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Montana Department of Environmental Quality today issued an update on caution advisories on harmful algal blooms that included Beaver Creek Reservoir on the north end of Beaver Creek Park about 8 miles south of Havre. People are warned to use caution at the reservoir to avoid exposure to potential harmful algal blooms and to keep pets out of the areas where they see algae. DEQ's website says harmful algal blooms -- HABs -- most often occur in Montana’s reservoirs and lakes, although water users should also be cautious a...
A decades-old mission to honor and memorialize the U.S. soldiers who died in Vietnam is complete. Janna Hoehn of Maui, Hawaii, told the Havre Daily News that the last photo for “Faces Never Forgotten,” an online effort to provide a photograph for every name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, was posted online in August. “All of these photos have been submitted to the Wall of Faces online memorial with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund website, as well as accom...
The Hill County Commission approved a $669,300 bid for improvements to the RSID 29 and 30 Lift Station in North Havre, a project with a price tag that has expanded significantly due to inflation, but one that can still be covered by American Rescue Plan Act funds. The commission has been working for years to improve the efficiency of lift stations in North Havre to get ahead of any potential environmental or health-related dangers but the upgrades were expensive projects and required significant time and investment to make...
Havre Daily News Staff Beaver Creek Park staff and Montana Department of Transportation are again urging drivers to use caution when driving on Montana Secondary Highway 234 - Beaver Creek Highway - and other roads in Beaver Creek Park starting next week as, cattle will again be on the park starting Tuesday. The Hill County Park Board leases grazing to area ranchers from the day after Labor Day to the first of the next year, with the season sometimes shortened due to weather o...
Press release BILLINGS - The Big Sky State Games - BSSG - announced this week that two Havre residents, James "Jim" Griggs and Robert "Bob" Doney, were among the recipients of the Osborne Volunteer of the Year award winners for 2022 on Tuesday. The other recipients are Jenny Moodie, Billings, and the Billings Young Marines, Billings. The award is named after the late Big Sky State Games founder Tom Osborne and his family. The team of Griggs and Doney have been running the...
Havre Daily News staff National Alliance on Mental Illness — NAMI — Havre has issued its September newsletter, with hopes that everyone in the area had a good summer and was able to be around family and friends. The newsletter says NAMI Havre has signup sheets for its classes, so if anyone wants to sign up they can call or stop into the office. “Our support groups are going on,” the newsletter says, adding that all classes and support groups are free to join. It says a family and friends class starts Wednesday, Sept. 28, runn...
Havre City Council will meet Tuesday, Sept. 6, then recess its budget hearing and reconvene the hearing Wednesday, Sept. 7. The agenda for the meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. is: Call to order Pledge of Allegiance Roll call Minutes Committee reports Public comment on agenda items 1 through 5. For items not on this agenda, public comment will be taken at the end of the agenda. Comments here are limited to one minute. Regular agenda — 1. Resolution No. 3874 — A Resolution Assessing a Special Property Tax Against Certain Property in...
Monday County offices are closed in observance of Labor Day Holiday Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — DNRC Fire Update call in Commissioner’s office 9:30 a.m. — Health Department meeting in Commissioner’s office 10:30 a.m. — Road Department meeting in Commissioner’s office Wednesday Regular business hours Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly Business meeting in Commissioner’s office 6:30 p.m. — HRDC Board meeting at the HRDC facility Friday Regular business hours...
Havre Police Department Two juveniles at Havre Middle School were issued summonses after a caller at the middle school reported two students fighting Thursday at 2 p.m. No details on charges were listed. -- Officers assisted with a forensic issue at a Fourth Street facility at 3:40 p.m. Thursday. Hill County Sheriff's Office A Thursday 12:13 p.m. report that the caller's vehicle bumper was hit in a parking lot that morning was referred to Montana Highway Patrol. -- Vandalism...
North Central Senior Citizens Center Sept. 5-9 Menu Monday, Sept. 5 — Closed — Labor Day Holiday Tuesday, Sept. 6 — Salad, spaghetti with meat sauce, bread sticks, green beans, cake Wednesday, Sept. 7 — Oven-baked fish, rice pilaf, peas, coffee cake Thursday, Sept. 8 — Chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, cookies Friday, Sept. 9 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Keeping up with the pandemic: Aug. 29, 37 new cases of COVID-19, total number is 5,569, eight active, one active hospitalization, no hospitalizati...
Those of you who are regular readers of "Out our Way" may recall the story of "Junior," that young and smallish Charolais bull that disappeared one day. It was after the mating season and the bulls were no longer fighting each other - in fact, they hung out together away from the main herd in what Charlie and I called "The Good Ole Boys' Club." Well, it was now early fall and time to start moving the cattle down from the summer pasture to the winter one, and as we gathered...
