jesse Shane Valdez, 24 at the time of the incident in November 2019, pleaded guilty to deliberate homicide Monday in a plea agreement. His trial on the charges stemming from the Nov. 17, 2019, death of Gordon Cochran of Chinook, 54, was scheduled to start Tuesday. Judge Ashley Harada, who is presiding over the case, said staff would coordinate a date f...

  • MSU Extension to host January cropping seminars in area

    Updated Dec 8, 2021

    BOZEMAN - Montana State University Extension will host its annual cropping seminar series Jan. 10-14 in the Golden Triangle area. Speakers will cover topics such as wheat stem sawfly management and new research; new crop variety trials and integrated pest management, or IPM, concerns; forage management practices during drought; conditions that influence nitrate toxicity; and building relationships between locals and newcomers. Interested individuals can attend in Chester,...

  • Correction - For the Record

    Updated Dec 8, 2021

    An entry in For the Record on Page A5 of the Thursday, Dec, 2, edition of Havre Daily News about Donald Lealan Linderman being arrested Dec. 1 on a pick up and hold order implied the caller reporting Linderman was in a vehicle with Linderman. The caller was not in the vehicle with Linderman....

  • MGGA sets policy and elects officers

    Press release|Updated Dec 8, 2021

    GREAT FALLS - Montana Grain Growers Association wrapped up their 66th Annual Convention and Tradeshow Thursday, with members setting the organization's policy for 2022 and also electing new officers. Tryg Koch, Kalispell, was elected to serve as the president. "I'm hoping to bridge the gap between suits and ties on the hill and the boots on the ground in agriculture. We need to fully understand how the two work side by side, while one grows the food and the other one keeps...

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