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Devon Nelson, who plead guilty last year to destroying about half a million dollars worth of farming equipment in a drunken vandalism spree in 2022, was sentenced to pay $526,000 and spend 25 days in jail in Blaine County District Court Friday, along with a six-year deferred sentence on felony criminal mischief, and 6-months in county jail for a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief, all suspended. If Nelson abides by all conditions of his release for the six years, the felo...
Press release HELENA — For over 40 years, Montana youth have participated in the Montana Department of Agriculture’s Junior Agriculture Loan Program. Young people under 21 years of age, active in Montana agriculture, are eligible for loans up to $8,500 and are encouraged to apply. “With the average age of farmers and ranchers being nearly 60 years old, it’s important we do what we can to encourage the next generation to stay involved in agriculture,” said Director Christy Clark. “The Junior Ag Loan Program is a great way for...
Havre Daily News staff After resolving a supply issue with an overnight delivery, the paper was able to print today, but an unexpected staffing issue is preventing printing Thursday and Friday. “Like most businesses across the country, we are really short-staffed. We have been trying to fill positions in all departments for about four years, and we are razor-thin,” Havre Daily News Publisher Don Thoma said. “If one person can’t be in the building, it can impact our operation. “We really thank the support of our faithful...
The Plant A Seed… READ! Denim & Diamonds Gala is set for Saturday, a fundraiser for the organization’s new children’s museum, the Play to Learn Center. The event will have a prime rib dinner, live and silent auctions, a 50/50 raffle and more to help the organization get this project off the ground. Plant a Seed…READ! Executive Program Director Lorraine Verploegen said the Play to Learn Center is a children’s museum designed for children from 1 to 5 years old to promote early learning readiness skills through hands-on...
National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory until 11 a.m. Thursday in Hill, Blaine, Liberty and northeastern Chouteau counties, and a more severe Winter Storm Warning for the majority of Chouteau County ending 11 p.m. Thursday as the area faces a high chance of snow until this weekend. The Winter Storm Warning affects eastern Pondera and eastern Teton counties, as well as western and central Chouteau County, and Cascade County below 5,000 ft., including Fort...
Havre Daily News staff Montana State University Extension is offering three estate planning workshops on the Hi-Line next week, with workshops in Harlem and Havre Thursday, Feb. 15, and in Chinook Friday, Feb. 16. Extension Family Economics Specialist Marsha Getting, Ph.D., will present the workshops. The workshop Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. in the Harlem Senior Center, 116 Main St, is titled “Transferring Your Farm or Ranch to the Next Generation.” The Havre workshop, at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 15, in the 4-H Chuckwagon on the Great Nor...
Havre Police Department A hit and run crash was reported at Havre High School at 6:10 p.m. Tuesday. -- A Havre-area juvenile reported Tuesday at 6:28 p.m. that the juvenile had gotten on the wrong bus. The juvenile's mother was informed and someone provided a ride home for the juvenile. -- James David Bradley of West Glacier, 56, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence, changing lanes when unsafe to do so and open container after a vehicle stop at 1 a.m. today...
Havre Daily News received an updated agenda Tuesday after printing deadline for the Hill County Commission’s weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. The amended agenda follows. The Hill County Commission will hold its weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Commission Office. The public may participate in the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87670806969?pwd=3D2AtxALo3jBtpEbOZlUCaH7VcZQQm.1 The agenda for the meeting is: Meeting called to order Approval of last week’s min...
A story on the front page of Tuesday’s online edition of Havre Daily News listed the author of a story about an advertisement run by Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., Katheryn Houghton, as a Montana Free Press reporter. Houghton writes for KFF Health News, which reported the story with Politifact....
Natural Resources Conservation Service BOZEMAN - At the beginning of January, more than half of NRCS snow monitoring stations in Montana and surrounding river basins reported their lowest snowpack on record. "Well-above-normal precipitation was needed to begin a recovery from lack of snow, yet precipitation was mostly below normal across Montana last month," Eric Larson, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service water supply specialist, said Monday. The exception was the...
Press release WASHINGTON — The U. S Department of Agriculture is issuing final Emergency Relief Program payments totaling approximately $306 million to eligible commodity and specialty crop producers who incurred losses due to natural disasters in 2020 and 2021. USDA’s Farm Service Agency will begin issuing these additional payments to eligible producers this week. “In the natural disaster recovery process, every little bit of available assistance helps offset the financial toll that these catastrophic events have taken...
