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  • Agenda - Hill County Public Cemetery District

    Updated Jan 27, 2023

    Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims....

  • For the Record, Jan. 27, 2023

    Updated Jan 27, 2023

    Havre Police Department A Thursday 9:44 a.m. caller on U.S. Highway 2 East reported a semitractor-trailer was losing hay bales on the highway, and officers issued a written or verbal warning. -- A caller at a First Street establishment reported Thursday at 12:47 p.m. that an employee had stolen money. -- A 13-year-old was issued a summons on charges of underage tobacco possession or consumption and obstructing a peace officer or other public servant after a caller at Havre...

  • Out Our Way: Get along, little dogie! - Deuteronomy 33:12

    Updated Jan 27, 2023

    Out our way, February is calving season. Soon the grasslands will be filled with the sounds of calves bawling and mama cows soothing with quiet and comforting lowing. Later, when the grazing lands are freer from the frost and ice, Charlie and I will start riding the area and get "acquainted." I have shared this before, but I am always amazed at how cattle - who are not the sharpest tool in the toolbox - have the ability and indeed the desire to not only look after their own...

  • Pastor's Corner: Staying in bed

    Updated Jan 27, 2023

    All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man/woman of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 One night a boy fell out of his bed. The next morning when he told his mother, she asked him how it happened. He answered, "I don't really know, but I expect I stayed to close to where I got in." There are many people who also stay too close to where they originally got in...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Jan 27, 2023

    You know, Lord, that word "time" - now that is an appropriate word for another new decade which, more or less, has already begun, right? Checking out the dictionary, we view lists of numerous definitions. No matter what our status is or what our opinion of the word is, an equal amount the "time" is given to each one of us, every single day. People like to speak of time as "spending" it, as though there is an endless reserve of time; and some of us folks simply like to live...

  • Senior Center News, Jan. 27, 2023

    Updated Jan 27, 2023

    North Central Senior Citizens Center Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 Menu Monday, Jan. 23 — French toast, scrambled eggs, sausage links, fruit Tuesday, Jan. 24 — Meatballs, rice, beets, cake Wednesday, Feb. 1 — Onion rings, buns, dessert Thursday, Feb. 2 — Ham, scalloped potatoes, corn, cake Friday, Feb. 3 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Tax time: We started taking reservations for tax preparation Jan. 23. Give us a call at 406-265-5464. Communications Breakdown: How Aphasia affects language. Language sets humans apart from other speci...

  • Neibauer named to NDSU dean's list

    Updated Jan 27, 2023

    Press release Fargo, N.D. — Hunter J. Neibauer of Chinook, an agricultural economics major, was among the 4,226 North Dakota State University students to be placed on the fall 2022 dean’s list. A student must earn a 3.50 grade point average or higher and be enrolled in at least 12 class credits to qualify for the summer list. The dean’s list also can be found at www.ndsu.edu/news/studentnews/....

  • Local reactions to obscenity bill mostly negative

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jan 26, 2023

    The Montana House of Representatives is discussing a bill that would have criminalized the display of obscene material in museums as well as public schools and libraries when minors are present, a bill that has raised concerns from the Havre-Hill County library director and local legislators. HB 234 was recently updated to target only schools, but the initial version of the bill also included museums and libraries, prompting reactions from local officials. Montana law prohibit...

  • Quick pics: When Hell freezes over

    Updated Jan 26, 2023

  • From the Hill - Busy weekend of skiing at Bear Paw

    Updated Jan 26, 2023

    Byron Ophus Saturday, January 20th, marked the third weekend of 2023 for skiers and boarders to enjoy Bear Paw Ski Bowl. Warm weather from the prior Saturday and subsequent below freezing temperatures made conditions a mixed bag. From the midway ramp to the bottom the slopes were groomed and very skiable. Conditions from the top were, and I’m being kind, brutal. Few intrepid soles ventured to the top and fewer still made the trip more than once. The Hill has a base of 14” to 30” and the weather Saturday was warm (25 - 30 de...

  • Local News - Quilt Guild sets open sewing event

    Updated Jan 26, 2023

    Press release The Hi-Line Quilt Guild is having an open sewing event Thursday, Feb. 2, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Holiday Village Mall in the former Famous Footwear space. All quilters are welcome to bring their projects, whether sewing or embroidering. Tables, ironing boards and a cutting table will be set up, but quilters who are sewing will need to bring their own sewing machines. Participants are also welcome to bring their own lunch and drinks. For more information, people can contact Kemi, 406-262-4228, or Karen,...

  • Man sentenced for stabbing woman on Fort Belknap Indian Reservation

    Updated Jan 26, 2023

    U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Montana GREAT FALLS — A Hays man who admitted to stabbing a woman in the back was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Tyrell Andrew Laroque, 34, pleaded guilty in September 2022 to assault resulting in substantial bodily injury to a dating partner. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court allowed Laroque to self-report to the Bureau of Prisons. In court documents, the g...

  • For the Record, Jan. 26, 2023

    Updated Jan 26, 2023

    Havre Police Department Jaxon Devereaux of Havre, 32, was issued a summons on a vandalism charge after a caller reported Wednesday at 8:21 a.m. that a man was running up and down the hallway of a Fifth Avenue facility saying that he was going to hurt people. -- A hit and run crash was reported on Cowan Drive Wednesday at 8:37 a.m. -- A two-vehicle car crash was reported at Fifth Avenue and 13th Street at 9:24 a.m. Wednesday. -- A two-vehicle car crash was reported at Fifth...

