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  • Shop with a Cop returns after two years away

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Dec 21, 2022

    Editor’s note: This version adds that North Central Montana Transit provided transportation for Shop with a Cop. The Havre Police Protective Association held its Shop with a Cop event Saturday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the U.S., taking local children shopping for Christmas gifts with local officers. During the event Havre Police officers took young children to shop for Christmas gifts at Walmart after treating them to breakfast at Havre City H...

  • Prescribed fire operations starting in the Little Rocky Mountains

    Press release|Updated Dec 20, 2022

    Bureau of Land Management north-central Montana District fuels program staff plan to conduct pile burning, starting today, Dec. 20, on BLM-managed lands at the Camp Creek project area, in the Little Rocky Mountains near Zortman. Burning operations will address about 14 acres of woody hand piles located about 1.5 miles northeast of Zortman and one-quarter mile east of the Camp Creek campground on the northwest slope. Favorable burning conditions are present with on-site snow...

  • Wilson charged with embezzling from fastpitch association

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 19, 2022

    The treasurer of the Havre Girls Fastpitch Association has been charged with embezzling more than $10,000 from the association. Leigh M. Wilson was charged in state District Court in Havre with a felony count of theft by obtaining unauthorized control. Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz has scheduled an arraignment hearing, in which the defendant usually enters an initial plea, for Jan. 30 at 9:30 a.m. According to a court document, the secretary of the Havre Girls Fastpitch Association contacted Havre police April 29, 2021, to report...

  • Quick pics: Cleaning up the winter

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

  • Havre speech competes in Choteau

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

    Press release Havre High School speech and debate took a team depleted by illness and conflicts to compete Saturday at the Choteau High School Tangled Tinsel Tournament, and even with a small team saw success. Havre was the only Class A school at the tournament as Browning had to cancel at the last minute, but the tournament saw teams from all classes of competition, Class C through Class AA. For Havre, senior Sterling Shelton, a second-year Lincoln-Douglas debater, went the...

  • Clack Museum lists holiday hours

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

    Press release The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum will have special holiday hours. The museum will be closed Saturday through Monday, Dec. 24, 25 and 26. It will will be open Dec. 27-30 from noon to 4 p.m. and closed December 31. At its November meeting, the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board voted to close the museum for the month of January....

  • For the Record, Dec. 19, 2022

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

    Havre Police Department Officers investigated a sexual or violent offender registry complaint on Seventh Street Friday at 10:53 a.m. -- A Friday 2:19 p.m. caller asked for assistance removing a person from their residence. -- A two-vehicle, non-injury crash was reported on Fifth Street at 3:31 p.m. Friday. -- Gordon Gray of Havre, 25, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller at an 11th Street West business reported Friday at 11:44 p.m. that a person went...

  • Correction - Havre High School students of the month

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

    The headline to a story on the Society Page of Friday’s edition of Havre Daily News listed McKina Olson and Brooklyn Hansen as November Havre High School students of the month. They are students of the month for December....

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly business meeting

    Updated Dec 19, 2022

    The agenda for the Hill County Commission weekly business meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. is: Public comments on non-agenda items Public comments on agenda items Claims Employment Budgets Ordinance Resolutions Contracts Tabled — Memorandum of understanding with Logan Health and Rudyard Ambulance Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Tabled — Laredo Financial Business and Real Estate LLC lease agreement: Sheriff’s office capital/inventory requests of equipment Hill Count...

  • Havre Salvation Army desperate for volunteers

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Dec 16, 2022

    Havre Salvation Army has only nine days left to raise money for next year’s social services budget and is in serious need of volunteers and contributions. Havre Salvation Army Director Trina Crawford said this year’s Red Kettle Campaign, which makes up the next year’s budget for services, is 42 percent of the way to its $38,000 goal, one that, if met, would allow the organization to provide a little more assistance to people than they normally would. “We wouldn’t have to say no so often,” Crawford said. She said her organizat...

  • High school names December students of the month

    Updated Dec 16, 2022

    McKina Olson is a Havre High School student of the month for December 2022. She is the daughter of McKay and Temina Olson and has three siblings, Garion, McKeon and Gavin. McKina is a junior who is active in Belle Voix, and, formerly, marching band. Outside of school, McKina works for the HELP Committee. Lindsey Ratliff, who nominated McKina, said, "McKina is a very serious student who utilizes her class time appropriately, puts in 100% effort, and works to grow her abilities...

  • Commission voices support for state raising Medicaid rates

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Dec 16, 2022

    During their weekly business meeting Thursday the Hill County Commission voted to approve a letter of support for the state raising their Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes. The letter was signed by all three members of the commission and said the funding to raise these rates is much needed to ensure quality care for local elderly residents and will provide stability to skilled nursing facilities. “We, as a commission, are very much in support of this rate increase,” Hill County Commission Chair Diane McLean sai...

  • Quick pics: Singing in the season

    Updated Dec 16, 2022

  • Quick pics: Taking the oath of office

    Updated Dec 16, 2022

  • Agenda - Great Northern Fair Board

    Updated Dec 16, 2022

    Great Northern Fair Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, in the fairgrounds community center. The meeting agenda is: Call meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendees Approve minutes Public comment anything brought up here can be added to next month’s new business to be discussed and voted on Fair manager’s report Civic groups’ report Donated hours report Committee reports • Buildings and Grounds • Commission Policy • Financial Planning • Events Committee Old business • Ho...

