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North Star Schools reports the basketball games scheduled for tonight in Fort Benton are being postponed due to the weather forecast. “Due to the forecast of heavy snowfall and winds for tonight in Fort Benton, the school district has decided to postpone tonight's basketball games,” a release said. “Safety for our teams as they travel being paramount. We are tentatively rescheduling the games for Tuesday, January 7th starting at 3:00 pm. No decision on tomorrow's games has been made at this time....
7 was a year full of stories, good and bad, and a new year of news is on the horizon. Here is a roundup of some of the biggest stories the Havre Daily News covered this in 2023, as the year draws to a close. Suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down Early this year an apparent Chinese spy balloon was spotted over Montana, and later shot down off the coast of South Carolina, prompting outcry from local, state and national officials, directed at China and the federal government which some say didn’t act fast enough. The Pentag...
Havre City Council will meet Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, 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 five. 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. Administer oath of office to newly elected officials. 2. Election of council president. 3. Confirm board appointments. 4. Presentation of lifesaving awards to A...
Monday Courthouse is closed in observance of New Year’s Day Tuesday 9:30 a.m. — Health department director meeting in the Commissioner’s office 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in the Commissioner’s office Wednesday 11 a.m. — Pre-bid walk-through on heating, ventilation and air conditioning system Thursday 9 a.m. — Rocky Boy tribal council neeting at the Rocky Boy Agency 10 a.m. — Commissioner’s weekly business meeting in the Commission Office Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Clai...
Havre Police Department A 10:09 a.m. Thursday caller asked officers to conduct extra patrols around the skate park on Ninth Street. -- Tristen Jace Gone of Fort Belknap, 24, was arrested on a shoplifting charge, and Adam James Swan of Havre, 37, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant, after a caller at a First Street West business reported a shoplifter Thursday at 11:02 a.m. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a Thursday 12:59 p.m. caller at a First...
Psalm 23 Out our way, there are several roundups. The ones for branding and tagging and such, of course, but there are also the ones each fall and spring when it's time to move to fresh grazing. Riding drag and pushing the herd, I didn't see much but dust and the rear end of the herd. Charlie rode point and got the big view, and occasionally, if the herd was sizable, a few others rode swing, watching for strays taking off that had to be herded back. But even from my post, it...
There's a type of service that's been growing in popularity for the last few years. It's called a Blue Christmas. A Blue Christmas service is meant for people who are just that - kind of blue, even during Christmas. While the rest of the world croons about holly jolly Christmas and the most wonderful time of the year, a Blue Christmas service gives people space to rest, weep, and hold grief with one another. This service names our pain. It's often held just a few days before...
You know, Lord, a friend shared that as this year ends, she sensed You, Lord, telling her to "Receive My Peace." She realizes that peace is probably everyone's deepest need; that You, Lord, long to pour Yourself into our neediness. She added that her pastor shared 2 Corinthians 4:7; she quoted, "But we are this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us." She already knew we're all made as a jar of clay, that we're set apart...
North Central Senior Center Jan. 1-5 Menu Monday, Jan. 1 — Closed for New Year’s Day Tuesday, Jan. 2 — Pizza casserole, dessert Wednesday, Jan. 3 — Polish sausage, sauerkraut, veggies, fruit/dessert Thursday, Jan. 4 — Chicken bowl, white and wheat rolls Friday, Jan. 5 — Sloppy Joe’s, Tater Tots, veggies, dessert. Five things we learned about Alzheimer’s Disease in 2023. 2023 was a landmark year for Alzheimer’s disease research and treatment. Here are the five significant discoveries made this year. FDA granted tradition...
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 Monday and Tuesday. The menus for next week are: Monday, Jan. 1 — Closed for New Year’s Day Wednesday, Jan. 3 — Pizza with pepperoni, olives, sausage, mushroom, ham and pineapple, dessert Thursday, Jan. 4 — Chicken Alfredo, veggie, dessert Friday, Jan. 5 — Sloppy Joe’s, Tator Tots, veggie, dessert....
The Havre Daily News has covered a number of impactful political events in 2023, from controversies and internal division on the local level, to a chaotic legislative session on the state level, along with the tension between local and state government that has risen in this year as well. Here are some of the stories the Havre Daily News has been able to cover in 2023: Commission and state spar over property taxes One political issue at the forefront of practically everyone's...
