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At the beginning of each year, I like to remind our local church folks of why we exist as a church and what we're all about. I did that Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. Here are some excerpts from that message: Mark 12:28-31 - 28 Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, "Which is the first commandment of all? 29 Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God,...
KillEagle Promotions will be holding Brawl at the Mall, a boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts event at the Holiday Village Mall Saturday at 7 p.m., as an awareness-raising event for childhood cancer. The event will feature 10 fights including four amateur MMA bouts, one amateur boxing match and a heavy-weight kickboxing match, as well as a 145-pound fight, the later two of which will be for the promotion’s first titles. Wesley KillEagle, the primary organizer, said the event will have professional bare-knuckle boxing a...
The Hill County Commission has reversed its decision to change their workers’ compensation insurance provider over to PayneWest Insurance, which was voted on two weeks ago, and stay with Koefod Agency, prompting a heated discussion about the reversal. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said upon reviewing their decision to switch to PayneWest, the commission felt that they did not give Koefod a chance to speak with the insurance committee and make a case for their agency. They made a motion to switch back to them for w...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 2,888 new cases, 19,817 active cases, 312 hospitalizations and 2,993 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 238,801 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Thursday that 35 new cases were reported and 15 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 249 active cases in the county, 1 active hospitalization, 4,328 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Thursday that it w...
A front-page story in the Jan. 14 edition of Havre Daily News about a Hill County Commission meeting misreported that the commission had voted to change their insurance agency for workers compensation and property insurance from Koefod Agency to PayneWest Insurance, only workers compensation was changed to PayneWest....
Press release The Park Board meeting set for Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m. has been moved to the Community Center at the Great Northern Fairgrounds, rather than in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room....
Monday 8 a.m. — Claims and payroll 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in commissioner’s office Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting in commissioner’s office 11 a.m. — Stonegarden Vehicle meeting in commissioner’s office 2 p.m. — Review of insurance schedules in commissioner’s office Wednesday Regular business hours Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting in commissioner’s office Friday Regular business hours....
Havre Police Department A Curve Drive caller reported Thursday at 8:02 a.m. a vehicle had been egged. -- A 14th Street caller reported Thursday at 9:01 a.m. that a white Jeep had been egged. -- A slashed tire on Grand Voyager was reported by a Fourth Street caller at 9:46 a.m. Thursday. -- A 10:03 a.m. Thursday caller asked for a welfare check on a family member on Montana Avenue. -- A possible drug pipe report Thursday at 10:20 a.m. by a caller at a U.S. Highway 2 West...
North Central Senior Citizens Center Jan. 31-Feb. 4 Monday — Shepard’s pie, salad, rolls, applesauce bars Tuesday — Oven baked chicken, mash potatoes/gravy, broccoli normandy, rolls, cake Wednesday — Lasagna, salad, bread stix, dessert Thursday — Chicken broccoli casserole, garlic cheddar biscuit, salad, cookies Friday — Soup, salad bar, chef’s choice, dessert Keeping Up with the Pandemic: As of Jan. 25, Hill County had 66 new COVID-19 cases and 32 cases recovered, and 3 cases hospitalized with 235 active cases and total of...
Out our way, theology can be found in the strangest places. Maybe that is why some shepherds and cowpunchers are also pastors and theologians. God speaks to those who will listen - and also listens to those who speak. More than once, Charlie and I have found a stray calf far from the herd that somehow wandered off. Now while it is true that the pastures are mostly fenced and the predators are seldom prowling the area, they have been known to get in. I have shared how Doc and...
You know, Lord, what fun to dine with tiny tots (not their real names): Ida, 18 months old and big brother, Evan, age 4, and their grandparents. Both tots so cute and well mannered, fresh from heaven, curious, just learning their way around the world. Ida is learning to talk. One can only imagine what this bright eyed, puppy-tailed tot will be when she's 2! Ida was more interested in folks around her than in eating, even when grandma tempted her with a tasty bite: "Open wide...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 2,978 new cases, 18,090 active cases, 314 hospitalizations and 2,990 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 235,967 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Wednesday that 30 new cases were reported and 36 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 29 active cases in the county, 4 active hospitalizations, 4,293 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Havre Public Schools reported Wednesday 3 new cases in people a...
The Hill County Board of Health had a heated quarterly meeting Wednesday, with Public Health Director Kim Berg once again asking the county for the American Rescue Plan Act funds they need to keep their department afloat, with no clear indication that they would get that money despite the commission having voted to allocate it months ago. In September the commission voted to allocate up to $100,000 in ARPA money to the department so they could pay for the extreme amount of...