  • Independence Bank announces a retirement and a promotion

    Updated Jan 26, 2023

    Press release After 22-plus years with Independence Bank, Denise Ladenburg, vice president of compliance, retired as of December 2022. Ladenburg began in 1999 as a consumer loan officer and later was an ag/commercial lender. In 2004, she become a compliance officer and transitioned into performing financial audit and leading the compliance/audit department. Ladenburg said her favorite part of working at Independence is being part of a great big family and serving the bank's...

  • For the Record, Jan. 25, 2023

    Updated Jan 25, 2023

    Havre Police Department A Tuesday 6:24 a.m. caller reported that people were trying to steal then raised a ruckus when caught and then left in a vehicle. Officers investigated the issue. -- A caller on 10th Avenue reported that their vehicle was taken and was at 8:56 a.m. Tuesday sitting at a local business. -- Tuesday at 11:49 a.m., a mailbox was reported struck on Lincoln Avenue. -- A combative tenant was reported on Third Street West Tuesday at 2:13 p.m. -- Officers...

  • Rocky Boy clinic offering new apprenticeship program

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jan 25, 2023

    Rocky Boy Health Center, in partnership with Reach Higher Montana, is offering a new youth apprenticeship program for high school students looking to go into the health care field. Rocky Boy Health Center CEO Joel Rosette said the center has been working to set up the program since last summer, and it’s an exciting opportunity for them and for local young people. “The opportunity to grow is what we’re offering,” Rosette said. Applicants would make $14 an hour for their work, would earn up to $1,500 per year for tuition...

  • Buffington named to meat processing cooperative board

    Updated Jan 25, 2023

    From Montana Farmers Union Montana Premium Processing Cooperative is has announced its newest board member is Casey Buffington, a fourth-generation rancher for Basin Coulee Cattle Company near Ledger. The position was effective Jan. 1. In addition, Ben Peterson and Eric Bergman were unanimously re-elected to their board seats. “It is my passion for agriculture and for protecting my family’s ranching legacy that motivates me to face the challenges ranchers combat each day and to actively pursue solutions and opportunities suc...

  • Library features Rader's presidential plate collection

    Updated Jan 24, 2023

    The Havre-Hill County Library will be putting a display of presidential plates front-and-center to honor the memory of Gail and Bill Rader, long-time supporters of the library and the local community as a whole who donated the collection to the library a few years ago. Library Director Rachel Rawn said they wanted to put the plates on display for the Friends of the Library Pie Social coming up on Valentine's Day from noon to 4 p.m. Library Foundation Chair Bonnie Williamson,...

  • Bill would reverse ballot issue requirements created in 2021 session

    Updated Jan 24, 2023

    Arren Kimbel-Sannit Montana Free Press A Republican lawmaker and a group of unlikely bedfellows from across the political spectrum are working to repeal language passed last session that erected additional hurdles to getting an issue placed on the ballot, arguing that the law runs afoul of the Montana Constitution. Senate Bill 153, sponsored by Sen. Brad Molnar, R-Laurel, would reverse 2021’s House Bill 651, a bill passed in the latter days of the last session that expanded the Legislature and state attorney general’s rol...

  • Quick pics: Winter keeps on

    Updated Jan 24, 2023

  • Havre schools featured in PBS 'IMPACT' airing Thursday

    Updated Jan 24, 2023

    From the MSU News Service BOZEMAN — The newest episode of “Montana PBS Reports: IMPACT” will air on Montana PBS at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26. The first part of the episode addresses Montana’s teacher shortage, taking viewers to the Hi-Line to see how Havre Public Schools is confronting the crisis by inspiring students to pursue careers in education. The episode also includes the perspectives of educators and students involved in a “Grow Your Own Educator” program advanced during the 2021 Legislature. “There is no single rea...

  • MSU Extension to offer series of webinars on estate and legacy planning

    Updated Jan 24, 2023

    From MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Montana State University Extension has once again teamed up with the Montana 4-H Foundation and MSU 4-H Center to offer its Fabulous Fridays webinar series on estate and legacy planning. The six-part webinar series will happen Fridays, Jan. 27 through March 3. Each installment will run from 10 to 11:15 a.m., which includes a 15-minute Q&A period. Fabulous Fridays topics include: • What factors determine who receives your property after you die? • Saving more money for your heirs by avoid...

  • Agendas - Hill County Commission business meeting

    Updated Jan 24, 2023

    Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson did not send this agenda to Havre Daily News until after print deadline Monday. The agenda for the Hill County Commission business meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Commission Office in the Hill County Courthouse is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims and payroll Employment Budgets Abatements Journal and vouchers Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Lodestar estate...

  • For the Record, Jan. 24, 2023

    Updated Jan 24, 2023

    Havre Police Department Gabriel Lewis Lawrence of Havre, 53, was arrested no a charge of driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license during a vehicle stop on Third Street at 12:12 p.m. Monday. -- A Monday 3:28 p.m. call about money being taken from a banking account by a family member in Havre was referred to the proper jurisdiction. -- Officers assisted someone in retrieving personal property from another person Monday at 4:46 p.m. -- A caller at a U.S. Highway 2...

  • Havre Salvation Army's 2022 Red Kettle falls well short of funding goal

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Jan 23, 2023

    Between the harsh December weather and an aging volunteer base, Havre Salvation Army saw a significantly lower amount of money come in during the 2022 Red Kettle Campaign, the main funding source of their 2023 budget. Havre Salvation Army Director Trina Crawford said they brought in $31,000 this year, $29,000 of which they can use after covering costs, well short of their $38,000 goal and a noticeable drop from the $36,000 in 2021 and the numbers they've seen over the last...

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