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Hill County Commission candidates participated in a Havre Daily News Forum Monday evening where they were asked about a number of issues in the county and its government. Incumbent Republican Commissioner Diane McLean and her challengers, independent Les Odegard and Democrat Sheri Williams, all participated in the forum. Candidates for local Montana House and Senate races also attended the forum. See more in future editions of the Havre Daily News. McLean used her...
In a joint release printed on the Havre Public Schools website, the school district and Havre Police Department said an incident that led to a security action at Lincoln-McKinley Primary School was due to a police department training exercise held at the school. The release said the school was put into a lock out and hold-in-place Friday, Sept. 30, after school officials discovered a door had been propped open, allowing access to the building. School district officials coordinated with the Havre Police Department and determin...
Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center Alfonse Valentine and Marie Theresa (Amsomms) Vercruyssen have been presented the Legacy Award for the Cowboy Hall of Fame for 2023 in District 4 that includes Blaine, Chouteau, Hill and Liberty counties. Alfonse Valentine Vercruyssen took an unforgettable journey across the ocean, with his wife, Marie, and their two sons, Gus, five and Jule, four, to the United States in December of 1910. Alfonse did chores on the ship t...
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will conduct a dive exam of the outlet works intake and stilling basin at Fresno Dam, 15 miles west of Havre, Oct. 17. The outlet works will be closed starting at 9 a.m. and will remain closed until the dive exam is complete, but will not exceed eight hours. Access to the Fresno Dam Tailwater Fishing Access Site will be restricted during the shutdown to just the fishing pier area. Recreators and Municipalities should expect reduced flows in the river during the shutdow...
Editor’s note: Havre Daily News did not receive this agenda in time to print it at least 48 hours before the 10 a.m. Thursday meeting. The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Health department holiday closure Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Hill County Job Vacancy Procedure Beaver C...
Havre Police Department A dead deer was reported in a 14th Street yard Monday at 5:34 p.m. -- Robert Alexander McConnell of Havre, 42, was arrested on five Justice or City court warrants served on Second Street after a disturbance was reported at 6:16 p.m. Monday. -- A caller reported Monday at 6:47 p.m. that a building on U.S. Highway 2 East was broken into again. -- A vehicle crash was reported on 13th Street at 8:27 p.m. Hill County Sheriff's Office Jimmy Darrell Russette o...
Bear Paw Development Executive Director Paul Tuss, a Democrat, is challenging Republican Incumbent Ed Hill for his seat in the Montana House of Representatives in the upcoming election. Hill did not set an interview after Havre Daily News declined to give him the questions in advance. Tuss said he's been serving northern Montana in the field of community and economic development at Bear Paw Development Corp. for 22 years, and that work has given him a very clear picture of...
Press release Editor’s note: See more on fire prevention week on pages B3-4. The Havre Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® — to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 9-15. The department is hosting an Open House in conjunction with Fire Prevention Week, with tours of the Fire Station from today through Friday from 3-7 p.m. For large groups, people are asked to call ahead 406-265-6511 to schedule a time. Daily drawings will be held for free smoke detectors and fi...
From Montana Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center Editor's note: Watch for the biography of Cowboy Hall of Fame Legacy Award recipients Alfonse Valentine and Marie Theresa (Amssoms) Vercruyssen in Tuesday's edition of Havre Daily News. Richard Dallas "Dick" Granell has been awarded the Living Award for the Cowboy Hall of Fame for 2023 in District 4 that includes Blaine, Chouteau, Hill and Liberty counties. Granell was born in Havre, Montana Oct. 6, 1945, the oldest...
Max Savage Levenson Montana Free Press Thursday, President Joe Biden made a series of sweeping announcements regarding his plans to reform marijuana policy nationwide. While those reforms initially focus solely on Americans facing federal drug charges, the plan could eventually make an impact on people facing state charges as well. In his most direct action, Biden pardoned all federal prisoners convicted of simple marijuana possession. The pardon does not apply to Americans charged with other federal marijuana-related...
Editor’s note: Havre Daily News did not receive this until after press deadline Friday. The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board will meet tonight at 6 p.m. in the Board Room of Havre Inn and Suites, 1425 U.S. Highway 2 West. The meeting agenda is: 1. Call to order 2. Roll call of members 3. Reading and approval of minutes 4. Museum Report — Emily Mayer 5. Wahkpa Chu’gn Report — Emily Mayer 6. The Foundation Report — Elaine Morse 7. Committee reports a. Committee to review/revise job descriptions 8. Unfinished business...
Havre Police Department A package theft was reported Friday at 11:32 a.m. on First Street. -- An injured deer was reported on 10th Avenue Friday at 1:28 p.m. -- A caller reported Friday at 8:07 p.m. a vehicle crashed into three other vehicles on Fifth Street. No one was available to provide details due to the holiday. -- A vehicle crash was reported on Fifth Street at 8:33 p.m. -- A 17-year-old was issued a summons on a charge of minor in possession after a caller on Lincoln A...
