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  • Havre meat processing co-op gets a national stage

    Tim Leeds|Updated Mar 28, 2023

    A Havre-based meat processing cooperative received some national attention last month when the chair of its board sat on a panel during a USDA annual forum. A release from Montana Farmers Union said Montana Premium Processing Cooperative Board Chair Paul Neubauer was part of "Strategies for more and better markets" panel discussion at the USDA 99th Annual Agriculture Outlook Forum held Feb. 23-24 in Arlington, Virginia. Projects like Montana Premium Processing Cooperative...

  • Senior Center News, March 3, 2023

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    This version corrects a typo in the menu. North Central Senior Center March 6-10 Menu Monday, March 6 — French toast, bacon, fruit Tuesday, March 7 — Spaghetti, garlic toast, green beans, salad, dessert Wednesday, March 8 — Fried fish, bake potatoes, peas Thursday, March 9 — Lemon pepper chicken, rice, pie Friday, March 10 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Tax time: We started taking reservations for tax preparation Jan. 23. Give us a call at 406-265-5464. March 2, we are continuing to take names. Bits and Pieces: We are happ...

  • Local News - Havre Hill County Library opening late March 10

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    The Havre-Hill County Library will be opening late Friday, March 10. Library hours that day will be 11 a.m. to 6 p.m....

  • Local News - Harp-playing back the Havre-Hill County Library

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    The Havre-Hill County Library has announced that it again will have weekly music for its patrons. Barb Zuck will be playing harp at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoons starting March 21. The event is free and open to the public....

  • For the Record, March 3, 2023

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    Havre Police Department Shawna Faye Daychild of Box Elder, 31, was arrested on three Justice or City court warrants and a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant after a Thursday 11:54 a.m. caller reported "a very messed up female" outside a First Street business. -- A caller asked Thursday at 9:31 p.m. if officers could check on employees at a U.S. Highway 2 Northwest business. -- Lateisha Ganuelas of Havre, 25, was arrested on charges of obstructing a...

  • Agenda - Havre City Council

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    Havre City Council will meet Monday, March 6, at 6 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 3. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. North Central Montana Regional Water Authority Pipeline Easement approval. 2. Public Works Director Dave Peterson retirement letter. 3. Approval of February claims and manual w...

  • Agenda - Hill County Park Board

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    Hill County Park Board will meet Monday, March 6 at 5:30 p.m. in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room. The meeting agenda is 1) Approval of minutes 2) Approval of agenda 4) Cabin business #12 Pine Coulee Lane (new outhouse tank/decking) 5) Old business Lodge Planning Committee 6) New business Commissioner grazing committee appointment Clarification of the agenda-setting process and follow up action(s) 7) Committee reports Rules and Regulation Committee Finance and Planning Committee Grazing Committee 8) Group reports...

  • Notice - Cottonwood school board special meeting set

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    Press release Cottonwood Schools March special meeting is set for Tuesday, March 7, at 6 p.m. at the West School. People can contact the clerk at 406-265-6970 to find out how to attend via electronics....

  • Notices - Davey School holding monthly and safety board meetings

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    Press release Davey School regular and quarterly safety board meetings will be Monday, March 6, starting at 5 p.m. at the school. People can call 406-265-6970 to find out how to attend electronically....

  • Out Our Way: Rhythm deficit disorder

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    Out our way, one of the training issues for horses is helping them smooth out their lope by developing their right and left leads. Riders also need to develop and find the rhythm to keep it smooth. That was always an issue for me. My percussionist youngest son used to kid me about having "rhythm deficit disorder"- which makes my riding - and dancing - difficult if not impossible. However, like Doc learning his leads, over time I began to develop a certain rough rhythm when at...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    Thank You, dear Lord, for our great guys; neighbors, family, and friends. They come when called or just show up - they've helped us through our "bends." They're likable and merry, too, they're popular and blessed. It's fun to have them visit us, they care and they're the best. They're friendly guys, devoted, too, sensible and supreme, Occasionally, they share a meal and some do like ice cream. Some "arty" ones just love to paint, they're thoughtful, skillful, good. And some...

  • Pastor's Corner: Turn the page on strife

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    When the news of the war in Ukraine first broke out, I reached out to one of my old Bible school instructors who had been traveling and ministering in Ukraine for over 15 years. Over those 15 years, he and his wife had formed friendships in Ukraine and Russia, and so I knew that he would be able to provide an inside perspective on the war between Russia and Ukraine. Jim King, my previous Bible school instructor, prefaced his statement by saying that it was "his own opinion."...

  • Grief Poem - Mending Broken Hearts

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    A special day, has gone on by with hearts and flowers, too. Remembering times of long ago of what you used to do. Another day soon will arrive, your Aunt wore green that day! That "Family Line" went longways back; for them we'd always pray. Soon SPRING arrives - your Mom loved help; your Mama taught you well. You liked gardening when you were small, at least that's what you'd tell! So, now you're with the Lord above; has He a gardening plan? Just know you're missed - each...

  • Tom Velk turns 95

    Updated Mar 3, 2023

    Tom Velk , formerly of Havre, is celebrating his 95th birthday today, March 3, 2023, with family and friends. He is the oldest of nine children born to Alice and Tom Velk. He said he enjoys time spent with his remaining six siblings. "The family is fortunate to have this man still in their lives," his children said. "Happy birthday, Dad."...

