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The name of the MSU-Northern Foundation was misreported in a story that ran on Page A3 in Tuesday’s edition of Havre Daily News about Tom Sleeter starting a memorial scholarship to honor his father....
Editor’s note: This version corrects the name of MSU-Northern Foundation Press release Montana State University Northern is the recipient of a $10,000 gift for a new scholarship. The Sleeter Family Scholarship was created and is supported by Tom H. Sleeter, who resides in Downers Grove, Illinois. Sleeter's father, Howard Sleeter, had been a professor of economics at what was then Northern Montana College from 1946-1950. With that connection, the new scholarship will support N...
from MSU News Service BOZEMAN — The Golden Triangle Barley Conference, a triennial event featuring updates about the barley industry, will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, in Conrad. The event is hosted by Montana State University Extension and its partners and will take place from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pondera Shooting Sports Complex, 972 Granite Road. Check-in will begin at 8 a.m. Speakers from MSU will include Pat Carr from the Central Agricultural Research Center in Moccasin, barley breeder Jamie Sherman with the D...
from Montana Department of Agriculture HELENA — The Montana Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2022 hemp growing season after receiving federal approval from the United States Department of Agriculture for its state hemp production plan which took effect Jan. 1. “Montana’s hemp industry continues to advance and present opportunities for growers, especially with regard to fiber and grain,” Montana Department of Agriculture Director Christy Clark said. “Our department is proud to operate a hemp pr...
from U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural producers and landowners can sign up soon for the Conservation Reserve Program, a cornerstone conservation program offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a key tool in the Biden-Harris Administration effort to address climate change and achieve other natural resource benefits. The General CRP signup will run from Jan. 31 to March 11, and the Grassland CRP signup will run from April 4 to May 13. Producers and landowners enrolled 4.6 million acres into CRP signups in...
As new cases of COVID-19 continue to be confirmed in the state and this region, a COVID protest across the border is closing a port of entry into Canada, free tests are being offered and the Hill County Health Department is changing how it is doing contact tracing. The new case numbers have dropped a bit Monday, although they are still high — Montana reported 978 new cases in its update Monday — but hospitalizations continue to climb, as do deaths. The state broke the 3,0...
Amtrak is once again scaling back services across the U.S. as the omicron-driven surge of COVID-19 in the U.S. continues, and this reduction in services has drawn some criticism. Amtrak announced that, starting last week, Empire Builder trains will no longer be departing Chicago, Seattle and Portland on Thursdays and Fridays, meaning there will be no service in Montana Fridays or Saturdays, including to popular destinations like the Big Mountain ski hill. Calls to Whitefish...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 978 new cases, 17,327 active cases, 329 hospitalizations and 3,016 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 243,133 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Monday that 56 new cases were reported and 80 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 168 active cases in the county, 1 active hospitalization, 4,409 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Monday that it was n... Full story
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations has advised people that while the Port of Sweetgrass remains open, Canadian Border Services Agency has closed the Coutts, Alberta, Port of Entry north of Shelby to inbound traffic. The closure is due to truckers protesting Canadian measures on COVID-19, which is blocking the highway north of Coutts. Customs and Border Protection has advised that people need to be aware that travel north into Canada via the Coutts Port of Entry is currently unavailable. Its release...
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 Hill County Council on Aging Commodity Distribution Contract Board appointments Wildhorse Rural Fire District Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Highway 2 Association dues Procurement policy discussion Quit claim deeds...
Havre Police Department Delbert Duane Skidmore of Helena, 43, was issued a summons on charges of shoplifting and "attempt" after a caller at a First Street business reported a male shoplifter Monday at 8:24 a.m. Skidmore was later arrested on shoplifting charges after a caller at a different First Street business reported Monday at 4:19 p.m. that a man caught by surveillance cameras shoplifting Sunday had just walked into the store. -- A caller at a Havre elder care facility...
After a couple of weeks of balmy weather, forecasters predict more snow to fall today and cold weather to return this week with a high wind warning also in effect, but warmer temperatures are expected to hit again by the weekend. The forecast calls for up to half an inch of snow today in Liberty, Blaine, Hill and northern Chouteau counties, with a chance of snow again Tuesday morning in Liberty and northern Chouteau counties and more snow possible in the Big Sandy area Tuesday night. A high wind warning is in effect till 2 p....
