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Hill County Health Department in its weekly update Monday reported two more COVID-19-related deaths among Hill County residents. “We send our condolences to the friends and families of these individuals,” the department said in the update. That brings the total of COVID-19-related deaths in the county to 74, and comes as the number of new cases has dropped dramatically. Hill County reported four new cases confirmed April 19 through Monday, with two active cases in the county and no hospitalizations. COVID-19-related dea...
Friday is the 50th wedding Anniversary for John and Linda Warburton. The golden one. They were married April 29, 1972, in Havre, Montana. In 50 years they have had four children, Steve, Susan, Sherry and Shane, 13 grandchildren, and 15 great-grandchildren. People are invited to join the family, Saturday, April 30, for coffee and cookies. The event will be at the Girl Scout house in Chinook, 816 New York St., from 4-6 p.m....
Out our way, a lot of people grew up with horses and learned to ride at a young age. For others, riding is something learned later in life - and often not well. I was raised in the Chicago suburbs and horses were only seen in parades and on TV or the movies. It looked easy enough - until I actually tried to do it for real. In the church I served in Wyoming, the junior college in the big town down the road offered a riding course to be held at an area ranch. I signed up. Based...
Each year, the president signs a new proclamation for National Day of Prayer, and each year has a slightly different theme or focus. The theme of the 2022 National Day of Prayer is a call to praise in prayer, "Exalt the Lord, Who has established us," based on Colossians 2:6-7 NASB. Here in Havre we observe the National Day of Prayer by meeting in the town square. We start the observance with worship music from 11:30 a.m. to noon. The actual observance starts at noon. In years...
You know, Lord, curious things happen, now and then. A friend said that she and her hubby had started a Gratitude Book: Every day they would/could write one thing for which they were thankful for. She gave a few examples as we just looked at her, Like, really? She smiled and said, "How about you. Just look out your window and thank God for the gifts He has given you/us." Then she named her shed, butterflies, streaks of lightning. We laughed then thought, why not? Once home,...
The prediction is for recent hot, sunny days to be followed by cooler temperatures and rain, leading to the organizers of an event this weekend to postpone. Downtown Havre Matters! Art and Beautification Committee and the Hi-Line Arts Council had planned to have Saturday a second Spring Celebration in the Art Alley between Second and Third street, Third and Fourth avenues, but Downtown Havre Matters! member Debbie Vandeberg said they decided this week to postpone. "We are so...
North Central Senior Citizens Center May 2-6 Menu Monday, May 2 — Pepperoni pasta bake, bread sticks, Salad, Dessert Tuesday, May 3 — Salad, pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, rolls, cake Wednesday, May 4 — Unstuffed chicken cordon bleu, potato wedges, veggies, fruit Thursday, May 5 — Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, pudding Friday, May 6 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert The Hill County Area on Aging invites you to a “Spring Wellness Resource Fair” Wednesday, May 18, at Havre’s North C...
Chip Girlz, a group of Sunnyside Intermediate School students learning computer coding at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line, will compete Saturday in the online Code Girls United Northwest Regional App Challenge, where they will present the app and business plan they've been working on since the beginning of the school year to judges along with teams from Billings, Joliet, Red Lodge and the Flathead area. Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line Youth Development Assistant Angela...
Harlem Public Schools Superintendent Arlene Bigby issued a statement this morning on the district’s Facebook page asking for information anyone has about allegations one of the Harlem High School teachers had sex with a student in the school. Jack. G Young was arrested Friday on charges of sexual abuse of children, indecent exposure and sexual intercourse without consent. Blaine County Clerk of Court’s Office reported no charges had been filed against Young in state District Court as of the time this article was written thi...
The Hill County Commission Wednesday held a hearing to gather opinions on a proposed expansion of Herd District 12 near the the northern border, an expansion that has yet to draw any protest, including at the hearing. Herd districts allow landowners in an are a shift the legal responsibility of fencing out other people’s livestock to the owners of said livestock. Under normal circumstances it’s a land owner’s responsibility to set up fences to keep herd animals off of their land if they do not want them there, but in a herd d...
Havre Police Department A Wednesday 9:27 a.m. caller on Monroe Avenue reported fraud issues with a credit card. -- Larae Ann Sunchild of Havre, 40, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a caller on Second Street reported a female outside yelling Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. -- Matthew Michael Converse of Havre, 45, was arrested on charges of trespass to property, shoplifting and possession of drug paraphernalia after officers investigated a Wednesday 7:51 p.m. report...
