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Press release The Montana Department of Transportation has completed the Great Falls North project, which included nearly seven miles of improvements on U.S. Highway 87, the primary route between Havre and Great Falls, between Dent Bridge Road and Great Bear Avenue. Schellinger Construction, the prime contractor for the project, facilitated construction by widening the existing roadway and installing intermittent passing and turn lanes. Throughout the past two months, sub-contractor United Materials of Great Falls Inc....
Monday 8 a.m. — Center for Mental Health meeting in Great Falls 9:30 a.m. — Meeting with Ron Harmon regarding Eagle’s Manor loan payment in commissioners’ office 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in the commissioners’ office Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire update call in commissioners’ office 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in commissioners’ office Wednesday 8 a.m. — Payroll and claims Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting in commissioners’ office F...
A front-page story in Wednesday’s edition of Havre Daily News misreported the name of the Scottish king and what character Montana Actors’ Theatre Executive Director Jay Pyete plays in the troupe’s production of “Macbeth” this weekend in Beaver Creek Park. The king Macbeth murders is Duncan and Pyette plays Banquo in the production....
Out our way, the open range is almost gone and the prairies are mostly fenced off, but it can still be a wild place at times. By and large, our homes on the range have very few buffalo roaming about these days, although the deer and the antelope still play and are a pretty common site. But the song never mentions other critters of the prairie who are still to be found. Over by the national parks, grizzly and roving wolf packs are still an issue for area ranchers, and, even out...
You know, Lord, encouragement is like oxygen - we can't live without it. It was lovely watching two little kids the other day. They were probably both about 3 years old. Little "Ricky" was trying hard to get the wrapper off of a stick of gun. His friend, "Emmy," was watching him, suggested he watch how she did it. He watched his little neighbor girl slowly unwarp her stick of gum. Then he tried again as she encouraged him, step by step, to unwrap it from the side, not from...
Last weekend at our Saturday night and Sunday services, I had the responsibility of preaching on the readings for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary time. The readings were as follows: Isaiah 66:18-21, Hebrews 12:5-7,11-13 and the Gospel was Luke 13:22-30. In my homily I focused mostly on the Hebrews reading and the Gospel reading. I started my homily with a survey of those present. The survey was one question long and was the same question that is at the top of this page. The...
North Central Senior Citizens Center Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 Menu Monday, Aug. 29 — Shepherd’s pie, salad, rolls, dessert Tuesday, Aug. 30 — Salad, baked ham, mashed potatoes with gravy, peas, rolls, pineapple cake Wednesday, Aug. 31 — Sweet and sour chicken, rice, egg rolls, cheese cake with cherries Thursday, Sept. 1 — Hamburger Stroganoff, buttered noodles, broccoli, gingerbread Friday, Sept. 2 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Keeping up with the pandemic: Aug. 22, 40 new cases of COVID-19, total number is 5,532, active 17, on...
Havre's National Night Out is set for Tuesday, Aug. 30, 6-8 p.m. at Montana State University-Northern's SUB Drive, with a free barbecue, live music and plenty of activities for youth and families interacting with law enforcement, other first responders and their community partners. Across the country, National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign to enhance the relationship between community members and law enforcement as well as the agencies, organizations and...
Members of the Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation said in a release they are excited to invite socially friendly dogs to come to the Chinook Swimming Pool for the first “Drool in the Pool” event. Dogs will be allowed to swim in the pool 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. Tennis balls will be provided for the dogs to play with in the pool, and people should not bring their own toys. Leashes are mandatory when dogs are not in the pool, the release said. Only one dog per adult is allowed and each dog must be accompanied by an adu...
Local artists have a new possible venue for their art in the form of Hometown Plaza LLC, an art, craft and antiques shop owned by Sablle Erickson that recently opened at 324 Second Street in Havre. Erickson said she's always been a local small-business enthusiast and a lover of art and the people in the community who make it, and she always wanted to own her own business and give local artists a way to showcase their talents. "Havre needs this kind of store just to show off...
Havre Police Department A First Street caller reported Wednesday at 7:01 a.m. that someone went into his house. -- Malea Selage of Havre, 18, was arrested on a trespass to property charge after a Fourth Street caller reported at 11:42 a.m. Wednesday that a man and a woman broke into the caller's house. -- Someone stopped at the police station at 2:09 p.m. Wednesday to turn over some property. -- A Wednesday 2:10 p.m. caller asked officers to perform a welfare check on 10th Str...
