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While a patch of dry conditions is still centered on Hill, Blaine and northern Chouteau counties and a patch of drought in northwestern Montana is pushing into the western edge of Liberty County, significant winter snowfall and recent rains have been helping lighten the Montana drought map in this area. After years of dry weather pushed the area into significant moisture deficits — the region was more than 11 inches short of normal over a five-year period last fall — snowfall and recent rains have driven parts of this are...
Havre Police Department A caller reported juveniles were on a roof on First Avenue Friday at 9:06 a.m. -- A Ninth Avenue caller asked Friday at 9:42 a.m. to speak with an officer about having been threatened. -- A caller reported Friday at 11:33 a.m. getting fake money as change from the Department of Motor Vehicles. -- Medication was reported missing from a Second Street residence at 1:14 p.m. Friday. -- Mikayla Elizabeth Magnussen of Havre, 23, was arrested on a federal warr...
Havre Daily News staff With the summer reading program kicked off with a party at the Havre-Hill County Library, last Wednesday, the library has listed upcoming specific events in the next couple of months. The evens listed are: Thursday, June 15, 6 p.m., book discussion “Wizard of Oz” Friday, June 16, 4 p.m., Yarn Circle Thursday, June 29, 6 p.m., book discussion, “We Are Satellites” Thursday, July 13, 6 p.m., book discussion, “Caleb’s Crossing” Friday, July 21, 4 p.m., Yarn Circle Saturday, July 22, 3:30 p.m., assemble comm...
Press release June 15, Stockman Bank will be participating in World Elder Abuse Awareness Day by helping to heighten awareness about elder abuse and fraud in local communities. Stockman will hold open houses at all 37 branches across the state. Financial abuse targeting older adults is on the rise, with the AARP reporting more than 369,000 nationwide incidents each year. Thursday, June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and people can come into Stockman Bank for an open house during normal business hours in the lobby....
Staff and wire report Havre Public Works announced it is having problems with people flushing things down the toilet that should not go through that system. “Please do not flush anything but human waste, water and toilet paper,” a release from the department said. “Even items that claim that they are flushable do not break down and get stuck in sewer lines or create problems at the Waste Water Treatment Plant. “These issues can be very expensive to repair, from the individual service lines to the mains and equipment at the...
Havre-local Madison Ruff, now based out of Los Angeles in the winter and living here in the summer, continues to bring color to the town. This spring, she has been painting murals at The Oxford Sports Bar and Valley Furniture, and, later in the summer, will paint at Pepin Park. She was commissioned in 2022 to paint a "Havre, Montana" mural on the back of the Elks Lodge, visible from U.S. Highway 2, First Street where it passes through Havre. Hi-Line Arts Council and the...
Montana State University-Northern recently received more than $60,000 in grant funding to construct a trail around the campus as part of their efforts to make the area more walkable. Northern Office of Teaching and Learning Excellence Director Lindsey Brandt-Bennett, Ph.D., said the idea to construct a trail around Northern has been on the mind of Northern staff since before she came to work Northern seven years ago. Brandt-Bennett said there is a large swath of land in the southeast corner of the campus that is difficult to...
Press release Town Pump Charitable Foundation awarded three Hill County rural schools $7,140 for four automated external defibrillators, or AED, devices, used to deliver a jolt of electricity if someone is suffering cardiac arrest, to try to normalize the heart beat. The three schools hat received the AEDs are Cottonwood West and Cottonwood North District #57, Davey Elementary District #12 and Gildford Colony Elementary District #89. The four Phillips HeartSine Onsite AED...
The summer meal program started this week at Havre schools, with free breakfast and lunch served to anyone 18 and younger with the meals available to adults at a charge of $3 for breakfast and $5 for lunch, with extra milk available for 50 cents. The meals are served at Highland Park Early Primary School, Lincoln-McKinley Primary School and Sunnyside intermediate school. The breakfasts are served from 8:30-10:30 a.m. and lunches are served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The breakfast menu for next week is: Monday, waffle, sausage,...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. in the Havre Middle School. The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Presentation and display 5. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. Unanimous consent agenda C. Old business 1. Safe Return to Schools and Continuity of Services Plan D. New business 1. Consideration of eighth grade participation in high school sports 2....
Monday Noon — Local Advisory Committee meeting via ZOOM 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging meeting in Commissioners Office Tuesday 10:30 a.m. — Hill County Road Department meeting in Commissioners Office 10:30 a.m. — Local Emergency Preparedness Committee meeting at Hill County Sheriff’s Office 1:30 p.m. — 911 meeting at Havre Fire Department 3 p.m. — Meeting with Hill County Clerk and Recorder in Commissioners Office Wednesday 10 a.m. — Mountain View CO-OP meeting in Commissioners Office 1 p.m. — Hill County stewardship meeti...
