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The winning numbers of the drawings of Festival Days buttons for Friday were inadvertently left out of today’s print edition of Havre Daily News. The winning numbers Friday were: 54, 839, 917, 1545, 1761. The grand prize winners drawn Saturday were: 588 and 1073. Watch for all winning numbers in Tuesday’s edition of Havre Daily News....
Editor’s note: Havre Daily News received an updated version of this calendar, with changes below, after going to the press Friday. Monday 10 a.m. — Council on Aging Interview with Bill Lanier in commissioners’ office 1 p.m. — Fair Commission interview with Alicia DeRosa in commissioners’ office Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire update call in commissioners’ office 10 a.m. — Montana Department of Transportation Havre Semi-Annual meeting at Best Western Plus Havre Inn and Suites,...
Beaver Creek Park announced that the camping restrictions it put in place due to East Fork Fire are being lifted, but a campfire ban did go into effect today. Beaver Creek restricted overnight camping south of Taylor Road due to the fire, bur has lifted that restriction. At the same time, Hill County Commission, at the request of local firefighting agencies, implemented a Stage 1 fire restriction including a ban fires effective at 12:01 a.m. today. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the City...
Hill County Park Board this week approved a request through Havre Trails to put a memorial bench halfway up Mount Otis in Beaver Creek Park in memory of decades-long photographer and community volunteer Steve Helmbrecht. Helmbrecht died of cancer Oct. 21, 2021, at age 70. Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar recommended the board approve the request. “It’s a great place for a bench there, and one of Steve Helmbrecht’s favorite places to take pictures,” he said. The board approved the request unanimously, althoug...
On this year’s 2020 General Election Ballot will be a question regarding whether Hill County should impose a three percent tax on medical and recreational marijuana products sold in the county, and a hearing on that question has been scheduled for next Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Timmons Room at the Hill County Courthouse. The commission originally scheduled the hearing for Tuesday afternoon this week, but the meeting was not properly noticed in local media and only one member of the public, Les Odegard, who’s running as...
More than 50 people attended this year's Hill County Suicide Awareness Walk Thursday, where those affected by suicide did a one-mile route around Montana State University-Northern and talked about their experiences. The event, organized by the Hill County Suicide Awareness Coalition and supported by the Hill County Local Advisory Council on Behavioral Health, has been held every year for almost a decade to raise awareness about suicide and to destigmatize the mental health...
Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson Associated Press BILLINGS — Just hours after a Montana judge blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate, the Republican-run state Thursday said it would defy the order. District Court Judge Michael Moses chided attorneys for the state during a hearing in Billings for circumventing his April order that temporarily blocked a 2021 Montana law that made it harder to change birth certificates. M...
Havre Daily News staff Just off of holding one successful community event, the group working to fix the aging Chinook City Pool and Sweet Park is setting up for another. Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation, formed in 2021, held its Drool in the Pool event Sept. 8, and is preparing for its Brewfest to be held Oct. 1 in conjunction with Chinook's Sugarbeet Festival. The group held its first ever Drool in the Pool to give area dogs the chance to swim in the Chinook pool....
Press release GREAT FALLS — A woman suspected of shooting a woman in the face over a drug deal on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation admitted to an assault charge Thursday, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Tricia Friede Gardipee, 50, pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Gardipee faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sen...
Havre City Council President Andrew Brekke will convene a Town Hall Meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in Havre City Hall to talk about the proposal on the November ballot to have Havre switch to a city manager-council form of government. The existing form of the Havre government, a form provided by the city says, is broken into three branches: City Council, legislative branch • Governing body of the city • Deliberates and adopts all ordinances and resolutions • Adopts city budget • Advises and consents to mayoral appointees of depa...
Havre City-County Airport Board will meet Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at 3 p.m. in the airport terminal. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of Aug. 18 minutes. 2. Correspondence. 3. Reports (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) North End of Southway Lake (B) CIP Approval 6. New business (A) Painting big hangar 7. Approval of the September claims....
Havre Police Department Officers investigated an open door to a Third Street business where no one was around at 8:24 a.m. Thursday. -- A sexual or violent offender registry violation was reported at the police station Thursday at 10:16 a.m. -- Dustin John Grandchamp of Box Elder, 30, was issued a summons on a charge of shoplifting after an 11:12 a.m. Thursday report of a theft from a First Street West business. -- Officers assisted another agency with an investigation in...
Out our way, Charlie and I spent a good deal of time riding empty prairie. We generally knew where the herd was located - even in the huge expanses of the Tiger Ridge it didn't take much to find the several hundred head milling about grazing. But "Big Mike," the owner, didn't send us out just to stay around watching the herd - he sent us out to look for strays. Cattle are not overly bright to begin with, and although most new calves have the sense to stick by mama and the...
