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A meeting on Havre’s Downtown Master Plan will be held online by High Plains Architects Monday, July 11, 2022. People can join the meeting online at https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MTY4YjZjMjAtN2JiZC00YTU4LWFkOTYtMzI0ZDUwZDFkNmNm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22428c44b3-5c9e-4275-a537-4168780bb4d9%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%227d570b54-ba9b-4d1b-88aa-b8806b561bd8%22%7d or via Bitly at https://bit.ly/3ujQJbb . “This is our community, the future is in our hands – your voice matters,” a release on the mee...
Press release A cooperative planing to locally train meat processors — and provide some local meat processing in the process — is one step closer to operation with naming of a general manager. A release from Montana Farmers Union said Bill Jones has been hired to take the helm of the Montana Premium Processing Cooperative in Havre, bringing a lifelong love of agriculture and a commitment to quality with him to his new post. Jones has been involved in the meat-processing industry for several decades. “Eating is a simple enoug...
Havre’s Saturday Market will start again July 9 at 8 a.m. and the Havre-Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for more participants. “Saturday Market provides an opportunity for the community to connect with farmers, artists, artisans, crafters, visitors, friends, neighbors and local businesses,” a release from the Chamber says. “The market is a family-friendly event in the heart of our downtown; it provides a gathering place for all ages to get-together, shop, eat, mingle and support local business. Chamber Executive Directo...
Havre Public School's ongoing bus driver shortage continues in 2022 and threatens to force drivers to choose between activities and routes if it doesn't improve. HPS Facilities and Transportation Director Scott Filius said the situation has actually gotten worse since the last time he spoke with the Havre Daily News about it in September of last year. Filius said back then that the COVID-19 pandemic had the potential to exacerbate their already existing staffing issues, but...
A local garden club this week honored Antoinette "Toni" Hagener, a local political and community leader who helped form the club in 2009. Bullhook Blossoms Garden Club Tuesday dedicated a sundial, plaque, bench and piece of land planted with the state grass, bluebunch wheatgrass, to honor Hagener near the entrance to Montana State University-Northern's Hagener Science Center, which was named for Lou Hagener, her husband and a longtime Northern science professor and community...
Press release HELENA — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will host a work session with members of the Private Land/Public Wildlife Council and other interested parties via Zoom July 7 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. FWP will use the work session to review and seek input on its efforts to revise an online education course to improve hunter behavior and hunter/landowner relations. This course will serve as a replacement to the current hunter/landowner stewardship course. FWP will present an outline for the new online course, a draft exam a...
Havre Police Department Takeisha The Boy of Chinook, 21, was arrested on an assault charge after a caller on 13th Street asked Tuesday at 7:28 a.m. to speak with an officer about being kicked at work. -- Officers investigated found property after a Havre caller reported finding a ring Tuesday at 10:05 a.m. -- A caller at a First Street West business reported Tuesday at 9:17 p.m. that a customer slammed a door against the wall and shattered the door glass. Hill County...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees approved Tuesday sending a project to resurface the Havre Middle School track out to bid and approved a new addition to Havre High School’s curriculum. The subject of resurfacing Havre Middle School’s track, a project that will cost upward of $400,000, was one discussed at a planning meeting last month and at the last meeting of the board it was agreed that it should be considered a priority project. At Tuesday’s meeting Havre Superintendent Craig Mueller presented the request for a...
6's Great Northern Fair is set to be much larger than previous years, with far more events, rides and entertainment, the fairgrounds manager said. "Bigger, badder, better," Great Northern Fairgrounds Manager Frank English said. English said he and the Great Northern Fair Board have been working hard to get this year's fair set up, and they're set to nearly double the number of events planned. Among the biggest additions, he said, is the tractor pull Saturday, the addition o...
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 30, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
Havre Police Department A 12th Street caller reported a bad check Monday at 2:08 p.m. -- Acoya Nathan Gopher of Box Elder, 24, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and trespass to property after a Second Street caller reported a trespasser Monday at 8:34 p.m. -- Mayann Margaret Weaving of Havre, 18, was arrested on a charge of theft and on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller at a First Street business reported someone stole three lighters. Hill County...
Staff and wire During a press call last week, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said a committee advanced two of his bills intended to improve prices and fairness for agricultural producers and consumers, putting them one step closer to a vote on the Senate floor. Last Wednesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee favorably reported the bipartisan Meat Packing Special Investigator Act and the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act, intended to combat consolidation in the meat industry, protect family farmers and ranchers, lower...
