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Fresno Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited is taking advantage of what would generally be considered a bad situation at Fresno Reservoir to make some repairs to its boat ramp. Chapter member Craig Buettner said Thursday that the ramp will be closed for seven to 10 days starting Monday when work to repair the ramp begins. He said Walleyes wanted to start work on the ramp before levels start rising again. Walleyes is paying for all of the work being done on the ramp. The dam was...
At a meeting of North Central Pachyderms last week former Montana legislator Ed Butcher made disparaging comments about current and former Native American legislators, and some of them have since responded to his comments. The meeting Butcher attended was originally about tracking Republicans in the Montana Legislature and their loyalty to the party, but toward the end of the meeting he made remarks about Native American legislators he worked with. He said two of the legislators from Montana’s reservations he knew, i...
Beaver Creek Park’s Beaver Lodge will be holding an open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, for people interested in learning about a three-mill levy that will be on this year’s general election ballot, one that will pay for the structure’s replacement. The Hill County Park Board was initially planning to pay for major renovations and upgrades at the current lodge, which has seen significant deterioration over the years, but after being denied a grant that would have paid for much of these upgrades and the revel...
At their weekly business meeting Thursday the Hill County Commissioners voted unanimously to distribute funds from a 0.5 percent local option motor vehicle they intend to impose, a tax the commission approves every year, but not after some argument. Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson said he would not vote for the resolution unless Hill County Treasurer Sandy Brown starts collecting credit card fees on all motor vehicle-related transactions again. He said people who pay with credit cards online are charged fees, but...
Havre Police Department Andrea Rose Medicine Top of Havre, 42, was arrested on a trespass to property charge after a caller at a First Street business reported Thursday at 3:13 p.m. a trespasser causing a disturbance in the business. -- Raymond Windyboy of Box Elder, 60, was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct, obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and open container in the city, after a caller on Second Street reported a man urinating next to the caller's...
Press release The Montana Department of Transportation has completed the Great Falls North project, which included nearly seven miles of improvements on U.S. Highway 87, the primary route between Havre and Great Falls, between Dent Bridge Road and Great Bear Avenue. Schellinger Construction, the prime contractor for the project, facilitated construction by widening the existing roadway and installing intermittent passing and turn lanes. Throughout the past two months, sub-contractor United Materials of Great Falls Inc....
Monday 8 a.m. — Center for Mental Health meeting in Great Falls 9:30 a.m. — Meeting with Ron Harmon regarding Eagle’s Manor loan payment in commissioners’ office 1:30 p.m. — Building manager meeting in the commissioners’ office Tuesday 8:30 a.m. — Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire update call in commissioners’ office 10:30 a.m. — Road department meeting in commissioners’ office Wednesday 8 a.m. — Payroll and claims Thursday 10 a.m. — Weekly business meeting in commissioners’ office F...
A front-page story in Wednesday’s edition of Havre Daily News misreported the name of the Scottish king and what character Montana Actors’ Theatre Executive Director Jay Pyete plays in the troupe’s production of “Macbeth” this weekend in Beaver Creek Park. The king Macbeth murders is Duncan and Pyette plays Banquo in the production....
Press release Hearing screenings will take place in Bear Paw Cooperative member schools from Aug. 29 through Oct. 30, 2022. Children enrolled in kindergarten and first grade and ninth or 10th grade will be screened. No other children will be screened without parental permission. People can contact their school if they have any questions or concerns, or the Bear Paw Cooperative at 406-357-2269. The service is sponsored by Bear Paw Cooperative....
Out our way, the open range is almost gone and the prairies are mostly fenced off, but it can still be a wild place at times. By and large, our homes on the range have very few buffalo roaming about these days, although the deer and the antelope still play and are a pretty common site. But the song never mentions other critters of the prairie who are still to be found. Over by the national parks, grizzly and roving wolf packs are still an issue for area ranchers, and, even out...
You know, Lord, encouragement is like oxygen - we can't live without it. It was lovely watching two little kids the other day. They were probably both about 3 years old. Little "Ricky" was trying hard to get the wrapper off of a stick of gun. His friend, "Emmy," was watching him, suggested he watch how she did it. He watched his little neighbor girl slowly unwarp her stick of gum. Then he tried again as she encouraged him, step by step, to unwrap it from the side, not from...
Last weekend at our Saturday night and Sunday services, I had the responsibility of preaching on the readings for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary time. The readings were as follows: Isaiah 66:18-21, Hebrews 12:5-7,11-13 and the Gospel was Luke 13:22-30. In my homily I focused mostly on the Hebrews reading and the Gospel reading. I started my homily with a survey of those present. The survey was one question long and was the same question that is at the top of this page. The...