  • Montana Seed Show returns to Harlem next week

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 2, 2023

    The 73rd Annual Montana Seed Show returns to Harlem High School Mar. 9 to Mar. 11 with a bevy of events, contests and vendors from across the state. The show has been running since 1949 and has brought together artisans from communities across the Hi-Line and Montana to show off their skills in agriculture, woodworking, baking, painting, quilting and more in a series of contests and exhibitions over three days. The show was originally just a gathering of local potato farmers...

  • Farmers Union: lawmakers tabling right to repair bills 'leaves producers stuck'

    Tim Leeds|Updated Mar 2, 2023

    On nearly straight party-line votes, House and Senate committees in the Legislature — three days before transmittal from one house to the other, when bills not been passed generally are dead — tabled two bills that would have given Montana agricultural producers — and independent repair shops — the right to repair their equipment. Right to repair has become a major issue in the nation in a number of areas, with farm and ranch groups especially pushing for the ability to do their own work on equipment. A release from Montana F...

  • Mountain View Co-op buying Taylor Aviation agronomy business

    Updated Mar 2, 2023

    Press release BLACK EAGLE — Mountain View Co-op, Montana’s largest independent and locally-owned agricultural cooperative, has finalized the purchase of Taylor Aviation Inc’s agronomy inputs and ground application service business. Based out of Fort Benton and Havre, Taylor Aviation has been a fixture for agronomy service and sales in the Golden Triangle of Montana since the mid-1980s. “It was important to us as Taylor Aviation that we partner with a company like Mountain View Co-op, who shares the same business philosophy an...

  • We salute our amazing women entrepreneurs during Women's History Month

    Updated Mar 2, 2023

    As we enter the third year of the Biden-Harris administration, we’re fortunate to have a president who understands the vital role women entrepreneurs play in our economy. The U.S. Small Business Administration supports the president’s business advocacy by nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit and making sure small business has a voice at the table in Washington, DC. During Women’s History Month, and International Women’s Day, we salute women entrepreneurs who take a risk in pursuit of their passions and who see setback...

  • Lilly plans to slash some insulin prices, expand cost cap

    Updated Mar 2, 2023

    Tom Murphy AP Health Writer Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately give more patients access to a cap on the costs they pay to fill prescriptions. The moves announced Wednesday promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face annual costs of more than $1,000 for insulin they need in order to live. Lilly’s changes also come as lawmakers and patient advocates pressure drugmakers to do something about soaring prices. Lilly said it will cut the list prices for its m...

  • For the Record, March 2, 2023

    Updated Mar 2, 2023

    Havre Police Department Animal control live-trapped a stray dog 12:46 p.m. Wednesday on 19th Avenue North. -- A hit and run crash was reported Wednesday at 8:07 p.m. on 13th Avenue. -- A beer theft was reported Wednesday at 11:52 p.m. at a First Street business. -- Officers were asked at 4:53 a.m. today to assist Hill County Sheriff's deputies with an assault. Hill County Sheriff's Office Franklin James Buck III of Shelby, 52, was arrested on three state District Court...

  • Meeting makes little progress on health department wage request

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 1, 2023

    Hill County Commissioner Jake Strissel met with members of the Hill County Health Department Tuesday to discuss possible ways to raise their wages to a level reflecting their educational requirements, something the department has been asking for for years with little success. Health department employees have advocated for a raise in wages across the county in general, but say their department is in particular need, because their jobs require degrees and ongoing education...

  • Long-time health department employee cites commission as reason for resignation

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 1, 2023

    A meeting between Hill County Health Department employees and Hill County Commissioner Jake Strissel took place amid the backdrop of WIC Coordinator Nicole Hungerford’s resignation from the department after almost nine years, having been offered a position as a WIC coordinator for the state. Hungerford’s resignation letter cited the department’s deteriorating relationship with the commission, and ongoing inaction on the matter of the department’s pay as the primary reasons for her resignation. “I have enjoyed working f...

  • HPS Superintendent contract ratified

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Mar 1, 2023

    The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees voted unanimously to ratify a three-year contract with Stevensville High School Principal Brian Gum to become the district’s new superintendent in a special meeting Tuesday. The board interviewed two candidates for the position and unanimously voted to offer the contract to Gum last month. The position of superintendent has been open since October of last year, which saw the unexpected death of then-Superintendent Craig Muller at age 50. Since then Assistant Superintendent Brad M...

  • From the Hill: Wow at Bear Paw Ski Bowl

    Updated Mar 1, 2023

    From Byron Ophus WOW! That could be the whole story for this week. More than a foot of new snow covered the slopes of Bear Paw in the weekdays just prior to the weekend opening. Several volunteers drove to the hill Friday, knowing that significant preparations would be needed prior to opening Saturday morning. After shoveling snow at home all week no one looked forward to the unenviable task of shoveling snow from the deck of the Yellowsnow Club. What a pleasant surprise....

  • Bebee named VFW Firefighter of the Year

    Updated Mar 1, 2023

    From Dale Herd, VFW Post 497 Josh Bebee was awarded Firefighter of the Year by Havre's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 497. The Veterans of Foreign Wars recognizes the importance of those individuals who perform the selfless duties of public servants for our communities. Each year we select the one individual who sets themselves apart in each of the categories to be recognized. The criteria for these selections is difficult and demanding. These individuals must be recognized by...

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