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Havre Middle School's Sixth-Grade Student of the Month for January is Tia Kallenberger. Tia is the daughter of Justin and Bridget Kallenberger. She has one sister, Cadence Kallenberger. At the middle school, Tia sings in the school's choir. Outside of school, she is involved in 4-H. She also takes pride in her school work and maintains a high GPA. In her free time, Tia loves to swim, create art, and spend quality with friends and family. In the classroom, Tia has a positive...
Staff and wire report A Box Elder High School student was the featured speaker this week at the kickoff of an event to promote drug prevention. Box Elder student Juliet MacDonald spoke in Helena at the launch of The Montana Meth Project's Paint the State 2023, a statewide public art contest that engages Montana teens and adults in on-the-ground drug prevention. The contest invites Montana residents 13 years of age and older to create monument-sized original public works of...
Editor’s note: This version corrects that Marci Bergren, Val Clikeman and Heather Winter are employees at North Central Senior Citizens Center. Hill County Council on Aging has a new director in Bill Lanier, who took the position late last year, and he said he has some possible improvements he'd like to make in its services. Lanier, originally from Great Falls, has lived on the Hi-Line for decades, working for Montana State University-Northern and Blaine County in various role...
Havre City Council will meet Monday, Feb. 6, at 7 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 9. 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. Proclamation Honoring National Scouts BSA Week 2023. 2. Appointments of probationary police officers Aaron Hatfield and Brandon Hill 3. Resolution No. 3876 — A Resolution Des...
Havre Police Department A Second Street caller reported Thursday at 8:26 a.m. that a bike was stolen. -- Officers investigated a vehicle crash reported on Third Avenue Thursday at 10:47 a.m. -- Joseph Don Wetsit of Havre, 28, was arrested on two Justice or City court warrants and a charge of partner or family member assault after a caller on Eighth Street reported a domestic disturbance at 11:41 a.m. Thursday. -- Jason Lee Berger of Havre, 39, was arrested on a Justice or...
Hill County Park Board will meet Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, at 530 p.m. in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room. The meeting agenda is 1) Approval of minutes 2) Approval of agenda 3) Guests and public comments on agenda items only/Agenda requests for next meeting 4) Cabin business #8 Blackie Coulee 5) Old business Lodge Planning Committee One page budget fact sheet 6) New business Saw purchase 7) Committee reports Rules and Regulation Committee Finance and Planning Committee Grazing Committee 8) Group Reports Cabin owner’s r...
Monday 9:30 a.m. — Phone Meeting with Spectrum in Commissioners Office 3:30 p.m. — Hill County Council on Aging Director meeting in Commissioner’s Office 5:30 p.m. — Hill County Park Board Meeting in Timmons Room Tuesday 9:30 a.m. — Hill County Heath Director Meeting in the Commissioners Office 10:30 a.m. — Hill County Road Department Meeting in the Commissioners Office 1 p.m. — Leavitt Group Insurance Meeting with Nick Prinzing in Commissioner Office 5 p.m. — District 4 Human Resources Development Council Budget/Finance...
Press release Join Montana Farmers Union Feb. 16 in Billings for a complimentary dinner, connection with other members and information about the Inflation Reduction Act, Rural Development and MFU’s legislative work. “Montana Farmers Union is all about providing educational opportunities for members to learn from each other and how to improve their farms, ranches and soil,” MFU President Walter Schweitzer said. The gathering also is a chance to spend time with other likeminded people and hopefully buoy spirits after a year def...
Press release GLASGOW — March 1 marks the beginning of the license year for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Below are a few reminders and tips about the upcoming license year. Fishing licenses: 2022 fishing licenses expire on Feb. 28, 2023. Anglers cannot buy a new fishing license until March 1. Licenses purchased on or after March 1, 2023, will be valid through Feb. 29, 2024. General licenses and permits: General licenses, such as fishing, conservation, upland bird, general deer, general elk, etc. can be purchased s...
North Central Senior Citizens Center Feb. 6-10 Menu Monday, Feb. 6 — Scrambler, hashbrowns, toast, Jell-O Tuesday, Feb. 7 — Fish, Au gratin potatoes, corn, pudding Wednesday, Feb. 8 — Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, pudding Thursday, Feb. 9 — Chicken fajitas, Spanish corn bread, dessert Friday, Feb. 10 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Tax time — We start of taking reservations for tax preparation Jan. 23. Give us a call at 406-265-5464 to make a reservation. Bits and Pieces: We are happy to announce the...
Press release Crawford Terry is a Havre High School Student of the Month for January, 2023. His parents are Chuck and Teresa Terry and he has three siblings, Naomi, Caitlyn and Griffin. Crawford is a senior who is active in football, basketball and FFA. Outside of school, he is employed during the summer by Gold Harvest Seeds in Big Sandy. "Crawford is a responsible, conscientious, and motivated student," Heather Haney, who nominated Crawford, said. "He always completes his wo...
Winter is a hard time on the Hi-Line - especially in the Season of the "Alberta clippers," the Arctic winds that remind us there is nothing between is and the North Pole but a barbed wire fence ... and someone left the gate open. Although God has blessed the Hi-Line with warm "chinook" winds that give us numerous faux-springs during the harshest winter months, sometimes the chinooks don't come for and there are only the winter storms. The good news is that because of the...
