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Editor’s note: Havre Weekly Chronicle received this calendar and agenda after the Tuesday printing deadline for the Dec. 12, 2024, edition. MONDAY – December 16, 2024 9:30 a.m. – Commissioner Working Session in the Commissioner Office 1:30 p.m. – Unified Disposal Board Meeting TBD TUESDAY – December 17, 2024 10:30 a.m. – Road Department Meeting in the Commissioner Office WEDNESDAY – December 18, 2024 Regular Business Hours THURSDAY – December 19, 2024 10:00 a.m. – Weekly Commissioner Business Meeting in the Commissioner Offi...
UPDATE Dec. 11, 2024: Chouteau County Coroner has released the name of the man who died in a crash in Chouteau County Dec. 2. Jerry Dean Frahm of Havre, 85, was killed in the crash. Posted Dec. 6, 2024: Montana Highway Patrol reports an 85-year-old Havre man was killed in a single-vehicle car crash in Chouteau County Dec. 2. The Chouteau County Sheriff’s Office said this morning the name of the fatality has not yet been released. The Highway Patrol report said the man, who was driving the Chevrolet Tahoe that crashed, was d...
A post on the Havre Public Works Facebook page reports that a water main break was reported on McKinley Avenue between 12th and 13th streets west. “Crews are ready to begin work as soon as the utility locates are complete,” the post says, adding, “please avoid this area to let our guys work safely and efficiently and to make the necessary repairs and get residents back in service.” “Thank you for your patience and cooperation,” the post concludes....
A favorite holiday activity for local children is back, with the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Dino Christmas at the Holiday Village Mall 1-3 p.m., during the Winterfest Craft and Vendor Fair. The museum, part of Montana's Dinosaur Trail, has been holding the Dino Christmas event for years. The offerings this year include cookie decorating, Christmas card, gift bag, and ornament crafting, other assorted holiday activities. The event is free, but donations a...
Press release Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks game wardens are seeking any information regarding two deer that were shot after the general season in eastern Blaine County. Wardens received a report of a deer left to waste on private property along New Hope Road in eastern Blaine County, about six miles west of Harlem. After investigating, wardens found the wasted deer that was reported, and in addition, found more blood and drag marks nearby, indicating that a second deer was...
Press release The Salvation Army is asking everyone in Havre to donate to support neighbors in need this holiday season. People can drop cash or checks into a Red Kettle or donate online at northwest.salvationarmy.org. Red Kettle donations help The Salvation Army meet the urgent needs of thousands of families who will not have Christmas this year without the community's support. In Havre, $9,540.17 had been raised via Red Kettle contributions by Dec. 5, however an additional...
This version corrects information about Gary Springer's retirement. Press release The Havre/Hill County Preservation Commission has selected the GN 2584 Engine as this 13th historical ornament. The first ornament was presented in 2011, it depicted the historical Havre Post Office. The ornament was a sellout. This year's ornament idea was brought to the Commission by Gary Springer, a retired railroad employee. Springer started work for the railroad 40 years ago and retired 10...
Tom Lutey Montana Free Press That mythical December character bearing gifts, could it be the Congressional Lame Duck? Irrigators along Montana’s Milk River hope it’s so. With weeks left in the congressional term, farmers along the Milk River are hopeful federal lawmakers will deliver at least some of the more than $300 million promised earlier in the year for the Milk River Irrigation Project, which delivers water to 18,000 people spread across 350-miles of the Montana Hi-line. The project’s plumbing rerouting water from...
By Havre High FFA Chapter Reporter Daceen Verploegen and FFA advisor Allison Denton Editor's note: Watch for more on the renewed FFA chapter at Havre High School in an upcoming edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle. A total of 33 Havre FFA members traveled to Bozeman November 13-16th. The chapter spent their time competing at Ag Expo, sponsored by John Deere. This is single-handedly the largest competition offered to all chapters across the state besides the State Convention in...
Montana Actor’s Theatre is bringing to the stage a production that has been a Christmas staple since the film version was released in 1965, “The Sound of Music.” The play is based on the true story of the Austrian family the von Trapps: how a young governess, Maria, handles watching over the seven children of the widower Capt. Georg von Trapp, how Maria and he fall in love and are married, and their escape in 1938 from the Nazis during the Anschluss, the German annexation of Austria. The musical, with music and lyrics by le...
John 8:7 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone' Out our way the test that matters for a cowhand is not what he says he can do, but what he does. There is a reason I am the designated "dust eater" at the round ups and when we move the herds to summer or winter pasture. I can talk the talk but not really walk the walk. ("or ride with pride") Granted, Doc's outstanding klutziness and jackhammer gait, are factors - but even on smooth riding Babe, you could tell my...
This past Sunday, did you light a candle on an Advent wreath? If you did, what was it called? Some churches might have called it Love, or Peace. At First Lutheran, we lit the candle of Hope. No matter the order, all Advent wreaths I've ever met have had a candle of Hope. Hope. NOT optimism. In day-to-day conversation, we might use hope and optimism as synonyms, like one farmer saying, "I'm hopeful we'll get a lot of moisture soon," and his buddy replying, "Yeah, I'm...
