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  • Two shot to death in Box Elder

    Updated Mar 29, 2024

    Darin Bernard Caplette, 41, and Thomas Roderick Yallup, 42, died after being shot early Thursday morning while they were at the gas pumps at D&L Bar in Box Elder, Hill County Sheriff Jamie Ross said in a press release Thursday afternoon. Deputies were dispatched to the scene after the sheriff's office received a call at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday reporting shots had been fired. The first deputies on the scene discovered two men had been shot at the pumps, the release said. Both...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly calendar and business meeting agenda

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    Monday 9:30 a.m. — Clerk and Recorder meeting regarding cancellation of fire district elections in the Commission Office 10 a.m. — Meeting in the Commission Office with Hill County Conservation District Administrator Emma Korntheuer regarding water shed 11 a.m. — Meeting with Susan Bender at North Central Senior Center regarding Council on Aging board 1:30 p.m. — Weekly building manager meeting in the Commission Office 2:30 p.m. — Monthly commissioner staff meeting in the Commission Office 5:30 p.m. — Hill County Park Board...

  • Agenda - Havre City Council

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    Havre City Council will meet Monday, March 4, at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items one through eight. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Resolution 3898 — A Resolution Amending The Budget In The Historical Preservation Fund (2935) of The City of Havre, Montana. 2. Resolution 3899 — A Resolution Amend...

  • Agenda - Davey School District #12

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    The Davey School District will hold its regular and quarterly safety board meetings Monday, March 4, 2024, starting at 4:30 p.m. in the school The meeting agenda is: I. Call to order II. Minutes III. Recognition of visitors IV. Public vomment V. Accounts payables VI. Financial statements A. Revenue and expenditures B. Investment VI. Old business — discussion/action Storage addition Election update Recommended policy updates: Board of Trustees 1240; Student Discipline 3310P2 & Personnel 5231: Second Reading Required updates t...

  • Celebrating History: Basketball tournament was big news

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    By Emily Mayer The big news this week 100 years ago was the end of the boys’ basketball tournament, with Big Sandy bringing home the first place prize. Great Falls took second place, Harlem third, Havre fourth, Choteau fifth, Fort Benton sixth, Fort Shaw seventh, and finally Valier in eighth place. These tournaments were heavily attended in Havre, and our hospitality toward visiting teams and their fans was front and center. Our businessmen went all out hosting meals, making sure players had a place to stay, and overall a...

  • Briefs - Infant, toddler and childhood screenings and school registration events

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    HDN staff Sign-up is now open for the 2024 Infant/Toddler Screening and Childhood Screening and/or School Registration which will be held April 2-4 at Van Orsdel United Methodist Church, 410 Fifth Ave. Infant/Toddler Screening, for children ages newborn to 3 years old, will be scheduled for April 2, with appointments being set in time slots before and after lunch, 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. Childhood Screening and/or School Registration, for children 3-5 years old, will be scheduled April 3-4, with appointments running 8:30...

  • Briefs - Veterans Affairs service officers conducting outreach

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    Press release Veteran Service officers for Montana Veteran Affairs Division will be in the following places at the scheduled times Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Browning, 1-4 p.m., Blackfeet Veteran Center Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Cut Bank, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Glacier County Courthouse Annex, Room 19 Shelby, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Shelby Court House, Lower Level Tuesday, March12, 2024 Glasgow, 1-4 p.m., Glasgow VA Clinic Wednesday, March 13, 2024 Malta, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Malta City Hall Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Browning, 1-4 p.m. Blackfeet...

  • Agenda - Hill County Park Board

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    Hill County Park Board will meet Monday, March 4, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room The meeting agenda is: 1). Minutes approval February January 2). Approval of agendas March Agenda February 3) Guests and public comments on agenda items only/Agenda requests for next meeting. Limited to one minute 4) Cabin Business 5) Old Business Lodge (February) Finance and Rules Committee draft/composition (February) Hill County Conservation District Administrator Emma-Korntheuer — Renewable Resource Grant Waters...

  • Out Our Way: The Watcher

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    Psalm 121:1 - My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth. Indeed, He who watches over Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps. Out our way, you can learn a lot from watching cattle. Now that calving season is here, watching mama and baby bond is a marvel that most humans share in the delivery room at the hospital. There is a reason David, a shepherd, wrote so many of the Psalms. I never worked sheep, but I gather that while very different critters, they do share...

  • Pastor's Corner: Zeal for your house will consume me

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    The readings for tis Sunday, March 2, are from Exodus 20:1-17, 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 and the Gospel is from John 2: 13 -15. In preparing for this article as well as preparing a homily for the weekend I came across the commentary shown below. The author of the commentary is St. Augustine one of the greatest theologians of the Christian Church. As I read through it, I was blessed by how well it broke open the Gospel reading from John noted above. So, I thought I would share it...

  • Grief Poem - Heartaches and Fog

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    Weather turned cold, but - warm or cold, some loved ones flew above. Be old or young, lived near or far 'they' flew to God, with love. We miss dear ones most every day, sunshine or fog or breeze! They're missed a lot, our weather's COLD - glad they're not here to freeze! A granny 'left' - she lived down south; she been an awesome cook! She' traveled' some, did lots of things and once had lived in Chinook! 'Kim's' auntie passed three weeks ago - and Fog was all around! She...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    You know, Lord, awaking to snow sometimes reminds us of thinking back, a long time ago, when we were kids and lived on the farm. When we woke, we'd peek out the window and when we saw a fluffy white blanket covering our farm, it was like an unbroken expanse of snow - so beautiful, untouched, pure and white. As we got ready for the day to do our chores, birds flocked to the feeders, gathered beneath to look for dropped morsels, kitty cats wandered around, adding their tracks....

