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In the past week, some businesses in the Havre area have announced temporarily shutdowns on their Facebook pages, and on signs on their doors, either because employees have been quarantined for COVID-19 exposure or as a precaution against the recent surge of cases in Hill County. Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said during the Hill County Health Board meeting Friday that these closures are beneficial to public health and she is glad that busine... Full story
Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees Friday during an emergency meeting voted to keep the schools running as is for this week. The decision will be revisited at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School gymnasium. After the meeting ended, new cases were confirmed of people associated with the district, one Friday afternoon and nine more Sunday, bringing the total confirmed in the district since Sept. 20 to 20 cases. Interim Superintendent Craig Mueller posted an update on the district... Full story
Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson said during Friday’s Hill County Health Board’s weekly COVID-19 update call that board members will be considering ideas for how to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the county based on suggestions collected from the public in the past week. Larson said the most popular suggestions the department received were enforcing Gov. Steve Bullock’s mask mandate as well as shutting down schools, bars and casinos. These new considerations are in response to the recent surge... Full story
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 291 with 904 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 400,458 with 10,200 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 212. The number of recoveries was 11,481 and the number of active cases was 7,432. Local cases by county: Hill: 13 new cases, 369 total, 155 active, 3 active hospitalizations, 107 recovered, 7 deaths Liberty: 1 new case, 27 total, 6 active, 21 recovered Blaine: 4 new cases, 145 total, 87... Full story
Staff and wire report Hill County Clerk and Recorder’s Office announced that the Hill County satellite voting office on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation will not be open Wednesday, Oct. 14, or Wednesday, Oct. 21, due to the reservation on lockdown. The satellite voting office is still scheduled to be open Oct. 28 and 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Stone Child College in the Foyer of the Kenawash Building at 8294 Upper Box Elder Road Ballots were mailed to all active registered voters Friday. Voters may return their ballots by mai...
Havre Police Department At 8:04 a.m. Friday, a Halloween Frankenstein yard decoration was reported stolen from Cleveland Avenue. -- A campaign sign was reported Friday at 8:44 a.m. stolen from a Boulevard Avenue yard. -- Someone stopped at the police station Friday at 10:16 a.m. to reported a sexual or violent offender registry violation. -- A Fifth Avenue caller asked Friday at 1:21 p.m. to speak with an officer about a stolen bike. -- A Friday 2:29 p.m. caller reported that...
In a front-page story in Friday’s edition of The Havre Daily News about the Hill County Commission’s weekly business meeting, it was misreported that Pam Harada raised a concern that caretakers in nursing home environments could fill out ballots for residents. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson made that comment....
Editor’s note: This version corrects attribution for a comment about caretakers at care centers filling out residents’ ballots to Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson. At its weekly business meeting Thursday, the Hill County Commission heard a request from Havre resident Pam Harada that the county’s election officials produce a post-election report on mail-in voting. Harada, who attended both meetings where mail-in ballots were discussed and spoke against the idea of allowing them in Hill County, said the commission shoul...
From MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University’s annual Crop and Pest Management School will not be offered in 2021 due to the pandemic, but pesticide applicators can attend other pest management events for pesticide license credits. The Crop and Pest Management School is an education and training event that has been held annually for producers, researchers and other agriculture specialists for more than 20 years. It is normally held during the first full week of January. Organizers plan to resume the regular sch...
Staff and wire report The Havre Jaycees has announced that, due to the risk of COVID-19, it will not hold its annual haunted house fundraised it holds during Halloween season each year. “Each year the Havre Jaycees do the Haunted House to bring some fun to our community and also take all of the canned food donations to our local food bank,” the service organization said in a post on its Facebook page. “It is by far one of our favorite projects that we enjoy putting on for the Havre area. “This year we have been faced with ma...
With the increase of cases around the state and in Hill, Chouteau, Blaine and Liberty county cases are being found in the schools as well, which is causing some to shift their plans, including Havre schools holding an emergency board meeting this afternoon and the Fort Belknap Indian Community asking Harlem schools canceling activities, as Hill County reported a record number of new cases. Hill County Health Department reported Thursday evening that 34 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the county. That puts the total in... Full story
Havre Police Department Police department dispatch log listed no investigations, summonses issued or arrests in the 24-hour reporting period. Hill County Sheriff's Office A caller at a U.S. Highway 2 West business reported found property Thursday at 10:06 a.m. -- Child and Family Services reported a sexual offense Thursday at 10:33 a.m. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical personnel responded to two calls Thursday. -- Firefighters investigated a possible illegal burn on the...
