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From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks As the summer heats up, boaters, floaters and swimmers are hitting the water to cool down. Montana’s many rivers, lakes and reservoirs offer fun recreational opportunities like swimming, boating and floating, but it’s important to remember to be safe while enjoying the water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that drowning is the fifth leading cause of unintentional injury/death for people of all ages, and that potentially, half of all boating deaths could be pre...
Press release Havre city government has issued notice that its weed ordinance, Ordinance No. 88, has gone into effect for the year. Havre’s nuisance weed ordinance began May 1. Property owners with grass or weeds taller than 8 inches will receive a notice. If the weeds are not cut or removed within 10 days, the city will remove the weeds and the cost of the removal will be charged to the property owner. Owners will receive only one violation notice per year, and the city will remove the nuisance grass or weeds in violation o...
Havre Police Department Renee Mary Pruys of Havre, 40, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant served Wednesday at 7:18 a.m. at the police station. -- A Fourth Street business caller reported damage to a garage Wednesday at 4:17 p.m. -- Stephanie Rita Small of Havre, 37, was arrested on five Justice or City court warrants served at 7:26 p.m. Wednesday at the police station. -- Officers investigated a disturbance reported on Lincoln Avenue Wednesday at 8:28 p.m. -- A...
After just a few years of operation, produce from Havre's High Horizon Gardens is now in most of Havre's restaurants, its website says - and now the owners are planning to expand the business. The High Horizon Gardens website says owners Aricka Turner and Cody Miles want to continue expanding their product line as the seasons change. However, that's not all they have planned. They said in an interview that they are planning on opening a new location in the fall. "The inflation...
After only an hour and eighteen minutes of deliberation, a jury Tuesday found Havre resident Shane Johnson guilty of negligent homicide in the 2013 shooting death of his brother, Travis Johnson in a retrial that began one week ago. Johnson had pleaded not guilty to the charge, his defense arguing that the death of his brother was a tragic accident, not negligent homicide, and the prosecution arguing that the evidence clearly showed the opposite. Johnson had appealed his 2014 c...
North-central Montana saw a second day of scorching weather Tuesday with, again, new records set for high temperatures, although forecasts predict it to cool down in this area the rest of the week. National Weather Service’s recording station at Little Bullwhacker Creek in Blaine County recorded 105 degrees Tuesday, beating the previous record for June 15 set in 1987 at 98 degrees. Several high temperatures in the region were close to that, with several new records, but Weather Service Meteorologist Paul Nutter in Great F...
Father's Day this year, Sunday, June 20, will see the return of the Havre Rotary Club's annual Fishing Derby at Rotary Lake in Beaver Creek Park after its cancellation last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Brian Lilletvedt, one of the event's organizers, said signup and registration for the event begins at noon and fishing begins at 1 p.m. and ends at 3 p.m. Lilletvedt said the event is free for children who will be divided into two categories, younger than 10 and 10 to 15....
The Hill County Commission, Havre Mayor Tim Solomon and representatives from the North Havre County Water District met with Susan Brurud of Bear Paw Development Corp. and Craig Erickson of Great West Engineering to discuss how the county can and should best use the funds it’s been allocated from the American Rescue Plan. Among the plans discussed were improvements to the RSID 29 and 30 lift stations, upgrading the Milk River Levee, installing a new air handler and broadband in the Hill County Courthouse, addressing revenue l...
Havre Trails is encouraging the community to get outside over the next several months by participating in the 2021 Havre Trails Outdoor Challenge, which started June 7 and closes Sept. 6. After having hikes in different locations throughout the summer in past years, Havre Trails was forced to get creative as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a successful first year of this challenge. “Last year, because of COVID, we didn’t really think we should be doing (or...
The Hill County Weed Board will meet Friday at 11 a.m. in the county shop. The meeting agenda is: Call to order Minutes Public comment Correspondence Unfinished business Compliance issue Sage Creek grant New business Spring crew training Grant order updates Purchase orders Control update Budget...
Havre City-County Airport Board will meet at City Hall Thursday at 3 p.m. The meeting agenda is: 1. Approval of May 20 minutes 2. Correspondence. 3. Reports (A) Manager (B) Inspection (C) Finance (D) Engineer — DOWL a. Runway Pavement Preservation Project. 4. Public comments 5. Unfinished business (A) Airport Affected Area Plan Discussion (B) Legal Counsel Discussion (C) Big Hanger Repair Status a. Historic preservation 6. New business (A) RFP for engineering services (B) Fiscal Year 2022 budget 7. Approval of June c...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a sexual or violent offender registry violation Tuesday at 10:57 a.m. -- Tuesday at 11:55 a.m., officers and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks assisted with an injured deer on Fifth Avenue. -- Officers investigated a vehicle crash on Second Street at 2:11 p.m. -- A two-vehicle, non-injury crash between a Nissan Titan and a Kia was reported on 11th Street West Tuesday at 5:04 p.m. -- Kaylene Marie Ball of Havre, 27, was arrested on...
