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The legislator representing Havre is bringing back a regular entry to the Legislature, a proposal to change how charter schools operate in the state. Rep. Ed Hill sponsored House Bill 633, which would create an independent commission that would review proposals to create charter schools. Under Hill's bill, the schools would qualify for state public funding if they met goals, but would not be regulated under the section of Montana law governing public education, Title 20. In...
From USDA WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Thursday USDA Forest Service will invest more than $218 million to fund Great American Outdoors Act projects to conserve critical forest and wetland habitat, support rural economic recovery, and increase public access to national forests and grasslands. Leveraging the Land and Water Conservation Fund provided by Congress, this investment will improve public access by funding strategic land acquisitions. Funds will also support work with state agencies t...
Information taken from Farmers.gov USDA’s Farm Service Agency is now accepting Quality Loss Adjustment Program applications through April 9. Signup opened Jan. 6. USDA is implementing the Quality Loss Adjustment Program to provide financial assistance to crop producers who experienced quality losses caused by qualifying disaster events in 2018 and 2019. USDA announced Jan. 5 that the Quality Loss Adjustment Program will assist producers whose eligible crops suffered quality losses due to qualifying drought, excessive m...
Information taken from National Ag Day website National Ag Day was started in 1973 to increase public awareness of agriculture’s role in society. The day is sponsored by the The Agriculture Council of America that was created the same year. ACA lists its core values as part of its belief that every American should: • Understand how food and fiber products are produced. • Appreciate the role agriculture plays in providing safe, abundant and affordable products. • Value the essential role of agriculture in maintaining a stron...
Havre Police Department A caller on First Street reported a possible fraud Monday at 8:12 a.m. -- Officers made an arrest during a vehicle stop on Eighth Street Monday at 1:12 p.m. No details on the charges were provided. -- Aaryn Jace Cantrell of Havre, 21, was arrested on charges of driving without insurance and driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license and on a Justice or City court warrant during a Monday 6:09 p.m. vehicle stop on Lincoln Avenue. -- An 11th...
The total number of COVID-19-related deaths printed in Monday’s edition of Havre Daily News in the state COVID-19 update reversed the number of deaths for Phillips and Liberty counties. Liberty County has had one death and Phillips County has had 15 deaths....
Editor’s note: This version corrects the total number of deaths in Liberty and Phillips counties. The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 103,098 with 73 new cases, 974 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 51. The number of deaths was 1,414. Blaine County, reported on the state update this morning, had no new cases, 712 total, 10 active, 24 deaths. Hill County Health Department reported Sunday evening being notified of 1 new case Saturday and Sunday with 1,9...
Hill County Commissioner and Board of Health Chair Mark Peterson sent an email to the Havre Daily News this morning announcing that the county has reached the threshold required to lift the area's mask mandate. "I am working on a draft to announce it," the email read. The Havre Daily News had not received this draft by print deadline this morning. In the meeting Feb. 18 where the mandate was voted for 3-1 it was determined that once the metric of 10 or fewer new COVID-19...
Press release The Foundation has scholarship opportunities available for 2021 Havre High School graduates and some applications are also offered to Hill County High Schools, North Star High School and continuing education students. One online scholarship application form is used to apply for any and all of the scholarships. The application form can be found on the Foundation website at http://www.hpseducationfoundation.com . Some applications require specific criteria along with the general information form, be sure to read...
The incorrect time was listed for the 10 a.m. Hill County Commission’s business meeting in the document provided to the Havre Daily News for publication in Friday’s edition. The correct agenda follows. Monday 1:30 p.m. — Ambulance stipend meeting in commissioner’s office 6 p.m. — Hill County Park board Rules and Regulations Committee meeting at Hill County Annex Tuesday 9:30 a.m. — Council on Aging – Final contract for state budget 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting in commissioner’s office Wednesday Regular Business...
Havre Police Department Someone stopped at the police station Friday at 9:19 a.m. to report that their dad was using their Walmart debit card. -- A caller with Adult Protective Services filed a cross report with the police department Friday at 11:10 a.m. -- Kenneth Wayne Parisian of Dodson, 48, was arrested on charges of child endangerment, driving under the influence and failure to yield right of way at signal after a two-vehicle crash was reported at First Street and Third...
Editor’s note: The original document sent to Havre Daily News listed the wrong time Thursday for the weekly business meeting. This version corrects the time. Monday 1:30 p.m. — Ambulance stipend meeting in commissioner’s office 6 p.m. — Hill County Park board Rules and Regulations Committee meeting at Hill County Annex Tuesday 9:30 a.m. — Council on Aging — Final contract for state budget 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting in commissioner’s office Wednesday Regular Business Hours Thursday 10 am — Weekly business meeting...
The Hill County Commission approved a social host ordinance on first reading and will hold a second reading April 1. The ordinance would make it a violation for the social host of a party or event who knows, or reasonably should know, that underage people are drinking alcohol to not make reasonable attempt prevent it. The ordinance states that the host does not need to be present for the law to apply and could result in a misdemeanor charge. A similar ordinance has been in place Havre for over 10 years, and Susan Brurud of...
