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  • Havre Youth Baseball registration deadline approaching

    Updated Mar 6, 2024

    Havre Daily News Staff The deadline to register as a player with the Havre Youth Baseball Association is fast approaching. People can register online to beat the Monday, March 11, deadline at https://ww.havreyouthbaseball.com . Paper registration with payment can be dropped off at Havre City Hall or mailed to P.O. Box 772, Havre, MT 59051. The association, which is not affiliated with girls fastpitch softball, has five leagues divided by ages. The player must be the minimum age for the category by April 30. Tee-ball, for...

  • For the Record, March 6, 2024

    Updated Mar 6, 2024

    Havre Police Department Lafawn Renee Ruiz of Havre, 34, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and on a Justice or City court warrant, and William Joseph Bostwick of Havre, 32, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer of other public servant after a woman with an outstanding warrant was reported on First Street at 3:51 p.m. Tuesday. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a Tuesday 4:27 p.m. caller at a First Stre...

  • USDA finalizing rule on Packers and Stockyards Act

    Updated Mar 6, 2024

    WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday the finalization of Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The final rule will be effective 60 days following publication in the Federal Register. The final rule Inclusive Competition and Market Integrity Under the Packers and Stockyards Act (the Inclusive Competition Rule) establishes clearer, more effective standards under the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act for prohibited practices relating to discrimination,...

  • Organic standard board sets spring meeting

    Updated Mar 6, 2024

    Press release The public comment period and oral comment registration are now open for the National Organic Standards Board Spring 2024 Meeting. Interested parties are encouraged to review the online meeting materials and provide feedback on topics included on the agenda. Meeting materials are now available online. They include the tentative agenda, proposals and discussion documents. Individual proposal documents are posted on the subcommittee web pages and as a single combined PDF on the NOSB Spring 2024 meeting webpage (...

  • Montana Seed Show to fill Harlem High School this weekend

    Tim Leeds|Updated Mar 6, 2024

    One of the biggest agricultural events in the state returns this week to Harlem, with the Montana Seed Show set to run Thursday through Friday in Harlem High School. Setup is scheduled for Thursday, including for agricultural exhibits, woodworking, the art show and educational and commercial booths. The art show setup continues Friday 8-10 a.m. Friday starts off with breakfast 6:30-9 a.m. Friday also features the Rocky Mountain Biometrix Heatlh Fair from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,...

  • USDA announces Conservation Reserve Program general sign-up for 2024

    Updated Mar 6, 2024

    BOZEMAN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday that agricultural producers and private landowners can begin signing up for the general Conservation Reserve Program starting March 4 and running through March 29, 2024. This conservation opportunity gives producers tools to conserve wildlife habitat while achieving other conservation benefits, including sequestering carbon and improving water quality and soil health. “The USDA has a long track record of fostering and supporting the vital relationship between agr...

  • Bread Show again set for Montana Seed Show in Harlem

    Updated Mar 6, 2024

    Press release 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 whole wheat bread. Also, speciality yeast breads, a popular newer category, may be entered by both a...

  • 2024 Montana Seed Show Schedule

    Updated Mar 6, 2024

    The Montana Seed Show is running Thursday through Saturday at Harlem High School. For information call 406-379-2592 or 406-353-4524, during the seed show call 406-353-7230. The seed show schedule follows. Thursday, March 7, 2024 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Entry day for Agricultural Exhibits, (grains, legumes, grasses and potatoes) 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Entry day for Woodworking 1-5 p.m. — Entry day for educational and commercial booths in gym 4-7 p.m. — Set up Art Show Friday, March 8, 2024 6:30-9 a.m. — Breakfast 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m....

  • Pie makers invited to Montana Seed Show

    Updated Mar 6, 2024

    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 Daily online only today

    Updated Mar 5, 2024

    Due unexpected press problems, the Havre Daily will be online-only today, although it expects to print as normal Wednesday. Subscribers will be credited for today being online-only, extending their expiration date. Subscribers can access the full website and also can access the e-edition, an electronic PDF version of the full paper, on their computers. Subscribers who do not already have access to the e-edition can gain access by going to the website at https://havredailynews.com , clicking on “Free Trial” to the right of...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly business meeting

    Updated Mar 5, 2024

    Editor’s note: The Hill County Commission submitted an amended agenda Monday after print deadline for its 10 a.m. Thursday business meeting. The full 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: Approval of last week’s minutes Public comments on non-agenda ite...

  • For the Record, March 5, 2024

    Updated Mar 5, 2024

    Havre Police Department A written or verbal warning was issued after a Monday 7:56 a.m. caller reported seeing a man enter an abandoned First Street business building through the north entrance. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a Curve Drive caller asked Monday at 8:41 a.m. to speak with the chief of police about the caller's neighbors and their barking dogs. -- John Michael Segna of Havre, 33, was arrested on a trespass to property charge after a trespasser...

  • Park board hears discussion of issues presenters say misunderstood

    Updated Mar 5, 2024

    The Hill County Park Board heard a brief update on environmental monitoring in Beaver Creek Park during their monthly meeting Monday, where they also heard from Hill County Conservation District Administrator Emma Korntheuer, who cleared up a number of misconceptions about an upcoming watershed assessment and grants it could be used to pursue. In previous meetings members of the park board declined to participate in or support the assessment over concerns that doing so would...