  • Senior Center News, March 1, 2024

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    North Central Senior Center March 4-8 Menu Monday, March 4 — Pancakes, links, fruit, dessert Tuesday, March 5 — Hot hamburgers, mashed potatoes with gravy, veggies, dessert Wednesday. March 6 — Spaghetti, garlic bread, veggies, dessert Thursday, March 7 — Macaroni and cheese, ham bake, veggies, dessert Friday, March 8 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert News from our gift shop: Spring is just around the corner. New items will be added often. Easter items are available new this week. Picture frames, yes we have some. The ice will b...

  • HMS lists January students of the month

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    Press release Abigail Malley is Havre Middle School's January Sixth Grade Student of the Month Abby is the daughter of Jeremy and Leeann Malley. She has two brothers, Henry and Sam Malley. Abby plays in the middle school band and is a member of Student Council. Outside of school, she loves to dance and is active in the Girl Scouts. In her free time, Abby enjoys creating art and spending time outdoors with friends and family. At school, Abby is a responsible student with a...

  • Senior Center News - Rudyard, Gildford senior center menus

    Updated Mar 1, 2024

    The Hill County Council on Aging menus listed for the Rudyard, 406-355-4240, and Gildford, 406-376-3170, senior centers has been released, with no meals Tuesdays. The menus planned for next week are: Monday, March 4 — Pulled-pork sandwich, Tator Tots, veggie, fruit dessert Wednesday, March 6 — Hamburger steak, mashed potatoes, country gravy, veggie, dessert Thursday, March 7 — Chicken stir fry, rice, egg rolls, dessert Friday, March 8 — Cook’s choice, veggie, dessert Menus are subject to change without notice....

  • Free tax help available at HRDC March 6

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Feb 29, 2024

    The District 4 Human Resources Development Council will be assisting local taxpayers prepare documents and file again this year, with the help of Rural Dynamics and Great Falls-based non-profit Tax Help Montana, March 6 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. HRDC District 4 Executive Director Carilla French said the service, which is free for any taxpayer making $64,000 a year or less and everyone 60 or older regardless of income level, is vital to the community and their mission of helping low-income individuals and families achieve self-su...

  • Career fair hosted at North Star High School

    Christy Bambrough|Updated Feb 29, 2024

    Multiple businesses from the region participated at the North Star High School career fair Wednesday afternoon, with students from multiple schools attending. The fair was set up in the high school's gymnasium in Rudyard, and was organized by North Star students Quinn Trueax and Ecko Fraser. "Pretty much, it's a vendor show but with jobs," Trueax told Havre Daily News before the show. "We want students to know that there are more careers than just farming." Business set-up...

  • Notices - Davey School sets board meetings for Monday

    Updated Feb 29, 2024

    Press release Davey School’s regular and quarterly safety board meetings will be Monday, March 4, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. in the school....

  • Pie makers invited to compete during Montana Seed Show

    Updated Feb 29, 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...

  • For the Record, Feb. 29, 2024

    Updated Feb 29, 2024

    Havre Police Department A Seventh Street caller reported Wednesday at 8:05 a.m. that the back window of their vehicle had been broken out. -- Officers provided a funeral escort Wednesday at 11:33 a.m. -- Acoya Nathan Gopher of Box Elder, 26, was arrested on a trespass to property charge after three trespassers were reported at a First Street business at 12:29 p.m. Wednesday. -- A Fourth Avenue caller asked Wednesday at 1:29 p.m. for animal control to pick up a stray puppy. --...

  • Breding promoted to Loan Officer at Independence Bank

    Updated Feb 29, 2024

    Press release Alec Breding recently was promoted by Independence Bank to ag/commercial loan officer. Breding came to the bank in January of 2022 as a part-time credit analyst while finishing his last semester at Montana State University-Northern and was promoted to ag/commercial lender in 2023. Since then, he has been serving ag/commercial lending customers on the region. "We are very pleased to announce Alec's position as loan officer," Independence Bank Senior Loan Officer M...

  • Holden seeks seat in U.S. House of Representatives

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Feb 28, 2024

    Former state senator and current Dawson farmer and rancher Ric Holden is among the increasingly crowded field of Republicans running for the Eastern District of Montana's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, and Tuesday did an interview with the Havre Daily News in which he laid out his legislative priorities. The seat is held by Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., who had a short-lived campaign to challenge Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., for his seat in the body. Rosendale...

  • Agenda - Hill County Public Cemetery District

    Updated Feb 28, 2024

    Editors Note: This agenda was not received until after print deadline Tuesday. Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 29, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims....

  • March 15 deadline to enroll in key commodity safety net programs

    Updated Feb 28, 2024

    Press release BOZEMAN — Agricultural producers who have not yet enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage or Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2024 crop year have until March 15, 2024, to revise elections and sign contracts. Both safety net programs, delivered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency, provide vital income support to farmers who experience substantial declines in crop prices or revenues for the 2024 crop year. In Montana, producers have completed 13,448 contracts to date, representing 54% of the more than 20,000 exp...

  • USDA, DOE launches initiative to help ag producers reduce costs

    Updated Feb 28, 2024

    Press release WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture launched Monday a new initiative to help farmers cut costs and increase income using underutilized renewable technologies including smaller-scale wind projects. Through the Rural and Agricultural Income & Savings from Renewable Energy initiative, USDA is setting an initial goal of helping 400 individual farmers deploy smaller-scale wind projects using USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program. This goal is only possible bec...

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