After days of confusion regarding the Havre Fire Department's future leadership, former Assistant Havre Fire Chief Nathan Courtnage confirmed Monday morning that he has been named the new Havre fire chief. A release from Havre Mayor Doug Kaercher Monday morning said Courtnage, a 17-year veteran of the department and a three-year assistant chief, will act as the interim fire chief until the Havre City Council approves his appointment at their monthly meeting July 5. "The City...
A new piece of art is being put up to adorn the front of the Havre Elks Lodge $1201 at 321 Second Street. Havre High School art student Angelina Siebenaller and her art teacher, Havre High School teacher Lindsey Ratliff, are woking to paint Siebenaller's mural on the front of the lodge. Siebenaller won a contest held by the Elks among local high school art students in the region, submitting the winning proposed mural to be painted on the front of th lodge. The Elks donated...
People are praising the appointment of a Hi-Line county commissioner to a state-level federal position to help Montana agricultural producers. Liberty County Commissioner Maureen “Morb” Wicks is being appointed by President Joe Biden as the Montana executive director of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency. “Morb Wicks is a great pick to lead the Farm Service Agency,” Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer said in a release. “Her 16 years of experience as a Liberty County FSA committee member has...
Havre Police Department An arrest was made after a 15th Avenue caller reported an assault Friday at 2:30 p.m. No details on charges were provided, but Jeremiah Francis Berger of Havre, 51, who was named as an involved party was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant served on First Street at 11:44 a.m. Sunday and charges listed in the jail roster are failure to comply, aggravated assault and partner or family member assault. -- A dirt bike was reported stolen Friday at...
Press release HELENA — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking public comment on several proposals slated to go to the Fish and Wildlife Commission in August. Under the new commission process, FWP is taking public comment on these proposals now and will present the collected comments and proposals to the commission for their review and decisions Aug. 25. Commissioners can offer amendments to the proposals as they see fit. The proposals and supporting documents, commissioner amendments and collected public comment will b...
Hill County Park Board’s Beaver Creek Park Hay Committee will meet Thursday, day, June 30, from 1-2 p.m. at the Beaver Lodge in Beaver Creek Park’s Camp Kiwanis. Agenda items are the condition of the grass and conditions for haying....
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 Maddox Roofing & Construction, Inc. with the county in the amount of $12,775.00 Hill County Council on Aging Care Contract with A Plus Health Care Board appointments Rural Fire District 1 — Richard Shulund Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval Verploegen gifted survey County needs S...
Friday evening, the Havre Eagles Club set up a stop on the path of the Second Annual Ride for Tomorrow, a 1,500 mile motorcycle ride being held to raise suicide prevention awareness and provide people education on how to identify people in crisis and find them the help they need. Havre's stop, at Zip Trip on First Street, provided packaged meals, burgers and beverages to the riders, including a trio from the Havre American Legion Riders. Last year's inaugural Ride for...
The Northern Agricultural Research Center of Montana State University held its annual Field Day and Agriculture Appreciation Banquet where two locals were honored with awards for their outstanding work in the field of agriculture and their contributions to their community. The banquet, which served more than 300 people, was kicked of by Northern Agricultural Research Center Superintendent Darrin Boss, also the head of MSU's Department of Research Centers, who thanked everyone...
Hill County Compensation Board passed a recommendation Thursday to offer Hill County elected officials a five percent cost of living pay increase and the board also set up future meetings to consider raising base pay as well. The board had been discussing a potential change to the pay matrix of the county that would include yearly wages increased compressed into a shorter amount of time, which Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean said will help attract more people to the county. Other members of the board, as well as county...
Staff and wire report The Hill County Mosquito Control District and public health officials are urging people to take steps to keep the number of the blood-sucking insects down and to protect themselves. Each year around this time, public health officials remind residents that the yearly onslaught of mosquitoes and their bites is just around the corner, and in many areas these fierce pests are already peaking. Josh Miller of the Hill County Mosquito Control District said last week the district began mosquito fogging June 6,...
The Hill County Commission announced the departure of Hill County Council on Aging Director Don Kenny at their weekly business meeting Thursday morning, where they also tabled a number of contracts and policies that require more time to consider. Hill County Commissioner Diane McLean said Kenny’s last day will be July 8 and they received his resignation letter before the meeting. The commission also tabled consideration of a potential contract between the Hill County Council on Aging and A Plus Health Care, one McLean said H...
Havre Police Department A caller asked Thursday at 8:36 a.m. for a welfare check on a family member on Fourth Avenue. -- A bag of white substance was reported on the ground on Third Avenue Thursday at 10:05 a.m. -- A Second Street West caller reported at 12:08 p.m. Thursday finding a mailbox and a post in the front yard. -- Adrian Tyrell Chiefstick of Rocky Boy, 39, and Acoya Nathan Gopher of Box Elder, 24, were each arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a fight was...