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont, faces Democratic Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who cannot run for re-election to that office due to term limits, in in Daines bid for a second term in the U.S. Senate. Daines, who is from Bozeman, said he has connections to north-central Montana. His great-great-grandmother settled 23 miles east of Conrad, he said. "I think in many ways that I didn't choose Montana, Montana got picked for me thanks to my great-great grandma and I feel lucky every day...
Democratic Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, who cannot run for re-election to that office due to term limits, is challenging the re-election bid of U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont. Bullock said his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic is a testament to how he would be in the Senate. "From the beginning, the federal government said this was locally executed, state managed and federally supported disaster, health emergency," Bullock said. "... We took aggressive actions up front in...
The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 868 with 266 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 386,746 with 5,081 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 206. The number of recoveries was 10,863 and the number of active cases was 6,330. Local cases by county: Hill: 34 new cases, 305 total, 117 active, 1 active hospitalizations, 183 recovered, 5 deaths Liberty: 2 new cases, 25 total, 5 active, 20 recovered Blaine: 4 new cases, 112 total, 74... Full story
By Keith J. Doll Havre/Hill County Historic Preservation Commission Earlier this year I was touching up and oiling my daughter's antique walnut desk. The desk was well cared for through the years, I can trace it back to two owners before my daughter got it. It has a serpentine front with claw feet. When I looked in the back, the shipping label read: Nelson Furniture Co. Havre, Montana, I did some research on it and this is what I found: In 1917, two brothers Robert and Curtis...
Press release A women’s diamond ring found Aug. 27 at a Havre business was turned in to Hill County Sheriff’s Office Thursday. Anyone missing a ring matching this general description and wanting its return can call the Sheriff’s Office and describe the ring in detail. People can contact Hill County Sheriff’s Office at 265-2512....
North Central Senior Center Oct. 12-16 Menu by Earlene DeWinter Subject to Change Monday — Holiday — Closed Tuesday — Salad, pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, rolls, apple crisp Wednesday — Baked Ziti, salad, bread sticks, cookies Thursday — Swedish meatballs, rice, Harvard beets, fruit salad Friday — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Open enrollment is coming. Part D will be done by phone appointments or video conference. All documentation will be run off for you to review. With changes coming, it is wise to at le...
It is mandatory for everyone ages 5 and olden to wear a mask or face covering with no exceptions. Monday Closed for the Columbus Day Holiday Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — DNRC fire restriction conference call 10:30 a.m. — County Road Department meeting Wednesday 10 a.m. – Safety meeting Noon — Early Childhood Investment Team meeting Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting Manual claims Employment review Resolutions Tax adjustments County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Contracts Time for comments from the public 1...
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board announced that, due to the surgence of COVID-19 cases in Hill County, the Clack Museum Board meeting Tuesday is canceled....
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Presentation and display 5. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. Unanimous consent agenda C. Old business D. New business 1. Consideration of the Havre Public School District’s Responsible Use Procedure 2. Consideration of the Havre Public School District’s Device Gui...
Out our way, when Charlie and I worked the herds on the Tiger Ridge, neither of us thought to carry a canteen. Even the modern types you can clip to the saddle tend to get in the way, but the truth is, I just didn’t think about it. Pushing a bunch of stubborn cows most of the day along the old road or cattle trails to where they needed to go, watching for those strays that wander off, chasing the ones that bolt from the herd and have to be cut off and driven back, tended to take up my attention. After we finished for the d...
There are a couple of ways I have been reminded to be grateful for dual citizenship in recent weeks. For starters, in the one realm, the United States of America, as we all know, there is a very contentious general election campaign nearing its conclusion. Though I don’t have an antenna or cable TV subscription, I’ve still found myself and my household subject to more than a fair share of advertising. Essentially all of it negative. The main route these ads seem to reach us is via YouTube, which my children utilize for ins...
Many of the ideas and scriptures for this article are from the devotional “God Wants You To Win!” by world champion calf roper Jeff Copenhaver. John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Jeff’s good friend Warren Wuthier gave him a great rodeo tip when he told Jeff to never quit hustling. Warren told Jeff, “Anything can happen.” Jeff went into the finals in Fort Worth, Texas, in 11th place and tied his calf in 1...
People are invited to Pray For Our Nation Saturday at Pepin Park at noon. “Come pray with us,” a flyer advertising the event says. The event is part of the 2020 Public Square Rosary Crusade. People are invited to bring their chairs to the event, reciting the Holy Rosary. In case of bad weather, the event will be held in St. Jude Thaddeus Church. America Needs Fatima has been holding the Publlc Square Rosary every year since 2007. People with questions can call Johanna Kato at 265-7795....