Havre Daily News staff Total Chic at 145 Fourth Ave. has a new stylist in Emily Bouge. Bouge said she moved to Havre in August of 2020 during the pandemic and didn't start doing hair right away so she could get her son, Ethan, and herself settled. "I started doing hair out of my home in September of 2021 but I just wasn't busy enough," Bouge said. "So when I got the opportunity to work at Total Chic with Tammy (LaFond) and Mary Kay (Brown) I was so excited. I love being back...
In the wake of a surge in popularity of outdoors vacationing across the nation, the U.S. Forest Service offices nationwide will be addressing the issue starting this summer of non-livestock users occupying campgrounds and campsites developed for people camping with horses, mules and other packing livestock. After being approached by Back Country Horsemen of America and allied organizations, such as American Horse Council, USFS released a memo Nov. 15, 2021, outlining the need...
From Montana Farmers Union Voters will get a chance to hear from democratic candidates for the Eastern District U.S. House of Representatives seat Thursday in Havre during the second of four debates featuring candidates vying for Montana’s two seats. District 2 democratic candidates Penny Ronning, Mark Sweeney and Skylar Williams will take to the debate stage at 7 p.m. in Montana State University-Northern’s Hensler Auditorium in the Applied Technology Center for the live, public event. After the debate, Hill County Dem...
Havre Public Schools will be discussing possible alterations to their COVID-19 procedures as the pandemic seems increasingly close to ending, despite recent upticks in areas of the U.S. At a special meeting of the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees Tuesday HPS Superintendent Craig Mueller recommended the board adopt a few changes to the district’s Safe Return to School an Continuity of Services Plan, which, among other things, allows schools to quickly transition to remote learning in case of an emergency. Mueller said t...
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 29, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a crash after a caller from Third Street reported at 6:41 a.m. Tuesday that a gray Saturn was stopped in the middle of the street. -- Officers issued a written or verbal warning after a caller from Third Avenue requested at 7:06 p.m. Tuesday that a man be removed from a property. -- After a caller from Second Street reported a red van parked in front of a property, officers arrested James Lawrence Daychild of Havre, 50, on charges...
Press release Veteran service officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. Anyone interested in applying for benefits, needs to bring a copy of their discharge paperwork, DD214. Wednesday, May 4 Shelby — Courthouse, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Cut Bank — Glacier County Court House Annex Room 19, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5 Heart Butte — Heart Butte Manpower Center, 9 - 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 11 Glasgow — Glasgow...
from Montana Attorney General’s Office HELENA — Montana Attorney General’s Office is warning Montanans of a scams that could be impacting many Montana ranchers. One investigation is still ongoing, but the Office of Consumer Protection estimates that a Canadian company has stolen up to $5 million from Montanans after receiving payments but never delivering the promised product, and other criminals may be conducting similar scams. The company, New Way Ag, promised grain hay, barley straw and wheat straw at low prices to quick...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Three publicly released new wheat varieties and one new barley variety from Montanan State University have recently been named by public vote. To generate excitement and get more people involved with this year’s variety releases, the Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology in MSU’s College of Agriculture and the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee put together a list of names, many honoring agricultural industry legends or locations in the state, which were then put up for a public vote....
from Montana Farmers Union The Montana Farmers Union Foundation is accepting applications for its grant funding for the first time. The MFU Foundation has funded projects when approached in the past. Now that the endowment has grown, the foundation has created a formal grant application process. The foundation will continue to award annual scholarships in addition to the grants. “This is a big step for us,” said Jan Tusick, a MFU Board member who also sits on a subcommittee for the foundation. “It's really just helping build...
Havre High School's Taste of Jazz event has been scheduled for Saturday, April 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line and will feature music, food and auctions to raise money for music scholarships and operations for Havre High's music education operations. Havre High School Band Director Cullen Hinkle said the event, which has been going since the '90s, supports the school booster group Friends of Music and raised more money than expected last year...
Gov. Greg Gianforte will be in Havre Thursday at Sunnyside Intermediate Schools visiting Havre Public Schools faculty, administration and school board members. Superintendent Craig Mueller said the focus of the visit is on the impacts of a bill passed in the 2021 Legislature intended to increase the pay rate for starting teachers. The bill, House Bill 143 sponsored by Rep. Llew Jones, R-Conrad, says that Montana pubic school districts have made significant progress in increasing the average pay of teachers in the last 15...