  • Havre City Council discusses improvements and additions, approves business registration

    Updated Mar 5, 2024

    Havre City Council approved Monday an ordinance adopting Title 4, Chapter 5 to create new business registration requirements was passed. In an interview Friday, Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher said the city used to require businesses to be licensed by them in order to operate, but the recurring fees associated with that license were perceived by many as "being double taxed," so the city council got rid of the requirement. The ordinance does not bring back the licensing, but is a...

  • Legitimacy of county commission meeting questioned

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 5, 2024

    During a “commissioner staff meeting” Monday, the Hill County Commission discussed a number of issues, including board appointment applications and employee health insurance, issues that in the past would have been discussed in a regular business meeting, causing one commissioner to call for the meeting’s name to be changed to avoid misleading the public. During the meeting the commission went over various applicants to the county’s boards and the status of said boards, including the Great Northern Fair Board which has thr...

  • 2024 Economic Outlook Seminar next week at Northern

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 4, 2024

    Montana’s 2024 Economic Outlook Seminar is coming to Montana State University-Northern, a five-hour event featuring economic experts from the Hi-Line and Montana discussing projections for the upcoming year’s economy, and, this year, a focus on the opportunities and challenges for green energy in the state as well as a local report. University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research Director Patrick Barkey said the outlook this year is unique, in that it seems like the economy has returned to normal, more or les...

  • Another blast of winter hits after a warm week

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 4, 2024

    After a cold and snowy weekend in the region, it seems the area should be relatively precipitation free for the next week, as temperatures stay below freezing, but in the positive numbers, until Friday, which will see a significant warm up. After an unseasonably warm week leading up to it, including a high of 60 degrees Friday, Saturday saw 3 inches of snow drop in Havre, followed by another inch the next day and some serious cold, with a high of 12 and low of 5 with a...

  • Havre considers new business registration requirement

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 4, 2024

    Tonight, the Havre City Council will consider adding a requirement that local businesses register with the city, accompanied by a one-time fee, primarily for the sake of city record keeping for things like emergency services. Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher said the city used to require businesses to be licensed by them in order to operate, but the recurring fees associated with that license were perceived by many as “being double taxed,” so the city council got rid of the requirement. Kaercher said the city isn’t interested in br...

  • Health advisory issued for drinking water in Havre

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 4, 2024

    A foreign contaminant was detected in Havre’s water system recently, causing the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the City of Havre to advise system users to be cautious, though Havre Public Works said they are monitoring the water conditions and there appears to be no immediate danger with drinking water. The release said Havre’s water treatment plant routinely monitors water for turbidity — cloudiness — so they know if they are filtering water properly, but Havre Public Works Director Trevor Mork said a...

  • For the Record, March 4, 2024

    Updated Mar 4, 2024

    Havre Police Department Justin Phillip Johnson of Havre, 42, was arrested on four Justice or City court warrants and on a charge of disorderly conduct after a Fourth Street caller reported an inebriated man in their backyard Friday at 9:53 a.m. -- A Fifth Avenue caller reported at 10:09 a.m. Friday finding two white bags containing a white substance. No investigation was initiated. -- Officers responded to a Friday 11 a.m. report of a burglary in progress at a residence on...

  • Wisdom and Grace: Hi-Line Heroes – Blankie Blessings

    Ila McClenahan|Updated Mar 4, 2024

    "Ila, could you check with the hospital and see if it would be possible to give a baby blanket to every newborn?" I had just started working as the chaplain for Northern Montana Health Care. I wasn't quite sure what the answer from the hospital administration would be. I was surprised when the answer was "Yes." And I have been continually surprised (and proud) as year after year after year Fifth Avenue Christian Church has continued to make a baby quilt for every baby born at...

  • Feral swine seminar set in Havre for Tuesday

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 1, 2024

    At the 4-H Chuckwagon Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Havre a seminar will be held on feral swine and their negative environmental impacts as the populations continue to expand in Canada and threaten to eventually move into the northern tier of Montana. The event, part of a tour put on by Montana State University Extension, the Montana Department of Livestock, the USDA Wildlife Service and the Montana Invasive Species Council, will also be in Chinook at 3 p.m. in the Chinook Senior Center, 324 Pennsylvania St., that same day. MSU Hill...

  • Workplace generation dynamics discussed at Bear Paw Development meeting

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 1, 2024

    Bear Paw Development Corp. held its annual meeting Thursday, providing an update on the last year of the organization's local impact, as well as a presentation on the changing generational dynamics of the modern workplace. Bear Paw Development Executive Director Paul Tuss said this is the 55th year of the organization's operation and they worked on a lot of projects in 2023, bringing in $16.5 million of outside funding into the community. Tuss, who also is a state legislator...

  • Tester talks government shutdown, beef imports, foreign aid

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 1, 2024

    Sen. Jon Tester discussed a number of ongoing issues in the Senate during a rural press call Thursday, including beef imports, fentanyl, foreign aid and the possibility of a government shutdown on the horizon. Thursday afternoon the Senate passed a short-term bill to prevent the shutdown but conflicts over funding persist between Democrats and Republicans as the fight continues to prevent a long-term funding bill for the government. Thursday morning Tester said a shutdown would hurt everyone, lower national security and...

  • Farmers Union president talks about ag data to legislative committee

    From Montana Farmers Union Aggregated Ag data being harvested from producers should be publicly available to avoid market manipulation, Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer told members of the Montana Legislature’s Interim Committee on Economic Affairs this week in Helena. The committee has been tasked with how ag data is collected and used after legislation was introduced during the 2023 Legislative Session. Protecting producers’ data is a priority issue for Montana Farmers Union. Montana should have a plan in...

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