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Havre Daily News staff A mix-up in having Havre Daily News printed out of town and shipped to Havre left the paper short about 1,000 editions to deliver today. The paper will deliver what it received and deliver what it can in make-up printing Friday or credit accounts that do not receive a paper. 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...
The Blaine County coroner has released the name of the person who died early Monday morning when she was struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 2 while next to her broken-down truck. Blaine County Sheriff/Coroner John Colby said the victim was Angela Huschka of East Helena, 59. Montana Highway Patrol reports Huschka was struck at 2:03 a.m. Monday while trying to flag down vehicles around her truck, which was broken down, near mile marker 443, west of Dodson and about 3 miles into Blaine County. The driver of the westbound...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees voted 6-1 Tuesday evening to allow eighth graders to participate in Havre High Schools sports, excluding football, at the discretion of the school's coaches and athletics director. Class A schools across the state have been moving to allow eighth graders to participate in High School level sports and some Havre High coaches, particularly for the Havre High wrestling team, have been pushing Havre Public Schools to follow suit to "even...
Havre Daily News staff Hill County Disaster and Emergency Services issued an update on road conditions as of July 18, 2023, primarily stemming from the flooding due to snowmelt in April. The updated listing is: Inverness 80 North of Inverness open — Use extreme caution • Crews will be working in the North Inverness area so people are asked to use caution and obey all signs for crews Rudyard 115 South Mile Marker 16-30 — Closed 55 South — Passable but use caution 65 North roads between roads 180-190 — Use caution Kremlin 8...
Havre Police Department Three juveniles on First Avenue flagged down an officer Friday at 10:56 a.m. to turn in a wallet they had found. —— A Fifth Street caller reported a lost or stolen firearm Friday at 1:22 p.m. —— Evelyn Francs Foursouls of Havre, 40, was arrested on a criminal contempt charge related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program no-show Friday at 8 p.m. —— Donald Francis George of Havre, 33, was issued a summons on charges of hit and run, failure to give notice of an accident and following too close after a caller on F...
Havre Daily News staff A version of the following schedule also is available in the 2023 Great Northern Fair special section in Monday’s edition of Havre Daily News. While Hill County 4-H’ers are already active on the fairgrounds, the main activities on the Great Northern Fairgrounds for this year’s fair are set to get underway Wednesday. 4-H did its setup Sunday and started interviews today, along with opening the Chuckwagon, and will continue with activities Wednesday. And Wednesday sees the midway opening with the carni...
Havre Daily News staff Representatives of the Great Plains Veteran Services Center said in a release that they are excited to announce the center’s Second Annual Veterans Stand Down Thursday, July 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Great Plains Veteran Services Center is a non-profit veterans organization formerly known as the Rocky Boy Veterans Center. The center’s purpose is to support veterans and service members by helping them obtain the care and benefits they have earned through their service to this country, the release sai...
The location for a celebration of life for Ira “Pete” Peterson has changed since it was submitted to Havre Daily News and published on Page A5 in Monday’s edition of the paper. His celebration will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, at Holland and Bonine....
The complete For the Record for Friday through this morning will appear in Wednesday's Havre Daily News print and online editions. Havre Animal Shelter In the four-day reporting period, Animal Control personnel dealt with several calls about lost, loose, found and nuisance dogs, along with two calls about a porcupine in the city, as well as a report of a snake. -- The shelter this morning held one cat of unknown gender, three female cats, four male cats and four 9-week-old...
A proposed budget for Amtrak in the House Committee on Appropriations has raised some alarms, including the CEO of the national passenger rail service saying cut from the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations will not work. “The funding levels proposed in the House FY24 transportation appropriations bill for Amtrak and FRA rail programs will stop the advancement of passenger rail in its tracks,” Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner said in a statment. “If the proposed levels become law, Amtrak will have to radically reduce or suspend servi...
Appraisers from the Montana Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division came to Havre Thursday and held a presentation at the Hill County Courthouse for people in the area curious about their property taxes and how their properties’ assessments plays into them. Montana Department of Revenue Property Assessment Division Region 2 Manager Jason Boggess said his department’s job is to evaluate what a property’s market value is, which is used to calculate how much the owner will pay in property tax each year. Boggess said...
