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Montana State University-Northern has received $25 million for a new recreation center on campus, the Aurora Complex, a long-time project of Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel and a potential asset for the campus' recruitment efforts. The $25 million comes from Montana House Bill 5, which became law last week, passing through the Legislature with bi-partisan support, a major funding bill also provided $6.8 million to Northern for repairs and upgrades to current buildings. The firs...
From MSU News Service BOZEMAN - Montana State University awarded 1,623 undergraduate degrees and 433 graduate degrees during its 138th commencement ceremonies held May 12 at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. An additional 162 students from Gallatin College MSU received associate degrees or certificates. A list of local graduates follows. Some local students may have listed their Bozeman residence and not be listed in the local towns. Students with two asterisks after their names (**) graduated with highest honors, having earned...
Car enthusiasts had a chance for a thrill Tuesday at Havre's Subway, when the drivers of 16 Model T's stopped for lunch during their trip in the 2023 Montana 500. The event takes minimally modified Model T's on a 500-mile race on Montana's roads. Dan Lukowski of Kansas City, Missouri, said he ran his 1926 Model T Roadster, which he calls The Rattle Can, when he first bought it in 2013. He hadn't run it since, but thought he would on the 10th anniversary, for the special...
The Daughters of the American Revolution have paid tribute to the community and its members who have spent decades paying tribute to 13 U.S. airmen who died as the result of a crash during a training exercise Nov. 30, 1992, over the town where the memorial was created. DAR presented the committee and the community its Excellence in Historic Preservation Medal for the Harlem Airmen's Memorial. Two U.S. Air Force cargo planes conducting nighttime training exercises at 25,000...
Havre Police Department A caller at a First Street West business reported Monday at 7:11 a.m. that a weed eater had been sitting at the business for a week, and the caller thought it might have been stolen from somewhere else. -- A Grant Avenue caller reported at 10:27 a.m. Monday that the tailgate was stolen from the caller's pickup truck. -- Larae Ann Ameline of Havre, 40, was arrested on three Justice or City court warrants served on Third Street at 12:28 p.m. Monday. -- A...
Press release The Montana Stockgrowers Association wrapped up the 139th MidYear Meeting Thursday, June 15, in Havre. The event hosted more than 130 attendees who gathered for three days of education, policy, fellowship and fun. The MidYear Meeting is one of two meetings that is held to set association policy that guides the Association through the year. Interim policy set at MidYear will be voted on again at Annual Convention in December for it to become official MSGA policy. While the main focus of the meeting is for the...
Press release WASHINGTON — During the week of June 19-25, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is recognizing National Pollinator Week through the continued commitment and support for pollinator health and research. Pollinator species, such as bees, other insects, birds and bats play a critical role in producing more than 100 crops grown in the United States. Honey bee pollination alone adds more than $18 billion in value to agricultural crops annually. “Our world’s ecosystem and food supply greatly rely on polli...
Press release Farmers and ranchers can use the Farm Loan Discovery Tool on https://farmers.gov to find information on USDA farm loans that may best fit their operations. USDA’s Farm Service Agency offers a variety of loan options to help farmers finance their operations. From buying land to financing the purchase of equipment, FSA loans can help. USDA conducted field research in eight states, gathering input from farmers and FSA farm loan staff to better understand their needs and challenges. How the tool works Farmers who a...
Press release A new program meant to connect women in agriculture with each other and resources is expanding to more locations across the state in the coming weeks. Ladies Who Ag Luncheons through Montana Farmers Union are a way for women who met during MFU’s Women’s Conferences to reconnect, as well as make new connections within their regions throughout the year. Connections are key to building stronger rural communities, said Samantha Ferrat, a Membership Ambassador with Montana Farmers Union who is planning a Ladies Who...
Press release The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding producers that it has extended the deadline for the Emergency Relief Program — ERP — Phase Two and Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program — PARP — to July 14, 2023, to give producers more time to apply for assistance. The original deadline was June 2. Additionally, USDA’s Farm Service Agency is partnering with nine organizations to provide educational and technical assistance to agricultural producers and provide assistance in completing an ERP Phase Two application....
Press release Editor’s note: A version of this ran in the online edition of Havre Daily News Monday. BOZEMAN — U.S. Department of Agriuculture announced that USDA is investing more than $16 million with three local business development corporations, including Havre-based Bear Paw Development Corp., to create new and better markets for agricultural producers and food businesses in rural Montana. Bear Paw received a $10,000,000 Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Devel...