In honor of Indigenous People’s Day Monday, Oct. 10, Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation is holding its Ojibwe Neyio Spiritual Run, a biking, canoeing and running event that both the tribal community and the general public are invited to participate in to bring awareness to mental health, cancer awareness, suicide prevention and cultural awareness. The Spiritual Run will start at 8 a.m. at Crier Hill near the agency, said co-organizer Wilfred “Huck” Sunchild, with the course...
The Hill County Commission, with commissioners Mark Peterson and Jake Strissel attending remotely by phone, approved a significant raise for the Hill County Sheriff’s Office at their weekly business meeting Thursday, drawing criticism from other county officials who felt it was unfair that their departments were not being treated similarly. The resolution passed by the commission provides an increase to sheriff’s office employees, some up to 13.7 percent, though Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean said the calculation is sl...
Authorities announced that two people have been arrested in connection with a string of vandalism incidents in Blaine and Chouteau counties that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage and is linked to the shooting of a deer, all occurring late Aug. 17 or early Aug. 18. Jasper Wendland, 19, and Devon Nelson, 18, both were served warrants out of both Blaine and Chouteau counties, Blaine County Sheriff John Colby said Thursday. Both Wendland and Nelson were charged in...
Candidates in some local contested races have agree to participate in a candidate forum Monday starting at 5 p.m. in Hensler Auditorium. A candidate who has to travel a fair distance to the forum and be on the road early Tuesday requested the 5 p.m. start time. The Havre Democrats have announced they will stream the forum live on their Facebook page and it should be available there for people to watch later, as well. For Senate District 14 that includes Havre and western Hill County, Liberty County, Chouteau County and the no...
Cottonwood Schools October regular board meeting will be held Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 6 p.m. at the West School. The public can attend via electronics by contacting the clerk at 406-265-6970....
Rural Fire District 1 Board will meet Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. at 11 a.m. in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room. The meeting agenda is: Approval of minutes from September Meeting Eagle Creek Fire recap Annual Financial Report FY 22 due Quarterly fire district report...
Monday Courthouse closed in observance of holiday. Tuesday 9 a.m. — Conference call with Liberty County regarding Interlocal Agreement of Superintendent Services in the commissioners’ office. 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting in the commissioners’ office. 10:30 a.m. — Local Emergency Planning Committee meeting at the Hill County Detention Center. 1:30 p.m. — 911 meeting at Havre City Hall. 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in the commissioners’ office. Wednesday 10 a.m. — Rocky Boy school’s budget review in the commi...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday, Oct 11, 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. Safe Return to Schools and Continuity of Services Plan D. New business 1. Consideration of new and revised policies on first reading — 5121: Applicability of P...
Havre Police Department A hit and run crash was reported on Third Avenue Thursday at 12:24 p.m. —— Officers made an investigation related to a vehicle stop on U.S. Highway 2 West Thursday at 1:05 p.m. —— A vehicle crash was reported Thursday at 1:37 p.m. at Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street. —— Duane David Bradley of Havre, 32, was arrested on two Justice and City court warrants after a disturbance was reported on Sixth Street at 3:44 p.m. Thursday. —— A dog bite was reported by...
Emily Mayer Manager, H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum An unknown object in the Clack Museum's collection was featured in last month's column and has generated several responses and even visitors coming to the Museum to see the artifact for themselves! One suggested it was used to tighten something on machinery, another suggested it was homemade and had a specific purpose, and another still suggested it was a trivet holder, with the tabs on the back side of the artifact used to...
North Central Senior Citizens Center Oct. 10-14 Menu Monday, Oct. 10 — Closed for Columbus Day Tuesday, Oct. 11 — Salad, spaghetti with meat sauce, bread sticks, green beans, cake Wednesday Oct. 12 — Oven-baked fish, au gratin potatoes, peas, dessert Thursday, Oct. 13 — Chicken pot pie, biscuits, salad, fruit Friday, Oct. 14 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Keeping up with the pandemic: Oct 3, 15 new cases of COVID-19, total number is 5,686, two active, no active hospitalizations, no hospitalizations discharged, total death...
Out our way, you know the old saying, "Ain't a horse cain't be rode nor a cowboy cain't be throwed!" As a really lousy cowhand, I got tossed with alarming regularity. Folks asked if I rode broncs - as my nickname is "Bronco" - and I would answer, "Yes ... but never on purpose!" Ole Doc - the four-left-footed cowpony who regularly sent me flying as he stumbled, tripped and sometimes got a "stitch in the side" - tossed me a great many times. I ended up in the ER with sprained...
