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Hill County Health Department in its weekly update Monday reported two more COVID-19-related deaths among Hill County residents. “We send our condolences to the friends and families of these individuals,” the department said in the update. That brings the total of COVID-19-related deaths in the county to 74, and comes as the number of new cases has dropped dramatically. Hill County reported four new cases confirmed April 19 through Monday, with two active cases in the county and no hospitalizations. COVID-19-related dea...
The prediction is for recent hot, sunny days to be followed by cooler temperatures and rain, leading to the organizers of an event this weekend to postpone. Downtown Havre Matters! Art and Beautification Committee and the Hi-Line Arts Council had planned to have Saturday a second Spring Celebration in the Art Alley between Second and Third street, Third and Fourth avenues, but Downtown Havre Matters! member Debbie Vandeberg said they decided this week to postpone. "We are so...
Havre Daily News staff Havre Education Association has invited people who weren’t able to attend the Havre school board candidate forum to watch it online. The 60-minute candidate forum is available at https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/OC4UEvvqKiTFq6xvg0M9hETizCN11pX1G6ohl9iEfIfo7MgaAk3XdUBRakIMo-Bn.cpojWu1RNLhjtyma Ballots in the school board election are due by May 3....
from Montana Farmers Union The Montana Farmers Union Foundation is accepting applications for its grant funding for the first time. The MFU Foundation has funded projects when approached in the past. Now that the endowment has grown, the foundation has created a formal grant application process. The foundation will continue to award annual scholarships in addition to the grants. “This is a big step for us,” said Jan Tusick, a MFU Board member who also sits on a subcommittee for the foundation. “It's really just helping build...
Havre High School's Taste of Jazz event has been scheduled for Saturday, April 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Boys & Girls Club of the Hi-Line and will feature music, food and auctions to raise money for music scholarships and operations for Havre High's music education operations. Havre High School Band Director Cullen Hinkle said the event, which has been going since the '90s, supports the school booster group Friends of Music and raised more money than expected last year...
Gov. Greg Gianforte will be in Havre Thursday at Sunnyside Intermediate Schools visiting Havre Public Schools faculty, administration and school board members. Superintendent Craig Mueller said the focus of the visit is on the impacts of a bill passed in the 2021 Legislature intended to increase the pay rate for starting teachers. The bill, House Bill 143 sponsored by Rep. Llew Jones, R-Conrad, says that Montana pubic school districts have made significant progress in increasing the average pay of teachers in the last 15...
Havre Police Department A Wilson Avenue caller reported Monday at 7:23 a.m. that someone ran over the mailbox. -- Mike Allen Dunning of Havre, 39, was issued a summons on charges of failing to carry proof of vehicle insurance and driving with a suspended or revoked driver's license after a motor vehicle stop on 12th Street at 7:54 a.m. Monday. -- Items were reported stolen from the back of an unlocked vehicle on 10th Street West Monday at 9:30 a.m. -- Vandalism to a picnic...
In the many years I had the privilege of teaching Montana history, one of my absolute favorite chapters was on the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention. The diversity of people gathered at our state capitol during the wintry months of 1972 created a document that has stood the test of time and been admired and emulated across this nation. Tragically, in this year of celebrating the 50th anniversary of that document, our Montana constitution is facing unprecedented attacks by the very people who have sworn to uphold it. Our...
Press release The MSU-Northern Foundation has announced that the family of the late Scot Strauser has created a new scholarship in his memory. Strauser, a lifelong resident of the Havre area, died in March. The new scholarship will go to support Montana State University-Northern students who are part of the Rodeo Club. Rylee Strauser, a 2006 Northern alum and niece of Strauser, contacted the Foundation about setting up the scholarship. She, along with Scot's son, Sandy...
Republican incumbent Clay Riehl is running for reelection to keep his seat on the Chouteau County Commission against fellow Republican and local business owner Dan Wirth. Riehl said he's a lifelong resident of the county and he feels he's still the best person for the job, having had a successful first term as a commissioner. He said the county is working on administering its American Rescue Plan Act funds, which is a huge boon for the community, and he wants to continue his...
The Chouteau County resident and business owner Dan Wirth is running for a seat on the Chouteau Commission in this year's Republican primary against incumbent Clay Riehl. Wirth said he's a sixth-generation Montanan who's lived in the county since 2005, having moved to the area from Wolf Creek, where his family owned a ranch. He said he and his family thoroughly enjoy being a part of the local community and his enthusiasm for it, as well as his belief that he would have a...
A Harlem High School teacher is being held in the Valley County jail on rape accusations stemming from allegations he had sexual relations in the school with one of his students. Blaine County Sheriff John Colby said this morning in a press release that Jack G. Young was arrested Friday on charges of sexual abuse of children, indecent exposure and sexual intercourse without consent. Colby said charges in district court are expected to be filed this week. Young was being held this morning in the Valley County Detention Center...