The highly anticipated Montana Actors' Theatre production of "Monty Python's Spamalot" is finally hitting the stage. The production, delayed for two weeks due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in the area, opens Friday. MAT Artistic Director Grant Olson said the troupe is strongly suggesting people wear masks to the production, which starts at 8 p.m. each night in The Little Theatre in Cowan Hall on the Montana State University-Northern campus. The play is essentially "Monty...
The Fresno Ice Fishing Tournament will be Saturday at Fresno Reservoir. Registration for the tournament starts at 7 a.m. and the mandatory rules meeting will be 7:30 a.m. at Fresno Tavern, 37980 U.S. Highway 2 west of Havre. Cost is $25 for the tournament, and the cash payout is 100 percent of the entry fees paid, so prizes will be based on the number of participants. Payout is for the largest by length of each species: walleye, northern pike, crappie and perch. Members of...
Press release Attention quilters: We just want to give you a “heads up” that we are again going to have a Quilt Show. This will be at the 72nd Annual Montana Seed Show, which will be held March 10,11 and12. It is the 29th year for the Nimble Thimble Quilt Show. The dates for our show are Friday, March 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, March 12, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The show will be held in the band room at the Harlem High School. Entry forms are available at Blaine County Library in Chinook; Harlem Public Library,...
Press release The Montana Department of Transportation has announced — and invited the public to comment on — a proposal to resurface 9.5 miles of U.S. Highway 2 west of Rudyard. The project begins about 1 mile east of Joplin, and extends east, ending just east of Rudyard. Proposed work includes crack sealing, seal and cover, fog seal and updated pavement markings. These improvements will preserve and extend the life of the roadway and increase vehicle traction to the surface. The project is tentatively scheduled for con...
Press release The Montana Department of Transportation has announced — and invited the public to comment on — a proposal to resurface about 8 miles of U.S. Highway 2, east and west of Devon. The project begins about 3 miles east of Dunkirk and extends east ending 2 miles east of Devon. Proposed work includes crack sealing, seal and cover, fog seal and updated pavement markings. These improvements will preserve and extend the life of the roadway and increase vehicle traction to the surface. The project is tentatively sch...
Havre Police Department Irvin Latevin Tripp of Havre, 29, was issued a summons on a charge of criminal contempt related to an 8:04 a.m. Wednesday no show with the 24/7 Sobriety Program. -- A caller with the Child Abuse Hotline made a cross report of a juvenile status offense Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. Hill County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's office dispatch log reported no arrests, summonses or investigations in the 24-hour reporting period. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical...
from Independence Bank Independence Bank recently promoted Christy Smith to the position of senior mortgage loan officer. In this new role, Smith will lead the bank-wide IB Home Mortgage Team. Smith is a Montana State University-Northern graduate with a bachelor's degree in business education and a minor in business technology. She has been with the bank for a cumulative 14 years and has held positions in both operations and lending. For the past eight years, Smith served...
As the omicron variant-driven surge of new COVID-19 cases continues, Montana is closing in on confirming 3,000 COVID-19-related deaths since the pandemic began. The state tracking map this morning reported 2,990 deaths, up three from Tuesday's report and 26 more than last Wednesday. The map reported 3,072 new cases, the highest single-day total after Monday of this week, when the state listed 5,057 new cases from Friday trough Sunday. The surge comes as federal vaccination...
After a year without it due to the pandemic, the Milk River Gobblers Annual Banquet will be held Feb. 5 at the Havre Eagles Club featuring games, raffles, a live auction, a silent auction and a dinner which will help fund the group's operation in the coming year. The gobblers unofficial public relations officer Jeff Dibblee said his group is glad to be back after a year of the pandemic and they're hoping for a good turnout. "It feels really good; we're all excited about it,"...
After a two-year hiatus, the Big Sandy Gun Show is returning Friday through Sunday, organizer Keith Hanson said, and they are expecting a large turnout for the 15 vendors selling, buying and trading at the event. Hanson, who is spearheading the Big Sandy show after nine years co-organizing the Chinook Gun & Antique Show, said the Chinook event had very high visitor numbers this year and after talking with people about the Big Sandy event he’s expecting 300 to 500 people to c...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 3,072 new cases, 16,125 active cases, 126 hospitalizations and 2,990 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 233,056 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that 66 new cases were reported and 32 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 235 active cases in the county, 3 active hospitalizations, 4,263 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Tuesday that it w...
Friends of the Havre-Hill County Library are holding a silent auction for bundles of books covering an assortment of authors and interests. People can see the auction items at the library. Bidding has already begun and will continue until Thursday, Feb. 17, at noon. The group is also having a whole pie sale on Valentine’s Day rather than its customary pie social which is still on hiatus due to COVID-19. The pie sale will be from noon to 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, at the l...
