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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...
A mural by a local student now adorns Box Elder High School to warn people about and urge them not to start taking methamphetamine. Box Elder graduating senior Juliet MacDonald created the Paint the State mural for the Montana Meth Project. The mural depicts a message of awareness on the dangers of methamphetamine. The image was designed on MacDonald's iPad using the Pro Create digital app. MacDonald was a featured speaker at the kickoff event for the Paint the State contest...
Havre's hospital is in the process of converting into a critical access facility. Northern Montana Vice President of Regulatory and Community Services Christen Obresley said the change, which the hospital hopes to have in place by July 1, should be essentially invisible to its patients and members of the community. "The patients won't notice anything," she said Thursday. Obresley said the change is more in accounting, how information is reported to Medicare and Medicaid and...
Havre's Rotary Club continues a famous tradition this weekend, hosting a Father's Day fishing event. The event will be held on Father's Day, Sunday, June 18, with registration from noon to 1 p.m. and fishing to follow, lasting until about 4 p.m. The derby has been held for 64 years. It is the longest-running annual Rotary event in the U.S. However, in 2021 the event was canceled due to COVID-19. Rotarian Brian Lilletvedt talked about a favorite memory of his during a past...
At their regular business meeting Thursday the Hill County Commission approved a new security system for election documents and a task order allowing for testing local wastewater for COVID-19. The commission approved a task order allowing the Hill County Health Department to conduct weekly tests of the wastewater for COVID-19. Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Berg said people tend not to report or even test for COVID-19 any more and testing wastewater for it will help the department get an idea of...
Press release The summer meal program is underway at Havre schools, with free breakfast and lunch served to anyone 18 and younger with the meals available to adults at a charge of $3 for breakfast and $5 for lunch, with extra milk available for 50 cents. The meals are served at Highland Park Early Primary School, Lincoln-McKinley Primary School and Sunnyside intermediate school. The breakfasts are served from 8:30-10:30 a.m. and lunches are served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The breakfast menu for next week is: Breakfast Monday...
Havre Daily News staff The Havre-Hill County Library has listed upcoming specific events in the next couple of months. The evens listed are: Friday, June 16, 4 p.m., Yarn Circle Thursday, June 29, 6 p.m., book discussion, “We Are Satellites” Thursday, July 13, 6 p.m., book discussion, “Caleb’s Crossing” Friday, July 21, 4 p.m., Yarn Circle Saturday, July 22, 3:30 p.m., assemble community care kits at the library Thursday, July 27, 6 p.m., book discussion, “The Gap of Time” Saturday, July 29, 10 a.m., Jack Glatzer violi...
The Great Northern Fair Commission will meet Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in the Community Building on the fairgrounds. The meeting agenda is: Call meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendees Approve minutes Public comment — anything brought up here will be added to next month’s new businesss to be discussed and voted on Fair manager’s report Civic groups report Donated hours report Committee reports: Buildings and grounds Commission policy Financial planning Events committee Old business • Locks t...
Monday 10 a.m. — Sheriff union negotiation in the Timmons Room 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging Director meeting in the Commissioners Office 5 p.m. — Mosquito Board meeting at the Weed/Mosquito building Tuesday 10 a.m. — Safety Committee meeting in the Timmons Room 10:30 a.m. — Road Supervisor meeting in the Commissioners Office 3:30 p.m. — Compensation Board meeting in the Timmons Room 5:30 p.m. — Fair Commission meeting at the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center Wednesday 9 a.m. — County officials meeting in the...
Havre Police Department A caller at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business reported Thursday at 9:47 a.m. that their vehicle had been keyed. -- Amanda Rae Martin of Havre, 34, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant served at the probation and parole office on U.S. Highway 2 Northwest at 10:53 p.m. Thursday. -- Prescription medication was found on Fourth Street at 10:56 a.m. Thursday and the owner was located. -- A juvenile on Second Street asked Thursday at 11:50 a.m....
Matthew 15:14 — “If the blind lead the blind, both fall into the ditch” Out our way, horse trailers are a pretty common sight. In many cases ranchers own or lease multiple grazing lands that are separate from each other — and often the rancher or the cowhands lived somewhere else. So it was necessary to load up the horses and haul them to the sites. Now while most folks have the large multi-horse trailers, some of us had the smaller old fashion type where the horse barely fits and his tail and hind end stick out. Such was my...
Have you ever read the Bible cover-to-cover? It's true that tackling the entire Bible takes determination and time. Some parts of the Bible feel like a long car ride ... they just keep going and going and going. And other parts of the Bible feel like they belong to another religion entirely. Animal sacrifices? God smiting Israel's enemies? Rules about what menstruating women can and can't touch? Lakes of fire? How does it all relate to God, Christ, and us? For some...
You know, Lord, sometimes what kids say is special. Take for instance what Adam shared about his little boy, who asked, "Dad, what time is it? Adam told Al that it was 5:30, though he knew what Al was going to say, even IF he was sitting in the back seat. Al piped up, "No, Dad, it's 5:28!" Adam watched Al's face light up. Gotcha, ... his beaming smile said it all. Adam continued; "I felt delight, too, the kind of delight that comes from knowing your child in the way that only...
POTSDAM, N.Y. — Makayla Lindbloom of Havre, Montana, was recently named to the President’s List at The State University of New York at Potsdam. Lindbloom, whose major is archaeological studies, was among 716 SUNY Potsdam students who were honored for academic excellence in the Spring 2023 semester. President Suzanne Smith recognized the students for earning top marks. To achieve the honor of being on the President’s List, each student must have satisfactorily completed 12 numerically-graded semester hours, with a grade point...
