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Susan Shain High Country News via Montana Free Press This story also appeared in High Country News In a squat 1,100-square-foot building on the outskirts of Helena lies a pile of enormous tongues. They are thick and leaden, stacked on a steel table like fish out of water. The bovines from which they came hulk nearby, cold carcasses hanging from cold hooks. Bearded men, their white coats covered in blood, rhythmically chop livers, punctuating the hum of industrial refrigeration. This small meat-processing facility, which a...
After a busy Thanksgiving weekend, holiday events will return to the area Friday and last through this coming weekend and beyond. Friday, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will again host their Hi-Line Nativity Festival, themed "Mary Did You Know," with the display open 2-9 p.m. "We will be exhibiting Nativities from around the world as well as art and sculptures depicting the Savior's life and ministry," a Community Christmas Festival release said. "If you...
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims....
Press release The Coal Banks Landing Campground and James Kipp Recreation Area will close for the winter season, starting Friday, Dec. 1, according to Bureau of Land Management officials at the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. The campgrounds, along with the day-use areas, including launch ramps and restroom facilities, will be inaccessible throughout the winter closure. "The boat launch and other facilities there aren't safe or accessible for recreation and are...
The Hill County Commission Monday sent out an amended agenda for its business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. 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 and payroll Employment Budgets Abatements Journal and vouchers Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Board appointments Tax Appeal Board appointment Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs...
Havre Police Department A wallet was reported stolen Monday at 11:07 a.m. from a 15th Avenue residence. -- Officers were asked Monday at 12:18 p.m. to assist Montana Highway Patrol with a warrant, and John Burns, who was named as an involved party, is listed in this morning's jail roster as being held on a $250,000 bond for a Yellowstone District Court warrant on charges of sexual assault of a minor and intimidation, solicitation or tampering with a witness. -- Jaden Latray...
Havre Daiy News staff A barn southeast of Havre was lost in a fire Sunday morning. Havre Fire Chief Nathan Courtnage said that a caller at 10:04 a.m. Sunday reported barn fire on the 1900 Block of Bullhook Road Southeast. When Havre Fire Department responded they found the structure, part of the JS Livestock facilities, fully involved in the fire, and they released some pigs that were penned near the building and contained the fire to the structure. The barn is a total loss,...
MAPS Media Institute will be running a free intensive four-day filmmaking workshop for young people in the Harlem area and beyond starting Nov. 30, with the goal of creating informative short films about the Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Compact of 2001 and its 2023 Settlement Act. Former Harlem teacher and MAPS Media Institute Fort Belknap Liaison Craig Todd said the workshop is primarily for high school-age students in the Harlem area, but college-age students and people from outside the Harlem area of any skill...
It was a busy weekend in Havre and through the region, with activities celebrating the holiday season getting underway starting with community Thanksgiving dinners Thursday. Activities ranged from Chinook through Havre and Big Sandy and more through the weekend, with more planned in the region right through New Year's Eve....
Editor’s note: Due to mechanical issues, Havre Daily News was unable to print all of the papers to be distributed for Friday’s edition. Following is the full Hill County Commission calendar from Friday’s edition. Monday 8 a.m. — Zoom meeting for Center for Mental Health — Commissioner Jake Strissel — in Great Falls 11 a.m. — Zoom meeting in the Commission Office with Revize regarding the new county website 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging director meeting in the Commission Office Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Road department meetin...
Havre Police Department Michael Robert-Louis Belcourt of Havre, 34, was arrested on four Justice or City court warrants after a juvenile reported their parents fighting Friday at 8:11 a.m. on Second Street. -- Someone stopped at the police station Friday at 8:44 a.m. asking to speak with an officer about a theft, forgery or fraud. -- A caller at a First Street business reported at 10:52 a.m. Friday that a man was trying to kick in a door. -- A 14-year-old Havre boy was issued...
Havre Eagles Club will begin its Community Toy Drive today, helping helps families in need in the area. Candace Dess, manager of the Eagles Club, said the group wants to ensure that any family in need utilizes the options provided to the community. “The Toy Drive we set up in the back room, and all the toys will be put out,” she said. “Then we have appointments for a few days, about every 15 minutes. The parents come, and they are allowed so many gifts per kid. We give them some wrapping paper and they go home and wrap the g...
Havre Daily News Staff In decades-old traditions, the holiday season kicked off Thursday with community Thanksgiving dinners in both Chinook and Havre. But the Thanksgiving offerings are just the beginning for the season. A listing of many events going on starting this week are in the Hometown Christmas section inserted in today's Havre Daily News. The section was intended for release and prepared Wednesday, but due to mechanical issues could not be printed and included until...