Havre Daily News staff Thursday, June 24, 4-8 p.m., nonprofit Plant a Seed … Read! that encourages reading in young children, will be having its fourth annual fundraiser at Vizsla Brewing in the Holiday Village Mall. It is a family event with pay-to-play games for the adults and a Free Kids Zone. Fat Billy’s BBQ will be in the former Taco John’s space in the mall selling food. A Plant a Seed … Read! Facebook post says the event includes a cash raffle for 33 cash prizes along with the pay-to-play game night for adults and fre...
Note: This was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will begin work on three proposed rules to support enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act, the 100-year old law that was originally designed to protect poultry and hog farmers and cattle ranchers from unfair, deceptive and anti-competitive practices in the meat markets. USDA’s pending action was noted in the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions released today by the White House Office of Man...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service — FSIS — and the state of South Dakota have finalized a Cooperative Interstate Shipment — CIS — agreement, which provides an opportunity for selected state-inspected meat and poultry processors to ship their products across state lines. Under the CIS agreement, the state of South Dakota may inspect meat in selected establishments for shipment throughout the United States. The CIS program was launched in...
Note: This was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Tuesday additional aid to agricultural producers and businesses as part of the USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative. Earlier this year, Vilsack announced plans to use available pandemic assistance funds to address a number of gaps and disparities in previous rounds of aid. As part of the Pandemic Assistance initiative announced in March, USDA pledged to continue Coronavirus Food Assistance P...
The H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum Board met Monday to consider a possible update to the Wahkpa Chu’gn Interpretative Center, hear updates on museum activity and discuss the possible return of the summer solstice event. Board Vice-Chair David Sageser proposed that old lights in the Interpretative Center be switched out in favor of LED lights for the sake of energy and cost efficiency. Sageser said he ran a light check on the bulbs the building is using now and they are creating a lot of heat that needs to be compensated for w...
Heat socked into the region Monday and today, with Havre beating a century-old record high temperature. The National Weather Service recording station at the Havre City-County Airport reported a high of 102 degrees at 3:33 p.m. Monday, beating a previous record of 100 degrees set in 1918. The normal value for the high on June 14 is 75 degrees. And Weather Service reports a heat burst in the Fort Bellknap Indian Reservation area that pushed the temperature from 70 degrees to 96 degres at 3:18 a.m. And a post on the Weather...
Prior to its performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Montana Actors' Theatre has planned a pre-show event Saturday and is seeking performers. "Two hours before we open, we're going to have beer and wine and Streatery food truck up there. So we're just looking for any sort of period appropriate, Elizbethen or earlier-we aren't being super strict-entertainment, so choirs, single vocalists or jugglers, acrobats, or musicians of any sort really," MAT Artistic...
The Hill County Behavioral Health Local Advisory Council welcomed a new member in Jesse Bergren Monday during its monthly meeting where they also discussed use of grant funds and possible new programs coming to the area. LAC Treasurer Darlene Sellers said Bergren would be an excellent addition to the council and she welcomes his involvement as someone with experience working with the addiction side of mental health. The council at large agreed and he was welcomed as a member without objection. During the meeting Bergren...
Rocky Boy Health Center will hold a mobile drive-up vaccination clinic open to everyone at the Havre Holiday Village Mall parking lot from 2-6 p.m. Wednesday. Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines will be available. Pfizer is available to anyone 12 or older; youths must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. The Pfizer vaccine is the only one authorized to date for people younger than 18. Both the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccines require a series of two shots. Heath departments in Blaine, Hill, Chouteau and Liberty counties...
People can find online where vaccines are available in their area through https://vaccinefinder.org, operated by Boston’s Children’s Hospital and supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Digital Service. The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today’s update was 112,949 with 101 new cases, 531 active. The number of active hospitalizations was 48. The number of deaths was 1,647. Blaine County, reported on the state update this morning, listed no new cases, 80...
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. 21-2663 Bridge and Road Safety and Accountability Act Funds Contracts Task order No. 12 — Beaver Creek Dam Spillway and Stilling Basin Improvements Board appointments City-County Planning Board Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Invitation to bid for g...
From Havre-Hill County Library The Havre-Hill County Library would like to thank everyone who attended our Nature Fest Summer Reading Kick-off event! We had 80 in attendance, and 55 participants signed up. This program was made possible with support from the Friends of the Havre-Hill County Library and a literacy grant from the Town Pump Charitable Foundation. With their help we are also raffling off many prizes at the end of the program, and special prizes for the top three overall readers, and the top reader in each...
Press release The registration deadline for the 20-mile Boats in the Breaks canoe and kayak race on the Wild and Scenic Missouri River is quickly approaching. The deadline to sign up is June 30. Space is limited, so interested people should register now at https://runsignup.com/Race/Info/MT/FortBenton/BoatsintheBreaks or by visiting the Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument website at http://missouribreaks.org . The race will be held July 17, beginning at Fort Benton and ending at the Wood Bottom Recreation Area. It’s p...