Havre Police Department Raymond Windyboy of Box Elder, 61, was arrested on charges of trespass to property and resisting arrest after a caller at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business reported an intoxicated man in the parking lot at 12:07 p.m. Wednesday. -- A summons was issued after a caller on Third Street reported Wednesday at 12:21 p.m. being bit by a dog. No details on charges were provided. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a caller asked Wednesday at 12:50...
A story reviewing stories in the past year dealing with education misreported that Republican Mike Lang of Malta is a representative. Lang is a senator....
Editor’s note: This version corrects that Republican Mike Lang of Malta is a senator, not representative. 2023 has been an eventful year for education on the Hi-Line, from a major paradigm shift at Havre Public Schools to a massive investment in Montana State University-Northern for a new recreation center, all as the state and nation faces an ongoing teacher shortage. The Havre Daily News has covered a number of significant events in education this year. Here are the biggest. Havre adopts four-day week Likely the most i...
Havre Police Department A 2:28 p.m. Tuesday caller on Sixth Street reported receiving a fraudulent check in the mail. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a Saddle Butte Drive caller reported Tuesday at 4:21 p.m. two dogs that had been barking for two days. -- A vehicle crash was reported on First Street at 5:54 p.m. Tuesday. -- Havre Police also received several calls in the 24-hour reporting period about stray cats and stray and nuisance dogs, including two dogs...
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 29, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer Jonnie Jonckowski didn't meekly break down gender barriers in the ever dangerous sport of bull riding, she brazenly rode through obstacles en route to becoming a Hall of Fame pioneer in the male-dominated rodeo arena. Now, the retired Jonckowski wants to see more doors open in the sport for women, and her dream is being revived through athletes like Najiah Knight, the 17-year-old who is trying to make it to the highest level of the all-male...
Press release WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Friday that it is hiring 40 Climate Change Fellows to help with the record numbers of applications from farmers, ranchers and rural small businesses seeking funding for clean energy projects under the Rural Energy for America Program, or REA. The new positions are being funded by President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the nation’s largest-ever investment in combatting the climate crisis, a key pillar of Bidenomics and part of the Investing in America...
Press release WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week that agricultural producers can now enroll in the Farm Service Agency’s Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2024 crop year. Producers can enroll and make election changes for the 2024 crop year starting Dec. 18, 2023. The deadline to complete enrollment and any election change is March 15, 2024. Nov. 16, 2023, President Biden signed into law H.R. 6363, the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act...
Another Christmas has come and gone in Havre, and this year's Community Christmas Dinner, held at the Havre Eagles Club that day, appears to have been a massive success. Havre Community Christmas Dinner Committee Chair Doug Denny said they saw a bit of a drop in delivery requests this year, but in-person attendance has increased noticeably, which has been great to see. "It's just fabulous," Denny said. Indeed the Eagles Club was all but packed with people by 11:30 a.m., only...
Knights of Colombus 1644 Havre Council provided free coats for people in need Friday at the St. Jude Parish Center. The members said the organization wants to ensure that any member of the community is safe and warm this winter season. The Knights of Colombus consist of hundreds of members across the state of Montana, as well as nationwide and on an international basis. Steve Don is serving his second term as Grand Knight in Havre. He also served as a Grand Knight in...
Kris Kringle’s day may be over this year, but a new year is just around the corner and while many households prepare their own celebrations to ring in the 2024, so are local organizations. Among those organizations is the Havre Education Foundation which is inviting people to “Ring in the New Year with your friends, amazing food and delicious drinks, all while supporting Havre students and teachers.” This will be the foundation’s second annual New Year’s Celebration, and will start at 6 p.m. Dec. 31 with cocktails and appet...
Havre Police Department Martin James Koop of Havre, 29, was arrested on charges of driving without a driver's license and operating a vehicle with fictitious plates and on five Justice or City court warrants after officers served a warrant on Second Avenue Friday at 11:25 a.m. -- A Boulevard Avenue caller reported Friday at 12:26 p.m. fining rat poison in their yard. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after an intoxicated woman was reported in the office of a First...