This Saturday, the Lutheran Men in Mission will be putting on the 89th annual Norwegian Lutefisk and Swedish Meatball Dinner at First Lutheran Church. This beloved tradition makes it clear what kind of Lutherans first came to Havre and the surrounding land: Scandinavian Lutherans. As we look out our windows at this winter's long-lasting ice, it's no wonder that those northern European immigrants saw something of home in northern Montana's cold, snowy, and icy winters. And...
You know, Lord, "Florence" stopped by, shared about her holiday. "I'd not seen my grandkids for a while, so, when I showed up for their 9th birthday, they were excited. After breakfast they said, 'Grandma, can we do a "Thank you Jesus(1)" tour with you?' I looked at their mom, my daughter, she smiled; 'Sure Mom, take them.' She slipped some money in my hand and whispered ... . "Out in my pickup, the twins, C.J. and J.C., climbed in besides me. C.J. said, 'This is how we do...
They've gone ahead, left us behind, still in our hearts and mind. Our dear ones can't be with us now, it's winter - we're snow-blind. The day will come - we'll meet again on Heavens distant shore. Family and friends, we'll see them all, together forever more. Down here for us, tomorrow comes, however hard the day. Sadness with tears, sorrow for us, but "Time" wipes tears away. There's still a reason for living, though sad our hearts may be, There's always another horizon, beyo...
The City of Harlem had to turn off their water services for much of the last few days due to a water main break, causing schools to close. City of Harlem Clerk Treasurer Becky Schroeder said they had to shut off the water to locate the break, which they found and fixed Wednesday afternoon and evening. Water services have since been restored, but the intervening time left much of the city without water, causing the schools that use that water to close for two days and return to remote learning. “It was kind of like a COVID f...
A quarterly meeting of the Hill County Health Board Wednesday was dominated by a discussion about the health department’s pay, with employees of the department asking the commission for better communication on the issue. The argument was prompted by a discussion of the county’s still-vacant sanitarian position, with Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson, also the chair of the health board, saying he’s spoken with people from across the state about whether they’d be interested in the position, but with little success...
Press release Representatives of the Hi-Line Arts Council said they are honored to welcome Montana Chamber Music Society Trio to the Hi-Line, with a concert set for Friday, Feb. 10, adding it will be an exciting and fun evening for music lovers. "The mission of Montana Chamber Music Society is to advance chamber music by delivering the highest quality performances in the Big Sky Country, and to expand ongoing cultural relevance for all by engaging a diverse public," a release...
Press release NorthWestern Energy customers in South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana are reporting scam calls and text messages from imposters trying to steal money by threatening immediate service disconnection. The scammers impersonate themselves as NorthWestern Energy representatives on the phone, use the company’s logo in text and other electronic messages and NorthWestern Energy’s phone greeting. Generally, the scammers demand a payment within an hour to avoid service shut off. NorthWestern Energy never demands imm...
Havre Police Department Havre Public Works was notified of a possible water main break on reported on Ninth Avenue at 7:22 a.m. Wednesday. -- A caller at Havre Middle School reported a juvenile status offense Wednesday at 12:29 p.m. -- A 3:38 p.m. Wednesday caller asked for extra patrols in the Land Drive area in the afternoon when children get off the school bus because drivers are not obeying the bus traffic laws. -- A vape pen was reported at Havre Middle School Wednesday...
Havre Police Department Lincoln Gregory Yarama of Havre, 21, was issued a summons Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. on a criminal contempt charge related to a 24/7 Sobriety Program violation and was arrested on the charge at 9:34 a.m. -- A written or verbal warning about an aggressive dog on Washington Avenue was issued Tuesday at 8:49 a.m. -- A caller reported Tuesday at 9:05 a.m. that a vehicle had slid into a tree on Third Avenue. -- Alpheus Edwin The Boy III of Rocky Boy, 35, was arres...
Byron Ophus A good crowd braved the cold temperatures Saturday. They enjoyed the best snow conditions of the year on this fourth weekend of the season. More than a foot of new powder had fallen since the prior weekend. It wasn’t champagne powder that floats up in a cloud with each passing skier. Rather, the snow had more substance, and was very skiable. As the day went on, the snow became a wonderful, packed powder that added to the bullet-proof base of 14 to 24 inches. Temperatures hovered in the single digits below zero. Th...
Press release Black History Month and Valentine's Day are guiding the February free public programs for the Montana Historical Society in a couple of unusual ways. Feb. 9, people can join Kate Hampton, the director of the MTHS's Montana African American Heritage Resources Project, for a discussion on the history of several Montana laws that affected how Black residents were able to participate in society. Since the establishment of Montana Territory in 1864 through the...
Press release WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture launched its pilot Cattle Contracts Library tuesday at 10 a.m. on the Agricultural Marketing Service Cattle Contract Library webpage. The webpage is at https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/livestock-poultry-grain/cattle-contracts-library . “USDA is committed to creating a more level playing field for cattle producers and a more balanced, equitable economy for everyone working in food and agriculture,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said. “The Cattle Contrac...
