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After Havre Daily printed Monday an amended version of the Hill County Commission weekly calendar that had been printed Friday, the commission sent another addition to the calendar. Thursday at 1 p.m.: Discussion of Kenneth J. Wilson vs Hill County, Cause No. DV-19-126 and Plaintiff’s settlement proposal. The discussion may be closed to the public for litigation strategy discussion....
Fort Belknap Indian Community and three conservation organizations filed a motion to intervene Monday against an attempt to overturn a ruling on a decision about conducting mining exploration in the Little Rocky Mountains south of Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. “There is substantial history establishing the detrimental effects created by previous mining activity in the Little Rockies,” President of the Fort Belknap Indian Community Jeffrey Stiffarm said in a release announcing the intervention . “Environmental impacts are b...
Havre High School hosted a presentation Tuesday by one of the most famous Native American athletes of all time, winner of the 10,000 meter dash at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and the only American to win gold in the event to this day. Billy Mills gave inspirational talks at Rocky Boy High School and Stone Child College Monday, then at Havre High Tuesday before heading to Box Elder High School. Mills made it to the NCAA All-American Cross country team three times and was a...
The Great Northern Fair Board met Tuesday and discussed a number of events coming up on the fairgrounds as well as a change in their plans to replace the horse barn on the grounds. Board member Bob Kaul said after an investigation by himself, Fairgrounds Manager Frank English and fellow Board member Ken Erickson they found that the I-beams in the building are still good and they recommend reroofing it instead of replacing it. Kaul said he knows that’s an expensive project, but he feels they still need the building for equipme...
Havre City Council President Andrew Brekke led a Town Hall meeting Monday night on the potential merits of Havre moving to a council-manager form of government, a question that will be on this year's general election ballot. Under this form of government most of the responsibilities of Havre's mayor would be taken over by a city manager who is hired by the city council, a manager who would handle the day-to-day operations of city government while the council handles policy...
Parker's BBQ Pit owners Steve Parker and Jennifer Small-Parker received this year's Havre/Hill County Historic Preservations Committee's annual Christmas Ornament. Every year, the commission honors a historic building or location in the area, having a Christmas ornament designed to commemorate it and its historic and cultural importance to the area. Steve Parker said receiving the ornament was an honor, but it's not exactly their honor in the end. "We feel honored," he said....
The Hill County Commission is reminding people that a public hearing on the proposed tax on marijuana is scheduled for Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Timmons Room on the bottom floor of the Hill County Courthouse. The commission said it is looking for public input on how the money could be allocated....
Havre Daily News staff Havre Area Chamber of Commerce Director Jessica Fagerbakke has announced the winning floats from the judging before the Festival Days parade. One float won two honors. Triangle Communications Hill County float won both the Mayor's Choice and the Best Commercial Float. Bullhook Community Health Center won Best Non-Commercial Float with its Where's Waldo entry....
Havre Police Department A caller at the hospital reported Monday at 3:47 p.m. a person had been bitten by an animal. —— Tayla Wren Overlie of Havre, 33, was issued a summons on charges of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant, driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license and speeding and on a Justice or City court warrant during a vehicle stop on First Street West Monday at 8:55 p.m. —— An arrest was made after a caller on 10th Street West reported a woman outside screaming Monday at 11:36 p.m. No d...
This weekend saw host to another successful Festival Days celebration with event after event drawing crowds from Friday to Sunday. All three days had major events this year, some larger than years past, some smaller, but all seemed to satisfy their audiences. Friday saw the Steve Heil Memorial Car Show that evening, with car enthusiasts from around the area lining up on Third Avenue, showing off their rides. Dave Lewis, one of the attendees said the show was a bit smaller...
Gary Buchanan, an independent running for Congress in the newly formed eastern district of Montana, stopped in Havre this weekend to take part in the Festival Days Parade, hold a meet and greet and speak with the Havre Daily News about his candidacy. Buchanan, the only candidate in the eastern congressional district who came to Festival Days, said while he is neither a Democrat nor a Republican, and his positions on issues often draw the ire of both sides, he decided to run...
The Eagle Creek Fire in the Bear Paw Mountains appears to be fairly well under control, with the resources deployed to fight the fire headed home at the end of shift today, Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Montana Forest Action Plan Project Manager Wyatt Frampton said this morning. Frampton said the fire is 95 percent contained, and although local firefighters will be keeping a close eye on it, the main job of firefighting is done. The incident commander as of last Tuesday, Robert Smith, said it was...