Staff and wire report MSU-Northern Foundation has an event scheduled for Friday to honor two long-time supporters of Montana State University-Northern, former Northern Interim Chancellor Joseph Callahan, Ph.D., of Dickinson, North Dakota, and Havre businessman Clyde Thomas Jr., who resides in Havre. The Foundation is hosting a Founders' Excellence Party April 29 at Northern's Student Union Building Ballroom, where Callahan and Thomas will be the guests of honor. People can...
Staff and wire report Montana State University-Northern has announced it has been gifted a parcel of 43 acres at the west-end of Havre. Currently held under the stewardship of the MSU-Northern Foundation, the nonprofit fundraising arm of the University, the gift comes from the family of Ron and Patty Harmon, also of Havre, whose intent is that the property be used for future projects or buildings as deemed by the university. "This is an amazing gift by the Harmons to help us...
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 Contracts Fair Commission Council Contract: Board appointments Policy updates County permit approval Subdivision/survey approval County needs Notice of Herd District #12 Ordinance for Herd District #12 Settlement agreement, Great Northern Fair Quit claim deeds...
Hill County Commission has notified the public that a meeting to discuss annexing land into Herd District #12 in northern Hill County will be held, Wednesday, April 27, at 9 a.m. in the commissioners’ office....
Havre Police Department A Second Street caller reported Friday at 6:29 a.m. finding a man with a white hat and a black sweater in the caller's vehicle and chasing him down the street. -- Zane J. Murphy of Chinook, 23, was arrested on a charge of obstructing a peace officer or other public servant after a caller at the hospital reported Friday at 7:10 a.m. that a man was being verbally abusive and needed to be removed. -- A caller reported at 7:34 a.m. Friday that a bicycle...
from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks HELENA — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is seeking public comment on proposals for mountain lion quotas and special limited licenses, trumpeter swan reintroductions, new Rainbow Lake fishing regulations, and pheasant releases. The Fish and Wildlife Commission will make a final decision on these proposals at its June 23 meeting. Under the new commission process, FWP is taking public comment on these proposals now and will present the collected comments and proposals to the commission f...
The Hill County Commission Thursday announced it is applying for a credit card with a $100,000 limit for use by Hill County employees. Commissioner Diane McLean said they originally intend to pass a resolution to approve an application for a county credit card, but were told they didn’t need a resolution. McLean said the credit card, which was discussed at last week’s business meeting, would have a $100,000 credit limit and its account would be accessible by herself, Hill County Commission Vice Chair Mark Peterson and Hil...
The Atrium Shopping Mall has been undergoing remodeling on its lower floor since late last year, a $250,000 project that owner Dave Shaw has been wanting to do for almost two decades. "I fantasized about doing this when I bought the building 18 years ago," Shaw said. "As soon as I could do something with the floor down here, to level it, I was gonna do it." He said he and his wife Kris began the remodeling last year by pulling out the old bathrooms on the lower floor and have...
from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks HELENA — As grizzly bears emerge from their dens across the state the potential for conflicts with farmers, ranchers and other producers is increasing. In the past few years, bears have been spotted in areas where they haven’t been for more than a century, and the possibility of encountering a grizzly exists anywhere in the western part Montana. Black bears are also widely distributed across the state. Bears are always on the lookout for an easy food source, including unsecured gar...
from Montana Attorney General’s Office HELENA — Montana Attorney General’s Office is warning Montanans of a scams that could be impacting many Montana ranchers. One investigation is still ongoing, but the Office of Consumer Protection estimates that a Canadian company has stolen up to $5 million from Montanans after receiving payments but never delivering the promised product, and other criminals may be conducting similar scams. The company, New Way Ag, promised grain hay, barley straw, and wheat straw at low prices to quick...
Havre Police Department A First Street Northeast caller reported at 11 a.m. Thursday that a family member stole a 2005 blue Toyota Corolla —— Officers made an investigation related to a Thursday 1:17 p.m. vehicle stop on Third Street. —— Earl Charles Rainingbird of Box Elder, 55, was arrested on a Justice or City court warrant served at Second Street and Sixth Avenue Thursday at 1:43 p.m. —— Officers investigated a vehicle crash on Fifth Avenue at 3:28 p.m. Thursday. —— Kipp Josiah Henry of Havre, 36, was arrested on cha...
The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. in the Robins School Administration Building. 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. Old business 1. Consideration of update Safe Return to Schools and Continuity of Service Plan C. New business 1. Personnel Public Comment — An opportunity for any member of the audience to bring to the attention of the b...