Staff and wire report The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency posted air quality alerts for several states stretching from Montana to Ohio Sunday because of smoke blowing in from Canadian wildfires. “Air Quality alerts are in place for much of the Great Lakes, Midwest, and northern High Plains,” the National Weather Service said Sunday. “This is due to the lingering thick concentration of Canadian wildfire smoke over these regions. While the concentration of smoke in the atmosphere should begin to wain by Monday, there...
The Havre Chamber of Commerce is proud to welcome, fresh off their mainstage appearance at the Under The Big Sky music festival, Izaak Opatz and his band to Sounds on the Square Wednesday, July 19,as part of a Montana tour with Jonny Fritz. Izaak Opatz was last in Havre in June to run the Bear Paw ½ Marathon, and informally played music with friends the night before the race at Triple Dog Brewing. This time around, Opatz will be joined by his band, composed of Los Angeles studio musicians. Opatz has been regularly featured...
Press release GREAT FALLS - The American Red Cross continues to see a concerning trend - blood donations are being sent to hospitals faster than they are coming in. The Red Cross has collected about 50,000 fewer blood donations than needed over the last two months. Donors are asked to make an appointment to give blood now to avoid a looming blood shortage. To help head off a more serious situation, the Red Cross is teaming up with Warner Bros. Discovery for the 35th...
Press release Verizon-Cellular Plus in Havre will be giving away free backpacks filled with school supplies Saturday, July 29, from 10 a.m. to noon. “We are proud to give back to our local community by helping students kick off the school year with a brand-new backpack and essential supplies,” President Adam Kimmet said. “Our hope is that this event will help alleviate some financial challenges for families. It’s very rewarding to see the kids confidently walk out of the store, excited to show off their new backpack and pre...
Press release A free barbecue, Politics in the Park: We Love the Montana Constitution, will be sponsored by the Hill County Democrats in Pepin Park Saturday July 29, at 2 p.m. Featured speakers include Mae Nan Ellingson, the youngest delegate of the 1972 Constitutional Convention. All are welcome and should bring a chair and beverage of their choice....
Press release BILLINGS — Montana VA Health Care System is hosting a ribbon cutting at 11 a.m. July 21st at the Benjamin Steele VA Clinic in Billings to unveil a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation — TMS— Mobile Medical Unit, or MMU, as a possible treatment for depression. Montana VA is also hosting a heath fair at the ribbon cutting to help connect veterans to their benefits. The ribbon cutting and health fair are open to the public. The health fair will feature PACT Act information and toxic exposure screenings. The ribbon cut...
Havre Police Department Investigations after calls at 8:11 a.m., 8:12 a.m. and 6:57 p.m. Thursday found several properties on First, Second and Third streets from Ninth to 14th avenues had been spray painted. -- Officers investigated a complaint from City Court Thursday at 12:03 p.m. -- A 12th Street caller reported Thursday at 1:28 p.m. that someone tried to steal a generator. -- A caller at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business reported at 7:42 p.m. Thursday that a woman was...
A calendar for Hill County Commission activities this week submitted to Havre Daily News and printed in Friday’s edition of the paper incorrectly listed a meeting of the Hill County Board of Health. The commission later notified Havre Daily that that meeting had been rescheduled to July 26....
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 Senior Medicaid Patrol memorandum of understanding for the Council on Aging Lawn Tree contract HC 23-129 for RSID 10 for tree removal on south side of levee in the amount of $26,000. Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval...
The Hill County Health Department, along with the Montana Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Environmental Quality, are warning local residents to look out for harmful algal blooms as the summer progresses. Hill County Public Health Director Kim Berg said the only harmful blooms in this area they’ve been told about so far are at Bailey Reservoir, and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has put up signs to warn people. However, Berg said, as the summer goes on and things get hotter they’re almost certainly...
The 2023 Great Northern Fair looks like it will be another jam-packed event with tons of entertainment, rides shows and 4-H events over the course of next week. The Great Northern Fair is one of the biggest local events of the summer in the area and has been expanding its entertainment offerings in the last few years with some acts returning from last year, along with a number of new ones this year. Great Northern Fairgrounds Manager Frank English did not respond to requests for an interview about this year’s fair. I...