When a holiday is approaching, It is often easy for pastors and other religious leaders to bemoan the appropriation and secularization of that given holiday. Most holidays have spiritual or religious origins or bases. Labor Day, however, is not one of those holidays. It was established to celebrate the hard work and societal contributions made by the working class in the United States. The first Labor Day was celebrated in 1882 and was made a federal holiday by President...
You know, Lord, occasionally humorous things have a bit of logic; since some months have a few wacky holidays about food, this one seemed appropriate for August. Author unknown, titled: To a friend: How come you order rich desserts, while I feel I must be sensible? He laughed and said "I'm tasting all that is possible. I try to eat the food I need, and do the things I should. But life's so short, my friend, I hate missing out on something good. "This year I realized how old I...
We're born to die, the GOOD BOOK says; someday He'll call us home. Then off we'll fly to be with God, no more on Earth to roam. We'll greet family - oh! What a JOY; see some we've never met! There's "A" and "E" - two special gals - they sing a great duet. You left dear ones behind; you did; some tears we still do shed. Some day we, too, will join you there, that's what the GOOD BOOK said. No more illness of any kind, we're healed in Jesus' name! That happens when we've been ca...
The chair of the Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission is asking for comment on drawing new legislative districts in the state. “The Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission needs your help in drawing the new legislative districts that go into effect for the 2024 elections,” Commission Chair Maylinn Smith said in a release. She said four drafts of maps have been proposed for purposes of generating public comments and are available for review and comment online. Smith said that once the House districts are...
Havre Police Department A vehicle crash was reported on First Avenue at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday. -- An injured fawn was reported on U.S. Highway 2 at 7:04 p.m. Wednesday. -- A hit-and-run crash was reported at 7:27 p.m. Wednesday on Second Street. -- A fender bender was reported near Town Square Wednesday at 10:13 p.m. -- A verbal or written warning was issued after a 12:07 a.m. report today from callers who woke to find an intoxicated woman in their room. -- At 4:54 this...
Hill County saw its first case of monkeypox yesterday, and while the national outbreak of the virus across the U.S. and the world is a cause for concern, it doesn’t appear that the disease is cause for alarm in this region for now. Dr. Kevin Harada of Northern Montana Health Care said the outbreak is being monitored, but due to the virus’ relatively low rate of spread most people don’t need to worry about it for now. “Time will tell if this is going to become more of a problem or not, we’re monitoring the situation...
Blaine County Sheriff John Colby said that suspects have been identified but no arrests have been made in the string of vandalism incidents in Blaine and Chouteau counties that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage and is likely linked to the shooting of one or more deer, all occurring late Aug. 17 or early Aug. 18. Colby said Tuesday they are making “quite a bit of headway,” but he was unable to give specific details at this point in the investigation. A press release from Colby this morning said evidence has...
Staff and wire report The local economic development agency is looking for some help planning for the region’s economic future. Bear Paw Development Corp. said in a release that it is seeking input from area residents on the organization’s draft 2022 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy. The CEDS was last updated in 2020 and is typically utilized for five years. However, the federal Economic Development Administration has requested that Bear Paw’s CEDS be updated in 2022 to align with the same CEDS approval sched...
Havre Police Department Cameron Reid Taylor of Havre, 25, was arrested on a charge obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and on two Justice or City court warrants and Desstazia Crystal Healy of Havre, 18, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant after a verbal disturbance was reported on First Street Northeast Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. -- A written or verbal warning was issued after a caller at a First Street business reported Tuesday at 4:42 p.m. that two...
Scott McFetridge Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa - There is only so much farmland in the United States, so when Russia's invasion of Ukraine last spring prompted worries that people would go hungry as wheat remained stuck in blockaded ports, there was little U.S. farmers could do to meet the new demand. But that may be changing. Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Agriculture instituted new policies to encourage American farmers to begin growing two crops on one...
from U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced up to $550 million in funding to support projects that enable underserved producers to access land, capital and markets, and train the next, diverse generation of agricultural professionals. The investments are made through funding provided in the American Rescue Plan Act Section 1006, as amended by Section 22007 of the Inflation Reduction Act. The provisions fund and direct USDA to take action to help ensure underserved producers h...
Staff and wire report Hill County Health Department announced in a release late this morning that a single case of presumptive monkeypox virus has been confirmed in a Hill County adult. The release said initial testing was competed Monday at the Montana State Public Health Laboratory and confirmatory testing will take place with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The disease has been endemic in parts of Africa for decades, with the disease spreading to other areas including the U.S. at times. Outbreaks of...
West Nile virus has been confirmed in the area, with Blaine County among Montana counties with mosquitoes testing positive for the virus. Blaine County Health Department said in a Facebook post Monday evening that the virus was detected in Blaine and Phillips counties. “Please take precautions when you are outdoors, utilize proper bug spray and clothing, remove sources of standing water, and vaccinate your horses if you haven’t already,” the post said. A post on the Hill County Weed and Mosquito Control District Faceb...