From USDA WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Jan. 29 that most farm loan borrowers will be able to make payments to their direct loans online through the Pay My Loan feature at https://www.farmers.gov in early February. Pay My Loan is part of a broader effort by USDA’s Farm Service Agency to streamline its processes, especially for producers who may have limited time during the planting or harvest seasons to visit a local FSA office; modernize and improve customer service; provide additional customer se...
By Katheryn Houghton KFF Health News and Politifact A fundraising ad for U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., shows a photo of Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, behind bars, swarmed by flying bats. Rosendale, who is eyeing a challenge to incumbent Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, maintains that a Montana biomedical research facility, Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, has a dangerous link to the pandemic. This claim...
After Havre City Council approved a ballot measure to approve a routine local government study Monday evening, members of the council's Streets and Sidewalks Committee discussed an ongoing issue surrounding food vendors on First Street, U.S. Highway 2 when it runs through Havre, brought up by Montana Department of Transportation that maintains the street. Guard Dogs owner Scott Adams, the vendor around whom the issue has arisen, addressed members of the council, saying he...
Due to a supply shipment being delayed, Havre Daily News could not print today’s edition, for Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, and it will be online only. Havre Daily News press operator Patrick Leeds said that some three weeks ago when he ordered the needed solution that he can’t run the press without, he was told it would arrive no later than Monday of this week. He said he stretched out what the Havre Daily had until Monday, but after the solution did not arrive by Monday evening, he called the company today and was told it was bac...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., held a statewide press call Monday where he discussed ongoing efforts by Congress to make a deal on an immigration bill that he said will help solve the immigration crisis at the U.S. southern border. Tester said the deal is imperfect but it does include common-sense provisions that will improve the situation, contrary to the misinformation that the deal's opponents have been pushing. The bill would, among other things, give the president...
Monday evening’s regular meeting of the Hill County Park Board was canceled for lack of quorum last night when most members didn’t show up after 15 minutes of waiting. Members Lou Hagener, Larry Kinsella and Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson were there, but no other members showed up by 5:45 p.m. The Hill County commissioners are members of the park board. Chair Jeff Jensen and board members Ursula Brese — who missed the January meeting due to health reasons — Pam Wilson, Tony Reum, Hill County Commissioner Jake Strisse...
Press release HELENA — Montana VA Health Care System is hosting a virtual women veterans town hall will take place Thursday, Feb. 8, beginning at 5 p.m. To join the conversation, veterans can call (833) 560-2071. This town hall will be an audio-only event. At the town hall, women veterans will have a chance to hear from their women-specific health care team and learn about services offered to all enrolled female Veterans. Some of these services include ultrasounds, mammograms, Pap and HPV tests, mental health care and couns...
Press release World Heritage International Student Exchange Program, a non-profit, public benefit organization, is seeking local families to host foreign exchange students this coming school year. “Students are eager to learn about their American host family, so begin the process of welcoming your new son or daughter today,” representatives of the program said in a release. “The memories and the relationship you create with your exchange student will stay with you forever.” World Heritage students come from a variety of coun...
Arren Kimbel-Sannit Montana Free Press This story is excerpted from Capitolized, a weekly newsletter featuring expert reporting, analysis and insight from the editors and reporters of Montana Free Press. In December, the Colorado Supreme Court disqualified former President Donald Trump from the presidential ballot in that state, ruling that the former president’s role in inciting the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots violates the Fourteenth Amendment, which says, in part, that people who “engaged in insurrection” cannot hold feder...
Havre Police Department Martin Duane Flying of Havre, 31, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a vehicle stop on First Street Monday at 3:29 p.m. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a Havre area caller reported Monday at 7:44 p.m. needing help getting a man to stop sending messages to the caller. -- Mary Sophie Pierre of Polson, 32, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant and charges of no vehicle insurance and seat belt violation after a...
Havre Police Department A First Street Northeast caller reported Friday at 9:19 a.m. that a 2017 Chevrolet Sonic had been stolen. -- A caller on Boulevard Avenue reported Friday at 10:06 a.m. that a window had been broken with a tire iron. -- A vehicle crash was reported at 12th Avenue and Eighth Street at 10:46 a.m. Friday. -- A Boulevard Avenue reported Friday at 11:04 a.m. that someone had broken into a trailer, but the caller didn't know when this had happened. -- A...