Big Sandy resident Vanessa Janssen recently stumbled onto a somewhat unusual idea for a side-business recently: selling snails as pets. "My parents still make fun of me. Apparently I'm a Montana snail rancher ... it's pretty hardcore," Janssen said jokingly. She said the business originated when her mother ordered a few adult snails for Janssen's children. She said her children are home-schooled and she's always looking for new ways to entertain them, but when the snails laid...
Press release The Montana State University-Northern Foundation has announced the 2021 Founders' Excellence Award recipients, Paulette Cronk and Patsy Divish. Both were nominated and unanimously voted in for their tireless dedication to Northern and their countless hours of volunteer work at the Foundation. The Founders Excellence award goes to individuals who show loyalty and service to Montana State University-Northern and has been a tradition for more than 35 years. Paulette...
Hill County had its 42nd COVID019-related death reported Thursday evening by the county health department The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 102,768 with 157 new cases, 1,033 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 51. The number of deaths was 1,409. Blaine County Health Department reported Thursday evening being notified of 2 new cases, 750 total, 12 active, 24 deaths. Hill County Health Department reported Thursday evening being notified of 1 new case, 1...
From NorthWestern Energy BUTTE — The extreme weather that gripped Montana the first half of February was immediately followed by extreme weather throughout the Midwest and resulted in temperatures that were far below normal. Record energy demand throughout the Midwest during this time caused natural gas prices to spike. NorthWestern Energy purchased some natural gas for its Montana customers from the market and its customers will see an increase in the cost of the natural gas supply on their bills. NorthWestern Energy M...
Press release Construction crews will begin work Monday on the bridge deck replacement on the Scott Coulee Bridge on U.S. Secondary Highway 234 — Beaver Creek Highway — about a mile south of Havre. The project will be completed in two phases. Traffic should expect short delays beginning Monday as crews mill the roadway and place concrete barrier on the project. People should expect flaggers with minimal delay during the first week of construction. Phase 1 will close the southbound lane until the bridge deck is complete and...
Press release GREAT FALLS — Seven miles of U.S. Highway 87, north of Great Falls, are about to become wider to handle increasing traffic volumes. After wrapping up preliminary construction last winter, the Montana Department of Transportation announced that Schellinger Construction crews will return March 22, weather permitting, to resume roadwork between Dent Bridge Road and Great Bear Avenue. “We know the start of the construction season can often be frustrating to the community,” Great Falls District Administrator, Jim W...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Havre Middle School. The meeting will be available on Zoom through the link https”//us02web.zoom.us/i/87358166962 . The agenda for the meeting is: A. Call to order 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Roll call 3. Welcome to visitors 4. Agenda deletions or corrections, and additions allowed by policy, if any B. New business 1. Personnel 2. Bus route change 3. Screen applications submitted for superintendent position to identify candidates to be interviewed 4...
Havre Police Department Officers responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash with injuries at 13th Avenue and Sixth Street at 7:52 a.m. Thursday. -- Titus Pedraza of Havre, 38, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a caller at a First Street business asked Thursday at 10:42 a.m. to speak with an officer. -- A caller at a First Street establishment reported Thursday at 12:04 p.m. to speak with officers about two fake IDs. -- A dog bite was reported by hospital...
Out our way, you sometimes discover you can get fooled by appearances. Many of you may recall the time I was checking fence with Charlie and had to crawl through some hawthorn bushes to get to the corner post on the other side. I came upon what looked to be an opening in the grove of thorn trees and stepped onto what appeared to be a nice open patch of ground. It wasn't. It was a deep quagmire of mud - quicksand? - that had a light layer of dirt covering it. It looked like...
Holy Week is drawing nearer and nearer! From the excitement of waving palm branches on Palm Sunday to the sorrowful somberness of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday to the bright joy of Easter morning, I have always loved Holy Week. Last year, when the first wave of the pandemic crashed over us and forced all of Holy Week online, we felt how jarring it was to wake up on Easter Sunday without a tangible community around us to celebrate our Savior's resurrection. This year, we're...
Havre Daily News staff People have been invited to St. Jude Thaddeus Church at noon Saturday to recite the Holy Rosary as part of the 2021 Traditional Marriage Crusade. “God’s marriage and the traditional family need our prayers,” a flyer provided by the organizers said. “That is why you are invited to join our 2021 Traditional Marriage Rosary Rally.” The information provided said the Rosary rally, sponsored by America Needs Fatima, will be one of more than 3,000 rallies that will take place all across the United States Sa...
You know, Lord, occasionally one reads something that needs to be shared. Such is the case with an article by Dr. A. Purnell Bailer from his column, "Bread of Life," which he wrote Feb 10, 1970. Quoting from that writing: "In 1934 Reinhold Niebuhr used a pulpit prayer of which a friend asked for and kept a copy, O God, give us serenity to accept what cannot be changed, courage to change what should be changed, and wisdom to distinguish the one from the other (1).'" "The prayer...