North Central Senior Citizens Center Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 Menu Monday, Aug. 29 — Shepherd’s pie, salad, rolls, dessert Tuesday, Aug. 30 — Salad, baked ham, mashed potatoes with gravy, peas, rolls, pineapple cake Wednesday, Aug. 31 — Sweet and sour chicken, rice, egg rolls, cheese cake with cherries Thursday, Sept. 1 — Hamburger Stroganoff, buttered noodles, broccoli, gingerbread Friday, Sept. 2 — Soup, chef’s choice, dessert Keeping up with the pandemic: Aug. 22, 40 new cases of COVID-19, total number is 5,532, active 17, on...
Havre's National Night Out is set for Tuesday, Aug. 30, 6-8 p.m. at Montana State University-Northern's SUB Drive, with a free barbecue, live music and plenty of activities for youth and families interacting with law enforcement, other first responders and their community partners. Across the country, National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign to enhance the relationship between community members and law enforcement as well as the agencies, organizations and...
Members of the Friends of the Pool and Park Foundation said in a release they are excited to invite socially friendly dogs to come to the Chinook Swimming Pool for the first “Drool in the Pool” event. Dogs will be allowed to swim in the pool 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. Tennis balls will be provided for the dogs to play with in the pool, and people should not bring their own toys. Leashes are mandatory when dogs are not in the pool, the release said. Only one dog per adult is allowed and each dog must be accompanied by an adu...
Local artists have a new possible venue for their art in the form of Hometown Plaza LLC, an art, craft and antiques shop owned by Sablle Erickson that recently opened at 324 Second Street in Havre. Erickson said she's always been a local small-business enthusiast and a lover of art and the people in the community who make it, and she always wanted to own her own business and give local artists a way to showcase their talents. "Havre needs this kind of store just to show off...
Havre Police Department A First Street caller reported Wednesday at 7:01 a.m. that someone went into his house. -- Malea Selage of Havre, 18, was arrested on a trespass to property charge after a Fourth Street caller reported at 11:42 a.m. Wednesday that a man and a woman broke into the caller's house. -- Someone stopped at the police station at 2:09 p.m. Wednesday to turn over some property. -- A Wednesday 2:10 p.m. caller asked officers to perform a welfare check on 10th Str...
Editor’s note: This version corrects the name of King Duncan and the character played by Jay Pyette. Montana Actors' Theatre is bringing a Renaissance-style festival and intrigue, regicide, battles and tragedy from Scotland to Beaver Creek Park this weekend. The production of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," along with a multitude of festivities, will be held at Lions Campground Friday through Sunday. "While the 'fest' is going to be fun for everyone, the real excitement w...
Havre Public Schools announced it will be offering free breakfast and lunch to K-5 students for the 2022-2023 school year through the Montana Office of Public Instruction’s Community Eligibility Provision. The Community Eligibility Provision is a non-pricing meal option that allows greater access to food and nutrition for students in areas with a large ratio of low-income households. To qualify for this option a school or school district must have 40 percent of students identified as low-income compared to the enrolled s...
As part of its ongoing program of informational events, North Central Senior Citizens Center is hosting a presentation from Montana Legal Services on “Legalities Involved in Aging” Monday, Aug. 29, 1-2:30 p.m. at the senior center. Heather Winter, activities coordinator at the senior center, said COVID-19 shut down a lot of activities at the center that they are now starting up again, and this free presentation is to meant to address a lot of wide-ranging questions she...
Arren Kimbel-Sannit Montana Free Press Republican legislators are divided on calls to assemble in a special session and pass income and property tax rebates, the latest proposal to spend down a substantial state budget surplus. Two separate pushes for a special session, a comparatively rare phenomenon in Montana politics, have emerged. Each faces the hurdle of either getting the governor on board or gathering majority support among legislators. And while Republicans hold more than enough legislative seats to make the latter...
Mara Silvers Montana Free Press After six months of study, state lawmakers are set to debate a draft bill this week that could bring significant reforms to Montana’s child welfare system — changes some lawmakers and legal observers say are long overdue. The bill, drafted by Rep. Danny Tenenbaum, D-Missoula, has been under development by the bipartisan Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee since May. If the committee advances the bill at its Friday meeting, it will be introduced for official con...
Havre Police Department An arrest was made after a caller reported Tuesday at 11:35 a.m. seeing a man beat a woman and then finding blood on the floor. No details on charges were provided in the dispatch log, but Blair Stacey Chiefstick, who was named as an involved party, is listed in the jail roster as being held on three counts of failure to comply and charges of disorderly conduct, obstructing a peace officer or other public servant and resisting arrest. -- Raini June Roge...
From U.S. Department of Agriculture BOZEMAN — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Montana is accepting applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, Conservation Stewardship Program and the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. To be considered for funding in the current cycle, producers and landowners should apply by Oct. 28. “NRCS provides funding and technical assistance to help farmers, ranchers, and forestland owners implement conservation practices that improve their env...
