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Montana Farm Service Agency The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering virtual workshops for agricultural producers and stakeholders to learn about the latest updates and improvements to the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection and the Micro Farm insurance options, two of the most comprehensive risk management options available. These insurance options are especially important to specialty crop, organic, urban, and direct market producers, and this is part of the USDA’s Risk Management Agency efforts to increase participation i...
2:12 p.m. With all votes except some outstanding provisional ballots counted, the unofficial results show Sheri Williams winning the Hill County Commission race, Paul Tuss winning the race in House District 28, and, in Hill County votes, Russ Tempel retaining his seat in Senate District 14. In Hill County, incumbent Republican Tempel 2,726 votes to Democrat Dave Brewer's 1,310. Tuss took 1,785 votes while incumbent Rep. Ed Hill, R-Havre, took 1,477. And in the county commission race, Democrat Williams won a narrow victory...
The Hill County Park Board discussed the possibility of putting up a cross fence in the southern part of Beaver Creek Park to reduce overgrazing in the southern pasture at their monthly meeting, where they received a petition from grazers in the area, most of whom oppose the fence. Keith Raty, one of the ranchers in that area, said of the six ranchers that graze that area, five had either signed the petition or had announced their intention to. The petition said the ranchers do not believe the fence would do anything except...
Winter weather returned to the region with a vengeance Monday, with plummeting temperatures and heavy snow at times. Snow is expected to continue through Wednesday, with unseasonably cold temperatures expected at least through Saturday. At its recording station at the Havre City-County Airport, National Weather Service reported an inch of snow falling through midnight with the low hitting minus 1 degrees. A Weather Service post updated at 9:03 p.m. Monday said the next...
At a meeting of the Havre City Council Monday, Mayor Doug Kaercher said the city’s deer management plan, including bow hunting in parts of the city, has been approved by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission, and the plan is to announce a special hunt Dec. 1 through Feb. 15. Kaercher said a public service announcement will be going out through local media with further details and he asked that any property owners in the city interested in letting their land be used for bow hunting get in contact with the city. The urban d...
Press release Hill County resident Katie Kuhr just returned from three days in Billings as part of REAL - Resource Education and Agriculture Leadership - Montana. For Kuhr and other members of REAL Montana Class V, the Oct. 27-29 was the second seminar in their two-year educational program. The focus of the seminar was media and communications. While in Billings, class members received individual training on vocal control and how to effectively communicate in a media...
Press release Hi-Line United Soccer traveling teams for high school and middle school age youth will hold an informational gathering for the Spring 2023 season Thursday, 5:30-6:30 p.m., at Havre Middle School. The gathering will be held in the foyer and will coincide with parent-teacher conferences in an effort to minimize parental evening commitments. Contact [email protected] for more information....
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 lease between Hill County and Laredo Financial Business and Real Estate LLC Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Tabled Certificate of Survey showing a retracement of the existing flood control County needs Kremlin Railroad Crossing Boulevard Avenue storm...
Havre Police Department A Boulevard Avenue caller Monday at 9:30 a.m. reported a vehicle window was vandalized. -- A two-vehicle, non-injury crash involving a Nissan Frontier and a a Toyota Rav was reported on 13th Street West at 9:46 a.m. Monday. -- A bad check was reported at a First Street business Monday at 10:35 a.m. -- A Lincoln Avenue caller reported a stolen snow plow Monday at 4:51 p.m. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a caller on 11th Street West...
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 lease between Hill County and Laredo Financial Business and Real Estate LLC Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Tabled Certificate of Survey showing a retracement of the existing flood control County needs Kremlin Railroad Crossing Boulevard Avenue storm...
U.S. Senator Jon Tester attended a get out to vote rally with local, state and federal Democratic candidates Friday evening, where he encouraged everyone present not only to vote, but to find others who hadn't voted and get them to the polls. Tester said a great deal was riding on this election, which could potentially be a watershed moment in politics, an election that could provide the Montana Republican Party with the super majority they need to change the state's constitut...
A four-car pileup south of Box Elder sent three people to the hospital and shut down U.S. Highway 87 for more than an hour Saturday. Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Matt Erickson said the crash, which was reported at 11:56 a.m. Saturday, was due to high levels of dust due to high winds causing low visibility. He said at least three injured people were transported to a Great Falls hospital. The names and conditions of the injured people were not available. Erickson said neither speed nor alcohol were known contributing factors...