The Rural Fire District 1 board will meet Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 11 a.m. in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room The meeting agenda is: Discussion and adoption of the minutes of the March, April and May 2023 meetings Financial Report...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated two sexual or violent offender complaints at 2:03 p.m. Thursday. -- A caller today at 12:14 a.m. at a First Street business reported a man who appeared to be assaulted. Hill County Sheriff's Office An arrest was made after a Thursday 1:05 p.m. transport from Rocky Boy Police Department to Hill County Detention Center. No details on charges were provided. Havre Fire Department Emergency medical technicians responded to four calls...
Cottonwood Schools’ June regular/quarterly safety/interview meetings Tuesday, June 13, at 5 p.m. at the West School. The public can attend via electronics by contacting the clerk at 406-265-6970....
In results submitted to Havre Daily News about the Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club 43rd Annual Spring Black Powder Shoot printed on Page A3 of Thursday’s Havre Daily News, the wrong name was listed for first place in 100-yard Cardtridge X-Sticks. Mike Otterberg of Glasgow took first in that category with a score of 44....
(Psalm 130) What should we do when we're deep in a hole and our lives are spiraling out of control? The answer might surprise you. It was at the bottom of such an abyss that the writer of Psalm 130 was just about to lose all hope of ever seeing the light of day. It's quite likely that the holes in which we find ourselves are figurative ones, but real, nonetheless. Even in the face of rescue, we instinctively panic, like a drowning victim trying to climb out of the water on...
You know, Lord, innumerable words have been, and still could be written about June. Here's an excerpt from "God's Calendar," By William A. Quayle: "June is the rose month, but God's calendar is not made by things men grow but by things God grows Himself. Wild roses, gentle of perfume, flushed like the cheeks of a happy girl, petal dainty as cut by some skilled lapidist from sardonyx freighted with wonder. Wild roses are not double. Some flowers do not improve by doubling up....
North Central Senior Center June 12-16 Menu Monday, June 12 — Pancakes, bacon, fruit, yogurt Tuesday, June 13 — Roast beef, mashed potatoes, corn, dookies Wednesday, June 14 — Meat loaf, mashed potatoes, carrots, dessert Thursday, June 15 — Chicken Alfredo, broccoli, garlic toast, dessert Friday, June 16 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert News from Bill: “Thank you to the city of Havre for painting the crosswalk in front of the Havre Senior Center.” News from our gift shop: Need a gift for a summer birthday or just because? V...
The Havre-Hill County Library kicked off this year's summer reading program for local youth with a sign-up event featuring rock painting and hand tracing Wednesday. Young students from around the area signed up at the library before grabbing brushes and pencils to have fun painting Kindness Rocks for the local community and hand tracings to decorate the library's walls for the Hands Across the Library Event. Library Director Rachel Rawn said their summer reading program aims t...
Press release Eighty-eight shooters participated in the 43rd annual Bullhook Bottoms Black Powder Club Spring Shoot held May 27-28-29 at historic Fort Assinniboine south of Havre. The weather started out a little damp Saturday, but the temperature was not cold, although the needed rain did effect some scores. Sunday and Monday were very nice days with only an occasional shower. Shooting conditions would be rated as good. Shooters came from all parts of Montana with attendance...
Montana Actors' Theatre's "Twelfth Night" will open at the Eagles Campground on Beaver Creek Park Friday along with a Ren Faire featuring costumes, vendors and children's games. The faire will open at 4:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday with performances of the play at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. MAT Executive Director Jay Pyette said they have more vendors this year than last, with more food and a wider variety of goods, as well as more room...
Havre Police Department A Wednesday 2:57 p.m. caller on Third Avenue reported a trespasser from the previous night. -- A caller on Buttrey Drive reported Wednesday at 4:24 p.m. that an ex had broken into the caller's residence and left sticky notes. -- Lowanda Lynn Arkinson of Box Elder, 50, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant after a Fourth Street caller reported Wednesday at 7:21 p.m. that four men were following a woman. --...
National Weather Service has a flood watch in effect for the end of this week as a storm is expected to bring widespread rain and potential downpours during thunderstorms. “Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams and other low-lying and flood-prone locations,” the flood watch says. “Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.” The watch is in effect for Thursday afternoon through Friday night and covers much of north-central Montana, including Blaine, Choueau...
Staff and wire report The road crossing Fresno Dam has been reduced to a single lane of traffic this week, with the restriction running from Tuesday to June 16, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced. The lane closure is part of the ongoing Safety of Dams project. Delays should be expected while crossing the dam. Traffic will return to a normal pattern during the weekend, June 10-11. All reservoir boat ramps will remain open and there will be no impact to the reservoir water surface elevations this season due to the...