Editor’s note: A version of this ran in Monday’s online edition of Havre Daily News. Montana Disaster and Emergency Services has put out a survey for property owners and renters in the area who’ve had flood damage this year, a survey that will hopefully help get them some assistance from the state and from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Hill County DES Coordinator Amanda Frickel said the survey takes about five minutes and is for anyone with a property that has sustained flooding damage in 2023 that isn’t already...
Staff and wire report Havre Rotary Club again held a successful Father's Day Fishing Derby at Rotary Pond in Beaver Creek Park Sunday, and has released the names of the winners. The derby was broken up into categories of girls ages 3-10 and boys ages 3-10 and boys ages 11 and older and girls ages 11 and older. No girls 11 or older competed Sunday. The winners in the girls ages 3-10 were Parker Paulsen, first, Chloe Beck, second, Claire Grabofski, third. In boys 3-10, first...
Havre City Council’s Ordinance Committee will meet tonight at 7 p.m. in Havre City Council The agenda is to have an open discussion on the issue of allowing chickens inside city limits....
Eric Dietrich Montana Free Press Montana’s Republican-controlled Legislature directed hundreds of millions of dollars from the state’s budget surplus — $899 million in total — toward income and property tax rebates during its 2023 session. With those rebates signed into law by Gov. Greg Gianforte, here’s what taxpayers need to know to make sure they get their refund from the Montana Department of Revenue: HOW MUCH DO I QUALIFY FOR? Lawmakers passed two buckets of rebates, one focused on income taxes and the other on property...
Montana Disaster and Emergency Services has put out a survey for property owners and renters in the area who’ve had flood damage since May 31, a survey that will hopefully help get them some assistance from the state and from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Hill County DES Coordinator Amanda Frickel said the survey takes about five minutes and is for anyone with a property that has sustained flooding damage that isn’t already covered by insurance. Frickel said she heard that some home and business owners had gon...
The members of the community of Harlem who have been paying tribute for more than 30 years to 13 airmen who died in a training were commemorated recently by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Harlem Airmen Memorial Committee created a memorial at Harlem's Centennial Park to the airmen who died Nov. 30, 1992, and recently dedicated a bridge in their honor at the park as well. Daughters of the American Revolution presented the committee, and the community, its...
Montana State University-Northern has received $25 million for a new recreation center on campus, the Aurora Complex, a long-time project of Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel. The $25 million comes from Montana House Bill 5, which became law last week, passing through the Legislature with bi-partisan support. The major funding bill also provided another $6.8 million to Northern for repairs and upgrades to current buildings. The Aurora Complex is the biggest of nine initiatives to boost student recruitment and retention that...
Press release BOZEMAN — U.S. Department of Agriuculture announced that USDA is investing more than $16 million with three local business development corporations, including Havre-based Bear Paw Development Corp., to create new and better markets for agricultural producers and food businesses in rural Montana. Bear Paw received a $10,000,000 Meat and Poultry Intermediary Lending Program grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development to administer a revolving loan fund for the Montana Meat and Poultry Int...
A man is in jail after an incident that occurred Sunday evening while he was transporting a woman with a gunshot wound from Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation to the hospital in Havre. Theodore Gregory Montes of Box Elder, 59, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, obstructing a peace officer, driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license and reckless driving. Montes called 911 Sunday at 8:13 p.m. to report he was northbound on Laredo Road transporting a 55-year-old female with a gunshot wou...
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 Industrial Park building lease with Tilleman Motor Company: Havre Trails memorandum of agreement Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Notice of Public Hearing — Zoning Map Amendment — Montana Fish, Wil...
Havre City Council’s Ordinance Committee will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Havre City Council The agenda is to have an open discussion on the issue of allowing chickens inside city limits....
Havre Police Department Stephanie Rae Spottedeagle of Box Elder, 49, was arrested on charges of trespass to property and shoplifting after a theft was reported Friday at 1:05 p.m. at a First Street business. -- Animal Control was notified at 2:17 p.m. of a bull snake in Pepin Park. -- A caller on Third Street reported finding their stolen property at a local pawn shop Friday at 4:25 p.m. -- Emmett Lance Windyboy of Box Elder, 30, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant...