Havre Police Department Aleisha Morningstar The Boy of Havre, 30, was arrested on a pick up and hold order served Friday at 10:55 a.m. on Second Street Northeast. -- A business caller on Montana Avenue reported Friday at 10:57 a.m. seeing video of someone stealing a watch from the store on Jan. 26. -- Someone stopped at the police station Friday at 4:32 p.m. asking for assistance in a domestic dispute. -- A Saddle Butte Drive caller reported a pistol was missing from a vehicle...
Amtrak’s Empire Builder, along with other routes, is back to a short schedule due to COVID-19. After long-distance routes were cut early in the pandemic as the national passenger rail service cited declining passenger numbers due to COVID-19, seven-day-a-week service resumed in May after Congress appropriated funds specifically to restore service and directed Amtrak to return furloughed workers to their jobs. That ended on the Empire Builder again this weekend, with trains not departing Chicago, Seattle and Portland T...
The Havre Eagles Club will be holding a bingo and Indian taco sale fundraiser Friday to raise money for the Jensen family, who lost their home to a fire in December. Eagles Auxiliary President Candace Dess said the event will start a 6 p.m. at the Eagles Club, and they’re hoping to raise as much money as they can for the family, who is still looking for a home. “They’ve been totally displaced,” Dess said. “... They pretty much lost everything.” She said Eagles Club Member Dixie Geer came to her recently wanting to do somet...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 3,426 new cases, 18,607 active cases, 310 hospitalizations and 300 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 242,180 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Friday that 25 new cases were reported and 82 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 192 active cases in the county, no active hospitalizations, 4,353 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Friday that it was noti... Full story
Press release In mid-January, the MSU-Northern Foundation had a visit from Kyle Donoven of Havre who, along with his three sisters, created a scholarship to Northern in memory of their parents. Named the Barry and Diane Memorial Ag Scholarship, the fund will support Northern students who are seeking a degree in agriculture. Northern Chancellor Greg Kegel was appreciative, saying, "Agriculture is the backbone of our region and this gift will definitely make an impact to our ag...
Press release The North Star High School speech and drama team headed to the state tournament in Huntley Project Friday and Saturday, Jan. 28-29, to compete. The Knights had three make it to finals and earn medals, with Choral Wicks and Kaden Frickel taking seventh dramatic theatre, and, in original oratory, Ecko Fraser placed fifth. Brodie Jackson broke into semifinals in informative speaking, as did Madelyn Myers and Collin Welch, both in humorous interpretation of literature. In dramatic solo acting, Emily Conner fought...
Press release The Havre High School speech and debate team didn’t bring any medals back from the state Class A tournament in Corvallis, but the head coach praised his team’s efforts. “This is the toughest Class A meet of the year, and I hoped we would have more success, but our speakers did their all and had some success,” head coach Tim Leeds said. “We had the talent to bring home some medals, but this is a young team and they still did well.” The tournament saw teams from 23 Class A schools compete Friday and Saturday at...
KillEagle Promotions will be holding Brawl at the Mall, a boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts event at the Holiday Village Mall Saturday at 7 p.m., as an awareness-raising event for childhood cancer. The event will feature 10 fights including four amateur MMA bouts, one amateur boxing match and a heavy-weight kickboxing match, as well as a 145-pound fight, the later two of which will be for the promotion’s first titles. Wesley KillEagle, the primary organizer, said the event will have professional bare-knuckle boxing a...
The Hill County Commission has reversed its decision to change their workers’ compensation insurance provider over to PayneWest Insurance, which was voted on two weeks ago, and stay with Koefod Agency, prompting a heated discussion about the reversal. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said upon reviewing their decision to switch to PayneWest, the commission felt that they did not give Koefod a chance to speak with the insurance committee and make a case for their agency. They made a motion to switch back to them for w...
The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 2,888 new cases, 19,817 active cases, 312 hospitalizations and 2,993 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 238,801 cases. Hill County Health Department said in its update Thursday that 35 new cases were reported and 15 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 249 active cases in the county, 1 active hospitalization, 4,328 total cases and the county has had 71 deaths. Blaine County Health Department said in its update Thursday that it w... Full story
A front-page story in the Jan. 14 edition of Havre Daily News about a Hill County Commission meeting misreported that the commission had voted to change their insurance agency for workers compensation and property insurance from Koefod Agency to PayneWest Insurance, only workers compensation was changed to PayneWest.... Full story
Press release The Park Board meeting set for Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m. has been moved to the Community Center at the Great Northern Fairgrounds, rather than in the Hill County Courthouse Timmons Room....