ACLU of Montana Thursday accused Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen of still having inaccurate information out about Tuesday’s election, and said in a tweet it demanded she correct polling locations around the state. “Confirm your polling location with your local elections administrator before going out to vote,” the tweet said. The state Democratic party said in a release Friday it conducted an audit on the website of the Secretary of State, the top elections official in Montana, and found numerous inaccuracies and missi...
Press release Havre High School speech and debate took a mix of veteran competitors and new speakers to the Billings Central Catholic High School tournament hosted at Lockwood High School Saturday, with a good return from both groups. “This was an excellent showing by our competitors,” head coach Tim Leeds said. “This was a massive tournament, and all of our speakers had good rounds, with four finishes in the top eight.” The tournament saw students from nine Class A schools including Havre, nine Class B schools and three C...
Former Havre Police officer Brandon Murnion pleaded guilty in Hill County Justice Court last week to two misdemeanors. Murnion was accused of kicking in two doors July 10, on the 700 Block of Fourth Street and the 200 Block of Eighth Avenue and creating a disturbance by “creating a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate purpose” on the 700 Block of Fourth Avenue. Havre Police Chief Gabe Matosich said last Wednesday that Murrnion, who started as a probationary officer with Havre Aug...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a report made at 12:04 p.m. Friday from First Avenue of a lawnmower being stolen. -- Officers assisting another agency Friday at 3:26 p.m. on the 10 Block of Second Street arrested Steeven Andrew Avolad of Havre, 52, at 6:34 p.m. on a charge of negligent endangerment. -- After receiving a complaint from a local hospital at 6:51 p.m. Friday, officers arrested Lana Belgarde Saddler of Rocky Boy, 52, on a charge of disorderly...
As I write this, today is Halloween, Oct. 31. I realize this won't be published until Nov. 7, but I have some things that I've been thinking quite a bit about and thought I would "put pen to paper." As a kid, I can't remember going Trick or Treating very much. One year my brother and I dressed up in some antique clothes that mom had been given. Dad drove our friends Cindi and Calvin Couch, my brother and I around to the neighbors: Draegers, Springers and Rismons. We happily...
District 4 Human Resource Development Council is looking for community input on a needs assessment for its district, and wants RSVPs by Monday to set a count for lunches that will be provided at a meeting Nov. 14. A release about the meeting says the community action program is in the process of completing a community needs assessment for its coverage area. “Your participation as a community partner is vital,” the release says. The services offered by District 4 HRDC are developed to enable low-income individuals in Hil...
Local veteran Jason Geer is showcasing a photography project featuring his fellow veterans this Veterans Day, in an effort to showcase their humanity and talents to the community. The showcase will be featured at Crawford Distillery next Friday, Veterans Day. Geer, who served in the U.S. Navy as an electronics technician from 1990 to 1994, said the project features portrait photos of veterans doing the things that make them passionate, photos that will be on display at Crawford from 3-8 p.m. that day. He said he wanted to do...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Elks Lodge is holding their 2022 Blanket Drive for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and organizers are looking for blanket and bedding donations as well as for recipients. People can sign themselves up, as well as family, friends, of someone else they know is in need of blankets, comforters, quilts, sleeping bags, sheets and such by calling Brandy Kurtz at 406-390-0091. The first distribution day is Nov. 16 and the second is Dec. 13 at the Havre Elks Lodge Room. Donations of blankets and other bedding...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Elks Lodge is conducting its Veterans Giving Tree program again this year and is looking for donors and for veterans who could use a boost at Christmas. The veterans giving tree is a way during the holiday season for Havre Elks and the community to give back to local veterans who served the country. A Christmas tree at the Elks Lodge has tags with information provided by veterans about their wants and or needs. Any individual or group can pick a tag from the tree, purchase the items and place...
North Central Senior Citizens Center Nov. 7-11 Menu Monday, Nov. 7 — Ham and scalloped potato casserole, peas, dessert Tuesday, Nov. 8 — Closed for Election Day Wednesday, Nov. 9 — Chicken pepper steak, rice, vegetables, apple crisp Thursday, Oct. 10 — Blueberry French toast bake, hashbrown casserole, omelets, yogurt Friday, Oct. 11 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Keeping up with the pandemic: Nov. 1, 43 new cases of COVID-19, total number is 5,831, 20 active, no active hospitalizations, total deaths 74. Right now community t...
Havre Police Department Tera Cherise Moore of Dodson, 31, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a Thursday 7:47 a.m. caller at a First Street West business asked officers for assistance. -- Officers took a juvenile to the hospital after a caller at Havre High School asked Thursday at 10:54 a.m. for assistance. -- A caller at a First Street business asked officers Thursday at 11:38 a.m. for assistance with a drug offense. -- A hit and run car crash was reported...