Monday 8 a.m. — Zoom meeting for Center for Mental Health — Commissioner Jake Strissel — in Great Falls 11 a.m. — Zoom meeting in the Commission Office with Revize regarding the new county website 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging director meeting in the Commission Office Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in the Commission Office Wednesday 1:30 p.m. — Commissioners to meet with Denise Strissel n the Commission Office regarding ambulance fees Thursday 10 a.m. — Commission weekly business meeting in the Commission Offi...
Havre Police Department A Wednesday 2:47 p.m. caller reported a window broken out on a First Avenue residence. -- Zayne Matthew Collins of Havre, 30, was issued a summons on a shoplifting charge after a beer theft was reported at a First Street West business Wednesday at 4:51 p.m. -- Tyler Roy Lawrence of Havre, 30, was issued a summons on a criminal contempt charge related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation reported at 8:49 a.m. Thursday at the police station. -- Elmo...
Psalm 97 Out our way, we sometimes refer to the vast prairies as "Big Sky" or "The Big Open." I recall some national radio personality once ridiculed Montana for those terms. "They have the same sky as everyone else." Then he came for a visit. Sometime later he published his script for all the states whose nicknames he had mocked. His reference to Montana had been left out. It is "Big Sky" and "The Big Open" out our way. I love Glacier and Yellowstone, have been many times on...
Today is the day of anticipation for shoppers; of high anticipation for retailers. It's a day of frenzy as shoppers chase after enticing sales, bargain hunters seek out the best deals, and merchants gratefully watch their bottom lines pull out of the red with each crack of the wallet or swipe of a card. Hence, this day has been colloquially named Black Friday. If you are reading this hot off the press, perhaps you were the early bird who hit those red-eye sales before the...
You know, Lord, You give great kindnesses to us, reminding us of one of life's great realities. You not only deserve our love and worship, You also deserve our thankful hearts as everything that is good in life comes from You. We can read that in James 1:17: where it says: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. This verse reminds us that all good things come from...
North Central Senior Center Nov. 27 to Dec. 1, 2023 Menu Monday, Nov. 27 — Chicken bowls, biscuits, cookies Tuesday, Nov. 28 — Cheesy chicken rice casserole, fruit Wednesday, Nov. 29 — Chicken wings, mashed potatoes, corn, fruit Thursday, Nov. 30 — Sub sandwich, chips, dessert Friday, Dec. 1 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert News from our gift shop: The North Central Senior Center gift shop is closed for now. We will be opening Monday, Nov. 27. We are getting ready for Christmas. The gift store will be filled with Christmas d...
The rest of this week and weekend will see a smattering of holiday events take place across the Hi-Line region, many of them decades-long traditions. Thursday will be Havre and Chinook's community Thanksgiving dinners, long-running events with the goal of bringing people together for a free meal to enjoy each other's company. "The spirit of the dinner is to bring our community together as one big extended family," Havre dinner Chair Debbie Rhines said. Havre's dinner is set fo...
Press release Bear Paw Development Corp. has received a 2023 Aliceann Wohlbruck Impact Award from the National Association of Development Organizations — NADO — for securing $10 million from USDA Rural Development for the establishment of the Montana Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program — MPILP — in partnership with four other Economic Development Districts. Bear Paw Development received the MPILP award through a nationally competitive solicitation from USDA Rural Development, whose goal with the Meat and Poultry...
Havre Police Department A Tuesday 6:28 a.m. report of a water main break on Boulevard Avenue was referred to Havre Public Works. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a Tuesday 1:05 p.m. caller at a First Street business reported a man was harassing customers in the parking lot. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a caller reported an intoxicated man at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business at 3:43 p.m. Tuesday. -- Travis Dillon Granger of Havre, 34, was...
Press release Blaine County is a contiguous county where ag producers are eligible to apply for assistance due to a disaster declaration declared due to flooding in June. The presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock,...
The OFF Act is getting real traction and has a number of co-sponsors in both the House, in HR 1249, and the Senate, in S 557. What these bills aim to do is reorganize 22 commodity checkoff programs such that USDA has actual authority to oversee how the money is used. The aim is to ensure that the programs are accountable to the farmers and ranchers who pay the checkoff taxes. It appears that all of the checkoff programs are plagued by allegations that they are not effective or transparent. The big ones such as eggs, beef,...