Havre Police Department Clifford John Black Elk of Havre, 31, was issued a summons on a charge of theft of lost or mislaid property after a wallet was reported stolen from a First Street business Friday at 11:11 a.m. —— A hit and run crash was reported at 1:52 p.m. Friday at Havre High School. —— A Second Street caller reported Friday at 2:26 p.m. that a vehicle had been stolen two days prior. —— A 3:40 p.m. Friday caller reported slashed tires on Fourth Street. —— A 14-year-old was issued a summons on a charge of minor...
Editor’s note: Havre Daily News received an updated version of this calendar after a previous version already went to press Friday. Monday 10 a.m. — Council on Aging interview with Bill Lanier in commissioners’ office 1 p.m. — Fair Commission interview with Alicia DeRosa in commissioners’ office Museum board interview with Vickie Clouse moved to Wednesday at 11 a.m. Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire update call in commissioners’ office 10 a.m. — Montana Department of T...
Editor’s note: Havre Daily News did not receive this agenda in time to print it in Friday’s edition of Havre Daily News. Great Northern Fair Commission will meet Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. in the Great Northern Fairgrounds Community Center. The meeting agenda is: Call meeting to order Roll call of members Recognize and record public attendees Approve minutes Public comment — anything brought up here will be added to next month’s new business to be discussed and voted on Fair manager’s report Civic groups report Do...
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 Resolution No. 22-2705 Resolution Appointing Special Deputy County Attorneys Contracts FY2023 Extension Services Agreement between Montana State University Extension and Hill County, Montana Inmate Excess Medical Insurance and/or Claims Administration Management 2022-2023 Agreement Health Department Family Planning...
The Havre-Hill County Library will be open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23. The library will be closed from 9 to 10 a.m. for an all-staff meeting....
Hill County Park Board this week approved a request through Havre Trails to put a memorial bench halfway up Mount Otis in Beaver Creek Park in memory of decades-long photographer and community volunteer Steve Helmbrecht. Helmbrecht died of cancer Oct. 21, 2021, at age 70. Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar recommended the board approve the request. “It’s a great place for a bench there, and one of Steve Helmbrecht’s favorite places to take pictures,” he said. The board approved the request unanimously, althoug...
On this year’s 2020 General Election Ballot will be a question regarding whether Hill County should impose a three percent tax on medical and recreational marijuana products sold in the county, and a hearing on that question has been scheduled for next Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Timmons Room at the Hill County Courthouse. The commission originally scheduled the hearing for Tuesday afternoon this week, but the meeting was not properly noticed in local media and only one member of the public, Les Odegard, who’s running as...
More than 50 people attended this year's Hill County Suicide Awareness Walk Thursday, where those affected by suicide did a one-mile route around Montana State University-Northern and talked about their experiences. The event, organized by the Hill County Suicide Awareness Coalition and supported by the Hill County Local Advisory Council on Behavioral Health, has been held every year for almost a decade to raise awareness about suicide and to destigmatize the mental health...
Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson Associated Press BILLINGS — Just hours after a Montana judge blocked health officials from enforcing a state rule that would prevent transgender people from changing the gender on their birth certificate, the Republican-run state Thursday said it would defy the order. District Court Judge Michael Moses chided attorneys for the state during a hearing in Billings for circumventing his April order that temporarily blocked a 2021 Montana law that made it harder to change birth certificates. M...
Havre Daily News staff Just off of holding one successful community event, the group working to fix the aging Chinook City Pool and Sweet Park is setting up for another. Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation, formed in 2021, held its Drool in the Pool event Sept. 8, and is preparing for its Brewfest to be held Oct. 1 in conjunction with Chinook's Sugarbeet Festival. The group held its first ever Drool in the Pool to give area dogs the chance to swim in the Chinook pool....
Press release GREAT FALLS — A woman suspected of shooting a woman in the face over a drug deal on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation admitted to an assault charge Thursday, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Tricia Friede Gardipee, 50, pleaded guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Gardipee faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided. The court will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sen...
Havre City Council President Andrew Brekke will convene a Town Hall Meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in Havre City Hall to talk about the proposal on the November ballot to have Havre switch to a city manager-council form of government. The existing form of the Havre government, a form provided by the city says, is broken into three branches: City Council, legislative branch • Governing body of the city • Deliberates and adopts all ordinances and resolutions • Adopts city budget • Advises and consents to mayoral appointees of depa...
Havre City-County Airport Board will meet Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, at 3 p.m. in the airport terminal. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of Aug. 18 minutes. 2. Correspondence. 3. Reports (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) North End of Southway Lake (B) CIP Approval 6. New business (A) Painting big hangar 7. Approval of the September claims....