The four seasons have been a constant since the earth's inception. Depending upon climate, terrain and many other variables, the specifics may vary drastically. Our whole culture gears up in the fall for beginnings. Business, family, church, school, all are ready in the autumn to begin new programs and projects. So the fall of the year is perhaps the best place to break into the circle of the seasons and begin considering specific things we can do to care for creation. But...
You know, Lord, one really never understands some things in life until they experience it themselves. Like that old saying, "One has to walk a mile in another's shoes" to know the feeling - to get it! Take for instance the job of being a caretaker [caregiver]; folks usually are more concerned for the one being cared for, rather than the care-taker; that is, until they've walked that path themselves. The situation ain't easy, be it a parent, spouse or child. One can love them...
North Central Senior Citizens Center Sept. 19-23 Header Monday, Sept. 19 — Swedish meatballs, rice, beets, fruit Tuesday, Sept. 20 — Applesauce, roast pork, mashed potatoes with gravy, sunshine carrots, rolls Wednesday, Sept. 21 — Chicken broccoli casserole, garlic cheddar biscuits, salad, cookies Thursday, Sept. 22 — Polish sausage, sauerkraut, potato supreme, pudding Friday, Sept. 23 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Keeping up with the pandemic: Sept. 12, 16 new cases of COVID-19, total number is 5,628, active 4, no active h...
As the Eagle Creek Fire burns on tribal, private and government land just south of Beaver Creek Park, the Hill County Commission has announced that the county will enter Stage 1 Fire Restrictions at 12:01 a.m. Friday morning to take some pressure off of the departments battling the blaze. The city of Havre, Fish Wildlife and Parks and the federal Bureau of Land Management also are implementing Stage 1 restrictions Friday. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said the primary effect of these restrictions is that campfires...
Montana PBS will be filming in Havre Friday as part of an upcoming segment about the effects of Montana State University Extension’s Reimagine Rural project, which sought to increase volunteer engagement in local communities back during the pandemic. Debbie Vandeberg of the Downtown Art and Beautification Group, one of the local organizations involved with the project, said her group has been working for years to make Havre more colorful, walkable and generally pleasant and to have their successes recognized is really g...
With fires raging across the U.S., air quality in Montana has been marred by fluctuating levels of smoke across the state, which has prompted the Hill County Health Department to issue a warning that people should be careful about how current air quality can affect their health. Hill County Public Health Director Kim Berg said even if people can't smell smoke, that doesn't mean it's not there, and even if there's not much of it, it's still not safe to inhale. "Breathing in...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Area Chamber of Commerce is reminding people that, in order for events to be held throughout the community this weekend, some streets will be closed. Street closures will be implemented from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. Affected areas are Third Avenue between First and Second streets, as well as the parking lot at Town Square. The parade will take place from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 17, on Fifth Avenue from the Fifth Avenue Christian Church to Third Street and Third Street from...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunters must expect to see bears Grizzly bears have the potential to be found anywhere in the western two-thirds of Montana — west of Billings — and their distribution is denser and more widespread than in previous years. Some areas with dense concentrations of grizzly bears are very accessible to hunters, especially during the archery season. Keep these precautions in mind when hunting in grizzly country: • Carry and know how to use bear spray. Keep it within easy reach and be prepared to us...
Press release Kaylee Vaughn and Liliana Smith of Girl Scout Troop 3202 have been awarded the Silver Award, awarded by the Girl Scouts. The Silver Award is the highest award they can earn between sixth and eighth grades. Vaughn and Smith have been promoting Early Literacy in the Havre community by reading to kids at local day cares, parks and the library. They have given out more than 500 books over the past year to local children. They have also added a new Little Free...
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks HELENA — Wolf and Furbearer Trapping and Hunting Regulations for the 2022-2023 season are now available online at https://fwp.mt.gov/binaries/content/assets/fwp/hunt/regulations/2022/wolf-and-furbearer-final-for-web.pdf . Print versions will be available at FWP offices and other outlets in a few weeks. Hunters and trappers will notice these regulations were combined into one book this year. A couple of things to point out in the regulations include: • Trapper education is required for any res...
The subheadline in a story on the front page of Wednesday’s Havre Daily News misreported the size of the fire in the Bear Paw Mountains. The size of the fire has been 7,225 acres since Sunday.... Full story
Havre Police Department Wilma Howard of Harlem, 34, was arrested on a state District Court warrant and a Justice or City court warrant served on Second Street at 11:33 a.m. Wednesday. -- A downtown caller reported a sex offense at 11:42 a.m. Wednesday. -- A beer theft was reported Wednesday at 4:26 p.m. at a First Street West business. -- Officers were asked Wednesday at 5:08 p.m. to assist another agency. -- A sex offense was reported in Havre at 5:06 a.m. today. Hill County...