You know, Lord, a friend shared that she had read about slowing down time - and that so much has changed since the electric clock was invented in the 1840s! That was most interesting to watch or think about how we today keep time, no matter where we go or what we do, it seems like most folks, especial the younger ones, all know about smart watches, smart phones, and laptops. Chuckle chuckle! Seems like the entire pace of life seems faster now - even our leisurely walking has...
Partings do come, as loved ones leave, many hearts are broken. When loved ones go, its lonely here - many words unspoken. We want to remember dear ones - the bond that we did share, But the pain in our hearts and minds, it is so hard to bear. May the winds of love blow softly and whisper so you'll hear. We will always love and miss you, and wish that you were here. The memory gates will never close, the days that used to be How rich in kindness, love and care, how dear you...
Press release Back by popular demand, the Hi-Line Arts Council announced it is once again hosting a live holiday concert with renowned pianist Philip Aaberg on Sunday, December 15th at 2:00PM in the Havre High School Auditorium. Aaberg is a Chester native who has received both Grammy and Emmy nominations and is Harvard educated. Christmas From The Hi-Line will be a family friendly, high-spirited concert that evokes the vastness and grandeur of Montana through music. "The Arts...
Senior Center News Dec. 1-5 Menu Menu subject to change Monday, Dec. 1, 2024 — Chicken Fried Steak, Mash Potato/Gravy, Corn, Mixed Fruit Tuesday, Dec. 2. Teriyaki Chicken, Mixed Veggies, Baked Potatoes, Frosted Cake Wednesday, Dec. 3. Sloppy Joe’s, Jojo’s, Peas & Carrots, Oranges Thursday, Dec. 4. Sweet & Sour Pork, Pork Fried Rice, Green Beans, Peaches, Jell-O Friday, Dec. 5. Shotgun Stew, Corn Bread, Salad, Peaches Foot Clinic: call 406-265-4776 to schedule. Come to Senior Center First Tuesday of each month for appoi...
Havre Police Department Monday, Nov. 25, 2024 Officers investigated a report at 7:39 a.m. that the U.S. post office had been vandalized. -- Officers at 8:43 a.m. on 12th Street arrested Matthew Aiden Shearer of Hingham on charges of driving under the influence of marijuana, purchase or possession of an intoxicant by a minor and driving with no driver's license. -- Officers investigated a two-car crash on the 100 Block of Second Street West at 11:50 a.m. -- Officers responding...
Davey Elementary December regular school board meeting is canceled....
The name of Jada Antley was misspelled in a birth announcement in the Nov. 27, 2024, edition of Havre Weekly Chronicle....
Cottonwood Elementary December regular school board meeting is canceled....
Press release Montana State University Extension will host its annual cropping seminar series Jan. 6-10, 2025, in the Golden Triangle area. Speakers will cover topics such as noxious weeds, pulse insect management, pesticide updates, and winter barley. Interested individuals can attend in Chester, Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Fort Benton, Great Falls, Havre, Shelby or Stanford. There is no charge for the seminars, and all producers are encouraged to attend. The Choteau, Conrad, Cut Bank, Shelby, Chester, Havre, Fort Benton,...
MONDAY — December 9, 2024 8:30 a.m. — Starting Wage Proposal Meeting in the Commissioner Office 9:30 a.m. — Commissioner Working Session in the Commissioner Office 1:30 p.m. — Building Manager Meeting in the Commissioner Office TUESDAY — December 10, 2024 10:30 a.m. — Road Department Meeting in the Commissioner Office 10:30 a.m. — LEPC Monthly Meeting in the City Hall EOC Room in Basement 1:30 p.m. — 911 Meeting at City Hall WEDNESDAY — December 11, 2024 1:00 p.m. — Hill County Courthouse HVAC Progress Meeting (Final) in the...
Editor's notes: Anyone with upcoming holiday events they want in Havre Weekly Chronicle can email [email protected] or call Tim Leeds at 406-265-6795. Events celebrating the holiday season get underway in full swing this week, with a community Thanksgiving Dinner and a slate of activities set for Saturday. The Havre-Hill County Library already started, with wagon rides held last Saturday and a sling auction fundraiser for Friends of the Library that began Friday and...
An influx of money from the state of Montana has covered the costs to irrigators for repairing the system that brings much of the money to the Milk River each year. The state announced early in November that a deal had been reached with the Milk River Joint Board of Control, the board that oversees the irrigation projects along the Milk River in this part of Montana, to provide at $26 million loan to the board to use in repairing the siphons in the St. Mary Diversion and Conve...
Press release BILLINGS - The Montana Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee presented a check for $9,250 to the Montana Food Bank Network during their luncheon Tuesday, November 19. The luncheon was part of the 105th MFBF Annual Convention November 18-21 at the DoubleTree and Northern Hotels in downtown Billings. The donation came from proceeds raised during the YF&R Hoofin' it for Hunger race September 21 in Dillon, thanks to generous local...