  • Agenda - Hill County Commission weekly calendar

    Updated Dec 16, 2022

    Monday 11 a.m. — Road department meeting in the commissioners’ office 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in the commissioners’ office 3:30 p.m. — Council on Aging director meeting in the commissioners’ office Tuesday 9 a.m. — Meeting with Superintendent of Schools in the commissioners’ office 10 a.m. — Healthy Is Wellness Services meeting in the commissioners’ office 5:30 p.m. — Great Northern Fair Commission meeting at the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center Wednesday 2 p.m. — Road advisory meeting in the Hill Cou...

  • For the Record, Dec. 16 2022

    Updated Dec 16, 2022

    Havre Police Department A caller on Fifth Avenue reported Thursday at 9:09 a.m. that the caller's two chihuahuas and another dog were missing and asked if they could be brought home if found because the caller had a medical problem prohibiting a search for the pets. -- An investigator at Jefferson County Sheriff's Office asked Thursday at 10:21 a.m. for assistance with a complainant on Ninth Street. -- Two summonses were issued after a drug offense was reported at Havre High...

  • Correction - School Board meeting

    Updated Dec 16, 2022

    In a front-page story in Wednesday’s edition of Havre Daily News, the name of Havre High School student Devin Kovacich, who was recognized for being named to All-State Band, was misspelled....

  • Out Our Way: The Christmas chinook - Psalm 119:49-50

    Updated Dec 16, 2022

    "Remember Your word to Your servant in which You made me hope. This is my comfort in my distress, that Your promise gives me life." Out our way, the winters can be brutal. Cold arctic winds sweep the hills and the plains while the sun rises late and sets early. You can understand why all those folks from LA who jumped at the lower housing costs in the Big Open last May are trying to sell out come February. That is not just "calving season" for ranchers, but sales season for re...

  • Pastor's Corner: Three little words

    Updated Dec 16, 2022

    Sometimes, the holidays bring out the best in us. Sometimes they bring out the worst. When the anxious, stressed, depressed, snippy, snappy, or foul-mood you makes an appearance-whether in December or July-relationships can get taxed. Our relationships with parents, children, significant others, even with God, can suffer when our metaphorical demons come out to play. Samuel Wells is the vicar of the London church St. Martin-in-the-Fields (though this church isn't in the fields...

  • Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

    Updated Dec 16, 2022

    You know, Lord, the hustle and bustle of getting ready for Christmas, like preparing for guests and gifts, singing and visiting - it's all getting a little bit exhausting for all of us, old or young. Generally speaking, that's probably not what You meant how Christmas should be, right, Lord? One needs to stop a minute, get things into perspective, then prioritize and get a few things in order. While we're at it, how about savoring life just a little bit. Here are some...

  • Senior Center News, Dec. 16, 2022

    Updated Dec 16, 2022

    North Central Senior Citizens Center Dec. 12-16 Dec. 19 to Dec. 23 Monday, Dec. 19 — Chicken enchilada, Spanish rice, beans, fruit Tuesday, Dec. 20 — Turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, rolls, salad, cake Wednesday, Dec. 21 — Hot dogs, macaroni salad, baked beans, cookies Thursday Dec. 22 — Ham and scalloped potato casserole, carrots, cranberry cake Friday, Dec. 23 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Keeping up with the pandemic: Dec. 5, 19 new cases of COVID-19, total number is 5,978, seven active, no active hosp...

  • Middle school lists November students of the month

    Updated Dec 16, 2022

    Havre Middle School Sixth-Grade Student of the Month for November is Jessa Kacher. Jessa is the daughter of Ryan and Abby Kacher. She has four siblings, Riley, Reese, Cassidy and Heidi Kacher. Jessa plays the French horn for the middle school band. Outside of school, she enjoys reading, hunting and jumping on her trampoline. She also loves to spend time with her family camping and hiking. In the classroom, Jessa is ready for any task and completes it with a positive attitude....

  • Bear Paw Credit Union to become Altana

    Patrick Johnston|Updated Dec 15, 2022

    Bear Paw Credit Union members voted 787 to 510 to merge with Altana Federal Credit Union at the beginning of this month and the potential benefits from the merger, for members and employees, are expected to materialize over the next 18 months. “(We’re) very happy about it. It’s going to be very beneficial to the membership itself and very helpful to the employees,” Bear Paw Credit Union Vice-President Gerry Veis said. Veis said the union is working on preparing their financials to be merged with Altana, a Montana-based Credit...

  • Forecasters: Snow - and temperatures - will continue to drop

    Tim Leeds|Updated Dec 15, 2022

    While this region has not seen the extreme weather from the eastern edge of the state stretching to the east and south, north-central Montana continues to see snow and temperatures are expected to drop even lower next week, with highs in this area next Wednesday expected to be below zero. But eastern Montana, from Poplar to Miles City and east into the Dakotas, is under a winter storm watch while the eastern part of the Dakotas are in a winter storm warning and southern South...

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