Editor’s note: This version corrects the name of King Duncan and the character played by Jay Pyette. Montana Actors' Theatre is bringing a Renaissance-style festival and intrigue, regicide, battles and tragedy from Scotland to Beaver Creek Park this weekend. The production of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," along with a multitude of festivities, will be held at Lions Campground Friday through Sunday. "While the 'fest' is going to be fun for everyone, the real excitement w...
Havre Public Schools announced it will be offering free breakfast and lunch to K-5 students for the 2022-2023 school year through the Montana Office of Public Instruction’s Community Eligibility Provision. The Community Eligibility Provision is a non-pricing meal option that allows greater access to food and nutrition for students in areas with a large ratio of low-income households. To qualify for this option a school or school district must have 40 percent of students identified as low-income compared to the enrolled s...
As part of its ongoing program of informational events, North Central Senior Citizens Center is hosting a presentation from Montana Legal Services on “Legalities Involved in Aging” Monday, Aug. 29, 1-2:30 p.m. at the senior center. Heather Winter, activities coordinator at the senior center, said COVID-19 shut down a lot of activities at the center that they are now starting up again, and this free presentation is to meant to address a lot of wide-ranging questions she...
Arren Kimbel-Sannit Montana Free Press Republican legislators are divided on calls to assemble in a special session and pass income and property tax rebates, the latest proposal to spend down a substantial state budget surplus. Two separate pushes for a special session, a comparatively rare phenomenon in Montana politics, have emerged. Each faces the hurdle of either getting the governor on board or gathering majority support among legislators. And while Republicans hold more than enough legislative seats to make the latter...
Mara Silvers Montana Free Press After six months of study, state lawmakers are set to debate a draft bill this week that could bring significant reforms to Montana’s child welfare system — changes some lawmakers and legal observers say are long overdue. The bill, drafted by Rep. Danny Tenenbaum, D-Missoula, has been under development by the bipartisan Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee since May. If the committee advances the bill at its Friday meeting, it will be introduced for official con...
Havre Police Department An arrest was made after a caller reported Tuesday at 11:35 a.m. seeing a man beat a woman and then finding blood on the floor. No details on charges were provided in the dispatch log, but Blair Stacey Chiefstick, who was named as an involved party, is listed in the jail roster as being held on three counts of failure to comply and charges of disorderly conduct, obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and resisting arrest. -- Raini June Roge...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced details of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s $300 million investment, including with American Rescue Plan funds, in a new Organic Transition Initiative to provide comprehensive support for farmers transitioning to organic production. This initiative will deliver wrap-around technical assistance, including farmer-to-farmer mentoring; provide direct support through conservation financial assistance and additional crop insurance assistance, and s...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture BOZEMAN — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana is accepting applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Conservation Stewardship Program and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. To be considered for funding in the current cycle, producers and landowners should apply by Oct. 28. “NRCS provides funding and technical assistance to help farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners implement conservation practices that improve their env...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Tribal Relations has released the newest editions of the USDA Resource Guide for American Indians and Alaska Natives 2022 and the USDA Native Youth Resource Guide 2022. Each of these guides provides valuable information to Indian Country and can serve as a roadmap of USDA resources and services available to tribal governments, citizens, and organizations. “USDA is committed to ensuring that tribal nations and communities more ful...
Havre police said in a press release late Monday morning that a 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday night on suspicion of charges including attempted murder after police were told that someone in a vehicle Thursday had fired multiple gunshots at another vehicle. The juvenile is being detained in Cascade County Juvenile Detention Center pending formal charges being filed by the Hill County Attorney’s Office. Hill County Attorney Lacey Lincoln said this morning she is reviewing the case and expects to make a decision on f...
The Havre Police Department has put out a survey to people in the community regarding changing Sixth Street between Seventh and 12th avenues from two-way street into a one-way. This change has been discussed by the City Council Streets and Sidewalks Committee, members of which have expressed that that area of road may benefit from the change by becoming safer. When asked about the possible change Havre Public Works Director Dave Peterson and Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher said the issue is still at the committee stage and...
A Chouteau County farm family looking at damages from vandalism to equipment and supplies, possibly totaling into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, are receiving help from the farm and ranch community to offer up to $20,000 in rewards for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators and to recover from their loss. The extended Gasvoda family live about 30 miles from Big Sandy on the south side of the Bear Paws with farm and ranch property in Chouteau and Blaine co...
The Hill County Commission added items to its agenda that was printed Monday in Havre Daily News for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. Havre Daily did not received the additions in time to print them 48 hours before the meeting. The updated agenda is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Resolution No. 22-2700 Establishing Local Option Motor Vehicle 0.5% Tax for Funding Contracts Council on Aging amendment...
