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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 Police Department A Wednesday 9:27 a.m. caller on Monroe Avenue reported fraud issues with a credit card. -- Larae Ann Sunchild of Havre, 40, was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after a caller on Second Street reported a female outside yelling Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. -- Matthew Michael Converse of Havre, 45, was arrested on charges of trespass to property, shoplifting and possession of drug paraphernalia after officers investigated a Wednesday 7:51 p.m. report...
Havre Daily News staff Total Chic at 145 Fourth Ave. has a new stylist in Emily Bouge. Bouge said she moved to Havre in August of 2020 during the pandemic and didn't start doing hair right away so she could get her son, Ethan, and herself settled. "I started doing hair out of my home in September of 2021 but I just wasn't busy enough," Bouge said. "So when I got the opportunity to work at Total Chic with Tammy (LaFond) and Mary Kay (Brown) I was so excited. I love being back...
In the wake of a surge in popularity of outdoors vacationing across the nation, the U.S. Forest Service offices nationwide will be addressing the issue starting this summer of non-livestock users occupying campgrounds and campsites developed for people camping with horses, mules and other packing livestock. After being approached by Back Country Horsemen of America and allied organizations, such as American Horse Council, USFS released a memo Nov. 15, 2021, outlining the need...
From Montana Farmers Union Voters will get a chance to hear from democratic candidates for the Eastern District U.S. House of Representatives seat Thursday in Havre during the second of four debates featuring candidates vying for Montana’s two seats. District 2 democratic candidates Penny Ronning, Mark Sweeney and Skylar Williams will take to the debate stage at 7 p.m. in Montana State University-Northern’s Hensler Auditorium in the Applied Technology Center for the live, public event. After the debate, Hill County Dem...
Havre Public Schools will be discussing possible alterations to their COVID-19 procedures as the pandemic seems increasingly close to ending, despite recent upticks in areas of the U.S. At a special meeting of the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees Tuesday HPS Superintendent Craig Mueller recommended the board adopt a few changes to the district’s Safe Return to School an Continuity of Services Plan, which, among other things, allows schools to quickly transition to remote learning in case of an emergency. Mueller said t...
Hill County Cemetery District will meet at 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 29, at the cemetery office. • Call to order • Public comment • Approval of minutes from previous meeting • Old business • New business • Claims...
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a crash after a caller from Third Street reported at 6:41 a.m. Tuesday that a gray Saturn was stopped in the middle of the street. -- Officers issued a written or verbal warning after a caller from Third Avenue requested at 7:06 p.m. Tuesday that a man be removed from a property. -- After a caller from Second Street reported a red van parked in front of a property, officers arrested James Lawrence Daychild of Havre, 50, on charges...
Press release Veteran service officers for the Montana Veterans Affairs will be visiting the following locations and times to meet with veterans who are interested in applying for benefits. Anyone interested in applying for benefits, needs to bring a copy of their discharge paperwork, DD214. Wednesday, May 4 Shelby — Courthouse, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Cut Bank — Glacier County Court House Annex Room 19, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5 Heart Butte — Heart Butte Manpower Center, 9 - 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 11 Glasgow — Glasgow...
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...
MSU News Service BOZEMAN — Three publicly released new wheat varieties and one new barley variety from Montanan State University have recently been named by public vote. To generate excitement and get more people involved with this year’s variety releases, the Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology in MSU’s College of Agriculture and the Montana Wheat and Barley Committee put together a list of names, many honoring agricultural industry legends or locations in the state, which were then put up for a public vote....
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...
